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

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OAK LEAVES 1946 Oh' now I 1emember It s the Show and I can lead the b1g ho1 ses 1n the I11d1an dr1ll It s not often that I get to lead I l1ke that d11ll the best of all spoke up M1ke xx ho f01 o11ce had kept qulet fo1 a wh1le And I loxe hax1ng Patsy beat the tom tom It makes me feel so 1mpo1 tant I can t wa1t to go beh1nd M1Sty Ill the txndem Sald Cl1Ck8tQ It s lots of fun cante11ng behlnd her Whlle Renee dr1xfes I th1nk 1ts fun to haxe MHIHSV dr1ye me as she 11d6S Duke added Moon who could nex er be left out of a conx e1sat1on I Wlsh I could be 111 the Show sa1d Md1qll1S w1stfully I m not go1ng to be III anythlng because of my sore back but l xx as O1 1g1nally Q,0lllg to be 11dden beh111d Moon and ex e1yone knows I am the handsomest and fanc1est mount of all Poor MRIQUIS you C91t31lllW haxe had bad b1eaks th1s yea1 But don t feel too badly because the othe1 day I ovelheald MISS Humph1ey tell1ng MISS Ba1ley that a lot of gnls asked fO1 you to 11de IH compet1t1on So you a1e st1ll xe1y popular comfo1ted Sh1ela You better not fuss too much lll the llllg adx1sed WHIIIOI the xx1se Ill try not to answe1ed Sh1ela hopefullx but cante11ng does ex c1te me I havent been 1n nearly as many shows as you older ho1ses Sald Apache who IS only a colt but I can t Walt to get 1n the Illlg and show the people xx hat I 1eally can do xx hen I t1y We xe talked qu1te long enough for ton1ght I th1nk xxe should rest 1f we Wallt to do xx ell fo1 the gnls tomo1 10W suggested WHFFIOI xx hose word IS never dlsputed Good nlght ex e1yone and the best of luck tomorrow Cood n1ght echoed elex en othe1 XOICQS SUE WETMoRE 49 OVER THE I ENCE As l walked along the 1oad I paused to xxatch two spa1roxxs perched on the fence Both we1e so well g1001'Il9d that hey m1ght haxe come r1ght f1 om a beauty pa1lo1 They were noddlng the1r heads x1go1ously and Chlfplllg 1ap1dly The XOICQ of one was h1gh and sh11ll l1ke a 1eal l1ttle goss1p1ng sh1 ew but the other sou11ded mo1e sweet and k1nd They WQIG goss1p1ng about a frlend xx ho had been so greedy when she found a b1g fat w orm Pe1 haps they were C1 1t1c1z1ng a fl1rtat1ous young sparrow xx ho had xust arr1ved from the South but as they chattered on they seemed so much l1ke human be1ngs MB 8 30 U . 7 v . 4 ' . ' ' ' 1 , 4 rv as ' ,' , an - , 1 r ' s . . H . . . , V V . . . . c 1 - , ' , ar K6 7 v ' ' ' ' 77 ' ' Li' 7 , . . f 1 1 I. . . , . v ,, H ' ' 1 , . , ' v . .' V7 1, L 7 1 7 1 7 x ' , . cs ' - , as - I , ' ,- as 1 - 7 ' ' I ' W 1 vc x 4. . I 1 . 1 , 1 nl l 4 v 1 v 7 , ' y sa U . ' , . ' , Y . ' 1 . 7 Y u ' l , ' . . l . N I .. . . . . ' , . H . ' , . H . h. ,, v. i v. Q Y. 9 7 ' xc v H ,, , - y as ,' s - . 1 ' ' - 77 as r ' l V , ' , as ' ' 1 1 1 , . U , . l . Q. l 7 7 v . y - v 77 U , V . . l . I . V 1 ' 1 1 . 77 . ' . v v 2 r K - - an ' , , ry 1 . , 1 . 44 ' H , N ' I , ' . Y , . 3 . V. 1 - . 1 v - 1 ' r ' Q 1 1 ' ' I . . A. . ' 4 . . . 1 K 7 1 1 . ' 1 7 l y w . . . ' ' 9 . ., 4 .

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OAK LEAVES 1946 A1 THE NIGHT BEFORE All was qulet rn the halls ew eryone was asleep But ln the stable there was qurte a d1Eerent atmosphere How drd the m1l1tary dr1ll go? snlffed Apache who was a b1t drsap pomted that he wasn t chosen for thls fast movmg aiaxr Wonderful but I certamly have to do some fast turns I belng chosen to lead boasted Duke who thought It was a great prrvllege to lead two drllls There really wasnt anythlng to rt sald own1e condescendmgly Well thats about the only thmg you can do well chrmed rn Queen You know the reason some glrls don t care for you don t you It s because of your hlgh trot Now rf you had my gart Im glad I don t My reputatlon of belng a cavalry horse makes up for It Bu Let s not argue spoke up War r1or who IS much respected by the other horses as havmg a great deal of knowledge and QXDGFIQHCQ especlally tomght What s drfferent about tomght asked Lady from her corner You mean you don t know? lnqulfed MISIY I can always tell because I never get my Engllsh saddle untll Just before the Show 29 .rn . ., an-' Ill. sw.. , . tl . a u Q . ,, v . Q n . I , ' . , H ' .N - . . ,, H U . V . Y Y ,, . . . 7 7 H U . , . . H . . . Y W1 Y after the Army trains you, it is all very simple. ca , 1 - , ,rs - ' . KK ' Y Y Y , . ' , - ' in if 7 Y ' ' ' YY KK tl-YY I6 a H , - - , Y Y ' ' cc ' Y ' YY If Y ' ' Y! Cl 7 YY ' ' , ' Ki . . . . i ,,

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OAK LEAVES 1946 WEE SLEEKIT TIM ROUS BEASTIE Th1s mornlng I made some mterestmg observatlons on a lonely lxttle mouse found ln a yy aste basket MOOS16 IS less than two lnches long w1th a tall that surpasses the length of h1s body HIS coat 18 a warm gray and h1s whlskels are very hght H1s funny httle ears are pomted and so IS h1s rather long nose Hls shmy black eyes are round as beads and h1S t1ny feet moye swlftly when he IS 1n actlon At fir st Moosle was very fughtened but now he w1ll allow me to scratch behmd hls ears and even puts h1s head to one slde when I reach toward h1m succeeded several tlmes but havmg dlscoyered how futlle yumplng IS MOOSIC now crawls as fast as he can up my arm and tues to get out that way He has a vo1ac1ous appetlte and w1ll eat almost anythlng he can get L1ke some people I know' HEIDI ANN DENIS 48 HANSTI AND L1Rl TEL NFARLY BROUGHT TFARS XVHEN CRUEL STEPMOTHFR DFSERTFD THI M 31 When Moosie was excited he tried to jump out of the tall basket and nearly 1 'F -1