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

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g !miEE?gjL4m HALWAYS QQ QLQQLH Four years ago we chose UAlways to Exceln as our class motto. It was, to us then, a challenge, e resolve, to better ourselves so that our every effort might ex- ceed the last. It was something to strive for and attain We thought that we would go far as 2 class with such a motto beckoning us on to better and higher ideals and standards. Now, as we look back upon the past four years, that motto is symbolioal of our conscientious efforts to excel not others but ourselves. We have striven, we have progressed, we have tried in every way to live up to our motto. We are about to graduate and go forth into the world, each his separate way. But although the members of our class may be separated physically, we will be united spiritually and mentally because we will have before us each one the motto WAlways to Exceln. How can we then fail in life with such a challenge ever before us, leading us on? Helen Winsor '39

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,O 1-,.:'r1'--'l.w' 'v .fp:...x.,.J.l.f. ...N....... Door YSEIS we've veited for this occasioh, Pnowinf thot it would Trim? the joel for whick we fou'ht so hard? 'Ulf Cioloeee. Z ith it oomeswh3'w1noe5 are eorlow. It is e LFQQT event lecavze we h55Q3gQfh1heC ovr freetest am- tltioh. lt 15 a soo event becnues me ere 'oine to be seo- cratet from our deal school. uutwll the truent sense we are not leavin' it. Its spirit will lO mith rs whe1ever 'JIS iI'Bo ' Ereduetione may cone ent troouotlone may vo, but when it is our own, it rates us stop.anQ think. Gtr happiest dave were spent in school, thou h some of us may not think so at this time. , W .f --fyp fu '-'f f -f 3 .4 4' 1 'M 1 With Traduation we say,fooQ!ffo,to our classmates and teachers, eowe of whom ve may never see cfein. So let'S make our truduatioh on occasion that will linier on in our memories forever. ' Q' ' We stand upon a threshold leedinv to a new life. Fe- hind us are the days of our youth, when we wexe carefree and had no responsibilities. Before us is e new chapter in our lives. who knows what the future nav brine-success to sowe, failure to others. -It's the uncertainty that we don't like. Ye hate to leave the security of the past and face the unknown future, But wo must. As we step over this not threshold into 0 neu period of our life, We can see our class motto nAlwcVs to Exceln shining like a beacon beiore us. Let these words te our inspiration to better ourselves in every wav. Then we can proudly say: HThat was the motto of the class of 1959 of OCQI,-BIIICSIH P t - Edward I-iullen '59 Y

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L Qciiixbsfx s 1 r 6 OLD ORCHARD BEACH HIGH SCHOOL 2 Old Orchard Beach High is a great school in the 2 making. It represents the fullfillment of the hopes g of both the parents and students of this town. How, 2 a ter years of waiting, the high school students can 2 be educated in a school building worthy of their ad- Z mirotion, especially after having to go to a building g which was not fit to be called by that name. 2 Although it does not have every convenience that 2 other up-to-date high schools have, each year, little 2 by little these things will be added until Old Orchardk Beach High will take its place among the foremost high? schools of the state. 3 Old Orchard Beach High has a staff of teachers 3 of wh ch it can well be proud. Each and every teacheri not only teaches his subject, but teaches it in a i way that makes the student extremely interested in 2 it. For example, I believe that everyone will agree, Q history is taught so interestingly that there is not Q one dull moment and that is saying a lot, for history Q can be terribly Hdryu and uninteresting. 5 Therefore don't let a single person run down 2 your school! Stand up for itl It is certainly 5 worthy of all your support. i -Virgil Wood'4O I I I I I'