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

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THE QLODDX LIf'H'I made me try to remember where I had heard lt before There were two volces a mans and a womans and they were talklng low and 1nd1st1nctly I hesltated but finally opened ie door Just ln tlme to see what movie fans call the final close up The blush mg stenographer dlsengaged herself she turned toward me and It proved to be one of the graduates of mnteen twenty Ruth Huckms Evldently Ruth had succeeded glvmg the manager of the firm a seuou attack w1th h1s heart or head 1ts hard 0 tell WhlCh Poor thmg' lf he could onlv read the future He would for evermore he a henpecked husband After a talk w1th Ruth I left the bllllfllllg and started toward my hotel 'Nfy gaze was dlrected toward an advertlsement WhlCh read Would vou lxke to be attractlve and tascln atmg to the male sex? Would you llke to read admlratlon ln the eves of vour fr1ends'7 each cheek No pam process pertectlv harmless Now the thought of maklng my self fascmatlng dld not enter my head but mere CUFIOSIIY got the best ot me lHSld6 A large fat woman was seated 1n what looked to me llke a dentlsts chalr and over her bent a young person wlth dark hair The young woman held 1n her hand sorne k1nd of an lnstrument between a finger nall hle and a crowbar whlle she drove lt first m one of the fat woman s cheeks then the other The poor vlctxm Was turnlng her face from slde to slde and pufllng llke a tram Wlth the exertlon t t Knowlng what agony the woman was ln and thmklng the sldes of my face mlght come ln handy sometlme I started to leave but the young lady came toward me She smxled I notlced her dlmples It proved to be Verna Lelghton I had always wanted to see how gum was made and what lt was made ot So the next mornmg l went through a gum factory Whlle looklng the place over I came face to face wlth Mabel Fannlng Mabel owned the tactorv and hlred a man to manage It bhe told me that the h1gh cost of l1v1ng had rorced her to economlze Where she chewed about five packages of gum a day she could not afford to buy It a stlck at a t1me and had found It much cheaper to buy a gum factory where she could secure It by Wholesale I left Lhlcago the next day an'd went to Holly Wood Lalxfornla as I had heard a great deal about the climate there that I knew one of the movxe directors and he told me he had a new star who was not So I Went It happened C 199 only the most beautlful actress on the screen but was even more popular as a vamp1re than Theda Bara As I wanted to meet her he took me to the studlo Imagme my surpuse when I found myself shaklng hands wlth my classmate Mabel Lamson Nfabel had always been the best looklng one ln our class and thus was Just the kind of a future I had prophesled for her I had no doubt of hex success on the screen as a vamplre for w1th that mcctmelater look ln her eye she had lx ax c p nttd all the boss ln Lubec and th 1 rolldxng towns as well rom Holly Hood fall end to thc 'tllitfllilll oxthwes 10 e among om untaxn and tl Ill! ocmtl ul scenery one can lII13.5lll0 lf ho fl was almost the only hllllfllllg thfrc and one du a a result o a long day walk I lo m w rv box e wlth a garden IH front ot It So I hu ned IOVSHIU he house and knocled on tm H1001 A tall woman ln nur e s unttor 11 oncnt cl xt and there before me stood Vlarg'11et Hucl X ter I had gotten over my surpuse I entered and ln a damtlly turnxshed bel room I beh d bhxrley took lylng pale and worn Shlrlev had gone to Lanada thlnklng she mxght 1a1se all she needed to eat In her garden and therefore get rld o the H1gh ost of L1v1ng But her garden had falled and when she reallzed It was lmposslble to esctpe the hlgh prlces worxylng and the loss of many nights sleep had resulted 1n nervous prostratlon Nlatgaret had at last xeallzed her dearest ambltlon to be a nurse for she had Just graduated from the hospltal Por old tr1endsh1ps sake she had come to take care of Shlrley at a tlme when she needed her most Xhth 'Nlargarets ald I found my way back to the nearest town It was falrly large and I notlced the wxdth of the Maln street as I walked along boon I turned around xn tlme to see a small yellow racmg car comlng down street at about slxty mlles an hour The car was golng from one side to the other as though the drlver was try1ng to see how near he could come to upsetttng After a whlle the car stopped and about fifteen glrls crowded around lt The drlver stepped out I recognized him He was dressed ln the height of fashlon and I noticed that he laughed and talked wlth the girls with the greatest ease posslble It was Harold Kelley What changes the years w1ll Y 7 x 7 . 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I QL Ol D LIG Class Jrnp mcg- Jzurl I lnteen years had passed s1nte my gradu 'IUOII from the Lubec Hlgh Sehool It was the year n1neteen hundred thlItV flve Eyery body oyy11ed all aeroplane 11ow a11d ran ll them stlyes Day and lllght one could hear the 11o1se ot the Gllglnff and the Happlng ol wmgs 1110 had groyyn monotonous so one day ll 'Xlay I Jumped 1n my aeroplane and st 11ted on a short Journey' I went on a l1ttle wavs real171ng that I must turn back but the sp1r1t of respons1b1l1tv suddenly left me and I yyent on and on My nrst stop was Just 0lllSld9 of New Yo1k I took a car and Went lnto the c1ty Xs I left the car my gaze was d1rected toyyard a g1eat crowd ot people sta11d1ng al most 111 the m1ddle of the street In he tente1 of the crowd was a small D13lfOl!'I1 llld on the platto1n1 stood a lady who was 111k1ng earnestlv In her hand she held a lottle ol some k1nd of med1c1ne and as I d1tw near het I read the words T1nlac p1111t1es the system and makes the old you11g The ladv who was hold1ng he bottle of Tanlat- was Dorls Ackley Do11s yy l1o had yamped all the boys 1n our class had 6X1d9IltlY ehosen a l1fe of exc1teme11t .1the1 than '1 hon1e and '1 loy1ng husband l next yyent to a hotel and sat doyyn to tl1111k OVQI what l had Just seen But as 1ny eyes wandered over the 1oom they fell 011 the headl111es ot the lNew York TIIIIGS IIS was W at I rea New Yorks l+ant1est Dancer hues LongHa11ed Denbow 101 B1each ot Prom1se I plcked up the paper a11d read further 'VIr Raymond L Denbow a famous prlze flghter IS belng sued tor ten thousand dollars by NIISS Wm nred hll1ot New Yorks tanc1est dHIlC9I f0l b1each ot prom1se Denbow has verv l1t tle to say 011 the subject 'Vhss Ell1ot told the JIIIY l1er story of llI1I9Qllll8d loye th1s IIl0lll1I'lg Imag111e mv surpr1se' W1n111e a11d Ilappy DQIIIJOXN 1n a loye a1Ta11 Happy lllllil IBIIZIIIIIX haye thlnged SIIILQ hls school day- to1 1101 only had he tou11d C0llI3.g6 enough to Jnopose to 1 g11l but had IIQIXC enough to re- tuse to martv her atter he had once proposed Setklng b0l'll0lhlllg ot a more layorable lla t111t l qu1tkly turned to the next page and these wotds caught n1y eye Asks Nlayor to ltnd Iel '1 usband will r t 1 to y Ylllll 1 To 'yiayot ot New York t1ty Dear blr Hav1ng the greatest confidence 1n y0lll Judgment 'md appealmg to yo11r sympathv I put the greatest problem ot my l1fe before X011 Eyer slnce my g!aflll8fl0Il from Lubet Pllgh bthool 111 nmeteen twentv my OIIQ '11nb1 t1on has beell to get ma111ed But du1111g the htteen 1nte1ven1ng years not a slngle man or lllarlled e1ther has popped the quest1on I 'tm IIOW th1rty thtee vears old and heartllv d1scou1aged oyer mv fate Should vou know of a man who wants a capable hfe companlon please 16191 to h1m my name Slgned Ltna IVI Gordon 'I'l1o1ougl1lv d1sgusted w1th lNew YOIk news I yye11t to Boston It yyas the tlme ol yea1 XNIIQII all ot Poston had t111 ned out to attend the N'la1athon lace bo I yyent too The IICQ yyas almost oyer when I got there a11d I saw the w1nner ru11 1n exhausted I not1ced some Ihlllg IZ1ll1lll tI about 111m I pressed nenu and to my del1gl1t beheld Carrol fard I felt proud a11d glad not su1p11sed It was JIIQI what I had expected He always had betn 1 great unner why 111 the course of a te11 mlnutes talk yy 1th Carrol l1e would run ey SIX body lll the Lubec Hlgll School l 11oyy declded to make the t11p across COUHIIW the next stop was at C11eeny1lle Penn 1 small place wl1ere I stopped bet tuse ot a l1ttle tl0l1lJl9 w1th the engme Attex F'l9Dh0lllIIg the IIGHTQSI c1ty for HSSISIEIIICQ I yy1lked down the largest street of the town naklng OIJSETXHUOIIS as I yyent I had gone a ew steps yy hen I sayy a yy Oman Who looked 1am1ll'11 ente1 a small bu1ld1ng Seelng lt was 1 IICXVSIIEIDQI ofnte I 1nade an excuse 1nd tol lowed hex hODI11g to verlfy my SHQDICIOIIS Sure enough lt was 'NIarga1et Gllmote l1ttle lh'lllg9Il smce l1e1 schooldtys and ll0SlIlt he1 stood PPHIIICC Ingalls No wo11der they had 1l11l1ty enough to lun a newspaper' Ilo h had lad plenty ot experlente Ill runnmg the class o n111eteen twenty Hom P6llllQXlX'iIIl3 I tlayeled to fhlf'lg0 when I qllxfd a teyy d1ys as I had busmess o YIWIISICI w1'h 1 te1t11n flrm thete It yyas m1ly 111 the Il'lU!ll1lIg whtn I stepped Olll f th elty1to1 and stnted l0XN'lId the 1001 yyl11el1 D010 the nrms lllllle When I drew ll t r d d 111l l h1ppy laugh wh1ch somemyy Q T H E ' D Y H T 3' ' V ' . . - ' V y' K ' ' ' 1 ' 1' .i V ' ' V - r v, ' ' V .V V L v ' , ' . 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THE QUODDY LIGHT brxng' One of the townspeople told me that all the gxrls regarded hun as their hero and spoke of hun as the bold brave dare-dashlng Harold Kelley Harold was also a married man Hrs wlfe was one of our classmates Shlrley Ingalls Shlrley and Harold had al ways had a secret liking for each other and notlung could have satisfied me more than to see them Jolned 1n the holy bonds of matri mony Here my Journey ended I went home per fectly satlsfied wlth the brilllant marks some of the graduates of 1920 had made in the world But I had always known they would bring honor to Lubec Hlgh School As I have a friend who is a dreamer of dreams I w1ll call on her to tell you whether or not the rest of the class llved happlly ever after HELEN A MCFADDEN Cl as Prophecy, Part ll One day not long ago whlle walklng down the most lmportant street ln town known as Water street my attention was drawn to wards a curious looklng cart in the middle of the road On close examlnation I found lt to be a medlclne cart On a step in back a t1on of the passersby My curxoslty was aroused and I wanted to flnd out what he was selllng H01dlDg up a bottle he proclalmed it to be the famous headache cure called Palsams Relief Being subject to frequent headaches I declded to try xt So I purchased '1 bottle and carried it home not reallzing that I would soon have need of lt Not long after reaching home I was seized w1th a vlolent headache and immediately took the cure followed dlrectlons and bathed my head ln it Behold' lt worked like chloroform I had scarcely smelled of it when I became very sleepy and reachlng a lounge I lay down and soon was lost to the reallzatlon of the world I was ln Boston walking up famous Tre mont street I came to a large theatre with the lllummated sign reading Boston Opera I purchased a tlcket and entered The per formance began First came a chorus of ex cellent slngmg which somewhat resembled the chapel choir of Lubec Hlgh Scnool Next a young lady entered and sang ln a high soprano '1 song taken from Opera Mary As the singer stopped l studled her face for a mo ment and soon recognlzed one of my former schoolmates Bernice Small It was somewhat of 1 surprise to flnd bashful retiring Bern1ce here ln this big city smgmg before such a large audience After leavlng the theatre I came to a hos pltal and entered I heard the sound of many volces and I approached the first ward Here was a scene It was a gentlemens ward and all the inmates were slnging the well known song I dont want to get well whxle ln a consplcuous place a vamplsh l00klI1g malden wreathed ln smlles was standlng As she turned her gaze ln my dlrectlon I beheld my old frlend Dorothy McFadden After greeting Dorothy I walked on and came to another ward Here I saw another of these whlte clad females wlth the inscrlp t1on Head Nurse on her cap As she ap proached I recognized Celia McBr1de I al ways knew Cellas greatest ambltlon was to be a nurse but I thought that finally she would be happlly settled in Machlas To escape the heat of the clty I took a car and rode lnto the country Gettlng oi! at a place WhlCh looked temptlng I Walked along the road untll I came to a small country schoolhouse I approached the door and knocked A young teacher wlth a contented look on her face came to the door Imagme my surprlse to behold one of our brllllant scholars of nineteen twenty Olive Morong Next I came to a small whlte bulldlng some nearer I observed many people of both sexes Walking to and fro I entered Here and there were lndlviduals all xntently rubblng thelr faces In the center of the room a young lady was explalnlng the merits of some new 'nlxture guaranteed to remove elther the freckles or the skln ln a months tlme if ap plled steadlly for one hour a day Th1s then was the cause of all the dlfferent motions ln the room The demonstrator came towards me and by the sound of her VOICE I recognlzed her as Iva Stuart I also observed that her freckles were gone and 1f her cure had worked th1s mlracle no wonder people were anxious to try It Next I came to a. large fleld At first all I could dlscern was a large mass of people gathered together laughing and talking Then I noticed a shower of somethlng whlte and the crowd parted I then beheld modern aeroplane whlle standing alongside of ll were two figures a man and a woman both dressed in neat aviation suits A I p proached I saw very distlnctly the face of the woman Suddenly I gasped when I beheld the face of my old sc-hoolmate Helen McFadden Evidently Helen was about to enjoy her lifes desire a honeymoon spent in an aeroplane I returned to the city I approached a f207 . P i . . ' . . . , ' . Y Y . - U 1 H 'I ' , ,I . . ' l . , . , , . , . . I . i. L . . :ze ' I ' 1 l . 7 - . . 1 1 . Y D man was endeavoring to attract the atten- what resembling a bungalow. As I drew A41 1 H y 1 ' ' ' ' . A . . , . , . - u . I . u 1. y . . . Y . ' ' ' 44 H ' . ' - . a f ' - . r 1 ' ' . s a - ll 19 ' . . . A Y . , D , , . ' K n 1 -