Westbrook High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Westbrook, ME)

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Westbrook High School 1' -X ummm ASSEMBLY CTES rt gQl On April 2, 1927, the City of Westlirook was run by boys and girls. The officials were nom- inated and elected in Ward and general cau- cuses exactly as the regularly nominated and elected officials are, from the formation of the Republican and Democrat city committee to the actual taking over the reins of the munici- pal government. The plans and elections were sponsored by The XVestbrook Rotary Club for the sake of educational value to the future voters, such as the experience of holding an office, value of citizenship, and the necessity of a thorough knowledge of the machinery of politics. The five wards of the City took up the four high school classes and the eighth grade. VVard caucuses and voting were carried on in the high school. Both parties showed interest and common sense in the nominations and votings. john VV. llay, on the Republican ticket. for Mayor, defeated Pat Sullivan, Democratic nominee, by a margin of thirteen votes. The remaining officers elected were as follows: City Clerk, john Gerry CRD, the three alder- men-at-large, Roland Chamard, Henry C. Hey, and Charles L. Sawyer, all republicansg School Committee at large, Duane Allen KRD. The ward officials were elected by Republican vote. Mayor john received the City reins from Mayor Eugene T. Cummings, and immediately the council went into session. Mayor john gave his father's inaugural address. Then the council elected Charles Sawyer as President of council. After that third readings were read on some bills and were voted over to the next meeting. Mayor john made his appoint- ments from Street Commissioner to Dog- catcher with very good judgment. All the officers performed their respective duties the whole day successfully. After adjournment of the City Council meet- ing, the Board of Aldermen went into session and made the remaining standing committee appointments. The students wish to thank the members of the Rotary Club for their interest in the high school. Vtfe must say that we all enjoyed and benefited from the management of the govern- ment for a whole day and we hope that other students may have the same opportunities as we have had. During Boys' Week, sponsored by the West- brook Rotary Club, the members of the State Championship Basketball Team were guests of the Rotarians at the Congregational Church for a dinner banquet. Each Rotarian had a high school student as a guest also. The boys enjoyed their dinner very much and ex- ceedingly enjoyed the amusing entertainment put on by different individuals of the Club. George Rrackett '28, Norwood Macdonald '28, and Cole Kelley '28 wrote and delivered orations preparatory to entering the National Oratorical Contest. The former was selected by the judges to represent the school in the district contest to be held the latter part of March. The winner of the district contest enters the state contest, and the winner of the state contest will take part in the National Contest. This is the fifth National Gratorical Contest, and the first time that Westlarook High has entered into the competition. The winner of the National Contest wins a free trip abroad.

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IO The Blue fr VVhite PARK GARAGE JO HN LAW REN SEN, Proprietor genera! ufufomobife Qpaz'rz'ng PREsT-o-L1TE BATTERY smavics Agent for HUDSON and ESSEX Cars Full Line of Accessories Phone 222 Opposite Riverbank Park, Westbrook Wblbfidflif, Sczmosef 3139 Lownefs Chacofafes CROCKER FOUNTAIN PENS Efuerffzarp Penczlr MILLER'S PHARMACY 3 Cumberland Srreet Cumberland Mills H. A. BARN ES Groceries, Meats and Provisions FRESH FISH, OYSTERS, CLAMS 424 Main Street, Cumberland Mills, Maine Telephone 167 Compliments of E. W. WOOLWORTH CO. Cumberland Co-operative Association GROCERIES MEATS PROVISIONS Phone 320 406 Main Street flffofzzzmems S53 Headslones GRANITE WORKS JAMES H. PRIDE Phone Forest 3876-1 VVoodfords, Maine R. K. JORDAN I RO N FO U N D E R WESTBROOK, MAINE COMPLIMENTS OF BARROWS' GREEN HOUSES GORHAM, MAINE

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12 The Blue VVhite Miriam Boothby '28, Doris Baker '28 and Olga Makowski '28 prepared essays in the American Chemical Society Prize Essay Con- test. Miss Baker wrote on The Relation of Chemistry to National Defense, Miss Ma- koWski's essay was on The Relation of Chem- istry to the Enrichment of Lifef' and Miss Boothby wrote on the Relation of Chemistry to the Home. The Pequawket Tribe of Red Men, No. 17, offered three prizes for the three best essays on the Character, Customs, and History of the North American Indian. At this time it is too early to name the winners, but a large number are planning to submit essays or have already completed them. The prizes are fif- teen, ten and five dollars for the first, second and third prize respectively. The iudges un- der the terms of the offer are to be Rev. Harry E. Townsend, Mr. Milan O. Welch and one member of the high school faculty. On Thursday, March 22d, the trials for the annual prize speaking contest. held under the auspices of the Stephen W. Manchester Post, resulted in the selection of the following named to take part in the contest. At this writing the date of the contest has not been definitely settled, but it will take place some time during the second week of April. The selections are as follows: Kathryn Small, Linwood Lagerson, Leigh Hoar, Dwight Leighton, Owen Pride, Ruth Walker, Marion Robinson, Violette Pratt, Ruth McLellan. Catherine Hebert. On March 23d. forty boys of the high school and the various churches of the city went to Brunswick to attend the Cumberland County V. M. C. A. Conference. Herbert Crawford '29 is Secretary of the Boys' Conference. Tuesday, March 20th, Lester C. Ayer, Man- ager of the Portland District of New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. came to West- brook High and before an assembled group of nearly 370 students and teachers demonstrated with the aid of several employees of the Tele- phone Company the use of the telephone and switchboard. This exhibition, which was per- haps the most interesting and instructive ever put on in the high school, consisted of a series of calls illustrating how both toll and local calls are put through. These calls were highly entertaining and instructive, both as to their nature and the various processes necessary in order to put them through. This demonstration has been given all over New England before high schools, normal schools, colleges, and various service clubs, showing the use of that marvel of the age, the telephone. From this exhibition the student should not only have learned how the operators in the office carry on their work, but also that if the subscriber expects good service, the best way to get it is to co-operate with the company in every way possible. On a bright, sunny morning at 6.40 a. m.. one hundred Five members of the junior and senior classes of Westbrook High School boarded the Augusta bound train at Wood- fords Station. This came about by the invita- tion of Senator Speirs and the assistance of the Rotary Club, which donated fifty cents on each ticket, thus placing the cost of the fare well within the means of the students, one dollar sixty-five cents a round trip. The date of the trip has been postponed from Friday to NVednesday of the following week, owing to the death of Senator Carter. Upon their arrival at 9.20 a.m., they were received by Senator and Mrs. Speirs. Imme- diately going to the State House, they attended a session of the House of Representatives, where the students enjoyed the heated discus- sion of an automobile bill which was passed at that meeting. At ten o'clock, guided by Senator Speirs, the party went directly to the Senate Chamber to attend the session which had been postponed