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

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NEW PORT HIGH SCHROL I drdn t say am thmguntll now be cause I knew Drck had a good reputa tlon father and all that and 1fI got klcked out of school It would be Just too bad So I let mv friend et klcked out for me Just tmnk of It But my CODSCIQUCQ has bothered me so Just had to fess up I I well I don t care what you do to me as long as you let Duck come back to school An so you se Dlck he told Jack the whole story Betty s blue eyes sparkled as she rapturously clasped her hands at the end of her a e Drck drdn t have the heart to refuse lettmg Betty dance wlth Lharlle and as Betty would say Pig any way evervth1ngwasO K or would be lf Dlck got Betty home ID tlme K Whlte 40 BE YOURSELF 'wo women were talklng on the plazza of a beautlful summer home at Green Harbor Ican't understand If sald one My nlece was the most popular glrl ln school last year She cant be IU love because there were so many adorlngyoung men around her that you falrly had to crowd sour way 1n All the glrls envled her They copled her halr do s and her dresses even her l1ne ot talk Somethmg has hap pened thls summer to her The young people slmply freese her out I m arrald Dorls summer IS spolled and I dld hope she would be happy here and meet some new young people Green Harbor has a fine set of young folks put ln their frlends Thex havea wonderful tlme never have gone rn for the thmgs that have made modern vouth a problem 'I here s no drmkmg and as for park mg IU lanes they Just don t do lt I guess thev re so busy Salllllg swlm mlng and dancmg they are afrald thu ll rnlss somethlng lf they take tlme for that sort of thlng her one DOFIS aunt leaned over nearer guest and w hlspered That s reason I was so anxlous to have er come here Her frlends at home off on the wrong foot They thlnk 1 s smart drmkmg smokmg and domg that sort of thmg I thunk I know aI'9 the reason the guest sald guardedlx I wrsh xou d tell me aunt I know she s unhappy and I d do almost anythlng rlght She s a big frogm answered the guest glrls dldnt llke the rlght mto the boys them all She should have been frlendly wxth the glrls Hrst and the boys would naturally follow after Now that she has found out she lsn t popular she s a poor sport and can t take It Nelther of the women knew that over thelr heads on the porch roof lay a homeslck broken hearted Dorls overhearmg everythlng they Sald Tears smarted Dorls eyes and she crawled through the wmdow to cry lt out Every blt of femlnlne trlckery she d used at home had filled here ln Green Harbor Through the rest of the mornmg she lay on her bed answered the to make thlngs small puddle Green Harbor way she salled trylng to date v u ' 1 , ' ' an v . l V ,, . . . n ' I 7 - l s l lt v v v . y v .' 1 . . V ,. . . , . . , . 2' . - . . H , . . , ,i . . , I . L ' . . . V . , . ., , ., . I. , - - V - , I . . . .. . L.. V L . 4, ' , V V . . . . 1, ! A . ' ,, A Y, . . . . , I , . 1-k Ik ak ' LL ' , d J 6. . ' 4 7 X , rr r, Y v . H , ' t . . , 1 N I ' . I tl . 1 ' 't' L I k 1 ' ' W ' . . - I - ra sr - .4 - rr , 7 , ,, Y . Y . . . I , . . , . ' v ' In ' v y yy ' I ' x . Y ' ' ' lr 1 9 ' . I e ' 1 . . , f ' rr if 1 ' ' 77 at , Ll V . . . , . . . . c I 1 U - . . T . V w n - av ,,' '- f ' ' 1 L 9 H . W . . 1 . J ' s . . 7 ' ,T y S .L l 1 , . . I ' ' . I . Y I I . 1' 1 V v v ' ' . Q - ' I Y . . , . . . - 3 - H - ,Jr , , ' ' ' ! ' ! ' . . - - , . 3 . .. . . , . . , 1. . . , 4 ' S

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THE LIVE WIRE What' You deny I admlt I came IU through the wln dow of your office last nlght And took the examlnatlon papers from my safe Examlnatlon papers? That s what I sald But I No buts lf vou please Just tell us why you took them and I assure you nothlng more wlll be done about It than IS necessary But slr I mean 1 dldn t know anythlng about any examlnatlon er papers Imean You see he IS stutterlng a slgn he lSly1l1g ' Cto several members of the school boardl I admlt when I was young and mlschlevous I used to do wlld thlngs but I always confessed ButI can t confess dolng some thlng I dldn t do My boy do vou reallze what a sacred thlng truth IS? It seems to Dlck took the lecture quletly and wlth out further ado walted for the report of the board Dlck remembered those next three weeks forever ln fact lt seemed llke forever to hlm He wan dered around as ln a daze and startled everyone Wlth hls fast decreaslng marks Then the crlsls camel' Dlck was suspended from school untll the board declded to let hlm come back The day to leave came A crowd of people floyal frlendsb wentto see Dlck off all except Charlle Dlck was puzzled When he had left the dorm Charlle had been readlng a detectlve He had only nodded when Dlck had sald goodbye so of course he would be at the traln to really bld Dlck farewell It seemed funny that Charlle should fall hlm Good old Charlle whom Dlck had helped out of Jams and who had stayed by Dlck for the slx years that these boys had pulled together Charlle must be busy or late yes Charlle was always late Wlth a heavy heart he Sald goodbye to hls schoolmates and waved a hand kerchlef untll the traln had puffed wheezed and Jerklly made ltS way out of the Junctlon leavlng the llttle band a mere speck IU the dlstance It was ln a very sad and shamefaced way that Charlle faced Mr Jackson about a month after Dlck s departure Yes Charlle It was Mr Jackson speaklng to hlm S I er Imean slr well Yes yes my boy go on M J ackson urged Charlle thought to hlmself B stlll my heart' And aloud Well slr Itook those papers It was llke a plstol shot llnglng out ln a clear stlllnlght Those confounded examlnatlon papers? Slt down and tell me all about It now Well Charlle began red faced and embarrassed I knew Dlck was out that nlght so you know we were havlng that very lmportant test that next day I knew Dlck would want a wlndow to cllmb ln so I unlocked yours and locked mlne Of courseI know the comblnatlon of the safe because my glrl works ln the office a lot and she used lt once when I was waltlng for her ln there Well I got the papers and went back to bed and when Dlck came ln I pretended to be asleep Cl -H ' ,, . . . . . . . . ,, . , . H . . . . n , if 77 u - ' aa ' L. k - , li 1 ' aa ' . . an -77 ' ' u - - . Y u ' f 7 . . ,, . . . . M . , H . . , . . 1 1 - . . . . as ' , . . H . . . . , ! Y ' - ' 1 46 - 77 1 f ' ' U . . . - - as - ' H ' lr! s v ' ' 7' an 77 1, ' ' 1 Q s ' il Q ' R ' . . ' ' 1 77 . , H . , 9 u - - H , H 9 . ' ' ' ' -77 ' H ' . . . ' H ' ' - O ' ' - ' H 44 77 ' u c u 7 7 ll ' n u 1 U r Y 7 . F- . ' . . I 9 - ss 77 ' . . , 1 l 9 . . . ,, . .

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THE LIVE WIRE mlserably aware of the truth of her se I won tlet aunty know she sald to herself I ll pretend I don t care I can t make them llke me lf they don t want to and I m golng to stop trylng But I can show them that I am a good sport and I m golng to be Instead of dolllng herself up ln the latest fad xn vlolet llpstlck and purple fingernalls she put on a slmple sport frock and stayed at home to help her aunt wlth a llttle brldge party of older people For weeks Dorls stuck lt out swlm mlng and playlng tennls when she had the chance Just belng herself and not trylng to attract attentlon She stood lt pretty well untll It came tlme for the blg Yacht Club Ball The thought of her beautlful blllowy evenlng dress hanglng 1dle ln the closet nearly broke her heart Nobody had 1nv1ted her and there wasn t a chance Dorls sald her aunt the day be fore the dance Has anyone lHVlt9d you to the Yacht Club Ball? Imsorry Aunty Iguess all the boys IH Green Harbor have speclal dates Id love to go of course but I Well Mrs Martln Just telephoned that she has guests comlng and among them ayoung man about your age She d llke you to go wlth hlm HIS name IS Mortlmer Halmeyer Dorls heart sklpped a beat wlth Joy and then at the name of Mortlmer Halmeyer It dropped Wlth a slcken mg thud Shed heard of Morty when he d v1s1ted Green Harbor the year before He was sort of a Joke with the young people a gawky shy lad who couldnt dance who turned red lf you looked at hlm and who stammered wlth embarrassment when he trled to talk to a glrl Say no sald the old Dorls B a s ort and pretend vour dellghted sald the new Dorls That s fine I d be dellghted she sald That evenlng a car drlven by a chauffeur called at Doris Aunts Mrs Martln and a young man got out The young man was tall good looklng and moved toward the house Wlth a Jaunty carefree alr like a popular college hero After they met Morty sald mls chlevouslv At first Ibalked at gomg to thls dance but you ve changed my mlnd pretty suddenly Doris Come on let s get golng The chauffeur and Mrs Martin got out and Morty took the wheel Let s take a llttle rlde and get acqualnted first sald We retoo early and when I step on that floor wlth you I want Green Harbor to stop look and llsten Be yourself be yourself Dorls kept savlng lnslde They talked about sports school and flnally col lege Morty seemed dellghted when DOFIS told hlm that she planned to go to college and Sald Swell Ill know at least one glrl wlthln a hundred mlle radlus of my school and mavbe 1f I manage to keep off' your toes tonlght youll come down to some of our dances Dorls heard that old famlllar flutter of home when she and Morty swept out on to the floor that nlght Is that Mortlmer Halmeyer? people whlspered Hasn t he grown -F --ee q 18 5 1- ' v n 4' 7 77 ' ' Q so 7 y - - . . . , . . H H . . . H K , , 6 7 7 ' ' 77 P . . ' ' ' u 5 7 - . v 7 ' 77 ' 77 ' . , . . . . . . , , , . . . w. . , . . . , ' I . J . . . . . , , y - o Y - . . . H . 1 . v . . . , ' v , . ' 7 ' 77 . . . H , . . . . . ,, . , he 7 - an 7 . . U . ,, . . , - U . . J s 77 ' 77 sa 7 sa H - s y ' v 1 , . ' s v u ' 77 ' H - - ' ' V , . . ' 45 7 s s , u u n u , ' , s f ' ' xx ' J 77 . 1 ' ' 7 f . , l , . . . ' 44 ' as ' ' ul , s 1 '