Lubec High School - Quoddy Light Yearbook (Lubec, ME)

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T I' UUODDX LIL: T elsewhere When this class became num erous enough to make lt a success means for obtan mg a lngher edueatnrn were pro vrded The town saw the need of a larger blllldlllg and has erected ft modern H1gh .School Durnlg the war of the Rebell1on 200 of Iubec s sons volunteered and served 1n the army and navy one for every twelve mhabltants or one for less than every three hable to a poll tax one for every ten between the ages of 18 and 45 Nova as the dark cloud of vxar gathers over our heads we are all ready as our grandfathers were to go at an mstant s call In 1911 the town celebrated rts 100th an n1versary Lubeck Germany from whlch the town was named sent many prctures of then' town to us Let us hope that the terrlble struggle between Germany and the Allles may soon cease and that Lubeck rn Germany may agaln be on frxendly terms wrth Lubec rn Marne J H G Ellyn Qttgxn ni the Q,3unhhg '!Iugl1l In selectrng a name for our paper one mght The staff found rtself rn a terrxble pllght Of names there were many of preference none And that rs how the trouble begun The first was too long the second too short But come to an agreement they could not When the1r argument was qu1te vsorn bare When with addled brain and rumpled harr Havmg sought thru prose havmg sought thru rhyme Exhausted by the straln of the tnne They began to notrce the sound of a horn So dtsmal so dreary so folorn From thlq the1r attentlon was gradually led To the place from which the sound had sped Frnally someone Cextraordrnanly brrghtl Proposed that they name xt The Quoddv Lxght ' And so my readers I have told you the story Of how our paper rn all 1tS glory Has descended to you as It were then born From VISIOHS recalled by the old fog horn A E L 17 C161 Y X V 4 II , A, H . A , . . - .. ' ' -1 A . .- ' . . ., I . - . . ' 7 ' 1 ' 1 - s t A Q I X I . - . Y I A . . . , . 1. . , , wx - I . , ,, . 7 . . . ' a ' 1 . . . a' -lf J A 1 1 I 7 . D 1 - 1 Y ' Q L T n n u o . . . l 1 1 1 -4 . ,, xx V 1 , . . . V I x , Q . . , 1 I 1 - L ! x - ' 1 l ' . mc . , v a n K 1 1 t

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THE QLODDY LIGHT urrng lumber rn No 9 hence the name of Trescott for that town In 1808 he engrn eered the works for Fort Sullrvan left Eastport when the Brrtrsh took possesron rn 1814 and establrshed hrs ofiice at Luhec He resrgned hrs office rn 1818 and dred rn 1826 The first school house at the vrllage was burlt 1n 1817 It was two storres hrgh wrth a schooolroom on the first floor and a hall for town meetings above The other part of the town had been arranged into school drstrrcts prror to the war but the school system was of the most prrmrtrve type The moral srtuatron was far from pros perous or safe The character of the trade here had not been such as would help mor alrty and many who came to jO1111I'1 and to reap a harvest from rt would not have rm xx ere many good nd rrght thrnkrnff peo ple who saw the need of relrgrous rnfluence They organized a Parrsh Socrety and ar ranged the prelrmrnarres for burldrng a meetrng house A sum of money amount mg to 33 850 was subscrrbed by drfferent ones one half acre of land on the hrll nas grven by Nehemrah Small and work was commenced on the house The church was completed the 17th of August 1820 at the cost of 58300 John Sprrnger of Sterlrng Worcester county Massachusetts was the architect The length of the burldrng was 55 feet the breadth 46 feet wrth projec t1on 13x28 feet The herght of the Splfe was 125 1 2 feet a part of whreh was blown off rn the Saxby gale of 1861 The house was dedlcated on Wednesday August 30, 1820 The Reverend Elrjah Kellog preached C155 the sermon The srte of thrs burldrng rs very commandrng, rt can be seen from va r1ous drstant posrtrons and serves as a val uable land mark for vessels rn the effing Outsrde the vrllage agrrculture nd fish mg are pursued wrth not a lrttle profit Phe first herrrng cured by smoke was done by Danrel Ramsc el rn 1797 xx ho xx as rn structed by a Scotchrnan from Nlova Sentra The busrness rncreased unt1l 1870 when more thsn 500 000 packages were prepared for market rn one year Srnee then rt has deelrned and s udme packrng has trken rt place or rather rs conducted rn eonnectr n w1th1t Now sardrnes smoked herrrnff md potatoes are the p oducts or rndustry shrpped from our port Shr v burldrng md navrgrtron hav h ro 1 place rn our rndustrres from the first and The fir t sh1p hurlt rn thrs town x as thc schooner Hope of 125 tons constructed rn 1840 at Sew rrd s Neck by captarn Geor H W Allen Many of our town men h rd shrps burlt for themselves rn whrch they mrdr many trips to forergn ports There was only the one church untrl 1830 when the Chrrstran Chapel was hurlt rnr dedrcated 1831 The Methodrst Eprscopal church was erected rn 1846 and the Drs crples Chapel or Temple 1n 1862 The Catholrcs ere ted a chapel rn 1889 so there are now four places for worsh1p rn the vrl lage and five rn other parts of the town An effort for a gr Lded system wrth 1 hrgh school department rn the vrllage w rs not altogether satlsfactorx at first and scholars who wrshed the best facrlrtres for hrgher trarnrng were obliged to seek them r B. - y . . - '. ' . ' 1 ' 7 , ' a : ' . ' 1 1 ' , . . ' A . ' 1 1 a - . . I . . I . L K x I 1 , L li '. C -1 . . 5 . 'V . . 9. 1 2 .Q h' ' , ' ' . 5. ' ., . , ' ,, 2 , M ,T . A V , C t 1 . 1 1, . f 4 proved any community. However, there at times have become aleading interest. I' l s . r 'll . . , . I r I , ' ,N K c 1 ' - K s . c 1. 5, i . . . 5 - . . . i A , S x I ' , . , 1 . . L . a 1' 1 l C ' y 1 v s ' , . ' . g , . A x . lc c 'X 1 ' H .x ' Y .hu- ' . , , A A X l . . t . X . Q 2 g . 2 Q 1 - y . . 5 . . I , 2 ' h 1 l-f X v , ' I e ' c .. .Q ' ' . l .

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THE OUODDY LIPHT E 2 Art nf Seemg Gflpngs There lS noth1ng 1n w,h1ch people dlifer more than 1n the1r powers ot observauon qome are only half ahve to what IS go1ng on about them wh1le others are keenly so the1r 1ntell1gence the1r powers of recognt t1on are 1n full force In eye and ear at all tlmes They see ts well as hear everythmg whether ll concerns them or not They never pass unseen a fam1l1ar face on the Street the1r power of attentxon IS always by natural hab1t and d1spos1t1on The1r percelvmg facult1es may be Sald to be al ways on duty and they turn to the outward world a more h1gh1y sensltlzed m1nd than do other people ln V1S1IlDg new countrxes they nouce the characte 1st1c features of the people and scenery almost 1rrmed1ate lv The1r powers of observatlon suggest the keen s1ght of ammals Where fear sug gests or sharpens one lt IS love and cur1 OS1tY that sharpens the other The mothe1 b1rd w1th her lxrtle ones sees the hawk when It 1S a mere speck agamst the sky Fear makes keen her eye The hunte fa1ls to see the hawk Ulltll h1s attenuon lb called to 1t by son1e fr1ghtened b1ru We may see coarsely and vaguely as most people do or we may see nnallx tak mg ln the llttle Il'll!JgS as xx ellas the large If our powers of observation were qu1ck and sure enough no doubt vue should see through the trtcks of the slelght of hand people They fool us because the1r hands The modern ma11 looks at nature w1tl1 an eye of sympathy and loxe where the earl1ex man looked Wlth n eye of fear and SUDCFSIICIOH To a hasty traveller through the land the farms and country homes eem all al1ke but to the peonle born and brought up there what a dliference Every hor1zon l1ne every curve 1n hxll or valley every tree and nook every 1nd1v1dual and every object has 1ts speual features, and makes 1ts own lmpressmon D A gang ni Sprung EAUTIFUL Qarmg has come agam Slowly and surely she makes her wav Over the meadows w1th sun and ram Makmg each sad heart haDDY and gay The flowers peep from thetr wmtry beds The trees put forth thetr br1ght green leaves The songs 0' b1rds fill the a1r o er our heads All Nature FBJOICES a spell she weaves A, , 'I' I! o ' o I 1 Y I 4 ' ' ' - , ' I I , 1 1 ' ' ' ' 1 Q ' . I , . , v t ' 1 I I n Y A l ' I v 4 i .la '- ' S-3 7 ' . I V, . sl t sl . ' ' 3 ' . X' ' . L. on the alert, not by conscious effort, but are more dexlerous than our eyes. . 1 . a I . 1 1 x- K 4 D x ' , .ff - 1 , V 5 -' ' 1 1 ' . ' Q A 7 l ' . ' 2 E. . . f ' ' : 1 3 . . , L- L s C179