Brooksville High School - Breeze Yearbook (Brooksville, ME)

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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 . . . , . '- , .

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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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IIII Tln1I!I A COLD MORNING IN WINTER IS so cold that you hate to move 'Ihe w1ndow gla s has so much frost on 1T that you cant see gut but then you don want to see out anyhow because 1tS much too cold 1ns1de to su1t you You suddenly feel very thankful when you thrnk how snug and warm you are 111 your own bed You begm to thxnk of many other thln s that you have to be thankful for You even sm1le to yourself but your bl1ssful d1eam1ng 1S rnterruptezl for suddenly someone calls from the foot of the sta1rs Cor c c get up' Break fast IS wa1t1ng Wlth a groan you tu n over You are fully awake now for you beg1n to wonder whether the car w1ll star or not May be you cant even get 1t out of the garage for rt was snorvrng last n ght when you went to bed After a few of these dl couragmg t1me the VOICE sounds a rf youd better hurry up or else You Jump out of bed sh ver1ng and start huntlng for your clothes At last you find most of them under the bed Just where you thew them the mght be o e By thlS t1me you are very cold You f1n1sh d esslng 1n a hurry and dash down the stlrs to wonder ful wonderful warmth After you have eaten break'ast you dress 1n the warmest clothes you have w1sh1ng that you had more and then go out to try to start the car only to find that you cant do It By the t1me you do get to school you Hnd that you re twenty mlnutes late and after you get a bawllng out from the teacher for be1ng late wou wonder why some people WlSh fo th1s t1mulat1ng cl1 mate whlch grves one so much pep Rlchard J Howard 37 THIS MODERN AGE Yesterday I Wlt xessed one of the most humorous 1nc1dents I ever expect to see I was wlth a group of my fr1ends and we were amusmg ourselves by strollmg along th busy wa erfront The flshmg fleet had a rxved the day before and the sa1lors were engaged 1n dolng the many thlngs that are necessavy before leavlng port agam But the th1ng that attracted our at ten ron most was an old sallor seated prepar1ng to mend h1s be carefully filled and Next he cut the des1red a0a1nst a p1l1ng dunga ees F1rst 1 ghted h1S p p length of thread and began h1S attempts to thread h1s needle He dampened h1s thumb and forefmger w1th h1S tongue and rolled the end of the thread between them to po1nt It Then he held the needle before h1S eye so that 1tS eye was 1llum1nated by the suns rays and made a noble att mpt strand became very obstlnate and the re ult was a knot Wh1Ch would have baffled any sa1lor Agam nd agaln he trred b t w1th no better result As t1me went bf h s te ID r ro e and l blew the smoke fron h1 old o' ck 'ici pp through h1S nostr1ls 1n a serxes of l1ttle clouds WhlCh remrnded me of s eamboat as 1t s1gnals before leawmg a dock Then one of my fr1ends who IS a horr economlcs student offered h1s servrces H deftly and qulcklv thveaded the neede whrle the old sa lor looked on amaz 4 A member of the younger generat1on hal pelfoured a task 1n a few seconds that h had been unable to do rn fifteen m1nute Donald Blodgett 37 J I P u' ll It ' V . ' 1 . S , .1 . . N ' ! 5 . 7 . . . . . l S i n . . nw , , ' C . . , . - ' xr . .,. . ,- D - , .. . 4 Y . A , . . . ,, A ' ' ' i ' 1 e. ' ' r . - 1 I Q - ' 5 ' . b L- , ' 1 ' ' . 1 ' . . - .3 . Y 3 thou hts someone calls again and this , g D ' to force the thread through, but one . F . , 'J .L' - 1 T Q - . ' . ' 2 , lib ' ' f 3 . ' ' ' 1 1 i L il e 5 12 . ' ' 1' ' ' - '1 '3 , IS.- C1 ' - l C . . . . , . . . . rl L L . . Y. , ! I 1 , , . A . 9 , l , A., ' 4 - 7 . - U 3 , : 1 1 : ' . A , ' 1 ' eu. I 1 N . r . S . . .- ' A ' - 9 i I , ,, 7