Besse High School - Breeze Yearbook (Albion, ME)

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Wap 04022 When AMERICANS fust settled thrs rrch land of yours and mme they were lookmg for freedom and rndependence 1n order to express them selves Then therr new way of l1fe was threatened by the mother na tron The spark of hope had been lrghted 1n them when they had frrst tasted freedom They were determrned to keep that much sought after freedom that they had Just drscovered They proved thrs when they put up a vrgorous struggle the Revolutronary War rn whrch they garn ed therr rndependence agarnst great odds They suffered many hard shrps thereafter but st1ll that dtvme spark kept burnrng brxghtly Amerrcans treasured theu garns whrch were the thmgs that they had acqurred and for whrch they had Lrfe Resources and People These people from the begrnnrng of our natron to the present day made Amerrca great But too much of a good thmg rs bad when tt rsn t put to good use Amerrcans 175 years after the Revolutron were l1v1ng a good lrfe and began takrng l1fe easy They began to lag rn the upkeep of therr defenses They became over confrdent Whrle Amerrcans were buy mg many luxurres Russrans were busy burldrng up therr mrlrtary world wrth the launchmg of the frrst Sputnrk Amerrcans were dazed They hadn t suspected that Russra has been dorng anythlng so power ful and advanced 1n scrence Wrth all of Russra s threats to the free world the spark of hope rn mrllrons of people became almost ex tlngurshed Many countrres that had leaned toward the West now became doubtful of tts superrorrty and started leamng toward the Sovret Unron The hopes of people rn many countrres who had w1sh ed someday to have freedom came crashrng down when the news of the Sovret s accomplrshment was heard They feared that they would come under the Commumst System agarn The Amerrcan people realrzed not any too soon that they were far behrnd and that they needed to do some fast catchrng up The Unlted States rs determlned to preserve rts democracy and rt w1ll put forth much resrstance rn order to keep ll We need to orgamze our forces rn scrence as well as other frelds to keep up w1th Russra ln the race for m1ss1le superrorrty We Amerrcans are a freedom lovlng people and we aren t gomg to s1t back wh1le someone snuffs out our candle are we? Marre Alexander 60 A . . ' I I - . . . , , ' . I I . Y . . . . . When Russia threatened the United States and the rest of the free ' - . . . . . ' . - , . . ' '

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'Me Zena The Besse Cheerleaders consrst of seven But we hope we sound more llke eleven I would lrke to name them one by one So you ll understand whenl m done Why ll rs we have so much fun Fust comes Al1ce leadmg us all We must agree she s quxte a doll Second IS Jean whom we mrssed for a game Because whrle playtng basketball she got qurte a Next 15 Mary who really can cheer But whose mrnd IS on someth1ng else l fear Then we have LIZ walkmg on au Thrs krd never seems to have a care Here comes Dot rrght 1n step Where does that grrl get so much pep? It seems that Marrlyn can always be caught Cheermg loud and clear expecrally for Scott Here IS Chnstrne last of all Wrthout her glasses' I d thmk she d fall The team we cheer for 1S really okay Chr1st1ne Rackleff 59 Odeta wee O Besse High School' good old day We w1ll so fondly them recall The studres hard the sports and plays They were so pleasant all rn all Now as Semors we have to go O Bess I-hgh thrs makes us sad Don t dare to say lf rs not so Commencement w1ll not make u glad O Besse l-l1gh we srng your song' Although we often drd cornplaxn Of tough exams and lessons long You know we loved II just the same We worked so hard we were so ga ls th1s the end? Is 1t all past? No Besse s schoolmgl must say Wrll help us on untrl the last Thrs 15 good bye to Besse Hrgh Four happy years we ve spent w1th thee We wrll not cry we wrll not sxgh But carry on for all to see Altce McK1el 58 sprarn I ' D I I I I I . . . , . ' . , I I I . . . 0 . I 7 , . . ' . t . . . , ' . , , , Well, here we are with just one thing to say, . . , ' . s! I Y ' z ' s . f ' Y , . 1 . V. . . . ,

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a0m7 When you came back to school rn September We wonder rf your hopes were burlt hrgh As you yearned for a perfect classroom Wrth no arguments com nlarnts or srghs Drd you dream of a day yet future When we students would be out ID lrfe Seerng each of us happy successful Trrumphant rn many a str1fe'P Sometrmes ll s so hard to be patrent We students Just don t seem to care Patrence and courage aren t easy when your Lnterests we don t seem to share In the future we ll always remember 'vfany trmes we ll recall mth regret The trrals and heartaches we caused you But your help we vsrll never forget The weeks come and r uso last We ll try from now on to co operate And work harder rn every class Mary Fuller Q9 awe? recerve a drploma Senlors stop grgglrng Sophomores rovl u Freshmen get along vnth Scott Mary Fuller get to school on t1me N1Ck1C Young stop chevung gum rn school Everett Drake stop quarrelrng wlth each other Junrors Bo frrst at llot Lunch bemors ty pe 40 words per nunute Typrnb Students ' . Q ' . I - I . Y ' ' A r ' ' We realize there's little time left . 14, IA: . 3 ' P X . , . 1 , ' ' ' 1