Anson Academy - Anchor Yearbook (North Anson, ME)

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HO' course. l'aw. XYell. then let's git the table Cleared off an' go to hed. VX'ell. Paw, l got the dishes washed an' now I guess 1 will Call up Liora to find out if she heard from Bill terday. lloor Cora, she he captured or he was in the worries so over him. 'f'aid he'll get hurt. meby kilt. Ye know. same company with jimmy. XYell, Maw. go ahead. l'll git ready fer bed. .-Xin't gut time fer me pipe. ' Too lazy. ' Hurry Maw. quit a gabhin' an' come to bed. afore ye soap stone cools off an' ye'll go to bed with cold feet. Oh, has Cora heard from Bill today F Yes. Paw. a letter writ 'hout a month ago. She is so excited now 'cause he said he was expecting a furlough in a month or Night, Paw. flood night, Maw. This here hed sure feels gOOfl.u l'aw. what did ye do with the flashlight? -'lotta have it to see if the rat traps are all set. After the two had gone to bed with the lights all out and the tire banked. there came a rapping at the door. Goll dern, Maw. who Could he a comin' here this time oi night? Everybody knows we go to hed early. YYe1l. Paw. stop grumblin' and go see who tts. Paw. taking his time, walked toward the door and unlocked it. To his surprise there stood a tall young man in a uniform, with a bandage over one eye and his left arm in a sling. The young man asked. ls this the home of Ezra Jackson Pi' Paw, who is it ? BY that one good I don't know. answered Paw. time the young man had Paw in his Iiflll. Pop, I am home and is it good to see you Y XYhen Maw heard the voice. she raid. half crying, half laughing. Oh. .limmy hoy. l knew it. -CHESTIQR Bknsas '47 Gift From France Goodbye, lfflll' 111011101', 1110 1a11 lad said: I'11 send you a f11'050111 from F1'lI1lff.'il 01110 1110 100111119 11'00p 11'a111 110 510pj10d 1Vi111 St'HI'Cf'1j' a ba0ktt'a1'd g1a1100. F0111' 1011g 1110111115 f1a550d :Ind 10 1110 111011101' at 1051, Ca1110 a I01t01' jC1'0Ill 1101' 5011. 1't'0 f01111a' 110 f11'050111 10 501111 yan, 1101'0 110 5aid, So 1,111 jilljf s011di11g 011 my 10t'0. O11 a 1l11S1l'l'1lIfj 1101 110011, 111 1110 111011111 0f.111110 .4 pa0kag0 a1'1'ir'0d for .l10lIl. R111 1110 joy 50011 111011, FUI' Ull 1110 i115id0 11113 1110 Pz11'f10 HFtI1'f 11111011 11ad b01011g0d 10 1lL'l' 5011. 11110 1110 01d -zt'0111a11'5 I'.VU5. C'a1110 U11 0.1'f11'0551011 of d1'0ad. .Jud 1110 fFG1'S, 1f111100d0d, 1011011 d0tt'11 11 S110 f011 111011 1101' d0a1' boy was 110011. T11011, a5 5110 510ft'1y 1l11'l1Cd4, H01' QV05 11101 111050 af 1I!'l' 5011, F1'0111 a f110f0 110 51a1'0d, .Jud 110 500111011 10 5ay, 11at'0 l'OI11'UQf'. l1t f1I' .lf071I', 1 Sfllf you 1110 11051 g1f1 111111 1 1zad.' 01' 01100125. 11 1 1 1 , i aw stood aumhfounded. He eou.dn t speak. -lQ11:'r'1'v gl ,wg was '48 ix ' ,A 1 , f 1 f ,N Y'Zm't'1I1't'-AY'1il6'

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piece is chicken, another beefsteak, and another piece, ripe fruit. Miss Bryce immediately saw that a large basket of fresh fruit and vegetables. and sev- eral bottles of fresh milk were sent to the girls and their father. Later. she interviewed the father and learned that he had not had a steady job for months. Through the employment agency. she located steady work for him. The girls were given a better home and an education with religious training. Years later. one girl became an accomplished singer and the other, a literary writer. They never forgot their father, and provided for him when he was too old to work. -HILDA XY.-xt.K1-:R '48 Mow, Paw, And A Surprise Time: Any late afternoon. Plate: Any place in Northern Maine. Supper! Supper, paw! Spit thet cud o' to- bacca out and wipe thet juice off ye chin. Now. come an' eat aforc everythin' gets cold. Come 'long and wash thet derned pitch off, ye gut frum thet tick ye been a whittlin' on half the day. By hemp, Maw! Don't a hurry me none. I gut a touch o' the rheumatics agin. and 'sides I ain't as kinkey as I used to be. when jim Flagg and I was a loggin' on Bald Mountin. 'Member whin we uster go forty mile on a buckt-oard jes' ta court you and Cora? Maw, fetch me a little hot water ifin ye wants me ter wash. He, He, He! Maw. do ye 'member the time Dekon Morris was a goin' 'cross the ol' muck hole after the Hood ? Yes, Paw. I reckon he used every word in tl-e ol' Testament. Uh, Paw. why don't ye use a little soap? All ye a doin' is makin' a nxess o' mud all over ye. Vx'ell then, Maw, where the duce is the slip- pery stuff P Paw, ye must be blinder a bat. 'cause it's right there afore ye eyes. Paw. with a quick whisk of water and not 7 :uv11 fy-Eight enough soap to hurt. said, Maw, which one o' these things is the towel ? The one with the most dirt. Come, Maw, let's eat. If ye keep a putter- in' round. it will be bed time afore Ye know it. Gracious. Maw, guess these is the best vit- tles ye cooked since God was a cowboy. Paw! Stop talkin' like thet. M'hat do ye think our little Jimmy boy would say. to hear ye a talkin' like thet about our good Lord P KYell, Maw, I don't care what He thinks about me, as long as He is taking care of Jim- my 'way out there in France 'er some place, a tightin' his heart out. jest ter be home ter take care of me au' you. Maw, speaking with a sigh. Yes, Paw, I bet he's 'way out there in one o' them wolf holes. er whatever ye call 'em. Jes' think, Paw, it don't seem only yisterday thet jimmy woulda come a runnin' inter the house with a bunch of kids thet were wildern hawks and want somethin' to eat. then erway they'd go. to beat glory. I kin still a see him a blushin' when he hrot young Sally Smith home. Yes, Maw. He was a dern good feet ball player, and the way he could go over a bas- ketball floor. 'Member how the gals would a iight over him when he went to school? I don't wonder, Paw. Tain't every day ye see a six feet, light haired, blue eyed feller with big. broad shoulders, and the weight to go with 'em. Yea, Maw. Don't ferget his big feet. I wisht he would come home afore long. Mighty lonely without him eroundf' M'ell. we mustn't dally. Maw. 'cause it's dark an' beginnin' ter snow. Ye gotter be get- tin' the dishes washed. then a whin' o' me ol' pipe, and erway to bed, eh, Maw F Yep, Paw. gotta git into gear. Ye know. Paw, sumpin struck me funny jes' now. Yes Maw XYell. ye know about thirty year ago this eve. I had the happiest feelin' that I can't explain. Paw. it was the night we was married, and just now I had thet same feelin' like some- thin' great was agoin' to happen. Maw, ye feel all right P

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752 Sunny Safe Can You Take It? Be not sore, if lzerz' below You find a grind, a knork, a blow That shofzus that yozfrf not ffm tvlmlv slzott' fusf grin and bear if-HERE IVII CIO! What Would Happen If: Bruce kept quiet? Miss Hight didn't come to school? Sammy got mad at Florian? Chrystelle didn't have any gum? Speedy forgot to tell jokes? Miriam didn't like the Navy? Gussy came home? Kay started accepting dates? Miss Pullen didn't give an assignment? Ralph lostvhis girls? The two blondes in the senior class didn't get together? Homer got mad at Dorris? The school burned down?? Do you want gas? asked the dentist as he placed the patient in the chair. Yes, said the absent-minded professor. About live gallons-and take a look at thc ' s o1l.' Mrs. Cummings: Now llobby, was it you who picked all the white meat off this chicken Bobby: XYell, Mom, to make a clean breast of it, I did. Oh Marie. je t'adore. Shut it yourself. you opened it. Heres where I cut a good iiguref' remarked Sammy as she sat on a broken bottle. Thirty i f' as Did you hear about the wooden wedding? 6'I'll bite. Two Poles were married. i'Do you know Art ? Art who ? 'Artesianf' ll Sure. I know ,-Xrtesian well. Halter: I went out with a nurse last nightfl John: Maybe your mother will let you go out without her some night. Miss Pullen: XYhere was the Declaration of Independence signed ? Herbert: At the bottom, I guess. Hjohnny. where do you think God is this morning ? asked the Sunday school teacher. In our bathroom. was the reply. XYhy. whatever made you think that John- ny ? asked the amazed teacher. 'Cause just before I left I heard Pa say. 'My Lord! How long are you Ofoner be in there ?' 25 Mr. Merrill in Chemistry class: Miss Dun- phy, name a chemical element. Sammy: Florian tfiuorinel fl I.ee: XYhat did the fly say when he hit the windshield ? Bruce: I don't know-what ? Lee: I hayen't the guts to do it again. Mrs. Skillings: '6Dorris. the canary has dis- appeared. Dorris: 'l'hat's funny. It was there just now when I tried to clean it with the vacuum cleanerf,