Milbridge High School - Light Yearbook (Milbridge, ME)

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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.

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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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THE LIGHT 29 VICTORY CLOTHING DRIVE Scene I-Four girls in a theater talking about a news reel that they were seeing. Dellie: Look at those women and children, no home, no food, no place to go. Elsie: It makes me ashamed to think of all the things I have and not appreciating it a bit. Jean: Look at the money we spend each week on movies, games, dances, candy and ice cream, and still we are always crying around that we haven't been anywhere since last night and we want to go again tonight. Galley SIXTEEN-Milbridge Evelyn: And those children haven't even got a mother and father, let alone a nickel to buy an ice cream. Elsie: Why, those children are so thin and sickly looking. Dellie: Oh, look at all those people dying. Jean: See that woman and her two small chil- dren and all they have is what they have there and that is just the clothing they stand in. fThc girls wipe away heir tears as the reel ends and a funny comedy is shown, but to the girls it isnit very funny., Scene II--At the corner drug store eating a dish of ice cream. The girls are all talking at once about the news reel that they have just seen. Jean: I've got an idea. All: What? -lean: Wlhen we moved a few years ago we left all kinds of winter and summer clothing there in the attic and they have never been given to any- body, and they are not doing us any good. CShe stops a few moments and at this point she has the girls all worked up.J You know we ought to clean that attic out. Evelyn: The drive is over day after tomorrow. So that only gives us two days to do it in. Dellie: And we have to go to school tomorrow. jean: But we can work after school and if We don'l gel them picked up before dinner we can go hack after dinner. Elsie: Letls go down now and sec -how much there is. All: 'I'hat's a good suggestion. C They leave the drug store all excited. They had even forgotten to pay for their ice cream.J Scene III-Going up the walk of the Mitchell house. Elsie: When Mr. Stinchfield was talking about that in school it didn't even sink in. Evelyn: If more people took this to their hearts instead of letting it in one ear and out the other one. Dellie: Yes, the people over there wouldn't have to worry about going cold this winter. fAt this time they had reached the attic. The girls all were exhausted from hurrying so they sat on the top steps to rest a minute.J Evelyn: What are in all those trunks? Elsie: There are two, four, Eve, six, seven. Why, there are ten of theml Dellie: Where are all the clothes? Jean: In those trunks, Girls: What, you have got all those full and have never given them to anybody before? Jean I going over and opening up trunks, one by one, so that the girls could see inf: Well, girls, I had never thought much about it until tonight. I had almost forgotten they were here. Dellie: It will take us a mont'h to get all those picked over. jean: It said in that news reel that we could write our name on a piece of paper and pin it on the garment. Elsie: Why couldn't we get some paper and pencils and write our names on the tags now. Girls: Swell. Jean: Wait a minute and I will go downstairs and get some paper and pencils. lWhen returning, Jean found the girls all ex- c-ited.J Elsie: jean, do you know what we have done? jean: No. Elsie and Evelyn lboth trying to talk at oncejz We dicln't pay David for the ice cream. Jean: Oh! Oh! What are we going to do? Dellie: We will have to go in first thing in the mor-ni-ig on our way to school and pay him. lThc girls get busy writing their names and addresses on the paper. Suddenly they hear a 1-oise. The girls are so frightened they don't know what to do.J Jean Csomeowe coming up attic stairsjz Dellie, ask them what they want and who they are. Dellie: No, you. Iean: No. Dellie: Elsie, you ask them.