Machias High School - Margaretta Yearbook (Machias, ME)

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18 THE MARGARETTA At every place at the table is a cala- bashe full of poi. Poi is made from the roots of taro-plant, is greyish in color, and looks like wall-paper paste. It is eaten with the fingers. Poi doesn't have any special taste at all, and it takes a person quite a long time to get used to it. There are dishes full of different kinds of prepared fish, sweet potatoes, and pork. There is also some pudding served called haupia. Haupia is white in color and is made from coconuts. The drink served is called okolehau. Oke for short. The modern luaus serve soda pop, ice cream and cake. The pork, called kalua pig, is very delicious. It is cooked in an interesting way. A hole is dug in the ground, which is called an imu. The pig, which has been cleaned, is stuffed with white- hot rocks and wrapped in gunny sacks. The sweet potatoes are put around it. White-hot rocks cover the pig and then the dirt is put on top. The pig takes quite a while to cook but it is well worth the time spent. While the guests are feasting, enter- tainment is going on. Hula girls are dancing, and a Hawaiian orchestra is playing. Sometimes a luau may last until morning and the guests are invited to breakfast. June Chadwick '45 bk is bk STRANGE VENTURE Mary had been told about the Salva- tion Army Captain, but she caught her breath just the same when she came through the revolving door of a town drug store and saw her for the first time. The resemblance was amazing. The same jet-black hair, the same ha- zel eyes. Even the same impish dim- ple at the left corner of the mouth! Mary might have been looking in a mir- ror except for the fact that the girl at the kettle wore a dark blue coat and an Army bonnet while the Stokes heir- ess was dressed up in the finest of furs. Feeling someone staring at her, the girl in the bonnet looked up through the crowd and caught a glimpse of her counterpart standing in the doorway. Placing the bell in the wire netting ov- er the kettle, she walked up to Mary and held out her hand in a friendly way. Hello! she said brightly. Pm Jane Montgomery and you're Mary Stokes, aren't you? I've been waiting to meet my twin ever since-1 Suddenly she noticed the little smile at the corners of Mary's mouth and the look in her eyes. 'Tm sorry, she apologized, but I thought- It was Dr. Young who saved the sit- uation by pulling up to the curb and calling Jane over to his car. Mary turn- ed away with a lump of jealousy in her throat. She knew David Young hated her for what she was-hated her weak- ness and selfishness and her useless life. It was during the middle of dinner Christmas Eve, that a call came to up- set Mary Stokes' future plans. The voice on the wire was ringing with ur- gency and need. It was Captain Jane Montgomery. This is Captain Jane Montgomery speaking, the voice said. Yes ? and in the one word was all the ice and formality that Mary Stokes could muster. I need your help very badlyf' the voice over the wire was saying. You're the only person in Lowbridge that can help me and it is a matter of much im-

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THE MARGARETTA 17 ing with this huge man's, he thought his end had surely come. Meanwhile, Alice had been busy with her own thoughts. Why had Bob gone to the tower? Was there anyone there that would hurt him? Was there some- thing that Bob knew and had not told her? Somehow she knew that there was something going on, and she was going to find out what it was. She went to her brother's room and took from his drawer a revolver which had been her father's. It was loaded and she was soon on her way to the old tower. She reached there just as the spy at- tacked Bob. Alice's voice broke that awful mo- ment saying: Hands up, Mr. Spy! We've got you now. The surprised and crestfallen spy gazed almost into the muzzle of a gun. Foi1ed by a girl. I'll be hanged, he muttered between savage oaths which made Alice grilt her teeth in anger. Here's a ropeg tie him up, Bob, she said. They tied his hands and ordered him to walk down to the boat on the shore. While this strange and exciting adven- ture had been going on, the storm had subsided. They loaded their strange cargo into the boat and rowed over to the village and delivered the spy to the police station. A few days later the rest of the gang of Fifth Columnists were captured and Alice and Bob received their reward. Barbara Hanscom '43 li Ill Ill SAY IT WITH MUSIC Somewhere Deep in the Heart of Texas , High on a Windy Hill , lived Jim, a Lonesome Cowboy . One day Jim boarded the Chattanooga Choo Choo and told the conductor, Let Me Off Uptown and off he went to the Big Town . The train stopped at Forty-Second Streeti' and Jim walked down The Little Street Where Old Friends Meet to a Vine-Covered Cot- tage to see his mother. She said to him, Sonny Boy soon I will be Cross- ing the Bar and I wonder, Is There Room Up in Heaven for an Old Rock- ing Chair because I will be lonely without it. Her loving son replied, Dear Mom , don't worry as there is always room in that City Called Heaven for those we love. Soon after his mother passed on, Jim called Rose O'Day and said, Please Be Kind, I Need Sympathy . She in answering said, Come South of the Border and Cheer Up , stop singing those Blues in the Night . This he did and not many months lat- er Rose O'Day , a blushing bride, went back Deep in the Heart of Texas , where the townspeople still call them The Couple in the Castle . Barbara M. Hanscom '42 Bk HF If A HAWAIIAN LUAU A luau is a Hawaiian feast, celebrat- ing a wedding, birthday anniversary, etc. There are a great many tables for the guests, which are decorated with ti- leaves and flowers. Ti-leaves are large and green and look like banana leaves. Instead of bringing presents to a luau, guests put money in a large cala- bashe, usually in the center of a certain table. Calabashes are wooden bowls made of koa-wood or coconut shells, and are used to put some of the food in.

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THE MARGARETTA 19 portance-a matter of life and death! 'Tm sorry,- Mary hesitated before she told a deliberate lieg but I'm ex- pecting company in half an hour and I really can't be bothered? The company can wait, went on the voice over the phone. What I want you to do can't wait. Dr. Young is- Dr. Young , the name sounded strange on Mary Stokes' tongue, and her pulse leaped. I'll come, I'll come, she said at last, and returned the re- ceiver to its place. A short time later as she climbed the steps to the Army building and entered Captain Montgomery's quarters, she wished that she hadn't agreed to come. But she soon forgot that when she found Jane Montgomery in bed-her white face twisted with pain and her leg in a heavy splint. I've broken my leg and I'm supposed to go on an errand of mercy, but I can't walk. That's why I called you. I want you to go in my place. It's too bad about your legf' Mary Stokes said coldly, but you are asking something utterly ridiculous. I thought when I came it was something impor- tant, but you only want me to run an errand for you! Listen! and she reached out and clutched Mary's hand in a 'firm grasp. For the first time in your life you're being asked to think of others instead of yourself. You've lived here longer than I have. All your life you've touched shoulders with the people in this town. You know all about them. But you've never had the opportunity, as I have had, to become acquainted with the people up in the mountain shacks. You might think they are not human. They're hard and cruel in their dealings with one another. But they are really human underneath and they need help. I just received a call from a family up there saying one little boy has a case of appendicitisf' And you want me to go? Mary's tone was filled with sympathy. Exactly! Mr. Warren won't let the doctor near the house unless I'm with him. If you put on my uniform and bonnet, no one could ever guess. You must hurry though. I've already call- ed Dr. Young and he'll be here in ex- actly seven minutes. Mary Stokes, not realizing that she was doing it, dressed and received her directions for the errand. Dr. Young did not recognize the girl who climbed into his coupe. On the Way to the mountain they talked of Mary Stokes. Did her royal highness bother you yesterday, Cap ? the doctor opened the conversation. You know that is one girl who could be the grandest person in the world if she'd come down to earth. 't Evidently you don't care for the young lady, Mary Stokes said, look- ing away from him. That's just it, the young doctor admitted ruefully, I do care. Finally they reached the Warren cab- in, and Mary went straight to Work. A few hours later when they were on their way back, the doctor said, You were swell. It was a tough fight but you helped like a good soldier. I-I-, but strangely she couldn't say anything. - Quickly the doctor took up the con- versation to cover her confusion. You look grand in the Army bon- net, he said. I wish you could wear one all the time, Mary.