Oak Grove Coburn High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Vassalboro, ME)

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OAK LEAVES 1946 FROM THE FAMILY ALBUMI GRANDFATHER One of the most rnterestrng persons I have ever known was my grand father George Lyman Krttredge To me no other man could be hrs equ rl Although he was '1 learned man and famous as 'rn ruthorrty on Sh rkespeare he also had trme for pleasure and fun He had many hobbres one of whrch was collectrng Indran relrcs from Cape Cod He also was a great gardener and had an orchard vxrth many apple trees The lrttle thrngs whrch he drd such as grxrng my brother and me pennres for brrngrng hrm the newspaper at the table make me real17e how warm and krnd he was ready for a roke any trme rnd gl rd to get 1 chance rt flshrng once rn a whrle These lrttle human ex ery day thrngs mfrde me loxe my grandpa Hrs great lrterary works wrll long be remembered but hrs unny sprrrt w1ll remarn rn our famrly BARBARA KITTREDGE GRANDMOTHER She wasrr t much to look at small thrn and grey harred but tr om her tace shone love and she w rs beautrful rn sprrrt As a chrld of nrne she had been taken from school permanently because of a heart arlment but she con trnued her educatron and overcame her handrcap lowest statron rn lrfe She remarned adaptable to novel srtuatrons and I never consrdered her old because her sprrrt was so xery young She was rntrmately acquarnted vsrth wood lore loved and apprecrated musrc wrs rudely read rn scrence lrterature and hrstory knew rt seemed to me every thrng that one person could I never knew her to hurt any per son or anrmal physrcally or mentally She was consrderate of all and even rn her most parnful excrucratrng hours I never heard a word of complarnt When she dred there was no flagrant drsplay of sorrow Her spurt was so powerful that rt seemed hardly cred rble t'rat she was gone Thrs was a xx omfrn whom everyone lox ed Who w rs thrs person you ask' It wx as my gr rndmother ETHLL Lhwrs DAD Not by any means am I tryrng to forget my mother s ine rnterestrng character when I say that my father rs the most rnter estrng person I have ever known So much do I love hrm that I hate even to classrfy hrm as a person Such a cold word that Dad does many thrngs to me rmpresses me amuses me and rnfluences ust rr few of the trrbutcs from ,L lrttle project rn Englrsh 23 f 1 - ' ' - ' r . , . , r c . c I ' r' c 2 I x If D v 4 1 v . I 1, . ' ' ' f ' , z 2 z r I . . ' u . v. 1 1 'Av Av 7 , y ' Y 4 ' . , , ' . . ' ' kv 72 1 l xv . I 4' , kv v f ' y - She was always cheerful, calm and sympathetic even with those of the v ' ' .' v y - I v . . . V. - ' v . . 1 E H V C S 9 l 1 C I Q 9 -V v ' v 1 w I Y v. . I r I . i ' 7 c ' ' . z s ' s , ' Q '. ' 2 1 '. . 4, . y . . ' v K6 77 I V . -T. u q , Lv 1 4 . '

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OAK LEAVES 1946 me He has always set standards before me w h1ch haye gulded the thlngs I do Instead of saymg No no moy 1es today you haye study mg to do Dad would say A dec1s1on fO1 you Barb a small one but an 1mpo1tlnt b11ck I 1rstth1ngs Il1St you know That alw ays stuck fllfllly 111 Bly Dllllll and developed a balanced ldea of w hat was 11ght and w1ong Dad could do almost anythmg not only tr1cks to amuse us Dad would Slt on the edge of our bed and tell the story of a httle bear 111 s1lly 1hymes Ol else would make up ungles I would glue much to haye them 1n p11nt lt may be early f01 me to real17e that our famlly hls l1y ed lldpllllyf' 1nd ha1mon1ouslV many thanks to 1 wolldly wlse Dad and 1 kllld Mother Dad mo1e DOVNC1 to you When I get stubbo1 ll Ol too sum you ll keep me S6IlS1bl6 A11d nn fa1th 1n C od IS only ycly l1ttlc St1Ollf,E,1 than my fa1th 111 you BARBARA STEVENS MOTHER She has so many Cl'l3I'3Ct9l1St1CS I w1sh I could atta1n How often she was pat1ent when I was naughty She was always there when she w as needed a11d ney er seemed to t11e When I was ye1y l1ttle I took he1 fo1 g1a11ted as I gl ew olde1 I d1scox ered that she had many 1nd1y1dual1st1ct1a1ts and I app1ec1ated he1 fine cha1acte1 all the more She often pamts po1t1a1ts of oul f11ends and the11 exp1 QSSIOIIS seem to show 1n11e1 emotlons wh1ch I ney 61 would haye been able to dep1ct She often tells us fxsclnatlng St0116S w 1th such a xnauous man11e1 th It I am always spellbound She has always and w1ll alw tys 1IltQl6St me be cause she IS my dea1 est frlend my Mother SUZAN ANN FRISBIE MUSIC MUSIC IS a wonduful th1ng It makes our hea1ts feel llght So that we would s1ng About the trees the day the beauty of the mght Muslc brlngs back memol les Its mellow tones are low Of happy houl s spent w1th you So yery long ago ELAIINE GIORGI 24 V V V V . V V . . ' u ,' , 7 , ,' H . - K , T K 1- ' A V' , I V I if l . ' 1 . ' I 9 ,i x 9 C C -' D' ' - v U . . r v 1 - Y ' V ' 1 , 1 V' K V . - . V V V .A V . V Z V . V V . V 2 ' ' ' .- . 1 1 ' 1' - fr ' ' z ' . - . , v . . . - , v 7 1 7 ., ' ' 7 5' V , f ' ' 3 ' , V , - ' 1 - y 1 . . , f. ' During all my childhood days I admired her and I know' I always shall. nw Lv 1. D w Y. . l 1 va v v . y ' , . - . . 1 , . ' a 1 , . A1 y ' 4 ' 1 ' 7 - v y 3 4 ' . . yf S K- I ya 4 -' 1 vi ya ' 1 - C l 7 Q ' T lv 1 - 4 . .V V V V . A , , .VY . u . v' y