Gardiner Area High School - Quill Yearbook (Gardiner, ME)

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F QU Oh tell me xx here IS the xrllarn too Who alxx 'us trled to bend The l1LTO111t. to hls putt ose fell But repents hun at the end? Perhaps IC was as crltrcs say A lot of tommy rot But those books then vxcrc eet and clean And books today arc not Phyllis Gould 33 IT S A BUM LIFE An old deaf lady was slttlng in front of her kltchen stove kmttmg when suddenly someone knocked loudly on the door Pears to me that clock rs trckrng klnd o loud lately she sard to herself After a short pause the knocklng con tlnued growlng louder and more raprd The old lady began to sense that someone xxas at the door so she crled 1D a hlgh shrlll yolce Come rn' An old tramp entered Your next door nerghbor told me you mrght spare me a b1te to eat he sald What say' the old lady replred cock ing her head on one s1de Im a lrttle dee Your nerghbor sald you mlght glV6 me a b1te to eat Somethmg the matter wlth your feet7 No the tramp shouted and repeated more loudly hls frrst request for eats Uh sald the old lady Mrs Jones has somethlng the matter w1th her feet What IS 1t7 No the tramp replled Can I have somethrng to eat please7 Erysrpelas now that s too bad My uncle once had that Is she very badl The tramp xx as gettlng weary so he yelled thrs t1me I want a prcce of cake' She d shake Well my goodness that s bad She better vxatch out or shell be rrght SICR The old tramp advanced to the s1de of the old lady and at the top of hls vorce shouted ID her ear I xx ant a plete of cake and some coffee' The old lady began to understand and a look of anger covered her face Why dldn t you sly so 1n the first place? Come rn here tryrn to play on an old lady s feel rngs eh? I fun t got anvthrng to eat for you You get out of here or I ll set my dog on you Go on' Get out' Here Trgel Here Tlge The old tramp sturrled for the door Sltuuootl Pzckermg 33 WRONG NUMBER ack plcked up the telephone rccelver Number please 141 R please Thank you' I-Ie waited a few mmutes then a vo1ce sard Hello' I-lello Bertha7 Yes thls is Bertha Are you very busy to n1ght7 asked ack Why er Well how about golng to the IHONICS7 Why Id just be dehghted I havent been for nrgh ten years uit your klddlng Bertha Im serrous Do you thlnk your mother wlll let yot ol Why of all thrngs my mothers been dead for thrrty five years thls comrng summer At that jack xxas startled to thlnk that Bertha hrs best glrl frrend would say that rt was nigh ten years since she had been to the movles and that her mother had been dead thlrty five years when rt was only last Frrday that he had taken her to the movles and yesterday that he had been talklng to her mother Well lf you dont want to go Ill get May Webb She ll be glad to go with me and lt wlll be a long tlme before Ill call 141 R agatn 141 R7 Why th1s IS 101 R that you are callrng 'IOI R7 Why er Im awfully sorry I thought I was speaktng to Bertha Smlth That s all rlght my boy but you re talk rng to Bertha Crane At that jack hung up the recelver much drsgusted xvrth hrmself to thrnk that he had been trylng to make a date w1th Bertha Crane the old mald that lrved across the street Glen Falcon: 33 x ' . T ' 7' L . ,X s - ' H 1 1 I. 4 . . N x . x . w . . U , ' 1 D . . . , . 1 A .- . , . J . 1 7 . . Q . . N . . V, . t, . r , . . . . . 1 . . , . f , . ' ' 1 -I Q .Q i xx . an 11 1 , . u ' X11 , . ' ' 1 ' n 11 - Y - - . . ' x . '1 ' sc 11 . , , cm , ' - ' - sa 11 , . 1 11 1 H . . ,, 1 1 ' , . - H Y . -1 J ' ' ' 11 11 1 ' , A Ac 1 1 7- 11 , . 7 , ' ' ', Ac 1 - - 1 - 1 1 , x . - - an - 11 X . ,, 1 ' f ms UQ . . . . , . ' 1 1 ' . . . , , H U lc, . 11 - H . , ' ' 1 1 Lt 11 - . . Q . . , ' - . - 411 . H 11 . . I ' 1 U . . . . , , , 1 1 . 11 . . . ss - 3 - 11 . ss 11 . . 1 1 ' as 11 - Ls . 1 1 ' - - 11 xc - 1 1 ' 1 1 u 11 - as y . 1 ' - y - 11 . . . , , . an - 1 - 11 1 ' ' - Q 11 H . . , , . . y , y ' H ' 11 1 . - - ss -X , 11 g ' 1 A . . , 1 , , u 1 1 . . ,, ' 1 1 . y 1 I sc 1 - 1 f ' 1 1 . . U . , Y . 'l 1 1 1 1 3 - It - . . , , - 1 h 11 - - ' 1 1 - ' Y 1 f y

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1 EQUI Is that you ames? she asked ID '1 feeble voree Yes mother I xx as rather busy tonrght 'md drdn t get baek as early as I expected to I-Ie took off hrs eoat and hat and went 1nto the other room where hrs mother xx as lyllio' rn a bed IU the eorner I-Ioxx are you feelrng tonrvnt mother7 he asked after he had krssed her Oh I feel pretty well dear don t worry about me You just remember fh1S rf anythmg should happen to me always be a good honest boy I know your daddy xx ould be proud of you rf he could see you noxx Although hrs mother had sa1d that she felt xvell ames eould see that she xxas fall 1n1 Those fexx xx ords that she had sa1d de erded hrm that he xxould return the money the frrst thmg rn the mormng After he had seen that hrs mother xxas comfortable for the nwht he deelded to go to bed After thlnkrng for a long whlle he fmally dozed off to sleep The next mornrnv he xxas up brrght and early ind got breakfast for h1s mother and h1mself After washrng the drshes makmg hrs mother comfortable and putting on his xery best elothers he started out to return the money I-Ie vxalked to Raymond Boulevard and by the t1me he reached there lf xx as falrly late rn the forenoon I-Ie found the house he wanted and walked up and rang the bell A mald answered the bell and showed hrm IDIO a room She told hrm to be seated whrle she went for Mr Owen james had been Slttlng there thmkmg and xvondermg what sort of a man Mr Owen xx ould be xvhen a mlddle aged pleasant faced man entered the room I-Iello my boy Dld you w1sh to see me? he asked smxlrng Yes I found th1s wallet slr and If has your name 1n lf ames replled You found my wallet' I-Iow ean I ever thank you? exelalmed Mr Owen It has a preture of my mother IH lf that she had g1ven me 1ust before she dled and I prized If very hrghly You don t knoxv how thankful I amp' Is there 1 pleture 111 rt? I drdn t nonce any saxd ames Let me see yes here It IS nght under the 1dent1f1eat1on card Tell me boy there anyth1n 1 I ean do for you to show my gratrtudel You Ire a xery honest boy Oh that xx rsnt anythlng I only did my duty is my mother would want me to Where xs your mother? Mr Owen asked She s home and xery slck slr That s too bad Have you a father' No slr he IS dead What do you do for a l1v1ng7 I sell papers and run errands for people Mr Owen had always been fond of boys and th1s one rmpressed h1m more than any he had met He questroned James further about hrs mother and her Illness I-I learned that she needed an operatron I-Ie offered to pay for lf but ames was proud and would not accept By the way I need an office boy Would you accept the posr IIOD7 asked Mr Owen ames was completely overwhelmed wrth joy Oh yes slr but you are so klnd how ean I thank you7 You haxe done your share I-Iow xxould twenty dollars per week be to begrn xv1th7 Oh that s lots more than my servlces xx ould be worth' Not rf I am any 1udge of character ames and Mr Owen finally came to an agreement xvhereby he vxould pay for the operatron and james could pay hlm back ater As soon as the talk was over ames rushed home to break the good news to h1s mother After he had frnrshed she turned a glad face toxvards her son and sighed happily ames I am very proud to have such a wonderful son' Lomsc Du Pont, 36 LAM ENT ON LITERATURE Now tell me xvhere his the rom rnee gone In the books I used to read And tell me where IS the lady fa1r And the hero of brave deed7 ls xy - . . . . , , '., 11 ' Q - , e. as - . . . 1 x U . s s ' Y ' J -1 - 9 1, . . . A - I . - . - . - . , , lb s A '- ' s ' , ' . 2 y 411 ' ' ' . H , cc H K a 1 - I Y - C? ' ' V '- y ' ' ' 'V , I H U , - r , ' . ' , cr - as 1 - . . xc . 1 X 1 1 1 - ' ' , ' , CK a N X- - 11 ' v v ' ' ' J KL 1 sa y 1 . . U ,- . - va w ' , , . 7 ' x cn ' - V1 v 7.1 at an .i . x 3 N Q 7 - f . . . , . D t ' 1 1 1 ' . ' H. . . A. E . x V l . . C x A- ' ' 1 ' U s A ' I s c ' s 1 ' -I , , ' ,-' me D a . , , , - . a - H . V . Q . - rw A I - X , H . . . 1 ' v s 1 1 . . . . Q H . , . . X . . H c , 7 , 1 ' f 1 ' v - va as y - 1 1 ' . , ' , ' K V 2 '11 ' cc ' - A H . - a 7 1 A ' , , x . . 4' ' , ' v - - as t 1 . . ' - an-I 1 ' 1 as ' 5 ' ' i as - 1 y v v - . . ,,-I . , . KK - xy i - is ' 2 2 ' . . i I . . . l 9 , , A . .

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THEQI OC EAN The oeean fltful ID hls xlolenee Inexted by consplrators wlnd and ram Makes h1xoe on great xessels cargo laden Whleh to IHHIIIKHIII thelr courses valnly strne And as 1 mower len es a gI 'l1I1 fleld bare As 1f no seed had ever flour1shed there So do hrs Jaws dex our strong shlps 1nd erews Which formerly only happy journeys knew But sometimes weaned of hrs snarllng wateh I'le drops hls net and very tranqull turns Molestlng not the swlmmers IU sheltered eoves And rocks the sweet chlld s bo1t ID sportlve ra y Emzlw Skehan 33 CLOUDS Eaeh one a falry fay And ID thelr l1nd of elfin realm Wlth them I go and play And then sometlmes eaeh IS 1 ship To take me overseas Alaska Ch1n1 Qpaln or Eranee W1th them I x1sxt these Constanee Lucas 33 A PECULIAR PET I haxe a DCLLIIIZII' pet 1 pet I belleve llke no one else s It 19 a polywog that I found last summer IH 1 pond behlnd the reservolr and brought home IU 1n old t1n ean When I got home I put hlm 111 a fish bowl where he has been exer slnee I-Ie IS now about four 1nehes long I-Ie has never developed IHCO a frog and retalns hls tall unnl today I-Ie has a whlte belly and throat HIS body IS d1rk green spotted wlth lrght green I feed htm flsh food and he seems to thrlve on lt xery w ell He knows when I am gO1Dg to feed hun and w1ll eome to the surface xt the s1de of the bowl and walt for me to feed h1m When the radlo IS turned on loud he beglllb to swun rapldly espeel ally when a band IS playlng I-Ie IS xery 1D terestlng to watch and I often wonder lf he w1ll l1ve to be very old or whether he will grow any larger I am told that he wlll nex er dex elop lnto a frog Sherwood Pzekenng 33 MY PACK AND MY CANOE When llfe gets klnd of slow and slack And I get feellng blue I ll only ask for just two thmgs My pack and my canoe If all my friends should turn on me I ll turn upon them too The only thlngs I ll want then are My paek 1nd my eanoe I ll leave the rush of crowds and sueh And go where lakes are blue Wlth the th1ngs I can depend on My pack and my canoe I ll l1ve my lxfe alone up there And when my tune comes due I ll d1e w hlle sleepmg w 1th my frlends My paek and my eanoe Amos Bagley Jr 33 THE BROOK I s1t beslde a brook and llsten To me If tells IIS tale I-low It w1ll one day to the sea And help great shlps to sa1l I-Iow 1C w1ll wander on and on To strange seas far aw ay To southern lslands warm llgoons To northern Wllld swept bay I-low xt wrll see the wondrous fl'11I1U'S Of earth and sky and sea And then may some day wander baek To talk agam to me Phyllzs Gould 33 18 A ll LL N . . . , . . . , . -, , , -, , , . . . ' I 1 1 . r xx c 1 1 1 ' ' ' - H . , ,, ,, Tv. P I I' , I I I I , . f z . 7 . - 1, 1. 'l 3 1 . . . , I Y I J I X . - . I . . 1 I , . . Y , , , . . x Y Y :Z . ' ,' ' s Q 9 fr Xl I ' . . X . V n , C x . j , ll f ' ' ' . M . , . ' Y . E C E I . e Y . 1 I 1 K , I ltke to slt and watch the clouds, . 4 5 ' . 5 , . . e , , . . . ' . , I ' ' v 1 7 sv s . . . . . . q , ' v fvv v v Q Q . V , . V x -1 4 -, Y I Y X , . . . . . . . V , Q 5 I . V u v ' I . i . . , .... Y i , ' ' 9 . ' ' 7 , I . c , I , . ' . 1 ry . , D s ' 1' - s f 3 . ' s l 1 K . . . . . , , , - , , -, .E Y T U