Anson Academy - Anchor Yearbook (North Anson, ME)

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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'

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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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Editorial . The majority of students at AnsonWAcademy feel that the time has come when some badly needed improvements must be made in our school in order for the students to obtain the maximum 'benefit from Anson Academy. We have watched many new things develop and it has opened our eyes to the fact there are many more things we could do to make this a better school! and we are wholly behind every idea to promote improvement. W VVe have given thisvmuch thought and con- sideration and' have chosen a few items that come before our eyes daily thatwe wish to discuss. It would take but one day for any- body to sit at our desks in the main room of the school, for them to be convinced that these seats are inadequatej unsanitary, uncomfort- able, badly broken,Aand all repairs have been made that can be madej desk tops are cracked so that writing is fairly impossible. seats are cracked, some backs are broken. and rounds are gone. VVe have unable to find out just how old theseseatsiearenlntit we feel that they had served their usefulness long ago. To make it clear that we are not biased on the question, our State Supervisor of Secondary' Education visited our school this spring and made similar comments. t It is our' desire to promote dramatics and public speaking in our school hall and, with the few seats which do' not number enough to seat our student body, we can not accommodate our spectators without borrowing chairs from community buildings. This not only means much time and effort, but some organizations do not want to lend their seats to the Academy as often as we need them. The few old seats and setteesthat we have are badly broken and worn out, and, with 3tl'1e reinforcement that the in- dustrial arts' classes have given them, they did not hold. Although the North Anson Reel Co. and the Beaver 'Wood Products Co. have been very generous with their trucks to transport chairs, we know that we have inconvenienced them many times. We have the paint to redecorate the interior of Academy Hall and we are in hopes that a way can be found to do this painting soon to cover the present shabby appearance. We have a room on, the north side of our school building that could be made into an attractive and much needed library. This room is accessible to all other rooms in the building without passing through any other room. We have a small numberiof books, mostly reread many times, magazines that have been donated by interested townspeople, and the school has bought a fewimonthly magazines which the students enjoy very much. VVe would like to have the walls rehnished, attractive draperies, new books and book shelves, a set of modern encyclopaedias, a few comfortable chairs, and a good reading table in this room. Many of our students are obliged to come' to school early in the morning. Such a room would en- courage many students to enjoy good litera- ture and also serve as a pleasant room to pre- pare their daily work. Recently we have tried to improve our gen- eral appearance outside our buildings. Students have been very cooperative in keeping off the lawns, keeping waste paper cleaned up, and they are very anxious for the impression of visitors to be that we want our Academy to be attractive. Our lawns need new topsoil and to be seeded and rolled and some shrubbery set outaround the buildings. lNe have no out- door Hag and Hag pole which would give us great pride to see on our school grounds. Our walks and driveways need to be levelled and ce- mented to prevent muddy and rough conditions and to add to the appearance of our grounds. lVe all enjoy and appreciate the efforts al- ready made on our athletic Held and are in hopes that this held can be made smoother and enlarged so that we can play baseball on our own school grounds. We are trying to revive baseball at Anson Academy without an ade- quate field for playing our home games. We have outdoor backboards to be put up in the Held as soon as the ground can be made smooth enough to prevent injuries. As a student body we are very anxious to promote improvements at Anson Academy and we ask the cooperation of everybody to assist us in obtaining our goals. Ttuenfy- Three