Bridgton High School - Corona Yearbook (Bridgton, ME)

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12 THE CORONA My granddaughter may go outside on frequent Friday mornings, push a button or two and be off to Cairo to see her boy friend. The two-way television set mounted in the heliocopter and in the home will afford easy communication at all times, Instead of cabling home or drop- ping a postcard she may tune us in and say something like this, Pardon my.ap- pearance, I'm not made up yet. I'm in a hurry now, Pauls here. I'll be home. Monday. For all we know Paul might have flown in from China, Russia, or a hundred other places. Perhaps they will ily to Naples. Italy, to spend the evening, then back to Cairo. However, it will prob- ably be pcrmissable to say, My grand- daughter is in Cairo for the week-end.' RICHARD JOHNSON, '45, A DUDE VISITS A COW CAMP Egbert said the mother of the nat- tilv-dresserl young man before her, f'I don't know what to say about your visit- ing Mr. Sanderson's cow camp. It might be dangerous. Oh nonsense. Mother, said Egbert. I'm sure it would be a-very valuable ad- dition to mv education. It would give me X . . - v an l11S! 'fl'lt on VVestern l1fe.' VVell. then, you may go, but don't get near anv of those steers. I won't, Mother, came his rapidly fading voice from the hallway. He and his mother were visiting the country and were staying at the guest ranch of Mr. Iohn Sanderson. Mr. San- derson owned both a guest ranch and a beef ranch, cattle being kept on the former because the guests would not think it a ranch unless there were. ' Egbert, or Bertie, as the hands called him, wanted to see the real work going on, so he asked his mother for permission. he asked his mother for permission. Bertie arrived at the cow camp in a buckboard driven by the old horse-wrang- ler, The men at that time were breaking horses. A stalwart young fellow was astride Queen Liz, the worst of the broncos. Bust 'im, bust 'im! shouted his fel- lows. The horse bucked furiously, but after fifteen minutes of trickery he finally was broken. Good work. jim, said the other hands. Pardon me, sir, said Hertie, touching a man on the shoulder, but will you please tell me why he did that to the horse 7' VVell, of all things. growled the man. Ain't you heard? They's be'n too pesky many of our cattle be'n rustled recently. VVe're gittin' Fixed up to go after 'em. VVe got too many stable-bums and not 'nough good broncs. jim just broke the best bronc in the cavvy. Now we got a good string and we're goin' out tonight. Them rustlers'll wish they hadn't never left their mothers' apron strings when we get through with them. Y-Yes, sir, said Bertie, bewildered by this talk, thank you, sir. Later Hertie and his mother were in the library at home. Well, Bertie, said his mother, did you enjoy your trip F Yes, Mother, but when I asked one of the men the cause for the activities in which they were indulging, he answered in a language with which I am not familiarf' RONALD INIURCH, 48. LAST CHANCE FOR WORLD PEACE Not far away lie victory and peace for which our men have been offering their lives and for which we at home have been laboring a11d praying for four long years. In distant places: Teheran, Quebec, Cairo,. Washington, London, Moscow, and San Francisco, the ,peace has been and is being discussed and fashioned by politi- cal and economical experts and world

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t'URUN.X S'l'.Xlfl7 limb l'UTx'.' S, Brooks. lloutilicr, l.v:1x'itt. vlolmson, Y. l3rookf,, N. Xlllllllllll. .Slmlrdi Saiiluorii, llilton, Smith, Skclton, timy, Lil'of,m11aii. MY GRANDDAUGLITER IS IN CAIRO FOR THE WEEK-END Tliiw may soimrl :1 lmit lzmtziwtic nt first. but lct's CIlll!iitlCl' tlic- clcmcnt ol ltitiirc possibility. Hy lilfltl, Illllllj' lIlClfll'Ill?w ilow rcgarrlccl :ia miracles will lac-comc coiimioii. A trip across thc .Xtlzmtic oi' l'zlciIic will iXll ovcr llill' worltl will lui owl'-iiig czumvs with storage facilities for yo plum' oi' licliocoptcr. The licliocoptci' ui i't-plzlcc tllc zliito, as it will lw mucli faster morn- 11111111t-iivcrznlilc :incl cvcii v szilci' tlmi tllc lPl'l'M'lll l1oi'sc 1'C'Ill2lCCllK'lll.H lt will illow accom to places iIlpCl10ll'2il1lC lmy the zuito. 'l'l1c lilyiiig Lizzy will llL'Cfl onlx ll . :wcl'lr 'cciif11--'li to rirla on, 1 1' to twlxc take only :L fcw hours cltic to thc rlcvclop- Nl! ' N i 5 I' i L oll l'coplt will lllllllx lltlllllllb ol 1 tiiz ment of jct propcllcrl plzuics or trzms- occaiiic boats powcrccl lay giant turliiiicm. . t v Y across llic L'11itcrl Stutcb. ir 2

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THE CORONA 13 leaders who report on international rela- tionship, balance of power, trade agree- ments, and racial control. just how will the peace treaty affect my life and the lives of my friends? Vllhat do we expect of the peace? VVe want no flimsy armistice that will give the war demons another breathing spell so they can prepare for more global wars. America's democracy has been for pri- vate enterprise. NVe want to do away with the inefflciency of unions that is forever causing strikes, and in times of emer- gency, bringing production of essential materials to a standstill. VVe want to de- velop someiof the wasteland and to stop the destroying of good land and save the timber and other natural resources that are valuable to our country. All of this will take careful planning and consequently good leadership. Since this is a democratic countryQ we, the people, should get acquainted with the problems of the country tand also the worldj Elllfl vote for the person that we agree with at the time of election. i JAMES PLUNKETT, '48,