St Martin of Tours High School - Victoria Yearbook (Millinocket, ME)

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SOPHOMORE YEAR September again and we are Sophomores Not silly Sophomores either for we are being constantly reminded that we are the seniors in the school Noblesse Oblige This motto was emphatically and convincingly developed at frequent very frequent inter vals During the latter part of September Forum Clubs were organized to enable us to think and speak wisely The results? ? December means every night after school to rehearse for the pageant February featured an elaborate exhibition on the Catholic Press On the same occa sion an education program was presented Assisting were the Pastor Curate teaching staff of the school and Miss Keily the Town Librarian JUNIOR YEAR Jolly Juniors, we say in spite of the sad fact that again some of our fellow students have faltered on the way We send up a silent prayer that they may see the Light just the same Book Week furnished us the opportunity to exhibit our dramatic talents An instruc tive program featuring Book Week Education Week Thanksgiving and A11 Saints was put on for the parents and friends of the school Christmas Pageant again' Our faces will certainly be missed when we graduate they ve been seen often enough on the stage SENIOR YEAR The final step toward the summit is now here TEN of US' D1scouraging'P Useless enterprise? Too few to continue 'P Old timers tell us that the first graduating class Twixt optimist and pessimist The difference is droll The optimist sees the doughnut The pessimist sees the hole So let s see the doughnut and despite our small number let s make this THE EVENT of our lives By Our DEEDS We Shall Be Known this our motto was constantly before our eyes It has been a very busy year In September occurred the election of officers Class Study Circle Cho1r etc We are now Sodality officers and even chairmen which means extra work but we enjoy every minute of it In October was organized a volley ball team with the boys from Stearns Someone has to lose and everyone cannot win all the time so we lost every game except one when the opposing team did not show up Consequently we are in third place If the boys lost earthly victories we were certainly on the winning squad when we Joined the Knights of Our Lady in December Victory will be ours always we have our Queen in the fore November and December brought the preparation of the two fold celebration of the 50th anniversary of the parish and the 46th anmversary of the ordination to the priest hood of Father Quinn our venerable pastor March brings Easter Spring but also Vocation Week A Brother of the Sacred Heart from Winthrop in an elequent speech enlightened our minds and moved our wills In April our acting potentialities were put into motion when we presented our Senior Play If compliments are not all lies we did pretty well And now the year has vamshed We scan the days and perceive the end A M D G . ,, . .. . , . 1 . , . . U . n , . . . . . . . - . , . . . . . . , , - , . . D . . n . ' . . . , - . I ' ll ' ' I 1 - 1 . I n I I in Stearns consisted of.....two members. Let's be optimistic. D . , . , . ! I l ' M Il ' ' I i I ' . ' . I u . . . D . , . I I I a . ' . , . . . , . ' , , , . . ,, . ,, . . . . . I . , ' . I -

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APRIL ll. Father Qu1nn's feast day Along w1th a program comrnemoratmg Father's feast day we put on our Senior Class Play entxtled 'Moon Shy. The result was that Father Qumn as usual was pleased and proud of h1s young panshxoners and that no one 15 moon shy anymore APRIL Z0 Soclals are here agaln Th1s one was prepared by the Junlors m honor of the Semors We enjoyed lt thanks a lot MAY A month of preparatzons for the great event that IS fast creepmg up on us No need to say that lt s our graduatxon MAY Z4 Our yearbooks have arr1ved' How greatly shall we prlze thls precious souven1r of the happlest years of our hves JUNE ll Our trlp to R1mousk1 An excurslon we 11 remember all our l1ves and to thlnk It 15 our last outing together Everythlng was s1mply wonderful though and we had a swell t1me JUNE 17 Class Day Is It poss1ble to forget such an occaslon as th1s' JUNE 18 GRADUATION It s f1nally here! But It 1sn t the Joyful event we had thought Whlther shall we go now? We d1sband w1th a sad heart JUNE 19 It s all over' So long everyone Good Luck and God Bless You' ' Edw1na Bouchard Sl CLASS HISTORY On a sunny September morn ln 1946 an exhllaratmg band of twenty three eager Freshmen mounted steps stlll under construct1on to the f1rst class of the new com pleted I-hgh School Proud we were and legxtlmately so to be the p1oneer class of thzs newly erected High School Great and numerous were the sacr1f1ces strewn along our path durmg that flrst stage but the fa1th and contaglous courage of our zealous pastor and vallant teachers urged us Notable among our sorrows was the desert1on of many of our compamons who one by one dropped out before the glorrous vmctory which we w1th God s grace could fore see notwlthstandmg the clrcumstances But we held on and now Thanks be to God for th1s vlctory fSt Paul That flrst year glxded by wxthout stlrrlng 1nc1dents save following Mr D Orsay and h1s dextrous brlck layers 1n full wmter too It certa1nly was mterestmg durmg the regular subjects to watch them at work from the wlndow This double featured course was even more strenuous on the teachers than on the pupmls In December we had our tradxtxonal pageant We dld so outstandlngly well that we were asked to Encore th1s we d1d on January 5 at the Mllhnocket Theatre Our Physlcal Educatmn that year conslsted 1n carrymg bricks across the street and up to the third story One day exactly December 5 at 10 A M preclsely during the usual br1ck process1on a boy dropped acc1dental1y of course a brick nine feet above floor level on a g1rl s head COMMOTION was the theme for a good fifteen m1ntues D1d the v1ct1m recover? Take a look at Theresa Jamleson Our St Thomas Aqulnas Study C1rcle was 1n full bloom all year monthly meetmgs were held regularly Our knowledge increased 1n proport1on In May we observed World Sodallty Day by a Maman Program followed by a S11ver Tea In June we g1rls served a luncheon to the 8th Grade Graduates and themr parents Already a year has elapsed mn the hlstory of our lngher education . . D . ' , . . . , c . ' , . , , -- . . . . , , 0 ' ' I -- , . . . , . i ' . . I - ' - - . .! ' O . , . . - , . . D . - ' I l S to keep on.....regard1ess. l I I I . . . . , 1 v a 9 . . , , 9 ' Y ' ' . . Q I I ' . . ' . , , . . . . , . 1 ' ' , . . ' . . , ',, . . . . I 7 ' ' 0 p , u l . ' I ,, . . ,, . . . In l I t . . . 2 . , . ,, . . D 1 , . . - . . , . . ,,

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CLASS PROPHECY It was at my weddmg recept1on on the mornmg of my marrxage to John Kelly I had been h1s secretary ever smce I left Busxness School 6 years prevxous to that Day of Days It was also the 10th anmversary of my graduatxon from St Martm of Tours Hxgh School All my former classmates were 1nv1ted to the weddlng and Iwas lookmg forward to seemg them all agam Although we had kept mn touch wxth each other through letters and cards for several of them thms was to be our f1rst meetmg smce that mem orable day of Graduatlon from dear old St Martm s My fr1end Sylvlane Albert who had been my chum through Hlgh School and Busmess School was Ma1d of Honor She was very much the career woman and at present IS prlvate secretary to John D Rockefeller Jr As I stood 1n the recelvlng l1ne the flrst to greet me was Norma Landry She was satxsfylng her yen for travel as prlvate nurse and travellng compan 1on to an aged and very wealthy lady Her charmxng dlsposxtlon IS a great help to her IH thxs exc1t1ng enterprlse Paulme Plourde was next to shake my hand As she greeted me I hoped that my marrmge would be as happy as hers She had been for a few years secretary to a dent1st Now she and her school teacher husband are ra1s1ng a large famxly of Qu1z Kxds Next IH l1ne was my blushlng classmate Beverly Walsh She had been a navy nurse for a few years and IS now head nurse ln New York at the Belle vue Hospltal As I turned to greet the next guest I met a pa1r of deep blue eyes It was tm s she had attended the Home Economxcs school conducted by our own S15 ters xn Rlmouskx At present she xs the very popular pastry cook at the Waldorf Astorxa The tall man on my left was none other than Ronald Bochard He had certamly grown sxnce hxs Hlgh School days Then I learned the reason He IS at present modelmg elevator shoes for the Skyscraper Shoe Co I turned as a volce greeted me Hello Bea By the tone of volce I 1m med1ately recogn1zed Edwma Bouchard Our class pest IS now the Prmcxpal of Peaceful Vale Fmlshmg School Very strlct too I hear Imagme my happmess when I looked up to see a tall dxgmfxed gentleman Professor James Daley who placxdly smmled and presented me w1th a com plete set of h1s latest books on the Knack of Argumg At present he IS a teacher of Publxc Speakmg at Holy Cross Last 1n l1ne was a tall prosperous lookxng gent whom I recognnzed as Franklxn Manzo Wxth h1s flaxr for Geometry and Mathematlcs and h1s skxll for carpentry work he had entered the contractmg busmess Now as pres1 dent of h1s fxrm he IS engaged m buxldmg a number of stores for the Sears 8: Roebuck Co After a dellghtful receptlon and happy remxnlscences of wonderful days gone by my husband and I took leave of my old classmen w1th a fond fare well and w1shes for success and happmess throughout the commg years BEATRICE RAYMOND 51 Joanne Mayo, another chum of my High School days. After leaving St. Mar-