Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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THE CLARION 21 9:30 Dunning returned, no fish fnaturallyj. 10:20 Ken went to tend lines,- no fish: explored for wild game. 11-1:00 Snowshoed out to where our lines were frozen in the ice, pulled them up with no fish. Warner claimed he heard a wild cat factually the snow plowj. 1 :00 Returned to camp, rebuilt fire and had lunch of chicken noodle soup, hamburgers and onions, and last but not least, cheese!!! 1:45 Art Kendall plodded to shore to get water, he returned bearing news of big game. The three hunters rushed mad- ly into the woods in search of this game, only to see a cooney rabbit's tail vanish down in a hole. The dis- appointed hunters shuffled back to camp after expanding 19 shells each on unliving targets. 3:00-5:30 Went cusk fishing thru ice at tip of Frye's Island, no luck. 5:30 Loafed and thawed out. 7:00 Art mixed up supper of spam, beans, spinach, cheese. 8:00-11:00 Played cards and lis- tened to victrola, then off to a full night's sleep. COh, Brother! IJ February 20, 1945 2:23 A. M. A half frozen Dunn- ing staggered to rebuild fire. 2:30-8:20 Peaceful slumber- QBRRRR! lj 8:20 Warner awoke mob rattling stove and building fire. 9:00-10:30 Breakfast prepared by Art Kendall of hard boiled eggs Csup- posed to be softj toast, bacon, and cheese. 10:30 Dunning elected Cforced by knives and gunj to go to South Casco for provisions. 11:00-12:00 Warner and Kendall replenished supply of wood, and re- turned to find they had been locked out, but entered by jimmying the back window. 12200 Art Kendall shoveled a path to road. 1:00 Art and Ken met Bill at Lamb's Beach, staggering with a 50 pound pack on his back. 1:30 Arrived at camp to find to our great pecuniary, the contents of Bill's pack, he went after cocoa and cheese, but returned with one can of clams, two cans of orange juice, one pound of coffee, six turnovers, three pounds hot dogs, five bottles of soda- pop, one can of chocolate syrup, nine oranges, 1l2 dozen eggs, a stiff back and a broken constitution. P. S. He for- got the cheese. 2:00 Ate lunch of beans, hot dogs, tarts and cheese. 3:00-3:15 Repaired snow shoes and prepared for fishing expedition. 3:20 Snowshoed to tip of Frye's Island to fish cusk. We set out seven lines baited with strips of smelt and built a fire in an emergency fisher- man's shack. We caught four nice cusk, largest 20 inches, 2 1l4 pounds. 7:30 Returned home to find fire out. 8:30 Supper prepared by Art, veg. soup, fried clams, toast, turnovers, cheese. 9:00-11:00 Ken Warner cleaned cusk, Art and Bill took lesson on clean- ing fish. February 21, 1945. 8:30 Warner woke up and started fire. 9:00-9:30 Breakfast-fried eggs, bacon, cocoa, cheese.

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EDITCDRIALS HSEBAGO DIARY This document is the personal di- ary of three Freeport High School students, who were missing for a week in the wilds of the Sebago Lake region. The participants of this experiencc and likewise, co-authors are: Ken Warner, Bill Dunning, and Art Ken- dall. Feb. 18, 1945. 10:15 We left Freeport, accompan- ied by Mr. and Mrs. Warner and Ken's sister and brother, bound for an isc lated camp in the wilds of Raymond Cape on Sebago Lake. 10245 Stopped at Yarmouth and purchased 17 pungent smelling smelt' for bait, for the outrageous price c 35 cents. 12:00 Stopped by drifts 2 miles from camp, we continued the trek on snowshoes Qsnow 4 ft. in driftsl. 1:00 Reached Warner's camp. 2:00-3:00 Lunch prepared by Mrs. Warner Cveal chops, sandwiches, tea and cheese. 4:30 Ken's folks returned to Free- port, leaving the three adventurers to their doubtful fate. 4:30-6:00 Snowshoed out to see Image Rocks and Hawthorne's Cave COld Nat used to write in therel Snow 1 ft. deep on ice and ice about 1 1l2 ft. thick. 6:00-6:30 Supper prepared by our cook, Art Kendall. Chicken soup, co- coa, and cheese. 6:30 to 8:00 Ken repairs fishing lines, while Art and Bill read, Pick- ett's Charge aloud from Reader's Di- gest. 8:00-11:00 Played cards and dis- cussed politics and international sit- uation. 11:00-3:00 We slept fbelieve it or notj. February 19, 1945. 3:00 A .M. Dunning awoke grip- ped by pangs of hunger and the in- tense cold. Starts a fire and causes e- nough commotion to wake up an army. This has a surprising effect on Art and Ken. Art entertains with groans and imitations, while Ken throws shoes and all other available objects. Dun- ning peacefully continues to play an- cient records on the victrola and daint- ily sips cocoa until 4:00 A. M., when he is finally overpowered by two grog- gy figures, and chained to his cot. The three cots were huddled around the kitchen range. 4:00 A. M. Back to peaceful slum- ber. CBRRRRRHJ 5:45 Bill awoke the household screaming to go fishing, 6:00 Art Kendall brewed break- fast, fbacon, cheese, omelet, toast, co- coa.J 7:10 Went down to lake and set out four lines near the point, too cold to stay, 7 below zero. 8:10 Stumbled into camp in a half frozen stupor, everyone caked with frost. ' 8:30-9:00 Art and Ken thawed out on stove while Bill, the staff artist sketched the camp. 9:10 Dunning went to check lines

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22 THE CLARION 9:30-10:15 Prepared to go cusk fishing. 10:15 We set out for Frye's Island. 10:45 Arrived at tip of Frye's Is- land. We chopped seven holes in the ice and set out our lines. Ken pulled in the first cusk, screaming with de- light. We got eight cusk in three hours. The biggest was 22 inches and 3 112 pounds. 2:00 Tired of pulling in cusk, we decided to go to Camp Cove pickerel fishing. After a 4 mile hike we chop- ped 3 holes in the ice and set out lines, but had no luck, resolved to stick to cusk fishing. Cusk are better than pickerel anyway. 6:20 Back at camp with 8 cusk, no pickerel. 6:30 Art prepared supper, cusk chowder and cheese. 7:00-8:40 Warner and Kendall cleaned cusk, while Dunning went to lug water. Dunning claimed he was followed by a bear. 9:35 Retired. February 22, 1945 8:45 Awoke to the sound of rain beating on the roof. Breakfast prepar- ed by our Waldorf Chef Art Kendall. fried eggs, hot dogs, coffee, cheese. 9:30 Packed our fishing lines and bait, pouring cats and dogs. The mer- cury stood at a miraculous 39 degrees. 12:30 Trudged to Frye's Island in pouring rain. CWhy not, we were ex- pendablej or foolish? ? 1:00 Reached our destination and set out 10 lines. Art started fire in an emergency shelter fhouse about size of Smelting shantyj We were reward- ed with a catch of 5 cusk, and drench- ed to the skin. The slush and water 6 inches deep on the lake. 5:30 Back at camp we proceeded to dry our clothes and soaked belong- ings. 6:00 Supper thrown together by Art Kendall, fried eggs, fried hot dogs, fried spam, fried onions, cocoa, cheese, orangeade. Our food sup- ply had dimished so we were forced to return to the civilized world. 7:00-9:00 We all pitched in and cleaned up and washed dishes. Ken cleaned 5 cusk. One of the cusk was the biggest yet caught, 26 inches and 4 pounds pulled in by our cook, Art Kendall. 9:00 We retired for the night- the last night of this wonderful seclu- sion and peace of Sebago Lake. Our total catch of cusk for this trip was 17, shared equally among us with no arguments. C2 black eyes, 3 bruises dealt out by A. Kendallj . Feb. 23, 1945. 8:20 Warner roused the mob grumbling to go home. 8:30 After locking camp, We started for South Casco, a small town 5 1l2 miles from the camp. This is where we got the bus for Portland. 10:20 Arrived at South Casco and just in time. The bus came in two min- utes. 10:22 The bus screeched to a halt on the icy road to pick up what look- ed like the half dead survivors of an arctic expedition, and we left th-e pleasant little community of South Casco, Goodbye Sebago!!! 12:30 Freeport welcomed us with a band at the station. fShanty Town Triol Note to Reader: A trip of this sort is guaranteed to cure ailments of anyukind. If the