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12 THE MEGUNTICOOK CAMDEN, MAINE 1. Left to right: Bob Rowe, Arlene Edgecomb, Peggy, Glenn Payson, Nat Pa.vson, Ever- ett Fizer; 2. David Jackson, Robert Regnier, Doug Green, Bruce Young, Norman Gaute- sen, Billy Monroe and John Plaisted; 3. Jane Robbins; 4. Sheila Donovan, Ginette Perrin; 5. Halsey Murch and Jessie Barton; 6. Mary Jane Thomas; 7. Orman Goodwin and Mickey Christie; 8. Doris Mae Hopkins; 9. Jimmy Bickford, Frank Stearns and Donald Laliberte; 10. Lillian Amborn; 11. Jimmy Crockett; 12, Bebe Leonard; 13, Faith Lud- wig; 14. Jeanette Milliken, Eleanor Lunt and Natalie Payson.
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THE MEGUNTICOOK CAMDEN, MAINE 11 contracted for a guide to show us the battlefield. The battlefield is covered with monuments. We saw the Eternal Peace Light and the spot where Lin- coln gave his famous “Gettysburg Address.” We had supper in our hotel. After supper we visited the Cyclorama, which is an immense painting of the battle. From there we went to the electric map where the major steps of the battle were shown to us step by step, each advance and retreat. Also in this same building was a mu- seum of the battle. The class as a whole went to bed early—just rest- ing up for New York the next day. It was late afternoon when we ar- rived in New York. Mr. Payson took us on a tour of the RCA Building. It was from the top of this building, which is 300 feet higher than the Washington Monument, that we saw the city at night lit up like an enor- mous Christmas tree. That evening we were on our own and I guess we made the most of it. Early the next morning we went by boat out to the Statue of Liberty, a gift to the U. S. from France. It is ten stories from the ground level up to the foot of the statue. One can go this far in an elevator, but to reach the top it is a 12-story walk from there. We got back to Battery Park in downtown Manhattan in time to hold a class meeting to decide where to go next. We journeyed up White- hall Street onto Broadway to watch General MacArthur’s reception. Along with l - million other people we stood on Broadway with confetti coming down from the sky in what seemed like an endless stream. Right in the middle of it all we heard the bands playing and the boat whistles blowing and we got a wonderful, first- hand, never-to-be-forgotten glimpse of General MacArthur. Never was anything so exciting! After all had gotten back from the parade we went to the Radio City Music Hall where we saw the world- famous Rockettes and other skilled performers in a stage show. In the evening of our second night in New York we went to the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus. It was a circus that would put all others to shame. After the circus we crossed over to Broadway and made it a point to be in Times Square at mid- night. By the size of the crowd there I guess everybody else did too. 5:15 came as somewhat of a shock that morning. We left for home at 6:30. Coming up through Connecticut and Massachusetts the cops were thicker than flies again. One stopped us and passed the time of day with our drivers. A Good Humor ice cream man stopped and passed the time of day with the rest of us. The girls had to change buses in Boston again on the way home but the boys didn’t. The boys called a rest stop in Portland but the girls being a hardy lot held out until Brunswick. The reception we got when we rolled into Camden at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21. didn’t compare with MacArthur’s for size but it certainly matched it for spirit and sincerity. Fifteen minutes behind the boys’ bus came the girls’. We had a grand time seeing the sights and everyone learned a great deal, but the trip did have its lighter side. For instance, there was the time that Elston got locked out of his sec- ond-story room in the hotel, went down to the first floor and climbed the outside of the hotel to his win- dow. A1 Bennett got locked out of his room too, in a rather embarrassing situation, but we won’t go into that. If there is one person who didn’t get lost in the New York subways, I challenge you to find him. The prize remark of the trip oc- curred on Broadway when three Cam- den boys heard a lady behind them remark to her companion: “It’s a good thing we got in back of three boys who live in New York and know where they’re going.” Ha! There is a rumor that Bebe Leon- ard did a fine job of hotel room ser- vice one night. You’ll have to ask her about that: most of us don’t know the details. Thus ended a memorable trip; one that will never be forgotten by the Class of 1951.
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