Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-15
Senior Party Held
Saturday Evening
At HalloWell High

Saturday evening the annual II. II
s. senior party took place. AS the
class is unusually large. thirty in all,
the party was held at the school.
Two of the class rooms were special
ly decorated for the ocea sion, and In
one a large Christmas lice was pre-
pared. Each Of the seniors brought
to the party four gifts. h,ild SLAMS
intended for four of MS classmates
These were left at tho door Of the
room where the decorated tree await :
ed the coming of Santa Claus. and
the company then gather ed in the
room at the other end Of The halk for
the opening stunts Of the occasion.
The first of these was a guessing
contest, flags of various nations. In
which the prize was won by Won
Weston. The seniors then hunted
, celluloid animals in a 'nli:iiat,:e for
est and shot them with y gun.
Each member Of the cluSs sc ured n
speciman of game of some kind,
though not always the particular
animal he had marked as his when
he began to shoot. The prize In this
event was won by Albert Brown
Then came another guessing contest
as a change from the str enuous ac-
| tivities of hunting. Various kinds of
'ice" formed the problem presented.
This prize was won by Virginia Car
ter. Following this game the com
pany went fishing in n miniature fish
pond for celluloid fis,. Some, by
! mistake. acquired frogs rr ducks or
swans Or Holsters. but most were
successful in hooking some kind oil
| fish. The prize for this went to
Manning Arata.
BY this time Santa had arrived and
| the guests trooped down the hall to
! the gayly decorated rcom where
stood the tree. really thing OF
beauty with it's glittering decorations,
Santa had beerf most generous. Each
senior found n bag OF popcorn and
candy and four gifts. He had to open
each in full sight of the class, while
the poem" that pointed the slam
| was read. Laughter in peals and
, howls greeted the various thoughtful
sometimes toe thoughtful. remem-
| ORANGES. In most secrets that folks
| hoped were forever hidden and mis-
takes made long ago cane to light at
this time. The class presented Miss
| Haskell, who was hostess ON this oc-
casion. with varied and delightful
rem entrances that included a pic
ture, Sully's boy with Torn HIT
| two five dollar gold pieces, an i'm
mense heart shaped box Of candy. a
handkerchief. which must have been
meant to dry tears Of JOY, cards and
ia spool of gay thread. the latter in
! Appreciation OF her efforts at dyeine
thread just the day before.
j After the tree had yielded all Its
gifts came eats" Ice cream. cake
and candy. Then the Handwriting
analyses" were read and guessed and
/ fortunes foretOld by n witch specially
! imported for the occasion. By this
time the big school clock was nearing
| IL and the class. forsakirg entranc-
| ing new toys. gathered around tho
piano to sing old favori,es and the
newer popular songs. Just ut the
stroke of II the accoml'anist. Miss
Harriet Nutting, turned from the gay
notes of a popular song 10 ut came
upon a midnight clear. that glorious
song of old" and to :h' strains o!
that beautiful Christmas carol 1925
senior party became class history.
Besides the hostess. Miss Haskell
and the members OF the class. there
were present four guests. Prin and
| Mrs. J. f. Blaisdell Mrs i1mma Has
kell and Mr.. Richards. Tie members
| of the class. all of whom were present
are Manning Arata, George Barker
Albert Brown, Amelia Bucknam
Queenie Carbino, Virginia Carter
! Stanley Church, Dorothy Colson
Olive Comeau, Louise Cone. Gladys
Cooke. John Field. Mnriel Hayes,
! Everett Hinckley. George Hincckley
| Henry Lerette. Christine Lord. N.Y.
ron Lucas. Velma Lucas. belmont
Luce, Lillian McCartha. Ruth Norton,
! Harriet Nutting. Jennie Louise Roll
| Inns, Jean Scott Kathleen Stackpole
Robert Vickery. Marian Wescott
Won Weston and Madeline Wright