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

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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 , . ,

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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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NIGHT The snert strllness ot t e nrght Izncloses all below The mo rlxeht beams upon the S11 Refleet a stlyer glow Ihe swaxmg palms lxke srlhoucttes Stand framed aga1nst the moon lhe ment bxrels plarntrye wall replxes The love brrds lullug, eroor' The shmme, stars look oowr upon A scene of calm repose Naught but the sound of splashrng foam The strll nrght dares drsclose Hazel Martrn 41 THAT CERTAIN AGF What car be the matter wrth my srster Mary Ann? Ma says 1715 g t somethwg to do wlth a man But gosh Ive never seen a gtrl act so funny Why shes ever' beer sayrrg all ot her m ney She never used to aet that way When wrth us boys she usecs to play She was Just as good at baseball and the lrke As any of us fellers and oh was she a tylce' liut recently she s played more wrth guls And frxed her Parr all up rn eurls And Just last nrpht I heard her say Io l1l4e a party rf I m y But what gets me lS thrs relea of a man Why Sts rs just twelve and so rs Dan Ixe len wn mm for so long and gee Why br llkes hrm I cannot see Mary Hayes 41 SPRING TONIC hy ery woman has a rat eyery woman has a reason She pets a new one every yea a new one every season Some are tall and some are wrde home are modest and bona hoe There are feathers st1elc1ng, out Tl ere are yells flymt, about Xnd s me ot the eolors would get you tlown Orange ed breer' bla k and brown Why 1 thrs world ot rght and day M st women aye such hats to dlsplay 7 hxrle y Coffey 41 ,. Q., Q. . .Hx .y . . lr , 1 1 , CLI ' ' f' 'fit , , - , . 'I s f ,' , . ' .' , 14 . ' A ' y 4 A , A I . 1, , . ,. . ,E - r . I , . ., A . . V . . . , . 7 . ,. v , A . v ' , A ' ' Aa r ,v I I ' A .. V . , - ,e v. ' , , .4 I ' - 1 i 1 ixn V ir' I - . . . . , . , , , . . , . , s . A . ...y - xr - avn Y . . .I V ' I ,, .,,. . . V . ,A . . , . ' I' 1 , A . .. ' 1 ' 1 ' S ' . . vs 1 f-f w 1 V v ' . .. r , , . , . , , , a . . 1 ., .., . , Q. . I 7 , 1 ' f . ,, A ' Q M r. V11 Al W v ys ,, r J ,e . . A .A , A, e . n 5 ' n . , L. , n,, - . , ,. Q ' ' 1