Wells High School - Abenaki Yearbook (Wells, ME)

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Clair of 1921 Row One: Alice M. Moody, Dorothy M. Hatch, Paul L. Staples. R0u'T14-'os Principal Paul Hayes Mclntire, Clarence M. Littlefield, Lucy M. Snow, Ellwyn K. I Houston, Gladys M. Hill. The history of the Wells High School System began on March 20, 1715, when it was voted to hire a schoolmaster for all of Wells, his pay not to exceed twenty pounds per year, or sixty-live dol- lars, which is about one one-hundredth of a teach- er's salary today. School was to be taught for one-quarter of the year in Ogunquit, one-quarter of the year in Wells Branch, and one-half of the year in the center of town. School was in session the year round, except for several one- and two-week vacations. At first school was held in private homes, but in 1731 the citizenry of Ogunquit built the lirst one room schoolhouse in the area, followed by several other schools around town. Notable among these were the schools at Wells Branch, Merryland Ridge, and the center of town. In 1750 the schools were expanding, so the faculty was doubled. Now two teachers were to cover Ogunquit, Merryland, Kennebunk, CWells Branchj, and the other areas. The increase in teach- ers brought about an increase in the number of pupils attending school. From an original three students, the number jumped to forty-seven in 1879, fifty-nine in 1891, up to the present two hun- dred and fifty average enrollment.

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The Nineteenth Century saw the building of a Central High School for Wells. The high school was small and wooden, but a proud addition to the Wells community. Years later when the first build- ing burned, a second school was built at the same Sifff. In 1937 the present structure, excluding a wing added in the Forties, was constructed directly be- hind the second wooden structure which burned shortly after. The history of Wells High School has been a proud and illustrious one in all aspects. Scholars have flourished today as in past years. This is prov- en by the graduates of Wells who went on to Harvard, Yale, Syracuse, and Bowdoin. Wells still, even to this day, consistently turns out National Merit Semi-finalists and honors recipients. Large scholarships are not uncommon among Wells graduates. Wells High School has also proven itself in ath- letics, The Warriors were state track champs in thirteen out of a fourteen year span, football Qsix- manj champs, basketball state-runners-up, and for the last four years Western Division Champs in baseball. Records set ten or twelve years ago by Wells athletes, such as Ty Chick and Charlie Mac- donald, are just today being broken. just glance through these pictures of the past and compare them to the pictures of the present. If you are an alumnus of Wells, you will agree that Wells has improved as a school worthy of the praise bestowed upon it by the inhabitants of Wells. This year the class motto of While we live, let us learn is typical of the purpose for the existence of Wells High School. Clary of 1923 Row One: Edith E. Moulton, Gladys M Hilton, Georgianna Hatch Ida M. Bourne, Marion E Kimball. Row Two: Elinor G. Bayley, Elwin E Rauf One: Row Two: Row Three: Raw Four: Clary of 1922 Florence F. Cheney, I, Thelma Hatch, Viola M. Phillips, Effie A. Manson, Lillian G. Whitlock. Alma W. Littlefield, Francis E. Littlefield, Doris R. Wy- man, Paul H. Mclntire fprincipalj, Doris I. Bourne, Rose Rosestein. Doris C. Haley, Agnes M. Buzzell, Dorothy P. Chick, Walter P. Littlefield, Donald H. Taylor, Marion E. Kim- ball, Rodney H. Wells, Dorothy M. Perkins, Wilfred J. Sevigney.