Searsport High School - Windjammer Yearbook (Searsport, ME)

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JUST FOR LAUGHS Roger Farris: You saw this lady driving toward you. Why didn't you give her half the road? A Mr. Lapointe: I was going to, Just as soon as I could find out which half she wanted. Mrs. Ashey: What did your father say when you told him you smashed up the car ? Becky: Shall I leave out the swear words? i Mrs. Ashey: Certainlys! Becky: He didn't say a word. Maurice Day: By the way, did youiknow it is now the fashion to dress according to the color of your hair? Harold L.: No kidding! Maurice Day: Sure! A man with brown hair shoul-d wear -a brown suit. A man with gray hair should wear a gray suit, and so on. Harold L.: Say, tell me! How should a bald-headed man dress ? The gang was having an old-fashioned sleigh ride, and eyerybody was having a won- derful time but Ruth Clark. What's the matter ? demanded Chummy H. Nobody loves me, sobbed Ruth, and my hands are cold. Oh, that's all right, Chummy answered softly, your sister loves you, and you can sit on your hands. Keith McKeen: Going around with five girls at once! How do you explain such be- havior? Rodney D.: Old Cupid- must have shot me with a machine-gun. Mr. Murray: Now, if I lay three eggs here and five over there, how many eggs will' I have '? Harriett M.: Well, to tell the truth, I don't believe you can do it, sir. Helen V.: I've added these numbers ten times. Mr. Murray: Good girl! Helen: And here are your ten answers. No word was spoken when they met, By either-sad or gay, And yet one badly smitten was, As mentioned the next day. They met by chance this summer eve, With neither glance nor bow: They often come together so- A freight train and a cow. Larry wanted a girl friend, but his girl friend didn't especially want him.. Besides, her folks were not very keen about steady dating. At last Larry told her that if she did-n't go steady with him, he would get a rope and hang himself right in front of her house. Oh, please don't do it, Larry, she said, you know perfectly well daddy doesn't want you hanging around here. Malcolm C.: I've never seen such dreamy eyes. Bonnie A.: You never stayed so late be- fore. Maurice Day: I suppose you think I'm a perfect idiot. Judy G.: Oh, well! None of us is per- feet. To Ruth Blake: Ruth rode in my new car, In the seat beside me. I took the bumps at fifty-five, And rode on Ruthlessl'y. A doctor fell into a well And broke his collarbone. The doctor should attend the sick And leave the well alone. Mr. Mortland: George! Are you the teacher of this class? George Pattershall: N o, sir. Mr. Mortland: Then don't talk like an idiot. Mr. Murray: Can you tell me something about the great chemists of the seventeenth century? David O'Donnell: They're all dead. Mr. Jabar: Barbara, can you name a great timesaver ? Barbara P.: Love at first sight. George Small: I don't know. Donald Pease: I'm not prepared. Harold Lenfest: I don't remember. Chummy C.: I don't believe I can add anything to what has already been said. My girl often compares me with Van Johnson, said Albert Dakin. But there's no comparison, objected Joe Ashey. Yeah, that's what my girl says, replied Albert. To avoid that low run-down feeling, look both ways before crossing the street!

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DRAMATICS The rehearsals of the one-act play, Balcony Scene, culminated in a highly success- ful production in state compet.ition on March 24. Directed by Mr. Mortland, the cast, including: a wife, Judy Cardg a husband, Paul Otis, a girl, Priscilla Riversig a friend, Gerald Dawbing a man, Norris Staples, a mother, Bonnie Murray, a daughter, Sharon Stoney and a gangster, Carlton Smith, rejoiced in a job well done. Although Belfast captured top honors, Searsport's highly commendable performance caused a good deal of unsettled deliberation among the judges as to second place position. A repeat performance was asked of this remarkably executed play to be enacted before a meet.ing of the PTA. In county competition the one-act plays were carried out differently this year. In lieu of class competition, the characters for four plays were selected from the student body as a whole. T The comedy, Suitable for Charity, was directed by Mr. Mortland. Humor reached its peak when Claire's QLillian Harrimanj boy friend, Mr. Hamilton, fMalcolm Collinsb comes to visit. He gives William fWayne Sanborn! his suit to be pressed. However, a comic situation arises when Wi1l'iam's mother, Hazel fCarol Nickersonl, is feared to have taken the pants to a charity bazaar. The whole situation is presided over by Hazel's husband, Morgan CStephen Cardl. The Ring and, the Look, directed by Mrs. McCaslin, was also a comedy. Dennis Ward is in a play that requires he give a ring to his stage sweetheart fSharon Richb. Complications arise over the ring because Tommy already has a girl friend CHelen Var- neyj. What a place for him to be when several girls all take him to account at the same time! The chiding of his sister CPat Simpsonj and his friend fHolly Bagleyj in- crease the humor. Mr. Lapointe directed a satirical comedy, The Dear Departed. This takes into ac- count two domineering sisters fBonnie Averill and Ruth Blakeb who find themselves in a delicate situation, along with their husbands CKeith McKeen and Carlton Smithj when they have nearly disposed of and made provisions for all the possessions of the sister's father fGerald Dawbinb who they think is dead. However, the father revives and after seeing all that has been done announces that he intends to marry a widow who runs a local public-house. The fourth play. The Mystery of the Silver-Backed Hair Brush, was one of two directed by Mr. Mortland. This come-dy included two detectives tPaul Otis and Owen Smithj who are investigating -a murder of a prominent businessman CDavid Dawbinb. The investigators accuse the maid and the housekeeper of the deed, little knowing that the real murderer is in the room all along, and later escapes. A different aspect in plays was covered when a member of the cast was planted in the audienceg also, the murderer, at the climax of the play, ran from his position in the audience to the stage and confessed his guilt. The judges deliberated for a very long time and finally selected The Dear Departed as tlqegplay to go to Brooks to compete against Brooks, Albion, and Unit.y-Freedom on pri . RUTH BLAKE '59 f In l.1l.!I'1 'i

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Seated, left to right: E. Matthews, S. Fowler, K. Lanphier, J. Small, R. Ashey, P. Young, R. Smart. Second row: F. Hamilton, J. Card, R. George, C. Clark, B. Partridge, J. Castle, M. Jeffery, B. Murray, E. Moody, S. Stone, J Garrity. !,.p ,ff ,viii ti fy. A jf fifffgi fgfmf W 11? Seated, left to right: G. Fraser, R. Clark, W. Hcrsom, B. Averill, P. Young, M. Harriman. Second mw: D. Tripp, R. Blake, D. Wcddell, R. Smart, C. Dakin, J. Gordon, H. Varney, S. Rivers, E McLeod. Third row: P. Simpson, H. McLaughlin, J. Ellsmore, P. Martin, L. Harriman. A-fa. Scaled, left to right: Ashcy, L. Dakin, W. Sanborn, P. Otis, T. Blake, C. Howard, K. Maddocks Second row: Tofder, T. Light, G. Pattershall, R. Ashey, M. Collins, C. Smith, N. Staples, C. Dawbin. L. Clements, D. O'Donnell.