Skowhegan High School - Lever Yearbook (Skowhegan, ME)

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The working of the monument is fianked by shields. On the extreme upper left portion of the face of the granite monument is a shield containing crossed muskets Q on the extreme right section is a shield containing other adorn- ments. Three branches of national defense are represented, the army, the navy and the air ser- vice. Directly above the inscription is the shield of the United States with the words E. Pluribus Ul1ll1'il. The Memorial was conceived by the Skowhegan Woman's Club during the presi- dency of Mrs. Florence Waugh Danforth. Sev- eral entertainments to raise funds for this patriotic cause were organized. At the time this movement was iirst on foot, Ralph Leigh- ton of Portland was the High School principal. He rendered much assistance to this cause. Along with their work of raising funds local committeemen in ch a r g e of the movement made every effort possible to obtain a complete and true list of names of the students who served during the World War. It was only after many months that they came to a definite agree- ment on the type of a memorial to be erected. It included a Hag pole adjacent to a light Barrie granite monument. The monument was pur- chased through Gerald C. Marble. It was dedi- cated November 6, 1936, at 1 :3o, Friday after- noon at the High School building. The gen- eral public was urged to attend these exercises. Skowheganys townspeople and members of the High School student body paid tribute to the memory of the former classmates. Super- 6 intendent of Schools VVilliam B. Woodbury was the master of ceremonies. The iirst num- ber was the singing of the first and last stanzas of Amvrira with Mr. Winola Richan, public schools music teacher at that time, directing. A large loose leaf notebook containing the names of the former students in the High School who served in the VVorld VVar' was held forth by Mr. Woodbury, the audience singing. Not only the members of the Woman's Club but many other townspeople contributed much to the success of the drive. High School pu- pils, too, did their bit towards raising the fund, furnishing musical talent for the public enter- tainments which were conducted. The com- mittee through its various efforts at last ob- tained S100 which was placed on deposit at the Skowhegan Savings Bank to accumulate inter- est until such time as it should be used for the purchase of a memorial. Inasmuch as Principal Leighton moved from the community following the successful com- pletion of the drive, the late Col. Roy L. Mars- ton was chosen his successor as chairman of the committee in charge of plans for the Me- morial. It was finally determined that the cost of building the memorial and the Hag pole would amount to SI,OIO. Mr. Woodbury next introduced Miss Dorothy Elliot, retired school teacher with a record of many faithful years. Supt. Woodbury then called upon the then High School Principal, Herbert S. Ingraham, placing in his hands for safe keeping the High School honor roll. Classes then filed out onto the lawn followed by the adult audience when brief exercises were held in front of the Me- morial and flag pole. Brooks Savage, represent- ing the High School squad of eight, first raised the Hag to half mast. Taps were sounded by john Merrill with the audience standing at attention. The flag was then raised full mast and Merrill sounded the call for colors and the students gave the flag salute. ELINOR RODDEN

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LEVER BOARD First Row: G. West, E. Goodrich, J. Akeley, N. Chase, F. Graves, N. Nordstrom, V. Dionne, B. Wash- burn, L. Turcotte. Second Row: Barbara Greenleaf, P. Nutting, C. McLauchlan, C. Stitham, B. LaPointe, M. Friend, C. Richards, V. Dorgan, G. Roy, C. Lurette, M. Poulin, N. Huard, T. Bosse. Third Row: D. Mahoney, R. Bradley, H. Fortier, R. Pettersen, R. Walker, E. Mullen, E. Kimball, A. McNeill, M. Jones, A. Therriault, E. Cyr. Editor-in-Chief . . FREDERICK GRAVES Asst. Editor-in-Chief . NANCY NORDSTROM Secretary . NANCY CIIASE Senior Personals Editors ROBERT WALKER, E. RIULLEN PHYLISS LEBLANC, GLORIA ROY Senior Class Editor . . VERNA DIONNE Junior Class Editor . BARBARA GREENLEAF Soplzonzore Class Editor ELIZABETH COWETTE Art and Photography NOREEN HUARD, CONSTANCE RICHARDS MARY POOLER, BARBARA VVASHDURN Literary and Humor NANCY ORDSTROM, VIRGINIA DORGAN GLORIA WEST, ALFRED THERRIAULT 8 .Music Editors ROllER'l' PETTERSEN, ROBERT BRADLEY Boys' Sports ELMER CYR, LEONEL TURCOTTE Girls' Sports PEGGY NUTTING, BIETSY LAPOINTE Almrnni DORIS NIAHONEY, ALVIN MCNEILI, Activities iw.-XRGARET FRIEND, EDYVARD KIMRALL TIIERESA BOSSE, FRANCIS LAPOINTI-I Exchange Editor . HORACI5 FORTIER Business and Advertising ELIZABETH GOODRICH, JEAN AKELEY MARVIN JONES Typists 'CONSTANCE STITHAM, CARMELLE LURETTE CONSTANCE MCLAUCHLAN