Pennell Institute - Whirlpool Yearbook (Gray, ME)

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8 THE WHIRLPOOL Class of 1929 Mary Sawyer has graduated from Massachusetts General Hospital and is nursing in Boston, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Leach (Hortense Lowe) have a daughter, Cora Nellie, born June 20, 1933. Class of 1930 Mr. and Mrs. Merle Foster have a daughter, Joan Merle, born February 23, 1934. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Leavitt (Marguerite Webster) are in charge of Gray Town Farm. Class of 1931 Loan Brackett is teaching at Poland. Her engagement to John Hancock of the same class has recently been announced. Irene Potter was married to MacNeil Brown, July 6, 1933, at Gorham, Maine. Alice Coffin and Arnold Tripp are attending the University of Maine. Class of 1932 Mr. and Mrs. Edson Doughty (Evelyn Gallop) have a son, Rob- ert Francis, born February 4, 1934. Phyllis Hancock is attending Northeastern Business College, Port- land, Maine. Class of 1933 Hortense Caswell is training at St. Barnabas Hospital, Portland, Maine. Viola Winslow is attending Coleman’s Business College, Newark, New Jersey. PRISCILLA E. DUNN, '35.

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THE WHIRLPOOL 7 OFFICERS OF PENNELL INSTITUTE ALUMNI President, JOHN HANCOCK, '31 Vice-President, CARLTON EDWARDS, '28 Secretary, ELSIE MEGQUIER, '91 Treasurer, ELIZABETH DOUGLASS, '22 Executive Committee: HORACE C. MARSDEN, '02: ERNEST LIBBY, '31; KENNETH SAWYER, '26 Meetings are held the last Monday of every month at 8 P. M. at Pennell Institute Hall. Class of 1900 Esmeralda Mann, deceased. Class of 1902 Horace C. Marsden is the new trustee of Pennell Institute, taking the place of Vinton Frank, deceased. Class of 1919 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Duplisea (Marguerite Morrill, '21) have a son, Carl Duplisea, Jr., born September 25, 1933. Class of 1920 Mr. and Mrs. Karl Libby have a daughter, Judith Ann, born December 17, 1933. Class of 1921 Joseph A. Leonard, Principal at Freeport High School for the past two years, is now Superintendent of Schools in the district composed of Bridgewater, Monticello, Mars Hill and Blaine, Maine. George Kent, who had previously graduated from Bates, received his M. A. from Wesleyan University in June, 1933. He is now em- ployed by the Raethon Radio Corporation in Newton, Massachusetts. Aroostook Central Institute, Mars Hill, Maine. Class of 1924 Mr. and Mrs. Clyve Muzzy (Marion Clark, '32) have a daughter, Beverly Margery, born May 6, 1933. Class of 1925 Maynard Colley is an interne at the Maine General Hospital, Port- land, Maine, and will finish this interneship in June, 1934. Mr. and Mrs. William Douglass are living in South Paris, where Mr. Douglass is in charge of an A. 8 P. Store. They have a son, Richard Nash, born January 18, 1934. Class of 1926 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sawyer (Evelyn Pierce, '28) have a son, Robert Kenneth, born July 29, 1933. Class of 1928 Georgianna Young is teaching in Wendall, Mass., under Superin- tendent Edwin J. Harriman, Principal of Pennell Institute, 1926-1928.

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THE WHIRLPOOL 9 SCHOOL CALENDAR, 1933-1934 School opens. Pupils look over new teachers. Rev. J. F. Robinson gives a talk on the Constitution. No school. Cumberland Fair. Pennell wins the track meet. Alumni entertain school. Reception for faculty. First social. Freshman reception. Milder than anticipated. Rank cards with an overabundance of 3's. Why do parents always see exponents quicker than letters? Teachers’ Convention. No school. Professor Herbert Brown of Bowdoin speaks on education. School entertains alumni. Mr. Samuel of India speaks on his experience in this country. Zodelle Cram transfers from North Yarmouth Academy. School closes for Thanksgiving recess. The detention system is introduced. Although well attended it has not been popular with the pupils. Mr. Leslie Spinks of Bates speaks on college education. Little Johnnie Serapi sings and makes eyes at the girls. School closes for a two weeks’ vacation. Nobody is sorry. Senior Drama well attended in spite of snow. School opens, and pupils compare vacation weather reports. Nancy Webb wins first place with 45 below. Social. Girls entertain boys. Burnt cocoa is delicious. Icy hills have been good for sliding. Much mercurochrome. Mid-year examinations. Why not adopt the system of no examinations for pupils with an average of 85? Winter Carnival at New Gloucester. Pennell, second. No school. Everybody hugs the stove at home. School begins at 8.45. The Coopers and Si arrive on ti me. An historical event. Ping pong is introduced to the pupils. No school. Swirling and drifting snow renders travelling impossible. No school in afternoon. Nearly everybody snowbound. School closes for one week. Everybody snowbound. What a winter! Record breaking year of 1888 is surpassed by 1934. 103 inches of snow have fallen. Digging out has become a side issue to the question of where to put it.