Cornish High School - Pine Cone Yearbook (Cornish, ME)

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La Chose On a dark and dreary tught a young boy came runnmg down the path that led to h1s home He stopped suddenly for somethmg caught h1s eye a shlny lrregular object He p1cked It up put It ln h1s pocket and started for home The next day h1s mother gomg through hxs pockets before washmg hxs pants found the strange object and placed lt 1n a closet where she kept all the thmgs he gathered She never gave It another thought but one day the next week her httle boy came ln and wanted to show the strange object to hls 11tt1e frlend She went to the closet and reached for the object Her fmgers grasped xt and started to contract around It when It sllpped hit the floor and cracked An oozlmg mass came pourmg out We should go back now to a tlme when thxs object was llvxng on a dlfferent planet The only llfe there were these orgamc bacterla and when the planet exploded after gettlng so old the bacterxa formed 1nd1v1dual spores around each other to protect themselves and were sent hurtlmg mto space m whzch they had been travelmg around for a very long tlme One of the many spores got close enough to earth to be attracted to It and when lt hit the earth s atmosphere lt exploded formlng smaller bacterla which turned to spores almost lmmedmately When cracked open 1f they found the envlronment necessary for l1fe they started growxng The strange thmg moved slowly across the floor as the young mother stood there m awe It was growmg by the mlnute It oozed around her screamed but once and was gone The thmg started for the chlldren and they ran out the door crymg just as the mallman was passxng by H saw the thlng comlng after the chlldren and stopped p1cked them up and drove qulckly toward town He not1f1ed the Cwll Defense post and w1th ln twenty four hours the natlon s top scxentlsts were vvorkmg on the project of ellrrnnatmg the thmg They fmally came to the concluslon that an H bomb set off under lt would blow 1t to death or the tremendous heat would kxll lt The thmg had been scourmg around the hmlls for somethmg to eat and had caused conslderable damage The sc1ent1sts rounded up some cows and other anlmals and tled them one after another leadmg the thlng into the wastes of the country The thmg went steadlly toward the spot where the bomb was hldden then The men surroundmg the spot smlled when they saw the sudden burst of smoke for they were safe The monster was destroyed Thelr smlles soon faded a look of horror came mstead 'or mllllons of llttle spores were droppmg all around them breaklng open upon 1mpact and beglnnlng to grow M Larry Welch 53 I l . , . , . . . . . 3 . , I . , . 1 1 . . , . . . Y R . Q . , . . . foot and, before she knew what was going on, it started devouring her: she . . . . . e I ------t ---- '--- 0 , . . 1 1 4 ! I

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LET TOBY DO lT 9 'tiff Yi 'wi' t 2 if , The big night came on Thursday, November 20, and seven proud Seniors paraded on to the stage of Pike Memorial Hall to give their presentation of the four-act comedy, Let Toby Do It. The stars of the show, in the order of their appearance werl Talow? - Larry Welch as Toby Perkins, a boy of all work. Russell Jack as Uncle Josh Simpson, everybody's friend. Carlene Day as Mary Sanders, Uncle Josh's ward. Geneva Day as Roxy, a great help--in love with Toby. Linwood Perkins as Henry Simpson, Uncle Josh' son. Robert Watkins as Frank Kalton, from the city. Barbara Stone as Lizzie Evans, somewhat crooked. The entire action ofthe play centered around the living room at the rear of Uncle Josh's store. The plot wove all the characters into a robbery which presented a problem to everyone until Toby came to the rescue, retrieved the stolen money, and named the culprit. The final curtain came down on two happy couples--Roxy with her Toby, and Henry with his childhood sweetheart, Mary. The two accomplices in the crime, Frank and Lizzie niet Justice and Uncle Josh is happy again, knowing that all his problems have been solved. Although nervousness was inside all seven Seniors, we had but one thought in mind--The show must go on. And that it did. Due to the keen directing of Mrs, Ulix?'J5lin3'f Eurqlinglish teacher, the skillful work of Mrs, lrva Copp, who so generously gave her time to be our make-up artist, and the assistance of Roger Sawyer, our ever-willing stage attendant, our play was a great success. Linwood Perkins '53 Priscilla Outhuse '54

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The Bug Da e Sally Jones came slowly down the staxrs steppmg l1ke a person who IS very sure of her self About half way down she stops and becomlng her natural self complams to her brother Dave who 1s bulldmg a model atrplane on the thu-d step There s a basement and a garage also you have a room of your own W1th all that space why do you have to brmg that mess ln here 'P Hey Mom sa1d Dave See what Sally s got on your earrzngs the new ones you Just got Holy cow Smell the perfume It s your best I thmk Never mmd Dav1d Go outdoors and tell us when Peter Craxg gets here He should be commg any mmute Sally don t you thmk you are a llttle too dressed up for Oh Mother just for tomght All right Sally for tomght Suddenly Dave burst ln yellmg he s here he s here The excltement mounts as Sally slowly walks out and IS met by Peter Craxg He helps her mto the car and she exclaxms to herself what a car Latest model all the accessorxes leather upholstery Oh Glory What a car I was very sorry to have to call you at the last mlnute ltke thxs Peter sa1d I hope you didn t have anythmg else planned Oh no not anythmg very lmportant As she sald thls Sally thought of the kxds who were planmng to meet at the drugstore Maybe they d go by the drugstore Wouldn t that be somethmg especlally 1f they saw her They drove on and suddenly were gomg down the Mam street I ve got to stop for a mlnute at the florlst s Hope you don t mmd Oh no That s perfectly all r1ght I guess I m lucky tonight There lS a place to park rlght in front of the shop They stopped and as Peter got out Sally watched h1m He was tall although not extremely so h1s ha1r was dark and matched the suit he wore very well He walked confldently but why not He had been very successful m llfe She watched h1m through the wmdow as he bought a corsage It wasn t Just an ordmary corsage thzs was an orchxd Then he had returned agam and as they advanced he talked of th1s nlght which was to be a very spec1al occasxon Suddenly they stopped ln front of a large whxte house They both got out and went up the walk At the door Sally was greeted by an elderly lady We were very glad you could come ton1ght Sally Iwas happy I could Mrs Cralg They then went into the llvmg room whe re Sally was lntroduced to A11ce She was about Peter s age and very lovely Pete was very sorry we had to call you at such a late hour but we hadn t made any plans before thls I do hope th1s hasn t mconvemenced you Oh Peter an orchld Isn t lt lovely excla1med Al1ce You see thrs IS our anmversary Sally Well hurry up you two I ve ordered dmner for e1ght o clock sa1d Peter If Tommy gets out of bed just tell h1m lf he IS naughty he won t be able to go to the movles wmth hrs father tomorrow afternoon That w1ll make hlm behave Also there are cookxes and Lce cream ln the kltchen for you Just make yourself at home Sally After she had sa1d goodmght to the three of them Sally went mto the llvxng room and started to read a magazme After all plenty of magazlnes televlslon cookles and 1ce cream I m gettmg pald besxdes What more could anyone want? Pr1sc1lla Outhuse 54 Your Support of C H S The h1gh school of thxs town needs the support of the town as does any school m any town Without tlus support our athletics dramas and other extracurrlcular actwxtxes would not and could not be successful Cormsh I-hgh thls year has had very good support Our gym has had necessary unproven- ments gwen xt Every class has now the hope of a class trxp maybe to Washington Thxs has come about because of the good attendance at school affalrsy ln my estlmatnon a trlp of thls type lS very valuable not only for fun but for the educatlonal beneflts of seemg hlstorlcal places whtch many of us mlght otherwise be unable to see The athletxc events have been very well attended and we are especxally grateful Besides the people who have been prevl ously mentloned we also wlsh to thank two orgamzatxons m town for thelr support These groups are the P Y A and the Marrled Couples Club Priscilla Outhuse 54 Cl ' t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 - , 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 11 - 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 11 1 1 1 1 1 1, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1, 1 11 1 - - 11 , --- ll ' U Il 1 1 1 ll ' ' Il 1 1 1 - 1 11 1 , 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 ,, , 1 1 1 1 xl 1 1 1 111 1 1 1 1 li 1 1 1 D' ' ll 1 1 1 1 - 11 1 1, ' 1 1 1, 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 11 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 11 1 1 11 1 ' 1 11 1 1 1 11 1 - - - - 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 - 11 , 1 ll ' II 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 11 1 - 11 - - - 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 ' 1 11 ' 1 1 1 1 I ,, 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' IV , . 1 1 1 O 0 O 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 ,1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 11 ' 1 ll ' 1 Q Q ' -- ' ' 9