Newport High School - Live Wire Yearbook (Newport, ME)

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THF LIVE WIRE Jane was restlessly pacing the floor and Sue was calmly putting make up on when Buzz Buzz It was their ring' Sue ran to answer it Door call for Sue Wilkins and Jane Frost It s for us Jane Sue shouted getting into her wrap Then down three flights they went every step seeming a quarter of a mile but finally they got to the recep tlon room door There s stlll time to turn back was Jane s last thought but she walked determinedly in There was Dick and oh no that couldn t be It that was with him lt couldn t tance Dick introducing him and she caught the words Earnest Smith She felt her own lips mumble ln reply How do you do Mr Smith' Jane thought lf shed never fainted before she could do it now But soon they were out ln the air and she felt a little better Jane thought H may be a football hero a track man etc but he certalnlv is the homhest red headed short fat big mouthed piece of human flesh that Ive ever seen Her one consolation was maybe he can dance At last they reached the Gym Now to know the worst thought Jane Now they were 1n the dancehall dreamy muslc enveloping them Jane thinking how glad she was that she had come when Shall we dance er Miss Frost er Jane? Of course He put his arm about her and We're offl' was Janes p1t1ful thought Er Miss Frost er I may as well tell you I m not a very good dancer Hu ' thought Jane if I haven t already found that out but Oh how kind of vou Mr Smith I th nk you dance be au tl fu lly Ouch I beg your pardon er I guess I stepped on your foot Oh that was nothing sweetly someone must have pushed you But under her breath she was saying I knew it I knew it Oh Why dld I ever come? At last the time came when they were at the Dormltory and I had a perfect time er Jane er I hope we can go agam some t1me'7 What Oh yes of course Ihad Oh my feet do they ache my back how could anyone have such a rotten time? thought Jane She sat looking at her program It was good looklng but Sue burst in Have a good time Janie dear? Jane took of her slipper and didn t know whether to hit Sue or tack the program up with the rest but she ended by saying Why darling of course' and glV mg the tack a savage pounding N Lewis 38 KINDNESS PAYS KT WAS a beautiful day in June when Chris Braley was playing C in a field Just outside the llttle town of Brovs nvllle in Northern Maine He was Just trying out a new model airplane and was about to launch lt I 'F I 18 1 4' - rx - - - .- ' - 1 77 1 H Y hlu , nas ' i L' ' ' 9 75 A ' 1 ' ll if ' ' - 1 . 1 - 1 ' ' In - - '- - - 77 KI 7 yy As 1 1 1 - - ' ' -H ' H ' 77 1 l V l ' H 77 . v - ' . 1 . H . . . . , . , H 1 - - 77 sv ' , . 1 -Q - - . . H . - - - . 1 T . , - . ,, , . H. ,, . . Q. , H A - be. But it was. She heard in a dis- a-er-good time too-er-ood night. . . . . , H , - H ' yy A , . . . 4 , . H u ' 77 ' , . . ' I , u - . 9 7 I . U . 1 ' ' ' . . ' 77 1 ' ' . ' ' 1 . , e ' 1 ., , . '1 . 1 . 7 ' 1 1 1 ' ' . , U ' H ' - ,, 1 1 - 77 ' - ' ' . I I , as yy as I 77 1 - L'-'-' U l Y li ' 1 - 1 4 ' ' ll 71 4 . . . . . 4 Y . . . H , , . . . . U Y

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NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL Thls was true because stealmg IH that part of the c1ty was a part of the dally routlne of l1v1ng I ran on an errand for Wldder Gray and she glV6 em to me so there smarty cats contlnued Funny Face Iwas gonna treat the whole gang but see me do lt now Thls was sald only to save hlmself a terrlble beatmg because orlgmally he had planned to keep lt a secret but somehow one of the boys had found out Fatso a fat overgrown boy who had been qulet all th1s tlme spoke up wlth Gee Funny Face I always knowed ya was a swell guy Member the tlme I gave ya the brand new fish hook? Sure ya a swell guy chlmed IH several other volces If ya wasn t Wldder Gray would never a glven ya That s how lt went untll Funny Face all puffed up and glowmg from the flattery led the parade to the cor ner grocery store Freda Beek 38 MY BLIND DATE O' I shouted most emphatlcally Oh Jane come on Dlck says he s a grand guy It w1ll be for only one nlght and you know the Wm ter Ball IS so wonderful the dreamy muslc lowllghts glrls Hoatlng across the floor ln thelr llght dresses tall handsome men ln tuxes can t you Just plcture It Jane? Of course Ican I can also plcture a blmd date I m sorry Sue but I Just can t make myself go ' Jane sat by her desk fingerlng her numerous dance programs that usually hung from the wall There were red green blue black sllver el leather ln fact all kmds lmaglnable Jane loved to look them through They brought back many memories of grand tlmes She was thlnklng how shed llke to go to the Winter Ball but she Just couldnt go on a bllnd date and Vet Her thoughts were interrupted by I really thmk lt s rather mean of you Jane After all Dlck got you the date and everythmg Oh Sue lf Icould only see hlm Jane blushed gulltlly at Sue s last re mark But all the fellows thmk he sa swell guy He s outstandlng 1n foot ball track and everythlng Oh Jane bea sport DlCk sald he was a falr dancer and the boys thmk he s fine Just thmk It s an honor to go as lt costs so much Few glrls get there Another th1ng you d get another pro gram and Oh Sue you ought to be asales woman You re really very clever Anyway you ve sold me the ldea Tell Dlck I ll go but lf hesa flat tlre Dlck ll wanta start for MEXICO IH a rush Then came the blg nlght Glrls were talkmg IU hlgh pltched exclted volces Are the flowers In my ha1r stralghtl Where are my shoes? My halr looks awful Have I too much make up on? and so on untll Buzz Buzz Buzz One by one the fellows came for the glrls and they left for the gymnaslum where the dance was to be held 4 I 17 1 4- . . , u ' ' Y 9 , Y f tY . , . . . . I Y ' 77 ' . . V ' l ll n 9 - as - ' H ,, . . . . . . , . ' . . , , Y ' 1 as yy H I - ' Y I I , , 'K 9 v . Q 1 1 ' . --I, , v . L4 ' ' 77 . , , . - J n , u rs ' ' ' s 44 ' v ' IA 7 - v s, y 9 ' ' l n I I - 77 s - 9 1 three cents. . . . , . . . - , , . , . , . ., . q - U . - , 7 9 ' as ll l. s v ' 9 . . , . . , I . , , 7 . , . , . J . - H rv ' ' ' 77 4 an ' , U 1 7 1- n n a , ' . ' u n u s I . . - - , . ,, . . . ' rx fl '77 2 lf ' ,Q 64 11 ' ' 1 ' . 1 N . . . ,, 1 ,, 1 , . li ' , , . . . ' Y 1 7 ' x 1 . .

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NEW PORT HIGH SCHOOL when he was halled by volces Hey Chr1s' Let us look at your new plane w1ll you? L00klUg up Chris saw Carl Getchell a schoolmate and llttle Jlmmy Randolph cllmbmg the nearby fence Each had an alrplane ln hls hand and came runnlng up to the spot where Chrls stood Gee that s a swell one remarked llttle Jlmmle I wlsh I could make one as good Say let s have a race exclalmed Carl We ll start from thls blg rock over here Jlmmle you go first then Chrls and I ll go last ' O K by e returned Chr1s How about you Jlmmle? Sure I m game but mme won t fly then stepped on the blg rock and pro ceeded to wmd hls alrplane The llttle plane started wlth a Jerk and rocked by llght wlnds It made a sharp bank to the rlght and landed softly among the llmbs of a lofty pme Jlmmle d1d not try to retrleve It but stepped aslde for Chrls to make h1s trlal Chrls had already wound hls plane and lost no tlme ID launchlng lt It took to the axr llke a blrd and after a graceful llttle flight It landed some dxstance down the field Jlmmle was overjoyed at the fllght and Jumped up and down excltedly But IH hls ex cltement he happened to hlt Carl s el bow and a crack of wood was neard Now look what you ve done you clumsy llttle runt you ve broken the tall of my plane roared Carl Then stepplng toward Jlmmle he gave hlm a hard wallop on the ear If you were my SIZC I d glve you a good tan nlng added Carl angrlly Yes and 1f I were your SIZE Id knock your block off you blg bully I dldn t mean to break your plane plled Jlmmle wlth tears ln hls eyes There now you fellows don t get mad over nothmg remarked Chrls I m sure Jlmmle dldn t break your plane on purpose Carl Look' You can bend that plece rlght back mto place but Jlmmle you should be more careful Now why don t you fellows shake? Well all rlght sand Carl reluct ant y shake lf vou WI Jlmmle Put her there Carl rephed Jlmmle 1n a brlghter tone I guess I was a blt clumsy and we ll see whlch IS the best sug gested Chrls Carl dld so and to the surprlse of both boys hls plane landed lightly on the grass about sxx feet behlnd Chrls plane If It hadn t been for the broken tall mme would have made the best fllght of the three wouldn t1t'? asked Carl rather relleved at the perform ance of hls plane Sure lt would have answered Chrls You can glue that tall and then your plane wlll beat mme easily Come on fellows let s go over to Mr Norton s farm and see his new pony suggested Jlmmle But first one of you fellows wlll have to get my plane I can t cllmb up there Aw never mmd It now growled Carl You can get It later I ll get It for you Jlmmle I can cllmb the tree I guess said Chrls and he started to chmb the tall pme He managed to get the plane down -r L 19 1 4- - - I u H ' - 9 A . , - , , ' : . ,, . . . . , 7 I ,H re- 7 7 ' . . . ,, , ' ! 7 . . . . ,, . . ,,, . . . , 1 I . , . . 64 1 77 ' ' - 9 7 . . . ,, . . . ' I l 77 7 45 7 77 ' 77 7 V I cc 7 - ' as ' yy ' ' 9 1 ' . , , l . I'll . ll, ' 7 7 ' ' 77 , . . . . m , '. , , ' ., . . ,, . . . . ., ff 7 ' 7 ' 77 7 ! ' as far as yours and Carl's. Jimmle Well, go ahead, Carl: wlnd her up - 7 ,77 - . . . 7 j . , . 'I 1 1 . . . ., . - . 1 . I fl I ' 7 Q a . ', ' - ' 7 ' 77 . 9 ' , - y . . . . H . Y . ,, N 7 7 . . . . ., . , . . . . . . . ,, . . . ,, , 1 1 . . . - , . . . , ,, . . ,, - , , , . if 7 , 9 ' 77 7 7 ' - I y as ' ' 77 7 7 7 ' 77 if ' 77 , . . . . . . . ,,, . . . g 7 Y .. . ,, . . ' 9 7 . , . . . 5 ' . . ,, .