Mattawamkeag High School - Golden Key Yearbook (Mattawamkeag, ME)

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When she efrme home the party was rn full swrng The guests were all there and rt was trme to serve re freshments Nlanra told me to brrng the rce cream rn I w ent out to get rt but alas' W hat do you thrnk had happened I Irad forgotten to put the plug bfrel rn the refrrgerator after I got through rronrng The ree eream was strll rn rts orrgrnal form What more eould a person ask for ' SHIRLEY VANCE 19 THIL WAIF It was fr eold wrndx rrrght rn the erty of Chreago The snow drrfted rn errre Irgures as the wrnd how led around the shadowy burldrrrgs A small frarl boy of not more than sr yen wandered the streets rn search of r place to spend the rrrght Hrs eold lrttle hands grasped trghtly to the edge of hrs old tattered cap rn yarn attempt to keep out the brtter eold Hrs small body w as wrapped rn rn old faded blue racket and thread worn brown pants On hrs feet were over sued twrsted shoes that were of lrttle proteetron agarrrst the cold A large shaggy dog followed closely at hrs heels He walked dow rr the dark narrow streets knockrrrg on door after door only to be refused After many hours of yarnful searehrng he sat down on a street corner' and rubbed hrs lrttle hands together rn hopes to get them warm The shryerrng dog sat close besrde hrm and hrs small head rested on hrs shaggy fr rend Each attempt to get up and con trnue hrs Journey farled for he was too weak from exlraustron and hun ger The dog w hrned and tugged at hrs lrttle nraster s sleeye then re srgned lapped the saltv tears from the cold lrttle face He strrred ever 0 slrghtly rarsed hrs ey es to heayen and smrled It seemed so much warmer now As the long hours passed the dog eyer wrllrng to protect the young lrfe ,7 r nestled closer to the cold lrttle body As the wrnd blew snow drrfted around the srlent parr formrng two lrttle mounds lrke newly frlled graves and the two wrde snow laden arms of the srgn post oyerhead farntly re sembled a crude eross castrng a dark shadow rn the stormv nrght PITA OUELLETTE 49 One Referee One Error One Rrde I turned and looked back no cars eomrng I trudged on a few steps and lool ed agarrr strll no cars trucks or eyen brcveles I walked on slowly Ieelrng drsgusted Here I am on top of State Street Hrll rn Ban gor 1? I5 at rrrght and no way or means to get home I had been at the class M and S tournament at Brewer staved trll the last moment and mrssed my bus by two or three mrnutes But rn a wav I was sure glad I drd stay trll the last gun was Irred because Madr son was puttrng on a drrye now and were behrnd bv only three pornts Then a Madrsorr player broke loose and lard one rn to cut the margrn to a srngle pornt Bucksport was now freezrng the ball and the seconds were trekrng by Wrth a 33 32 pornt lead Bueksport was strll retarnrng possessron of the ball Thrrty see onds left then twenty then ten and Bucksport strll controlled the ball Bang' the gun went ofl' endrng the game I rushed out of the audrtorrum to catch my bus but rt wasn t there to catch rt had left a few mrnutes be fore A man rnformed me that I could rrde oyer to Bangor wrth hrm so eagerly accepted I got out on State Street and walked to the top of the hrll I stopped under a street lrght and slowly looked back the cold rcy wrnd brt my face and cut through my trousers ehrllrng me throughout The r -C ry - - . . A V . - ' , ' ' 1 , . v .Y 1 - . ' ', ' 1 r I 1 1. l ' y I . A , , . ' v , . , 7 v ' ' 1 - ' . - , X 4 ' . 4- .. ' . C Ai I x n s. u 1 I D Y . x u ' u In . . li gn , . . . . . . N , v . . . . ., . 1 -e s ' . , .T u 'Q . 1 . . .- - r . . . . ' - - , ' v H 1 K . V , . . . Y I , . . x, , , t- , - s u V . 1 .. , ., . Y v , . . . . v v '1 ' '1 n I. A .' - , l I . . . . . . - I4 Y I I I r I , - 1 5 n 4 I y v 1 Sy' v. ., X . , 4 -1 , ..r.-- , . . . . . , 2 ' 'A K x x - ' 1 ' 1 ' ' ' . . r r ' ' 'S . . .1 ' ' ' ' ', L '1 . 1 P . 1 ' , v , ' , 7 ., ,H 1 ' ' 'r . ' . . I Il .1 4' 1 v ' c , . ' . y u s v 1 . u I ' ' ' . 'V v' . ' ' 7 . ' l . . l y . ' y . ' . u v ' v , v ' I . ' ' I I . . ' . . . h D Y J v V , . . -. v . . , 1 ' . . . . - . v ' .l . . - - y . . Y . . , . . . . ' . . v -. v Q 1 - l '- . . . . r' r 7 Z . . I 1 . v . Y - . V I. 1 . . . . ' Y . f . , I ' ru ' - - r ' 1 I Q 'l Y n A ' - W -7 V 1 v' v . n v' ' y - - - ' . e sv v ' rv ' y . ' ' v v . U . 1 v . . , , ' - 9 r n l v ' . 7 1 Y' . I y . fs v1 A . . Ulfllfl

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Lztev cu y Attendmg Box Scout Meetmg O11e dax afte1 go111g tll10llgl1 tl1e usual DIOCLCIIIL of gett111g tl1e ma1l 1nd mal 111g 01.11 mghtlx x1s1t to Sax ages mx fllellfl a11d I cleclded that xxe xxould atten1pt SOIT19tlI1IIg that 110 OIIILI glll to Olll knoxx ledge had exe1 do11e attend Box Scout Nleet 111g XI 1th thls IH Illlllfl xxe set out LOLl13.g6.0llSlX IOI tl1e old school house 11xx lnoxxn lb tl1c V I' W 1 xx hc1e the Box Scout Meetlng xx as to I1 l1eld We 11ot1ced S0lY1Qtll1I1g bu1n mg as xxe sta1ted WCIOSS the budge so xxe Staltlllg llllllllng not xxa11t111g to m1ss a11x th1110 PL3.ClllIIg' the x 1c1n 1tx xxe and that It IS o11lx some Box Scouts bLlIl11II0' doxx I1 an old P1118 t1ee IOI the11 oxx Il amusement xxe asked t1em xe1x doubtfullx lf t ex thought It xx ould be dlllght fo1 us to xttcnd Scout Nleetmg One of the scouts told us tl1at It vxould be al11ght because thex had a lot of x1s1to1s at exe1x Scout Nleetmg Belng thus conxlnced xxe e11te1ed the hall to look OX61 the IIlQQtII1g place of the Box Scents As xxe QIlt91CCl the 1oom xxe notlced a blackboa1d xx 1th chalk so xxe dec1ded It mlght be a good ldea 1f xxe xx1ote out names dllfl LlIlCl91l163.tl'1 then1 decla1ed that xxe xx e1e full fled feed scot ts xx h1ch xxe dld and xt late1 xx as e1ased bx a Box Scout The Scout 'xIaste1 NI1 Robmson had not xet 3111K ed and because xxe xx e1e stlll doubtful about belng alloxxed to at te11d Scout XIQQIQIIIH xxe xx e1e 1athe1 Jlad -Xt th1s po111t the Box Scouts stal ted to amuse us and It tlll ned out to be a 1atl1e1 SLHIX exe11t LOLlxIIlg the doo1s Iblblflfllllg us to leaxe the hall and tllllllllg out the hghts some of the sco1ts tool mx f1 ltllfl doxx I1 111 the basement bx a back xxax and LIDOII the xx clllllllg oi othe1 Box Scouts tl1at 'NI1 PObll1S011 xx as com mg left l1e1 and dashed up St311S NIeanxx h1le I xxas a l1ttle sca1ed Hllfl xxo111ed about xxhat N11 IOIJIIISOII xx ould s1x so one oi the Box Scouts suggested that I l11de 111 the base m nt h1cl1 I l Hx fIIQl1f LlDOHfll1Cl1I1gl1Q,I xxax upsta11s sta1t ed holleung 111x 11ame Ile 1eached out and took he1 111to tl1e basement 1ust 111 t1me NI1 Pobmson 9IIt9IGCl and xx e11t lIDStdlIS -kftGI he had Cl1S appea1ed up the sta11s mx flltlllfl and I ldll out a11d xxe11t home Up to th1s t1me xxe l1axe IIOt attended a11 othc-1 meetlnff Bx NI1sch1ef NIake1 INIARIE INIARTIN 1949 ABSILNT MINDNESS xIa1x dld xou put the bllttixl 1IltO the 1ef11ge1ato1 Yes Ithllllx I dld NIOHIG1 W1ll xou please make Sllli NIa1x Dont le'1xe It 111 the k1tche11 cha11 agfun I suppose xou 1emembe1 xxhat happened last t1me Im af1a1d clea1 M1s PILIJQDLISS xxlll IIQNQI f0l g1xe us Oh' That old plcklepuss ought to b ut 111 a 1a1 of x1nega1 f01 a couple of U.HtIllILS g1umbled NIa1x to he1selt She s alxx axs noslng 111to somebodx else s busmess I guess she xcallx nosed Ill xx hen she sat doxx I1 111 that dlsh ot butte1 NQXQI xx1ll l IO1 get tue GXDIQSSIOXI on he1 face Mama ls alxx axs fmdmg fault xx1th me I t1x to do ex e1xth111g she xx ants me to When she tells me to put sug ll 111 tl1e sug 11 boxxl I n1ost alxx axs put salt 111 It lx hen she tells n1e t xxea1 the g1ee11 hat I xxea1 the Dllllx one But these flllIlgS Olllx happen OIILQ ln a xx hlle I 1emembe1 one dax especlallx Hama xxas haxmg a bnthdax pa1tx 101 me and I xx anted to make su1e 6X91Xtl'llI1g' xx cnt all 11ght Sl1e l1ad to go doxx ntoxx I1 so she told me to put the 1ce c1eam mto the 1ef11ge1ato1 to 11eeze 7 1 ' o A A Q Q O O Y YY' Y Y Y 'I ' ' Y ' . . u ' 'ij ' ' ' Y' ' - Y Y ,Y ' Y Y ' . ,J , ,, - , - . - e , xx d1c. -K l. e , . . . 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lamps dlm llll.lYTllIldtl0Il cast shadoxxs ot xxelld dGSCllptl0ll I stamped mx xxealx leaden feet on the fl ozen ealth and xx alted patlentlx Soon txxo headllghts appealed at the bottom of the hlll Nlx healt pounded xx lth lm medlate dellght alld expectatloll as I saxx the beanls UIONN bl lghtel Just as I xx as gettlllg leadx to assume mx hltch hlklllg' pose the xehlcles llghts tNYlSt6d alld flashed doxxn a Slde stleet The bleak black lllght xx as bathed 111 a sleepx sllellce lntelupted occas S1OIllX bx a cal holn tal off Head llghts agaln appealed at the toot ot the hlll but thls tlme thex dldllt tVS1St dovx Il a Slde load thex came Stlalght ahead I assumed that pose and avxalted the dllltl s d6ClSl0Il xxhlch xxas no dlce I walked on sloxxlx ulltll I leached the next lamp post xx hele I tulned on heallng a cal apploachlng Once tlme I got lesults It xxas a 41 Plx lnouth xxlth a slngle male occupant xxho gleeted me xxltll Want a llft' ea thanks leplled ln tone of glatltude alld lox Hovx fal ale xou golllg he asked next IH a NOICG I thought I heald befole but as I looked at hlS face ln the dlmlx llt cal I declded I xxas xxlong Old Toxxll I ansxxeled hoplng he mlght be gOlIlg fIl1tl'lQ1 Well Im just golng to the LH1 X61Slt5 but Ill glxe xou a llde as fal as thele Thanks Im glad to get ex en that al Dld xou attelld the toulnament tonlght'7 Yea box thele sule xxele some svxell games especlallx that last one xxhlch Buckspolt xxon bx one polnt 110m Madlson That vxas a close one xxasnt It Hoxx dld xou llke the ofllclatlng on that game plettx D001 xx asn t lt W thele xx as e plax I thought stunk xxhen a Buckspolt plax er leaped lnto the 311 and thlexx the ball to a teammate bllt he couldn t lfflill lt so the ball xx Qllt out of bounds and the l9f9lQ9 gaxe lt llght back to Iuckspolt agalll Xl hx dldllt xou see the INI3.CllQOIl plaxel deflect the ball xx lth hls flll gels 'N dIlSVltlS meek llttle me I lllflllt see allx NIdCllSOIl men toucll -Xs I Sdlfl thls I 1l0tlLGd the cal blOXxlllg doxx ll dllfl I looked up to see allothel llltLlf'l hlkel lle stopped alld he got III the leal seat He and the dlllel xxele lamlllal IOI they gleet ed each othel bx thell hlst names Fladuallx thell L0llNQ1S3.tlOI1 led to the tolllllamellt Hoxx d thlllgs go tOIllgllt asked the llexx llflel to oul dllkel Plettx good I thought but ap pllentlx some people Cllflllt In tact one ot them told me about a plax I messed up on that I had seen lust xxlll talk about xou xx hen they dont lnoxx vxho xou ale allsxxeled the dl IX 61 111 a salcastlc tone Thbll a bell bonged 1I1SldQ mx flt llogglll SOITl8tlllllg sllapped and I 16 ITl6ITlbQ16CI xxhele I had heald that XOICQ and seell that tace He xxas one of the IQIQIQGS ln that Buckspolt xI3,dlSOIl game Thele I sat lflsultlllg the mall xx ho xx as lxllld healted ellough to glxe me a llde telllng hlm he xxas bllnd alld a fllst class bum and also that I meek llttle me had seen a plax entllelx dlffelent alld emphaslzlng I xxas llght But the lefelee xxas a good Joe 'md folgaxe me and xxe xxele tllends agalll But thele xx as one em ballassed gux IH that Cdl that nlght 'ind he xx as Ill mx shoes L-XLRENLE I ICHARD no BASEBALL SILASON 'Ihe season xxas lloxx comlng The gllls xxele filled xxlth glee Each thought that shed look stunnlng Xxlth a H001 buln on hel knee 37? 1 g v l w 4 -. ,kv Y, . v 1 . X J . . X Y Xf' ' u V X,, ' y .X X ,X X X XX X. . . X . X X I X X. . X X XXXX I Y l X X -X ' In X IIXYOXH X , X X X , - , nl D . V ' ' S X , . A . ' . A ' ' - .v 1 K' ,Y . L ' . X X - X - ' XX X v . . . ' 'X ' ' X I . X - .' v . v -X '. ' '. - ' - . - X . . . Y . , 1 ' X' ' ' ' ' v X v . - , lv . XX 7, X ' X X H X Y V X l 'X Vx., 'X , 3 v 5' u s .I v v' . . u X , X , Y. . X X - 1 v v ' - . . YZ ' X' 1 l I X 1 X I. . . I . l v ' 7 1. more I went illto my pose but th1S the Othel' WHY- PUIUIY, h0W 19901319 - X X v g Y- .' , v v 7 , Y. . ' i Y , , l X X qu , X X , , X' u ' - H -' v - ' . . - . ' . :AY , , , ,lv I X . . a A X X . . XV R - 1 ' 7' l L l ' , v ' Q . , . ' XX ', X X , - ' 4 - ' ' v ' .1 ' . ' , , . X . -, ' v v - X X ' , X , X ' ' 66 v 97 , ' ' V Y Y' I Q ,- I as y - ' l Y -- Y . I X I X v . ' y 7 ' v Y .' ' , , 77 N ' . . Y u , .r , - - ' - ! Y I . f '97 ' ' ' ll. ' , X I ' il -.- - . v - ll . Y v ' v I vi . - . X XX XY . . 7 I. 7 v ' v y 1 . L X . '. l ' 'll ' . ' ' I , If u , X , y - Y f f K , , , Y ! ' 7? , X . ll x . ell ' ' on X' ' ' , v v . - . ' . .X . .' Y ' ' . . v l . ' I un