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

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LITERARY THE LAND OF THE GEGE One day many years after our graduatron I met Norman Frost who was to be my gurde on my huntrng trrp to the Matto Grosso rn South Amerrca to br rng back to the museum a lrve Gege They are very rare hav mg the head of a bobcat the neck of an allrgator the mane of a donkey the front feet of a deer the body of a hog the back feet of a hor se and the tall of a cow Thrs queer anrmal lrves 1n the deepest part of tne Matto Grosso Thrs part has never been ex plor ed by man black or whrte T get to the place one must go through swamps and th1ck yungles whrch contarn man eatrng anrmals porson reptrles and plants and head hunters Our plans were to take a boat from San Fr ancrsco tray el down the coast of Latrn Amer rca through the Str arts of Magellan up to Buenos Arr es and from there we were to go lnto the rn terror Arrrvrng at Buenos Arres a lrttle over a week later we hrred natryc porters and boats On June 4th at 4 A M we started up the Plata Pry er Whrle we were tr avelrng up the r rver we saw th1ck yungles beautlful buds and plenty of cr ocodrles That nrght we had a lrttle excrte ment wrth a crocodrle The next mor ning we had crocodrle steaks After tr avellng a short wav up the Parana Rryer we branched off onto the Prleomays Rrver whrch led us deeper rnto the rnterror Hay mg gone as far as the boat would take us we had to get out and walk the rest of the way Stopprng at a yrllage we lured some natrves They were re luctant to go srnce they thought the place we were headed for was taboo We hnallyf persuaded them Once when we stopped to rest we almost lost one of the porters but thanks to our good shootrng we rescued hrm from the Manachrmp 7 gf He was half ape and half man wrtn long shaggy harr forked teeth and arms twrce as long as the average man s After we burred the Manachrmp we started up the trarl After a few hours of travelrng we came to a bend rn the trarl The trarl led East and we were to go North We started North cuttrng our way through th1ck jungles Every step was dangerous We had to look out for snakes qurck sand and porsonous rnsects After about two days of travelrng through the Jungle we arrryed at a natrve vrllage All we saw was thatched huts Everythrng was as quret as could be The natrves had drsappeared Normre sard that rf we had some salt he would be able to get the natrves to come out rnto the open rng and be on good terms wrth the Chref I told Beyam my number one boy to go get some salt from the packs Nor mre went to the center of the vrl lage and began talkrng rn a forelgn tongue In a few mlnutes the whole y rllage appeared and began rabber rng what was gorng to happen Then ap pear ed a fat llttle man wrth yaguar skrns as a robe and a yaguar head for a crown He and Normre had '1 long talk lastrng about two hours When rt ended Normre came back all smrles He sard that the krng was pleased wrth the salt For the natry es salt rs a rare thrng He also sard that the natrves were the Jaguar people and that where the Cege lry ed was '1 three davs hrke from here througr th1ck yungle Durrng our second day of travel we arrrved at a clearrng As I started across rt I began to slnk 1nto the earth I yelled for the rest of them to stay back In five mrnutes I had sunk to mv armprts Normre burlt a lassc and roped me under the ar mprts They star ted to pull me out but the qurck . I , ' I . . i, 7 . , . y W , . . , Q T . - -' W ' , ' . . . v . , - l X' ' , t T 7 . ' I, 1 , I . 1 W n ., . , . . , . ' - - . ' .. 0 n , - , , . . ' , ' . 0 -G ' ' . , . , . . ll - ' . v . ' p . - . , . g , . . r , Q ' . 7 v W ' , ' W 4 ,n ' 1 - - - r ' . ' I . I Y . . ' . ' - ' ' - y . n Y 1 Y i ', ' I ' 7 . . . . . . ' w' ' 'l ' ' 'I . and branched off on the Parana River. Then all was quiet. We wondered ' v , - - ' ' ', V ' 3 . I - . .1 . i ' v 7 . ' . t ' ' v . ' 1 ' ' r ' - v . v . ' o l ' . I , I 7 1 ' 1 - ' U , , . 'L ' y 4 1 , 1 v' . I ' 7 u y u s n n - . , ., . . D A ' ' s' -. y' I ' A v e I I - I 7 u I I . v v c I u E I 1 1 l T ' . ' ' 7 1 - , ' . 7 - 1 v ' 7 s Q' .' . Y u . 1 L u vi u Y Y Y X l v - . . . . y t . l . ' . - ' - , - ' ' 7 u E. . u A ' , C ' , 1 J - lL'47Il 1 ' W0

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i X , l J Q 1-0' . X Q J f, u Iront lou Irt to lzulzf B Hustus l Klng' J Conant MIS Lanpher D Blown A BlllblllV M Booth Ml Mooles M Dow A Colby K Iangley Second lou Il Lancastu N Iloctol B N01SNN0lf,llV R Bonlto B Hullbult J P2illTlL1 K Boylan S Malcolm B Stlout, B Blaley Tlmd 1014 B Plummel G MCtlXl81 J Bulbuly G Adams ll Henduson L Lan phel L Elskmes P Caluso T Glav D Taskel J Flasel Iam-Ih low J Iansons B OllXL1 B Plnkham J Shea G Stlout L Hopkins, B Taskel ll Falnham S Fletchel C McAtee R Co scboom C Jacobs S Olcutt M Bcnnctt R O1Clltt ll Young FRESHMAN CLASS The F1CSl1IT1L11 of New pO1t Hlgh School Stdl ted school thls illl mth a happy thought 111 nfnnd Tlns seal and the Ikfflallllllg thltc wus ol then hlgh school Callel xx ould be spent ln a new school btllldlllg' The fnst class meetlng was held Septembel 28 1901 dullngwhlch the fOll0Vl1I1g' class OHJCSIS W910 elected Pzcsulent Iw0bQ1t C01l'I1191 I :cc P1 cszdcnt Anltl Bulbuly Sccretary lVILl11Gl Booth TICCl6ll,7Cl Dana BIOVSH Sfzulcnt Cozmczl Janet P13861 We now hawe folty fue students 111 oul class, vvlth Mls Lanphel and Ml XIOOIQS as 0111 adxlsels Some of OU1 students who are and Betty Stlout, cheelleadels, Kal lene Boylan, basketball, and Robelt Colmlel and G601g9 Stlout, J V basketball Fol Wlntel Lalnlwal Klllg' and Queen candldates, we elected Robelt Colmlel and Betty Stl out, and then campalgn managels wele D3X1d If al nham and Janet F1 asel We plan to hal e a soclal ln the SDI mg and hope that It vw 1ll be a gleat success Thzs Paqc Sponsoncl by I nsllnlan Class jwcnly ons Z 1 4- l I 4.1 W ' ' . C ' 4 u s 1 , - f, 4- U . . , u. , . , .. , .. , . . l ' l ' r ' - r ' l ' ' ' ' , . . . . 1. . . v . ' . . A, l , '. '. Q , . , . . I , . , . , . , . A , . , . . . . .. . '.' . . . ' ,. 2 - . . I , . , . , . , . , . , ', . ' ' , . ' . ' u, . ' ', . ' '. J . . 1 . ' . ,. ' . .' . . . , . , . , . , . , . . . ', . ' , . ', . , . ssl , , ,, . ' , , . . 4 , . , . . 1 . , 1 Y - ' - . v' f 1 . 1 . . . 1 - ' 'Z Y' - 1 - v' . . ' . . ' N ' . x ' ' 1 ' 1 ' l ' x x ' 32 ' ' . - , - ., , , actlve ln sports are: Donna Taskel' . 0 1 ' I ' , 1 - ' . . . v -r u. v I L 7 9 ' . J J . . ' . ' v - - In . n . I - I ' s D n I I I ' 1 f 4 ......,..,,,, . C . ' 'V 1 ,I l. ' v I 7 , ,,,,,,,,,,,.ll.....,.... ,, ....., l , D A . . 1 ,f - - y ' W ' 1 . - . ' ' I . A 4 ,.,, .,...,, .,.... vi ' v. 1 , 7 Q 7- ' v ' . . ' n 1 - 4 v f 4' 1 Q - . . 1. 1 A V. , . , L.

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sand dldn t want to let me go I could heal and feel It sucklng and plunglnf, up and down Inch by lnch I began to wolk free When I reached firmel glound I was exhausted After a day of hard tlavellng we came to a stream One of the portels started to C1 oss and the watel tul ned black As the natlve Stalted scleam mg ln agony he clumpled and fell lnto the stream Then we understood what was golng on Thele W919 tlnV man eatlng fish ln the stleam In fixe m1HUt9S all that was left of the portel was hls bones We had to CIOSS the stleam slnce on the Othel Slde was the Land of the Gege so we spent two days bulldlng lafts out of logs The next molnlng aftel we had clossed to the othel slde Nolmle came lunnlng up to me He Sald he had seen the tlacks of a Gcge We lushed down to the waterhole All dax we Walted At dusk we heald a 1031 as a thlng came out of the blush It was a Gege The fllst Cege that had been seen slnce the 17th centulv constant dlummlng ln the Jungle Then It stopped as qulcklv HS It stalted Flom the dllectlon of the camp I heald a scleam Nolmle and I stalted at a fast pace towald the camp When we arllved thele we found the headless bodles of the D01 tels Then a net dropped OV61 us and we W016 knocked unconsclous The next thlnk I knew I was ln a hut lubblng my head Nolmle was stlll unconsclous When he came to I told hlm that we wele captul ed bl head huntels and that the only lea son that we were Spal ed fO1 so long was that we wele whlte and the head huntels had nevel seen a whlte pel son befole Nolmle found out latel by the use of slgn language that we wele golng to be glxen a celemonv befole oul heads wele to be cut off Lucklly fol us the headhuntels hadnt sealched us They had onlv taken oul guns and the klllX9S that we wole on oul belts 111 plaln slght We had concealed undel oul shuts Z5 automatlcs We began to plan We knew that most natlxes had a celemonlal dance befole any kllllng of thelr captlves When the dance was at the hlghest polnt we would bleak out retlleve our othel guns and kldnap the Klngs daughtel We w ere to use her as a hostage so we wouldn t be captured agaln We knew that lt was 50 O1 60 mlles to the nearest frlendly natlve camp The moment came and we shot a few of the natlves to let them know that we had weapons that could klll very easlly The whole camp was ln an upl oar wlthln a few seconds We managed to kldnap the Klngs daughtel and find oul guns leavlngln a hull y Aftel we had gone lnto the Jungle a way we heald the dl ums Stalt beat ln The chase kept up fol a week Dullng thls tlme we llved on what evel anlmals we could shoot and what llttle water we could Gnd We bullt a C1 ude sllencer fOI the guns so the headhuntels couldnt heal the shot We slept ln tlees one of us Sleeplhg Whlle the othel stayed awake The Onlv thmg that saxed us was the Klngs daughtel whom we were to set free as soon as we came to a llatlve ullage We knew she would be safe slnce hel people wele all alound us One day about noon tlme ue 31 llwed at a vlllage Slnce Normle could speak thell language we W619 all set We enteled the ullage and dullng the 6XC1t6m9Ut we found the Klng and told hlm oul St01V All that nlght thele was feastlng and danclng 1n oul honol Flom that tlme untll we leached CIYIIIZR tlon we wele 6SCO1t9d flom vlllage to ullage and plesented Wlth glftg and WIVQS both of whlch we left be hlnd slnce we dldn t hate any way to take them wlth us and we V9619 confllmed bachelols 5 1,14 l Y Y i i . . . i 1 ,. . . . . 5 - . - 1 9 - . ' . Q , Y 1 n . , 1 Q, I . - ' ' y n U . . , ' . . , , ' v ' ' v . I 1 f 7 ' . ' . ' . , . . ' ' 1 1 L , v ' ' ' 3 J . , ' - u . ' q u I - . vs , 7 ' ' 9 ' 9 n n , ' I 7 . . 4 . ' , ' ' s . , ' . ' ' l Q 1 . 1 A I . 7 ' 1 I I t' ' 1 1 . - . r ' ' , l I 7 . ' I . u ' ' ' DU1'lIlg thls tlme there had been a i y i l . . ' 1 J . . - ' ' ' . v , l u 1 ' ' Q I ' ' 0 . . 7 . Q 1 1 , n ' 7 . . ' A 9 - - ' a ! Y' , . 9 i ' ' ' . . ' r . ' '- - 7 , . ' 1 V ' ' . 1 ' , . . I ' e 3 , . ' , .1 ' - - y . ' v . .. . l 1 Y ' - . - ' I t - ' 5 - ' ' . . v v ' -- ' ' . ' I Q 1 I 1 . ' I ' a s n 0 7 u Y ' ' . . . ' . l , Q ' ' ' 1 ' 7' . ' ' 1 l i 1 l I ' ' . , - . 1 . . . , V . .K , , 7 1 I ' A v . . ' ' Y- ' ' LUPII, I ' flfl?