Rockland High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Rockland, ME)

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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 .

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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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vou are trxlng to declde on the color of vour next dress lust observe our copper sulfate QOll.1t1Ol19 or lavers of carbon tetra chlor1de ln 1od1ne solutlons Lab 19 reallx lots of fun unless xou 1n hale when x ou should have exhaled or heat a solutlon vlgorouslx when the lnstructlons read gentlv Worklng IH a lab 18 l1ke cooklng 1n a kltchen Add the requlred amount of 1n gredlents m1x as tholoughlx as stated and heat as long as the book lndlcates If at filst vou don t succeed then trx tl x agam' Joan Talbot TELEN ISIOY AIND THE BABY BITTER There was a t1me vxhen I could enter the Young household on nundax nlght and nnd the scene one of galetx charm and Iamnv compamonshlp Mother was up stalrs scoldmg the female twms 1' lther was spanklng one of the male pan whlle the other Vled voclfelouslx w1th hls eldel brother for the possesslon or a partxcularly cover a SK6'l6t0ll uslng tlom ms grave to S91Z9 a dlsheveled but pulchrltudmous blonde 1n one bonx hand Ah yes but all thls took place ages ago B T Cbetore telev1s1onJ lNovx when I enter the only sound 1n the darkened l1v mg room IS an angulshed gasp which IS sues slmultaneouslx from 51X throats fthe boy next door IS over for the evenlngj as eyes glued to the screen thex see the hero me strugglmg IH the arms of the v1lla1n on the edge of a chff ln a snowstorm whoopsl Pardon me' I'hey tell me that It 1sn t a snowstorm at all It s Just that re ceptlon s a llttle faultx what w1th the full moon and all Flnallx Mothel and Father rlse reluc tantly to go to church half an hour late and I take over However televlslon does not add to the bed tlme dlsclpllnarx prob lem as one mlght suppose for the boys or at least the voungel ones know that lf they dont go to bed on t1me and m1nd Patty thex cant watch TV at all the next mght Its not that exsx w1th the older box though because Mama and Daddy havent yet learned to run the set and lf he IQ pumshed so ale thev Telev1s1on does have 1ts dlsadvantages also I can t turn on a llght to do mx home work wlthout gettmg Jumped on both l1t erallv and flguratlvely lteachers please notej and other members of the clan are always popplng 1n to watch some show so that I don t have any prlvacy at all But taklng everythlng 1nto conslderatlon I guess Phll0 reallv had somethlng there after all Patrlcla Grlfflth THE NAIVIE ON THE WINDOWSILL You may be acqualnted wlth the ways of teenagers You probablx know that they llke to plaster thelr names all over the school on the walls backstage on thelr desks and as the t1tle of th1s story lndl cates on the wlndowsllls ln the varlous classrooms Thls storx has to do vuth a partlcular name that was xxrltten on a wlndowslll about four or five xears ago I w1ll not dl xulge the name rlght novx as that wlll rome latel 1n the storv The box vsho wrote h1s name there was 1n h1s last vear of hlgh school He was ture just like any other box ot h1s age As he stood there that br1ght sprmg mornlng he thought that the future looked very rosy for h1m He declded that he would spend a few years 1n the Servlce before setthng down There was no war at the tlme and he thought that the Army would be a prettx good deal He became a paratrooper upon entermg the Armx He had been 1n for about two x ears when war vsas declared m Korea At the tlme of the outbreak he had a soft Job stateslde but he was shlpped out to Korea He was at the front l1ne and after only a few months there he was Wounded 1n the leg It was not a serlous wound and he re turned to the front About three months later there was an artxcle 1n a small town paper 1n the state of Malne captioned Corp Kenneth Bradley Graduate of Rock land Hlgh School Kllled ln Korea Yes Kenneth Bradley was the name on the wlndowslll he was the boy Whose dreams were shattered bv th1s needless war As I stand here todax looklng at h1S prmted slgnature I can not help but won der what w1ll be the fate of the many other klds who have vxrltten their names 1n varlous parts of the school Especlallv I ponder over the fate of the boys ln thls , 1' 7- 1' ' ' l ' - ff, l I' , t' U y L ' 1 L . 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