Samuel D Hanson School - Crescent Yearbook (Buxton, ME)

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THE CRESCENT TENTH ANNUAL C. Y. C. L. SPEAKING CONTESTS DRAMATIC PRIZE SPEAKIPG CONTEST Tory Hill Meeting House Tnurscay lay I, l94l . Presiding Priscipal,..Henry Card, Hollis Invocation Rev. J. Albert Hammond Music Hollis and Suxton High School Orchestras Mickey's Marker Leota Black Laurens Libby, Limerick The White Cliffs Sylv Home Coming Elms The Little Match ia Bradford, Limington H r Smith, Cornish Girl Nildred Bickford Music The Last Leaf Marj Nocturne N , Mari In The Palace of Hollis and Buxton High orie Knight e Ruthier, Hollis the King ' Carolyn Woolcock, Buxton Music Judges: Rev. Mrs. Miss Hollis and Buxton High Ruth Jackson, Bar Mills Erlon Mosher, Gorham Constance Murray, Standish Hig Alice Duer Miller lton Blain Turner Dickens School Orchestras OfHenry Leota Slack Anonymous School Orchestras h School HUKOROUS PRIZE SPEAKING CONTEST Pike Memorial Hall, Cornish Thursday May l, 1941 ,f Presiding Principal...Dwight Libby, Limerick Orchestra Selection HNational Hedleyn - Herfurth Cornish High School Jane Shirley Lewis, Alfred Cousins Carlene Howe, Buxton Vocal Solo Hwhen Day Is Donen Charlotte Chick, Cornish Brothers-in-Love Clinton Douglas, Cornish An Underhand Pass Richard Anderson, Hollis Vocal Solo HThe Bells of St. Mary's Penrod - Little Gentleman Carlton Mc Donald, Limerick Booth Tarkington Booth Tarkington Dr.' Karschcr Leota Black Leota Black A. Emmett Adams Booth Tarkington Pamelia Splicer At The Beach Anonymous Marion Dow, Limington Fourth-of-July Misadventure Shute Neal R. Hill, Waterboro Orchestra Selection HBostonianH Hoelscher Cornish High School The winner of the combined contests was Limerick High School.

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THE CRESCENT TWEHTY-SEVEPTH ANNUAL PRIZE SPEAKING CONTEST BUXTON CENTTR BAPTIST CHURCH FEBRUARY II, 1941 ORCHESTRA IHVOCATION WHITE LILACS Anita Nason :YOUTH SPEAKS Le Roy Burns DOG OF FLANDERS Natalie Wiggin JANE Carlene Rowe MUSIC PHE COWARD Robert Emery -AMERICAIISM versus CCIMUHISM Merton Waterman STEPMOTHER Dorothy Enrenborg HUSIC THEY THIER OF EVTRYTHIIG Robert Snell AT HOME TO EIS FRITYDS Ardis Goodson IN THE PALACE CF THE HIPC Carolyn Wooloook BUILDERS OF THPIYE Ronald Sawyer ORCHESTRA Cnariman of Program Joseph Leavitt J11Hr-QS ., omwlb Rev. A. W. Brown Leota H. Black Spencer Johnson Louisa De La Rame Booth Tarkington Artnur Guy Empey P. J. Hurley Pat Frank Booth Tarkington M. C. Hicheals Ur. Arthur Harlow, Goodwins Mills Mr. Ernest Harvey, Portland Mrs. Helen Harlow, Goodwins Mills H lst Prize CGirlsD Also C. Y. C. L. Representati 5 lst Prize CEoysJ 4 2nd Prize CGirls and Boysl 4 C. Y. C. L. Representative Humorous Contest

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24 THE CRESCENT The Orchestra Three years ago Miss Harvey became our music director and at our first assembly she called all those interested in an or- chestra together. Enthusiastically the call was received for we had eagerly awaited the organization of an orchestra. Our first year there were few instruments and as we were inexperienced and many were beginners, we were started on the simplest of selections. We will never forget the hours of hard practice we put in the first year and at times we became greatly discouraged, nevertheless, our director encouraged us and we worked on. The second year several more joined our group and we made our first public appear- ances at several school functions. At the annual May Concert the orchestra played two selections. Two of the members were given a chance to play in the combined orchestra at the Western Maine Music Festivel in Portland, May 1941. Last September three new members joined us to give us couraqe. In spite of the hours of practice the orchestra members feel it has been a lot of fun as well as an excellent opportunity. The orchestra has provided a number of selections in the musical programs at school plays, public speaking, assemblies, graduation and other school functions. We feel Miss Harvey deserves many, many thanks for the hours of work and sacrifice she has put into making our orchestra what it ist Our orchestra consists of: Piano: Dorothy Leavitt, Helen Bolster, Ardis Goodson, Clarinet: Alberta Gerrishg Saxophone: Carolyn Woolcockg Trumpet: Walter Bolstorg Violins: Mary Hague, Shirley Libby, Dorothy Ehrenborgg Drums: Toby Hurlbut. Special Group From the entire chorus Miss Harvey chose about twenty-five students to be the Special Group. A part of each music class is devoted to the practice of the Special Group in preparation for school functions at which they offer several musical selections. May Concerts The schools of Buxton, Hollis and Standish put on a combined concert. On Thursday, May eighth, it was held in the West Buxton Baptist Churchg the following evening the same program was pre- sented in the gymnasium of Standish High School. CThe entire program may be found on the following page.J Miss Harvey delight- us all by singing two solos which was really the Hheadlinern of each concert. ' Western Maine Festival The Western Maine Music Festival was held in Portland on May seventeenth. Six boys and six girls were chosen to sing in the combined choral group and two orchestra members to play in the combined orchestra. A rehearsal was held in the morning and after lunch all the groups participated in a parade led by bands of the larger schools. The Evening Concert was a long program of in- spiring music by the bands, orchestras, and singers, and proclaimed a complete success. Carolyn Woolcock'42