Boothbay Region High School - Log Yearbook (Boothbay Harbor, ME)

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THE PYTHIA lxttle dog IS black and Whlte s1ster named her Tr1x1e She barks and barks Wlth all her mlght Shes just a lxttle P1X19 She used to sleep upon my bed But now shes ln dlsgrace She went out where the wood klttys are And met one face to face Maxme Crowley 47 1 8 Th1s should have been 1n the Xmas Sea Gull Last mght when everythxng was stlll Around the Chr1stmas tree I crept downstalrs to take a peek As qulet as could be My daddys coat was on the cha1r A box was on the floor A b1g box l1ke dad s su1t came ln Lay empty by the door I heard some people talklng My darlmg someone whlspered But then I ran rlght back I don t know what I ought to do Im all upset because What I saw there was mother She was k1SS1I1g Santa Claus N ORTHERN WINTER The howllng wmd went swlrllng down across the barren frozen wasteland across lee choked bays and mlets across mounta1ns of Slldlflg treacherous snow then out over the ea to be lost unt1l It would reach oth er lands As Jack Shepherd looked out of the small lone frosty YV1IldOVSS of h1s outpost shack that was all he saw A cold empty space Wlnterl Hard cruel unmerclful Northern wlnter that destroyed exervthlng 1n 1ts 1each mans t1mes ex en man For four months Jack had been tendlng th1s ma1l stat1on It w as one of the many separated by seventy mxles from each other A monotonous x1g1l w as h1s as all he d1d w as to keep both ma1ls sorted and ready for the dog sleds and refreshments for the drlvers But as he watched he felt p1tv for those men that had to drne hun dreds of m1les every week through thls b1tter wllderness He also was proud of thelr courage but h1s thoughts turned to the ragmg wlnter outslde h1s door and of the three men that had been beaten bv lt even the1r great sp1r1ts broken one of them nex er to be found A s1gh of rellef escaped h1s l1ps as the northern drn er Roberts appeared ox er the r1se Jack greeted h1m llghtlv and ex changed h1s mall for a few small sup plles that had been sent to h1m Then the man was gone Turnmg to h1s small woodstoye Jack prepared h1S supper after whlch he contented hlmself by select mg 1 book from a great collect1on Then as he was gomg to bed he sud den v stood xery st1ll He had heard that low ommous moanmg so manv tlmes before snowfall O penmg h1s cabm door he saw great thlck snowflakes beat1ng down dr1x en on by a KICIOLIS Northeast wlnd He looked at h1s watch Roberts was st1ll manv m1les from h1s next stop Jack turned 1ns1de and shut the door There was a wo1r1ed look 1n h1s eves In h1s mmd he could see the drlxer head My , U' .' . . , . . . . , . My , , , 1 , D . . A v V V . . . S . , t , Y 7 . w I , v' ' v - ' v . ' v , . ., . . ' 7 . Al A if an Y . . , . . V1 I l 1 r 1 ' , . , . U . A T .- A A' Y v , , .AY . . SAV, ' A Y A 1 Q ., ' 'Y' I . . , ' C ., v 1 , y 7- 7 So I just looked through the crack, I . . AA ' .H ' 'f - 1 y ' ' Y 1 . A A, A ' , . . Y y . . . , ' 1 . . , . . K - L., 1 ' H . C . H4 Ik ik if . 1 a K a ' ' . A lu . ' . . , . . . . l , . v YA , , A V A . ' v I , AA ' A I .A , A . , . . . . , . . , . . , . . s . ' - . ' . 1 . w l w A ' . 1 A L A A . . , , .A . . V . . A , u P Y 1

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LITERARY If you have fa1th 111 those w1th whom you labor A11d t1ust 1n those Wlth whom you make a trade If you bel1eve 111 fr1e11d a11d 11ext door nelghbor A11d heed examples p1OI1C9I'S have made If you expect the sun to r1se tomorrow If you are sure that somewhere Skl8S are blue Wake up and pack away the futlle sorrow For better days are la1gely up to you lk l A MOTHERS PRIDE Her l1ttle boy so small and cute Knelt bes1de hlS bed He sald h1s prayers 1n a tmy VOICS A11d bowed h1S curly head So soft you could hardly hear h1m I pray the Lord my soul to keep Oh please dear God stay near h1m Bless my Mother and my Dad A11d make me a very good boy Amen he Sald and crept 1n bed 'Ihat s a Motl1ers pr1de and Joy Dorothy Merchant 47 Ik One small cloud can hlde the sunhght L ose one strmg the pearls are scattered 'Ihmk one thought a soul may perlsh Say 0116 vsord a heart may break WINTER HARBOR Theles a peaceful l1ttle town In MHIIIB bes1de the sea Its name 1S W111ter Harbor Its home to you and me The snow IS o11 each slopmg 100f The moon IS Shllllflg br1ght Theres peace 1n W1nter Harbor On a qu1et w1nter n1ght The harbor plac1d as a po11d 'Ihat xuns bes1de a m1ll The mounta1ns 111 the dlstance Make you1 healt w1th 1apture thr1ll It s freedom peace and happ1ness Its thmgs that God made r1ght Its our home town Wlnter Harbor O11 a qu1et wmter mght Allce Backman 47 Two or three m111utes tvso or three hours What do they mean IH th1S l1fe of ours? Not very much lf but counted as t1me But m1nutes of gold and hours Subllme If only we ll use them once 1n a wh1le To n1ake someone happy to make someone sm1le' A m1nute may dry a l1ttle lads tears An hour sweep HSICIQ the troubles of years M1nutes of my t1n1e may b11ng to an end Hopelessness somewhere and g1V9 me a frlend' It My l1ttle cat Caught a rat And h1d It under The Welcome Mat Elmer TOIICY 46 NONSENSE H6188 to a l1ttle d1dd1e By D11ly D11111y Dumps Tl1e wo1ds make l1ttle sense And ale verv full of bumps Lesl1e C1 owley 47 5 y . Q . , , 1 . . , ! , . . . 7 . . ' . ' , . - , , . ' 1 1 , . if 1 ' - 9 , ak 14 ik wk 7 . . . - ' I , . . Now I lay me down to sleep an la ' v . . , . . , 11 ' ' ' ! . , 1. H . . 1 i 1 v-v Y ! . , 3 7 ' ' . ' ar if It , . lk Ik if 5 0 ' x 1 - . ' . ' . ' 7 ! y :if ak Ik 51 , . ' ' 1 Y

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THE PYTHIA down ploddmg stead1lx on callmg to h1s dogs Ploddmg Stfalght 1nto that wmd and snow 1nto the bleak north e1n Vkllltffl' Brlan Ingalls 47 THE HEROISM OF A DOG F01 a dog to plunge four tlmes lnto a lagmg sea at the blddlflg' of h1s mastel needs pluck and devotlon wh1ch would be reckoned herolsm 1n deed m a man or boy Such was the feat performed one day by a coll1e on the OCCHSIOH of a shlpwreck at Flsherman s Island Durmg the he1ght of the gale, a three masted schooner was observed helplessly dr1v1ng before the wmd and the greatest excltement prevalled among the HHXIOUS watchers on the Island when lt was seen that the Ves sel was makmg for the green rocks Great Wass Island Coast Guard Statlon was phoned but before they auned the vessel was among the breakers the great seas sweepmg ov 91 It The people thought the Vessel would break up and the crew would be lost as there was no poss1b1l1ty of launchmg a boat The crew was seen chngmg to the 101398 expectmg any mlnute to be washed from the shlp One helpless sa1lor t1ed a rope to a p1ece of wood hoplng It would drlft ashore Then It happened that Elmer Alley a flsher m in came along wlth a flne colhe w h1ch he ordered off fo1 the stlck The noble dlllmdl at once obeyed plung mg among the breakers and maklng fo1 the shlp The waxes were too much fox hlm and he returned Agaxn he w as sent off and many tlmes he was lost to new and once more returmng XXlfl'l0l1t the St1Ck The dog w as agam sent out but w1thout asa1l Yet a fourth t1me the an1mal entered the 1oa11ng wax es and aftel a great stluggle he reached the St1Ck The swlm back handlcapped w1th the w e1ght of a heaxy rope was a great task Sexeral tlm6S the dog lost the stlck but at last xlctory was obtaln ed and the noble ammal fell pantmg on the shore droppmg the stlck at h1s masters feet The Coast Guard had arrlx ed and by puttmg the l1fe saung apparatus 1nto QQFVICG the shlpwreck ed sa11ors were saved Calvelt N Carver 49 if WINTER Brrr I nearly froze I sat b9S1d6 the f1replace Clad 1n woolen clothes Red flannels boots a coat and hat Ear muffs and m1ttens too I put on all the clothes I had But st1ll I caught the flu Thls wlnter weather wlll k11l me yet I told the weatherman Why don t you make the sun come out? Sa1d he Ill do what I can Im sure he dldnt even try For xt snowed llke everythmg Wmter please go way Oh how I wlsh 1t were sprmg Gerald Bartlett 48 41 if if It GRANDMOTHER My grandmother sat ln her old arm chalr Wlth her wrmkled face aglow As she told the chlldren of her ch1ldhood days Of the long long ago . ' , ' , ' 4' 4 ' v 4 ' , .C up , ., . T I A. ' ' 4' 4 Y. ' - ' ' 7 I ,' 4 1' 7 - 4 4 7 ' 7 . 4 4 ' Pk 4 4: 4: 4' ' ' ' v 4 ' , , Y 4 1 S 1 , K1 A' , ' - 4 1 . . . ' 7 ' 1 1 - , , ' . 7 A , ' .H , ' . . , 7 PF 42 Ik L 1 . - ' Wxnter came 1n some tune ago ' 3 3 7 l ' - . n 4 ' , , - 9 K , ' nn' 1 , - . 4 . n ' ' ' - n , Y . . . Y , , .. , :A x n . . , , ' u v H .7 . . . , , . A . . . I . . . y y 1 . - y . , . A an V. . . , 4 1 v I 4 1 ' . . 1 ' 1 l - 7 ' . 4 f ' 1 ' ' kv 1 4 ' y v 4 A ' . . ' L 1 . . A. , , y g