Limington Academy - Sokokis Warrior Yearbook (Limington, ME)

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gg: BEACH .The beach has indeed myriad glorious sights to offer, the careful observer3sNot only the beach itself but the assortment of people parading on the board walk and scheming amusements operating ceaselessly. ' V , , r s First to see --- the sun bleached sand and the great expanse of water dotted here and there with the frothy, rollicking whitecaps of the undersea men. The bronze statues lie immobile on the carpet of sand while Old Sol beats down unmercifully on all his long arms can reach. The salty tang of the invigorating air and the screeching of the sea gull lend life and pep to the scene. Seaweed lies strung about.in an irregular pattern, thrown careless ly on the white shore by the Waves of the great sea. Color dots the landscape as if an artist took his paint- brush and spattered the colors any which way. On closer inspection the mirage proves to be beach umbrellas that pitifully try to shelter the weaker of the human race. .. The boardwalk, a gay pageant of men and machines. Children linger along the way awed by the flashing p Merry-Go-Around. In one sticky hand pop corn is clutched and.in the other a mountain of pink cotton appears, ,The Roller Coaster towers above everything else being equalled on1y,by.the challenging Ferris Wheel. The ears of the RolLer.Qoaster-roar around hairpin curves amid shouts of laughter'and terror. Trying to outdo this child who is attracting all the attention the Ferris Wheel goes round and round, on the,ground, in the sky., There are Bumper Cars, Airplanes, Swings, Freak Shows, the Tunnel of Love' into which laughing couples disappear. ,.,N HPitch a hoop and vdn a doll? shouts a foxy one seeing a chance for earning his bread quickly, .People of all kinds pass about walking at different gaits from one spectacle to another., Men, women,'childrenj those who sport their distinguished uniforms with stately manner. Bathing suits of multi-colors, sandals, sandy feet, those bits of glass, shading and regulating the light that should pass into the innermost thoughts-of the mind, are all present each attempting.to outdo the other. Popcorn, peanuts, hot dogs, french fries, frozen custard, and the perennial taffy apples, crimson, sprinkeled with snow. The Penny Arcade cries out, the music swells, blares out, grows deafening and sweeps the spellbound species down into it's swift running current,,, n '5l4' xxxxx

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EVERGREEN ISLAND On the shore of a lake in northern Maine is a small towns by the name of Jacksonville. One day in December, two boys, Jack and Joe Wilson, by name, visited the general store in Jacksonville and stocked up with provisions for a four-week camping trip. The boys were planning to skate out to Ever- green Island in the middle of the lake, hauling their needed supplies on a toboggan behind them. - The boys'put on their skates and started out for the island. ,As luck would have it, the wind blew at their backs and helped them haul the load of provisions. On the toboggan were two pairs of snowshoes, two guns, two hunting knives, fishing tackle, an ax, clothing, food, bedding and dishes. About noontime Jack said, WWhen are we going to eat, Joe?W NNot until we get to the islandn was the reply. Wwhen will that be, Jack?W ' Nln another hour,W and no more was said until they reached the island. , , It was nearly two o'clock when the two hungry boys took off their skates on Evergreen Island. Their feet felt numb, but Jack started to out some mood for a fire and Joe unpacked the food in preparation for their first meal. Without too much trouble they opened a can of baked beans and heated them to go with some sandwiches which they toasted over the fire. Apple tarts brought from home completed their meal. Their hunger satisfied, the boys began to build a brush camp. First they cut two dozen or more long poles, one of H which they lifted up to rest on the limbs of two trees. if From this they ran.tvo poles down to the ground at a forty- five degree angle. Then they laid other poles horizontally across the two long ones to make a slanting roof. To build the sides of the camp they laid poles on the arches of the stubs of the'limbs left on the other poles, thus closing in the two sides, but leaving the front open. Afterward they covered the top and sides of the shelter with fir boughs. That was all for the outside of the shelter. Inside the camp, after clearing out the snow, the boys made two beds of fir boughs. They put the cooking utensils at the foot of one of the beds and the guns and snowshoes were stood up against the wall at the side of each bed.