Oxford High School - Clarion Yearbook (Oxford, ME)

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5-4:--J V First Row Cha r lotte Jackson Beverly Herrick Patricia Owens Evelyn Fritz Lewis Poland Kenneth Johnson John Pike Second Row Ronald Meserve Marion Byrd Constance Davis Jane Percy Ruby Phelps Marilyn Gray Maureen Albison Robert Grover FRESHMAN CLASS Scnoolbegan September sixth with an enrollment of seventeen members of the freshman class Three subjects were required for the entering either Latin or Junior Business Training All but one of us chose the latter On Thursday the fourteenth we were initiated by having to dress an outlandish fashion the year went on we regretted the los of three members of our class Later this year we were glad to have Maureen Albison Join our class She was previously a pupil at Mechanic Falls High School We hada roller skating party to begin building up our class treasury This year the following boys and girls went out for basketball John Pike Ronald Meserve Robert Grover Kenneth Johnson Patricia Owens Evelyn Fritz and Beverly Herrick We were very sorry that Patricia Owens was unable to play in two or three of the last games because of a knee condition There are fifteen in our class now and we hope that there will be that many and more next year 1 y . 0 . 3 - : I . ! l ' I ! Y ! ' : D I I ! Y D ! freshmen: English, Algebra and Social Science. We had our choice of Y y . . . . in As s l i 1 D D A ' ! , .

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Front Row Sharon Rlchardson Marlene Roderlck Marylyn Bartlett Tomm1e Belanger Jan1ce Colby Harold Thayer Norma Charles Second Row Ruth Wltham Lawrence Klmball Bernard Dunn Robert Frltz Leslle Klmball Duane McKendr1ck Dale Mllls SOPHOMORE CLASS School opened ln September wlth fourteen members ln the Sophomore Class Durmg the year we lost one member and later ln the year we were happy to welcome a new member Duane McKendr1ck who had formerly attended Mechamc Falls I-hgh School For our subjects we were requ1red to take Engllsh and Soc1alSc1ence wlth a cholce of two subjects from the followtng Bookkeepmg Algebra ll Bus1ness Arlthmetlc and Latm Durmg the year we sponsored a supper at the Welchv1lle Grange Hall and netted a falr proflt for our class treasury The followmg boys took part ln basketball Tom Belanger Bernard Dunn Duane McKendr1ck and Leslle Klmball Tom Belanger was hurt durmg the season and had to stop playmg Curls who played basketball were Jamce Colby and Marylyn Bartlett Boys who are out for baseball thms sprlng are Tom Belanger Duane McKendr1ck Bernard Dunn Leslle K1mball and Robert Frltz Selectedto compete mn the Freshman Pr1ze S pe a kx ng f 1 na ls were Marylyn Bartlett Lawrence Klmball M a rle ne Roderlck and Rut h Wmtham - .- 'P O I x ' A ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 - . 1 I . I ' 1 1 1 - i . - 1 1 1 - - . ' 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1

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EDITORIAL COIVIIVIUNISIVI Th1s system by whlcha small group wlshes to control the world has never won approval mn a free e1ect1on Commumsts get control by any effe ct1ve method One effectwe method ofplantmg Commumsts 10 schools and colleges IS usmg some bmg name as a front' Then the boys and g1rls who fall under Commumst mfluence are ln danger of losmg happy l1ves as Amerxcan c1t1zens In textbooks used by the Commumsts the fa11ures and bad pomnts of Amer1ca are emphaslzed The m1nor1ty of underfed uneducated and maltreated people are made to stand out wh11e the few good polnts about Russla are stressed If Communlsts ever came 1nto control ln Amerlca the capltalwould be ln Moscow and every person would be under Communlst rule All o r ganm za t 10 n s wouldbe d1ssolved All property would belong to the government Everythmg now a part of Amermca would become the exact oppos1te Under Commumst control unlons would not exlst as agents of the people but as agents of the government W1111am Green head of the World Federat1on of Labor has sald that no labor orgamzatlon can be free under Communlsm If anyone should strlke he would be kllled Once Communlsts become prorrunent 1n a umon It IS practmcally lmpossxble to throw them out In nmeteen umons 1n the Un1ted States Cornmumsts are leaders The thmg Cornmumsts consmder the1r worst enemy 1s relmglon As the1r alm IS complete domlnatlon of mmd and body from blrth to death re11g1on has no place The1r ldea 15 that anythmg that promotes Commumsmls moral therefore the1r goal ms the complete destructmon of any rel1g1on whatsoever In the event of Commurust rule educatlon would stop and only tralnlng be allowed Lemnhas sa1d that 1f a chlld were glven to hlm for hms f1rst elght years he would be a Communlst forever Instead of belng taught how to th1nk as ln Amerlca now chxldren would be taught what to thmk A11ch11drenwou1dbe taught as 1nRuss1a now to hate anyone who objects to complete Commumst domlnatlon When you thlnk that nothlng llke thls could happen 1nAmer1ca conslder for a mlnute the close call whlch came between 1941 and 1944 when Henry Wallace was V1ce Pres1dent of the Umted States IV1r Wallace was a fel1ow traveler one of those persons who follow the Commumst Party l1ne w1thout ho1d1ng a member shlp card The most effect1ve way known to combat Commumsm 1s detectlon exposure and prosecutlon Any Commumst w1l1 uphold Stalln but de nounce the Pres1dent of the Umted States W11l1am Foster head of the Communlst Party IH the Unlted States has declared that some day a Communlst wmll head the government of a Sovlet world It IS the duty andprlvllege of all Amerlcans to work and strlve to prove hls prophecy false Patrlcla Mayberry 52 .m.m--- 7 ! . . . . . ,I I . , , Y ' ! l 1 . . . . 1 - 9 I . . . I v 1 . . I I ' Y . - 1 V ' ' , - ' II . . y 1 1 - x 9 , 7 . ' ' l