Brooksville High School - Breeze Yearbook (Brooksville, ME)

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Tm BRFI 71' had no need for a car After unlockrnff the door hrs father preceded hrm rn Then he moved asrde so Edward mrght ee Where were all of Edwards dreams of a lovely new car ' Surely thrs couldnt be what hrs father had bought for hrm' Why thrs was Harry Duncans old Ford wrth a new coat of parnt' Well how do you lrke rt son'P asked Mr Smrth beamrng proudly upon Edward Why father' Er uh why' Now I have a car of my own Thanks ever so much father' Not for anythrng would he let hrs father see how drsappornted he was Wrth feet that dragged he followed Mr B own up the road to the house Hrs fath er was sayrng somethrng And so I thought you and I would go huntrng up rn the Marne woods thrs fall How would you heard a horn toot behrnd hrm As he looked up he saw rt was Sammy Mance rn hrs new Burck and besrde hrm her han flyrng rn the breeze from the open wrndov. sat Joan Holland She drdnt efen look Edwards way though he knew that she mut have seen hrm She was too much engrossed rn what Sammy was sayrng For a mrnute Edward was very Jealous 'Ihen he threw back hrs shoulders not to create an rmpressron on Joan thrs trme but because he drdnt care rf Joan drd go by wrth Sammy Mance Wrth her head rn the arr She could have that lrttle srssy rf she wanted hrm Soon rt would be fall and he and hrs father would be huntrng rn the Marne woods Wouldnt the other boys be surprrsed to see hrm come home Wrth a 400 pound buck rn the back of the old Ford? It was not the admrratron of the weake sex that he could crave rn the future He cl leave that to the fellows who understood them' Grace Ladd 40 BOOKS Boolfs are one of the most essentra' thrng rn thrs crvrlrzed World or rather rn thr world that rs supposed to be crvrlrzed If rt werent for the number of books that are publrshed we should all be rgnorarrt unrntellrgent people Even rn the Brble trmes some sort of books Were wrrtten on parchment so as to keep a record of what happen d In Rome and other parts of the world rnscrrptrons have been found on rocks and ca e walls Indrans often drew crude prc tures to rllustrate 11 hts or somethrng else that they thought rvnportant All these books are to us People must learn to wrrte and to use correct Englrsh It rs through books that we learn all these thrngs The one thrng that entertarns most people rn thrs town durrnff the wrnter months rs readrng Hav you ever stopped to thrnk about how th hrstory of wrrtrng books dates back? If you haven t why not start thrnk rne about rt now? Publrc lrbrarres have been establrshed so people who are unable to buy or secure books any other way are able to read book erther frctron or non fictron whrch ever nts rnto therr schedules Some people respect the rrght of berng able to borrow books from the lrbrary but otlcers use the books carelessly and often sporl them for someone else by markrng on them or tear rnff pag s from them I hope you arent the krnd who destroys books Avrs Soper 41 C . 'Z . 1 9 .l - ' D 1 ' ' . C i 7 ' r , ' 7 I ' ' r' s. . . cr ' - ya . , 7 1 ' - . 1 ' ' Y ' k Ayr. , -U , H , -. - . . Q . 1 ' - . H ' 'fr 1 1 ' - ' - - M ir . ' - ' V KA . . ... ,, - . . - Y . f ,ou . D x . a 'A I - like that? Before he could answer, he things were probably to them like Our- , A . 7 D ' ' S ' . f 3 ' ' ' ' . A . l y 8 . . . y . 1 . t . V ,, . - ' ' , : Lg ' . V, . . . . M . , . . , . . . X , A G E, . . - L. y . - ' , - . . ' . , , 1 ' D , 1 . g .. . , . , , . ,

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Tire BREE7r time that he tried to have a few mrnutes to himself she bothered him First rt was asking hrm to fix the arm of her doll next It was to fill the woodbox when he had so many other things to do and he didnt see why his mother made him ill rt anyhow Why couldnt Eliza instead of playing all day long9 Eddle Eddie' ' The vorce was gettrng nearer He had better go out and see what she wanted Wrth a frown that would have frrghtened Joan Holland rf she had seen rt and walk ing with as far frown a drgnrfred walk as could be he strode across across the room and flung open the door WHAT do you want He shouted rt rn a vorce so loud rt made his l1ttle srster clap her hands over her ears Eddie' you know what mama said about shoutrng at me Where have you to go swimming with me Please do Ed die' It rs a lovely day and mama won t let me go with the others without someone older She says I might get drownded What does it feel like to be drownded Ed d1e'P With a groan he went back into hrs room for hrs bathing surt No use for him to say no rf he wanted that car for a blrthday present Now Eliza would go and get about live hundred little girls and boys none of them over ten to go with her Wouldnt he look just fine going down the road with all of them' ' As they started down the road with Ed die leading and all the children behind h1m Eddre spied Joan Holland and Sam my Mance coming very slowly down the sidewalk Wasnt there some way for him to get away from these blamed k1ds'J Then an rdea came to h1m He would use that dignified walk that he had been practrs mg and he would bow and say good mornrng with a cool smile then go on quite quickly as rf he had very heavy business on hrs mrnd As the two parties drew nearer together Eddie hastened hrs steps a l1ttle threw back hrs head and thought how rmpressed Joan would be He noticed that the children behind hrm were very quret but he didnt turn hrs head because h thought that rf he rgnored them Joan mrght think that they werent w1th h1m but only golng the same Way Now they were meetrng As Eddie strargtened from a low bow his face very red through its close contact to the ground he heard a sound behind hrm that made hrm turn Behind hrm ln sm gle file were all the children bowing so low that their heads almost touched the srdewalk The grave expressron on their red faces as they regarned their posture with their shoulders so far back they could see nothing but the sky they looked so comr cal that Joan and Sammy were rn gales of laughter Eddie almost ran down the srdewalk Why he wondered had he got en himself into this mess? He might have known that something lrke this woud happen All the chrldren were coming behind h1m and when he got far enough down the street he turned and scowled at them You can go swrmmrng by yourselves I dont care rf you all drown a ely Then he turned down a back street and headed for home When he arrived there father comrng down the steps Hello son his father greeted him I have been looking for you Come wrth me a minute They went down to the old garage that never had been used because they had he sard sav he met hrs 8 ' . 2 . . . . U ! . . . . . ,, . . l ' 7 7 Z . . , . 1 . ' . , . . . I ' y U ' 1 . , . . . I . , H I li ' ' H - . ' . -V , . . ' Y ' . . . , . , e ' - .' . . - , . . Y r Q ' ' 7 AK H ' . - J . Y . v , v ' , ' KL ' ' G been all this time? Mama said to tell you ' - - I . , ' ' , l , . . . , , , , - l ' 7 7 ' 7, L . . . . ,, , . . N . . . Y . i , , ' , ' as . ' ' ' .I v ' ' - , . ,, . - 7 . . . Cl' D . , - , ' . . A - - rn v ' ' F - . H '-. -. - u 1 ' ' , , , . . . . ,, . Q . , . - , ,

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THE BREEZF PCDETRY PRAYER OF THE INDIAN WOMAN O God of the Whrte Cloud Gulde of the traveller Beautlful maJest1c hear my prayer' Far down the r1ver plac1d and peaceful Bordered by b1rches a canoe went glrdmg Far to the northward to the forest of great game Red Feather my warrlor paddled 1nto the dawn We need food sard the people food for the long Wmter The malze and the squashes hang drymg for Wmter Rrpe yellow gold ln our log huts and tee pees But game 1S not plenty the God of the Has led the wrld deer and brson away from our klngdom So he went forth mto the mornlng To the land of the forest the land where the hlgh h1lls Rlse blue ln the sunlrght 11ke temples to the sun God Lofty blue temples rn the gold mlst of Sep tember Smce then the storm God has swept over the pra1r1e W1th w1ld wmds and torrents he speaks to the people Before thee O storm God thy people l1e worshrpplng The moon has grown full lrke a great srl ver apple The storm God has passed but the Wmter 1S absent O God of the Wh1te Cloud see I kneel before thee Hear my pet1t1on brmg my Warrror home safely Look there' Down the rlver placld and peaceful Bordered by b1rches a canoe comes drrft 1n Lrke a leaf on the water a brrch leaf rn autumn Each dlp of the paddle shmmg 1n the sunllght Brmgs hlm nearer and nearer l1ke a Wlld brrd at sunset L1ke a hawk or an eagle llymg home rn the sunset Red Feather 1S commg home from he huntmg Look' Over the hlgh h1l1 over the b1rches There over the warrlor r1ses a whxte cloud' To thee O Whlte Cloud gurde of the traveller Beautrful maJest1c be my pralse forever Myrtle Condon 39 SF at lk In the sprrng when the streams are h1gh I take to the brook wlth rod and Hy An assurmg tug on the end of the l1ne And rf 1ts a trout twrll su1t me fine But It s usually a can that meets my gaze And then my temper begms to blaze Another tug and Ive caught a trout But rt s a short and I throw xt out So thats why my flsh comes packed ln a can God bless my savlor the groceryman' Rodney Pumrose 41 10 , 7 7 . . , 7 . - . . 7 7 ' 1 ' . . ' 1 . . . , 7 . - . . . , ' I ' , 7 . . . . 7 7 7 7 . . . . H 77 ' 77 V 7 . . . . ' 1 . , , ' v ' 7 3 . . , , u . n anlmals ' ' ' ' ' 1 1 ' 77 n 1' ' 1 1 7 7 . . ' I 7 ' . . . . T , , . , , 7 - ! . . , , . . . . 0 7 ' ' 1 7 I 1 11 , . . , . 1 ' , . . 7 , . . , . . 4. , - , .