Milbridge High School - Light Yearbook (Milbridge, ME)

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TI-IE' LIGHT 41 UNDER THE LION'S PAW It was the last day of autumn and the first day of winter together when Council was finishing work. He was about to go into the house when he saw Mr. and Mrs. Haskins and their children coming up the road. They asked if they might stay there for the night. Mr. Council said, I don,t want to make it a practice to turn anybody away hungry so go right in and I will soon be in 'cause Iim almost done. Mrs. Council took them in and made them com- Fortable. Soon Mr. Council came into the house. He and Mr. Haskins lalked a while before going to bed. Mr. Council let Mr, Haskins and his family Stay with him until he could find them a place to live. A few days later Mr. Council went to see Butler so Mr. Haskins could rent a piece of land. Butler said hc could. , After Mr. Haskins had lived there for about three years he planned to buy it. He said he would give three thousand dollars for it, but Butler said it was worth 1 ive thousand dollars and he would not sell for less than that. Mr. Haskins wanted the place very much and he called Butler a thief. which he surely was. Mr. Haskins leaped and picked up a fork and was going to hit Butler for trying to cheat him out of what he bought and put on that piece of land, when he heard his two year old daugh- ter laughing and coming toward him. Ile laid the fork down and told Butler to make out the deed and mortgage and not to come back again or he would kill him. Butler backed away, getting into his cart, leav- ing Mr. Haskins seated on a pile of sheaves. He was tired and very sullen after meditating about what Butler had done. -Sherry' MacLean, '49. A FARMEIPS WIFE , CWritten about A Day's Pleasurevl Delia Markham was tired and sullen As she walked down the dusty street, She had ridden to town in a wagon And looked anything but neat. In her arms she held her baby, He was as dirty and dusty as she, Delia seemed utterly lost and homeless, And she was as bitter as could be. She walked up and down the desolate street Until she hated the town of Belleplain, She saw a lady with a pretty dress With a beautiful, long demitrain. She wished that she had pretty clothes And nice things for her child, And when she saw pretty Mrs. Hall She wished she didn't look so wild. Mrs. Hall asked her into the house, She thought the baby was a treasure, Delia talked and rested and went home that night Satisfied that she had had a day's pleasure. -Marjorie Anne Wallace, '49. UNDER THE LION'S PAW CWritten about a story by the same name, Everywhere there are men Who take advantage of every Haw, Then there are often the poorer men That find themselves under the lions paw. This lion is not the beast of the jungle, But his motives are the same, The lion is the man that glories In driving other men to shame. Wherever Truth and Honesty go 1 The lion is sure to follow. How much better this world would be If his greed the lion could swallow. So keep away from his sneering face Lest you encounter his greedy jaw.. No one knows how well off they are VVhen they're away from the lion's paw. --Marjorie Anne Wallace '49.

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THE LiGH'I' 43 A SAFE INVESTMENT The schools all over the country have been asked to provide the money for thirty-five thousand hospital units at three thousand dollars each by buying Victory Stamps and Bonds. Three thousand dollars per unit will furnish our wounded service men with the best medical care that is offered. Our money will buy such things as beds, X-ray machines, operating tables, surgical instruments, wheelchairs and therapeutic lamps. It is our duty as American citizens not to ignore the cry of helpless wounded and the silent re- minder of those valiant dead. We will be re- warded by their gratitude to us and we will be able to say of every man who gave his life, You did not die in vain. Our school during the war has done its share. We were one hundred per cent for the whole school year of 1945 and the minuteman flag proudly adorns our wall. It seems to say Mil- bridge High has given to the causef, -Evelyn Sawyer, ,47. GIRLS' BASKETBALL REPORT The girls' basketball team of Millbridge High had a very successful season this year. Losing two games and winning seven, they held second place in the League. Members of the main team were as follows: Vera Helen Freeman, left forward, Martha King, center forward, Jean Leighton, right forward Janice Upton, left guard, Elsie Faulkner, center guardg Evelyn Sawyer, right guard. Sherry McLean and Ramona Stanwood were substitutes. Other players who started the season but dropped out were Joyce Young, Jane Kennedy, Beryl Holland, and Ioanne Freeman. The girls' team was coached by Principal Stinch- field. Martha King, jean Leighton and Vera Helen Freeman acted alternately as co-captains. As a successful season terminated, we elected Vera Helen Freeman as captain of the team. This was announced by Superintendent Roland Leach at a banquet on March eighth, which was held at the Atlantic Hotel in honor of the basketball teams. The girls started off the season by playing the Franklin girls at Franklin on November twenty- third. They scored a victory with the score twenty-six to sixteen. The next game was November twenty-seventh at the home hall with Franklin. Once more the girls won, with a score of twenty-eight to sixteen. On December seventh they played Harrington in the Millbridge Alumni Hall and beat them with a score of thirty to twenty-one. On December eleventh the girls played Cherry- ficld. This was a home game and they scored a victory of twenty-seven to twenty-five. The next game was at Cherryfield on January fifteenth. This was ia much publicized game and a great many people from Millbridge went there to see it. However, it was that night that the girls first admitted defeat. The Clierryfield girls beat with a score of thirty to thirteen. Later the girls played Jonesport at Jonesport on February sixth. We won with a score of twenty- oine to eleven. Then came the game with Harrington in their hall. On February eighth,,with valiant hearts and high hopes, the girls set forth to conquer the foe, but they lost by seven points, the score being fifty-two to forty-five. On February eleventh the Millbridge Alumnae played the girls, the latter beating with a score of thirty to twenty-two. On February thirteenth they played Ionesport at the home hall. Here was a good chance to wind up a good season with a win. The girls defeated Ionesport twenty-eight to eleven. This game brought thelseason to a triumphant close. We sincerely wish to extend our deepest appre- ciation to Mr. Stinchfield, who willingly gave his time and effort in coaching us, so that it was possible for us to have a better, more aggressive team. Coach Stinehfield made one season of basketball, one season of pleasure and happiness. -Evelyn Sawyer. '47, Solution for Page 33 ANSWERS T0 NUMBERED PICTURES REPRESENT- ING STORIES, POEMS OR SONGS 1. The Four Horsemen 2. The Twins 3. Neighbors 4. To Grandfathefs House We Go 5. The American Flag 6. School Days 7. The Two Bears Knot the Three Bearsl 8. The Boys 9. Smiles 10. The Three Musketeers 11. Trees