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

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OAK LEAVES 1946 TWILIGHT The drowsy valley hes 1n peace As far as eye can see A softly creeplng cloud of dusk Sets mlst and darkness free And soon behlnd the dlstant hllls The glowlng sun w1ll fade The final rays of wanlng hght All blanketed 1n shade The twlllght IS apparent now The slumberlng streets the qulet church The farmer s y1eld1ng lands The dlmmlng plcture dles away Folded ln sunset plnks A tlny moon smlles ln the sky And somewhere a star bl1nks GENE PINTER 47 25 She soothes with pale gray hands,

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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

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OAK LEAVES 1946 SPRING Spring 1S a lovely season Many people l1ke sprlng for different reasons Poets l1ke lt because so many things rhyme May day say gay June moon tune spoon It s wonderful to be able to open a door and Just Walk outside It s nice to see everybody so happy blueb11 ds waving hello to the1r next door neighbors and chattering about the deplorable travelling condltlons and the housing problem IH Florlda I like to see birches nodding in ap proval of each other s new spring hats I like sprlng because it s the tlme when alarm clocks clang in numerous caves and caverns and sleepy bears push off the blankets stretch and brush mer ln the a1r Just the way you can smell fresh bread the minute you walk 1n a house I l1ke spring because all of a sudden one mormng you look outside and there s the world in technicolor again I l1ke sprlng PAULINE STRAWHECKER 49 vig YY 26 ' . ' 3 7 ! 3 3 Y ! , . . , . I . , . - . i . . , . . . , , . . 7 X 7 7 their teeth for summer. I like spring because you can smell a hint of sum- , . u . ' Q ' 0 n a , . . ! . , .