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

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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 '

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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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NEXT PORT HIGH SCHOOL up? Isn the a wonderful dancer Be yourself be your elf Dorls kept saylng over and over to herself There were no ldle moments for Dons durlng the rest of the summer nor were there any to follow later Lucla Warren 41 WITHOUT A DOUBT S you all know I am a very fine hunter and hke w1ld experlences so I wlll tell you of one of my ad ventures Whlle ln South Afrlca huntlng for polar bears Ibecame separated from the rest of my party As I trudged along the sun went undera cloud and lt became so hot that the lclcles on the end of my nose began to melt I soon became so tlred that I sat down on a cactus plant to rest my feet Later belng refreshed I slowly made my way across the sllck lCy floor of the Jungle where my only foothold was an occasional ant hlll that gutted out of the ICG Flnally I came to an OHSIS and declded to stay there for the nlght I put my feet 1n bo1l1ng water to cool them off Exhausted I fell asleep and upon awakenlng I dlscovered that my feet were stuck ln the water whlch to my horror had frozen over durlng my snooze Iwas trymg to thlnk of a way to free my self when I heard a rustle 1n the leaves and out Jumped a huge l1on charglng horns first I was a fast thlnker and when the hon leaped I thrust my brawny arm down hls throat and grabbed hls tall I gave a qulck Jerk whlch automatlcally turned hlm lnslde out and sent hum runmng ln the opposlte dlrectlon Knowlng the mldnlght sun would be out at twelve oclock to melt th lce I patlently walted untll lt finally dld come out to make me free Many hours of torturous trall blazlng went by un t1lIs1ghted my fr1ends Ihave de Clded to rest up a blt before I take my next expedltlon 1nto the mterxor of Afrlca If you doubt my story please ask someone to dlrect you to Warren lFrank Buckj Brown SAVED BY DEATH The heavy sllence that filled the room was broken only by the stlfled sobs of a woman and chlld The doctor gazlng at the mother kneellng at the bedslde of her lnvalld son looked as though he had accldently kllled a person Is It true what you sa1d'? asked the mother between sobs Yes was the meek reply of the doctor who stood starlng flxedly at a bedpost Then llke a tldal wave brxskness and a sense of routme swept over hlm as ne contlnued matter 0 factly Now lf there s nothlng else I ll leave Wlthout awaltlng a reply he adjusted hls monocle pulled hls beaver skln hat well down over h1s ears yanked on hls heavy bear skln coat donned a palr of mlttens and a scarf and wlth a crlsp Good day left the room The burst of cold December alr that swept 1nto the room at the doctors departure was not notlced by the still traglc strlcken , ,, . . . . . . . , I H ,, . . . . . . 1 - . 1 3 1 . . v . . . 4 . 9 1 7 . , . . . lk I , . I Y 1 Y 1 1 . . , . I- . . - 1 1 , . I , . . H . H-A . H , . - , l . . . U w H ' 9 ' 9 - a 1 . , , 1. . . . ,Q . , 1 y ' ' . . U . , . 1 1 1 1 . , H . . . 1 - 1 - 1 V Y i . . - . ! Y -1 v v . . . H H I ' 9 1 1 - I .-' . . . . , 1 ' 1 , .