Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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lar THREE ACT PLAY On the evening of November 2, 1956, the three act royalty play The Baby Sitter was performed before a large audience at the Alumni Hall. The play, a bright comedy, was cast as follows: Bob ....,... .,,,.,.. C ourtland Dill Mother .. . .. ..... .. Marilyn White Father ....,.., Iunior .,,,..,,. Iane ..,., .. Helen .,,.. Carrie . . Eunice Carl .i.., . Lefty ...... Midge ,.,,, ., Dot ,.,.... . ...,. , ,. Richard XVilliams Alex Peterson Barbara Smith . ..,..... Anne Bryant . Kathleen Hoover Peggy Ann Carlisle ,. Norman Thurlow Michael White .. .. Connie Whorf? Clarice McLaughlin Mr. Gordon .. ,.,.,.......,.. George Dunn Mrs. Gordon .. .... .....,,,...........,,.. S andra Kinney The Baby Sitter The play got off to a fast start with Bob arguing with his parents about breaking a date with Carrie, his steady girl friend. His mother, Mrs. Ballard, says he should go out with dif- ferent girls while he is young. Mr. Ballard agrees. Bob loses the argument and is forced to date Eunice. Bob calls Carrie to break their date but Ends she is on her way over to pick him up in her uw-qw-1 ..--...H -. -. Ayes father's car. From then on things happen fast. The Ballards' baby sitter calls and says she can't come. Carrie volunteers to do the iob but she doesn't know what she is getting into when she agrees to stay with Iunior, the son of Mr. Ballard's Boss. Iunior gets into one devilish predicament after another until he finally swallows, what might be a poisionous toadstool. lust as the family comes home they see Carrie forcing something down Iunior's throat. They think he is being killed and call the doctor. The doctor says Iunior has swallowed a Black Angel Toad- stool and that he might have died if it weren't for Carriels quick thinking. So Carrie is the heroine and gets to go steady with Bob and everybody's happy. We wish to thank Mrs. Smith for her time and effort in directing and seeing that every- thing ran smoothly. Thanks goes to the stage hands as well for making the performance a success. ONE ACT PLAY Our entry in the Franklin County Une Act Play Contest held in Strong on NVednesday, March 6. was entitled XVhich is the NVay to Boston? N a royalty play by Ronald l.orenzen. The story was based on an old superstition, Death would come to the house to which an old man driving a buggy with a sick child asked XVhich is the wav to Boston? The young moderns. Chris and Nlary, did not believe in the superstition. XVhen Nlartha died after the call of the old man, they realized the truth of the old story. The cast consisted of: lvhn George Dunn Nlartha Xlarilyn XVhite Chris Courtland Dill Mary Kathleen Hoover XYinners in the contest were Rangelev High School - first. liingneld High School - second. No third place winner was selected. The cast gave Al creditable performance under the able coaching of Mrs. Smith. Un the evening of March ll. the play was performed before the Phillips P. T. lf. in Mrs. Smithis room.

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ag ffl! X2 o In X . ' - DEBATING The question for this year's debate is: Resolved, That the Federal government should sustain prices of major agricultural products at not less than 90:0 of parity. Norman Thurlow, first speaker, and Dennis Pillsbury, second speaker, are representing afiirmative team which meets Lewiston High School at Phillips. Michael VVhite, first speaker, and Alexander Peterson, second speaker, are representing our negative team which will debate St. Dominic School for Girls at Lewiston. We regret the loss of two debaters, Glendalyn Dill and Stephen Bryant, both who were unable to find sufficient time to take part this year. However with the help of our coach Mr. Whit- temore, we hope to better last year's record. The results of debates held on March 20 were as follows: Our affirmative team lost to Lewiston High School 3-0, and the judges voted Edward Berman of Lewiston as the best speaker. However, our negative team argued its way to a 3-0 decision over the afftirmative team of the St. Dominic School for Girls with the judges selecting Alex Peterson as the best speaker. PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST Un March 28, 1957. at 7:30 P. M. the annual speaking contest was held in Mrs. Smith's room. ebatzn First Row: N. Thurlow, D. Pillsbury, Coach Whittt-more, A. Peterson, M. VVhite. The program was as follows: Dona Nlchlinniman At the Church Supper I. L. Harbour Lorrimer Hodges 'A The Unknown Soldier' Paul F. Douglass Barbara Smith Mary Stuart i' QBased on Schillerls Dramaj Arranged by Mary Ann Porterheld Glenclalyn Dill 'L Thrush Anonymous Clarice McLaughlin 'L Beach Nuts Leota Hulse Black Susan Thurlow Such Adorable Children 'y Dolores Kerns Betty Rowe Daffy Daphnei' Elizabeth Martland Connie Whorll Back at Four Charles George Carolynne Rowe The Cat Came Back Leota Hulse Black - The results of the contest were First - Glen- dalyn Dill, Second - Clarice McLaughlin, Third - Susan Thurlow. Those representing Phillips High School in the Franklin County Prize Speaking Festival held at Strong High School, April 2, were: Glendalyn Dill - Dramatic Clarice McLaughlin - Humorous Lorrimer Hodges - Oration Public Speaking First Row: E. Rowe, C. McLaughlin, C. Rowe, B. Smith. Second Row: Coach Mrs. Gage, S. Thurlow, C. X Whorff, D. Mehlinniiiian. I

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fa ' 9 il? C' U 'W an get Q ESSAY CONTESTS Last year as rn the past Mr lxarl Howland general manager of the Sun Lrfe Assurance Insurance Company ot Canada offered a S25 00 award to the senror wrrtxng the best essay on Why lJl1llllPSlS a good town rn which to lne Mane Muller was presented the check at gradu atron fhls year Mr Howland will award 152500 to the best speller IH the semor class At present we are awamng turther rnstructrons but rt rs expected that the best speller wrll be the wrnner ot an old tashroned spelllng bee Durrng the week of February 4 Natronal Hot Lunch Program VVeek was obserxed Cuests muted to partrcrpate rn thrs specral obserxance w ere the Supl ot Schools members of the Phrl lrps school board and parents of new puprls They lunched w nth the students and watched the procedure Throughout the entrre school students partrcr pated rn the obserxance one way or another Some drew prctures others wrote letters or themes ln the hlgh school every student wrote theme ts part ot the regular Englrsh written lunch lro ram XVhx the llot Program rs licnchtral to -Xll lrrfcs were twarded by thc drrettor ol thc Hot l unch lro rim Nlrs C olden 'lhe w rrter ol the best prper rn each tllss reccned a free lunch trcket lor 1 week lrrfcs were awarded rs follows l rcshmln Clrss Shcrla X otcr Sophomore K ltss l orrrmcr Hodges lunror Lltss Q l mce Nlcl.aughl1n Senlor Class Marrlyn VVhrte V 'A one DRIVER EDUCATION This fall a drner educatron course was offered for the Hrst tlme at Phrllrps Hugh School wrth Mr Vllrlkrnson as rnstructor A specially equrpped car 1 Ford was donated to the school through the courtesy of Horn Motors Farmmg ton Requxrements that must be met by the students are thrrty hours of book study twenty four hours of rndmg and srx hours of drnmg Twelxe students make up one class Student drners tramed the first half of the year were George Dunn Peggy Carllsle Sandra Klnney Marilyn White Katherme Wlth erall Kenneth Hull Betty Mecham Durward Hrnckley Betty Smrth Yoland Saxage oyce Ballum and Lorraine Hrnckley Those tramed rn the second half of the year were Clance Mclsaughlm Conme VVhorfl Hayden Wrlbur Robert Caton Robert Mecham Paul Deraps Leora McLaughl1n Caro lynne Rowe Roland Wrlcox Betty Rowe Alex Peterson and Richard Wlllxams Thrs course rs a xaluable one as rt teaches the sate sensrble and sane way to drue TEEN AGE BOOK CLUB Under the sponsorshrp of the Freshman Class a teen age book club was formed rn September Club members consxst mostly of freshmen but Each month exery member recenes the TAB News 1 paper contamrng the names and de scrrptrons ot books offered that month All books 'ure approxcd md recommended by promment edrtors They are ordered through Ctrrre VN horll sctrctlry lNo book costs more than thrrtx hu cents Xlter a member has ordered lour books he rcccn es a free one selected by hrm Nlore than 54 books hue been bought and read luprls borrow books md trade them Ihrs program hrs been hrghly successlul .,.....l.. il .-1--' 'fi-9 1 . .V . 1 9 ' 7 1 Y . ' , . . . . P 7 ' . 1 g 9 C ' ' I' 7 7 , ' - .. A - - Y Y . V l -v H . . V A . . 1 , , . 1 V V, l - . . , . . . 4 U ll s Y Q 9 a- F . Y : 9 7 . I , , . 7 U 9 lv 7 5 V Y I 2 . , . ' y 1 , ' ' ' , . 1 1 V ' 1 - - . . , ' ' y v 9 ' . , ' a a 9 ' ' - Y ' 9 ' 9 1 , v Q Y , . .- -, - .Y . B ' Y 1 5 Y ' y f 3 . r t ' l . . . N - L- I v ' work. The subject was U VVhy l Like the Hot a tew upper-classmen have jomed. 4 N , gr ,. or .. 'Y Y V U .V '- s .'-' v ' 'I r . - t ' ga , . I X , A ' - 1 ' - 1 ' 'a' ' ' ' '. ' . 1 s 1 4 7 t ' - Q - It.: . ' ' Y r . ' . ' - Y ' It It I' . ' Y ' ' . J ' ' I A . -' ' ' . . , ' v ' ' ' ' , . 1- .. ' , V - -- A .