Livermore Falls High School - Banner Yearbook (Livermore Falls, ME)

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THE BANNER ous companlon But this quarrelsome young gentleman also made a hurrled departure as the two remalnrng antagonists syooped down upon hrm and sent him about hrs own business ThLs battle between such trny warriors was of exceptional rnterest To see such tmy dell cate spring brrds before a background of autumn leaves drd seem most unu ual It would seem that sprlng yyas makrng her last stand by allowing her blue brrds to remain untrl the final moment Fall Davs and the Frolrcs of a Krtten HE fall days had at last arrrved and the leaves began to fall rn glittering showers upon the once green ground The brrd too seemed to know that fall had come as dld Marla who slowly made h r way down the long wrndmg lane rn search of her fro rcsome kitten Perhaps the krtten realrzed that the ground would not long b covered with nature s frrsky toys for him to play w1th Perhaps he also knew that soon a cold white blanket would no longer toss the ever dancing leaves rnto the a1r Feeling very lonely and desiring the com pamonshlp of her lrvely kltten Marla had lard as de her dolls put on her coat and started down the pleasant lane rn search of the elusrve krtten Whrl callmg softly she espred hrm romprng rn a pile of beautiful golden red leaves a gay and frrsky as the fall wrnds them e'ves Suddenly an unusually trong gust of wrnd sent the leaves whrrlrn rn all dlrectrons So strong was th1s mxnla ture whrrlwrnd that the bed of the unsuspect rn kitten was natched sky high causmg hrm to leap rnto the arr then turn ard run with a ruffled back and crooked tall Marla stood by and shook with laught r a her poor pet made a mad cramble up a tree trunk It was then that Maria ceased her lauffhrng and bounded after he frlghter u kitten She finally caught him and star ed toward home just as the sun was yyrshrng the leaves a soft good night Edith MCCTl1'1S 36 THE TRANIP MAN I saw the other day would make a yery rnterestrng prcture He was a tramp .1 man of short stature yyrth coarse hardened features Hrs han was brown and seemed never to haye been combed Hrs face was fat and yery drrty Red eyes and a yery red and swollen n se completed hrs facial drsadyan tag s He was dressed rn a tattered coat and a parr of pants of which the patches held mot of th colors of the rainbow In sprte of these patches hrs knees were exposed to the a1r as were hrs elbows Hrs shoes were cracked and broken and from them peeped defiantly seyeral dirty toes He walked w1th a limp and rn one hand was clenched a mur derous lookrng and evrl smelling prpe He made a very striking picture as he sat on a neighbors door step and ate Wlth many flourrshes a drnner he had begged As I looked at th1s plece of forlorn human rty I wondered how far and how long he had traveled how manv places and strange srghts he had seen What a life' The lrfe of a hobo w1th no home no where to go cannot be a pleasant one The hardshrps he encounters are to him but darly happenrngs I wonder rf I ever shall be rn the condrtron of that man? Lloyd Ware 36 A BOOT BOOT' What a queer place for a boot' An attractive one too It was made so well that even an rnexperlenced eve could ee that rt was an expenslve one It was made rn the style worn by almost eyery army of frcer of the age There rt hung a full one hundred feet above the round It was a thick day foggy wet and dlsagreeable but should a passtrby walkrng rn the street have looked up rntently he would haye een thrs boot Of course rt dldnt get there by rtself Boot no matter how well constructed can not walk on' by themselyes The fact rs rt was hung there by a rnad bood crazed wretch whrle at the same trme the owner s b dy was being bundled away Only two days b fore had a young man clad rn the garb of a Captalll dashed down that same alley rn hot pursuit of a robber A flash of steel a low moan a srckenrng tnud ,' 31 . . b b . M ' Q . ' I -' I - . 3 ' ' . . . - a I ' v. - ' . ' 3 . ' I ' Y V S v D A ' v' ' ' I' .H I ' . . , , Q be spread down so that his tiny paws could . . . ' . S I - S I Y A '- v v' - ' ' ' a V b . - , Q U , . , , I . . . . . D ' I V ' . U , V A4 Q 1 ' , . . ' I ' ' V A ' ' s . . 3. , , l - . v. S 3 , . v ' V ' . ' 0 Y , 1 - U ' t ze' c ' ' ' ' V ' - t v vs 3 7 4

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30 THE BANNER peaceful The only gound 1S that of the the darkened starrs and as norselessly as pos bubbllng brook and buzzrng bee lb 6 CTEP! IMO bed The orchard contams a great number of Grace B Adam? 31 tr ees a Under purple The There house shrnes The nd the rrpe red frurt adds to rts b auty some trees the ground rs coy ered y rtl frurt house rtself rs large and old fashron cl are mary other burldrngs b rdes the All the e burldrngs sparkle as th sun on fresh whrte parnt house rs furnrshed wrth antrque furm ture The rooms are enormous On the walls hang ancr nt portrarts of the famrly s anc tors The brrck fire place sends forth a cheer ful warmth ln the cold wrnters Its occupants are a Jolly couple of about forty years The farmer 1S dressed rn rustrc clothrng as he goes about hrs farm dutres Hrs plump wrfe wear a grngham dress To me a farm has always seemed very cheerful a pleasant contrast to the bustlrng crty Kathleen Donald 35 AFTER BEDTIME F you haye ever stayed up lat of an eve nrng when everyone else has retlred per haps you can remembr how quret yervthrng would be Maybe you would turn on the rad 0 and lrsten to the loud blah blah of some an nouncer or maybe the favorrte Jazz orchestra would be playrng the latest hrt If rt were especrally late however the gruff vorce of elder brother would come slrdrng down the bannrster to rnform you that rt was a prty people weren t permrtted to go to leep at nrght Therefore wrth a heavy srgh of re gret you slowly srlenced the radlo and quret rergned rn the house except for the trckrng of the clock on the mantel There mrght haye been a sudden scratchrng at the door that sent you half way up the starrcase before you took courage to stop and thrnk rt was prob ably only the cat wlshrng to come rn No doubt you had no more than seated yourself comfortably once more rn the easy chair when wrth omrnous bong' bong' the clock on the mantel started to toll a yery late hour wrth maddenrng precrsron Thus yy th a mur derous look at that bothersome mechan sm you undoubtedly srlently and wrftly clrmbed Sl N BET Frrst the clouds ass mble And take on yarred hues Some are orange pmk and golden And some are drfferent shade of blu Then these blend together On the canvas of the sky To form the master parnted sunset By that great Artrst God on hrgh Ellen Randall 35 ANIMAL STUDIES Lon some ONESOME was a tmy black spanrel wrth pathetlc brown eyes that seemed to be the very wrndows of the lrttle fellow s soul In them was apparently regrstered every emo tron that passed through that furry body If someone spoke cro sly to hrm a d ep fl cker of hght would burn rn the beautlful eyes and one could not help feelrng sorry for haymg spoken so harshly Lonesome was well named for he was sel dom seen playrng wrth the other puppres Whenever the other srx puppres were at play Lonsome was to be found curled up rn a dark terest or amuse hrm Chrldren ey rdently frrghtened hrm for whenev r he heard them he slunk away wrth hrs stubby tall tucked be tween hrs legs The only person for whom he seemed to feel afTect1on was hrs master Wrth hrm he would romp through the fields p'ay ball or follow at hrs heels for hours at a tlme In a word Lonesome s whole lrfe was centered about one person a one and only frrend and pal hrs master Late Callers S I was gaz rg out of the wrndoyy at the beautrful leay es fallrng rn go den show ers upon 'he Ground some brrllrant flashes of blue caught my eye Upon lookrng more clo ely I drscoy ered four lrttle blue brrds flrt Ing hlther and thrther from th brrd house to the barn One of them alrghted upon the brro house on'y to be drryen away by a Jeal ' 1 N ' s' 1 ' L . ' ' 1 U ' , A Q e rr ' ' , ez' t . ' . . s ' ' . . e ' S S. .8 . , V, ej- A b - D . . , . .1 . u ' 7 Y' . 3 ' . e L 7 S I - ' . V . - , .- V . ey . . . . y . y Y V l r . . i corner. Then. too. people did not seem to rn- v Y- X ' I . 7 . ' . ' ' e Y v' . . . , , . C . - y v Y - Y . . . ' , 4 - V I ,' . ' ' . . I. ii .' . I ., ' 1. ' .l N D . U . ' ' . 5. .' ' ' ' 4 -- - ' . 8 ' - . , . li' kv S r ' A.' -I I lv, .' , . L. b. A -

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THE BANNER as he fell dead' Hardly had he touched the pavement before the gang was on hlm A shy er of cold gleamlng steel protrudmg fr m Ju t above h1s heart was all that gaye eyl dence of h1s end Scamperlng rats they tore hrs coat from h1s back and klcked h1S llfeless face to pulp Th1S was the tragic and alto gether horrlble end of a braye ofhcer One beast among them rlpped off one of the ylctlms boots and hung lt far aboye the spot where he dled as a symbol of warnlng to all meddlers But as one looks at It It om how seems to be not a symbol of warnlng but a trlbute to a gallant and courageous man who dled w1th h1s boots on Alfred Timberlake 36 A BATTLE OF THE ELEMENTS BLACK cloud hung low ln the northwest and seemed to advance steadlly Llttle white plllars llke scout planes salled swlftly along under that dark and hldeous ma s The sun was obscured and llttle swlrls of dust ap peared to be the only movlng thlng The battle above drew nea er raglng more fiercely and ILS lncreaslng roar pounded the ear drums then ln a sudden burst of fury 1t broke and great drops of water hurled themselves to the ground dX'lX1Ilg the dust be unt1l there was a steady roar as gallons of wat r fell upon forest barren places ledg s roofs and the newly drled hay All scenery was shut from v1ew coyered by a colorless curtam of ra1n As the ram mcreased the llghtnxng flashed more br1ght1y and repeatedly There seemed to be a contlnuou roar from the terrlfflc 1m pact of two clashlng forces The mound faxrly shook wlth the shock and the wlnd twisted and tugged at the trees Such an unmerclful monster was the wmd' It strlpped the leave from trees broke llmbs and uprooted the weaker trees But lo' The most murdel ous of all the ele ments was yet to descend It cut haxply down wlth a sound llke the swlsh of a sw d xt swlrled oyer the defenseless and expo ed surface of Mother Earth to bounce and leap madly about hacklng and cuttlng the beautl ful green dress made by Mother Nature Thls aw ful mena e the hall roared llke a thousand machlne guns as lt danced to the tune of ICS war song upon the roofs and wlndows of mens dwelllngs DFIYEH by the wlnd lt laughed at the pallld faces of the wmdow panes and rapped dangerously upon them untll from sheer exhaustlon wmdows gave ln and the ghastly ICX marbles of the a1r burst 1nto houses to dance joyously upon the floor Then as suddenly as the whlt mataud rs c me they vanlshed In the path of the storm lay desolatlon and ru1n A quletness as of death seemed to have settled Everythlng seemed dark and ch1lly even though the land scape was made whlte wlth hall stones Another battle had been fought and an other scene of dlsast r left behlnd Here two forces had m t ln lnevltable clash even Mother Nature lacks the power to prevent such wasteful folly Rockwood Berry 35 THE OLD TRAMP HUNCHED BACK old man came walklng feebly along the path He had a wrxnkled face and a sad look 1n h1s eyes He was dre sed 1n a palr of dxrty blue tlousers w1th an old sweater thrown around h1s shoulders the sleeves tled about h1s neck In one hand he carrled a crooked walklng stxck that nelped h1s over worked legs to carly thelr load I h1s other hand he carrled a mall torn leather bag whlch contalned all h1s be ongln s and a small supply of food He stopped under the shade of a maple tree and laborlously seated hlmself He rested h1s tlred head 1n h1s gnarled wlthered hands I hope my strength w111 last untll I can get there he muttered in a weak shaky volce After he had rested h1s weary bones for a few mmutes he got up laborlously and con tmued h1s gallant march wlth death awaltlnv h1s weak and tlred old body at the end of the road Woodrow Ros 36 QC ENE IN BPRING CAR came roaxlng down the macadam road ln a yery ey dent hurry It was dur mg the late sprang and the car was covered wlth mud In spots where the mud dld not entnely blot out the flll1Sh IL mght be notlced that the pamt was dull from long 32 . ' 1- ' ' ' A v v', ' .' , A Y - - ' Y ' . I , . F - - - s. ' ' ' ' e ' e Q YA . ' . Y a y . ' . , ' . ' 5 2 ' . , . Q . i..1,1- D A I A ' V V . I P . . S. . - y ' . ' ' . ' : I V, - . . . fore them. Faster and faster the rain came ' ' ' ' - fl s ' I S ' ' e . .. ge. ' 4 A 1 ' Z . V ' 1 v , V ' 7 1 1 ' . S . . - - , - - , ' . . . V. . , . - C, V 1' I - ' 3 ' I K' , - ' ,e.' . I A V y v v N V , .' ' V if 'Sr 3 .' . 'I K v' v j 3 ' V . .i .. . - C . C U ' . - ' ' ' . 5 . A