Mexico High School - Pep Yearbook (Mexico, ME)

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THE PEP IL IFIEIRARY AN AD INI THE PAPER Nirss Eugenre Austrn a yery well to do mrddle aged sprnster had just mos ed rnto one of tlae new apartment houses at 575 West Street and lrked rt yery well When she had adjusted her belongrngs whreh con srsted of many frryolrtres sueh as laee dorlres and crocheted charrbacks she decrded to become aeejarnted wrth some of her nerghbors Early the next mornrng Mrss Austrn poked her head out of the door to get the mornrng paper and tlae mrlk She encountered about ten newly weds sayrng good bye to therr husbands who were gorng to work All durrng the day she saw the happy brrdes eonyersrng wrth each other about therr Iryes and work Thrs of course made her xery lonesome and now she wrshed she had marrred Wrlson Goodwrn when he had pro posed to her about twenty years ago But she srghed rt was no use to brrng that up Whrle eatrng her dmner she took up the mornrng paper and began to read Glancrng oxer the ads she suddenly sat uprrght for thrs was what she read Wanted Mrddle aged srngle woman to keep house for a good lookrng mrddle aged man Matrrmony rn arew Apply early and ayord the rush Wrlson Goodwrn IZOQ I'orest Aye Gracrous she medrtated that was rn the resrdentral sectron she was rn too Poor Wrlson he was rn the same predreament as she That afternoon she put on her best lookrng gown and started out 708 Forest Avenue there rt was a newly burlt cottage She clrmbed the starrs unsteadrly and rang the bell Wrlson hrmself answered But oh what a change She could hardly recognrze hrm and she felt sure he could not reeognrze her Instead of tlae clean good lookrng boy she had known there stood before her a man wrth a brg red mustache and beard that stretched from ear to ear Hrs head was as round as tlae moon and he werghed just one pound less than a mrddle srzed elephant' She handed hrm her card He read rt and slowly reeognrtron dawned on hrs face Why Genre Austrn' Do come rn I neyer ex pected to see you agarn You came to answer my ad drdn t you? Genre nodded her head Tlaat was all she could do for she w as qurte oyercome by the condrtron of the house Paper was lyrng all oyer the floor drrty drshes were prled up on the parlor table and she could hear somethrng borlrng oy er out on the krtehen stoae The floor was eoyered wrth crumbs and elrrt and eyery thrng was rn such a condrtron that she gasped rn amazement Wrthout much eaeplanatron she set to work to clean up the mess before therr conference XY'rlson threw hrmself rnto a charr and watched her wonderrngly Then he got up and walked out of the room wrthout a word She hnrshed at exactly half past tour and started p parrng supp XX'hen rt was ready and the table was nearly set she called to Wrlson They sat down botla eonscrous of each other and began the meal Horrors upon horrors Whale eatrng hrs soup Wrlson aaade a norse Irke a gruntrng prg He lnaost shoyeled the food rnto hrs mouth wrth hrs knrfe and rnsrsted upon gedunkrng lars doughnuts Poor Genre She had all she could do to keep from runnrng from the room The nrghrmare ended at last as they all do and Genre set about eleanrng up agarn Then she asked Wrlson to postpone the conference for she had a dread ful headaehe and after drreetrng her to hrs room he sank rnto a eharr that crumbled lrke paper under hrm and after weary hours of plannrng she fell rnto a leep sleep Some trme later she was awakened by the rnost jeeulrar norse she had ever heard It sounded lrke someone sawrng wood but she kne x that no one yas at rt thrs trme of nrght Then she realrzed that rt xas Wrl on snorrng That was the last straw Qurckly gatherrng her few belongrng she trptoed out the back door and walked swrftly back to her apart aeat She sank on her prrm sofa wrth rhankfulness and mused aloud Grye me my mardrsh quarters ary trme rather than lrarng wrth a man They are beasts and I hate them O Mclwrsmr 30 Tr-rri END MY IIRST ANID LAST RIDF IN A IORD At ten oelocle one Sunday mornrng I was readrng 1 book rn whreh I was greatly rnterested Suddenly the telephone rang out shrrlly Lrttle drd I know as I w ent to answer rt that rt was tlae begrnnrng of a brg adyenture for me My ehum was eallrng me to go for a rrde rn hrs new Lrzzre and after much argurng I deerded thrt I would be ready to go rn about a half an hour When he armed he rnformed me that rt was a run a bout It was It would run about half a mrle and stop It was xery handy berng easy to get at be cause wheneyer anythrng went wrong rt krndly turned oaer XVhrle on the w ry I asked hrm rf he knew tlae roael He sard that he knew ex ery hump I guess he drd for he drdnt mrss one ot them Most of the trme we were gorng only srsrty mrles an laour mrssrng telephone poles by rnches Iour chrckens rrrne lryes of three eats and 1 eow were sent to the happy huntrng grounds I told hrm I would grae a thousand dollars to feel the earth onee more beneath my feet He told me to keep my money for he would soon let me out for nothrng It was a frne rrde The lane was rafty dollars' We pard rt, sold the car, and took the trarn home after a nrght rn jarl l r I r ' - ' -I . 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THE PEP It was my hrst and wlll be my last rlde ln a lord and eyer SIDCC then I haye followed the hne art of walklng C IXENNIDY 33 THE FAST MAIL A freckled lad droye a pantlng HIVXGI' twenty mlles through ylrfln plne forests to drop a postal card lnto an obscure rural post olhce A falthtul country post master droye a buggy elghteen mlles oyer ruts and rocks to the nearest rallroad statlon where the card was whlsked aboard a roarlng llmlted traln All nlght armed mall clerks tolled by the dlm llght of swaylng lanterns as the huge traln thundered through the land scape At a great rallroad termlnal a poueh was loaded on a fast truck whleh dashed through the streets of the seethlng clty to an outlylng alrport Here the pouch was dropped IUIO Ia hlgh powered plane Plloted by the crack flyer of the serylce the shlp zoomed through storms hlgh oyer dangerous mountalns and uncharted stretches now dlpplng perllously as lf struck a hldden alr pocket now raclng bllndly ahead to destructlon or lts destlnatlon At another great clty a speedy truck plcked up the pouch contalnlng the postal and raced through lanes of traflic to a naaln post ofnce Here pale persplrlng clerks worked at top speed sortlng the mall Our partlcular card was shot through pneumatlc tubes and reached a branch office ln the suburbs Here If was re moved and turned oyer to a yeteran letter carrler Out lnto the drlylng raln of the mad summer storm plodded the falthful old publlc servant and deposlted the postal ln the mall box of a gaudy apartment house Late that afternoon a buxom blonde came home from the movles and plcked up the postal tlme Sleep under blankets eyery nlght Gus and me wlsh you was here Sophle LOVE GATE Mllly Loud Rutlege llyed IH the county of Santee ln the old hlstorle state of South Carollna Her par ents dled and she llyed wlth her aunt Fyellna Her brother ohn haylng graduated from a Northern Col lege returned home brlnglng wlth hlm a wlfe and the news that hls W1fCS brother was comlng for a XISII Mllly Lou thought she would llke to lmpress thls frlend of ohns Eugene Harraden so she lmplored Lola ohns wlfe to make her more lnodern They held thelr last sesslon behlnd locked doors Mllly s beautlful brown curls were shorn close to her head four HIITISY dresses dld what the coarse one she used to wear enforced by her aunt dld Her llps gleamed red and her eyes looked large outllned IU blaek Mllly Lous locket that she had always worn was hastlly flung around her neek on hearlng the approaeh of the car that was brlnglng lugene who was delayed on buslness Lugene had come to ylslt john beeause that was the pllee that the traee of hls mothers eldest brother had dlsappeared One day w hlle ohn w as absent from home lugene declded to go to Loye Gate a dangerous sw lmp to search for hls uncle He started off alone and after hours of frultless searchlng he gaye up and started hls horse for home or what he thought was home After many weary hours of wanderlng he found that he was lost Lost IH the swamp where feyer symptoms came upon one lmmedlately All nlght long he roamed around the sw amp scream lng and runnlng llke a mad man When day broke along the mountaln he was rescued oy a searchlng party headed by ohn Whlle dellrlous he dreamed of a glrl named Emllla and a Yankee soldler They were yery much IH loye and he had glyen her a loeket that eontalned hls plc ture Orders came from Vlfashlngton to report IITITTIC dlately and as he was yourneylng there he was kllled IH the swamp falllng lnto qulck sand When Eugene awoke Mllly who had nursed hlm ceaselessly showed hlm the locket that he spoke of durlng hls dellrlum Then she told ll1I'T1 that she had made up just to make an IIDPFCSSIOH and she left the room eomlng ba k agaln wlth her faee mlnus the cos metlcs Then he drew her down to hlm and confessed that he had always loyed her but he resented anythlng modern So when he wa feellng well they were marrled and as the old saylng goes Llyed happlly eyer after L IONTA 30 YOUTH WILL FIND A WAY Edward Parker a brlght sturdy youth of twenty was worklng hls way through eollege In the summer tlme he had a POSICIOH at Berkley Beach where hls rlch uncle owned many hotels and was noted for hls W1 ty s ylngs Edward Parker loyed anette Rowe perfect petlte blonde who was the only daughter of a wealthy banker She attended the same college as Ed ward dld ID the wlnter months anette and her parents always spent a great part of the summer at Berkley Beaeh and there the two young folks met agaln became re aequalnted three summers before But thls partlcular summer anette saw less and less of Edward because the company of a rlch young man was thrust upon her by her haughty mother who was qulte anxlous for her daughter to marry well Young Parker knew thls and though If was llke a stab of a sword he resolyed to wln janette some way Youth wlll find a way he mused to IIIIUSCII. H was determlned to show janette s mother that he was more worthy of her daughter than Uowllng the I'lCll fellow for Edward had heard SUSPILIOLIS storles about hlm and he w alted for a chance to do so One summer eyenlng I'dw lrd was thlnklng of thls as he lay stretehed out under a large be aeh umbrella that almost completely hld IIIITI from ylew He ne ard two men 1PPI'Olel1lDg talklng ln low tones and for l w hlle he llstened lndlrferently to 1 plot they were form lng Bu when he Lluglll the name of anette sat up wlth a yerk Through the eyulet Hlgllf he helrd the whole of the plot I-Ie w alted llntll the men had passed on then he got ready for ICIIOH - - I L- I A I , I ,y . -2 y Iv 1 ,I I 7 '. 4 . a I ' 4 I I I . 'A 2 'gg I I , 'I I L I V4 Y ' 4 I 4 4 'L I 4 ' ' I 4 -4'4 'v I a . I 4 7 I 7 ' ' ' A- v ,I D -Y h ' . ' ' 4. ' I , Y y I I Q ' I V . . I I - I . 4 , . . 4 A 4 A 3 ' - V I I. I, V I -I ' VI, ' I - ' I I ' y v 1 y A -'J A WYA R . . L- I a . Y . 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