Oakfield High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oakfield, ME)

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POETR t' Poetry s a funny thlng and very hard for me 1 wash my face and blow my nose and wrrte a word or two comb my haxr and fool my tlme and then I try to wr1te a lme Ifl had to wrlte a story or glVC a book report Or tell of my experlence at some well known resort An of these I could do wrth ease But ah me Poetry' M Brown 59 MY POEM Here I slt ID school all day Just thlnkrng of thxngs that I could say When Mrs Lmcoln wants my Engllsh poem Mrs Lmcoln Ma am I forgot I m sorry Ma am I just aln t got' M F ltzgerald 59 Teacher Lyle glve me a sentence w1th bxtter end m ll Lyle fafter much thought, Yesterday the dog was chaslng the cat and he b1t her en COL ' MY LITTLE RED TRUt,K I m the man rn a lrttle red truck Whlch waddles and toddles lrke a duck It has no body I m sorry to say For the Aggle boys carrred ll plumb away I Jumped m the truck one mee warm day I gave II a crank and the motor s away There 1sn t a wlndow 1n elther door It s omcwhat Ilkc a refrrgerator Thrs truck IS somewhat Ilke a tank It w1II start every day lf you use the crank All the g rls love to rxde rn ll The wheels are goln and so s the truck But ll s a cool cut wagon I Il bet a buck It IS on the road both nrght and day It s only Idle whrle I m away It s a real cool wagon I hope you Il agree Cause If you don t Irke my wagon Don t count on me G Sanders 7 Malne People Servmg Marne I , . H, I . X . . , it Y I I - They holler and scream, and have a fit, . , '5 d. H E S E X P R E S S

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FIRST DAY AS A FRESHMAN It s quite a change a change you see The first day of high for you and me First we are nervous then we are scared And rt seems as if nobody cared All of a sudden a bell rings Music stops and no one sings We go to room but who knows where Is II up or down a flight of stairs? Some go here and some go there Soon there are Freshmen everywhere Who'P How? Where is 1t'7 are questions We all ask An answer we must get lf we are to do our task At last the day of school ts done We ve worked and had a lot of fun Let s help the next Freshmen on their wa Cyr EXAMm When each nine weeks are through It IS exams that worry you You never worry as days go by Untll exams stare you in the eye The sweat pops out upon your head You wish to heaven that you were dead You swear that if you Just pass this test That you will study for all the rest P Sherm an 60 A BIT OF ADVICE My old Ford is black and whlte A snappy Job and full of life When she gets rolling about a hundred and ive Well you can get ready to leave this dive If you re a good driver who values his life You might grow up to have a wife So heed my words and change your ways Don t push up daisies the rest of your days' L Mitchell TO MY ENGLISH TEACHER I m writing this little poem just for you It will not be fancy or anything gay Because I can thmk of nothing to say I hope IhlS poem will meet your desire As II s meant to make my rank come higher I know this poem is way overdue But I m making it up Just for you B Larlee A IUNIOR S PRAYEP Now I lay me down to rest While thinking of tomorrow s test If I should d1e before I wake At least that test I need not take I Libby 58 ' ' . f' . YJ . . ' , '58 But there's one thing more I'd like to say: Roses are red, violets are blue, N, , '60 ' ' . ' . . , '60

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DETECTIVE WOODY Hello' My name IS Woody You s you don t know me? Don t worry you wxll before thts rs over You won t belleve thls but I am a hard workmg fellow My hours are from 8 30 a m to 3 O1 p m every day from Monday to Frlday Sometlmes my work starts even be fore offlce hours begrn That IS what happens when you are not your own boss Oh! Well' I really don t mrnd It Oh' Oh! Here comes Mrs Lmcoln and she s tn a hurry as usual She looks pretty flustered too' Perhaps the bus went rrght by her thls mornmg wrthout even a howdy do! But no she IS Just ln a hurry to get beslde a regrster It must be another cold momrng ls that a chug chugl hear? But rt could t be for we have dlesel trams now Goodness' l-low could I make a mrstake lrke that' It rs Just Mr Lord s old Ford puffmg Qnot reallyj up the hrll Just outslde the school house I wonder rt' rt w1ll be cooled down rn t1me for hrm to drtve rt home for dmnerl Here comes Mr Rackllff red cheeks and all' It must be a cold mornrng' I wonder where he stashes those spare rxngs he s always talklng about He d probably have a thr1v1ng buslness lf he ever wanted to start a second hand Jewelry store Mr Mrchaud the mam spoke of thrs thrlvrng machrne has just arrrved wtth the mall Wlthout htm this machlne would sputter once cough twrce and dre If we drdn t have h1m who would teach the alge bra students therr baby arrthmetlc 'P Mtss Staples cannot be dlspensed wrth, elther for then we would have no one to teach our commerclal students shorthand and typlng I m sure they all agree ll s qurcker and easler to wnte their notes tn shorthand fNot many rf any of the freshmen know shorthand j Mr Smrth IS on the go all the trme Hts name may be a common one but he cer tarnly has a dlstrnct character It rs a won der that the Umted States History students don t get coached on the1r hxstory QI m sure the majonty need 10 Also the school s mghtmgales had therr gleeful volces harnessed for a whxle III glee club wrth Mrs Smrth The vtctrola rs startmg up now and some of the k1ds are trylng out a new dance they made up These teen agers aren t sattsfred wlth Arthur Murray they have to make up thelr own dances The ptano rs belng played m the mam room and our nrghtrngales are exercxsrng thelr volce boxes The ptngpong ball seems to be gettlng a workout also And of course there are always a few groups of glrls exchangmg events of the day fwhrch the boys have a tendency to call gossrpj In fact there IS such a group not a foot away from me Let s llsten III Sull thtnk Cherry s hatr looks better short As for Kathleen her harr looks mce any way she flxes tt Carlene s black hatr goes well wrth Morris curly brown ha1r but what do you thrnk of blonde wlth red? Oh' That s gettmg to be an old story now Say! Doesn t Mrs Llncoln look cute rn slacks' No guls basketball pracuce agaln to nlght Wrth all the practlce the boys get you d thrnk but no I guess you wouldn t If only we had a gym How s Mr Racklrff getting along wrth Rose? I wonder lf she can dnve! 0 . . ay , , 1 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 , . . - . - 1 1 Z Q 1 1 ' I 1 1 1 . . - , . . , 1 1 1 , . . . 1 . , , . . . . . 1 - 1 1 1 , . . . . 1 1 , . . . . - - ' , , 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 ' Q ' 1 1 . . , . . 1 , , 1 1. 1 . , . . c 1 1 1 Q 1 . H . . , . ' ' 1 Q o . , . . o 1 - , . . . . W o o ' ' , 11 1 - - . . , . 0 1 . . . . . ,, I 1 . . . . . , . H ' , 1 . . . .... ' , 1 1 1 1 . . . H I 1 1 . ' 1 - - ,, . , . . I - . H . . n . . . . , . . , . , . ' 1 1 1 1 1 Q ' 11 1 1 1 1 ' 11 1 ' f - 1 - , . , . . . I' 1 .