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

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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

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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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THE LIVE WIRE what s eatm vou'? You look as though you ve lost your last frlend Stan I m desperate That econo mlcs test IS Frlday and I don t know the first thmg about lt Stan remarked unsympathlcally That s what vou get for belng the popular young play boy Then he added 1ok1ngly Of course you mlght sneak 1nto Prof Endlcott s office some dark mght and steal the questlons He keeps hls desk unlocked you know Bah' You re no help and Andy strode out of the room Durlng dlnner that nlght Andy was very quiet At about 9 30 he looked up from hls book and sald Guessl ll go out for a llttle stroll and try to get some of th1s Trlg out of my bram Well stay away from the glrls dorm Romeo retorted Stan About an hour later Andy returned and nervously sat down at hls desk What ails you Andy? Llsten Stan I ve got those econo mlcs questlons here Is s s stole em You dld what? ' Stole them Oh golly I wlsh I hadn t but It s too late now They re here and I mlght as well make use of them Wlth thls he hurrledly scrlbbled the questlons down and ln less than fifteen mlnutes had returned them to Prof Endlcotts desk and came breathlessly 1nto the room Stan reallzlng what he had done sald Andy I m responslble for thls I suggested lt but only Joklngly I had no ldea vou d take lt serlously C mon now I 3DOl0glZ6 and lf you ll put those questlons away and stop looklng so guilty I ll help you all I can to study for the test N was the replv I ve just got to do well IH that test It means a lot to me I can t take the rlsk even lf you worked with me mght and day IC would take more than two days B S1d9S you have tests of your ovln No I m going through wxth It I know Vou feel re ponslble for suggestlng II but lf you hadn t probably I d have thought of It myself sojust Sklp lt As Stan turned hopelessly away Andy began to look up the answers to the stolen questions Frlday the 13th was a bleak windy day Just a tvplcal unlucky day Stan had kldded Andy Lay off sand Andy Im nervous as can b and yet I haven t a thlng to tucked safelv ln my pocket Ive got them ln just the order they come too bad you don t take economics I mxght be of asslstance to you and he laughed drylv Poor kld thought Stan well lnaway he deserves It Always chaslng some Jane around campus Jane That s pretty good' Jane Endlcott Hm m m wonderlf Andy has achance with her? I kmda Ilke her myself Ah enough of that fool xshness What do I want of a glrl frlend anyway? Im too busy to bother Besldes usually all they want IS your money ButJust the same that Jane Endlcott IS darn cute Hls thoughts were lnterupted by Andy Well Stan WlSh me luck I m off' At the begmmng of the test Andy shpped hls sheet of paper with the answers out of hls pocket and copied tnem down That mght he and Jane Endlcott -t l 26 l 4- 7 ' 7 H 11 is 7 ' , . o, M, . 7 ' 77 ' n n S u 7 , 1 . . . , . . , ' N - - 1 . . I . . I , . . -,, I ' . 9- Q ' ' 7 1 1 , , 1 . H ,' - 1 1 7 - , - . . 7 . . In ',, u X . . . : . . ,, . . l , ' , 1 V 1 f . . , . ' . , . . ,,, . , . . . ' . , 9 77 ' . . . H 1 77 - - . , , ll , ' 77 . , - , ' . 14 77 ' v . . , , . ' ' li Q , 1 1 ' K , worry about wlth those answers ' 1 ' 1 ' 77 V y t I . .. - , . . ' Y 77 7 ' 1 1 - - ' ' 77 .. , 61 ' Q, fl ' ,Q Il - - . Ah, Cl ' I f 1 1 ' , , . ' ' 7 77 ' as ' 1 ' 7. '- H , . - D . . , ' , . . , . 1 '1 1 . ,, 1 Q n .1 I . . , . I y . , n' 7 I ' . I T . 45 . . , H ' , , ' : - ' ' ' . . . v H I . 7 . . , . . , - - A 1 7 c o , 1 ' ' 1 1 ' . , , , . 77 ' ' .