Machias High School - Margaretta Yearbook (Machias, ME)

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ffooooooooo .ooo-oo .M .H -o fr fo-'ooo-'wt 'ofocnfooffoco-crocfofvo offoaocooo THE IVIARGAREIHTA 367 ooovooof owen:-ooocf -ooo fo oc-off-c Ju f. 0 mf oooca cfoooocooooo the monthly True Story Th1s story w1ll be contmued Alas' he had forgotten to turn the swltch on the radlo N B A MESSAGE OF DOOM S THE shadows of nrght fell upon the small settlement of Durport a kind of rest lessness and terror seemed r ason for th1s was the terr1f1c blowmg and howl1ng of the w1nd as rt swept bacl' and forth over the tmy houses of the f hermen seekmg to do what damage lt could At elght oclock the old church stceple fell to earth Wlth a srckenmg thud The few people who were out of doors were nearly parallzed wlth fear as lf expectmg the sky at any moment to fall upon thexr heads On the mornlng of the next day Wh1Cll was dark and gloomy a bottle came to shore and was plcked up by a f1sherman The message wh1ch was read by all the flshermen was as follows The day of Judgement IS almost upon you Prepare to leave thrs world for on the morrow all w1ll be desolatron After readlng these words the people were awestrlcken At f1rst they dld no know what to thlnk or do But the superstrtlous fears came to the front and swept them along Th1s message seemed to them a genume warnlng they never stopped to thlnll from vthom lt mrght have came So they prepared for thelr fate and at slx oc ock all wer ready awaltmg the commg of Doom Some sat on the11 doorsteps but most of them were perch ed on the-1r housetops ln order to get a mare complete v1ew of the commg event They made a strange spectacle all deck ed out 111 then Sunday clothes and ga mg at each other 1n fear and trembhng At seven oclock they belleved then' doom had begun m the form of a pour mg ralnstorm Although they were soon we' to the sk1n they contmued to watch and p ay At nme oclock however the torm abated and the people ch1lled and x et crept mto thelr houses and sool fell asleep The next mornmg everyone was up early and a man walklng on the beach found another bottle s1m1lar to the one found the day before w1th a message m It Th1s one read There 1sn t any Judge ment Day to my knowmg but I wlsh trere were for some of you I hope you have a good nlght s sleep ton1ght There wa no slgnature That day llttle groups of sheeplsh but greatly reheved people mlght have been seen dlscusslng the hoax that had o startled them Evidence pomted verv pla nly to a certaln queer and grouchy old gentlemen who l1ved by hlmself on an lsland near Durport and who was called the Mvstery Man A e'f appoxnted commlttee of tle Il8I Y ' ' 1' 'f A Qu' 1 1: 1 4' ' v 'nf vi , V v , 1: v qv lv, G54 ' ,J , ' , Cf 7. ' . 3, A 3 .C - . TC-'SN' '-'lf'-1 L ' .V , FMC' , , ' fi- J. . . '30 , - ik X 41 if lt ' ' . Q , - Q Z, . V V- I A , . . to hover over the entire place. The , I h I ' 5 .l . , ' L . . t A ' 1 9 A ' 9 x . . . , S . A , . . . t . 1 ' ' , I , , , ' ' . As ' 3 - , . . I V, V . 5 L . . . 3 ' . U ' Y - - n - f I Q I v . . K 5 . . . 0 l ' ' V ' , ir i ' ' ' ' ' S . I - H'

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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. - . , . , .

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f 15C'OO45wOOOOOf'O f D''GGG O G'wf-CJOOOvOO45f0D95GQGO'D'5f'OCPOOOv15QC5GO THE MARGARETTA oocwocfoooooooocwoooooovocwooo-.arf K:-oo-.-cf f-ocffofecafooof vlllagers pald a V1S1t to the old fellow the next day to 1nqu1re 1nto the matter but found hrs hut deserted As they turned struck h1s foot agalnst somethlng IH the grass He stooped and plcked It up It was a bottle exactly l1ke the one wh1ch had caused such consternatlon m the llttle v1llage but lt was empty He held the bottle rn hrs hand and looked at rt thoughtfully Wal he sald reflectrngly I guess th1s ere bottle 15 just like that message we got Theres nothlng 1n It V B G 0 652537685 AUTOGRAPHS In the year 1940 I was srttrng 1n my den Thlnkrng of my former schoolmates Whom I ne er mxght see agaln When among some books and papers What should I by chance espy But a worn and faded album Once the apple of my eye' As I turned 1ts well thumbed pages Readlng what my frrends had sa1d I began to muse upon them Were they changed or were they dead On a page that once had pleased me Were the words My love rs true On another page once azure Never lrke thrs page, be blue On a leaf stlll brlght and pretty L1nes are wrltten neat and Well Oh' I see th1s nxce 1nscr1pt1on TIS Your classmate Isabelle Another page once prnk and pretty Alas' No longer so Yet I st1ll recall the wrlter And remember h1m as Joe Here I read the name Vrola Txaced w1th 1nk of vrolet hue And above these words shed wrltten I am st1ll a fuend to you Here my dear friend B111 had wrrtten Yours until the krtchen SIDKS There a page all torn and blotted But I thrng 'twas slgned by 'Bmks' As I turn the pages over From my llps there comes a srgh, When I thrnk of frlends departed, Happy school days, long gone by ACP'30 1 U91 . ,..., 'f.QQ-12J-'3'1-.'-v'gP4 . of f,,Q,,-Q1lQQ' Q, .'3,'R WD ',', V, ' ',', 53 ,'3v.,,,-,',,,. f',,5z . . . ' 4 , ' . , , . ' AA H ' away, one of them, Weller, by name, , H f ' . I ' ' l ' - ' xv o , , , , . Y ' ' u ' nn 1? , , 1 I 1 1 , ' v V y . . Y L , ' ' In ' f' H - ,