Anson Academy - Anchor Yearbook (North Anson, ME)

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eyes. and a long tail that really stings when you are slapped across the face with it. Every morning you have to feed grain in and pull milk out. Some cows give a full pail of milk, some give half a pail and some don't give any at all. lYhen you get them milked, they kick over the milk pail and that makes you darn mad. If you don't get up and feed and milk them the same time every morning, they will drive you crazy until you do feed them. You may not believe it but all this has to be done four- teen times a week. liach spring you have to build fences and all summer you have to chase cows. But I have an air rilie that makes them dance when they start feeling frisky. Xlihen you do try to milk them and do them a good turn they try to see how close they can come to you without quite hitting you with their dirty feet. They almost always do hit you and can knock you a yard or so. I always say, Kick them before they kick you and you won't get hurt by their big feet. -Euxwx McLii.yN '48 We Girls! 'Tiuas flu' night before Siuzday, .Jud all tlzrzr' 1110 house, ,llaflzcr and I lzzmtcfd madly, For my zulzife satin blouse. .lloflzcr in lzfr lionseroaf, And I, turapfvd fn uziuf, Daslmd wildly about, That a'a1'm'd blame to find. lli1IUll out in the dooryard, Tlzfrc arose szfrlz a slmzri, I flew fo 11110 door Quay, To .ray Ill br riglzf ozzf. T110 sun .rafting in the Iucsl. ll a.r zrlilzoficvd by mc. I I'HS11I'0' up the stair tcay ll lLc'rr' on a haizgcr, my 12101150 I did sea' On our way fa the m0z'1'c5, at last. I 1'c'Ia.1'cd zvillz a sigh, ll'11iI0 motlzrr said. 'Lllaybr -vmfll Learn to rfizzculbcr, Ivy and by. -Bl-Qviakrv l'.-time '49 l'll Be Seeing You Lieutenant XYayne Kingsley was standing in the depot waiting for the train. The small building was crowded with service men and their families. XYatching them bid each other goodbye, XVayne felt one moment of sadness, but he shrugged it off, saying, No, this is the way I want it. I don't believe in having parents and friends crying as you leave. T halt memory stays with you always. I want to come to the station alone, get on the train and be gonef, Glancing once more around the station, his eyes rested on the large clock at the end of the rectangular room. Ten minutes more ll XV alk- ing over to the jute box he put in a nickel and pushed the first button. The haunting strains of I'll Be Seeing You filled the room. XYayne thought then of his mother with her grey hair. and red, jolly face. He thought of her last words to him. He hadn't paid much attention at the time. Yet. they were nearly the same as those in the song! just then a train whistle broke into his reverie. He rushed to the phone booth and dialed a number. As a voice came from the other end of the wire, he said, Hello, Mom? The train just pulled in so I have to hurry. but I had to tell you once more before leaving that I love you. Don't worry, Mom. Remember that no matter what happens. 'I'll Be Seeing You'. XYith these words he put the receiver back on the hook and rushed out. grabbed his bags, and jumped aboard the slowly moving train. lYhen XVayne reached his base in California, he and his buddies were shipped out imme- diately. VVhere they were going they did not know. but one thing was certain, they would see plenty of action. On Bougainville they were the first company to land. Their next action was at Iwo. Then, after weeks of waiting word came for them to start for -lapan. By this time the boys were all tired and lonely. Wayne had been one of the lucky ones. Even though he had been on the front line, he hadn't received a scratch. At the landing on japan a jeep overturned, giving XVayne a glancing blow beside the head Tfvcvzfy-O1ze l l

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Downstairs, they lind Mr. Abbott gone, so in order to pass the time, they start throwing pencils and rulers at each other. While Briggs is hunting for some more pencils to throw he spies a glass of water on Mr. Abbott's desk. He throws the water at john, and gets his shirt soaking wet. For this kind act. lohn takes Briggs' jacket off and ducks him into the snow. The ensuing chilly and icy clamminess about the neck and ears does not please him very much. Anyway, he got his overshoes. jacket, and mittens off l -Rlilil4ICK',-X Barons '47 Thinking Sonzrfinzcs I sit U thinking of people, fm' ll'Zt'L7j',' I ruonder tulmf they do f1H'0llgll0l!f the litvlong day: I flzink of all the scrtfife- znvn rulz0 z'f' fought their Quay flrrough baffle, Going cold and lzungry, like ll herd of long lost rattle. I think of all the ships that sail upon ilu' wide blue sea, Of SCllil0l'IIOj'S, so IIVUTC' and true, who died for you and inc. I think of all the folks bark Il0lllt', who tvorkvd in the U. S. fl. Tlzcy did their fvarf for Uncle Sain in the true .-llncrivan way. -MIRIAM SKILLINISS The Lost ls Found Gosh, I wish 1 could find itll' These words came from a freckle faced boy of nine, who had just lost a nickel that his mother had given him for a soda. His tousled hair was red: hence his nickname Red . XYhat ya' lost, kid F asked Ernie. his friend. 1 lost my nickel. My Mom gave it to me for a soda. XYill ya' he'p me hunt for it? NYill ya' Ernie ? asked Red. getting desperate. 7i'Zk'L'1ll.l' My mother gave me a nickel too. an' if we can find yours, maybe Janie and Ruth will help us drink 'um. said Ernie. They hunted and hunted but they did not linrl Red's coin. The two boys trudged wearily homeward. When they came to Reds house, his mother came out to meet them. 'lXVhere have you been? I have been looking everywhere for you, she asked in a laughing way. Did you spend your nickel? No, said Red. l lost it. I know. replied his mother. When you put it into your pocket. it fell right down through. You must have a hole in your pocket. Red then got his nickel from the shelf in the house and the two boys went happily down the road towards the store. --C. B1iRRv '40 My First Experience As A Sailor The angry waves rolled over our deck while the wind howled about the mast. Our crew was desperately trying to keep the frail St Anne afloat. At the instant a deafening roar of thunder, followed by a blinding Hash of lightning came, the mast split. All hope for our survival died. As the chaplain came to the middle of the deck, the men gathered around him in prayer. lslis strong clear voice rose in prayer above the crash and roar of the storm. Suddenly our ship gave a great lurch and we were thrown into the water in the path of an enormous wave. Hurry with your bath. vlunior. lt's time for bed. came an impatient voice. Oh gee! muttered junior. just another dream in the bathtub! --MARY I,xcQt'14:s '.1,R Cows All of the cows that I have ever seen give milk at some time in their lives or they aren't real cows. Those that are not cows come under either of the following classes: bulls. steers, calves, heifers or what have you. Most cows are equipped with four legs, one mouth, two

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as it did so. XVhen he regained consciouness he was aboard ship. The many men gathered around seemed strangers to him. He had lost his memory. The ship returned to New York. During his leave Wayne found a job in a factory there. Three years passed and he was again return- ing to New York, from the Orient. aboard a freighter. Meanwhile in VVayne's home town his mother was very ill. The doctor turned from her bed- side and wiped the perspiration from his face. During that second, Mrs. Kingsley died with her son's name on her lips. At the same time on high sea a freighter caught fire. Nothing could be done, for the fire had too great a start. A young man stum- bled on to the deck and stood looking at the sky. Suddenly he smiled and said, Don't worry, Mom, I'm coming . And in a whisper he added, I'll Be Seeing You. -MARY hlxcouzzs '48 Analytical Johnny 1 have a neighbor who is one of the best information centers that ever was under one head. His actions are normal and his sense of humor very keen. Do you know how John gets his information about every person in school? His method is so simple that most people overlook it. From what I have observed I think I have learned his valuable secret. The first thing for me to expose is his un- canny knowledge of his friends. He jokes with them humorously and finds out their interestsg what they like to do, whom they like, what they are most usually seen doing, and enjoying. He works so smoothly that he is capable of finding out what he wants to know from the person himself and right under his nose. After studying a bit he can tell what a per- son is going to do, just from a word slipped accidently by the person himself. It would be hard to forget how he made Miss Hight tell of her adventure tying up three boys' scarfs. It happened sometime in the first period on a Wednesday morning. The hands of a couple of students of A. A. tempted by the Twenty- Two devil were all that were needed. to do it. All three promised not to tell who did it. john being one of the sufferers who had a nice time untying his scarf, did not say much and I. not being able to find mine. was merely told I would find mine soon. Uf course I was in- quisitive so I found that three persons were involved in it. Vyere we getting anywhere? Not much. That was just what they wanted. Then John decided we would just spy and keep still. Johnny being the kind to get around without being noticed. at last discovered an- other person with Miss Hight and Bruce Paine. The three were no longer mysterious scarf-tyers. NYalter. being the other scarf vic- tim, agreed with us in everything we said or did. johnny decided he would use his knowledge on the three to find out. so this is how he worked. He had watched Miss Higl1t's actions dur- ing the school year and he had decided she would be the best one to get to tell us who did it. Telling me to agree with him and Halter. he said we would blame it on Miss Hight and say that Bruce had told us so. Boy! That started things going. Bruce said he didn't tell us. Then -Iohn. Pop. and I would tell Bruce that he could stop pretending because it wouldn't do any good. Of course Miss Hight thought Bruce told us because we could not have known any other way. She came right out with it after Bruce got mad and left the room. This made Iohn's knowledge of Miss Hight show up so he told her we didn't know who did it and that was our way of finding out. I don't think this will help John from know- ing what you students of A. A. do, because he has one more year to pester you all and Johnny knows how to do it. -ERNr:sT Mooov '46 junior: Mama, do people that lie ever go to Heaven F Mother: NVhy, of course not, junior. junior: f'Gee. I bet it's awful lonesome up there with only God and George Wlashingtonf'