Oakfield High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oakfield, ME)

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What do you grrls thrnk of Elvrs Pres ley'7 Elv1s'P Why he s ffor the sake of the boys the rest of that subject ts excludedj That actrvrty perrod IS sure a blessmgl How else could we have a Future Teachers of Amerrca Club a Pro1ector Club an ac t1ve Debate Club an acttve Student Counctl and an educatxonal movte once rn a Wh116'7 Wasn t that great about Margaret and Noella wtnntng ten dollar prrzes wtth therr themes rn that tnternatronal contest? I hope they put them rn the yearbook so that we can all get a chance to read them Anyone golng skatmg th1s noon? The 1ce on the dtamond should be lots of fun Drd you see the physlcs class out play mg ball the other day? And a whtle ago they tested all the car radrators I thrnk I ll take physlcs They even go down to the furnace room vrslt garages plants etc Doesn t the lrbrary look ntce smce they ftxed over and pamted 1t'7 It seems to be a pretty good atmosphere to study French rn Especrally durmg the last perrod G1rls' Guess whom I saw last n1ght'2 He s from Ashland and fand this rs where we leave them smce the conversatton has drrfted to talk the boys should not be wrt nesses toj Goodness! That buzzer rs loud' E5 pecrally when one ts so close to rt Now there are cues of surprrse as they go to thetr home rooms remembertng the htstory assrgn ment not done the algebra assrgnment not even started and the 5 000 word research report due today that s only half done' Those are the facts and nothrng but facts But I mustn t worry for I m Woody the lob by bulletrn board' Arleen Goodall 58 Thts essay and one wrrtten by Noella Cyr were among the wmners rn a Natronal Contest sponsored by the Royal Typewrrter Company WHAT OAKFIELD MEANS TO ME I drd not come to Oakfreld by way of the stork l1ke most boys and grrls do but I came on an evemng tram to become a Swal low And ever smce I ve been swallowed up rn the love and affectron of my famrly frrends and my communrty I guess I ve never really thought just why I like my com munrty But rt must be because rt s a com mumty of hard workrng honest people who want love homes educatlon and securlty just as I needed when I came to Oakfreld I can t see why my ltttle commun1ty hasn t offered everythtng that any typrcal Amerlcan communrty could offer whether North South or here rn New England Scenrcally Oakfreld nestled 1n a val ley surrounded by hrlls lakes mountams streams r1ch farrn land a backdrop of trees the wtndtng Matamwamkeag Rrver could have been and has been called the Lucerne of Marne Industrxally Oakfreld ts a rarlroad cen ter where most people are employees of the Bangor and Aroostook Rarlroad or earn then ltylng farmmg the r1ch lands surroundtng our town Soclally my commun1ty has gtven me all I could posstbly want I ve had four years of 4 H Club work where I learned to cook and sew I belong to Grange wrth my frlends where we see the beauty of Agriculture and learn many thrngs of the order Relrgrously my church has offered me all that I need As a llttle gtrl I attended the Sunday School and grew up sptrrtually I sang 1n the chotr wrth my frrends and I now teach a Sunday School class and strll enjoy the program Scholastxcally my schools have offered me the best standards rn educatron. The wonderful grammar school that I attended U . . . - . . M . . . N . 1 11 - . , 1 1 1 1 ' ' W . . . . . 1 1 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . . H 1 1 11 1 ' 1 . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . , , ' . 1 1 11 1 . . . , - N . . . 1 . . ,, 1 o . . 1 ,, . - 1 1 1 . . 0 . , . . , . . , o . . . 0 . . . ,, 1 1 1 1 1 0 , N , . . . o . . . 1 - 1 1 1 1 . . . . ,, 1 1 1 a . . . 11 ' ' 1 11 - - V 0 o 0 . . . 1 1 . . . . . - 1 ' 0 . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 1 . , . 1 1 1 1 . . , o o . 1 1 - 0 1 1 . . . 1 a 1 , 1 1 1

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DETECTIVE WOODY Hello' My name IS Woody You s you don t know me? Don t worry you wxll before thts rs over You won t belleve thls but I am a hard workmg fellow My hours are from 8 30 a m to 3 O1 p m every day from Monday to Frlday Sometlmes my work starts even be fore offlce hours begrn That IS what happens when you are not your own boss Oh! Well' I really don t mrnd It Oh' Oh! Here comes Mrs Lmcoln and she s tn a hurry as usual She looks pretty flustered too' Perhaps the bus went rrght by her thls mornmg wrthout even a howdy do! But no she IS Just ln a hurry to get beslde a regrster It must be another cold momrng ls that a chug chugl hear? But rt could t be for we have dlesel trams now Goodness' l-low could I make a mrstake lrke that' It rs Just Mr Lord s old Ford puffmg Qnot reallyj up the hrll Just outslde the school house I wonder rt' rt w1ll be cooled down rn t1me for hrm to drtve rt home for dmnerl Here comes Mr Rackllff red cheeks and all' It must be a cold mornrng' I wonder where he stashes those spare rxngs he s always talklng about He d probably have a thr1v1ng buslness lf he ever wanted to start a second hand Jewelry store Mr Mrchaud the mam spoke of thrs thrlvrng machrne has just arrrved wtth the mall Wlthout htm this machlne would sputter once cough twrce and dre If we drdn t have h1m who would teach the alge bra students therr baby arrthmetlc 'P Mtss Staples cannot be dlspensed wrth, elther for then we would have no one to teach our commerclal students shorthand and typlng I m sure they all agree ll s qurcker and easler to wnte their notes tn shorthand fNot many rf any of the freshmen know shorthand j Mr Smrth IS on the go all the trme Hts name may be a common one but he cer tarnly has a dlstrnct character It rs a won der that the Umted States History students don t get coached on the1r hxstory QI m sure the majonty need 10 Also the school s mghtmgales had therr gleeful volces harnessed for a whxle III glee club wrth Mrs Smrth The vtctrola rs startmg up now and some of the k1ds are trylng out a new dance they made up These teen agers aren t sattsfred wlth Arthur Murray they have to make up thelr own dances The ptano rs belng played m the mam room and our nrghtrngales are exercxsrng thelr volce boxes The ptngpong ball seems to be gettlng a workout also And of course there are always a few groups of glrls exchangmg events of the day fwhrch the boys have a tendency to call gossrpj In fact there IS such a group not a foot away from me Let s llsten III Sull thtnk Cherry s hatr looks better short As for Kathleen her harr looks mce any way she flxes tt Carlene s black hatr goes well wrth Morris curly brown ha1r but what do you thrnk of blonde wlth red? Oh' That s gettmg to be an old story now Say! Doesn t Mrs Llncoln look cute rn slacks' No guls basketball pracuce agaln to nlght Wrth all the practlce the boys get you d thrnk but no I guess you wouldn t If only we had a gym How s Mr Racklrff getting along wrth Rose? I wonder lf she can dnve! 0 . . ay , , 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 , . . - . - 1 1 Z Q 1 1 ' I 1 1 1 . . - , . . , 1 1 1 , . . . 1 . , , . . . . . 1 - 1 1 1 , . . . . 1 1 , . . . . - - ' , , 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 ' Q ' 1 1 . . , . . 1 , , 1 1. 1 . , . . c 1 1 1 Q 1 . H . . , . ' ' 1 Q o . , . . o 1 - , . . . . W o o ' ' , 11 1 - - . . , . 0 1 . . . . . ,, I 1 . . . . . , . H ' , 1 . . . .... ' , 1 1 1 1 . . . H I 1 1 . ' 1 - - ,, . , . . I - . H . . n . . . . , . . , . , . ' 1 1 1 1 1 Q ' 11 1 1 1 1 ' 11 1 ' f - 1 - , . , . . . I' 1 .

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fulfrlled my baslc chtldhood needs and now rn hlgh school I feel I am gettmg everythrng I need to prepare for my future l1fe There are many courses from whlch to choose tn cluded are commercral agrrcultural gener al and college As for extracurrrcular act1v1t1es I have enjoyed numerous ones Basketball soft ball cheerleadrng debattng publrc speak mg and plays are especrally lnlerestlllg For recreanonal l1fe my town has of fered me Red Cross swlmmmg lessons rn a nearby lake I have enJoyed swlmmmg skatmg, and all the outdoor BCIIVIIICS a grr needs to have good health So when I come out of my world of con tentment long enough to tell you Just why I l1ke my commun1ty you wxll be amazed to learn that rn all these thrngs my commumty has done for me l suddenly realrze that I l1ve rn the rrchest town 1l'l the U S A In fact I m one of the rrchest guls m the world nch 1n affect1on love and the necessary thrngs of l1fe I w1ll recommend th1s commumty to anyone anywhere As I look back on my lrfe I wonder what I would now be wlthout all the thmgs that Oakfleld means to me for errvuonment IS 7570 of what one IS In Oakfleld I have the frrendshrp whrch leads to love and the love whlch leads to l-hm who 15 love I-hm from whom we recerve all thlngs Margaret Swallow 58 PLAY PRACTICE Mrs Cook says Play practrce tonrght krds The play cast looks w1th flrpprng lrds But I guess we wlll try If we all have to fly We all enter the Grange Hall our teeth 1n a chatter Moms and Gene at the furnace wlth an awful clatter And now ladxes and gents we present Elvls Presley Marrlyn enters wlth a bow Her hau lookmg llke a scattered haymow Mrs Cook says Where IS Carlene'P Of course lt s wrth MOIIIS she IS always seen We know Sherry 1sn t very far Only lookmg for an aqua colored car Kathleen and Gene are havrng II out Therr mouths runmng like water down a srnk spout Nathan always teasmg wrth hrs foollsh talk Mrs Cook wrshes she had a padlock Jenefrne rs there to lend a hand Whrch Mrs Cook thmks IS grand There IS nothmg that Terry lacks Especrally 1n hrs foolrsh wtsecracks Then comes the nrght of the play When all up back we have to stay Then Mrs Cook pulls open the curtarn Whrle all those demon lrke eyes at us stare We all feel we are lxvlng a nrghtmare Fmally Mrs Cook yells Curtam for the thlrd trme We all th1nk th1s rs Just f1ne And off the stage we run Lrke a shot from a gun In th1s poem we want to express That Mrs Cook has done her best Thank you Mrs Cook' by Sherry Botttng GUIDING STARS Stars shmmg so very brrght Stars that llghten the darkness of nlght Gulde my paths that l may do Only that whlch w1ll please Hlm who made you Marrlyn Brown 58 1 - 11 - o 1 1 1 ' , ' - 1 - 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . . . . ,, . H 1 1 1 . . - . , . . . o 1 1 . . . - . , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 ' 1 n . 1 1 1 1 1 A o n 1 , . . . D . 1 1 u 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . . . . H . H 1 u 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 u . 1 1 ,, . . . ,, , . . I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1