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

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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 -

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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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E QLODDX LI bulldlng wlth the vsords Court House over the door On questxonlng I found that Court was ID sesslon Tlred out after my walk I entered A lawyer was making a very urgent plea As he raxsed has eyes to the audlence I was amazed I recognlzed h1m to be V1rg1l Scovllle I always was of the oplnlon that V1rg1l would make a good lawyer as he possessed some of the distmguished tralts upheld by that class Lontinumg my way I walked down the street and observed here and there dzfferent srgnboards all announcing the approach of a new star called Gladonla ln The Eternal Triangle I walked on and soon came to a large theatre I bought a ticket entered and sat down Soon the show started and I began to get interested But my lnterest grew to excltement when I discovered that the new star of Whom everyone was ravlng was my old frlend Gladys Qurrk As I remember Gladys she never seemed to be fond of actlng her only pastlme belng fllrtlng Next I was ln the country a dlfferent sec tlon Passing down a lane I approached a low rambllng whxte house surrounded by all kmds of hve stock In the dooryard was a large auto truck whlch had the appearance of bemg much used Contlnulng my way I came to a large garden I saw two figures dressed ln overalls and sunbonnets A I approached they looked up What was my surprlse to behold Agnes McBr1de and Dora Ramsdell' I greeted them Joyously and af terwards they took me around thelr place ex plammg thmgs here and there Then they mvlted me mto the house where I partook of some excellent chlcken home-raised at that They explained that as a result of overstudy mg they had taken thls up as a recreatlon and change I walked on and soon came to a large Held where I observed that a ball game was being played I heard the excited mob cheer-mg the pltcher I remamed to see the whole of the game Then the ball players plcked up thelr hero the was so little this could easily be donej and ran around w1th him Then they dropped hlm and he ran towards a Ford cranked xt and Jumped 1n As the fhvver passed me I could see the face qulte plalnly In a ileetmg glance I beheld my old school mate James Mcburdy In a few minutes a new game started be- tween two new teams In the midst of the excrtement Wh1Ch the game created I looked up to behold a g1rl standmg up wavmg her hand and shouting Hurrah for the Soph omores' I soon discovered who the girl was 1 I I Q21 It was none other than Phyllls Owen I was plain to be seen that Phyllls admlratlon for the Sophomores had never ceased Next I returned to the clty Walkmg up the street I observed a sxgn readlng Fancv Haxrdressmg and 'VIan1cur1ng Feelmg the need of such treatment after my Journev I entered In one corner of the room wa a man and a woman They seemed to be deeply engrossed ln each other and the fan mam curlst seemed to be dolng more talking than work I coughed to let them know I was there and the lady looked up Then I recognlzed Annie Wllson It was qulte a surprlse to find Anme here because she hke her cousin was fond of Machlas As more customers began to arrlve I soon took leave and walked along untll I came to a church wlth the slgn Methodlst Church All are VVelcome Seats Free I entered Soon the melodlous notes of the organ burst upon my ears and I sat llstenmg Llftxng my her I recognied Ruby Malloch I always knew that Ruby was fond of muslc but I thought her musical education ended at the vlctrola for me Whlle sound of I turned entered lookmg gentleman dressed in clerxcal robe He walked up to the pulplt turned a few pages and let hlS gaze wander over the audl ence As I watched him I observed somethmg famlllar about him and as h1s gaze was turned ln my dlrectlon I recognized him as Morton Mabee Well Morton always was plous and regular at church attending The organlst changed from a slow tune to Mendelssohns famous weddlng march while down the alsle came a bridal party As they reached the altar they turned and I examlned the faces of the brlde and groom Suddenly I gasped The bride was none other than an other of my classmates Elizabeth Ryan T thrnk that Llzzie Ryan who had the makmgs of an old mald was one of the first of our illustrlous class of twenty to get marrled The next thing I remembered I was lymg on the floor In the last few moments of my excltement and surprise I had rolled oi! my resting place But I had seen a glance into the future discoverlng my classmates in the same positions I would expect to find them a few years hence Bllt IDOTB Bl1I'DI'lSeS Were lll StOl'e recoverrng from my surprxse the marchlng feet came to my ears and my attentlon A group of chorlsters Then afterwards a tall dignxfied MABEI. S FANNING T H I ' G H 'I' . . . , .. ,, ' T ' - t . . . , . . . , . , . ' ' . - . . .. I .- . . X . , . - ' . , . l w I ' 1 . ' . I ' . ' . - 5 eyes, I gazed into the face of the player. In l , , ' . s 5 ' Q . Q . . Y . 1 1 ' I . ' ' . 1 ' 7 . ' . , 7 ' v a 1 . . . A . , , . . . ' . 1 ' . . l - . - , ' . 0 , , . . , Y . . , 1 Q I , ' ' U - . , J