Old Town High School - Sachem Yearbook (Old Town, ME)

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RALPH EDMUND LEONARD College Responsibilities gravitate to the shoulders that carry them, and :Jowcr flows to the one who knows ww. Intramural Basketball 1: Track l, 2: Football l, 2, 3, 4: Basketball l, 2, 3, 4: Baseball 2: Helen VVilbur Bird Essay, First Prize 2: Varsity Club 2, 3, 4: Student Council 2, 3, 4, Vice President 3, President 4: Sac-hem Stall' 2, 3, 4, Business Manager 4: American Legion Es- say, First Prize 3: Class President 3, 4: Student Representative to Ath- letic Council 4: Science Club 4, President: Science Fair: High Honors: Honor Essay. JOHN JOSEPH PELLETIER College It is not wealth nor ancestry but honorable conduct and a noble dis- position that make men great. Intramural Basketball 1: Basket- ball l, 2: Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Cap- tain 4: Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4: French Club 2: Class Vice President 2: Varsity Club 2, 3, 4: Secretary- Treasurer 2, 3, President 4: Orches- tra 2, 3, 4: Camera Club 3: Dra- matics Club 4: Science Club 4: Sac-hem Staff 4: Class Treasurer 4: Senior Play. RITA THERESA MORANCY Home Economies She who works with her hands, head, and her heart is an ar- S Student Council 2: Basketball 2: Home Economics Club 2, 3: Camera Club 3: Dramatics Club 3, 4: Sa- chem Staff' 3, 4: One-Act Plays 3, 4: Class Vice President 3, 4: F. H. A. 4, President: Science Club 4: One-Act Play Contest 4: D. A. R. Candidate 4: Senior Play: Science Fair 4: High Honors: Class Prophecy. CHESTER HERBERT ABBOTT GLORIA MAE LEBRETON Home Economics Our character is our will, for what we will we arc. Basketball l, 2, 3, 4, Captain 2: Dramatlcs Club 2, 3: Home Eco- nomics Club 2, 3: Vice President 3: Softball 3, 4: F. H. A. 4: Carnival Queen Candidate 4: Honors. G e'al A w ILLIAM GRANT Aon ELI. Just being happy is a tlne thing' to clo. looking on the bright side rather than the blue. General Let us be among the few who F. F. A. 2, 3, 4.L do their duty. .. --4

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THE SACHEM SENIOR CLASS REPORT The oflicers elected for the senior year were: President, Ralph Leonard, Vice President, Rita Morancyg Secretary, Gloria LeBretong Treasurer, John Pelletier. Representatives to the student council were Ethel Mae Scammon and Norman Ouellette. Four served on the welfare com- mittee, Annette Godfrey, Joan Cyr, Dora Ouellette, and Arnold Nickerson. Sports, clubs, and other activities of the school were supported by a substantial number of seniors. The senior play, The Skull, was presented successfully on November 10, 1948, at the Helen Hunt Auditorium. Ethel Mae Scammon and Gordon Buchanan were chosen to speak at the Spear Contest on April 27. This year the seniors have planned an informal gathering at the Penob- scot Valley Country Club in Orono, to be held on the Saturday evening pre- ceding graduation week. Plans are progressing for the senior hop, one of the most colorful events of graduation. The following committees have been set up to take care of many of the details connected with graduation: Service Committee-Arnold Nickerson, Chairman, Linwood Roy, Ches- ter Abbott, Charles Bailey, and Richard MacPherson. Business Committee-Gordon Buchanan, Chairman, Bruce Savage, Elaine O'Grady, J aye McKenney, and Frances Smart. Reception Committee-Lorraine Ouellette, Chairman, Joan Hilchey, Antoinette Levasseur, and Jane Whittier. Decoration Committee-James Sucy, Chairman, Annette Godfrey, Dean Culbertson, Elois Jordan, and Larry Fogarty. Refreshment Committee-Eva Ouellette, Chairman, Pauline Cyr, Dora Ouellette, and Esther Burr. Class Day Committee-Therese Martin, Chairman, Irene Martin, Theresa Preble, and Mavis Robbins. Senior Assembly Committee-Ethel Mae Scammon, Chairman, Ber- nard Parady, and Eugene Merrill. Baccalaureate-Rachel Rogers, Chairman, Amy Flewelling, and Charles Hotham. Class parts for graduation were chosen as follows: Essays, Gordon Buchanan, Ralph Leonard, Lorraine Ouellette, and Ethel Mae Scammong Gifts to Boys, Elaine O'Gradyg Gifts to Girls, James Sucyg Class Will, Richard MacPherson, Class Prophecy, Rita Morancyg Class History, Frances Smart. We members of the class of 1948 wish to express our appreciation to Miss Carter and Mr. Viola for their guidance, which has helped to make our three years at Old Town High School happy and successful. GLORIA LEBRETON, '48, Secretary.

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CAROLYN LOUISE BABB CHARLES LEWVIS BAILEY Home Economies General Silence is the perfectcst herald Work a little, sing a little, whis- of joy. Home Economies Club 2, 3: Dra- maties Club 3, 4: Camera Club 3, 4 Science Club 4: F. H. A. 4. ELENOR MAE BEAN Commercial Let each man turn with steady sway around the task that rules the clay, and do his best. Transferred from Portland High School, Portland, Maine: Home Ec- onomics Club 2. 3: Junior 0. A. T.: Junior 0. G. A.: Senior 0. A. T.: Senior 0. G. A.: 42 Typing: 60 Shorthand: 0. G. A. Pin. tle and be gay. Intramural Basketball 1: Camera Club 3, 4: Varsity Club 3, 4: Foot- ball Co-Manager 3, 4. MYRA AGNES BERRY General Chcerfulness and content are great beautiflers, and are famous pruservers of good looks. Transferred from Wvetherstield High School, NVQ-therstleld, Conn.: Home Economies Club 2: Camera Club 3, 4: Junior 0. A. T.: F. I-I, A. 4: 40 Typing: B. E. WV. Award: Junior 0. A. T. Pin. GYVENDULYN ESTICLLIC BARNES College I':i1'zulise is open to all kind hearts. Glee Clllb l, 72: Home Economies Club 2. FRANCIS RICHARD BINNETTE General Life is not so short but that tlu-re is always time for courtesy. Trzu-k I: Intramural Basketball I: F. F. A. 2.