Berwick High School - Navillus Yearbook (Berwick, ME)

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'IHE NAV ILLUb book and I 1ust knoxx I ll forget to xx 1 1te to someone After luneh xxe xxe11t to a b1o 1de 1st The 'lhlee I lttle b1ks I ltLl 111 the afternoon we xxent to the Craxxfold Clothes broadc1st Both xx e1e e1x entertalnmg After suppel xxe went to the Center Theater and s'1xx the laet performance of the Ice Folllee Exerx tlme I looked 'xt Ccllfllxll B she xx 1s asleep I dldn xx 111t he1 to mlss 1nx thmg so I kept pokmg he-1 She had to poke me sex eral tlmeb too Back 1t the hotel x e d dnt seem to be so t11ed We put the 1ad1o on but 1n a fexx mllllttew It el1mmed up Afte1 a tho1oug,h ex f1rn1n H1011 xxe lI0tlCGd a slsgn th lt t 1ted th 11 all r1d1os xx e1e dl1t0I'I'12lt1C3ll tulned mf 1t Illlfllll ht Cot to sleep 1bout thlee A M PAIR MONDAX APRII 18 1944 De 1r d11rx Honestlx that M1ss Brennlnl Th1s IIIOIHIHSI at 7 oelock lmaglne 7 o cloek the telephone buffed ind all she h1d to sax tor he1selt xxas Re 1llx Ixe e llled xou1 1oom hxe t1mes And somethlng, 1bout bellli., doxx Il 111 the lobbx by 8 ocloek 1nd ffood mo111111e Atte1 a shoxx L1 ou1 good humols 1etu1 ned and xxe t1ooped brlsklx doxxn the COllldO1S to the elex f1to1s B1othe1 ' D1d xou ex er t1ax el doxx11 one ot those eo11t1 1pt1on 1t 60 mlles 111 hour before b1e1kt1st' We xxe1e 1ll 1 xther xxe 1k 111 the knees bx the tlme xxe leiehed the lobbx 'l h1s xxas the mo1111ne, xxe x e1e LOIIHI to the St 1tue of L1be1tx VVe took 1 bus out to the harbo1 Aftel 1bout 'O mlnutes xxe found xxe xxe1e xxaltlng on the xx1o11g, CO1 ner W h 1d to lllI'l to c1tch the boat As the st 1tue loomed be fole us It m 1de m telt At the othel end ot the bo1t xxas the kxhne xx1tl1 1ts q1q111t1e skx se1 IIIQIN Th1s xx IS the most IIINDIIIH' and 1mp1ess1xe part ot ou1 t11p The ellmb up l1It0 the st itue xx 18 lmpresslxe too 9SlJ9Cldllj on the feet' Afte11 xxe st1 uegled doxxn xxe it 1t lOllINl t1ble on the l1xx II and 1te hot dogs and drank root be1e1 We hld CIIIIIIGI 111 111 ho11estx lbNtlll1 llIt t h1111 Toxx II xx 1s next o11 the 11st We xx ent tl'1IOllg'h 1athe1 quleklx 111d on to the Boxx erx We h 1d tlme to stop at a llttle soux e111r shop and bu ehop stleks though VVe xxent mt 1 '1 C hlnese NI1ss1o11 too I11 the 1ft6IIl00 1 xxe s0lf of xxandered off III mo llfl th1ee s mst to explore and shop fa l1ttle Lack at the hotel xxe eh1ng.,ed our elothes and got xeadx to go to B1llx Rose s Dlamond HtJ1NQShO6 The deco1 lt1Olls xxe1e xe1x O1 nate and beautlful the chlcken d111ne1 Cl9l1C10LlS and the H001 shoxx 1nd orchestla xx e1e supelb It xxas 1 perfeet top off fO1 an ex enlng but not the end of the d IX fo1 us From I,1lIx s xxe ste 1med ox G1 to INEC to e 1teh the 11 30 b1oade 1st ot the Gay Nlnetles Rex ue Joe Hfllkdld Smllln Dannx and the P10121 dora gurls xxe1e 1ll xxe expected It xx 1s a g,1eat shoxx On the xx f1x to the hotel xxe dee1ded to 10 to a mldlllght shoxx See Here Pr1xate :Hd1f.,10X9 Got to bed 1bout thlee A M SUNNY TUEbDAH APRII 10 1941 Dea1 dlary It s sort ot hard to xx rlte hele at the end of dax because It s gettlnf so I don t knoxx vxhen dax beglns and mght leax es oH It xx as this mornlng that Rltd xx i9 chllstened Ple Face for eatlng s0 much After bre 1k fast xxe xxent to 1 bro 1dc 1st Wllrth and Madness at R3d1O Cltx A soon as It t1n1shed xxe xxent up to the roof of the Qame bulldlng CRL-X l,l11ld1Hg, and could see all ox 61 Nexx Yo1k A grulde pomted out the most Y Y W ...,..,..-..,.,e..,..,..,..,..,..,..X..,..-..,..-..,..,..x..,..x..,..x..,..x..x..,..,..,..- . , . . 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THE NAVILLIJS the spot where your troublesome body w1l1 rest The other SIX came forward Each carrxed a tray loaded Wltll Skeeter s favorlte food Open your mouth Skeeter obeyed too terrlfied to do anythmg else One by one they advanced to h1m fllllng h1s mouth as soon as It was empty He chewed swallowed chewed swallowed unt1l he thought he would burst The ev enth blackrobed figure approached hlm He forced the chocolate cake lnto Skeeters mouth Just then Skeeter s skln stretched to 1ts l1m1t and burst Wake up you dope a volce above hlm commanded Skeeter opened h1s eyes and saw hls best frlend Pete standlng aboye h1m X marks the spot Skeeter mumbled sleepllv and sat up LORRAINE PIKE 4 HOTEL TAFT 7TH AVENUE AT 50TH STREET NEW YORK NEW YORK RAIN SATURDAY APRIL 16 1944 Dear dlarv Wow what a day' It would have to ram All our folks were at the tat on to see us of The tram rlde was tlresome to most everyone We all brought a lunch Wlth us much to the annoyance of the man who came around selllng tonlc and sandwlches He asked us how we expected hmm lo support hls w1fe and twelve chlldren Pretty soon we dlscovered that m our car there was a darkle ln khakl who could play a rlght mellow sax :rd another who played a gultar It dldn t take much persuadmg before we were all slnglng to thexr muslc After an hour or so a few of the partv grew sllghtly tlred and gradually we all slumped back agamst the com fortable st1H uprlght seats We d wake up about ey ery half hour because someone was snormg but upon IIIY est1gat1on was really groanmg As day llght broke through we found we were on the outsklrts of New York The grass was very green and the trees all budded As we came mto the clty a man told us that to our left was Harlem If there ever was a flre people would not be able to cllmb down thelr tire escapes because everybody dumped h1s grocerles and mllk bottles out there Grand Central Statxon was xmmense We dldn t stay long enough to get lost but were shoved 1nto a taxl and whlsked off to our hotel Stlll ralmng RAIN SUNDAY APRIL 17 1944 Dear dlary We were gomg to church thlS mormng but our tram was late we were tlred and we had to walt for our rooms We looked the lobby and mezzamne of the hotel over and bought post cards Flnally we were taken up to our rooms The bell hop was very n1ce Not only dld he carry all five of our sultcases but also unlocked the door opened the wmdow and turned the radlo on for us The room was a dream looks rather cluttered now There were only three beds and five of us but we dldn t worry We sat around and wrote cards for a whlle Somehow I have lost my address Y -.-s..s4-s.-unsus--Qns-fsus..susus--5-vs.-s...s..s..x.ng.-sus.-sus.-xusus--x.-sux ' n 44 v rr - mc ya cc 79 ' - , , . 1 . , , , . . S - as y n as v ,sv 1 ' - - - , L . . . . cc Y rr ' - , sc 77 v x - . v 1 . ' . 1 . Y . . . , , . 4. , sv 44 ay , - I H . 1 , . v . . ' 1' , 0 9 9 5 9 s ' 1 Y Y l I 1 , . . C v ' . 1 . Y . s . . . . . . . . . N - . . I I . . , . c . . . . . . . N 1 . . . .I T . . Y . Y - , 1 . . 1 1 ' ' 1 ' y 7 V1 , . , .. . . . y s A 1 A 4 , n T. n ' , . . T Y U . . , - . . , . . . , ,I v s Y . . N . . L A 7 7 v v , . . . 1 . v , . . . Y . . V . ' 1 L 1 , w ' 7 . . , , V l .Q . - . ,

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THE NAVILI US lmportant thlngs Statue of Llberty Emplre State Chrysler Bulldmg City Hospltal Central Park Rn erslde Drlve Waldorf Astorla St Pat rlck s Cathedral and Elhs Island We were told to note how llttle smoke and steam clouded the new Thls was because most all the steam works were underground There was a book up there for VISIIOTS to slgn thelr names ln and also a l1ne for remarks I couldn t th1nk of anythlng off hand and I Just gazed out over the cltv thlnkmf. Someone asked me lf I wasn t golng to wrlte somethlng and I sald I dldn t have a word to dlS Crlbe xt That s what I wrote The elevator made some of us rather grog gy but 71 storxes wasn t enough so we went down to 34th street to the Emplre State Bulldmg 102 stor1es From there we went to Macv s and rode the escalators All of us glrls bought yo vo s at Rockefeller Center We managed to Joln the rest of the group for dmner and went off to an other broadcast Ladxes Be Seated A woman who welghed 305 pounds tap danced In the evenlng we went to Chln Lee s Nlght Club The place was llghted by Chlnese lanterns and had a xery orlental atmosphere Everyone enJoyed the food and entertamment As a practlcal yoke somt anonymous people announced the engagement of Rlta Vachon and Na thamel GIDDS After the floor show we moved along to the Fred Warmg broadcast He has h1s orchestra r1ght at the t1p of h1s baton every mln ute and hlS muslc IS even more lovely when the players are seen After the 15 mlnute broadcast every one on the stage loosened up and the fun began We laughed t1l the end of the show and practlcally all the wax to the hotel Warmg IS topsll Some of us took a stroll IH Central Park llghts ln the bulldmgs went way up tll they met the stars FAIR WEDNESDAY APRII 20 1044 Dear dlary My goodness tlme goes fast' Especlally the tlme we sleep Ill I th1nk Im gettlng used to the cra7y hours though Thls mornmg, I coul l not End one of mv shoes and nearlv mlssed breakfast We went over to Radlo Clty Muslc Hall and saw Cox er Glrl Rlta Hayworth and Geno Kelly The plcture was wonderful the IYIIISIC hall was l1ke a g,1ant sun burst and the stage show was lovely The Eastel pageant was very Ill sp1r1ng and so was the muslc I was sorry when It ended After th1s wt were conducted on a televlslon tour Sex eral of us were teleused Mlss Brennan was especlally photogemc The sound effects room was very m terestmg and also the model of the sound proof msulatlon of the bulldlng, After dlnner we went shoppmg and explorlng In the evenmg we went to the La Conga Nlht Club Poor Leo Llttlefleld kept dozmg off and mlssed practlcally all of the floor show Nat Spence went to sleep a couple of tlmes too The chlcken dlnner was very hlghlx splced and so was the muslc Brom conga tempo thex would shlft over to boogle woogle whlch at least woke everyone up Got m bed about 4 A M WARM THURSDAY APRII 21 1944 Dear dlarv Thls was our last day At 8 30 the telephone buvzed and I had to get up The horrlble th1ng about It was that all the rest of the k1ds ID my room were stlll sleepxng soundly but defimtelv Oh well I saw the Museum of Natural Hlstory I can sleep when I get home Nat Glbbs A 4 ..s.....,..,..-.,...,..,..,..,...........s..,..x.....,..,.....,..,..,..,..,..,..g........- . , , . 9 9 7 x ' ' .9 - ' 7 7 , . Y. . w N ' ' KC 7, Y ' ' 1 ' ' , . 7 L 7 ' ' , . . . . . , V . - , . . . . , a n L1 x T- ' a 7 7 A ' . . . . V , , . .. V . ' 1 a A L T 'Uv L' n CK ' Y! 7 ' 9 - -n . , . . . . . V V . . . V . . 3 . K . - , . . . .. . ' V L 7 ,. . V V . . , after we changed our shoes. The Clty was a fa1ry land at mght. The L , A , . 'I ' f 1 l w I . v 1 ' . , . V .V . . . ., if . . f ' 1 .iv v . . . V ,, V . ,, . V V V V I I 1 1 u Y 'v l , . . . . - A . . , V ni. . Y A1 n I , ik' Ill . . V , 4 V VV . . VV . , .. . Y v 4 y ' Y L .Y 'l 1 - . W .lv Y A - rn , . K 1 J , I ' . . V . . . , o L . 1 . n' . . . , I . L ! n. ' 7 9 .T A ' . Av