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

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THE LIVE WIRE Well I shouldn t be blazed Hans I was just lucky' Boshl said Hans coach You rushed rlght by the workman with the red dynamlte flag Now try to ex plaln that' And why d1d you go dl rectly opposlte from the course marked by the flag on top of the hlll? Well groaned Hans Ican glve all the answers ID three words Im color blmd The coach gasped and then sald You fixed Chapman' It was worth ten dollars to see the expression on hxs face when the people were all shaklng your hand The coach laughed at the memory Chapman wlll probab ly always remember you as one fellow who beat hlm at publlclty He wlll call you a glory grabber That s 1tl The Glorv Grabber and the coach laughed accompanled by the team and Hans at hls new nlck name Cedrlc Soper 38 BUD S MISTAKE OW S It seem to wln a medal Bud? Oh all rlght I d have won the other one butI hated to be a hog I slowed up a llttleln basket ball so that someone else could have a chance Wlnnlng thls track medal was a clnch I d have thought lt mlghty funny lf I hadn t won Who won all those track meets anyway? I dld that s who' Well I ll be seem you Bud Got an lmportant club date So long Oh by the way golng to the masquerade tonlght? Wlth whom? Yes Im and Im gomg alone so as to glve all the glrls a chance I wouldn t want them to get mad Thls conversatlon took place on the hlgh school steps between Bud Ward and Rlchard Wmtle Bud had Just won a track medal for belng the out standlng track star But he was rlghtly named the school braggart and Dlck was about the only frlend he a At the club house a small attlc room the follovvmg conversatlon was takmg place We should find some way to make hlm stop bragglng Yes I ll say' He IS the Idol of all the glrls and someone for us to wor shlp so he thlnks what d you find out? Is he golng to th mask ball? Who s he takmg? Whoa not so fast He s gomg all rlght and alone too How s that for news? Say Ive gota swell ldea Llsten we All the afternoon was spent 1n dec oratlng the hall Brllllant streamers floated overhead down the walls and ln the orchestra p1t All llghts were covered with gaudy paper gayness was everywhere Gloom was not 1n vlted Dancers arrlved early that nlght After a few dances the orchestra dressed ln costumes each dlfferent swung lnto the tune Chlna Boy gaudy dressed plrate stepped to the door and ushered ln the most fasclnat 1ngCh1nese Prmcess at the dance The orchestra played softly as the pxrate escort announced Meet Prmcess Toto Llne up boys don't ., I 24 1 4. u 7 77 H y , - 1 9 'Y Y as - H - . ' 1 as H - y U 7 . , ' ' - A L4 ' 77 , H yy u ' - ! V 9 . H , . . ' 77 . . h d. . . s 9 ' y U - - N ' 7 V : ' 4: .73 . - ,, . ll ' . ' it Q ' ' , . . . . . 9 ' . ' T ' H 2 ' ' . . . ,, . ,, Here comes Dlck now. Hey, n 9 7 ' . . ! ' I ' . . e - . . ' as 7 - , . . , D , I Y ' , . l ' -H 7 ' n u 1 U a ! ! ll , . . . . . . t l ' I Cl ' 1 ' , . . ' , . . ! I I u u . L , , J . H . ,, A . 7 . . ' ! 97 , . . , . - ,, , . , . . . U 3 ' Q r . . , ' - an 7 7 . . ,, , , . . , ,

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NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL plate Roy would wlnk at hlm as lf he had a great secret At the end of dlnner a speaker got up and made a short speech of wel come Then he asked for a talk from Roy Chapman last year s skl champ lon Chapman started hrs speech and ten mmutes later he was stlll talk mg the subject was hlmself A team mate of Chapman s suddenly shoved a chalr agamst hls legs Chapman sat down wlth a crash a burst of ap plause followed Then tldes of laugh ter rolled up and down the table In a few mlnutes the Unlverslty coach arose and spoke dlrectlons ID a loud volce The trall IS four mlles long outllned with red and green flags A green flag means turn to your rlght and a red flag to your e Hans snapped erect IH hls chalr at these words There IS to be a dynamlte blast to clear a road from a land sllde durlng the race but lt w1ll be a quarter of a mlle off the trall 0 don t be alarmed I guess those are all of the dlrectlons The boys arose and filed from the hall to the front of the grand stand They llned up and then the starter s gun barked Thlrty boys leaped for ward In a few seconds Hans dls covered hlmself second Looklng ahead he saw Chapman ln hls flashy strlped sweater Chapman swerved and Hans followed They had passed thelr first Hag Suddenly Chapman slld and dlsappeared ln a cloud of snow Hans passed hls tangled figure Lookmg back he saw Chapman get to hls feet Hans slld to the top of the next hlll There stood the second flag like a sentry on duty Hans gazed 1n despalr at lt whlle off to hls rlght he saw a group of men As he started down hlll towards them they waved a flag and polnted Hans ran ln that dlrectlon all the tlme galnlng speed Roundlng a sharp bend at the bottom of the h1ll he saw plled boxes H trled to stop but crashed full tllt lnto thus barrlcade Openmg hls eyes he saw a mana few feet from hlm xn an awkward po sltlon Upon looklng closer he saw that the man s legs were held to the snow by a large rock Then he glanced at the boxes In glarlng red letters were the words Dynamlte and Powder Then he saw a sputterlng hlsslng fuse leadmg from one of the boxes He stumbled to hls knees and crawled to the fuse yanklng It from the box He called to the men on the upon seelng the fallen man they rushed forward Its the boss called one I thought he was wlth u after he stopped to llght the fuse A few mmutes later Hans was back at the college campus He arrlved just IU tlme to see Chapman wln the race Some newspaper men rushed rlght by Chapman and greeted Hans Were you afrald of arrlvlng too late to save the man? How dld you know the Workman was lylng ln the snow? What are you golng to do wlth the scholarshlp you re gomg to be awarded? were the questlons popped at Hans Meanwhlle Roy stood wxth a vacant look on hls face as he was lgnored Later as Hans was rldmg home he sank lntoadeep dlsmal sllence At last one of hls team mates sald You re more famous than Chapman tonlght' ' -1 I 23 l 1- , . . , . h Q ' , ' , ', ' . e , . . : - - ' . 7 Q H . . . . ' ' ' 7 . . : , . . l ft. ' ' , ' , , - -- - hlll, who approached tlmldlyg then, . 9 1 n n 1 at , h U 7 I LL ' , , ' S Q ' H n u l ',, I I , . , . , . . I ' yy cc - l ' ' yy na ' ' , 1 1 n y u - ra ' ' 1 u 7 1 . . . ,

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NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL push Plenty ot tlme She ll be here all tue evenlng Bud Slttlng mth a group of boxs stralghtened hls tle and ventured Boys lay off thats mv dlsh for the evenmg He rose and started forvs ard Just as he reached her a boy swung her out onto the dance floor He asked for the next dance but It was prom lsed The thlrd tlme he reached her unmolested and clalmed h1s dance All went well from then on and Bud fell hard The prmcess seemed to like hlm and true to hrs nature he was heard to say No glrl can help herself when shes Wlth me Shes bound to fall for me and fall hard Besxoes Toto s not so bad elther In about an hour Bud was tellmg Toto how grand her halr was how be wltchlng her eyes were and how beautlfully she danced when she really couldnt dance at all S e seemed to want to lead Bud and her feet seemed to bother her About eleven o clock mtermlsslon was announced Bud took Toto to the plazza and made desperate love to her Although he d1dn tknow It at the tlme a movlng plcture was taken of that scene and about ten palrs of eyes peered at hlm from the surround lng shrubbery Gomg up the steps from the Dl3ZZ3 the youthful Romeo notlced that Juhet s feet were large and that she handled her Splke heels awkwardly but when you re ln love you dont mlnd these llttle defects and Bud loved Toto At three mmutes of twelve the or chestra swung mto the tune Im Bulldmg Up To an Awful Letdown lBuddy found out at twelve that thlS song was IU hls honor J At twelve all unma ked P1t3 poor Buddy' Toto untled her mask A burst of hllarlous laughter and clapplng of hands Hlled the alr How could hls best frlend do a thlng hke that? Instead of a beau tlful glrl Rlchard Wxntle stood there laughlng Bud s face flushed cr1m son He gulped and managed a slckly looklng smlle At the next meetlng of the Boys Club the fellows put on for once a real mOVl6 Yes It was the movles taken of Bud s love scene wlth Prln cess Toto From that day to this as far asI know not a word of bragfmng comes a braggart boastlng he thmks of h1s own experlence and laughs about It Yes he laughs about lt now because he s grown to be a regular fellow Patrlcla Anderson '28 TROUBLE AT MID YEARS CONOMICS Test Frlday January 1.5 read Kenneth Tremont Anderson Jr Cbetter known as Andy J Then Whewland here lt IS Tuesday P M and I don t know a thlng about It Gosh Ive got to pass that test and Iput ln the back of my memo book when school first be gan Resolved To study and pass ec onomlcs at mld years He Walked slowly up the stalrs to hls room Hls roommate Stanley Gray who was studying when he came ln looked up and Sald Well -L I 25 1 1- - ' 9 ' ' H , . v . , . . v. 'Q I l . . . . S . , I , I n n as y 'i . 1 Y Q 1 ' 77 ' I K s n 1 I 1 - I ' 1 , n 0 l , 7 ' 1 1 v . . . . , , , 1 , . . 1 ll ' . 7 ' 7 - ' ' 1 . , , . L, , - 77 from the llps of Bud. When he hears V ' v 1 ' I . l . . Y ' 9 45 H Y . , I h . . ,L , . . . ' ll P . , . , ' Q 1 1 ' ' ' r H v L , , . ' - if 77 - , . . , , - - . . , Q v y 1 Y - v ' , : : - , ' 7 ' ' ,Y f - I , . . , , - Y ' ' ld , ' ' if U Y , Y