Besse High School - Breeze Yearbook (Albion, ME)

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'Mei' My great grandfather lived with us until he passed away seven years ago I would like to relate to you in the frrst person one of the many adventures he told I was only eight at the time so I wrll tell the tale as well asl can remember rt School started October 15 this particular year We younger boys 1n the front rows of benches knew there was something strange going on among the five older boys who sat rn the back seats Lrke most country schools at that time the puprls were of various ages from four years to twenty one years of age It was the custom that the older girls and boys considering themselves entitled to the back seats took possessron of them We who were younger had to be satisfied with the seats near est the school master At least l can say we were nearer the stove on the chilly winter days than they were Something was gorng on among the five older boys which they didn t trust us to know During one re ess I overheard John tell Herb they were all to meet at seven o clock that night but where or what month of November Hunting season was now here There were continual reports of a large buck having been seen at the edge of Perry Coomb s thick woods one hundred yards from the road Every day someone would stop by the roadside and take a shot at him Each time the hunter would only see him disappear 1rltO the woods as he had missed the deer when he had shot There seemed to be no evidence that anyone had ever scratch ed the big fellow Every morning the deer would be back standing at the edge of the woods again This event went on for more than a week Every person rn town was bettmg on himself as the one to take the deer home some lucky morning Early Friday evening it snowed Just enough to cover up the ground It was only by chance where cousrn Ben and I were rabbrt hunting early Saturday mornmg that we were the first to have a shot at the brg buck Like everyone else we must have missed our target because rt disappeared very quickly into the woods Wrth the new snow we were determined to track him down but to our surprise there were no deer tracks There were only five pairs of human tracks Ben and I soon figured this must have been what all the whrspering I for I didn't know. These whispering and sly winks lasted well into the

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Kneelmg left to rrght D Stuart F Edgerly M E Perkms R. Hodges Seated L Jones A McK1el R. Marks E Drake M Fuller A Hardrng Standrng P Hayward N Rowe J Scrrbner B Bradstreet Mr Johnson, Advrsorj Waddell W Meade: M Alexander M Wrrglesworth J Cole Fourth row G H1gg11'lS J Llttlefreld C Rackleff D Hodges C Brann G Green H Robrnson S Dow E Keay H Robbms M Fletcher A new organrzatron at Besse Htgh School thrs year IS Scrence Club Any student rn the htgh school or seventh and erghth grades my Jorn Our advrsor rs Mr Ernest Johnson The purpose of the club rs to sumulate rnterest rn scrence and to preform experrments At the fust meetmg offrcers were elected as follows Vrce Prestdent RONALD MARKS Secretary ALICE MCKIEL movre was shown about trees wluch was mterestrng J Jr 20 ' JS President --------------------- EVERETT DRAKE A . . . . t D 34 6 ,, ' J , I f 5 9 E'

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and sly wrnks were about durmg the month of October The foot punts seemed to be all around the bottom of an old hrgh stub beech tree whrch was hrdden from vrew by a low hangmg f1r At the top of the tree was the answer to everythrng The older boys had constructed a deer whrch was hrtched to a rope The rope ran through a pulley at the top of the stub beech Every trme the deer was shot at ll drsap peared because rt was horsted by the pulley Th1s 1S only one of the adventures told by my great grandfather Jean Lrttlefreld 60 ww wma if g The Senror Class had more than four students The boys and grrls sat together on the bus Mrss McGowan couldn t type and read shorthand Everybody was present for a whole week The glrls won Waldo County League Champronshrp Mr Waldon bought hrmself a good car Ronald Marks wasn t the best athlete Besse Hlgh School was completely srlent The Chemrstry class made some alcohol The French class learned some French Chrrstrne drdn t get teased all the trme Everett drdn t l1ke to argue w1th the grrls The guls team won more games that the boys The Senlor Class drdn t have a class trrp Mrss Mrtchell drdn t teach Socral Studres Scott drcln t see Marrlyn once a week The cooks drdn t serve Hot Lunch The Senror Class drdn t graduate Alrce d1dn t cheer for Ronnre Mrss Roberts gave everyone A s We drdn t get to school on trme Peter d1dn t have a green truck Mr Audet had the brggest car rn town Mr Johnson got marrred We had an area School Everett Drake The Glee Club members got laryngitis