Photo Booklet of the ? Reunion of the Class of 1926 at Calais Academy in Calais, Maine; possibly 1951 or later

Reprinted, with permission, from the Heirlooms Reunited blog

Booklet of photographs bound by ribbon in the school colors of the Alumni Reunion of the Class of 1926 at Calais Academy at Calais, Maine.  The year the reunion was held is not stated, but possibly 1951 or later.

The booklet was printed at the Harvey Studios in Calais, Maine.  

The only clue in the booklet is the handwritten name of Don Mitchell on the back cover. He may have been Donald N. Mitchell (1907-1987), either a Class of 1926 student, a teacher or a guest at the reunion.

I'm assuming that the first two photographs in the album are a contrast between the students at the time of graduation and, later, at the time of reunion.

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Images of pages, in order:

1940 Calais Academy Commencement, Calais, Maine

Program for the 1940 Calais Academy Commencement, held at the State Theatre in Calais, Maine, on Thursday, June 13, at Half Past Two.

Reprinted, with permission, from the Heirlooms Reunited blog.

See another post that features the Class of 1940 Souvenir Booklet owned by Calais Academy graduate Erma O. Ayer.

Directors

Mr. Frank N. Beckett

Mr. Benjamin Corliss

Mr. Percy Adams

School Board

Dr. S. E. Webber

Mr. Fred Leeman

Mrs. Frank N. Beckett, Jr., Chairman

Superintendent of Schools

Mr. Alden W. Allen

Trustees

Gov. Henry B. Cleaves, Ex-officio

Nelson A. Luce, Ex-officio

I. Warren Merrill, Farmington

John A. Hinckley, Gorham

Henry L. Chapman, Brunswick

Oliver B. Clason, Gardiner

William George Sargent, Castine

Graduates

College Course:  Lois Catherine Brown; Emma Bernice Campbell; Mary Syphronia Cookson; Paul George Corrigan; Jacqueline Marion Dinsmore; Robert John Eaton; Mildred Harriet Fox; Richard Fletcher Frost; Arthur Ernest Garland; Henry Arthur Gillespie; A. Joyce Hanson; Henry Holland; Anna Elizabeth Hume; Laura Baker Jackman; Patricia Maria Lord; Joan Mary Lovering; Joyce Daphne Lyons; James Harold Marraty; Frances Elizabeth McCurdy; Grace Louise McKay; Dorothy Lois McMillan; Mary Kathleen Nixon; Leroy Higgins Reardon; Eleanor Armstrong Robinson; Wray Dexter Simpson; Marjorie Ruth Smith; Ethel Theresa Stanhope; Madeline Ruth Wasson; Alma Marie Wasson

Commercial Course: Erma Olive Ayer; Dorothy A. Bartlett; Geneva Mabel Carey; Lois Katherine Connolly; Hilda Louise Cumberland; Marshall Leo Drinon, Jr.; Pauline Geraldine Farrar; Miles Paul Frye; Madeline Russell Gerrin; James Herbert Goode; Pauline Winifred Hartford; Richard Wilder Johnson; Marion Jeanne Matthews; Avis Irene McNelly; Norma Shirley Moreside; Louis I. Morrison; Lois Lavonne Noble; Frances Elizabeth O'Hara; John Maurice O'Neil; Maxine Geneva Penney; Lois Irene Phelan; Winston William Phipps; Jacqueline Thelma Porter; Ralph Donald Reed; John Henry Ross; Jean Lorraine Thompson; Stewart Smith Townsend; Pauline Helen Waite; Beryl Dorothea Wheeler; Lois Carey Wiley

English Course: Charles Walter Andrews; Evie Florence Bagley; Gerry Sizen Beckett; Blaine David Campbell; Frank Brannon Hill; William Douglas Hitchings; Pauline May Howard; Berla Stella Lewis; Audrey Bernice McLaughlin; Clayton Charles Mains; Everett Louis Mains; Charles Aubrey Moffatt; Lester Bernard Morrell; Burke Robinson Mowatt; William E. Ogden; Hilda Marie Otto; Doris Geneva Smith; Harry Woodrow Smith; Nelson Filmore Smith; Thomas Gerard Spearin; Hazen W. Spearin; Maxine E. K. Thomas; Milton H. Thornton; Margaret Joyce Thompson

Honor Pupils: Erma Oliver Ayer; Lois Catherine Brown; Dorothy A. Bartlett; Robert John Eaton; Mildred Harriet Fox; A. Joyce Hanson; Henry Holland; Laura Baker Jackman; Patricia Marie Lord; Joan Mary Lovering; Joyce Daphne Lyons; Marion Jeanne Matthews; Dorothy Lois McMillan; Norma Shirley Moreside; Lois Irene Phelan; Jacqueline Thelma Porter; John Henry Ross; Eleanor Armstrong Robinson; Beryl Dorothea Wheeler.  For two years - Evie Florence Bagley and William Douglas Hitchings

Also named

Richard Frost; Reverend Walter P. Lyons; Isabelle Firestone; Miss Marguerite Wilson; Henry Holland; Eleanor Armstrong Robinson; Laura Baker Jackman; Alfred G. Robyn; Robert John Eaton; Lois Katherine Brown; Patricia Marie Lord; Joan Mary Lovering; A. Joyce Hanson; Dr. W. N. Miner; Robert John Eaton; Reverend Ellis Holt; Phelan's Orchestra; Anita Clarke;  Miss Mary Bates; Miss Phyllis Dimitre; Miss Elspeth Larner.

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1940 High School Graduation Mementos, Calais Academy in Calais, Maine; owned by Erma O. Ayer

Souvenir booklet of the Class of 1940 of Calais Academy in Calais, Maine, with handwritten activities and names, plus a program for Class Day, 1940, held at the Gymnasium, Tuesday, June 11.  

Reprinted, with permission, from the Heirlooms Reunited blog.

This souvenir booklet belonged to and was completed by graduate Erma O. Ayer.

See another post that features the commencement program for the Class of 1940.

The cover of the souvenir booklet is shown above.  It was printed by the Thomas D. Murphy Company of Red Oak, Iowa, with spaces for graduates to write in activities and classmates' names.    Below, inside front cover and tissue covering the title page:

Title page, below, showing Erma's name, the Class Officers, Class Flower, Colors, Song, Yell and Motto.  The Class Officers were 

• Richard Frost, President
• Lois Phelan, Vice President
• Joice Lyons, Secretary
• Francis O'Hara, Treasurer

The next two pages are blank but show remnants of glue that held programs for Commencement and Class Day.  The Class Day Program, which contains many names, is still inside, though unglued. It appears at the end of this post.

The next two pages, below, are entitled Festivities and Activities.  The Festivities page apparently had something glued to it at one time, but it's missing.  The Activities page has some handwritten entries pertaining to Erma O. Ayer's school career, including membership in the National Honor Society.

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The next 4 pages, in two images, show 4 pages of classmates' names, all appearing to be in Erma's handwriting.  

The next two pages, below, are entitled, at left, Teachers, and at right,  Reminiscences.

Teachers: 

• Mr. Fred A. Tarbox
• Mr. Harland L. Keay
• Miss Mary E. Bates
• Miss Elspeth N. Larner
• Miss Mary H. Fleming (Best of All)
• Mrs. Laura P. Jackman
• Miss Phyllis M. Dimitre
• Mr. Merle C. Brown
• Miss Eleanor Andrews
• Miss Agnes C. Fleming
• Marguerite Wilson
• William O'Neill
• Mr. Scovil
• Miss McPherson
• Mr. Hamilton
• Miss Murchie
• Miss Hanson
• Mr. Hitchens
• Miss Walker
• Miss Cole

The next image, below, shows the last page, which carries a printed message from George B. Bates, The Diamond Store, Calais, Maine, and the tissue covering the blank inside back cover.

The next two images are of the Class Day Program, mentioned further above, too long for just one scan:

Names above, in order:

• Richard Frost
• Joyce Lyons
• Henry Gillespie
• Evie Bagley
• Dexter Simpson
• Mildred Fox
• Lois Phelan
• Charles Moffatt
• James Marraty
• Beryl Wheeler
• Maxine Thomas
• Erma Ayer
• Dorothy Bartlett
• Douglas Hitchings
• Marion Matthews
• Dorothy McMillan
• Norma Moreside
• Jacqueline Porter
• John Ross
• Robert Eaton
• Miss Marguerite Wilson
• Mr. Frank Lane
• Kathleen Bridges, '42
• Charlotte Saunders, '42
• Madge Campbell, '41
• Lois Cawley, '41
• Phyllis Connell, '41
• Christine Fitzsimmon, '41
• Eleanor Gordon, '41
• Doris Noble, '41
• Faye Smith, '41
• Hazel Sprague, '41

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