Oakfield High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oakfield, ME)

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WE THREE Clearly and drstrnctly I can see the old weatherbeaten whrte house that used to be home to my srsters and me It was the house my grandfather and father before me had been born rn Completely bereft of modem con venrences no electrrcrty or runmng water rt was nevertheless a fme place for children to work play and row u We three were always very close even though we drd frght a lot Mrldred the youngest of us was also the most 111 tempered of the group Maureen was the rnventrve one she once made a mud ple usmg an egg to add flavor to the mud and water As you proba bly guessed Maureen was usually rn trouble I would classlfy myself as the v1lla1n for I always kept track of to Mom much to therr drsmay Asl thrnk of those daysl can t seem to re call dorng thrs to cause them trouble but rn accordance w1th a rather crude sense of duty for when they were spanked for theu' mrschrevousness would cry rrght along w1th them Playrng house was our favorrte as trme rn our younger years We would hardly leave off to eat Sometrmes we played 1n a corner of the krtchen or l1v1ng room and other trmes out under two great crabapple trees that grew IH back of the house But our favorrte spot to play house was up m the old attrc over the krtchen and lrvrng room Nobody ever went up there fexcept to clean the place or store clothesj so we had full relgn It was a dark musty place pxled wrth boxes rn wh1ch were stored many clothes of days gone by We would paw mercrlessly through these boxes untrl we found just the rrght costume Every trme we started playmg we had to decxde how many chxldren each of us would have and tn whrch part of the attxc each would l1ve Often some body would have to get marrred before we would play rn earnest Smce M11 dred was the youngest she usually played the groom much agarnst her wrshes Maureen was a most rrdrculous brrde wrapped up rn an assortment of ancrent lace curtarns and I played whatl thought was the most rmportant part I was the m1n1ster The ceremony as I remember was very short The brrde would stumble rn to the famrlrar strarns of the weddrng march hummed III our young off key vorces If she made rt to the groom wrthout fallmg flat on her lovely face I would pronounce them man and wrfe The prelrmmanes frnrshed, we would settle down to the maln event whrch would probably last all day I say rt was surely a lot of fun Marrlyn Brown 58 REAL COOL The cat was dead as he Jumped and J1ved By hrs cool set of wheels of 45 He d1d a beat that was cut by the feet And hrs real crazy babe helped dlg that beat She was the kmd that could Jump around Frrst she was up then she was down But by the trme the cat was through, You could tell the babe was too So they stopped rt all and called rt a sessron And after seerng that we all learned our lesson She got U1 the car and she was so fat That all the ttres went dead flat B Nadeau 58 g P. . . . the other two and relayed their schemes Wolff go into further details but 1 will . . . , I . . P - U '

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A TALL GREEN TREE A tall green tree wrth branches leafy and wlde Grew seemrngly wrthout effort on a rocky fnountaxnsxde Small buds used rts branches for nests Hunters and wanderers tts shade for rests Seekers of beauty found ll a srght to see Artrsts parnted rt Joyfully Just a tall green tree on a mountain Slde Wrth branches luxurrously leafy and wrde But what It was to those who knew It A place of peace lulled by the wrnds that blew rt M Brown 58 CHILDREN AND PRAYER Prayer IS a true glft of God Sometrmes used but often dow ntrod Mothers laugh Fathers condone Oh mother when you teach your chrl dren to pray Let them mean the words they say M Brown 58 NOW IS THE HOUR FRESHMAN Please mama let me out tonrght SOPHOMORE May I go out tonrght? The show IS over at ten JUNIOR I m gorng out tonxght Dad SENIOR Goodnrght folks I ll brrng ln the MILK Srgn on a chicken coop on a farm In southern Wrsconsrn Warnrng' Any one found prowlmg around thrs chrcken coop durrng the nrght wrll be found III the mornmg IT HAPPENED Some may thrnkl m a poet Burl m one that don t know rt I m thrnlong very hard when all of a sudden Somethrng around me starts a thuddm I look all around to see what IS the reason And frnd rt IS Bruce s heart who Carolyn rs teasrn He thrnks she s a doll And for her would do anythmg at all So he losses her twrce And says she s so n1ce Then wrth a wrnk of hrs eye He goes back to h1s work Wllh a srgh L Mcmeuy ss ENGLISH IV Here placed before me rs pencrl and paper or a Skyscraper? No that s too hrgh class for me As you can probably see But as I tread rnto Engllsh Class I wrsh the day would surely pass Mrs Mayberry looks us all over and speaks Then everyone crouches low and dares only to peek She calls on Rowland frrst of all Rowland hasn t got a poem so he be gms to stall Frnally the whole class has recrted the1r say The 3 01 bell rrngs and that s our pay C Drew 58 Small tongues speak words unknown, What shall I write about, an Architect : , , go -

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HOW I LOST MY SHYNESS I remember when 1f a boy sat bes1de a gtrl rn school church or any actrvtty he was teased by the other fellows Thrs used to happen to me rn the lower grades of grammar school Durrng the ftrst four grades I had no use for glrls but tt always worked out so that I was betng teased about certatn gtrls Thrs teasrng used to really get me angry I used to frght wrth a boy tf he called me a gul s name somettmes I would even cry One mcrdent comes to me whtch happened 1n the second grade were readmg out loud and I couldn fmd my book The teacher told me go stt wtth someone wrth a book I got up and looked to see whtch boy I could s1t wtth but the boys were all srtttng double So I had to s1t wtth a gtrl The boys had been teasrng me about a certam gul rn that class and well I guess she was about the only gtrl I pard any attentron to Butl thought 1fI s1t wrth her I w1ll be teased even worse so I sat wrth a drfferent grrl But thrs only complrcated thrngs The boys began teasrng me about two gtrls and the grrl I wanted to srt wxth got mad at me becausel d1dn t When I reached the stxth grade I be gan to lose my shyness But sttll when ever the sub1ect of grrls came up I usually left the scene but knew I d rather enjoy the sub1ect At about the age of 12 If a boy sat bes1de a grrl tn the mov1es or a party he was really gone The other boys sort of rgnored htm I drd th1s once and even to my surprrse mustered up enough courage to put my arm around the grrl The fellows told me that sort of stuff was Just for s1ss1es so I forgot all about rt and sat wrth the boys after that Althoughl wasn t too smooth a talker I d1d walk gtrls home from grammar school soctals once tn a wh1le But I never walked any of them up to thexr front door and passed germs Oh no not me' I wasnt a srssyl I usually only walked home wtth guls who were gotng by my house If they ltved below my house when I came to thetr drrveway I sa1d Goodmght and went tnto my house lettmg them walk the rest of the way themselves I mlght have walked farther but my father used to tease me about how I walked home so I drdn t To put tt tnto a nutshell durmg grammar school I preferred boys rather than gtrls But 1fI had known as much asI do now rt would have been Just the other way around After my ftrst year of hxgh school I really changed When I got my drtver s ltcense I was all set I decrded that I wasn t goxng to let teasrng keep me from havrng dates Only one thmg stood 1n my way then my looks Th1s created a problem but when you have a car thrs doesn t htnder you too much At f1rstI used to take boys w1th me whenl got the famtly car but my curtos 1ty got the best of me so I decrded to take out a grrl On my frrst date I took a gtrl to the mov1es We went to the movte then came stratght home Upon reachrng home she satd Goodnrght She got out and I went home Thtnk of tt home by 10 30 Gradually II became later unt1l one ttme I took a g1rl out and got rn at around 1 00 That was the frrst trme I mustered up enough courage to krss a grrl It was short but rt really educated m But now at the present rf I go to the mov1es wtth a gul I get home at about 12 00 The movres let out at 10 00 Durmg that trme between I am just an ordmary red blooded Amer1 can boy lettrng tnstmct ta ke tts course Don t get me wrong though I am a boy who just ltkes to s1t and talk All rn all, I would say th1s IS the story of how I lost my shyness Rlchard McGraw 58 . . ' .. ' . l , . . . ' - - . . ' . i . . . ' - y . , ' I I n ' o I ' . We ' - ' 1 It ' ' ' ' . to - . . . . . , ' ' , . ' 1 I . . . - . - I , - , , . . u ' Q . . ' - i . .. . ' 1 - n ' ' 9 ' I ' u , . . ' I I ' , e. I , . . . 5 z I . : ' 1 - ' ' . , . . . . . . . I