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

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NEWPORT HIGH SCHOOL car It was full of boys Oh good heavens she thought here s my first est Sandy her cousln lntroduced them all and they made such remarks as Say Sandy you ve been holdlng out on us' and Well I guess the state of Maine must not be such a bad place after all' Helen knew thls was thelr way of belng pollte and reallzed It was only a hne nevertheless she llked It In the fraternlty house next mornlng Helen awoke fullof pep and ready for an excltlng day She dressed ln her snappy black and wh1te Skl sult and ran out to find Sandy After a hasty breakfast he showed her around the campus After lunch they went up to the skl Jump As Helen read the llst of events her eye fell on the last one It read Speclal Skl Jumplng Contest anyone may enter Sandy notlced her lnterest and sald Why don t you try that one Helen? You were always clever at It and boy would I be proud of you lf you should wlnl Bu I haven t any SklS s e answered Aw heck that s a poor excuse I can get you a palr w1th no trouble at all Come on please try It for my sake We 1 l all rlght And then Helen wondered why she had con sented for Sandy bounded off shoutlng Hey anybody gotta palr of skls I can borrow? My cousln s gomg to do the Jump' She looked uncertalnly at the Jump It seemed hlgher than any she had ever trled and she felt sllghtly worrled Sandy came back Just then w1th the skis They re Larrv s he explalned And he sald for me to be sure to tell you to save hlm a dance to mght that IS lf you er come out all rlght Helen smlled weakly and wlshed he hadn t sald that she only felt worse She turned her attentlon to the Jumpers all boys' They were certainly losing thelr balance and fall mg ln crazy posltlons through the an Somebody Jumped slxtv five feet and the crowd applauded wildly Sandy told her that slxty seven feet was the record on this Jump Helen felt a thrlll of hope she had done slxty SIX feet at homel Soon the contest began The first Jumper dld rather badly but managed to remaln standlng The second sprawled ln every DOSIIIOH and took a IUOT6 Her name was called and she sl1d ln to place adJusted her straps and stood p The vast whiteness made her dlzzy She told herself You mustn t look down Come on now steady you can do lt you know you can And she shot down the runway She went at a SlCk6I'llDg' rate of speed down down and then off lnto space Wlth the aglllty of a blrd Her nervousness left her She thought of nothlng but the thrlll of sklmmlng through the alr at thus speed thls was the life' She hlt the snow easlly and brought herself to a graceful stop amld the enthuslastlc applause of the crowd Somehow Sandy found her and Jumplng around her told her fbetween hugsj that she had broken the record wlth a Jump of SlXty elght feet there -r I 21 l 4- u . v . . 7 ' 44 D 7 77 ' 7 3 Y ' , I I t . ' , K. y . . - . - 7 7 - 4 ' u a ' , , 1 v L ',, ' it 7 , . u- 97 . . 3 o , ' '. ' ' - K , ' l 7 ,, . . . ' - ' bad fall. Helen did not watch any- 77 ' . . . , ' h sl v Y i , I , - u . ' - as 1 - as , -- , ' , as t 1 ' ,rs h ' --- r D Ai I 9 . ' '- Y 7 ' , , -- a 1 . 9 . 77 - L., - I . 3 ll 4 ' ' K l . Q 1 . , . - rv ,

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THE LIVE WIRE Spreadlng away from thus center wlll be other very lnterestlng exhlblts Among them IS the gas lndustrles dlsplay wlth ltS tall central plume of fire surrounded by lts four pylons Wlth wrxthlng snakes of fire runmng down thelr Sld9S The plume ln the center of thls Court of Flame wlll be varled colored by men operatlng batterles 1ns1de the court The largest slngle dlsplay IS the SBI 500 000 slxteen acre show of twenty SIX eastern rallroads There are many thlngs of lnterest here There IS a full S1Z8d englne thunder lng with throttle Wlde open wlth lts wheels runnlng on rollers In another place there IS a whole mlnature system There IS a world s falr wlthln a worlds falr for the chxldren and houses toy rooms marlonette work shops and theaters sclence and IH ventlon laboratory chemlcal labor atory and a whole system of photo graphlng for those interested There w1ll be amusement trlps also There w1ll be such ways of trans portatlon from place to place at the falr by an elevated raxlway system great brldges for automoblles and new hlghways to almost any place The Publlc Health exhlblt wlll be of lnterest also There m the Hall of Man IS an elghteen foot transparent figure of a man There wlll be other men WhlCh all look llfellke Thls exposltlon w1ll show to be one step ahead of the rest of the world George McGlauH1n 40 A R ECORD BREAK ER -l'HERE were only three persons ln one of the cars of a northbound tram Two of them were elderly women who were half whlsperlng as though they were afrald some one werellstenlng to thelr gosslp The other was a young glrl who sat IU the extreme back of the car She had an mterestlng face for besldes belng pretty It was rather mysterlous Every few mlnutes a smlle would Hlt across lt and then dlsappcar ln a per plexed frown Her name was Helen Peters and she was on her way to the Snow Carmval at Bently Unlverslty She was rather worrled because after all slxteen IS quite young to be start lng off for the Whlte Mountalns alone but more than that she wasn t exactly sure of herself and felt terrlbly green Ever slnce she had received her cousln s lnvltatlon she had dreaded It and yet wouldn t have mls sed lt for anythmg She told herself that any glrl would be abnormal lf she passed upa chance llke thls an what dlfference dld lt make lf she dld come from the country? She was ready w1ll1ng and able to learn' and here was her opportunlty Her tram pulled lnto the statlon at about 10 30 P M and she was dlS gusted wlth herself for shaklng a llttle as she descended to the plat form She looked vaguely around her and then saw hxm comlng hurrldly towards her She felt a surge of prlde at her tall handsome cousln who shouted merrlly H1 Helen' So glad you could come Gee you look swell all grown up' She laughed and allowed herself to be led though the crowd to a waltlng -r I 20 1 4- . . . , . . . - ' , - U . 77 ' 't . . I ' I 1 9 ' ' W ' ' 'D . . , . . . , ! younger people. There will be doll .. ,, - - , , ' - . , , . . . , - . , . . U 7 D D . , . . , . ! ' ' U ' , K4 ', I . , - - 7 ' 7 7?

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THE LIVE WIRE would be no quest1on about her wln nmg the prlzel They marched back to the house ln trlumph Sandy as 6XClt9d as lf he h 1d done It hlmself That nlght at tne ball Helen was surrounded by admlrers It was such fun to dance a l11tle may and then have some one cut ln on you She forgot her shyness she could dance, had a pretty d1ess and was happy What else matt1red'? When the pres1dent of the Um verslty presented her prlae he made a very 111ce speech and lnvlted her to come aga111 for another week end at the college s expense The evenlng went too qulckly, as dld the whole week end for too, seemed llke a short day tlme came for Helen to leave Sunday and the of he statlon, Helen settled back wlth a magazme 1n her hand But she couldnt read she was too exlclted Suddenly she sobered Heavens, she hadn t brought her French book and she had so much studylng to do Oh well, never mmd a llttle thlng llke tha, she thought Ill have o ch to tell the glrls at homel As the tra1n pulled out Margaret Soper, 39 -amb- LE SOULIER DE NOEL N 11 s N 1 1 1 1l1111111 l1s 11111ts M1111 N 11s 13111 1111s est 11 6 111 11111 1 lt Nl 1r11 11111 1111110 1 111 1 l1 1l1e111111 1 1 1111 l1 1 0111 1l1 11111 1 1 1 1111 1116 Nllll 111 1 1s 1 111 1111 1 X S ll S 1 L 1 1 1 1 1l1111111 LL llll 111 11 1 1111111111 11111 1 1 11111111 1 s 1st 11111111 N 11 111151111111 1 1 L4 lk 1 Ll 1 lll 1l1s 111 s 1 ll1 16N TLKLN l1 1111 1 1 1 1 s c 1111l1 1 l111 1111 l 111111s 1111 lllfl l1 11l11l11s 1111111 1 LllLlllIl N 1 N111 LX 111111111 1 111 1 1 lx Llll l1 Lllklllll 1 1 1 111 L IL 1111 111111 11111 1 1 s 1 Sf 1 1111 LXL ll L 1 111 J l 1 11111lsl111l1 11. LA STATUE DE LIBERTE kll JCL fl lll -+ l 22 l 1- ' ' 1 1 1 1 . ' t ' ' n n D l x n s ' 1 D l 7 , ' ' 1 - - 7 ' , - ss 1 ' .I . o u Q . c l .' t 79 --if YA S . . 2 mu ' . . , 1 , lm I P lui ils leur: 5 111l1111's, lClll'.4 lNlll1',', 1l1-1'21111 .. . . I: ' - ' ICC? 1 es llll I'llllCl Q11 l'1'211111e 1lc 11l11'ClS H I , , , 1 I ,I . , . . , cy 111- 1211'1- ll 1111, C'll' 1 '1 1111- l11e11 011 c1'11le111'c 1lc1'21111 I2 1 - 1c1- l ,l, , 1 1 , , l I 1.1 . 1. lllllff - -,'1 -' - ll 111:111 l21 .'11l 11111. 1111 111-s IC cur 1 1 5 Q Clf' lx l .I Q ll 11101 les L'llil'1Ll1.' ll2lllS 1:1 1111110 Q1 ., . , ,. 2,11- l 2 ' 1 ICT. 1 J l21 111111 21111111 X1 xl 1 1 11 le , H , , 1 I T . . ml l.c I11111- 1le X111-l z11'-11'e. l.: 11110 Ill - 1r , - 2 1 - - '. . ' , . . 1, , J . , 1 l1ll- se revellle ct Clllllqt 1'1111' les 121- we C 1-11 ll 2 1 ec 11 ur ll - 2 t I , Y ..l T . l-2 lzlle 11111r11e la l - Q lep- Cl 'I 1 1e1'l .11e. 1 S 'A . .. 1 . l . s11q 1l-sf 111s. lzllx 12111 c X l2 1111- -ll'1 lce l- 1 5 Slllll -1 cs 111111 , , , , , ft P . H I I I 111111 1le s111'11r1se, lzlle cs1 1115 ClCSCll- 111: 1 . 11 5 e - 121 12111s 11 ' 2 111 , ,, v , ,I U hu dt N I .I CHL il ILA 1'llZlllIC' 11211'1'1- 11111l 111 Zl 11111- 1111e 11111- 1 1- 111' -' - s11 c'c: A ' '11 xw ' 1 1'1 1111 11211111c1 1l1- 121l1211' 1l2lllS l21 l 111: llflllkkl Q11 r1111-: l1- s1111 112111:1 1-1 111'-111l . . U I I It H I I 11 X lm Allll'lC 2l2l1J11l'lS 11111- l11111111- l1'1j1111. Of ll' 1 1 ses 111 0531- - ll 11 211'1- c '2 ,, F I . , l1- 55llllh 1'1-11e lL'L: 111 f - ws. 2 . . 1 . .. H . l , I I . U ll211'l1211121 l' -2111 1 2 - 211 res 102 - - ., 1111' l11-1 1 1 rlc .'lll.,'.2 ' ' il :1111 i1l5- ' V- '- s -, -Ile sc 111 'l1- -1 1211x 1-1 llil -cu. , 'l'21111lis 111'e - f21i1 l . 3 ' - 1 X11'll 21 i 'e. ll 1:51 s111'111'i.' e1 s 1lc' l.z1 51111110 1le l,il1c1'1e f111 s- l11'-: 1112 - 2 '- A-me-A 11Zll' l 11-1l1-1111 .1. ll211'1l111l1li 11I1l'1'C 11'il 1- 2 --2 . - 'Ill' 211l1 -l'Zl I21 l1l11-1'1c 1111e l1-s I711:11sfl'11is