Oak Grove Coburn High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Vassalboro, ME)

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OAK LEAv1ss 1943 SENIORS ROMP GAILY THROUGH FOREST OF ARDEN IN AS YOU LIKE IT . SENIOR SURVEY 1. Most attractive Jean Abernethy 2. Best dressed Frances White 3. Most sophisticated Ev-elyn Franz 4. Cutest Mary Knell 5. First married Betty Lou Carleton 6. Most likely to succeed Jill Lamarche 7. Most humorous Nancy Ribble 8. Most original Betty Loring 9. Most athletic Shirley Bamford 10. Best entertainer Catherine Williams 11. Does most for Oak Grove Virginia Lyman 12. B-est figure Joan Perry 13. Most artistic Jane Pease 14. Most intellectually interesting Sally Stetson 15. Quietest Barbara Jean Creighton 26

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OAK LEAvEs 1943 ADMIRING GAZES TURN TOWARD SENIORS GATHERING FOR THEIR LAST PROCESSIONAI.. FOG Damp fog hangs like a curtain Brushing the tops of the treesg Raindrops small and uncertain Heavily laden the breeze. It lies bleak and oppressive Shrouding the silent towers, And vast shapes dim and massive Crouch in the mist for hours. J OAN PERRY, '43 MY THOUGHTS Now you're gone. Where or when you went Nobody knows-except- That you are trying to Win the war that will end all wars. Strange, when you left I did not weep My heart ached too much And I would not let you know my feelings But now that you are gone, I am left- to my thoughts. CYNTHIA RICH, '46 25

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OAK LEAVES 1943 FROM OUR YOUNGER PENS MOTHER Her face is lov-ely because It is made of lines of devotion and love, Not selfishness and self pity- But she gives everything to everybody. A kind word here, and a smile there, A helpful hand when 'tis needed- Fair advice to growing daughters Who love her very dearly. She never tires of endless jobs Of going here and there, But a lovely smile is on her lips- And encouragement everywhere. CYNTHIA RICH, '46, i..-l1..-li A VIEW AT OAK GROVE As one stands on the front hill of our School, in any season of the year, fall, winter or spring, one is inspired by beauty everywhere to work harder, and to strive with more intensity than ever before. In the fall, the leaves are tipped with a flame of fire and we feel the beauty of nature close to us. The leaves so ve-ry beautiful, make us bright and cheery and we pass this happiness on to others. In winter, the hills above our peaceful valley of the blue and winding Kennebec River, are white with th-e flakes which are so small and minute, yet shining. It gives us a feeling of ex- ceeding peac-e, and makes us wonder why there has to be killing and hatred in this world of ours, when we should stop to admire and love the beauties of God. In the spring, wh-en the trees are just beginning to show green We feel an exhilaration as the wind moves the branches or blows strongly and cleanly against our faces, or as the rain pours down from heaven and gives us a cleansed feeling with new energy in all our veins. We are filled with a new zeal to work hard and gladly in the tasks of today and the preparation for tomorrow so that our boys may soon come home again and so there may never be anoth-er terrible war like this one. PATIENCE LAURIATE, '46, 27