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

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THE QUODDY LIGHT of Robert E Lee we would try to capture the enemy ourselves and then we would fix up the old wireless and proudly pro cl'nm to the president We have met the enemy and they are ours That 15 just what we would do clalmed one jumpmg up 1n hrs eagemess to be heard We would take one of the hsh mg boats crumse around the xslands come up beslde them and then we would sud denly board the1r vessels fall togged up m pamt and feathersj and let out one wlld warwhoop m concert The Germans thmk tl 'tt all American Indians are savages Of course thelr geography has told them about the trxbe at Pleasant Pomt. They would be so frxghtened that they would flee 1nto the sea leaving thelr state papers their guns and thexr large stores of ammumtron Everybody was so exerted that all sprang to their feet .talkmg U1 such wild confuslon that It frlghtened somethm that had been lymg unnotlced m a lxttle lack heap near them It struggled to 1ts feet and as rt did so someone shouted 'That 15 the black bear which has been seen m Morton s woods The boys had been practlomg for the foot races but the gzrls were not far be hmd when they reached the bottom of the hxll and came out upon the public hxghway B-a a a sald Farmer Brown s black sheep as she watched the would be braves scamper away LMG 20 A 'floral 'jllegznil Long long ago when th1s country was by Indlans there dwelt on the nelghbormg rsland of Campobello a lrttle tr1be of In dlans called the Pennaquols The leader of the tr1be was Chief Grey Wolf who had a beautxful daughter Snlver Bell hrs pride and Joy for whose hand there were many sultors But the proud Grey Wolf would gnve hrs daughter to no common brave Has daughter dnslxked th1s foollsh prxde of her father for she secretly smiled on a promlsmg young brave Black Fox The Indnans dwelt on the zsland IU peace and quiet and m the love of thexr Great Spmt While the braves were hunting and fishmg on the xsland and makmg occasional trrps to the mainland where Lubec and other towns now stand the squaws were domg the heavy work and caring for the papooses But one day things changed for the Pen naquols tribe A canoeful of Indians re turmng from the mamland brought the C201 startlmg news that a strange bemg had monly tall and large one a person whom we would call a glant He had warned the Indxans not to come back but to stay on thelr xsland Terror filled the hearts of the httle tr1be for they reahzed how power less thetr small numbers were against such a foe Two days later the grant whose name was F r1ar stepped across the narrow strap of water to vxsxt the Indrans and to see what they would give hlm 1f he would not Lother them He returned home with many skms blankets and beautiful ponies Day after day for about a week Friar exacted thus trrbute from the Pennaquols until they were beommg very poor mdeed All that they could do was to pray to the Great Spmt to destroy their terrible foe Thus they did continually On the following day Friar came as usual and demanded hrs tribute Alas' sand Grey Wolf we have noth . .. ,, ' 1 , . ' ! Q e 1 c n I ' 1 y I -I . . . an ' ' ,rs ex- . ' , ' . . . . n -' K ' . ' . . n ' lv 5' , . l u . , ' 5 .. 4 y 0 n u Q- in ' ' . if i hm- ,ff ' Y L . . - , , ., , . . ., . , w u . o U N ' . covered wlth thlck forests and inhabited come there. It was a man, but an uncom- n , s c u , n , n - s . . , 1 Q l u - Q n s , u a ' Q n . c . 1 1 ' . 1 I ' 1 .u . u oscl . u . , . v Y Y , . . . . p . I . 5 o ' , 1 0 , 1 . ' I 7 , - . . . , ' . ' ' ll ii ' Cl - ! ' !

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THE QUODDY LIGHT jnmntin As I s1t alone 1n my study on a dark and dreary day I find my thoughts are wandermg to my home town far away W1thout the w1nd IS moan1ng and clouds hand dark and low But they trouble me not 1n my reverxe 1n my dreams of long ago Slowly the clouds are lifted and the sun sh1nes through from above And I find myself 111 my memor1es back Wlth the frlends I love I hear the small waves lappmg as I wander along the shore And the beaut1fu1 wh1te wmged sea b1rds around and above me so ar From the sea w1th IIS lazy stlllness I am slowly dr1ft1ng away To where the m1lkma1d fa1r lS seen at the early dawn of day From over the eastern h1lltop gently peeps the mornlng sun And the farmers cherry wh1stle tells of the day s work begun I can hear the b1rds 1n the treetops as they cheer1ly smg w1th the1rmates And the cattle softly low1ng passmg through the barnyard gates The babblmg brook ID the d1stance runmng merrlly on 1ts way And the chxldren ln the hayfield make me feel happy and gay But slowly the sunshme 1S leavmg and agam the clouds are dark No longer I see the meadows nor hear the song of the lark I can hear the north wlnd groamng and the moanmg of the trees I look for the sunshrne and smgmg they were only memorles MHT An ,llnkerrupteh 113 at glllleeling . h ' . I ' I bi y. C A The long and dreary w1nter was over There could be no doubt of It Rob1ns had been seen hopplng about the door yards The pungent odor of burmng grass filled the a1r the boys were flymg k1tes and playmg marbles the frogs were smgmg 1n the meadows It was good to be ahve at such a t1me At least so thought the boys and g1rls who were Slttlng h1gh upon the h1lls1de over lookxng blue Passamaquoddy Bay whlch lay crmkhng at the1r feet The glrls wanted to hunt for v1olets and to talk about thelr new spr1ng hats whlle the boys were full of the world war IOPIC and Hnally be gan boastmg of what they would do 1f 1 C193 German war vessel should appear 1n the '1 One of them declared that he would con nect up hls amateur wlreless and communl cate d1rectly w1th Presldent WIISOU A g1rl qu1ckly remlnded hlm that the ama teur statlons had been ordered to cease sendlng or recelvlng messages and she de clared a httle haughtlly that such a thmg would be treason to the government I thlnk lt would be cowardly sald a tall boy It IS easy to get other people lnto scraps but 1f we had the sp1r1t of seventeen hun dred seventy SIX or e1ghteen hundred svcty one and the courage of George Washmgton or of Abraham Lmcoln or even that

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THE QUODDY LIGHT mg left to give you. You have taken everythmg which we had. Then roared the giant I will take away your daughter your beloved Salver Bell, and he reached out has great hand caught Silver Bell by her two beautlful black brands and dragged her towards hxm All her crxes were ln vam Spanmng her w'ust wlth his hand he marched off with her as a cluld would do with an old rag doll Then Grey Wolf called together his braves and said You know what has hap pened To whoever saves my beloved daughter I w1ll give her hand m marriage Now hasten before the monster dxsappears wxth her In your absence I w1l.l beseech the Great Spmt to destroy our adversary OH they scampered hke the wmd but be fore them was another Black Fox, having seen lus sweetheart s predxmment voluntarily followed behind Friar ludmg in the shadow of the mon sters great legs so that the grant was not conscxous of bemg followed. Soon Frzar neared the top of a great cllff overlooking the water and Black Fox ever hopeful fired an arrow which plerced I'lS arm eausmg hlm to drop the belle of the Pennaquols Whxle turnmg to see who had dared to do thls bold deed Fx-1ar stepped back and felt hunself shppmg He qtuckly turned facing the water and fell below Then the Great Spmt m an swer to Grey Wolf s prayers of angulsh opened up a great pit m the beach beneath and 1nto xt fell the wlcked grant Immedl ately the rocks of the beach closed ln around h1s neck leavmg only h1s monstrous head v1s1ble At thls moment appeared the other mem bers of the tnbe who forgetful of all Jeal ousy gave a great shout on seemg Sxlver Bell safe Of course Black Fox won the Indnan malden as hrs bride and at the death of Grey Wolf he became the chief of the Pennaquols As for Frlar he remamed powerless to 621 J move untnl the crows and seagulls came and plcked out hls eyes Then he gradu ally turned mto stone llke the rocks whlch surrounded him Any time that you go to Campobello or past xt you may see Frlar s Head or Old Fnar standmg bodyless on the beach beneath a hlgh cliff m the very place where he was put by the Great Spmt A W 18 TWO DAYS OF MY SCHOOL LIFE OR THE RESULT OF NEGLECTFULNESS As I walked slowly to school one day a classmate of mme greeted me wlth a pleas ant Good mornmg I replied to her salu tation with a cool Hello and then I wondered why I was so sullen For wxth rn -me I felt more llke dlsregardmg my frxends than respondmg to their greetmgs me despondent for It was a beautxful sprmg mornmg the sun was shlmng 1ts brlghtest the birds were smgmg gaxly and on all sldes Mother Nature was awakmg her chll dren The trees were buddmg out wlth leaves and on the lawns m several small patches the dull brown winter ooat of the grass had changed to a bright green I stlll pondered over the reason why I was m dull splrxts It was not becaux I had not enjoyed myself the n1ght before for had not I been to the movles and had I not seen Mary Prckford and Richard C Trav ers act? Surely nothing could please me more for these two players were my favor :tes At last the answer to my query dawned upon me It was too bad but all too true I had not prepared my lessons for the day' I had gone to the mov1ng plctures instead' After thmkmg of my lessons I began to wonder what I was to do As lt was Thurs- day I had no study periods m school On that day I always took Domestic Science I was certamly m quite a prechcament' ' ' Q! - Q u n ' u - - . ' , - I 2 , l ' . I U ' ' cc ' x . . ' ' 1 1 U 64 ' Y! ' . , 9 I . . . . ' ' 1 I . . . , , . . 7 . . ., . ' u , - , . . . ' ' 'Y cc ' xr ' - n u - . . ' 'C 7, 9 9 y 0 ' . ' l . . . ' . - y , n ' It certainly was not the weather that made . .' v , ' 3 n n u I ' ' 5 . . f r 1 I n J u , 1 n , ' A y 9 o . 1 , ' - . . r 9 Y . . u - . . 1 1 - 3 - . , , . , , 0 u - , . 3 . G ' . . ' , 1. 1 n 7 Y . I' . , . , .