Williams High School - Messalonskee Ripple Yearbook (Oakland, ME)

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4 THE MESSALONSKEE RIPPLE RIPPLE BOARD FIRST ROXV 411-ft to riullijz Mzxrviai !1:1l1Ii4'. l'l:1ir4- lim-roix. lflorvm-0 llossiunol. liflhqi W1-ntwortli. Jr-all N is Intl Nl 1 II X 111111 Nr l lttl rr fimn 1.. I I . ur'ss1- 4 M 11' I Q nmnsn-nr Vfiso . 1. .. . . . , SECOND ROW: Hail Soutlxalrfl tl-hliiorm, l.zuu's-l llivkford. Holm-rt Hit-kl'm'4I. Donnhl Muirs, Ros:-lmu Clark. .i1s:1 Walton, Mary Inlw, Uwe-n l1'm-mlr-rson. l.orr:1in4- Iiuwm-, Iiuymoml Stiuvforil, Ih-iw-rly Bzlldiu, Mal- T xl Stovvns. Editor-in-Chief . . Assistant Editor . . . Business Manager Assistants , ..... . Literary Editor .. Assistant ...... Joke Editor .. Assistant . . . Art Editor Assistant .... Music Editor ....... Girls, Sports Editor Boys' Sports Editor Alumni Editor Exchange Editor . Senior Editor ..i. Junior Editor ..... Sophomore Editor Freshman Editor . RIPPLE BOARD GAIL SOUTHARD ..... OWEN FENDERSON FLORENCE ROSSIGNOL MARY LUCE CLAIRE LACROIX RAYMOND STINEFORD MAE STEVENS . .. RUTH MORISSETTE . . . . BEVERLY BALDIC BRUCE WENTWORTH .. . . . NORMA BALDIC .. . . DONALD MAIRS . . . . . DOLORES JOLER . . . LAUREL BICKFORD ..... JEAN SIMONS . . . . LORRAINE ROWE .. . ROBERT BICKFORD ROSELMA CLARK .. . MARCIA BALDIC .... LINDA WALTON

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THE MESSALONSKEE RIPPLE 0 TH E FACULTY Preparation Name Maxwell Ward Colby Harland Morse Colby Ralph Atwood Bowdoin l armingrton R, I. Col. of Ed. Doris Browne Clarence Campbell Colette Caswell Philip Chandler Oswego, N. Y, 1 armington U. of Maine N. E. Con. of Music Corham Farrington Charles Arthur Clark Robert Corbett Elizabeth Hills David Marshall Colby Frzuices Melvin Farinington William Stone Hates Hazel Townsend Bay Path and Husson Cha rlena VValton Gorham Madeline Vlloodworth Colby Bouve and Boston University Position Principal, and Civics Sub-Master, Sci., Math. Soc. Studies, Math., Coach Grade Six Soc. Studies, Math. Girls' Phy. Ed., Coach lnd. Arts, Driver Tr. Grade Seven Boys' Phy. Ed. Coach Music Supervisor Grade Eight, Librarian Science, Math. Home Ec. Languagres, Enix., Coach Commercial, School Publication Grade Six and Seven English, Dramatics FACULTY FIRST ROW fleft to rightj: Mrs. Townsend, Miss Melvin, Mrs. Caswell, Mr. Ward iPrincipalJ, Mr. Morse, Miss Woodworth, Miss Hills. SECOND ROW fleft to rightjz Mr. Stone, Mr. Atwood, Mrs. Browne, Mrs. Walton, Mr. Charles, Mr. Campbell. THIRD ROW fleft to rightjz Mr. Corbett, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Clark, Mr. Marshall.

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EDITORIALS FACING REALITY The time has come for the senior class to face the world with reality. To each graduating class, in the middle of their last year this feeling inevitably comes. This feeling, when it comes, is actually a shock. The thought comes that in a few months you are to be turned loose in the school, but, certain in- world. Some may go on to never-the-less, there is a dependence these people will enjoy: they will be apart from their families. Others may go away and work, this would be the hardest lot. Some may remain at home, but the thought remains that their second- ary education has terminated. The world, it seems, has been troubled for a long time. Not too long ago boys of seventeen were being drafted. Now we have the same type of situation. Although to date no age has been decided, quite soon after graduation some boys enter service. Then a few more will go, until a year from now, in all probability, the entire male section of our graduating class will be serving our country. Some may be drafted but most have a definite idea as to what service they would join. In order to serve in anything but the Army, one must enlist, for those who are drafted are usually sent into the infantry. Around us we hear pro and con argu- ments about drafting eighteen-year-old boys. Some claim eighteen-year-old boys make better soldiers and drafting at eigh- teen breaks up less homes. Others claim a move such as that would be militaristic. Whatever is decided, we will have to obey. The whole program will be compulsory but the American youth will go along willingly. The American spirit will prevail, must pre- vail. If the world is to have peace which heretofore has been an impossibility, the youth of America will be a prime factor in making that peace. HOWARD CHARLES '51 PREVENT FOREST FIRES We must all try to prevent forest fires and to keep our country as green as possi- ble. None of us want our country black- ened by raging Hres that are difficult to control. Remember that fires destroy our forests which play an important part in our ec- onomic lives. We use lumber for buildings, furniture, and other articles. We use wood pulp for paper that we use every day. In the spring, many people make all or part of their living by tapping maple trees for the sap and then, in turn, boiling the sap down to make syrup and sugar to sell. Forests prevent many rivers and streams from overflowing. In the spring, the water rises due to melting snow. Trees along the banks draw up large amounts of the water, so that it doesn't overflow the banks. Trees that shed their leaves in the fall help us very much. The dead leaves, along with dead branches, decay and form a sub- stance called humus. Humus mixes with the soil and acts as a sponge which absorbs much more water than can soil alone. Hum- us, then, prevents Hoods and droughts, for when the water is plentiful the humus ab- sorbs the water and gives it off slowly as it is needed by the earth. Underground fires destroy the humus. Underground fires often damage roots, too. We depend upon the roots to hold the soil in place and prevent erosions. Fires also destroy wild life. Animals and birds hate fire. They run from the fires, but many cannot escape and perish. They cannot live where land has been burned over for a period of time, because there is no food for them to eat, no shelter to protect them, or comfortable places for them to build their homes. Another point to consider is how the fires aHect people directly. Many people live in camps and homes that are located in wooded