Paris High School - Chronicle Yearbook (South Paris, ME)

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3. . 'T HE CHRONICLE NEWS AND ACTIVITIES SEPTEMBER Hear those school bells ringing. All the students flock to school to- day with smiling faces after a nice summer vacation. All were glad to be back in school for another year of readin', writin', and 'rithmetic. Class elections were held today. The new officers and Student Council members will head the school management for the com- ing year. See those excited faces this week! The Oxford County Fair is back in town and there's only one half day of school. A big crowd turned out today as the Paris Cardinals defeated Bridgton 7 to 6 in the first foot- ball game of the season. Keep up the good work, boys. What's that walking down the street? Oh, yes, one of the lowly Freshmen bowing to a much loved Sophomore. Freshman Reception really is fun. Another game and another vic- tory. The boys really looked good on the field today. Thinking about graduation al- ready. The Seniors ordered their announcements f r o m' Balfour Company after a lively discussion. The Sopho-mores will be wearing bright, shiny new rings before long. The order was sent in today. OCTOBER Hooray! The boys sure are on their toes as they won a smashing victory over Gould Academy. Swing your partner at the Harvest Dance sponsored by the Juniors. It was the first dance of the year and a big success. Jay broke our winning streak, but the boys played a good game. The cheerleaders did a lot to keep up the wonderful spirit the kids are displaying this year. 10 14 22 28 29 30 31 1. 4. We Shook the Family Tree. The Senior actors were chosen and practice for the play started to- day. We played Mexico under the lights tonight. Mexico handed us our second defeat of the season. Coach Gouin's boys played a swell game, though. Lots go-ing on at P.H.S. today. The Oxford County 4H Program was held in the gym this afternoon, while just outside Paris and Liv- more Falls played an exciting football game which ended a tie. A big rally was held tonight in the gym with each of the football boys speaking and some swell m'u- sic from the band. Afterwards Norway's Team went up in smoke in a huge bonfire. How about this! Our last football game ended in another tie. Nor- way and Paris battled it out to the very end, but the score remained 6 to 6. A victory dance sponsored by the the Norway-Paris Student Coun- cils was a huge success. The at- mosphere was q uit e different from that of the game yesterday. The goblin will get you if you don't watch out. Hallowe'en is here again fit comes every yearj and a big parade made its way through town tonight to the ter- ror of the townspeople. NOVEMBER Do I smell food? The Seniors put on a supper for the Extension Service with the girls and boys waiting on tables. The Senior mothers are to be congratulated for the swell job done preparing the supper. Another industry for South Paris. Governor Muskie spoke at dedi- cation services for the new tan- nery. The school was also honored

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TH E CHRONICLE 39 at having the Governo-r speak in front of the entire student body. More food ! Another supper by the Seniors. This time for the Wom- an's Club. See all the glum faces. It's the end of the first quarter and re- port cards were given out. I'll study harder next quarter was the usual confunent. A two days vacation started as the teachers attend the Oxford County Teach- ers' convention at Rumford. Look at the birdie! Yes, the Sen- iors had their pictures taken and everyone was dressed fit to kill. The annual Senior play, We Shook the Family Tree, was pre- sented tonight. It was a howling success. After the play a party was held at Lakeside. A good time was had by all. NO SCHOOL! Hooray - Thanks- giving vacation. Don't eat too muchg you wouldn't want to get sick and miss any school. Congratulations to Coach Briggs and the basketball team. The Car- dinals beat Windham in the first basketball game. DECEMBER Looks like the girls' basketball team is real good. They beat An- dover today in a swell game. Lots of basketball today. The girls tied with Livermore Falls in a real thriller after school. The annual Round Ro-bin was held tonight in the Paris gym with Paris coming out on top. The Cardinals rolled over the Rams tonight to make up for the tie game in football. What a game! Paris beat, Gould tonight by one little point. These are the kind of games wiflike to see. 1' The girls played at And ver to- night and won in an excililig over- time game. 'I rv' ,st L S Do I look like this? Hear the com- ments as the Seniors look at their pictures. It happens every year. Santa is on his way. Christmas vacation is here once again, and everyone left school fo-r two weeks amid yells of Merry Christmas. In keeping with the spirit Paris de- feated Mexico for their third vic- tory. I guess vacation is too much for the boys. Lisbo-n's team dealt them their first defeat in basketball this year. Better luck next time boys. Another defeat as Freeport's classy five gave Paris a trouncing tonight. I hope We have better luck after vacation is over. Windham beat Paris for the third loss of the sea- son for the Cardinals. A triple win for Paris. The var- sity, JV's and girls showed their stuff tonight in three smashing victories over Mexico. JANUARY An alumni dance was held in the gym. A good time was had by all. The girls are at it again. They beat Woodstock in a close game here at the gym. Good going, girls! Tonight was another big night for the basketball team. The Varsity and JV's beat the Bridgton Black- hawks in a real thriller. The girls broke their winning streak tonight by losing to the Bridgton lassies. Keep up your courage, girls. Want to be a nurse? Today the girls of the high school heard about a career in nursing. The speakers that gave us all the de- tails were Miss Jordan from Presque Isle and Mrs. Schindel from the C.M.G. A revengeful Paris team tonight beat Lisbon on our own floor to get back at the loss suffered at Lisbon. Although the J V's put up