Old Orchard Beach High School - Oceana Yearbook (Old Orchard Beach, ME)

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f A v be CUB WQEEIVQTOF TRIP The event to which we seniors looked forward with a great deal of anticipation was our Washington Trip. All year we had worked to wade this trip possible and as April 14 drew nearer and nearer, -.l. 'e could scarcely believe that it had at lest come true-our drean of four years. We left the high on a warm sunny day. was uneventful except the hi her soared our We boarded a bus school shortly after one o'elock The trip to Boston in private cars that the nearer we came to Reston, enthusiasm and expectation. which took us to Providence, Rhode Island, where we embarked on the S. S. Comet, which was to take us to New York. We had a very enjoyable trip on the boat and docked in New York Harbor at 7 A. M. Saturday morning. We had a glimpse of the New York skyline in passing and were hustled into a spacious bus and started on the long trip to Washington-city of our destination. At noon we stopped at the Quaker City, Philadelphia, where we visited Independence Fall, Old City Hall, and the fetsy Ross House. These buildings played an i portfnt part in the early history of our country and impressed us very much. After luncheon we afain started out and arrived in Washington in the late afternoon. Very happy and excit- ed we registered at the Burlington Hotel on Vermont Av- enue. When we arrived it was raining. When we left it was raining. It rained all the while we were there, but that didn't dampen our enthusiasm a bit. Sunday morning we started out on a tour. We rode in a bus with students from two other schools, and an excellent guide, who told us many interesting as well as informative things as we went along. During the morning we stopped at Mount Vernon, home of George Washington, Lee Mansion, home of General Robert E. Lee, Arlington Cemetery, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and Lincoln Memorial. In the afternoon we wandered through the several buildings of Smithsonian Institute and the Museum of Natural History, and at night we visited the Congres- sional Library which contains the original copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of our country. A

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nMaU Fowler HPeN Fowler Jenny Fowler Arthur Norgan Blake Chester Mr. Harrison Ben Fowler Mrs. Chester Lillian Downs Edwerd Mullen Hazel Davis Virgil Wood John Nsrgone Bernsrd Emery Richerd Devis Helen Winsor ,These actors and ectresses ell did snlcndidly and are to be congratulated on the success they made of the nlay. ,It was thoroughly enjoyed by Q large audience. Our class has not been left out when it cones to sports. Among the girls that have had 2 orominent Daft in basketball for all the four yeers fre: Bernice O'Neil, Lillian Downs, Almedp Giffin, and Cynthia Wight. These girls have also plsyed volley bell and soft ball. hsve also Edward The boys of our cless, though numbered, taken pert in soorts. Theodore Northway and Nullen were members of the soccer squad in their junior and senior yeers. Robert Oorliss and Theodore Northway also took pert in cross country and basketball. The girls in our cless hsve been very sctive in the glee club. The following have been members of the club ell four years: Lillian Downs, Hazel Davis, Hezel. Roberts, Mary Roberts, Cynthia Wight, end Dorothy Brown. Some of the other events which have occuoied the minds end time of the seniors during the yesr have been: Poverty Party, Uusicsl Revue, and Q series of bridge and whist oerties, all of which were held in the Alumni Hell The officers for this year were: President--Hazel Dsvis Vice President--Robert Corliss Secretary--Lillian Downs Treasurer--Hazel Roberts

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claw. A, Monday morning we visited the beautiful Franciscan Monastery, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, the White House, and the Capitol. We attended Congress, which was in session. We had a grouo photograoh taken with the Canitol as a background. Cn Monday afternoon we went to Annapolis. Because it was raining we were unable to see the drills. However we had a very enjoyable time. Monday night was free and the members of the grouo scent it in different ways, each doing what he wished. Tuesday morning we said a sad good-bye to Washington and turned north toward New York. We arrived there in the late afternoon and checked in at the luxurious Taft Hotel on 7th, Avenue. After a brief rest we dined and later in the evening took the radio tour of the NBC Studios and were invited to see Doc Rockwe1l's broadcast. Then we attended Radio City Music Hall, reoutedly the finest theatre in the world. T Wednesday was our free day and we all enjoyed our- selves in various ways. In the evening we attended Fred Allen's broadcast and had a very good time. Thursday afternoon we started on a sightseeing tour of New York which included Grant's Tomb, the Ghetto, the Bowery, Chinatown, Tom Noonan's Mission, Millionaire's Row, Washington Bridge, the Battery, the Aquarium, Central Park, Harlem, Greenwich Village, Rockefeller Center, Madison Square Garden, Times Square, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Riverside Church, Wall Street, Knickerbocker Village, and many other olaces too nu erous to mention. We boarded the SFS. Arrow at 5: P.M. on Thursday evening and started homeward, watching regretfully the New York skyline and the Statue of Liberty fade into mere shadows, ' We arrived in Boston Friday morning at 8: A.M. and later in the day came home to Old Orchard, a tired but contented group. Our trip is over. For four years we looked forward with much excitement, enthusiasm, and anticipation. Now it's but a memory--a very pleasant memory and a few trinkets and souvenirs which will ever bring back to us thoughts of our Washington Trip. Helen S. Winsor '39