Guilford High School - Rostrum Yearbook (Guilford, ME)

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LITERARY Some of our students, as you know, Often have an inspiration to write, Now we pass on some of their work To you for public sight. POTATO CHIPS Remember the days before the war, when you could go to the nearest grocer and buy any time, any amount of those luscious, crispy, crunchy potato chips? The tired housewife, having returned from a hectic day of shopping, would find she had only ten minutes to get supper. She would send Iohnny to the store and have him get some potato chips. Do you remember how nice they tasted, especially with a salad? Of course they were annoying also. You would decide to go to a thrilling motion picture filled with suspense, tears, and bloodshed. You'd get a good seat where you could see perfectly for fmuch to your delightj the row in front of you would be filled with small chil- dren. The movie would get well under way and the villain would be about to shoot the heroine. The hero would ride up on his white horse and he and the villain -would go into a violent fight. All you could see was the beautiful face of the heroine as, through glycerin tears, she watches them struggle for the gun. A shot would ring out. Suspense would fill the air. You watched intently to see who was dead-who was the victor. The theatre was as still as death and every nerve was tense. Then a slight rustle met your ear and a crunch of teeth broke the silence. Pop! would go the suspense. The mood would be ruined and so would your good humor. Then you were invited to a pot-luck picnic, and everyone was asked to take something for everybody, not letting them know what it was. You would all be sitting around the tablecloth, when you were asked to present your food. As if by magic, every hand was instantly filled with bags of potato chips! Itis lucky someone brought along some water. Remember when you went to the fair to spend all your money? Of course you claimed you wouldnit spend it all, but usually you did. To begin with you would see a stand with lots of those lit- tle cellophane bags just waiting for you to purchase. You stepped right up and bought a dimeis worth. Having downed them you need a drink to quench your thirst. No water was near you so you had to buy some soda pop. Still you were hungry and then ate some more. This performance was repeated many times until finally you had used all your money or it was time to go home. When you sat down to supper it was no use. Your stomach would take no more. At last you went to bed and all night were kept awake by agonizing pains. You sat there wondering why you'd given in to those potato chips and would promise never to do the same thing again. But next year it happened again. If you worked in a store, restaurant, theatre, or other public place, you would hate the things, 'because when it came time to sweep, the floor would be cov- ered with small chips and crumbs of dry potatoes. They were, in reality, the toughest things in the world to get up, for they always stuck to something. How many enemies were made by these seemingly innocent little chips! Joe had just bought some and was walk- ing along the street when jim, being one of Ioeis best friends, rushed up and walked with him. If Ioe didn't offer any chips, Jim would be angry and it would ruin their friendship. On the other hand, if he did offer Iim some, Ioe would think that Jim walked with him in order to get some of the potato chips.

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Name Robert Ames Dexter Blethen Dolores Boutot Philip Carr Frances Cross Ruel Cross Danny Currie David Dean Bernice Foss Barbara Fox Dorothy Hammond Ruth Howard Ioanne Howard George Johnston Madeline Knowles Dorothy Lewis Loraine Lewis Kathleen Lovejoy Merle Micbaud Carroll Moore Maxine Nesbit Derwood Perkins Ioyce Prescott George Rollins Arthur Scales Carroll Trafton Donna Welts Alice Willey SENIOR SECRETS Nickname 'iliobn Dex nDido,' ..Red,, it Fran', F ati' ,, Uncle Dan Daren Bunny Fox Dot .. it if .4 as if u Ruthiev lou u Georgiev MadU DOF, uAntic,, i'Kay', Mish,' I farroll Hhlillfv Perk,' Joyce The VVorking Fool nArt,' 'iCal' i'Don,' i'VVill Ten Years Hence Why They Come to School ,Cause he has to To study fGee whiz! someoneis got toj make an impression tease Frances To find something to giggle at To play basketball Everybody else does! To get an excuse to go to the library So she can pass a typing test To keep up the teacher's moral GJ To pass the time away To learn how to make a noise She likes company To run around and visit Because it's near the post office Search me! I donit know XVell???!l! So Foxv can keep an eye on her To argue To drive the girls crazy with his good looks! ,Cause no one else will do the work around here! 'Cause the bus brings him Her mother done tol, her to To drag himself around the corridors To amuse himself To flirt with the girls She canit remember and we don't know To see I. P. To To Motto Ames Town Manager Knowledge is a dangerous thing Blethen President of the 4-H Club Make hay while the sun shines Boutot Working at Uncle Charlie's Practice makes perfect Carr Still trying to make his victory garden Strike while the iron's hot grow F. Cross She found it! No news is good news R. Cross In a Blue Heaven with his Gal Sal Silence gives consent Currie Working on the railroad God helps those who help themselves Dean Trying to get away from North Guilford Better late than never Foss She didnit pass it The first attempt is the most diiiicult Fox Still keeping up the moral--the Army's Laugh and the world laughs with you Hammond The war's over-He's home! A gift fringj is better than a promise R. Howard Making good use of her commercial Still water runs deep course I. Howard A doctoris assistant Time will tell Iohnston Still running around i No rest for the wicked Knowles On a little farm in Guilford Center Good things come in small packages D. Lewis Still trying to get a car Necessity knows no law L. Lewis War's over. Abbot, h'ar I come! Those who dance must pay the fiddler Lovejoy Flying a P-38 Don't tread on me Michaud A politician Silence is golden UND Moore President of the Men's Club A great life if you don't weaken Nesbit Ziip-perl She went to Lewiston Thereis no rose without a thorn Perkins He forgot to get off the bus! There are none so deaf as those who will not hear Prescott A missionary nurse Where there's a will there's a way Rollins Sihoveling snow Out of mind, out of sight Scales A Major in the WAC Yoii slgmuldift have too many irons in tie re Trafton He got one-lucky boy! A lyirdi in the hand is worth two in the aus Welts An absentaninded professor A little bird told me Willey Guess what! Yep! she got himl Nothing ventured, nothing had

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20 V THE ROSTRUM Then things changed. War came and potato chips went. With them went the pleasure, the bother, the fun, the heart- aches they had caused. No more do you have nice potato chip suppers. No more is suspense broken by potato chip-eating children Qnow they use peanuts and popcornj. No more do you dread pot- luck lunches or the night after the fair. Of course, itis natural for you to feel had not being able to buy your favorite food now. But soon you hear there are some in town. If youire smart you leave everything and rush to the store to get some, but if youire just average you put it off itil another day. At last, being aver- age, you enter the store, and, after look- ing around cautiously, you ask if they have any potato chips. VVe,re sorry, but we just sold the last packagef, the answer you receive. You cuss at yourself for being lazy and the wonderful taste which you have been harboring in your mouth the last few days suddenly becomes flat. Next time you promise to be the first one there. Then the rumor reaches you there are some more potato chips in town. Rush- ing up to your dealer you ask with a hopeful gleam in your eye if he has some. He answers that he hasnit any potato chips, BUT Qyour hope is again roused, he has some potato-pops which are the same only made from dehydrated potatoes. You take one out of the cello- phane. It is thicker than the old kind. VVondering if it tastes as good as it looks, you sink your teeth into it and crunch, crunch, crunch, it feels like good old potato chips. At last a perfect substitutel But waitl VVhere is that salty tang? XVhere is that undefinable flavor that you have been anticipating? You find these chips 'have no particular taste to them. Alas! There is no substitute for good old potato chips. But perhaps it is just as well if you donit have any potato chips. For if there arenit any, you wonit go spending your money foolishly for something you donit need and that money you save can al- ways be put into use for the government when it asks us to give all we can for War Bonds. XVith these bonds in future years, even if times are tough, you will he able to buy all the potato chips you wish. lVhat a beautiful future to look forward tol C. Johnston ,4-1. I CAN, I WILL, I MUST There are many opportunities for those of us who are young today-oppole tunities which many of us do not see. XVe have parents, schools, churches, col- leges, and so many other places which are both amusing and educational. Each ol' these opportunities has a challenge- a ehallenge to build our ow11 character and to build a better America. Are we going to say that we can accept these challenges, or are we going to continue lo go our own selfish way and never give thought to others? To any of us who will say, 1 can,', there seems to be greater opportunities and greater chal- lenges. For example, take a young boy who has just completed grammar school. He is faced with the question as to Whether or not he will go to high school. He has every opportunity that a boy would want, but he doesnit know just what he will do. Finally, he says that he can go- Ifor there is nothing to stop him. The next question is Whether or not he will go. What else is there for him to do? Yes, he can get a job, but without his high school education it is apt to be a small one, and probably it will not be a lasting one. At last he says he will go. .-Xfter giving the question still more thought, he comes to the conclusion that he must go if he is going to prepare him- self to give America his best. It is not only a boy about to enter high school who is faced with these three things, but all of us, sometime in life, will come to a place where we donit know just what to do. It is then that