Machias High School - Margaretta Yearbook (Machias, ME)

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LITIAEREARY IINTLIITIOIN II 1nd I xxere ICICIIIICHI txx1 e xxere 1l111cst 111sep1r1hIe xxhe11 xxe xxere re11 Ind exen x qr xx alt 1 xe Cou d sense e 1eh other s eehnqs hadnt seen C111 for three xe1rs NIIICQ she been IIXIIICI III ILngl111d but noxx xx 1s qomq to x1s1t her The mqht xx IS d1mp and IHISIV and as I rode 1Ionq 111 the tax1 I Could hear the roar of the xx 1xes beatmq 1q1111st the roelx A xxe1rd Ieelmg e1me oxer me as xxe Came III s1qht of her home It xx 1s so huge 1nd d1rk lookmg It stood o11 the edqe ol 1 qre1t elllf oxer Iookmq the ocean As xxe drexx nearer I xx ES sur pr1sed to see th 1t there xx as only one l1qht SI'1OXX11Iq CIIOOIHIIY from an upper xx lndoxx III the 1re1t bl1ek1111ss of SIOIIQ The t1x1 stcpped 111d I stepped out Clutehmq 111x NLIIICISE I xx ent to the door 1nd pounded the I1rqe IIOII knoeker After xx 1s opened sloxxlv bv a11 old xx1the1ed vu er I I med 1 sm1Ie but If xx1s 1 returned I1o1 1 moment he stc od there sI'lI'lllQ 1t 111e xx 1th h1s small exes Sllllllltlllq Then before I h1d 1 Chance exe11 to ex pI1m 11x self he took mx baq 111d st1rted toxx ard the st11rs I xx as aIra1d 111d d1dnt xx 1111 to folloxx h1m but somethmg seemed to be forcmq 111e to A xxe eI1111beI the sta1rs the I1qht 111 the I'1aIIxx1x becime d1m111er 1nd d1111mer Vye reaehel the top 1nd st1rted doxxn a Ienq eorr1do1 I III 1llx he stopped h111ded mx b t IIIQ rexx o CII 1 eoor X III II If ere NI flll XX 11relx ton KIOIIN ol t e LOOI 1 OSIIIL we Illl. lllt Ill XX IS SIIIIIII be IIIL IKCN 1 1 111q at L VN IN 11111 t she s1x son1e 1 IIII A I stepped 11e1rer 1 horr1 e ICQIIIIQ LIIIIC oxer me I knexx IICXX xx hat the trouble xx IN e111 xx 1s de1d I turned 1nd 1111 xx1ItIlx out the door 1nd doxxn the COITICIOI I re uhecl the st11r 111 I st1rted doxx11 Doxx II 111d doxx11 I r111 xx here xx as the end? Suddenlx I became COIISCIOUS of 1 rmq mq 1nd opened my eves Y s 11 xxas a horr1ble mqhtmare For 1 111o111ent I l1v there trvmq to qet eontrol of myself but the FIIIQIIIQ h1dnt stopped I qot out of bed and hurr1ed doxx I1 sta1rs My XOICE xxas shakmq xxhen I ansxxered the tele pho11e Somehoxx I xx 1snt surpr1sed to Ie1r11 th1t 1 teleqr1m for m had come say1nqth1t e111 mytxx111 s1s1er h1d led th1tn1ght Iu1 IA DIINSMORE 54 BABY PICTURES Lmxx ood Morse une DdVlS ean IVIar1e Mallar Beverly Kllton oe Ellsmore Evelyn ane NX hltney Elzada IVIorse Rebecca Schoppee Patsy Parlm Evelyn Foss Flora Ceel Vlary Spurlln Rlchard Cunnm Dot Berry Rebecca Carroll Helen Yvatts Eleanor Garnett eanle- Pettlgroxx oan Roberts Vlarxlyn Morse lkathleen Dudley Bruce Ingalls Nlarllyn Ellsmore Ixendall Morse 1 Stanley Hooper Tdltll Bryant X lf lnld XX ood VI, rn 1 Randall ohn I I anson k r Il ohnson Xnn Ilanscom 33 Daud Reed IAIBYTI I f 1' 3 5 I I3 1 1 ' - .. . . . , Iea z ' ' 'K ns. VV 'i IK 'KV 1 I child 1 1 '1 us x'e K e ' 6 lei x' A V i' -' 1A Ni C 5 1 I 5 'Q' I ' I ' - ' 1 ' 2 I A ' 5 had A A A L . ' I ,' -A A -' 1 I .' 'QQ ' . A L . I 'e:. At ' . A t 1 2 ' aff Q . . - 1 . 5. I I j what seemed like an eternity. the door Betty Wallace . 1. 1 I tl . o 2 J A ' 'fi lot 71 ' I I I - 8. ' . ' 1 J 2 9' . . C K C - - X - ' x' ll. . 5. C' . k ' E - ' A 3 .L . ' V 5. - K. 16. , I7. . ' IS. . S ' ' 1 S A A A IQ- I Af '. ' U Y r . 5 20. 1 r I v I C . ' Eli , K -. ' 23. 1 1 . ' Y ' 2 X 4 1 1 24. . ' V 111e A' il-I, z I th ' p e I . I 'I '4- xe '1. As I st1,1d th 5 11 A tl, I 'as 57' 1 - . la 4' ' s ' ' h I ' 'I J I - A' A' 'A h' I 1. Iea '43 A t 'hA I 1 Ifyk. Ai lurk' A 1 IIIN. Il 4' I'I I J A'.'1I',' - 'Ht' ' h' Q s 3 1 . 1 'bl 'f A ,- .

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THE MAR LIFE S DARKEST HOUR Mxchaela ordan was a pretty auburn halred m1ss of seventeen and at the present tlme was just one of the gang but some day she would be a great concert pxanlst She had been studymg pxano now for ten years and she loved every mlnute she spent playxng whether for practrce or for the many soclal events for wh1ch she played When she arr1ved home thls afternoon her musxc lnstructor was wa1t1ng for her wxth the news that she was presentmg a concert soon and would l1ke to have Mlchaela play 1n xt Mlchaela agreed at once and began talkmg eagerly of what PICCCS she would prepare She and her lnstructor finally chose Claxre de Lune and Malaguena On the nlght of the concert Michaela was very exclted She had been practlc mg for weeks and hoped she wouldnt forget her selectlons Someday she thought as she walked up the steps Ill be vxalkxng on stage to glve my own concert When she had fxnlshed her second se lectlon there vxas a great round of ap plause and xt d1dnt stop unt1l she had played three more After the concert she and Bob and a group of thelr frxends went out on Route 4 to Martys Place to celebrate her suc cess After they had eaten thelr ham burgers they danced to the muslc of a juke box until they vuere so t1red they could hardly stand up Then they decxded to go home all agreemg that It had been a grand evemng When they were about tvxo mlles from home a car vxlth glarmg headllghts came toward them out of the n1qht The boy at the vxheel blmded by the lxght and h1s senses dulled by t1redness d1dnt realxze how near the edge of the road h1s car was Suddenly vxlthout any vuarnlng the GARETTA vxheels slid on the loose graxel The car vms Ql1f1I'6ly out of control and the next minute was plungxng down the steep em bankment Several hours later they were dxscov ered by a pass1ng motomst vxho l1Cf1fl2Cl the police After the occupants of the car had been treated at 1 hosp1tal for m1nor cuts and bru1ses all but one of the teen agers vtere allovted to go home One of the group st1ll remalned at the hosp1tal It was Mlchaela They couldnt seem to find anythlng vrong vnth her other than a few scratches but vthen she opened her eyes she couldnt see' The doctors were puzzled When Mlchaela cm oke the next morn mg the horrlble facts of the exenlng be fore came rush1ng xnto her mlnd Then she thought I can nexer become a great pl3IllSt novt 1nd l xxlll nexer be able to have fun vuth mv fr1ends agam Surely thxs vxas M1chaela s darkest hour After an hour of th1nk1ng there came from the darkness the sound of someone playlng Clalre de Lune on the p1ano er song lt must be on someone s radxo When the song f:ll11Sl'16d she medltated Maybe she could st1ll make her dream come true Maybe you d1dn t haxe to see to play the plano after haung stud1ed It for ten years That afternoon she xx ent home and told her parents of her plan to keep up her plano studles Tonxght Mxchaelw ordan IS qnlng hex flrst concert r1qht here IN New York Clty Yes she his been xerv falthful 'and his stud1ed xery hard for four years When Mlchaela risked vthvt tlme xt was she dlsccxered she xx is ten mlnutes lite As she hurrxed doxx n the corrldor 1n her long full exenmg dress she trxpped and fell strxkxng her head 1q11nst the corner of the xx all she hwd been about to turn She sux stirs 'md moons and 1 , . 7 . k I ' C 1 ' 1 , . , c v .1 1 Y ' . c , . . . .. . 1 1 , . . . . . Y Y. 1 -1 . . . . 1 V . ., . . c V .' ' . . rr . 11 . . . rr 11 . . . 1 , . 1 1' C 1 . . 1 . . . 11 1 1 I - - 1 . rt 11 . . 1 1 . , . . . H 1 . . 1 1 C V . . 11 . rr . 11 . . c . ' ' H ' ' ' . V 1 . . . 1 - 1 - . . 1 . . , - ' 1 . . , . . . V 1 , ,. . . V . . . .1 .Y. Q . C 1 . x . . . 1 K . , ,, . ct I c rt . , ' r c ' 7 c cf ' c 7. . . .4 v Q V 1 . W , -, . , A . c. . ' . c . . .' ' r , , . 1 .. , . . 1 . . . . .,, , . atc , ' . 'c .' c , ' ' , . fc ' fi f c f -'