South Portland High School - Headlight Yearbook (South Portland, ME)

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ROSAMOND STANWOOD MELCHER Captain Gentlemen prefer blondes. College Course. Basketball, l, 2, 3, 4-Captain, 4: Student Club, l, 2, 3-Student Club Play, l: Washing- ton Club Committee, 3, 4: Junior Prom Toast: Valedictorian: Echo, 3, 4: HEADLIGHT, 2: French Club, 4. Rosamond always carries of all the honors in everything she sets out to do. HAlJ posse ad esse seems to have been her motto all through high school. Ask her for the translation of it. BURTON ALDEN MESERVE Burt Full many zz flower- Commercial Course. Burton came here during his second year from Deering. Although retiring in some ways, he certainly can drive a typewriter. We suspect Burt has certain qualities of dependableness that will make him a success. LAWRENCE PERRY MILLER Mickey First in the hearts of his fellow students. General Course, Basketball, Z, 3, 4: Letters,A2, 3, 4: Football, 2, 3, 4: Letters, 2, 3, 4: Baseball, 2, 3.4: Cap- tain of Football, 4: Toast Senior Reception. Mickey is the man about school and an excellent athlete. Mickey will some day be registered tester of hearts and will be sporting pill boxes. ELIZABETH ANNA MILLINGTON Beth Gentlemen prefer blondes. Commercial Course. Class Treasurer, lg Student Club, 1, 2, 3: Student Club Play, 1, 2: Girls' Basketball, 1, Z. 3, 4: Letters, 3, 4: Junior Entertainment Com- mittee, 3: Class Play, 4. Beth has been a shining light in several of our assemblies, especially the Junior Assembly. Beth is also a great favorite with her boy- friends, by the Way. EDWIN JACKSON MORRILL Sonny Laughter holding both his sides. Commercial Course. Football, 2, 3, 4: Letters, 3, 4: Baseball, 3, 4-Captain: Basketball, 3, 4: Gifts to Girls Class Day. i'Sonny is a little ray of sunshine with a big appetite. He shines in athletics, math, and physics. +ts01--

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ELMER J. JOHNSON Cappy TO giue us only good. Commercial Course. Class President, 2, 3, 4: Entertainment Com- mittee, 2, 3, 4: Ring Committee, 3: Toast- master at Junior Prom, 3: Football, 2, 3, 4: Basketball, 2, 3, 4: Letters, 2, 3, 4: Track, 3, 4: Captain of State Champs l928 Basketball: Toastmaster at Senior Reception. Cappy is the most bashful boy in school. But his shyness and his modesty have in no Way prevented him from being our Class President for 3 years. If Cappy's one, give us more bashful men, say we. Besides this, what an asset to the Basketball team! This all-round athlete is almost as much of an idol of the 'lweaker sex as is Lindy. GRACE KING Human face divine. General Course. French Club, 4: Glee Club, 4. Grace is a very quiet girl in class, but we have heard it whispered that outside she's not so quiet. Her eyes seem to say that, too. JOHN DAVENPORT LEDDY Hack Sh, Jack, what sad silence when thou'rt gone. General Course. Glee Club, 4. Jack is our Walter Hagen, and maintains South Portland's high standing in the realm of gawlf. Besides which, Jack is one of the best drummers in school, and will leave a large silence behind him when he goes. DOROTHY MAUDE MACPHAIL Doi A pleasing form: a firm get cautious mind. Commercial Course. Student Club, l, 2: Secretary of Class, 3, 4: School Play, 3: State and County Typewriting Contest, 3: Dramatic Club, 3: Senior Class Play: Toast Senior Reception. Dot certainly is a clever little actress. In- cidentally, she's been married twice, We wonder if there'll be a third time. WILLIAM HENRY IVICBRADY UBill His flight precipitantf' College Course, Track, 2, 3, 4-Captain, 4: Baseball, 33 Class History. Bill is our track captain and star Latin student. Should you question this, watch him and Norm dig out a bit of Virgil in 102 some day. +l2914+-

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BETSY ELIZABETH NICKELS The sweetest little lady that ever I looked on. College Course, Senior Entertainment Committee, 45 HEAD- LIGHT Board, 4: President of French Club, 4: Student Club, l, 2, 3, 4: Student Club Play, 4: Washington Club, 3, 4. Betsy is just as sweet as she looksvwhich is saying a great deal. It is a joy to Watch her lead a Erenchi Club meeting. I FRANCES ITJIES Her Uoicexwas ever gentle, sweet, and low. General Course. Glee Club, 1, 3, 4: Prize Speaking, 2: School Play, 3: Dramatic Club, 3. In losing Frances, our prima donna, we are giving the Metropolitan Opera our best. PARKER OLIVER Ollie I am Sir Oracle. General Course. Parker doesn't adore school but he knows the worth of a diploma and intends to get it. Parker likes the intricate. : Let him wire your new homes, '29-ers. JOHN ELDEN PALMER Puts on swift wingsf' Technical Course. HEADLIGHT Board, 3: Glee Club, 4: Track, 3: Track Manager, 4: Business Manager Class Play: Toast Senior Reception. John is to be an aviator. He is tired of this terrestrial sphere and the mundane affairs of life. He wishes to soar aloft with the birds. John is very retiring-try to get him to be in a play. CHRISTINE MYRTLE PARKER Cl7t'lS', A maid at all things good-and fair to see, Commercial Course. HEADLIGHT Board, 4. Christine is a good student. She'll make A line stenog in some oflice. We wonder where she spends her evenings, and with whom. She never can be found at home. 413110