Skowhegan High School - Lever Yearbook (Skowhegan, ME)

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THE LEVER the orlgxnal staff IS Guy Flsh Helen Spauldlng and Alv1n Goldsmlth So far thls year three ed1t1ons of the newly enlarged Essaltchess have been put out The fir st ed1t1on was the Christ mas number put out the day before Chrlstmas vacatxon began Thls contam ed edltorlals and essays on the Chrlstmas sp1r1t ln our own and other countrles The second lssue was the Basketball ed1t1on Th1s conslted of a record of all the basketball games The last edxtlon whlch was put out 1n Aprll was the Dramatlc number Dxffer ent members of the Dramatxc Club wrote mterestxng CLASS OFFICERS Senlor Presldent V109 Pres JOHN HAWES EMERY AKELEY Junlor Presldent V1ce Pres Sec Treas ROBERT KEYES COBURN MARSTON BERNARD FOSTER Sophomore- Presldent Vlce Pres Sec Treas FRANCES PARSONS HECTOR THIBEAULT RALPH BEAUFORD P1cn1c Commlttee Bettlna Meader Lo1s Small Norrls Shepherd MGTWIH Gordon Senlor Dance Commlttee- Eleanor Savage Marxda Laney Val Blsson Preston Cox The Sophomore Receptlon and Thanks gn mg Ball were sponsored by the Coun c1l A drlxe for better dlsclpllne IH the cor r1dors and locker rooms was put on E ery councll member was on th1S com mlttee Candldates for the Lever Board were nomlnated The councll helped wlth the management of the Alumnl Ball Plans have been started for another successful May Festlval Fleld Day for May 14 SOPHOMORE RECEPTION To the joyous notes of a funeral dlrge played by Claude Bouchard the sophomores marched 1nto the study hall on this partlcular evening Thexr faces were decorated wlth splotches of green palnt and ducky green rlbbons were tled under thelr chlns In thelr lead was Hector Th1beault sophomore presldent dressed as a hobo IH an old red turtle Glanclng down the processlon one mlght see two figures who 1n dress closely re sembled bables Before the evenlng how ev er was over the underdogs proved that they could take It Cobe Marston master of ceremonles asslsted by Carl Paradls put the culprlts through their paces under the dlgnliied and scornful gaze of the Jury These wor thy gentlemen were Harry Day Harold McClure and Cllfton Sargant Those who ww hen upon the wltness stand were un able to carry out the persecutmg attor ney s were unmerclfully dragged out and the force of the blow rendered them echo ed hlther and yon through the buxldlng At the close of the sophomore defenses the foreman of the Jury Harry Day an nounced the alarmlng verdlct that they were gullty of belng good sports A dance was afterward held ln the gym fMrD Harry Day and h1s orchestra fur nlshmg the music The sophomores then' tasks completed Jomed nn the fun and be 29 ' ' ' . ' . v- . f - 16' !! Sec :rreag DOROTHY STRICKLAND neck sweater, and large rubber boots. I . ll I: ,i , . . . -

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28 THE LEVER SCI-IOOIJ ACTIVITIES STL DP XT COL 'NCIL Standxng John Hanes Cobmn 'VIa1sto11 Cha1les XXalke1 Ve1no11 Page Cl12ill8S Clea1e1 Haney MCGHIIE Seated Hector Thlbault Shlllex 'VlQC31tW PllSC1ll3 Huff Balbdld Johnson 01311 Atkll1SOl1 STUDENT COUNCII The followlng members of each class were chosen to represent the1r class on the Student Councll HARVEY MCGUIRE BARBARA JOHNSON JOHN HAWES VERNON PAGE NORMAN WALKER CHARLES CLEAVER COBURN MARSTON SHIRLEY MCCARTY PEGGY LOCKWOOD Semors Junlors Sophomores PRISCILLA HUFF ORAN ATKINSON HECTOR THIBEAULT The officers were elected as follows Harvey McGu1re Presldent Barbara Johnson Vlce Presldent Shlrley McCarty Secretary Treasurer Thls year the Councll elected mana gers for boys and glrls basketball and asslstant managers for football and track The Essaltchess was promoted from a weekly paper to a monthly magazme and an edltorlal staff was elected Thls staff has been ably asslsted at tlmes but v -w vw l A4 A ' 1 . . . .- ' . . . , . ., v - Y 1 , . A 1 4 ' '. .1 . 'v v 1 -y I' ' -ru 1 ' Y . 4 .1 v , - . J 1 . . . v . . . . I , ' , - . . 1 ' J ' . as ' sa . v u 'o

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THE LEVER gan to feel themselves one of the Jolly hlgh school famlly ORCHESTRA Under the able d1rect1on of M1ss W1n ola Rlchan the new muslc supervlsor the Skowhegan Hlgh Orchestra has grown slowly It IS hoped that ln future years even more enthuslasm wlll be shown along th1s l1ne Very successful have been the concerts g1V6H at the PT A Wmter Festxval and Senlor Play The members of the orchestra thls year are as follows Vlolms Rlchard Stlnchfield Rlta Nlghtmgale Lloyd N lghtlflgale V1rg1n1a Roderlck Trumpets John Merrlll Vlrglnla Roderlck Clarlnet John Turner Drums Raymond Trafford Plano- Marv1s Stuart THE ORANGE AND BLACK MINSTREL SHOW Gentlemen be seated' These words uttered by our genlal lnterlocutor Guy Fxsh began one of the most colorful hlgh school productlons ever staged 1n Skow hegan Under the efflclent guldance of Davld Hawes and MISS Wmola Rxchan dramatlc and mus1cal styhsts dem coons sho d1d strut dere stuff And may we say r1ght here that Marus Stuart s plano work was a most lmportant feature An Orange and Black color scheme was carrled out 1n the costumes of end men and chorus groups makmg the stage settlng xery effectlve Rooster Carl Paradls Lam Rob ert Keyes Locklnx ar Val Bxsson Mel Merwm Gordon Jolly Franc1s Croteau Kolly Wllfred Weymouth Cornfed John Hawes and Hlghllght Emery Akeley were the h1lar1ous end men several of them slnglng amuslng songs Then there were Aunt Jemma Jen kms who was Alabamy Bound Corn fed Hawes and d1m1nut1ve Rooster Paradls 1n a knock down and drag out followed by Uncle Solomon John H Jenkms Jr and hxs lmpresslve rendltlon of RIVCF Stay Way From My Door In the second act were Betsy Lulu belle Warren Rooster Paradls and the Chapman Hoofers ln a number entltled Lov1ng Sam Hawes and Akeley 1n Barnacle B111 Lols Small and Lochln var B1sson slngxng When a Lady Meets a Gentleman Down South Then there were Albert Oddy and the Chloe group harmonlzmg ln the song Chloe The sedate professors of harmony contrlbu ted thelr part to the show too One b1g feature of the second act was the Chllds Mmstrel Show Llttle Rlta Mmnxe Mouse Pooler w1th young Law rence as lnterlocutor Jullet Bllodeau do 1ng the buck and wmg and Allen Page and Eugene Tracy mn a harmomca num ber caused much h1lar1ty MISS Chase Mrs B1sson Mlss Frlend Mr and Mrs Ingraham and many others were most generous Wlth thelr efforts IH makmg th1S Mlnstrel Show such a rous mg success from the entertamment as vxell as the flnanclal standpolnt THE DRAMATIC CLUB The Dramatlc Club was formed early 1n the school year Flfty elght students submltted the1r names for membershxp , - . . , . Y . . cc 77 ' , u 11 1 1 1 ' , as - , 11 ' , as 1 1 1 ' YI - , za 77 ' OH, , , v . . . . I H ,, . . ' 1 1 1 ' ' ' cc 11 , ax ' ' 11 1 1 1 1 1 , - ' 1 ' ' U ' 71 ' - ' ' - as 97 , 66 . . . , , ' ' 77 ' ' ' cc 97 . . . . U ,, 1 . u 11 . , . . . - , . . . u ' 1 97 - n c at i . 11 aa 11 ' 1 . . . . ' cc - 11 , ' 1 cc ' 11 , ' as ' n , ' 11 ' ' ' sc 71 1 1 - cc 91 , . , . - . , . . . ac - - 11 ' 1 1 ' - u ' 77 1 u 71 - - 1 - 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . - - . . . . . . . Y . . , . ' ' U 7 ' Y 'i'i 11 - Y. , .