Besse High School - Breeze Yearbook (Albion, ME)

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E LITERATURE THE STR ADIVARI VIOLIN One dav when h1s father got home from work thls l1ttle boy asked h1s father who Stradlvarl was Then h1s father sat down and started to relate th1s story to h1s son Long long ago there was a boy named Tony h1s blrth name was Antonlo Strad1var1 Th1s llttle boy day after day would practlce h1S v1ol1n lessons so he called them Hls hands would be empty but lf anyone asked h1m what he was dolng he would say he was practlclng h1s v1ol1n One day h1s mother sald But Tony there IS no such thlng as a v1ol1n I know mother Sald Tony I have not lnvented It yet Hls mother sald Why do you practlce on somethmg you haven t got' Well 'I ony replled I want to be able to play It when I do make It The years roll on and when ever 'I ony went out walklng everyone would polnt and say there goes that nutty Stradlvarl k1d One day Tony s father asked Tony what he was golng to make thls v1ol1n from and Tony told hlm From some wood a horse S tall and a cat Well one day when everyth1ng was qulet 'Iony started Ulaklllg h1s v1ol1n He cut the wood for the v1ol1n out of the door panels and glued It together Then he was gone a l1ttle wlule When he came back he had a horse s tall and some cat gut He put some of the halr from the horse s tall on for bow halr then just as he was usmg the cat gut to make strmgs he heard h1s mothel call Kltty kltty Then Tony ralsed h1s volce and Sald No use calllng her mother she won t be around any more Well Tony flIl1Sll6d h1s v1ol1n and made beautlful muslc w1th It Every one pralsed h1m for hlS VIOIIH Well Sonny sald the little boy s father you had better go out and play nov After the boy had been out of doors a few mmutes the cat cwhlch was outslde gave a howl 'I he llttle boy s father went out and asked h1s son what had happened and the llttle boy said as he stood at the chopp mg block axe 1n hand and crymg as he watched the cat jump over the fence I wanted to play v1ol1n maker but kltty wouldn t let me Maur1ceScr1bner 02 IHE MERCHANT AND THE BOOK -XGENT Once upon a tlme 1 book agent came to the town of Vvatel v1lle Malne to sell a book called Wuther mg Helghts He stopped at a house on Water Street and knocked upon the door A 1 1Ll1 merchant M1 James Watson answered The book agent told Watson about the book and 1mpo1 tuned h1m untll he bought Mr Watson dldn t want the book but he bought It anyway perhaps to get r1d of the book agent Tnen takmg It under h1s arm he started back Into the l1V1Ilg room to look at the bloomlng thlng Soon 1n came Mrs Watson She had been v1s1t1ng a I19lgl1bOI' The book agent had , I , ' 1 1, 113 , ,1 ,QL - 7 I 4 Y . . . . .1 6' v . . . 1 1 1 ' 1 rf ' sa ' I - ' - 1 11 as 11 ' 1 1 ' 1 as ' 1 11 ' ' cs - 1 - 1 ' 1 111 as 11 1 ' as . , , . . ,, , . as 7 ' cs ' ' ' 11 , . an 1 ' - ' ' ' ra 1 ' 11 1 , , . . . , . . . . Q , . . . i V , . . , . 1 1 , as ' ' 11 ' ' ' ' cc 1 1 - v - , 1 11 9 1 - N . . . . . . . . . 1 - ' . . . . . ,, cc 11 ' ' 1 sc I Q 1 1 11 ' v 1. 4 C c , . . h , . , , - . . I . x . 1 f 1 A. I ' ' ' 1 11 , ' . ' ' 11- r1 X ' - I . . Y . . 1 1 --f f . - 1 f 1 1 . 14 .' ' - 1 . I ' . , . , ' .Ac . . . Y . , . . . , . , . . . - - . v . . . 5. . . ,, .

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EIGHTH GRADE Flrst Row Left to Rlght Harvey Quimby Angle St Amand Joyce Dudley Shlrrell Splller and Floyd Blalsdell Second Row Ora Bennett Leon Powler Mlss Mltchell Karl Keay and Rodney Rey nolds Thlrd Row Kelvln Hxgglns Norman Dow Mllton Hlgglns Herbert Shores and Arthur Rood The Elghth Grade of fifty one Never glves up tlll they re done They start IH the mornmg to do thexr best But ere mght falls they need a rest Here s just a brlef of everyone So read lt please to have some fun Fxrst comes Rodney who s tall and stralght Wlth all he ranks first rate Then comes Karl the one who s smart And always has been from the start Now comes M1lt0D shy and new Dreads hlS lessons and s always blue You ll now meet lf loyd smallest of all Always hopmg he ll soon grow tall Next comes Herbert whose face turns red When somethmg to hlm the glrls haxe sald Now meet Leon wxth brown curly halr Though to a Beauty Parlor he s not been there Then comes Arthur a fme young man Maklng the best of all that he can Along comes Ora wlth haxr auburn red Wouldn t trade It for a mllllon t1S sald Followmg now IS Kelvm so great and SPGCIHC His one ambltlons to swlm the Paclfic Please note Harvey who IS new thls year Wlth all the girls he s qulte a dear We now have Joyce who from Benton Falls came Qhe 11 team wlth us to w1n some fame Fhen comes Angle who came ln forty hve Wlth all her pep and x lm we are more ahve l ast IS Sherrlll who to us lS well known As her ab1l1ty ln thls poem has shown x - 1 - 1 9 , . , . . 1 1 : 1 r ' s 7 1 r 1 - I r v ' 1 . ,. , s 1 , . . , . V . ,. . . . ' y . , . .. ,. . a a ' r . . , . . . 1 x , . . , . . . , . x a x - y - 1 , w 1 , . . , . L . . , , . . . - v ,' 1 'I . V. . 1 y 1 ' . A t , .

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BESSE BREEZE seen he1 befole she came home and had persuaded h 1 to buv also VK hen she saw that her husband had bought a book just hke hers she felt 1nd1gnant As they were Staflllg at each other and thlnkmg about the mlstake that thev had made she started toward h1m exclalmmg Why husband we can No we can t elther lnterrupted Mr Watson The man IS off on the tram before tlns Qonfound lt' I could k1ll the fellow I would llke to see h1m agaln Why there he goes to the depot now exclalmed Mrs Watson pO11lt1I1g out of the wlndow at the figure of the book agent mak1ng for the tram But lt s too late to catch h1m and my feet are not dressed so I can t go after h1m exclalmed Mr Watson Just then Mr Stevens a nelghbor drove by So Mr Watson pounded on the WlI'ldOWp3I19 ln a frantlc manner almost fI'1gl1t6l1ll1g the horse of Mr Stevens Here Stevens' he shouted You re hltched up' Won t you run your horse down to the tram and hold that book agent t1ll I come down? Run' Catch h1m now' All r1ght S31d Mr Stevens whlpplng up h1s horse and tearlng down the road He finally reached the tram just as the conductor shouted All Aboard' BOOK AGEN Il' he yelled as the book agent stepped onto the tram Watson'7 Watson wants to see me? repeated the pu7zled book agent Oh I know what he wants he wants to buy one of my books but I can t mlss the tI'2l111 to sell It to h1m If that s all he wants rephed Mr Stevens I can pay for It and take It back to h1m How much 1S1t9 Two dollars fo1 the Wuthermg Helghts Sald the agent as he reached for the money and passed the book out the tram wmdow Just as the tram was pulhng out of the station Mr Watson arrlved puff lllg and blowlng Well I got It for you sa1d Stevens Just got lt and that s all Got what? yelled Watson Why I got the book Wutherlng Helghts and pald for lt for you By the great guns' moaned Watson as he placed h1s hands to hls brow and falnted rlght Ill the mlddle of the street Stephen Fowler 52 'VIYSTERIOUS C ARGO I had been vs utmg on the dock slnce four A M for the small fishmg boat to appear out ofthe fog The place I am talklng ibout IS 1 small 1Sl31ld off the coast of New Orleans about three m1les out md with an axea of about one hundred and twenty five acres It lb not a very large place but It IS qulte an lndustrlous httle spot . 6 u w xl 9' I l ' ' ' ' 66 77 Q - f 1 '- as v ' Us ' it ' . . , ' 7? 66 77 ' ' ' 7 7 L' 7 66 ' 7 ' 7 7 7 . ,, . , . . . - , ' , . . ' 66 79 66 7 ' 7 . , . , . . , . ' 77 ,S . ,, . . . . . ' 7 66 77 66 V 77 ' ' . , ' . 66 77 Book-Agent! hold on! Mr. Watson wants to see you. 66 77 v 6 1 ' 6 L6 I - ' 7 , . . . . . . ,, 66 7 77 ' 66 ' 7 ' 7 . . . . ,, , as ' ' vs ' ' 7 1 . v ' 1 ' 66 ' 7' ' 66 ' 7 77 7 5 7 ' 66 77 66 66 ' ' 77 ' ' 77 9 7 7 ' 66 N 71 ' ' 7 A A yi. . U . A 1 I . g Z 2 . . . ,. 2 . , 9 , . b,-