Milo High School - Breeze Yearbook (Milo, ME)

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THE BREEZE 15 that you can go about your business in an easy carefree manner and not look or feel awkward when doing it. there are many others. Of course one of the learning to what your family life is like you should be able to teach yourself good manners, for as everyone knows, they are very important if you intend to succeed. Having good manners is most important parts of our live correctly. No matter Marlene Trickey AN IMPORTANT DECISION The dusk of evening was on us as we were all lying around on the damp, cold ground: waiting, hoping, and praying for a miracle to happen. There were twenty of us American soldiers in Korea, just at the point of being ambushed by Koreans from all sides. What were we to do? Everyone of us wanted to get out of that impossible place alive. Should we wait there for them to close in on us, one by one? That decision would be impossible for us, fc-r we twenty men didn't have enough ammunition for four groups of enemies. We didn't know if there would be six or sixty men in each of their groups. While we were going to find c-ut, it seemed like hours before something hap- pened. All of a sudden a heavy fog fell on us. It was as if God had heard our prayers and answered them, which he did. We had to hurry to get out before the fog lifted. We headed in the direction where the rest of our troops were. We had to crawl on our stomachs most of the way trying to hurry but yet holding back at the same time. The nearer we ap- proached. the louder the sound of guns were. Were they Americans or Koreans, we wondered, but we had to take the chance of going through. The rest of our troops were meeting us half way, thank our Lord for that. Escaping from there was like coming back from the dead. Laura Robichaud BLIND DATES Small, tall, skinny or fat-it could be any of those. That is the chance you are taking on a blind date, but on the other hand the date might be a very shapely blonde. In the following I will try to tell you the pros and cons of blind dates. Now if your date happens to be ugly you have already had a bad start: also the possibility of her being overweight arises. If she is overweight you would be embarrassed to take her anywhere in public. Of course the other extreme is just as bad. Bad manners should be watched by both, the girl and boy, very closely. They make things so unpleasant. Now for a loc-k on the bright side of the picture. Good looks help a grcat deal but are not essential for a good time. A good personality is most important for a boy and girl to have a good time. If you and your date can dance well it is a great asset. Since you have seen both sides of the picture let's draw a conclusion. If you are lucky you can have a good time. In many instances things have turned c-ut well, but the chance is too big for me to take. How about you? Arthur Hamlin MY MOM HAS A SON Bobby was a cute little fellow when he was born. He had dark hair and blue cyes. Then as the years passed he grew to be a son a mother could always be proud of. Mom certainly was proud of him too. Then Bobby was five, old enough to go to school. He was a big boy now and

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14 THE, BREEZE was the remains of an old log sluice where woodsmen had stripped the proud moun- tain of its birch and spruce and sent it hurtling down to the valley below to be taken to the mills. At the top of Barren was evidence of a long ago rock slide. For a half-mile down the mountain we could see rock piled upon rock with no trees or grass around. In our imaginations we saw the great rocks as they plunged down the mountain taking vegetation and animal life with it to destruction. Here we also found a large dark crevice in a cliff and, on dropping a rock down to find the depth, we could hardly hear it as it hit the bottom many seconds later. We stood for a while and admired the beautiful countryside, the lakes, ponds, streams, farms and all other things God has given us. We then began our descent. On the way down my sister and I counted the different kinds of moss that we saw. We counted about twenty-four different kinds, some light, some dark, some soft and some stiff and dry and wiry. I never realized before how inter- esting a piece of moss could be, but after comparing each new kind we found we were fascinated by the many different structures and formations. A hike in the woods with nothing but wild things growing can be very inter- esting and educational. Flora Brown WOMEN SHOPPERS I don't believe I'll ever understand the way a woman does her shopping. She will read in the paper about a bargain sale and then rush downtown to be half slaughtered by a wild bunch of women. She will spoil a good dress, a hat, and a pair of nylons just to save a dollar on a new hand bag. Is it worth it? She seems to think so but does her husband? I should say not. Tomorrow she will want a new outfit to match the bag she got at the bargain sale. What does she do? She hits her husband for the money early in the morning, while he is half asleep. to buy the clothes with. She leaves early in the morning so that she will be home in time for dinner. The first store has almost the exact outfit she had in mind but she thought it might be cheaper some- where else. So she goes to all the other stores and, then, about supper time, de- cides the first place was as good as any. Another case is the woman who does the shopping for her husband. He asks her to get him some socks but what does she come home with? A nice, new pair of shoes that she got at a big bargain. She says A'You really don't need socks, I can darn your old ones. I guess men just weren't made to under- stand a woman and her ways, especially of shopping. Morton Hamlin ARE GOOD MANNERS IMPORTANT? In the course of everyone's life there is a period when he is constantly prac- ticing goc-d manners, whether he knows it or not. I think this time is around the high school age. This is one of the best times to prac- tice: before you go out alone in the world and start meeting people of all degrees. Some people think of manners as only table manners. They are so wrong. Man- ners consists of your everyday doings. Almost everything that you do, you are using manners in one way or another. When you start out alone you want to know the correct way to meet people and the correct way to introduce people with- out the feeling of embarrassment. You also want to know the correct manners when eating with strangers so

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16 THE BREEZE proved it by going to school all by him- self. This was the day Bobby was proud. Before Mom realized it Bobby was in high school, then entering college. He got his diploma at twenty-one. One night back home Mom was listen- ing to the radio and a news broadcast came over it announcing about the Korean war. She knew in her heart what this meant. Bobby would soon have to go in the service, and she would certainly not try to hold him back if he wanted to join to help fight for his country. Sure' enough the next morning she re- ceived word from her son that he had joined the marines. After a short time in the service he was sent to Korea. From then on Mom worried constantly. Bobby wasther only son. She prayed every night that he would come home safely. Bobby had been gone about two years when he was missing in action. Mom kept saying My son is safe in God's eyes if not in my own. Bobby was missing about a year when Mom received word he died heroically in action. Yes, Mom was sad but she realized that if it weren't her son, it might have been millions of other sons. He did die heriocally. She said another prayer for him leaving him to rest in peace by the Heavenly Throne. Edna Clark A MEAL AT A QUICK LUNCH COUNTER I'm sure that everyone at some time has stopped to get a meal at a quick lunch counter. lt often happens that during a day of shopping it suddenly dawns on you that you're hungry. So, gathering up your numerous bundles and boxes, you enter a department or five and ten cent store. At noon it often seems that all the seats are full, so you decide to wait until someone gets up. You lay your boxes on the floor by your feet, lean your shopping bags against a counter, get everything settled for a ten minute wait, and a group of three or four people leave. Grabbing up your packages, you make a wild dash for a seat, only to find that someone else got there before you. Finally you get a seat. By this time, the various fragrances and aromas have started your stomach complaining by a series of long audible groans, and your mouth waters spasmodically as each fresh whiff of food greets you. Several waitresses dash back and forth in front of you, intent on going in every direction but toward you. While you're waiting in the hope of getting your order right away, you watch each tray of food coming in your direc- tion, with a possessive stare. The bust- ling waitresses, the wonderful eclairs, the clatter of dishes and hurrying of peo- ple, all lend a particular atmosphere to your meal. Charlene Kelley