Brooksville High School - Breeze Yearbook (Brooksville, ME)

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IIII ELF! XI mak1ng so much 110156 The count 1S over' 'Ihe referee 1S hold1ng up the K1ds hand and 1S saymg somethmg to the crowd nobody knows what' Nobody cares' The Kld had made a startl1ng correback K1d Cardlgan has won by a knockout' Robert Campbell 38 THE OLD MXID AUNT One day 1n December when Joan came home from school ner rrother told her that Aunt Martha wanted ner to come over to her house for supper Th1S was a very strange request as Aunt Martha al most never 1nv1ted anyone to her house for a meal Joan lrked Jewelry but she dared not and low heeled shoes because her aunt d1d not approve of new fangled clothes tha g1rls wear now L1ke most grrls Joan llked Jewelry but nhe dared not wear any for she drdnt know whether her aunt would approve or not She could not lmaglne why Aunt Martha had asked her to supper All the way to her aunts house she kept thmkmg Wh t can she want of me? Why has she asked me to supper? The only tlung to c.o was Walt and see Aunt Martha met her at the door She was an elderly lady wlth pale blue eyes and wavy gray ha1r She k1SS6d her n1ece on the cheek and told he1 to come 1nto the house and get warrr wurle she put the supper on the table After they had ilmshed ,upper and had placed the d1Sh6S ln the Slnk they went 1nto the 1lV1Hg room ThlS was st1ange too because Aunt Martha left her d1rty dxshes after a meal But then Joan thought Aun Martha lsnt herself tOl11ght Sorreth1ng IS on her m1nd When they were eated beS1d6 the fire tl1e old lady began to tell a story It went as follows When 1 was a young g1rl I always wanted a strlng of pearls but they were very expenslve My father and mother d1d not have very much rroney and they had had to work very hard for what l1ttle they d1d have so they could not buy pearls for me All the other grrls of my age had them One day a very dear fr1end of my wearmg the most beaut1ful pearls that I had ever seen I spoke of how lovely they were many trmes Whlle sl1e was there 'Ihe day before she planned to leave she called rre 1nto her room She told me that she would g1V6 the pearls to me b L that when I was through wear1ng them I rrust g1VE them to my oldest daughter Now gomg to the desk took the g1rl had s1nce I have no daughter I a 1 glVC them to you She went to and from one of the drawers sue most beaut1ful pearls that the ever seen Joan d1d not know what to say She pu her arms around her Aunt Martha.: neck and Cfled for Joy When she could control herself she sa1d But Aunt Mar tha you arent through Wlth them yet Then the old lady told her that the pea1ls would look much better on a young grrls neck than on the neck of an old lady Madel1ne Babb1dge 33 '1 J 1 . .1 9 . I 1 1 1 1 y , q ' . , ' tl L ' ! ' 1 - , t 4 ' 1 ' ., - - - yr W 4 ' D ' ' s U , - , , . an ' , . ,,- Y A 7 . , , . , . , . . U . ' , . . , - mother s came to V1Slt us, and she was 7 - Y ' ' in Y! A ' V 7 . . , . . 3 11 ' .,. . , , L- . . , ' .' Y! , . Y ' ' as ,, ' as 0' H , - , , L ,N . ' H - , . . - ' ' 1! . Y - A V I 1 -J - , - , .

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THF BRELVE from the lock and onto the floor I get down on my hands and knees to hunt fo t Fmally after much groplng about I find It when I put by knee on lt Wlth a Slgh I lock the door and go mumbllng up the s axrs to my room I c1aw1 b tween the soggy sheets and after more twrstlng and turn1ng fall mto a troubled sleep only to dream of fiery dragons cannlbal dlnners and electuc chaus Malcolm Blodgett 38 BY A KNOCKOUT Lad1es and Gentlemen' the referees vo1ce rose above the murmur of th crowd The mam bout of the evemng IS about to begln In thls corner IS Slug ger Magee challenger for the heavy welght crown In the other corner 1S K1d Cardlgan The Wlnner of th1s iight 'w1ll next iight the heavywe1ght of the 'world came the announcers volce and heres your blow by blow announcer J1m Greeves Folks the men bounded out of the1r corners at the sound of the bell and they re c1rcl1ng war11y 1n the center of the rlng Slugger felnts w1th a left swmgs a wlcked right that connects Wlth the K1dS chxn Boy that rocked h1m on hlS feet' He recovers and swmgs h1s rlght at Sluggers Jaw Slugger ducks and sends a sxzzllng left to the Klds m1d sectlon That one hurt the K1d folks He lowers h1s guard and Slugger hammers h1s face 1n one two one two order The K1d comes back wlth a rlght to the head Theres the bell end1ng round one folks In the rest perxod Card1gans seconds apphed cold compresses to h1s face and revlved h1m Bong' Theres the bell for the second round 'The boys come out of thexr corners c1r cle for a few econds watchlng each other carefully and now folks they re trad1ng blows at close range Slugger heaves a t6II'1HC rlght at Cardlgan s chm' It lands' The K1d IS down on one knee Hes getting up folks but hes groggy He can hardly stand' H1s opponent wa ches h1m a second and then sends three rapld blows to the Klds unpro tected face Then a short r1ghtJab to Cardlgans Jaw Hes down folks' The KldS down' The crowd lS s1mply go1ng Wlld The referee IS countlng five SIX Bong' The K1d IS saved by the bell HIS seconds are worklng over h1m they ll have h1m around 1D a mlnute Hes s1t battered and one eye IS nearly shut Oh' Oh' Theres the bell for round th e tThe boys are slow1ng up but S'1.gge looks confident as he rushes out of h1 corner to meet h1s opponent He get tlng careless' Hes lowerlng h1 guard' He swlngs a r1ght whlch mlsses the K1d chln The K1d looks a httle better than he d1d last round folks Hes got h1s guard well up and looks as 1f he were go1ng to murder somebody He fernts wlth a feeble left and then suddenly lands a terrlfic rlght on Sluggers Jaw' 'Ihat set h1m back on h1s heels' Hes standmg there wlth a surprlsed look on h1s face' Hes swaymg on h1s feet' Hes swaylng on h1s feet Hes down' Flat on h1s back The referee 1S countxng but you cant hear hmm because the crowd IS 8 1 ' 1 ' ' U r i. ' , ' , ' ' H ! Y I ' . . A . Y . - , Q , V v r v . . . A . , . . , , . , ' Y 7 ' .T , ' . . I . V ' , - 4 ' v 1 - N ' H 7 ' ' ' e ' ' ' ' . . U . . ,, - ,. I . . L - 7 - ' -H , K ' , 1 ' . l . H K ' 7 ' ' . . 5 , ,, , . . . , . - There's the bell to start the round, ting up now. He 100145 bad. His face is Y ' y H Y , - ' ' ' , ' 1 , ' r c. .yy . V 4 Q I, lx - ',. , u l 74 - . 0 , , . . . . , . .F A. . 0 . ' 4 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' 4 ' :oy . , LJ . , , . ' I 7 3 ' K 7 ' ' . . - . A . , . . , ,, . A , , , , , . . , . . ' ' ' 3 ' . ' U ' ' , . . ,, . . , , . -

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FIII BIQFFXI SWIMMING Sw mmmg IS an excellent sport and ex erclse What IS there that uses more of your muscles and sklll I doubt lf there lS anythlng unless lt IS rowmg That 1S look1ng at It from an CXBYCISG po1nt of v1ew Now lets Just glance at It as a sport Many people both men and women enter races ln all parts of the world especlally 1n the Olympics The mam objects are to see how deep you can d1V9 111 how many dlfferent Ways you can d1ve how far you can swlm and how long you can stay 1n the Water Now thrnk for a moment wha you must look l1ke wh1le 1n the water arms and legs stretched to full capac1ty to get the most speed wxthout uslng all your breath and blowlng l1ke a whale A frog would look Just about the same 1f lt were a lrttle larger except for the d1fferent look 1n the eyes At least you hope your eyes dont look 11k those of a frog the early swxmmlng days a lady was very rude to go ln sW1m1ng unless she was dressed llke Mother Hubbard Now however they are not styhsh unless they look l1ke her cupboard' Does style have to get 1nto everythmg even the ught k1nd of exerc1se'P It may get there but there IS leally no need of t Another th1ng 1S rubber bathlng su1ts Why go 1n sw1n nung at all lf you dont want to get vset'P The exerclse you say? Well maybe but you can go rowmg wlthout puttmg on a bathmg suxt Manley Chuck Babson 38 IMAGINATION What IS worse than an 1mag1nat1on when one IS the least blt fr1ghtened'P Noth1ng perhaps lf one has experlenced Whlle I was Wfilldlllg my way home ward from a dance m1nd you no grass grew under my feet for I was hurry1ng rlght along my fee were not touchlng more than half of the humps and hollows of the old road At every step I took a new shadow or forrr showed 1ts grotesque figure I could see almost any k1nd of ammal lmagmable Upon drawlng near to the welrd ngure I would nnd It to be nothmg more than a rock or a clump of bushes or posslbly an old dead stump BY the roadsxde were dark threatenlng forms I'6SEIIlb11l1g men wa1t1ng for someone to approach but as I drew near to these I found that they were not dangerous at all and gu1lt1ly passed them only to find other horr1ble thlngs awa1t1ng me At last as I grew nearer and nearer to my home I heard a strange no1se 1n the bushes Wh1Ch I told myself was nothmg but a deer or some other anlmal that was harrnle s to everyne But th1s dldnt help a bit I was fnghtened and there was nothrng that I could do about lt Every lrttle wh1le I stopped and 11S t ned to see lf the creature was cornrn any nearer but alas when I stopped the H0186 stopped and when I started agaln I heard the 1mag1na1y deer snappmg twxgs The only thlng left to do was lun so run I d1d at east 11ed o run As started to run I put my hand 1n my pocket to keep my van1ty case and a few o her art cles from falhng out When I d1d tlns the noxse stopped and all was st1ll I was then I came to my senses 'Ine H0156 that had frghtened me was only the 1ns1de of my vanxty case whlch was loose Madlyn Black 38 I 1 1 r v 10 u , , 1 u . 5 7 . . 1 ' ' A- - it. ' . ' A . . - . . -- Q Y ' ' i U 1 1 ' - . 7 , ' ' f- ' y . ' 3, . I ! , O . . . y . ' L . . . ' J I 'J y , . . I l 1 x ' , - S . Now for a word on swimming togs. In f U , I - - , , C- . I . 3 , . . . 1 1 , I l y' ' ' - l , I t t . I V . . . , , . I 4' . Q ' . . L - - H I! Y ' - , t n A . . . , . '- , .