Camden High School - Megunticook Yearbook (Camden, ME)

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THE MEGUNTICOOK A few daxs I ttGl he closed up the old house but dcclded to come b lck Ill the sp11ng and l1axe llI0tI'lG1 look He had a vague ldea of IIPXIIIS., the place 11p 1nd haxlng fx house IJc1ltX thele 1n the sun1me1 Sex Cl al xx eeks had elapsed B1ucc xx IS noxx 11 I1cp School He anc h1s mommate had tlxed the old football up betxxeen txxo banne1s on the xxall Mmx questlons xxc1c ISICGCI but B1 ucc thought best not to tell One d'1v 1 cloxxd of felloxxs xx e1c g'dtll91Gd togethe1 to dlNLllSS 1 foot ball team fOl the school B1uce xx as called upon to speak c l sud Ihucc I knoxx xou felloxxs 11e gathe1ed helc fo1 the tc 1m I unde1st1nd tl1c ILISOII xx hx vou haxe not had one fO1 xea1s 1 because of the debt of the Athlet1c ASQOLIHIIOII lNow Id l1ke to make an offe1 and also tell xou some thlng Mx uncle d1cd th1s S1Jlll'lfI lc IX 111g me h1s ent11e foltune lf I could find h1s xx 1ll If I succeed I am gomc, to offel th1s th it ll xou felloxxs Vklll e champlonshlp I xx1ll p 1X debts of the assoc1at1on bes1des lxlllg xo11 all one tollx good tlme Fx e1vone xx 1th xnx school Slllllt COINS out and do xou1 best and I xx1ll do mme' Manx OLIIGI speeches xx e1e g1xcn but 11one had such an effect on the bovs as the one wh1ch B1 uce gaxe Pxclx box thele declded to go out for football and w1n 01 d1e 111 the t1y1ng The team frrogressed 1ap1dly xx 1n111ng nearly eve1y game that 1t plaved The last game xx h1ch xxas to bc pl lvcd the IOIIOVSIIIQ' Q1tu1day xx IS to clec1de the CITUTIDIOIIQIIID IIICIQW fx 1f1lly xxas held and B1 uce 13, 1111 xx 18 callcd upon to spe 1k Hc concluded h1s talk xx1th these xxo1ds Last but not least 1S a good old s Hlllg don t xou thlnk so? All depends on tomolroxx s game Let s all g1xe ou1 best toxx a1d mak lllg' th1s the g1c1test fftme of thc setsonl And thex d1d But f11st somethlng happened xxh1ch xx as tlmost fxtal B1 uce xx IS ILSIIIIQ' 1n h1s 1oon1 yust befo1e the gleat game xxhen Tom h1s room ln 1tc c :me llllllllllff lll looklng VGIY sobe1 BIUCQ old boy Fog has gone and lost the only football the school oxx ns and no one knoxxs oi 1 slnglc thxng th It can be done As B1uce xxas Ilxlllg to thlllk dcnlx llghted on the old football To1n take a look d1OLlHd the 100111 and see what xou see Torn d1d as con1m xnded He gaxe a g1eat shout and xx ent Ieaplllg doxxn the C0111 do1 at b1eak neck speed Phe came xxas the g1e1test onc ol' the s aso11 xx 1tho11 a doubt IOI the boxs had to g1xe then best At thc end thex had onlx onc mnutc to pl 15. to bre ik fx t1e and B1,1c1 d1d th1s bv klCklYlg' thc ball o c me T01 Une other thmg also happened to set the school 111 a spasm of ex c1ten1ent YVhen the old football xx as plckcd up bv B1uce he notlced 1 sm 1ll tea1 1n1t A plece of pape1 xx as co1n1ng th1ough the sl1t He c ILLIIQ pulled thlg out opened and 1ead the folloxxmg I S1mon Doollttle do hereby bequeath to the school xxh1ch Bruce Stanfo1d dec1des upon flxe thous and dollars Thc entne amount of mx fO1tLlllO goes to Ihuce Stanford n1v solc M 1 . 71' 1 1 Y V - . 1 K 1 1 1 , 1 c 1 . c c 1 1 1' , i ' z fs 'z 1' f. A 1 ' 1' 2 . 1 1 ' 1 '. Y 2 ' ' 1 ' '1 ' ' 1' 1 x 54 - U ' 1 L T 7 11, 1 1 1 , 1 1 f 1 z ' ' 1 1': 1'z U' 1 J - 1 - 7 - x ' 1 1 x 1 Jw I . v 4 'w ' -v .1 7 1 C L 1 . I 1 L v 1 v - T. ' ' 1 1 1 V s :1 2 1 2 ' . , 1 I 1 1 1. 1 1,2 1 1 .1 sy ' g - 1' ,z 1' . J . I v Y 'nv mr 1, 5 I 2 y. . 2 , K. ' K1 ,312 y ' 1 vflx g S' 2 1 , 1 1 vai- . , I I I I 9 'f ' - K - K 1 1 K vi, v 1 4 x Q I 1, Ig ' ' Y I w 1 4 1 1 44 1 ' ' I 1 I 1 1I 1 1' 1 1 I , , .V 11 1' 4 1 1 L 1, VC 1' 1 1' ff 1 A 1' 1 I 4 C Y' 11 T Al vs H f Q N x 11 , , ' 1' U 3 ' Y 1 1 I' , , 1 1 1, I 1 c 1 . 1 11 1 vs 2 1 - 1 V4 -E 1 3 f K 1 I , 11 uw f xv' f ' purpose of fO1'l'YllHg a football what could be done. h1s eyes sud- ii I -A1 I V A 132 A, V VY 1 lv ' I . -V 7 a J . is 'S 11 , 1 1 1 1 - as ' 1 1 N7 1 . 1 , , ' , , - v ' 1 1 11'- L 1 1 -V 1 ' 1 x 1 v 41 t, I '5 'S L, 1' a 1? Y- V 1-1 11 L1 ,1 1 2 L14 .1 ' ' ' ' H- ' 1 ' 1 ' . hw 1 Q 1 I ,C A 7 L Y , ' , 1 - , Kr ' ' . 1 th' ' 1 3 . ' if all 2 ' 2 1 ' if s - 1 .'1 ' s' '1 ' 1 ' ' ' 1 I 1' 1 1 W. Y. 1 7 1 . Y . 4 :I 1'-1 1 ' . . ' h ' J 7 't I 1 2 .I 1' ' 1' ' . c 1' 1 tv 1 A nw A A in 1 1 I V' v' ' 9' 1' Y ' ty - 1 A1 y 1 L1 7 1 v? , 1 K1 1 ,x I ' , I t 1 . ' . v 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 ' 1 . 1 V . ' - - ' 1 1 ' . 1 1 . I'1'f fa ' ' een '1 , 1 1 ' ' ' 2 1 ' U ' ' Y 1 3 5 vw 1 ' v ' 7 I 1 1 1 1 , K 1' ' 1 - '- f N ' Lv , 1 , .. l 1 1 7 I 1' ' - .x .gt 3 ' V' K2 1 1 1 I 4 5 t7 4 K ' 1 1 1 1 . ' 1' 1 ' ' 1 'f 1 . I

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THE MEGUNTICOOK scatteung, the leay es far and near and maklng welrd IIOISGS about the house Manv of the 1nhab1tants of the y1llage looked yylth awe upon the la1g,e TYIIIISIOII 1nd lts we 1lthV occupant Slmon Doollttle S1mon had led a lonely llfe 1n the town of Ine1w1cksh1re and had made ve1y few fl19I1ClS Ashe sat ID front of the f1re on thls partlcular eyen lngr he WLS thmkmg mostly ot hls early l1 e how happv he had been And noyv he 1eal1zed he yy as near mg the end of h1s yvay He had made out h1s w1ll aceordmg to or der and had hidden It but where he couldn t remember Well t d1dn t make any dnference to h1m anyway He would yyrlte a note telllng hxs young nephew to yy hom he had bequeathed ey erythlng that It Wls up to h1m to fmd It HL d money at any 1 1te So he wrote 1n large sc1 1wl1n,g, letters the fol loyymg To my Nephew Quxte a long, t1me ago I made a w1ll accordmg, to Oldel leaymg all of my earthly treasures to you Now I am queer as mlnv people say and h1d my w1ll And now that I am dylng I eannot seem to 1eeall whe1e I h1d 1t Therefore I am leayxng th1s task to you I yy o1ked hard for my money and you too w1ll haye to yyo1k 1n order to find you1 fortune I thlnk thls IS all th It need be sa1d except take my dymg, yy 1shes yylth you I hope you l1ke S1301 ts Id1d yy hen I yy as young, Goodbye Xour none too frlendly uncle SIMON DOOLITTLI' Why he SIQHGCI h1mself none too f11endly 18111 1tself 1 SIOIY yyhlch I cannot take the t1me to 1elate That mght he d1ed The next mornmg the only 961 y ant of Slmon s who had been hay mg 1 y IC mon returned Upon ente11ng the house he felt strange lv ts though somethmg, had hap pened He 1mmed1ate1y hur11ed to hls maste1 s room where he found Slmon s hfeless form H1s mst step was to call the docto1 also Callmgham the lawyer The latte1 1mmed1ately sent a message to B1uce Stanfoxd who yy IS the nephew mentloned 1n the yy1ll The next dry If-mee 1111Ved Afte1 the funeral Callmgham called Bruce IIIIO the pa1lor and gaye h1m the note who upon read mg, It handed It back to C zllmgham savlng, Well 1t th It ISD t the fun Callmgham read It 1emark1nq They always sald he was quee1 eyen he h1msel1 adm1ts It and I guess 1ts rlght Well boy I seem to be out ot It now is I L III see noth mg, I can do fo1 you I cannot eyen seem to th1nk of a iugg8St1OII W 1th th1s he yy ent out of the room leay 1n0f Bruce IH deep thou ht The next mornmg B1uce began to se trch the old mans1on to yvhleh he had taken a great fancy He spent seye1al davs at thls but w as unsuccessful That 13 unless you call findmg a good for noth1n0f foot bill bemg sucee sful B1uce dldn t LOIISICIGF It worth keepmg But he dld th1nk It an odd thmg to find 111 the old mans bedroom How ey GI as he had been plannmg on enteung, D1ckenss Preparatory School IH Ihookfield that fall he declded to keep 1t f01 1 souvenn IO1 h1s 1oom f 23 I' I I I 1 I 1 1 4 I 4 1 I I . 1 U I I 'D v. V I 1 1 I -' I II. I I' I ' I I I I ' 'YI I I y 1 I 1 I 1 V .1 I , ' 1 - ' ' D K TC af . , I 1 1 1 , . C L x , n I - 7 ' If A L EI' I 7' - I 7 Y I Il. I, I U I ' C - - - ' I JI I K' C - K 1 - I 1I I I I . . . ' ' s , - N, - , 1 is ky Ar I II . I Ip .I I I I I I C L , I V ' I I 1I 1 I , , 1 v K L - I' Y 1 , . I' I 1 . I 'J 1 I I I I I I. 1 I ' , 1 ' ' ' C I I I. I ' ' I' I 7 I v C C v 1 I 'J I . 1 , ' 1 1 'I I ' 1 I , I I I . 1 1 I 9 1 T 7 Y V ' A I n l Y v . - I I v v . I T I I f . 1 1 1 1 1 , 7 . . I I , ' ix ' ' ', 1 ZA- l xy I1t V, , , 2 I . '- k h' W 'l l'ttl f ' th ni95t Yet-H Ina 9 IIN O1 I 11 I 9 OI e v If I ' C D , 1. I I 9 I 1 . I cz . , ' N A 'Z T I - W' A a l g . JI . I I . 1 I , I I- I I I I Y v. Y II I I , I I . . -' Y I Y at 1 n . 1 fn L I ' 1 7' 1 , 1 . . ,- II I I C , r ' 1 1 ' 1 I I x a , , av Y Y Y , Y I I I 1 I . - II . I I I 1 - 9 v , 1 v I , I . I lT . Y. D 5, I I ' C I I 1 - ' - r 'I 1 I 7 1 7 , 1 I x 1 , , Q D ' KI ,Z I AI I ' 9 V' ' I I I I C C T f C ' I 1 I 7 . , I I I I I I I I I I, I cv 1 s 9 ' I - 7 7 1 I 4 I . I , 1 I I I 1 I ' - - ,D - I I I . . l E A LI I ,SKI I I 7 - ' I W 0 I 1 I , I 1 , , , Q . I I y- v I I y' I v ' ' I I I . . I I ' I f- I ' 7 vu I T , I D I . , 7- , v i ' v I , I I - - , ' . x ' r ' r Y C u U. ' Q , 1 1 , , I I' ' In - - - V A r j , . I E LI I ,' as -,, ' ' ' I . - L S I A 1 I AI I I

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THE MEGUNTICOOK he1r There were a few exceptlons as for sewants and the l1ke but what d1d they matter? The school had yy on the champlonshlp and the boys were lookmg forward to the r1pp1ng good t1me wh1ch Bruce had promlsed them That summer a house party of yolly boys and glrls llvened up the old manslon and town and the ylllagers no longer stood ln awe of the old house Many tlmes afterward Bruce was heard saymg What 1f I had destroyed that old ball' But one thmg It has taught me IS that often tlmes even old thmgs haye great value Bruce patched the ball and hung It ln hls loom tfter prlntmg, 1n gllt letters on the slde The Golden Football LILLIAN B CLARK 28 TUNE IN ON THIS' Good evenmg ladles and gen tlemen of our au audlence th1s IS statlon WCHS owned and operated by the students of Camden Hlgh School Our studlo IS located on the top floor of the Hlgh School bulldmg The program presented tonlght IS the Semor Class program And by the way a few Jumors asked me to mentlon thelr names and Im gOIHg to read the l1st to you as soon as Mr Wood can get someone to help h1m br1ng It up Thls IS C Alvm Jagels announclng I w1ll turn the mlcrophone OV91 to Mr Lloyd H Thomas who shares the announclng w1th me One moment please Good even1ng folks For the first number on our program we shall hear MISS Glanma Arlco who w1ll read a bedtlme story Just let the k1dd1es shove up a l1ttle closer folks All set MISS Ar1co ik ik Dk PF And now frlends you shall heal one of the future orators of the country Mr W1ll1am Heal who takes for h1s subyect Do Lucky Str1kes G1ve You Throat Protec IIOIIQ Mr Heal IS a yery fluent speakel and Im sure you w1ll hke th1s l1ttle talk Mr Heal Hfllfbllifiwlfrlfvkvlfvkfkif Statxon WCHS broadcastmg You are l1sten1n0f to Senlor Nlght Program Our next talk of the eyemng comes dlrectly from the Y M C A Mr G Hartford Talbot trxdge Th1s talk IS takmg place at 1 banquet of famous game hunt ers Mr Talbot Hkvk Silk The next feature of the program ton1ght w1ll be a saxaphone solo by Mr Arthur Redman asslsted at the plano by IVIISS LOUISE Dyer The t1tle of the selectlon w1ll be C est Vous' Mr Thomas announc mg ik lk Ik wk Pk You haye Just heard a saxa phone solo by Mr Arthur Redman asslsted by M1ss Loulse Dyer The next feature on our one moment please we must ask you to stand by for an S O S call It seems that a freshman had a perfect recltatlon today The mob outs1de IS large and It IS eyldent that they wlsh h1m to say a few Words over the mlke But we can t be bothered vuth under classmen tonlght Thls IS Senlor s Nlght broadcasted from WCHS We now resume ou1 pro glam wlth the SGIGCIIOH from the . ,, . . . A I . . . N . ' 7 7 . V . . ,, . I I. , . ' an ax FF if :xc an bk as H v ' 1 . . . . 7 '9 ' c C 9 ' 5 R n , ' ' G 7 . - ' ' ' . 7 l Q r A . i . '- . KW 7 , . , ax Y 7 I I c , s ' ' I I , 'Y ' 77 9 . U . ' 7 is . . I ' . Q n 4 . . . L G ' 1 v ' w v Q C f I L ' C I ' Y , 97 C .... . . . . U 1 - - -, , , - - ,- ,- w1ll talk on the subject of, Pal- ' C . , Q . . , ,' as . I r I' c . I , , c s 9! I I ' C ' rs 7 I. I 1 . , . PF bk 4: wr :xc :lc vp if K6 . ' ' A H . . . ' , ' I , I I , I . I' , v I , 1 ' 4 ' s 7 4 I x I I L C ' ' 37 ' ' as 4: :sf wx- ac :sf af I . . . U Y . n x - I . . , .I . 7 Y . . , . V I , I . 1 , I I I . I . . . . , I . I . a 1 . 1 . . mC , ' s ' 9 9 , . . ,, Y. . . . , . ' I . I H . . . , . ' 9 - L 9 ' - , . I' , I ,