Milo High School - Breeze Yearbook (Milo, ME)

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LITERARY THE LADY AND THE DOG As I stepped off the train I was aston- ished to hear such a racket as I had never before encountered, coming from farther on up the station platform. As I hurried to join the throng of curious excitement seekers which had already started to gather, I noticed the cause of the rumpus. There on the platform laid an elderly lady in her late sixties, I should say, and planted very firmly on her middle sat a large Great Dane. The dog looked gentle enough but every time the lady would try to move, the dog would only plant him- self more firmly than ever and quietly con- tinue to watch the curious crowd. Many of the onlookers tried time and time again, but in vain. to move the stubborn beast. Finally after two and a half hours of effortless schemes to remove the animal, which, by the way, must have weighed at least three hundred pounds, the old lady fainted from exhaustion. At last a police squad came to the res- cue with a long pole, and hanging at one end of it was a loop of rope which they carefully slipped over the dog's neck and then tightened. Then after much coaxing and tugging they removed the dog from its captive. Upon taking the lady to the waiting ambulance, they found on the platform where the strange pair had laid their little episode, a very small field mouse. It was a very messy sight indeed, for the mouse had been squashed to death. But no one knows who had been more scared of the innocent creature. The old lady or the dog. And none know how the dog got the upper berth. It just goes to show that a little crea- ture is sometimes more feared than a large one. Carl Hoskins THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Oh, boy! I was starting school now. lust what I had been waiting for. Now I would be a big bc-y like all the rest. The first day was great with every girl and boy dressed up in nice clean clothes. I remember one little boy in particular, who had a new bright green shirt and very light green pants, pressed just right. He was clean and his hair parted perfectly in the middle. The teacher had a pretty red dress with a nice flower in her hair. The teacher got us all together and gave us seats. We liked her very much. She read to us from a story book. Then we went out to recess. Out on the play- ground everybody had a good time run- ning and playing, Then all of a sudden everybody began to run over to one cor- ner of the yard. The teacher seemed to have changed. She was not nice as be- fore, and the smile on her face had dis- appeared. She was dragging two boys over to the school house. One was the boy I described before. He now was all dirty, and his clothes were ripped and mussed up. The other boy look-ed all right. The teacher wasn't fair about it at all. She made them both stay after school. I thought it was mean and told her so. Then of all things she made me stay after school too. Arthur Hamlin PISCATAQUIS COUNTY I live in the southern part of Piscata- quis County, in the small town of Milo. We are neighbored by a number of small towns, of which, Dover, Dexter, Guilford, Brownville and Greenville are the largest and most important. All of these are crowded in the southern part of the county. If we ventured farther north, we would

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CHARLES SLEEPER. Buckwheat Ile is cute, he is shy, But there's mischief in his eye. Volleyball 1, 25 Patrol Boy 1, 25 Social Committee. BRYAN STUBBS -.Bungn What l think, I say. Junior Play Castg Senior Play Cast, Breeze Board 43 Social Com- mittees. THE BREEZE 11 MLARLENE TRICKEY Marlene A comrade blitlle and full of glee, Who dares to laugh out, loud and ifree. Glee Club 1, 2, 4: Home Ee. Club l, 2, Basketball 1, 2, 35 Softball 1, 25 Field Day Meets l, 25 Student Council l, 2, 3, 4: Vice President of Class 2: Graduation Ball Committee 33 Social Committees l, 2, 3, 4, Social Sanz-tion Committee 2, 3: Class Ring Committee 2, Orchestra l, 25 Band 2: Usher Junior Prize Speaking 2: Junior Prize Speaking 3, Breeze Board 45 Beacon Staff 45 Dirigo Girls' State 3: Magazine Drive 3, Class Captain, Class Colors 2, 3, Raffle Committee 4: Harvest Fair Committee 1, 2, 3: Class Song to the Seniors 15 Class History 4. GAIL VAN DYNE Gall Work is the key to success Junior Play 35 Senior Play 43 Breeze Board 4, Editor of Beacon 49 Dirlgo Girls' State 3: National Honor Society 4, Home Ec. Club 15 Pop Salesman 45 Ice Cream Sales- man 35 Name Card Committee 45 National Poetry Award 45 Prophecy 4. GRADUATION EXERCISES WEDNESDAY EVENING, IUNE 4, 1952 PROCESSIONAL Class of 1952 lNVOCATlON SALUTATORY Charlene Kelley ADDRESS VALEDICTORY Flora Brown AWARDING OF MEDALS Principal Ioseph H. Bragdon PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Superintendent Reginald Dority BENEDICTION RECESSIONAL Class of 1952 CLASS ODE Class of 1952 COMMENCEMENT MARSHALL Irving King

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THE BREEZE 13 come to Moosehead Lake, the largest in Maine. Greenville is situated at the very southern tip of this lake. At the lower end of Farm Island, the largest in the lake, Mount Kineo, a beautiful and scenic peak, is located. If we had the right equipment, we could travel far to the north of Moosehead and make the famous canoe trip down the Allagash Stream. People from far and near travel deep into the woods, just to make this beautiful and adventurous trip over Maine waters. If we traveled to the northeast of Milo, we could climb Mount Katahdin, Maine's highest peak. At the summit of this peak, the famous Appalachian Trail starts its winding course down the Alpine Range to Georgia. Around the base of this moun- tain the state has built Baxter Park, where we could stay for as long as we wanted, for a very small fee. These are a few of Piscataquis County's wonders of nature. If we traveled through the vast miles of woods we would find many more interesting and scenic things. This shows a person does not have to spend a lot of money and time traveling to see beautiful and interesting things. All he has to do is go traveling in his own back yard. Damon Carter SEASONAL DIFFERENCES We have springtime which is my favorite season. The whole world looks so fresh and clean. Worries just seem to banish. The trees blossom with buds and then with leaves of green. We have the summer, which is a child's time for fun and laughter. It is a time for swimming and for running about in the cool grass. It is a time for vacations at some quiet resort where the lakes seem so blue and the mountains so tall. We have the fall. The leaves turn such lovely colors as they surround the branch- es on the tree tops. The leaves loc-k so pitiful as they turn to brown and 'then die as the first cold wind of winter nears. Finally we have the winter. The snow falls so quietly and lightly in the night. The frost makes majestic patterns on the window-panes. Mother Nature is indeed wonderfull Glenda Cowing AN INTERESTING HIKE THROUGH THE WOODS It was a hot sunny day in june when daddy, my two brothers, my sister and her husband and I started on our way to a small mountain named Barren. Bar- ren Mountain is approximately six miles over a very rc-ugh back road from our home on Borestone Mountain. We went as far as we could by car and from there we walked. We had to go a short way through the woods from the road and cross al small stream at the foot of the mountain. We jumped from rock to rock, at times nearly missing and falling into the rushing waters. Our journey up to the top of Barren and back was very enjoyable. At one place the face of the mountain was so steep that in order to climb it we had to zig-zag back and forth. This particular place was about a quarter of a mile in height and when we reached the top and looked down it made us a little dizzy. We sat there and rested a few moments taking the liberty to gaze out at the beauty be- low and around us. The valley was bathed in gc-lden sunshine that made the tiny stream glisten and sparkle with all the glory that Nature had bestowed upon it. After a few minutes rest we continued our ascent up the mountain. At one place