Milbridge High School - Light Yearbook (Milbridge, ME)

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TI-IE LIGHT 27 her aunt and uncle in San Diego. She didn't espe- cially like the idea of leaving all 'her friends but as she did not have any relatives in Detroit, she didn't have any choice. She was going to stay at a hotel for a week be- fore going to live with her aunt. Ruth went into the station to End the informa- tion bureau. She asked the attendant at the bureau where she could find an inexpensive hotel. After listening to the directions very carefully and thanking the woman, she left the station. Once outside the station she got a taxi and gave the driver the address. A few minutes of riding brought Ruth to the place the attendant had de- scribed. The next evening Ruth was getting ready to go to a dance. when the doorbell rang. She was startled at first because she couldn't imagine who it could bcg she didn,t know anyone here but her aunt and uncle, and she hadn't informed them that she was coming. Who could it be? A few seconds later Ruth was standing in the doorway, looking into the face of a strange man. lle 'had dark hair, dark complexion and was about average height. She could see at first glance that he seemed nervous. She asked him in and he quickly accepted the invitation. Once inside the apartment he apologized for coming to her door and introduced himself as Don Conley. Ruth was the curious type so she asked him if be was in trouble. She convinced him first that he could trust her. Don briefly told his story to his confidante. He had been blamed for a murder he did not commit. He said, I was walking in a residential section of the city two nights ago when I heard a gun shot. I couldnit tell exactly which house the shot came from but I was going to find out. The first house I came to was the right one. When I got near the window, I stumbled over something and fell against the house. The real killer must have heard me for when I got up and peered through the window he was gone. I wcnt into the house through the window with the intentions of finding who was hurt and calling officials on the case. I had just found the body of a well-known society woman, when the police came. They found me standing over the body and naturally thought I was the murderer. The officers left in about an hour and left me with one policeman. I got away from him and have been dodging police ever since because I've got to prove my innocence and that would be impossible if I were in jail. I canit go down to the police sta- tion and plead my innocence because there is nobody to confirm my statement. Ruth sympathized with Don and told him she would help if there was any possible way. A week passed and Don had no clues that would clear him. Ruth advised -him to tell the truth 'ind if he were innocent something would surely turn up. So after Ruth convinced 'him that it was the right thing to do, they went to the Dis- trict Attorney's office together. Don told his story to the D. A. just as he had told Ruth. The D. A. let Don finish before he told him that the real murderer had been picked up a few nights after the murder. Don was relieved at what the D. A. told him and Ruth was almost as happy as DmL They went back to the apartment and Ruth made preparations for the trip to her auntis the following day. --Ramona Kinghorn, '47.' SCHOOL School is the most tiresome place to me that I know of. Itis the same old routine, day in and day out. In the morning I have to get up and hurry to get ready for school. Then when I get here I hang around for a few minutes waiting for the bell to ring. Then after the bell rings comes the worst of it all. I have to study and prepare classes. Period one I have U. S. history and most of the time Junior Weekly News Review, which Mr. Stinchfield hardly ever lets go by without a little test, which I nearly always fail. After I get over that episode comes thc worst headache of all--period two, Chemistry, and I guess I will never get that through my head. We generally get a test over that too. Then after that class is over comes the best one of all, period three, that is the class that I can really rest in and have a good time. After that class comes noon hour. That is a time to rest up in. In the alter- noou there are two spare periods to study in and prepare lessons. When these periods are over I can go home after a tiresome day. -Keith Leigh ton, '47,

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26 THE LIGHT SCHOOLMATES Here I sit on this lovely sunny day With pen and paper in hand, Trying to think of something to say. On my left is Donna Burke, Gracious, does that girl work! She has brown hair and hazel eyes Ask hier all the where and whys. And what about that boy in the Navy? Ile likes her like potatoes do gravy. Right ahead there sits a girl Who has blonde -hair, and does it curl??? She just loves to go over to the Eastern Spa, Most of all in a Harrington car. Almost in hack whom do I see But the girl I would most like to be? Shi-'s a goozl personality and complexion is light And when she plays basketball. you see some fight. Everyone likes her, even me- She's iust as nice as she can be, lt's Slu':':'v Mai-l.e:tu--coul 'n't you guess? Wi- hope she always has the best of happiness. --Elsie Faulkner, 517. PLANS It was all planned and settled. They would bm- marriecl soon, ' think that Elsie had decided on an early day iw June, N ' Pifzer chuckled as he watched her in In-r clficient way Plauni nt 1-Qirlj-J for that coming wedding dav. I sat bv a d watchel. and I chuckled to myself As l'Il'fi-- tol.l what pots and pans would fill the pautry shelf, And I chuckled as shi- tall nu' what furniture they would buy, Or what things friends and relatives might supply. And when the little house is linished it will be a dwelling grand, Which Elsie and Roger had for a long time dreamed and planned, And when they turn very old and gray, They will still have their little house on the south side of Dow Bay. -Janice Upton, '47, THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION- WILL IT SUCCEED? Will the United Nations Organization succeed? This is the question that is foremost in the minds of the American people. On this organization lie our hopes of world peace and security. Its success will decide if civilization is to continue or be extcrminated. The United Nations Organization is the most important and the most necessary organization ever to have been proposed. If it succeeds it will surpass the League of Nations by far. Its success depends on the nations' ability to settle disputes by peaceful means, as arbitration, rather than by force. Will the nations abide by decisions handed out hy the Security Council? The United Nations Organization is just an infant and yet it was confronted with disputes before it was organized. Iran and Russia have appealed to the Security Council for aid. If the Council decides in the favor of Russia in the Iranian dispute the smaller nations may say, Well, it's no use for us to stay here, we might as well go hom:-.H If, however, the Council decides in Iran's favor, Russia may have the same attitude. This is what must be prevented. Another had feature of this organization is the vc-to power which the Big Five hold. Any one of these firm- can stop an act of the Security Council bv vetoing it. For instance. if the Council decides 'fi order Russia out of Irm Russia can veto this move and it r-an't be dove. It is dubitable if any of the Big Five would dare oppose the other four. New-rt-lu-less, this is a possible source of discord in thc organization. If the organization is to succeed the American people nmst be behind it one hundred per cent. Every time that difficulties arise we must not get discouraged. Tyding's attack on the U. N. O. is an exam-ple of this. President Truman's speech sums it up If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace. -Evelyn Sawyer, '47. UNEXPECTED CALLER As the bus came to a standstill at Union Sta- tion in San Diego, a young, attractive girl fRutl'l Lewis? descended from the rear of the bus and stepped off, onto the platform. Ruth's parents had been recently in an auto- mobile accident and she was going to live with

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28 THE HUNTING Hunting is a sport enjoyed hy many, hoth young and old. They like to travel in the woods, not just to kill but to survey the beauty ol' tht- woods and fields and get some exercise in tht- good open air. They like to look at tht- trot-s, rviltl flowers, birds and streams. Some people like to see the different hir-det nntl animals and learn their habits and ways ol' living. Many of the anmials live in dens the year ronntlg some only part of the year. Some are active all tht- timeg some hibernate all winter, some just during the colder weather. Some live in water nm-1 ul' the time while some never go very lar from the water. Others travel many miles ovcrla-nl Iron: one body of water to another. -Leighton Roberts, '47. .-li 'l l I'WI NVQ-UTE FOOTPRINTS l -1 -zntall, placid town, called Haleyville, there ' 's .r certain grocer whose name was -lim Ii .edden. This particular grocer was an ect-cnlric, inventive character. ln fact, he was more ol' an inventor than he was a businessman. One afternoon as jim Snedden was sitting ho. side the stove in his grocery store, he tried to think of a new way of advertising his groccrit-s because he hadn't been getting much trade lately. Suddenly he had an idea. That night he went out and painted n great many white footprints on the sidewalk. They were about three feet long and they were all pointing toward his store. It took 'him only a few minutes because he used a stencil-plate. During the next few days those white feel were tht- talk of the town. Everybody in llaley- villc tried to guess where those footprints came from. As thev were all pointing toward Snedl dcn's grocery store, naturally most of the people we -t to trade because of their curiosity. About a week later Mr. Snedden put in his window a placard which read: Those footprints show the way to Snedden's grocery. That samc day Mr. Snedden received a letter from an advertising company saying that they would like for him to sell them any more new ideas which he had for advertising. -Joyce Fickett, '47. LIGHT ' THE OLD PROSPECTOR Klondike was getting old. He had traveled thousands of miles in search of gold in California. lle, like many others, had gone gold crazy. It seems as if he had searched every inch of ground in California for this shiny metal. Thousands had fought and died for gold but some just preyed on others who had found it. One day Klondike was dragging his mule, loaded with provisions along a stream not knowing what was in store for him in this strange land. Suddenly his pack mule stepped in a hole and broke his leg. The only thing to do was to shoot the animal because he was useless wit-h a broken leg. So Klondike shot the mule 1tn.l proceetletl on loot. At dusk he made Cilmll where the stream was very narrow. He ate and retired early because of the long ioumey ahead cf' him the next day. When he arose at day- bregx' nun-lr to his surprise he found that prac- tically all his provisions had been carried off hy some kit. 7 'ml' animal during the night. After about an hour of lnvelizrg he managed to kill a bird for his breakfast. X' noon, as he approached a tiny stream, a shini 5: vlfe:-t caught his eye. He inves- tigated and forp ' that the stream contained a large gold deposit th- put up a sign and started for the nearest land claim office to stake his claim. Klondike secured millif-'fs of dollars worth of gold from that tiny stream. X half year later he died, but he died happy because he had discovered gold. -Earl Dow, '47. OUR DAILY HISTORY CLASS The Iunior class of 1945 and l946 have U. S. History asone of their subjects. Often we draw a heavy sigh as Mr. Stinchficld gives us an extra long assignment and says in such an amusing tone, And you may get a quizf' Of course, we know for certain we will, so we study, study and study some more. But, Ohl dear, it seems that some of us will never get all the wars straightened out. By the looks of the world now, we'll always read or hear about wars or disagreements of some kind. When Mr. Stinchfield gives us an assignment, we all know without him saying it, Study, class, or it's failure for you. He means it, class, so come on, let's get back to work. -Donna Burke, '47.