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

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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

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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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GLEE CLUB Ifirxl row: Beverly McMillan, Alice Landry, Pauline LeClerc, Florence Hartley, Ruth johnson, Jeanne johnson, Constance Chayer, Beverly V'right, Betty Shontell, Patti Shontell, Maureen Kimball. Sz'z'0ml row: Muriel Shaw, Norma Conant, Lorraine Kneelen, Thelma Robertson, Frances Landry, Harriet McKeague, ,Ioan Asker, Frances johnson, Mary Waterhouse, June Larson, Elaine Bragdon, Jacqueline lfllis, Bette Cote, Evelyn Welch, Arline Penley, Barbara Casey, Miss Olivia Reeves. Tbirrl row: Elizabeth Mullen, Doris Noach, Roberta Richards, Fmily Taylor, Norman Leconte, Walter Macomber, Robert Gallant, Carolyn Quinn, Patricia Quinn, Nora Murphy, Nancy Smith. or Page from the Diary of cz Musz'c Student Dear Diary: Mar. 2--Miss Reeves, our new music teacher told us today that there was Work ahead for us-a concert in the spring. This concert will include songs of gay and light music with a few classicalsf' These will be done as a group and there will also be some solos. Then, in June, we will participate in the gradua- tion exercises. , Jimmy told me that, as he recalled, Work in the band, under the direction of Mr. Silva, has been plentiful all year. They played for various occasions, such as All Westbrook Night, ball games, and assemblies, plus a practice every week. Mary said the orchestra under the direction of Miss Reeves is good, con- sidering the size, although they haven't been in any public appearances. Thirty-two