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

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Freshman Wvrite-up Howdy, Partner! It's Chuck, the prospector! If you've been up in the hills lately, you may have heard the forty-niners say that most of the gold is out of them thar hills. Well, some may say that, but I think there's plenty of gold left that will shine in 'S2. Maybe you've seen a boy running up one of the halls, stopping to talk to someone, and then rushing off. You have? Well, it was Charles Wright, the Freshman-Class president. The other day someone stopped him to ask about Virginia Flynn, the vice president of the class. He said that in grammar school she was a quiet little girl. On February 14, though, she Wasn't so quiet. She made all of Miss Lehman's English class have their seats changed because she was talking! The nuggets may shine for the commercial group, but let's take a look at some of the college ones. Here is jean Pratt fthe class treasurer of what money we havej , who is rather cute and timid QI use the expression loosely! J . She's one of the smart kids-made the honor roll! Alice Kelson, another college student, is the class secretary. She is also quiet, but someone said she had a swell time at the Mardi Gras. Now let's turn to this group. In it, we find some boys who will be stars in sports. Football team was lucky to have a player like Bunky Buotte. He is only a Freshman, but he has already earned his NW. On the basketball court the Freshmen are doing well and will make a good team. They're all good bas- ketball material. There are many more prospectors in the Freshman class that will shine-wait and see! In school activities, the Freshmen are doing their part, too. Remember Freshman Reception and All Westbrook Night? Now we are starting some- thing new, All Freshman Night, which We hope to do each year with our class name, Club SZ, to help pay for our Senior trip. Before us lie three grand years: let's make the most of them! Do your part by studying hard and being in all the school activities you can. Then, when we become Seniors, let's look back and say we did our part in Westbrook High. CHARLES WRIGHT, 'S 2. 25

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STUDENT COUNCIL Slamling al Iefl: john MacHardy, '49g Wendell Quimby, '49. First row: Dolores Johnson, ,493 Stanley Plummer, '49, Olive Lamontagne, '49, Roger Shaw, '49, Jean Frank, ,495 Charles Wright, '52, Jeanne Caron, '49, Second row: Ann Ritchot, '50, Marcelle Hebert, '50, Mary Lamontagne, '50g Alice Kelson, '52, jean Pratt, ,529 Loraine Kneelen, '51g Virginia Flynn, '52g Patricia Smith, '51, Third row: Owen Rice, '50, Llewellyn Clark, '50, Robert Tuttle, 'soy Robert MacHardy, '51, Richard Thompson, '5!. Student Council The Student Council started on their year's trek by holding a pow-wow in the Physics laboratory on September 22. They made plans for the trip ahead and succeeded in loading the first Wagon with plans and provisions for a Curtis Pub- lishing Drive. Their first campfire was laid at Christmas when they encamped in the audi- torium and entertained the wagon train with their version of Scrooge.,' I donit think anyone will easily forget Bob MacHardy,s-'Tm-a-no-gona-say! Supplies included pencils with the boys' basketball schedule on them. QProb- ably the only form of a calendar these poor Westerners hadlj Threats of an Indian raid were feared one night and while the Women huddled together the men primed their muskets and brains: then with a war- Whoop, Big Chief Unger bounded in with threats that if they didn't come across with heap lot of Wampum, he'd tie them all up in his volley ball nets and bounce basketballs on their heads. The pioneers, fearing for their lives, promptly handed over the trinkets, which he immediately took away with a pledge to buy wrestling mats and other equipment in order to build up his Indians The pioneers, recovering from their fright, hitched up their wagons and proceeded westward once again with more determination. 24

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Sophomore qarospecrorfs Hi There, Fellow Prospectors! Well, we did it at last! No longer will we be called insignificant Freshmen! We are now prospecting for a happy '49, 'S0, and 'S 1. This year we elected a fine slate of class officers. They were: President Old Bob fStrike It Rich Twicej MacHardyg Vice President-Richard Thomp- song Secretary-Loraine Kneelen, and Treasurer-Patricia Smith. The class was well represented on the football and basketball squads, too. Our outstanding athletes were: Bob MacHardy, Bob Morton, and Billy Cary. One of our prospectors reached his goal when he acted as Stage Manager in the school play, Our Town. You will all know him-he's Armand Caron, who found his Pot of Gold at the West Brook. We've been pretty well represented on the honor roll, too. Here are some of the prospectors who struck it rich: Elizabeth DeWolfeg Virginia Smith, Donald Fogg, Mary Lucia Grover, Loraine Kneelen, Doris Noack, Arlene Penley, Flora Stelluti-Cesi, Clifford Thompson, Anne Dyer, and Elwin Rogers. We haven't lost out on the social activities. The socialites chosen to represent our group at the famous Mardi Gras Ball were: Joan Chandler, and Armand Caron, Doreen James and Reginald Christensen. Let's hope that we all will be as lucky in 'S 1 as we have been in our prospect- ing for '49. Good luck in your future prospecting, fellow prospectors! DORIS NoAcK, 'S 1. J un for Glass Well, here we are sitting around a fire in the gold country. Never thought we'd make it. Cl Yep, had some pretty rough times crossin' the country. I'm kinda lonesome for the folks back home. How about you? A little I guess. tt it Remember school and all the gang? Miss Chick and her English classes were the most fun. Fifth period was always a riot. Lewis Welch was always popping up with some wise-crack that sent the class into hysteria. It was loads of fun when Myrna Milton, Barbara Nielsen, and Barb Jensen were playing with the mercury. I had English sixth period. Jimmy Hall always brought his dinner and Liz Blanchard, Rita Caron, and Connie Chayer occupied the chairs in the front of the room because they were too social.