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

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NEVN PORT HIGH SCHOOL show that Carl Getchell how to bulld alrplanes And Chrls dld just that Wlth the money he earned from Mr Norton he was able to buy maternal and bulld a beautlful Shlp Jlmmle helped all he could and the next Saturday found them at a field on the other end of Brownvllle wlth thelr planes ready for the blg contest A large crowd was gathered there and among the fore most spectators was Mr Norton Fllghts were made and the Judges finally narrowed the contest down to Carl and Chrls In truth Carl had a very good looklng plane for hls father was r1ch and he had bought excellent materlal C1lI'lS came first Slowly he wound up the propeller of h1s alrplane Sud denly there was a snap The elastlc had broken Chrls heart sank He had no other elastlc Well IH that case I suppose I wln eh? sneered Carl Not on your llfe you don t The volce was Jlmmle s and he stood ln front of Chrls an elastlc dangllng from hls rlght hand Take thlS elas t1c Chrls he sald wlth a grln and show this bully how a plane should Y Chrls was overjoyed How could he thank Jlmmle? Now he must w1n And sure enough he dld w1n a three out of three test He was over whelmed wlth congratulatxons But the greatest of all was from Mr Norton for he made Chrlsa present of the llttle pony on hls farm After all lt dld pay to be kmd V Smlth 38 SNOOKS f5MMY Brown had been lookmg for a job all day She turned away wlth a slgh from the large stone house to whlch she had Just ap plled for a Job as nursemald I ry once more then I ll go home she sald to herself At the next house as she stood on the steps and rang the doorbell she could hear screams of anger from a chlld Well they have one child here anyway she sald A ew mlnutes later a tlred looklng woman appeared at the door and after a short explanatlon Emmy was hlred Thls chlld IS too much for me sald the mother At that moment a yellow halred llttle glrl came runnmg ln and grabbed her mother s dress and pulled unt1l It gave at the seams and began rlpplng down the back Emmy wasn t so sure she wanted thls Job but It was betterthan none She stepped lnto the hall and before she could remove her coat the llttle glrlcame up to her and sald My names Snooks andI want some candy Yes take her down town and get her some the mother replled After an hour s struggle w1th the chlld to get her to wear a coat they got started I don t llkc you an I Just hate black ha1r That s too bad Yea too bad for you cause when I get mad I m aw ful' At thls the chlld got behlnd Iummy and began to push her laughlng and shoutlng v + 1 21 1 J- ' 77 . l Y ' v 7 . . . K - . . . H , I . llt - 7 ,Y . . . ' ' . . 7 . , . ' v . H . - v 77 ' . . . , . f .. . . ' 1 ' ' u 1 7 L I . . H . . 1 . - . . . H . v I ' , . 7 f ' , 1 1 46 - ' v . , y 9 77 1 1 1 . . , I ll ' Y 77 ' , . . . . , . . 1 . . . 1 . . H f 1 1 . . H . , . ' . ' ' 77' ' ' ' H as 1 Q 1 ' ' as .. v H H ,, . ' . . . , . I 7 ' . . ' s , . . - . - M y , 1 , , . . H . ' if 1 as v , . sl v , . v 9 , , Q 7 V .77 ' . . , . , . . . , ,

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THE LIVE WIRE and was wlthln a few feet of the ground when he yelled Ouch' my thumb What happened CIIFISQ lnqulred Jlmmle Oh I guess lt s nothlng rephed Chrls as he Jumped to the ground and examlned hls thumb It was plerced by a spllnter wh1ch he removed w1th conslderable pam Jlmmle expressed hls thanks Well are you fellows comxng or not? asked Chrls lnsolently Be rlght wlth you answered Jlmmle lm anxlous to see the pony too The Norton farm was a short dls tance from the field and they soon reached lt Mr Norton was a kmd man and let the boys rlde the pony whlch he had recently bought The boys took turns rldlng the little pony Soon they returned Chrls and Carl went to the pump fora drlnk whlle Jlmmle took the pony to the barn As he was about to enter the barn door the pony gave a leap and broke loose from hls grlp runnlng for the other end of the barn As he passed the beam where the alrplanes were lylng Jlmmle saw somethlng Whlte on the floor Just as the pony s sharp llttle hoofs crushed It ID the mlddle Jlmmle ran to the spot and plcklng up the remalns he found that It was hls own plane Burstlng lnto tears he looked up to see Carl who dld not seem a blt sorry That thlng wasn t any good any way he leered Jlmml6 was so angry at thls that he grabbed Carl s plane and crushed lt to blts ID hls fingers Carl gave a roar and sprang at Jlmmle But the smaller boy was too quxck for hrm and leaplng aslde he ran for the pump Chrls who had heard the argument saw Carl over taklng Jlmmle and as they neared the pump he stuck out hrs foot and Carl plunged head over heels lnto the wa terlng trough Falrly bubbllng Wlth rage Carl scrambled out of the trough and struck at Chrls but h1s arm was caught ln a larger one Looklng around he saw Mr Norton That wlll do Carl warned Mr Norton ln calm tones I heard the whole argument and you deserved a good duckmg Now beat It home and plCk on boys your slze Carl lost no tlme but turned back to makea partmg remark You Just walt all of you my father Wlll buy me test next Saturday and there s a Hve dollar prlze too Don t mmd hlm Jlmmle sald Chrls You take my plane and I ll help you fix It up so lt Wlll beat any plane he gets Gee thanks Chrls rephed Jlmmle But what are you golng to do? Oh don t worry about me I won t bother to get another one and then my httle brother can have a new palr of shoes Besldes father and mother say I shouldn t be maklng such thlngs at my age anyway bay Chrls' remarked Mr Norton I reckon I can help you there You see I have some seed to be cut and I d pay a fellow llke you to do It Gee thats swell of you Mr Norton returned Chrls Now Ill -1 L 20 J 1- 14 ' ' ,, . . . . it . 1 ,, I a . v ' , . , - ff ' 7 ' 77 ' . . . Y ! . . , In . ' , , , I 4 . YY ' ' fl - - as H . ' ,, ' ' v s 1 . . ,, , . , H , 7? . ' ' 1 . 1. ' ' ' ' sv ' . 4, . n I Q I I I Y ' alrplanes were lald on a beam and the a blgger plane and I will Win the con- 7 . ' ' 77 Q u , . ,, , . . . . ,, . , , l 9 . ' no 7 , . . . 79 . . . U ' H l 7 9 1 . - - as - 9 7! I I If 7 . , . , . 7 . . . . y ' ' ' 77 ICN ' 7? ' , . . u . - J - H 0 77 , , ,, . . . ' ' 77 , - at 9 i 1 ' ' ' ' 77 ' li 7 . , .

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THE LIVE WIRE I don t thlnk I want to be a nurse maid Ithlnk Snooks yanked at her arm and pulled her stumbllng down the dark stalrway leadmg lnto the Candy Shoppe I wants candy' Ido I Want It every b1t1n at show case The room was strangely sllent From another room Emmy could hear falnt groans of a woman Reallzlng somethlng was wrong she went ln search and found an old lady lymg on a small cot Upon seelng Emmy she gasped drawer Emmy waslmmedlately be slde her wlth the medlcme and ln a short tlme the old lady was smlllng at her You are a good glrl I should llke to have you work for me IH my candy shop she sald Emmy was overyoyed I w1ll come tomorrow she Sald How much better It vv1ll be than taking care of Where was Snooks? She raced out to find her slttmg on top of the table her dress and face covered w1th chocolate I got candy lots of It boasted the chlld W W water my heart pllls ln that Jacquelme Lewls -:O:- M Y WISHES I wlshed I could be lxke the boys Who romp and play all day And do most anythlng they llke Whatever people say I wxshed I could rlng fire alarms Then scamper from the scene Or tle tln cans on pupples talls WlthOUt ever bemg seen I WlShEd I could bust wlndows And let my father pay Or fish or swlm or bulld a camp Or rlde a blke all day I wlshed I could go campmg Or huntmg game or deer Or maybe be a sallor guy And go most everywhere Id llke to fill the boys beds Wlth eggs and rocks and pme Or scare the gurls on Hallowe en Or chase the nelghbor s kme I wlsh I could play baseball And all the sports there are And sllde or skate on wmter n ghts Or dllV9 my father s car I wlshed I could do lots of thmgs That brlng the school klds Joy But my Wlshes never wlll come true oause I m a crlppled boy Vera Basford 38 NEWPORT A poem on Newport I ll try to Wrlte So many thlngs the eyes dellght Lovely trees on every Slde And through thelr branches birds do gllde Lake and rlver both have we Whlch tourlsts come from far to see Schools and Lodges and Churches flne To give us all a grand old tlme It s Just a grand old yankee town Where better sports cannot be found It s hlghschool Splrlt through and through And one hundred per cent Amerlcan too 'F I' 22 4' 44 y ' 77 ' ' L ' . I ' . . ,, . . . . . , . V . . H . ns ' ' . . . ,, . . , , . Y Q, ' if ' . . H . . ' as Y 7 . ' . ' ll ' ,Q - 9 1 7 A ! ' H . . . . , - - , t 38 in J L .., X-If . H . H . , In 1 - ! I . . . , . I , . I , . . N . . . , 1 ' 7 1 . . a ' ,r ' . . . , I I , . , 7 . . , n , 1 , . , . . . ' . 1 . l - r , J 1. ,