Presque Isle High School - Ship Yearbook (Presque Isle, ME)

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LOVE S BRIGHT EYES Jack Martrn had successfully defended the natrons most notorrous thugs and murderers Hannegan was drfferent When he was seventeen he found a nrckel rn a pay phone and drd not return rt to the telephone company Today he rs twenty nrne and that nrckel rs the only drshonest nrckel he has ever made Johnny Roberts was eleven years old and he remembered the lrcense num ber of the car rn whrch the man who murdered Paul Marrno had escaped Other resrdents of 42nd Street remembered rt too but they berng older and wrser than Johnny sard they drd not Martrn knew Johnny was all the case Hannegan had and he showed rt rn hrs talk to the Jury The state fmeanrng Mr Hanneganl wrll possrbly produce a wrtness who wrll clarm to remember the lrcense number of the car rn whrch they saw a man resemblrng the defendant shoot down Paul Marrno and speed avr ay I too wrll produce wrtnesses and I beg of you gentlemen to Judge honestly the abrlrty of such wrtnesses Hannegan knew Martrn s wrtnesses good hard hearted resrdents f 42nd Street who would say a tall man was short or a young man old rf the prrce was rrght What chance had he agarnst them wrth only one wrtness a krd at that bu he prayed that he could eat Martrn lust thrs once He turned around to lo k at hrs l1ttle wrtness Johnny Srttrng besrde hrm was hrs grrl frrend Mary Jones lJohnny had rnsrsted that she be allowed to come and see hrs moment of gloryl Martrn s vorce made Hannegan turn agarn I kn vu gentlemen Martrn s vorce was thunderrng that you wrll rn th face of the evrdence you are about to hear frnd the defendant not gurlty ly what he had seen that bloody afternoon He t ld rt all rn a brave earnest vorce knowrng hrs grrl was lrstenrng but he hesrtated only a l1ttle when he pornted to Tugge Burnham and sard that he was the man who had shot Paul Marrno He told them that he drd remember the number of the car Then he re peated the nu'nber slowly Threef ur srx one srx Hannegan s heart quavered and he prayed srlently agarn as Martrn went to work on Johnny How do you know that the number was not 35616 or 36916 or any other rmrlar number? asked he Hannegan heard hrs heart thump three drstrnct trmes The tck of the clock s unded as though someone had suddenly hooked a loud sp aker to rt Then Johnny sard Mary dont lrve at none of them other numbers Who rs Mary? asked Martrn She s my grrl Johnny sard porntrng to the blushrng Mary I remembered when I sau that number the day the 'nan was shot that rt was the same as Mary s address three forthy srx Srxteenth Street ohnny s face was now a d l red and lrttle Mary Jones even redder But I-Iannegan seerng the faces of the twelve g od men rn the Jury ox knew be yond questron that Burnham was doomed knew that all Martrn s wrtnesses would not be able to prevarl agarnst the sure knowledge of frrst love Kerth Robertson 42 - , y Q . . I n ' n Y u ' U 1 ' 17 . , . - - . F , c Y T ! Y A . . . . - . D + . , . u C V, ,nv - n - ' Y u ' , - S . , . Suddenly Johnny was on the stand telling everyone in the court-room exact- ' ll ll ' A l I KA A ' ' ll . - , .. s' ' . . . . . : : e ' . , . rf r - yn ' Y ' ' ' - fr r . Y Y .. ' ' Y' v ' ' 1 V ' .T ' Ll l , ' ' . , , : ' ' b , ,- - ,

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about me that rt thumped at my temples My heart chrlled as before my very eyes my beautrful starned glass g d dess changed rn color to a blood red and and became frnally cast by a shadow so grotesque as to make rt more horrr ble than a wretched creature rarsed from the underworld I must have gone mad wrth frrght f r I turned to leave wrth a sense that death depended upon rt I had reached the gate somehow and my muscle trghtened frngers fought to unlatch rt when a shrrll stranglrng shrrek tore at my eardrrrms followed by a trnklrng crash I turned rn trme to see my goddess explode rn splrnters and to behold a shapeless wrrthrng mass fall to the gr und and rt was over I fought to regarn my self control Some one had Jumped through the wrn dow rt was qurte evrdent and I dared not guess who but I knew that I mu t brrng Father Francors Father Francors u tered no c mment as I lead hrm toward Chateau Norr but as we reached the garden gate he took my arm as though to prepare me for what was to follovr Thrrty yards more and I was besrde the queer srlent frg ure lyrng dark agarnst the shadowy earth At srght of the horrrble outlrnes I erred Father thrs cant be a person Father Francorss head n dded slow ry It rs Margo he muttered I knew thrs would happen She rs terrr ly de formed as you can see poor chrld Carefully he rarsed her head heaven ward at the same trme hrdrng rts fea tures from my srght I suppose he was makrng hrmself certarn f her death A he placed her back upon the ground he covered the vrsage wrth a broad hand kerchref She was ashamed of her face he sard Qhe would not vr ant rt to be seen now It rs strange rsnt rt son because of her own mrserable body she was al ways rnsanely Jeal us of the women rn that wndow Now she has destroyed them both He arose and srarrdrng srlhouetted agarnst the stars agarn broke the strll ness as I watched wrth awe God grant tha she may be more beautrful rn the next world than was th s her glass rr va Georgra Bowser 41 A BEOWULF DREAM My rt s hot rn here I sard to myself as I sat rn study perrod I dont kncw how they expect a fellow to do any s udyrng Well anyway here goes Nor drd the monster mean to delay for he at the frrst stroke qurckly serzed a sleeprng uarrror tore hrm unawares lGee rt must be at least erghty frve rn herej brt hrs bone casrngs drank hrs verns blood rn great zz z Ah' What rs thrs? It looks lrke a cas re and the d ors are openrng That lrttle man seems to want me to enter My' What a beautrful room wrth rts ancr ent tapestrres and rts gold decked chandelrers I wonder what rs rn the next room rt mav be frrend or foe I shall so n see Well rf rt rsnt Krng Hrothgar and hrs court' I wonder what makes them look so sad You say Krrrg Horthgar that a frre breathrng serpent rs eatrng your people That rs to bad Somethrng must be done What rs the bell that I hear rrng ng? You say th t rt rs the serpent s warn rng No doubt for here comes the Mons er now If I can Just lead hrm rrto the rrver hrs breath wrll cause the rrver to borl and he wrll be c oked Oh' He sees me Come on feet rrver here goes one here goes two comes rnto the water after me My d your stuff It rs Just three mrles to the here I am Now rnto the water Here he look at the cloud of steam' The unter rs gettrng hotter and h tter Oh' Why drdnt I thrnk? I too shall be cooked alrve What rs that? Its a bell rrngrng agarn I wonder what rt rs for Holy Cats Ive slept the whole perrod Id better get up to government class Roland Garland 40 4 . , . - - Q A . U . , 11 1 ' V 1 1 ' . , A ' ' u - L 11 41 , . L, . - 1 S - ' . - 11 , . C . 1 1 1 . 1 ' , , c . S - 4. Y . . - - rr 11 .. ' , ' 1 . ,A ' . - - , -.1 . . , . ,, ' - 1 1 1 v . . . . . H 1 1 , Y 3 L . . . . 1 . ' - 4. - . ,, 1. V t . . 7 L , ' - 'Y 11 1 . . . . , , - u - 1 ' 11 - ' ' fr 1 , 1 1 ' , 4. . , I u ' , 1 ' 1 1 . . . . . 1, ' 1 - 11 . . . L. A . . . L . V . , 1. . . , ' - 1 1 . . . , . . 'L , . 1 1 ' ' . A . t. . - . . . . . , 3 - . L . . . . , L . A , .. . A - ' . . . . . , .J - 1 1 1 - ' ' . V . . . , - . A . , - . s. . . . . , . . , . . . h . . . , - n , 1 - 1 , . 11 1

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FARE FOR THE MORGUE Well to begln with I drive a cab for the Checker Taxi Company It was about eleven thirty on Tuesday night I was cruising down Lexlngton hunting for a fare tbusrness had been dull that dayl when a man hailed me from in front of Tony s Bar He was a little unsteady I noticed but then that wasnt unusual at this time of night He was dressed like most other rich men of the day tux garters fine black overcoat and high silk hat I guess he was about twenty five with black well kept hair a strong tan face and a powerful frame He didnt seem to me the sort that one would expect to find at Tony s and when he said he wanted to go to 227 Baker Street I gave up thats the toughest dis trrct in town vou see We had only covered about four blocks when he knocked on my wmdow and said Never mmd that last address take me to the nearest hosprtal and hurry I cculd see then he was in a bad way so I gave er the gun hoping we wouldnt meet any cops Well when I fmally got to the Fuller Hospital he was stone dead There was absolutely no sign of 1dent1f1cat1 n on him and no one rn at Tony s had ever seen him oefcre For weeks we watched the papers for news of missing men and checked every clue We found nothlng That s all I know Robert Graves 41 WILDCATS OF 1940 To this winning team we take off our hats H means Hunter a great captain is he Each of the boys like him hopes to be C as we know for Curtis does stand Since he s on the lineup we go in a band T means great forward of fam us renown For Thomas who never has let us down S is for Southard he s sure a great shot When the old ball comes round he s there on the spot M begins Malcolm and Mooers tis true We ll always remember him the fans will too On the Subs lineup we ve no reason for shame These boys each one have made a good name We shall start with Tompkins a great center we know And tell you of five boys in the Substitute row W begins Wwllette a singing Wildcat of fame In basket ball and radio hell sure play the game For Garland G stands and for guard also In this and years after he ll make a good show S will be Stubbs a great helper he s been On the Old Sub s bench with five good men We give th ee Cheers for Wes Hussey who s game On the Wildcats next year h gh may he reign To Coach Bill Hanscom we will vote our c ngrats For such fine trarnxn of our P I Wildcats And hope that 41 will help us to cheer A team that is as good as that of last year Jean M Bull 43 1 1 - ' 1 - - 1 ' Y I l ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' I ' I i . A n , . - Y , . I 1? 1 ll ' 1 ' ' Y 1 ' D l 1 Here is a list of our Presque Isle Wildcats: 1 ' 1 1 . . 9 I ' ' I f' . V , I . ' i I 1 I ' Y I , . 7 ' 7 . A I '4 I I I l , . - Q ' 1 ' Y ' , Y - . . Y , I .K ' ' I . ' c , . ,