Rockland High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Rockland, ME)

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rorrty when they realrred that they had spent most of therr first two years worryrng about everythrng but therr treasury Rm 16-Yes they were our responsrbrlrty that year but we really set them rollrng Rm 18 I remember havrng them all Hoek 1nto me to elect officers Drck Hanley was presrdent Bob Leach was v1ce presrdent for the thlrd year Marrlyn Seavey was secretary for the second year and Judy Campbell was treasurer Drdnt you thrnk rt was trme they gave her some-thlng to put ln the treasury but I0 U s Rm 16 Thexr Washrngton Club really got go rng that year under the leadershrp of therr PILSI dent, Charlre Sewall Remember the Junror Prom? Rm 18 Do I I bet they wlll never ave another prom lrke that one lt really was a brg success both socrallv and financrallv What a class' Rm 16-I can remember also the way Mrs Hart pushed those boys and grrls mto sellrng trckets for thelr play Take Care of My Lrttle Grrl whrch was one of the brggest dramatrc successes of old R H S Rm 18 It certarnly was a shame to have them leave us rn the spring but most of them were destrned to return to us for then most eherrsheel year Semors at last ACT IV Rm 21 Boy' Were we the luckv ones' Vie actually housed the Class of 53 Rm 22 Yes su they got rrght down to busr ness the first thrng and elected othcers Bruce London was presrdent Marrlyn Seavev was ylee presrdent Joan Talbot was secretary and Judy Campbell was treasurer for the second year They voted on class colors rrght awav, too blue and whlte Rm 21 Even though they were the smallest class to graduate from Rockland Hrgh srnee any of the teachers can remember they were really on the ball and worklng every mrnute Rm 22 Yes Ican remember too when therr Washmgton Club elected Marrlyn Seavev presr dent Say drd Bruce and Mo ever tell where they hrd Grants Tomb? Rm 21 No But that rust goes to show that when they do somethrng they dont mess around unless they really mess around Rm 22 They reallv had genruses that year Remember when Milton Glad took state honors wrth hrs carpentry work Rm 21 That s not all Remember when Leslre Smallwood put Rockland on the map ln the track world Also therr play Our 'Vhss Brooks was really wonderful wasn t rt Aud Ill say' Mlss Bruce was a swell coach' Those 53 ers are reallv Jacks of all trades That rs, all except for PD what ever drd happen to those ranks? Rm 22 Therr hamburger booth made more money than lt has ever made rn rts hrstorv Any one want to buy any mustard cheap? Aud You know when I saw them march down to last assembly I realrzed along wrth all the other students ln my rnterror that there would never be another class lrke that of 1953 I thought Mr Holmes would never get those puddles of tears mopped up And I hear there was qurte a Hood down at the communlty burldrng at gradua tron fAll of RHS s rooms know that there wlll never be another class llke the Class of 1953'J Barbara Bovnton and Marrlyn Keefe Senror Lrterary THE RAFT It was one of those strcky hot days early rn August when my srster Susan, Fed the nerghbor s bov, and I sat on our front porch searchrng our bralns for somethrng drfferent to do Susan and I had onlv recently moved to Oakvrlle but even at the age of fourteen and twelve, respectrvely, we were already bored wrth the vlllage F 1nal1y Ted suggested makrng a raft and iioatlng down the rrver Thrs seemed llke a novel rdea to us , so we were soon enthus lastrcally searchrng our backyards for equrpment It drdnt take long berng the eager beavers that we were, to bulld the pre LIOUS raft Shortly afterwards, the three of us were happrly slngrng and sallrng down the rrver w 1th 'led as our plrate captaln ln our chrldrsh Joy we overlooked the re cent warnrngs of our parents and drrfted far down the wldemng rrver Suddenly Susan screamed and the raft overturned ln the rushrng surglng water, breakrng rnto sectrons When I thrashed my way up to the surface, I saw Susan and Ted hanglng onto a sectron of the raft rn the deep water I swam over to them and through experrmentrng we found that the b1t of raft would support two of us Srnce Susan was hysterlcal, Ted and I decrded to take turns hangrng onto the srde I had hurt mv wrrst and was beglnnrng to trre when Ted sard You re up agam I gladly clrmbed back onto the raft and trled to calm Susan who was shrverrng from fear and the cold It started to get dark and foggv and I dreaded my turn to get rnto the cold rrver agarn Suddenly Ted Clled Look over there' A small boat' Where 9 I crred, as I stralned my eyes 1nto the fog Over there, close I m gomg to swlm for rt That was the last that we ever saw of Ted and I crred because he had deserted us The one good thrng about hrs leavmg was that I drdn t have to go back mto the water I knew I coulelnt have borne the pam and strugglrng agarn ' ' , ., E o a '. r. , .. .. 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Marlon Rogers vu 111 elope Wlth an alrman to H3Wa11 MHXIHC Rogers wlll someday be a radlo announcer at WRKD and wrll lnform all the glrls when a ship comes ln Garv Seavey wlll teach all the under classmen how to act llke a well mannered senlor Marllyn Seavev wlll be the flrst woman president of U S Steel Charles Sewall wlll play sax wlth Ralph Flanagan untll he has a band of hrs own Robert Shields wlll tell all the under elassmen about N Y and lts wonders Grace Sklnner wlll ralse 1 troup ot roller skating bubble dancers Leslle Smallwood wlll run hrs way to vlctory ln the Olvmples for the U S Plvmouth salesman ln Slberra thus fur ther cementlng Russian Amerlcan rela tlonshlps Jo Soboleskl will model bathrng sults at Saks Frfth Avenue Shlrley Steele wlll redecorate the Ch1S holms Spa to her taste because she wlll l1ve there somedav Edgar Sukeforth vwlll someday own Perry s Market so that he can come and go as he pleases Ellen Sulldes Wlll teach the beautres of Venus her man catching secrets Joan Talbot will some day have llttle feet which she can brag about Rav XVIXSOI1 will be a mlsslonary to the Vlfgln Islands Roger Young wlll become a gravedlgger ln Central Park Mllton Glad w1ll design bigger and bet ter windows for various lnterestlng pur poses Marle Graham wlll wrlte advice to the lovelorn under the name of Prunella Gooch REMINISCENCES OF THE ROOMS Seene RHS Tlme Summer after Craduatlon ACT I Rm 3 Well that wonderful class of 53 has left us It seems a shame they had to leave Rm lu Yes but dld you ever see any greener freshmen than they were'7 Rm 6 I reen IS right' Bov that green paste that veal s seniors put on thell faces was a mess 'Vlaybe that s where the-v got the ldea of thls new reen toothpaste Rm u Thev had a great tlme though and most af them hated to thlnk that Freshmen Rece ptlon was all over Rm lr Thev had thlll first elass meeting ln NOVQHlbfl and eleeted Ronald Marsh as plesldent Robert I aeh as VICC plesldent Joan Talbot as secretary and June C aldl as treasurer Rm 6 Thev dld a wonderful Job on thelr K1ppV KdlnlVal booths too and made a lot of that long green Rm 3 Thev picked out a very smart looking tallored design on the cover of thls Cauldron? Rm 15 Yes I dld and I was awful sorry to see them move away upstairs then sophomore year ACT II Rm lo Gee remember when those 53 ers came trooplng lnto our rooms as sophomores? I thought those sllly glrls would never stop dls cusslng the boys they met that summer Rm 23 Thell class officers for that year were Ronald Marsh as plesldent Bob Leach as VICE plesldent June Gardl as treasurer all for the second year and Marllyn Seavey as the new sec retary Rm 16 They started thell Washlngton Club that year too I remember they elected Charlie Sewall as plesldent By the way what ever dld happen to the rest of those officers? Rm 24 Washlngton Club really was some thlng and thev held qulte a number of successful barn dances to help finance It too Rm 23 Speaklng of dances remember what a blg success thelr Sophomore Hop was? I stlll get drzrv when I thlnk about lt Aud Well Ill have you know that I come ID thls yeal too The Sophomore Prlze Speaking Contest was held here Marllyn Keefe won first prize IH the glrls dlvlslon VIVIBH Burpee thrrd and Joan Talbot second Ray Wrxson took first pllZ6 ln the boys drvlslon Dld you ever see any thing so sllly as girls crying because theyre h ppy ' Rm 24 I guess we were pretty sorry to see them leave us thelr Junlor year Rm 16 I was really the lucky one I got them back for the second year Oh how mv old walls echoed wlth thelr gay laughter ACT III Rm 16-I can remember when the students of 53 came back lnto my mter-lor They were cer talnly self assured that year I can hear them saylng Huh' Just thlnk we're upper classmen now' Dont those sllly sophomores look young' Rm 18 They began to thlnk less of thelr sen . 7. . . I 0 . : n w I . . D . 7- , , ' 2 '. . 1 . . . . :T , , ' . . . . ' 1 ' , V v v k 1 n . . . , JL. L. ' .. ' . 1 l U s A ' x yt , I . x ' 'L , . K If 'l i Q q P' ' ' C ' ' . . I j-. , ,. . , ' y . 5. , , f I 4 I ' - - L- l x ' - 1 fs. ' .. . .' e' S. D yi , ,'. .. ..,. ,r' ' . A . . l L ' I A I 1 I Ok 4 1 . Y ' J 2 . J,. . .3 '.,, V , 3 - ' - - 3. A....,..-.,. , 5 .' , .,A, ..- Q n 1 1 I n 6 . I. ' 1 I . . . . ' y r ' I 'e . . ' ' ' . Francis Smlthwlclf W111 become chlef ring for their class ring. Did you notice the N 4 , L - ' . , , 1' ,- I . ' . 1 L L' - - g I ' xi, . , . . e . ' S' l 1 X i ' , . . . . -1- 1 A , , l v r - ' . .Y , ' , . . . Q K K x . . . - , ' . . n , - . . Y . v . v ' ' - ' .. 3 -h ' ' Y u . 7. .K K . . , . . . . i -K , v . , . . . .i , 1 v , . . . ' i. . . ' , . . '. s . . . ' L K ' ' - r . 7 s . . x . . ' . , 'A a ?. I ' 1 s , ' . . . I - .' ' ' . I . H . V - n , f , ' , Y,

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Susan and I dr1fted all nlght At dawn we heard the chugg1ng of a boat We cl1mbed aboard the boat and 1nto the Walt 1ng arms of our parents I saw Ted s mother and father s1tt1ng over 1n the cor ner of the boat w1th sad drawn faces Be s1de them was Ted s voung body wrapped IH a blanket He had drowned Now that I haxe grown up and marr1ed I should have forgotten mv chxldhood It IS 1mposs1ble I shall never forget the words th It Ted s mother spoke LS she hft ed the l1mp body 1n her arms Ted never learned to svx1m after he got over pol1o three ve 1rs ago I can t underst md whx he left the 1aft' Judlth Burns DOOM Slowlx slovx lv the mlnutes moved on and soon It would be hls turn to walk down that corrldor He had seen the others go Jlm Al and even B1ll Noxx 1n a matter of mlnutes he reahzed that he too would walk down that same corr1dor to that same door and NO' How could he face It 'P He began to thlnk back back when he was a small ch1ld xv1thout such a dreadful th1ng overshadow1ng hlS verv l1fe As he thought of h1s gav bolsterous ch1ldhood he began to chew h1s nuls and the blood tI'1Ckl6Cl unnotlced down h1s fingers to the floor H1s breathmg grew heavy because because he was scared Just plaln scared He heard someone call h1s name and he knew It was t1me Hesltantly he glanced at h1S watch Yes It was ten oclock It xvas hlS turn now He rose slowly as the door was opened HIS feet felt l1ke blocks of wood as everv step brought h1m nearer nea1 er' The persp1rat1on stood out on h1s brow as he walked walked walked Wlth h1s fists clenched IH fear mortal fear' There 1S was' The DOOR' It opened and Engllsh Exam Marllyn Keefe IF I OU CAN T SAY SOMETHING NICE DONT SAY ANYTHING An Albsman Fable As he was vxalkmg home through the woods one n1ght a man met a l1on He walked awhlle W1th the l1on and the l1on began a conversatlon The man d1d not want to talk to the l1on and finally turned to hlm and sald Co walk by yourself you foul smell1ng beast The l1on qu1etlv rephed that he would leave but first he asked the man to h1t h1m on the shoulder VVlth h1s axe The man was surprlsed and lskefl hlm why Neve1 ITllYlCl why 2UlQW9l6Cl the l1on Just h1t me on the shouldel The man d1d so then thev palted The man strode tr1umphantlv home and the l1on llmpecl to h1s den to llck h1s vxound M mx xx eeks later as the m in xvas walk 1ng through the same vxoods he met the l1on The l1on rem xrked pleasantlv You see mx wound IS all healed You can hard lv see the scar That s n1ce rephed the man Then the hons face darkened and a frown appeared on h1s forehead as he lllqlfle me when vou called me a foul smell1ng beast has not been healed' The l1on then pounced upon the man and made qLl1Ck xvork of h1m So remember th1S tale 1f you should ever feel 1ncl1ned to sav the wrong th1ng Ellen Sllllfles CHEM LAB Crash t1nkle tlnkle Mr MacDougal mav we have another Pvrex test tube? Ah xes It IS chem1st1 J lab per1od agaln where we make the svxeetest smells th1s Slde of anvwhere Chlorme brom1ne and soon hx drogen sulfide allas rotten eggs Beware Rockland H1gh students lest we the senlor class prepare somethlng wh1ch explodes acts llke tear gas or smells hke a st1nk bomb' Would you l1ke freckles for the next play? Come to us we make them anx sue or shape Wlth a httle 1od1ne Guaranteed to last three daxs Of course the1e IS alxx avs the construe t1ve s1de of class We let certaln l1qu1d m1x tures stand oven nlght and the next day we find dellcate snowflake crystals Or lf . I , . ' 9 n , L, g 3 . . . ,, . - I I , . I , I , ' 7 ' Y! I U 'I . I v 4 ' I I ' 7 9 ' 'Y I 11. I 1 W . I 1 ' 6: 1 , 1 , ' - n ' as ' I z I I as I' - ' , I ' . I ' v ' I 1 U I 7' , ' . I 1 V' y- ' I 1 I I ' 1 O u ' x nf I 1 7- I 7 I v 1 ' ' ' V 1 I . I c 1 , I I V . ,, . .V V . I ,... . . - V V c L I , I 1 I ' 1 I I, . . ,K . 2 ' I' V, V ' I - I , t I . V ar I . C4 Y ' Y! ' I , . . ,V I I v 7 ' A' L t , n U K6 d d V . . groxvled, But the xvoun that was ma e K ' . Y K - ' ' 7 v . - V - ny 7 7 ' Y 1 v s 7 ' ' I I 1 . . '1 r ' I I ' I I I n n K I, 1 'A K ! .N 1 . 1 C n I n 5. W I T I , I . K K 4 n ' I V ' 1 I l , .. . . , . , . U . V I f L , 97 . I ' 1 '1 V , 1 . 1 V a 1 1 v V ' , I , , ' I ' 1 1 - - ,, , ' cc aa I I , . L r I 1 K N' ' . 1 1 n 1 ! 5 7 'S -- .. 1 L 9 K ! 7 u W ' . I . V . I . 7 'r -l ' ! 4 I . I Y 7 , 1 . 1 Y - 9 L ' L ' K . . A . A xuxu I - I . 1 l . I I .