Machias High School - Margaretta Yearbook (Machias, ME)

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f-ooooooooooooodooooof :M 0 '6'3Ot'5' ,ofoooooocfocvc-oooooooco THE MARGARETTA ooo-oooooowaoooooo-oooooo ooo-.vc me fy -ooo swoon 'cf 0- 'oooc-ooo moo ima Q I .J ffllls A WINTERS DAY COLD SHARP WIND blew from the north laden W1t11 dry powdery stlngmg snow whrch wh1rled wh1te and twrstmg untxl objects a scant frfty yards away were almost wholly obscured from vlew Towards noon the storm abated a l1ttle though the b1t1ng gale llfted and flung the lrght snow All the afternoon the bl1zzard raged but wlth steadlly lessenmg vrgor so that late afternoon found the storm past and the sun beam mg from the edge of the vast grey cap of clouds that covered the sky Dr1fts were everywhere On the lee s1de of bu1ld1ngs lay w1de semrclrcles of hard packed snow many resemblmg the crests of waves about to break others oddly l1ke cl1tTs wrth sweeplng plateaus and abrupt drops wlth overhangrng brows So hard had the wmd dl1VED 1ts load that the open spaces were swept clean llq and bare whlle obstacles a foot hlgh gathered a rrbbed drrft behrnd blowly the sun sank colormg the sky a clean red that extended upward to the cloud cap and reflected roslly on the whlte drlft below Long blue shadows spread across the snow F D TRAGEDY OF' THE NORTH VER THE barren waste of snow covered earth sped the long dog team of grey and Whlte huskles As they ap proached the mound of snow near the brmk of the cravasse the tall man wlth a SIX gun 111 each hand sm1led w1th satrsfactlon and crouched back nearer the mound rn order to h1de hlmself more completely from the vxew of th man on the sled Nearer and nearer approached the doe team and 1ts human burden the man llttle reall mg what lay m Wall for . . :l 'f' 4 fl -QTVR fy A D lf s, ff a V ffll ' l , -. Y V 'xg ' ' v ' T. .S ' . . Y g L.. .'31 ' . ak ik u- -r IF l

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QC-W'65 THE MARGARETTA IRWIN HERVEY WASS General IIWIH Irwm IS the orderly boy of our class There IS only one fault we flnd w1th hlm and that IS that he seems more interested 1n the Normal School than M H S Weakness That Electrlcal School Property Mgr Senlor Class Play 4 Ursula Pennlman Club Prrze 3 Mgr of Baseball 4 Ada Ada IS also a Jolly member of our class for she always has a smxle on her counten ance Maybe It IS the color of her harr whrch glves her such a sunny dlsposltlon Although Ada IS not such a large glrl she w1l1 be mlssed for she was always ready and w1ll1ng to help her class Class Prophecy French Club 4 Play 4 Asst Dlrector of Senlor Class Play 4 Glee Club 4 Chorus 3 Latln Club 2 3 4 Play 'P L ENVOI Wlth apologies to Mr Klpllng When our last school lesson IS ended And our books are ragged and torn When the hardest Latln IS conquered And the easlest French IS learned We shall graduate' And faith we ll deserve it Qult all for a month or two Txll the dutles of llfe shall call us To begin our career anew CLASSES There are classes good and bad great and small classes of many klnds many klnds of classes classes of all klnds all klnds of classes but after all there IS but one class the SENIORS fWell, why not? Whose book IS thls anyway'U Thls Isn't a Poem The Senxors they are qu1te the nuts The Jumors the're the works The Sophomores the're sure some muts And the Freshmen they are-l-oooo ADA LOWELL SCHOPPEE Classical I15l

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foooooocff-ofoooffoooooooof-:foofooooof THE NIARGARETTA ooooocwoooooooooooooooooo Joocwcwoo-:wooo-Josef h1m untll lt drevn abreast of the huge boulder where the armed flend lay ln Walt Two shots rang out and the man on the sled llfted hlS arms above h1s head lost h1s foothold on the sled fell to the ground and toppled over the br1nk of the large yawnlng cravasse Down down down went the burden It struck many hundred feet below wlth a slckenlng thud The dogs reallzmg that the master had left the sled sped away yelp1ng to ward thelr kennels Just as the anlmals dlsappeared the dlrector stepped from behxnd an art1 f1c1al snow bank and asked the property men to remove the snow scene That dummy went over the br1nk Just 11 t1me he laughed Back to the studlo everybody K L G '50 THE FORGETFUL BOY BOUT eleven oclock ln the even1ng JOh11fl16 a boy of f1fteen was awakened by somethlng he knew not what' He thought 1t sounded l1ke the openmg of a w1ndow but he was not pos1t1ve He lay for a few mmutes l1sten1ng and sh1ver1ng from head to foot darlng not to move lest some ugly fxgure from the dark might grasp h1m by the throat As he lay there trymg to thxnk what mlght have awakened h1m he was startled by the banglng of a door then L17 a loud whlstle whlch made h1m nearly shake the qullts to the floor and yell wrth terror A scream rent the darkness Johnnle remembermg the praise he had once rece1ved for belng brave sprung from h1s bed and clutchlng the bedpost w1th one hand he groped for the llght wlth the other Then he sought the lrttle re volver that he had concealed under the mattress of h1s bed for just such purposes Stealthlly he crept down the long stalrcase Oh let go my throat you brute help' help' came a female volce Now Johnme was standing erect at the bottom of the stalrs for the voice sound ed exactly llke that of h1s elghteen year old slster Elsle She was 1n trouble' He would have to use all hls strength to protect her Tell me where them sparklers 1s and I wont harm you came a gruff voice This certalnly was a burglar and he was trylng to make Elsle tell where she had put the diamond necklace Wh1Ch she had recelved that day as a blrthday present Over there over there came a waverlng female volce She had told the burglar where she had put the glft Now was the tlme for a t1on Johnnle bolted madly through the dlmng room door but what drlfted upon hls ears9 Th1s lS statlon WEEI broadcastlng - ,,,,,,. -. .- ,.,, -,.,, , ,,,, - ,,,, - ,,., . . . .v. , . . . . 54 W3 - . .- - - - . - T V-, , 1 , 1' I Y , , , . V . v 1 ' 9 y 7 , - . , . - , 1 , ' ' H u ' ' ' ' , , , . ik Ik lk 8 18 3 Y v . , , , , , .l ,, , , , . A . . c . . y . 1 ' . l. - . , . , .