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

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SHOP Alex -Iuniewiu, Leon Arey, Frederick Tedford, Mr. Ernest Theis, Perley Carver, Maynard -lensen, XY'arrcn Sanborn, Richard Grovo. G4 Page from the Diary of an Industrial Bogf Dear Diary: Nov. S, 1947-Mr. Jensen gave Dick Grovo quite an assignment today -he has to dig up', all the old plans and make a new set using the best of the old and some new features for a woodturning lathe. He has to get the details so accurate that each part can be made by anyone, and when brought together, all will Ht. Mr. Jensen explained that all the necessary patterns will be made by the Juniors in the pattern shopg all the casting will be made outside in a foundry Qspeaking of foundries, we have visited the S. D. Warren Company Foundry, and the Portland Company Foundryj . When these are done, they will come to our machine shop and be machined by various groups and classes according to their difficulty, we Seniors will probably get the most difficult. Yet, despite difhculty We will be able to say that we made it, when the lathe is assembled. Out in the shop, Dick Day is working on a similar project, only he is doing it herself with assistance only from Mr. Theis, who, with Mr. Burnham and Mr. Jensen says that all shop Work is very good, useful experience in view and preparation for a future job. ly

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l LIBRARIANS. OFFICE GIRLS, STUDENT SERVICE Firxl row: Virginia Lowelliii, Barbara Garlariclgs, Claire Lebelii, Edward Johnson:,l'., Ann Twomblyif. Sfromf row: Mary Berrymentl, Theresa Tardifff, Jeanette Crookeri, Marcelle Hebert? Marcia Goodingw, Margaret Levesqueii, Jean Caroni, Jeanne Johns0n'l', Helen Smith'l', Theresa Duf0ur'l', Elizabeth Keene'l', Jeannette Theriault'l', Jean Asker'l', Joan Smithi, Beverly Finney'l'. T Librarians. 29 Office girls. 1 Student service Q4 Page from a Commercial Studentfs Dior Dear Diary: May 3, 1948-What a relief! I have been Wondering and Worrying about getting a permanent position after I graduate in June and now my mind is at ease and the immediate future looks bright and rosy. Lucky! you say! Not at all, Luck is a lazy man's excuse. It is ability that gets a job. I acquired my ability by taking the Commercial Course in high school. Since my Sophomore year I have been Working very hard to get the principles of Typing, Bookkeeping and Shorthand. This year Ofhce Practice and Com- mercial Law have also helped me to increase my knowledge of the business world. Every year, in May and early June business men in Westbrook and Portland make requests for competent commercial students to 611 Vacancies that have occurred in their firms. I am so glad that I have met the standard qualifications and have a job Waiting for me. Twenty -nim-

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ART CLASS Virginia Smith, Mary Grover, Dolores Chisholm, Frederick Tedford, Charles Perry, Shirley Karstensen, Raymond Sirois, Patricia Shimrcll, David Faye, Shirley Karstenscn. Q4 Page from the Diary of an Art Student The Art Class has had a very instructive year under the able direction of Mr. Sterling. Looking back through the months, I see that my diary shows: September-Horses in design and textile prints. October-Poster contest for the Service Chest. Charles Wright received first prize, Mary Lucia Grover, secondg and Dolores Chisholm, third. November-Thanksgiving Silhouettes, and constructing an Icosahedron. December-Wood Cuts for Christmas cards, tree ornaments and decora- tions. January-Colonial Stenciling, the major project of the year, involving an intensive study of leaves, flowers and fruit. February-Flower prints for framing. March-Monogram Designing. The aim of the Art Course is to give each student an appreciative sense of the many beauties in life. Thirty -one