Skowhegan High School - Lever Yearbook (Skowhegan, ME)

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THE LEVER 31 and were accepted At the first meetlng held 1n the Study Hall of the high school John Hawes was elected presldent of the club and Francls Croteau secretary treasurer Other commxttees whlch serv ed during the year were as follows Executlve composed of the club ofli cers and Guy Flsh as production mana ger Entertainment which conslsted of two senlors two Junlors and two sophomores Those elected were John Hawes Barbara Johnson Joan Smlley Alv1n Goldsmlth James Avery and Constance Croteau David S Hawes was the teacher dlrec tor of the club Dlscusslons on actlng dlrectlng scene1y l1ght1ng publ1c1ty cos tummg make up buslness propertles and faclal expresslons were held at dlffer ent meetings Mr Hawes dlctated out lines on stage prlnclples at each meetlng ONE AGAINST DEATH At the P T A Wlnter Festival held Thursday evenlng January 28 the one act play One Agalnst Death wrltten sented The play was an lnterpretatlon of the early l1fe of Doctor Robert Koch an amazlngly resourceful and persls tent pioneer ln the study of the cause of disease-as he fought agalnst the popu lar 1gnorance and misunderstanding of h1S tlme The ent1re actlon took place ln the ofiice laboratory of Dr Robert Koch Wollenstem Prussla ln the early afternoon of summer 1846 The cast conslsted of Davld Hawes Dr Robert Koch V1rg1n1a Curtls Frau Emellne Koch Betty Jenklns Carl Paradls Barbara Johnson John Hawes Norrls Shepherd Guy Fish Frau Cohenhelm Wllhelm Perder Frau Perder Dr Paul Gultry Herr Cohenhelm Professor Cohn The Productlon Crew was composed of Donald Pooler stage manager Wlllxam Blsson llghts Amta Bllodeau costumes Dean Flemmlng John Simpson Alvxn Goldsmlth asslstants The high school orchestra under the dlrectlon of M1ss W1D0la Rlchan provlded the musical entertalnment INTERCLASS PLAY TOURNEY IS GREAT SUCCESS Wlth a near capaclty house at each per formance the Dramatlc Club s Interclass Play Tourney presented on the evenmgs of February 18 and 19 was a pronounced success both from the financial VIEW polnt and the educatlonal xalue to mem bers as well Vlrtually every member of the Dramatlc Club had some part to do and moreover dld It well whlch account ed for the smoothness of the ent1re pre sentatlon From beglnnlng to end each of the three short plays glven went off wlthout a hltch or even a proverbial fly ln the olntment Though Wlth a slightly smaller audlence Thursday night than Skowhegan play lovers The first presentatlon of the evenlng was Juplter Jones Detectlve Whlch was produced by the Sophomore Class The cast conslsted of Wilfred Weymouth as the young editor of the Weekly Clar1 on Arden Gllbert wh1le Beatrlce Pooler played Opp0S1t6 as Peggy Overton his sec retary and sweetheart Raymond Traf ford took the part of a suave crooked pol 1t1c1an Nathan Cobb who was brought to Justlce finally by Vlncent Croteau as Juplter Jones office boy extraordlnary The student dlrector was James Awerv with Gertrude Paradls as his asslstant Mlss Helen Chase acted as faculty adn sor In the production crew were Paul La fond and Earle Boone as buslness mana gers John Merrlll stage manager Con . . , , 5 . . , J , S 9 ' r r . ' 9 e . Y - . . . . . , . , - 0 , Y . . , . : , . l v 9 7 . . ' ' 9 . , , 1 . . . , , 9 Q 1 9 1 ' 1 I ' 1 ' x 9 y . ' ' . , - ' J . ! . . . . . ,, . . . , . - . . ,, . . 7 ! ' u ' n ' - - 7 ! and staged by David S. Hawes, was pre- Friday, both shows drew hundreds of J ' ' - ll ' ' !! ' ! 9 . . . . ,, .- . . ,, . . ,, . i . . ' 9 7 - , y - I 7 ! ' 9 - 1 ' 7 7 . . . . , . ' . . . . . . . . . . g ' , 3 -

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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. , .

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32 THE LEVER n1e Croteau property manager and Shlr ley Turcotte 1n charge of costumes The second performance was that of the Senlor Class Th1S was a tragedy en tltled The Slngapore Splder In the leadlng role was Rlchard Stmchfleld as Jason Harrldew a hard old sea capta1n Also 1n the cast was MCTWIH Gordon as Jason s nephew Amta Bllodeau h1s sweet heart Margaret Baker as Mrs Meggs a schemlng housekeeper and Emery Ake ley as J1m Meggs otherwlse known as Rumsoak Francls Croteau was the stu dent dlrector w1th Guy F1Sh and John Hawes asslstmg Norrls Shepherd busx ness manager and Lo1s Small property manager carrled out the1r Jobs expertly as d1d Barbara Johnson the make up wo man and Betty Meader as costumer The last on the evemng s b1ll to be pre sented was the hllarxous meller dram mer produced by the Junlor Class The herome of the eplc was Joan Smlley as Nell Perkins and the hero Dean Flem and mlghty he man' The part of Granny Perklns was taken by Betsy Warren M11 lard Gordon portrayed the vllllan who wlth hls curses and Slde whlspers provl ded many a laugh Laura Wllk1US an old mald gosslp was taken by Florence Sea bury and V1rg1n1a Curtls was cast as Ve ra Curtls w1th Raymond Whlttemore as her father the owner of the old mlll and also k1n to llttle Nell Claude Bouchard served as faculty advlsor The dlrectors were Ruth Chapman and Alvm Goldsmlth wlth Mr Bouchard as faculty advxsor In the productlon crew was Wallace Bllodeau as busmess mana ger W1ll1am Blsson stage manager Don ald Pooler property manager Carl Para dls electrlclan Betty Jenklns costumes and Leon Strickland make up man The orchestra was not present as had been an nounced because of the slckness of Mlss WIHOIB Rlchan the mstructor Mlss Mar us Stuart and Claude Bouchard rendered several selectlons on the two planos dur mg xntermxssxons In charge of the entlre productlon of the three plays was Mr Davld Hawes S H S dramatlc coach The success of the tourney IS another feather 1n Mr Hawes cap whlch by now must resemble a reg ular Indlan headdress lf one may Judge bv hlS fine prewlous productlons THE D A R AWARD At an assembly of glrls 1n the Study Hall Mrs Edward Merrlll a representa tlve from the Daughters of the Amerlcan Revolutlon explalned the Good Cltlzen shlp Pllgrlmage to the Contlnental Con gress IH W3ShlHgtOH D C for one lucky glrl ln Malne From every chapter IH the state each year one g1rl IS to be elected by her class mates and faculty for the honor Then by lot the name of one glrl IS drawn to rep CQIVGS a beautlful medal wh1ch stands for everythlng every patrlot would llke to have lncluded ln her character These qualltles are 1 Dependablllty mcludxng truthful ness loyalty and punctuallty 2 Seruce 1nclud1ng co operatlon courtesy conslderatlon of others 3 Leadershlp lncludlng personallty self control ab1l1ty to assume responsl b1l1t1es 4 Patrlotlsm mcludlng unselfish ID terest 1n famlly school commumty and Nlatlon The Monday followlng Mrs Merrllls VlS1t the senlor glrls met at recess and by secret ballot voted for three glrls from the class After these votes were d6p0Sl ted the faculty xoted for one whom they thought had the qual1t1es Then m a sealed envelope that name was sent to Lewxston where the names from all the J ' Y. . H . . . ,, . 1 ' ' - 1 1 1 - - , - 1 1 ' Z ! ' 9 ,. . Y ' , ' . , ' . n Q it 77 ' - . . . . , .- , . . , - Y . . . . . ,, . . 1 1 ' . . . . ,, . , - - - , . , . ., . , . - . . . . . ,, . ' ' 1 ,, . . . - . , - Y . . - ming as Jack Logan, a manly, muscular, resent the State. Each girl, however, re- , . . . . , . . . -. . - 1 1 1 - . . . . - 7. -. . - . ' 7 , . 1 ' T 1 ,, . . ,, . . . . ' , I - . . . . , 5 . . . , 3 - v. . . . 1 3 ' v l 1 3 1 3 - '- 1 ' ' 1 Y 1 ' ' . '