Lawrence High School - Diary Yearbook (Fairfield, ME)

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THE LAWRENCE LYRE THE BIG GAME Many shouts and cheers came from the bleachers from the throng of people gath ered there wlth one great purpose IH mmd What could lt be The last basketball game of the season was bemg played tomght Watervxlle hlgh was the opposmg team and nelther team had lost one game durlng the whole season Hence the crowd gathered to see the great vlctory Whlch team would w1n Some thought Watervllle others thought Law rence Many declslons were made but the maJo11ty of the people were kept guesslng Wlll the tlme ever come for the game to start Isnt It seven thlrty yet I have been waltmg an hour It seems Is xt only fifteen mmutes past Watervllle wlll w1n dont thmk Lawrence hlgh has These were snatches of heard above the hum of was flymg around from seven? Ithlnk you Dont you a better team? the conversatlon voxces Popcorn one Slde to the other banners were wavmg nerves were twltchmg and people vscre shoutmg At last seven thuty arrlved and the play I -'L- . 1 1 ' , ' . . 9 ' u ' ' ' ' n ' Y . ,, . . . Q . . . . , - D ' Fl . ll UI Y ! P . . . CK Y ' - y . , - . y . . l . 7 v . - . l ' Y? . 61 ' ' 1 , . . l Y . . . . , ' ' , , ' I . . . . , , ' ' 1 ' I ' ' H 1 - A' cs n . , . . f ' f - Taking one good aim she threw the ball. 7 , . . Q - Y ' , '- ' . 1 . . ' ' , ' , - . ' . 1 t. Y ' u vs - U U 1 I . ' u n - , ' I 9 - - an ' . . . . '. . . ,, . . . 2 - A , 0 ' ll Y! ' ' ' ' ' Z A, 1 . A . . 1 P - 1 . X. v . . . , . , s , Y l 4 ll . 1 ' 9 f . . . . . , H , . 1. , . . . , 1 7 ' . ' r ers were on the floor Marjorle Sampson and Dolores Smlth were guards Ifrances Walker and Geraldme Jerry Whlte were forwards Elizabeth Betty Kexth was the sxde center and Helen James was the Jump mg center for Lawrence Hxgh The Watervxlle hlgh players were Ruth Wxllls and Florls Dusty as forwards Jos ephme Joe Prlest and Mary Dyer as guards Grace Brown as sxde center and Carmen Kennedy as Jumpxng center The game started amld the cheers and shouts of the people The players were alert and on thelr toes Both teams were up to date Every glrl on the team knew every play but through some fouls and wlth thclr luck Waterville hlgh had won ten pomts wlth only slx for Lawrence hxgh at the end of the first half of the game Prospects looked very dull for Lawrence Hugh wlth Watervllle scormg ten pomts to thexr slx and wlth Marjorle Sampson one of Lawrence s best guards off the floor wlth Page Slx her nose 1nJured and bleedmg makmg lt necessary for a substxtute Florence Porter to take her place People were fast changmg thelr mmds xn favor of Waterville Hlgh Waterville w1ll surely w1n thxs game people were heard to say wlth Margorle Sampson not playmg and Watervxlle hxgh already four pomts more than Lawrence hlgh Cheer up Lawrence someone shouted well beat them yet Jerry Whlte the best player on the team lS gomg to make five more pomts before the end of the game and Watervllle lS not gomg to get any more The guards wlll see to that The last part of the game started The ball went all around the gym glvlng Law xence one more pomt Four more pomts were needed by the Lawrence high girls to wm the game Would they get them? Shoot' Shoot for the basket Frances' was heard from the audience as at last the ball fell lnto the hands of Frances Vlalker They walted to catch It when lt came down Around on the rxm of the basket lt rolled then down lt came rxght through the bas ke Hurray for Frances the people shouted and then above the nolse of the throng loud and clear came the Lawrence hlgh cheer Just a few more mmutes to play' Who wlll wm'7 We wllll We w1ll' were the crles heard all ove1 the gym Ruth Wxllls had the ball and passed xt to Florms Dusty Florls threw xt toward the basket and mlssed Dolores Smlth caught the ball and threw xt to Betty Keith who then threw lt to Frances Walker She trled f0l the basket and mlssed People stood tense for a moment and held themr breath Who would catch xt when xt came down For just a moment they watched then down came the ball rlght lnto the waltmg hands of Jerry Whlte The basket Jerry' You can make lt' Shoot for the basket' Lawrence Hlgh shouted Up went the ball xt landed on the hoop of

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THE LAWRENCE LYRE S9 2lPPy Flu e v T TALE r. WE I 1 A,-7 f MARIE Mane was a llttle glrl llvmg ID Sunny Italy She had snapplng eyes whlte teeth and a brlght cheerful smlle that matched her many colored dress Marne wanted to come to the Great Amerxca A frxend of her father s had Just tumty and had told them marvelous storles of the land across the sea We wlll go, sald Tony Marle s father Marle was Jubllant She rushed to school to tell her frxends How they envied her the adventure to a new world' Soon they were on their way Marle was thrllled beyond descrlptlon as the bug shlp bearmg her and her parents moved out of the harbor She couldn't stand stlll She darted hxther and thxther about the shlp exammmg everythmg and askmg more questlons than ten people could answer At last they came m slght of the Statue of Liberty and after some delay they en tered New York Harbor A man whom Marle had never seen be fore met them and embraced her father and mother Come he saxd I w1ll show you where you can go and tomorrow we wzll speak of the future What a strange country' Everywhere were automobxles, trams electrxc cars and tall buxldmgs Mane mlssed her qulet home amxd green fields and brxgnt flowers but she sald nothmg Was not Amerlca the land of her dreams and the home of oppor tumty' The next day thexr frlend called at their lodgmg house m the forelgn sectlon H told her father that he knew where they could make money among people of their own natxonallty It was a small town ln the central part of Malne They packed up and moved to Mame lt was hard They could talk wlth no one and no one could talk wxth them but Marle was qulck to learn and m less than a year she could speak English fluently Marxe went to school where she learned qulckly Soon she was a black eyed lass of sixteen and the belle of the town At the age of seventeen she graduated from hxgh school wlth hlgh honors She secured a posltlon m the bank at the nearest clty and made herself so useful that m tlme she became prlvate secretary to the presldent of the bank She contmued to hve wlth her parents on thelr tlny farm She travelled to and from work m a small car she had bought for the purpose And then she met hxm Hxs name was Tony He had Just come to town as chlef engmeer of a construction crew Llke her self he was from far away Italy He had worked hls own way m the world and was now a success It was the old old story and soon the presldent of the bank was lookmg for a new secretary and Tony was buymg a weddlng rmg M H '29 Page Fxve 2 Q iv Q , J -H 3 J -.1 ' l ' in .. v I - l - .' l 1. 8 L V L J fy QQ . , 1 I lfg . g X I I 7 l 'T'i ' ' l'l Ill .J A ' l V -L- . . . . . . - - - - I e returned from the wonderful land of oppor- Her father bought 3 small farm, At first ll ' ,Y ' ' ' Y - ' ' l u n . ' u ' I ' . ' . . . I . ' . '

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THE LAWRENCE LYRE the basket and clrcled around Would It go ln Would Lawrence hxgh Wm the game' Txme' shouted the coach but xt was too late the ball had already dropped through the basket Lawrence had won' The score was eleven to ten' Hurrah for Lawrence hlgh' Hurrah for Jerry' The people departed cheerxng for Law rence Hxgh and Jerry and slnglng the school song Vlfatervllle Hlgh took the defeat like the good sports whlch they were and left wlth a threat to beat them next year D F 0 Ll. NW HO VVAS T0 BLAME? In the old colonlal house on Flfth Avenue of New York Clty llved Mrs Adell Jameson and resldlng wxth her was her husband Mr Adelbert Jameson called Adel by his frlends Mr and Mrs Adelbert Jameson were accustomed to gne presents to thelr frlends at Chrlstmas tlde Who IS to have thxs new bonnet wxth the two pomted black feathers protrudmg from e1tl'er side asked Mr Jameson of hls wlfe I was thxnklng of sendmg lt to Polly, my old ma1d chum who lS very fond of damty headgear That ll be fine Im sure but what shall I give Johnny my old pal at b1ll1ards He s a greedy and stmgy old txght wad yet all the boys llke h1m Greedy you say He s fond of chxcken I know so send h1m one of those nxce pul lets that our grocer was speakmg about thls mornmg Thus lt was decxded and tvuo mysterlous packages Wltll two handle lxke projectlons on each one were addressed to the old mald and old bachelor lespectxvely A pecullar lookmg package was brought lnto Johnnys room Just as he was about to eat lunch It must be opened lmmedlate ly so he had the butler untle the package A hat with two pomted black feathers pro trudmg from each slde was revealed to hls slght Oh' Its a fine old Joke Adels old chum exclaimed At about thc same tlme Polly recelved a bundle which contalned a fat chlcken ready for luncheon Hou fine she declared I must surely thank Adell for this treat M1 and Mrs Adelbert Jameson were peacefully eatlng thelr dmner when the man m hvery brought ln two letters from Johnny Jacques and Polly Johnson They read the notes whlch were as fol lows Say Adel thats a fine Joke surely I appreclate lt though I know wlthout you tellmg me that I need a wlfe to wear the bonnet Johnny Dear Adell Recelved the chlcken rxght spot I was as hungry as a bear when lt arrlved Wlshed you could have enJoyed xt too Thanks agam Polly Mr and Mls Jameson looked at each other wxth surprlse and both wondered who was to blame L H 9 L., VN ESTON S MOST POPLL XR MAN It vuas Reddy Moores first year at Wes ton College He was very much dlscour aged I Just dont fit IH sald Reddy to hls roommate Larry one day whlle they were talklng The fellows dont hke me and Ive falled IU everything Cheer up sald Larry dont glV8 up too easlly Go out for football or some sport anythlng only forget how unpopu lar you are You re only havmg fresh mans luck Page Seven U . ,, . . . . ' Y , . ll 1 ' YY Y . . . , X' ' ' . . . . , l v ' 1 , . u , vs u ' 7 ! , . . . . ,, ' , ' x- 4- il . ' !3 t . . T -L- ' , u 1 , . . 7 Y P 1 1 I ,Y . v . . . . . . i v U I u ' Y . ll YI ' ' H s . . - - and found it delicious. It struck the ll ' I I 1 - . . y, . . I ' ' U YY ' ' ll I u u l ' . 4, . . . . ' , . . '2 ' YY lx v 1 , -li 1 I . . . , , U , ! ' A 1 ' ' -L- - - 11 . , , v Ac l ' ' , - . 1 - ' ll ' ! ' 77 ' ' ' ' YY l . - V 1 , .', ' K4 Y ' V. - . . . . , 1 - - - n ll 97 ' ll Y ' , ' 7 9 9 ' - Ili Hi K - , ' '7 Y ' . . , . ' ! ' ! , .