Oakfield High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oakfield, ME)

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I Wzsh There Were T1me I wrsh there were trme but there rsn t trme To do all the thrngs I d lrke to do Wrth all the crtres I d lrke to see And all the towns to motor through And all the seas to sarl upon And all the places there are to go And all the people yes everyone Who In es on thrs earth to know There s only trme there s only trme To know a few and to do a few And then srt down to make a rhyme About the rest Id lrke to do B Lrbby A Wzsh I wrsh I were a lrttle squrrrel Srttrng on a l1mb I d haxe a lrttle tarl that curled And Id be full of yrm Id have lots and lots of fun And I wouldn t fret about school Lrke some brg boys and older ones Who lrke to skrp and play pool P Sher man Of The Tzmes By the stars that rrse above you I wrll tell to you thrs day Of the trmes at Oakheld Hrgh School That we lrve through everyday Of the students and the teachers Who are Just lrke you and me Of the classes and the studres And the bell that rrngs at three Of the trmes that we are happy And the trmes that we are sad Of the trmes when we would lrke to Scream at thrngs that make us mad' Let me tell you of the road to school Thats such a long long walk Of the trmes that Donnre Sw allow Set ahead the lobby clock Let me tell you of the office wrth Prnk walls that are so farr Of the heated com er satrons that go On and on rn there Oh rt could last forever thrs story That I rhyme But I dare not tell rt all for It Would take up all your trmel M Bowen 59 The Case of the Murdered Mofvze Star The trme was 7 00 oclock A glamorous moyre star had Just been murdered Her name was Mrs Lord A dagger was st1ll rn her back where someone had stabbed her We found out that four men had been up rn her apartment before she was krlled We checked the knrfe for fingerprrnts but there w ere none They all had motryes for krllrng her Peter Bell Sluggy Drew Palph Burpee Slrppery Joe and a grrl frrcnd named Nancy Cam eron They all had motrvcs for krllrng her Peter Bell found out that Mr s Lord had been run rung around wrth other men Sluggy Drew hated her because she drdn t lrke hrm Palph Burpee had a polrce record so she drd not lrke hrm Slrppery Joe was the rough krnd so she drd not lrke hrm but they were strll seerng each other Nancy Cameron had Peter Bell for a boy frrend and he changed oyer to Mrs Lord Nancy was seen gorng up to the room of comrng down The other men had been therc at a drfferent trme whrch we had not found out about Nancy Cameron drd rt Dennrs Morton Prank Shrelds t Mar rlxn Adams Dcnnrs Allcn The Day I Skzpped School The sun was shrnrng yery brrghtly Oh twas a beautrful day I sat at my desk rn the wrndow And gazed at the beautrful way When recess came and outsrde I went I thought of the borrng hours I d spend If I went back to school agarn So off through the frelds I drd run Hoprng to have a lrttle fun But alas and alack when the day was through I was found and sent rrght back to school When 'llrs Cook asked for my excuse I looked up at her and sard What s my excuse P I thought I d haye a lrttle fun But found out drfferently now that thrs day rs done Lenora Furrow 61 . . . , . . , , , . . . , . ,. . , , . . . . , . n , , . l. i 1 , , . . , . . , . , 1 . 1 . . , , - 1' D . y 1 . , 7 ' ! ' Y , . . , v. Y s Q. I 'r Y 1 ' vs 5' ' 1 , 1 ' I . ' i. N , . , - . ' '59 - v ' ,K 1 ' ' Q- ,- . . , . - . Y .1 1 1 . 1 ' K' . . . y - . , - Y 7 7 1 , . . . Y - . Y v. . , , a 1. Y v 1 Y , ' 1 ' u D 1 1 1 Y I A ' . . Mrs. Lord at 6:30, but she was not seen ' ' . .3 . ' '59 ' - ' , - ' , ' -6th v . -. , '- - -6'h ' ,- - ' ' if -6th - . 1 r I - -6th u 1 . , hi-H - 1 ' . V 1 1 7 . 1 . , l . ' , 2 Y 7 W ' 1 I 1 ' 1 1 V ' . . ' - , ' . , . . , ' ' I 1 1 , . 7 ,. 7 . . 1 ., , u I T ' L u D ' , ' KK 7 1 ' 1 C 7 1 .1 1 ' . 1 l D .I , , Y ' ' 11 I , 7 1

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My Secret It was on a ralny nlght 1n London that I saw her' She was about the prett1est thlng I d ever seen Th1s woman would make you thmk of a mOV16 star She was s1tt1ng IH a small restaurant on the lower s1de of Lon don when I saw her As I stood there 1n the gathe1 mg dusk I wondeled shall I ever be pretty l1ke the woman 1n the shop' Hel hands fasc1nated me They were long and slender and her nalls were shaped l1ke t1ny hearts They were palnted a pale p1nk mak 1ng me thlnk of a baby s skln The restaurant was l1ke a dream It had low l1ghts and the mus1c that drxfted from the open door seemed to engulf my whole soul I plctured the pretty lady as my mother I d1dn t have one Dad sa1d she went away a long t1me ago My Dad has been gone to Heaven for over three years now and I l1ve Wlth an aunt and uncle By the way Aunt Jen should be home now Id better get a move on I stole one last look at the pretty woman through the glass wlndow She had been Jolned by my Aunt Jen' I wondered why Aunt Jen was there She d sk1n me al1ve 1f she caught me out here so late but I had to know the pretty lady too I got 1n close to the door where I could hear Aunt Jen some new clothes Greta she Sald You know J 1m d1dn t leave much money Then the pretty lady opened he1 purse and handed Aunt Jen some b1lls Don t ever tell her about th1s money or where It comes from w1ll you Jen' she pleaded I dont want her to know I m her mother there IS no rea son for he1 to Gnd out about my l1fe As usual Aunt Jen then sp1lled the beans She ll nex QI have to know about you and the fou1 XQRIS you spent ln the women s refolm home Id heard enough I left 1n a hu11y fo1 the hult 1ns1de was l1ke a led hot pokel It hurt for a long tlme then the blllll became a dull ache Maybe the hult w1ll vo away some tlme I would l1ke to haxe my mothe1 back ex en lf she had to go to a lefolm school but f01 now I mustn t let Aunt Jen know I know about my p1 etty lady and the meetxngs she has Th1s IS my secret B Dow 09 Id Lake To Be Of all the thlngs Id 11ke to be I ll tell you so you can see I d hke to be a mov1e star And own a luxur1ous b1g new car' I d l1ke to own a Texas ranch Wlth a name l1ke the North End Branch I wouldnt m1nd a place 1n Spa1n But lea1n1ng Span1sh IS a pam' Id even settle for a m1ll1ona1re But g1V9 me one who st1ll has ha1r' I want to have all kmds of thlngs But I haue to take what my l1fe brmgs These axe but dreams that won t come true So Ill stay here wlth the rest of you B Dow 59 My Secret I wouldnt dare tell anybody my secret Espec1ally the people around hele because they wouldnt beheve me They are mean and cruel to me and even slap me somet1mes Patsy my l1ttle baby they try to tell me she 1snt a baby IS very pretty She has blonde ha1r blue eyes and the cutest dlmples They keep me locked up 1n th1s small room even let me have any books All I can see outslde my W1l1d0W IS a brook and one tree that looks as lonely as I Then I have to look at those through bals The people around here are all dressed 1n Whlte and they hardly ever speak to you They are like zomb1es wlth b1g Wlde eyes and they always haxe a needle ln the1r hands or a bunch of p1lls to force on you But they don t make me do It very often No I wont tell them my secret because they wouldn t beheye me lf I d1d tell them that they wele the LIALW ones and I was just golng along wlth them so they w on t get mad at me VVhen I leave thls place I w1ll let the peo ple know so that they can be taken ca1e of D Crandall 59 An ounce of preyentmn IS worth a pound of cure. I n . . . . , . . . , . , , , . , . . . . G. . . , , l y . 1 - , . n , , Y I fl 1' 1 7 ' ' ' . ' ' , O n n 4 . , ' . y . . . D A . . . , u - , - V v. n l 1, x Y . - Y ' I , Y . ' , . . ' . - 7 u , y . ' - ' y . 7 ' , . y . , ,' . . , l l 1 h . . , -. A , ' . , V . . , . WHS Cl0lHg the talking as usual. Sally lleefls all the time and it is so bareg they won't Y , ' , ' ' 7 ,, I ' u 1 ' , . . y 1 ' ',, KK 7 , , n I ' ' . , 1 ' - . . . . . . , Y - H ' . . 44 r , , . , , ' 1 7 . - ' 7 4 . ay, 7 ' 'Y , . V . . 7 7 . v w y 9 'hm l I. 'LY I . . U ' . , D , . , . - I V Y Y I. A O . Y l' v A 1 , 0 1 7 , , ,P

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A Cggarette I am a wh1te round paper cyllnder open at both ends and filled wlth brown tobacco sometlmes I have a fiberous filtel on one end to make my smoke mllder I newer thought my l1fe would be any dxf ferent from any other clgerettes llfe untll I met and was lntervlewed by an N B C news reporter Flrst of all what IS your name and how old are you? the reporter Sald Would you be so kmd as to tell me the hfe story of one of your comrades? the reporter 1nqu1red polltely Certa1nly I rephed graclously F11 st of all we are put 1nto packages twenty ln each pack and shlpped to the stoles around the natlon sold to dlfferent people who burn us up and dlscard us l1ke a worn out t1re Just one more question sald the re porter What happens to you aftel you are thrown away? P soon turn mto dust 1n the hot sunsh1ne Thanks he sald I was Just wonder 1ng Wlth that he threw my solled burned body mto the gutter I Dyer 61 To The Teacher To wllte a poem I never could But to please my teacher I suppose I should So what I put on thls paper here Is just to please my teacher deal After thlllklllg about It fo1 ONQI an hour I suddenlv reallze It s out of my power A poem she wants a poem sne ll get And thls IS one shell neve1 forget I hope that you won t feel too blue Cause I wrote thl poem Teacher just for you J Dwyer 60 What Happened to a Washzng Machme My llfe began 1n a great blg washlng machme factoly I was put together by many people but at last I got my last pamt Job and was sent to an enormous department store Thousands of people came 1nto the sto1e but none of them seemed to be mterested ln me They admlred the new automatlc ma ch1nes w1th all the fancy gadgets and such I was beglnnlng to be wol rled that I would nex er be bought At last a young newly marr1ed couple came m The young lady was very pxetty and at once I wlshed that they would buy me bhe walked up to me looked at me and seemed very pleased I felt so proud that I almost started danclng but of course I dlflll t because lt mlght haxe caused a coll1s1on A great b1g washlng machme l1ke me danc mg across the floor' The lady started talkmg to her husband I held my breath all th1s t1me but I was 1n for a Slgh of rel1ef for the man reached ln to hls pocket and gave the salesman the money to pay for me They dellvered me to the house on the next day It was a small Whlte house wlth flowers growmg IH front I lox ed lt from the hrst Then wash day came The lovely lady put the clothes mto my b1g fat stomach whlch began to churn as soon as the button was plQSS6d Thls was the happlest moment of my hfe' Now I am old and decreplt but I and my gray halred mlstress have spent many happy years together I expect to go to the Junk 5 ard tomorrow but I haxe made lxfe happlel ior a sweet llttle lady M Brown 61 FAILURE Four years of college the glrl graduate slghed and whom has lt got me' T E THOMAS EVINRUDE MOTORS Oakfield Malne Telephone 44 3 Y . - . - - Y I . , . . 7 n f I . . .. Y u ' , , ' . . Y! , ' -. . v ar ' . aa ' as - ' u - , . . ' ' ' , . . . ' . HQ 7 ' 1 ' 1 1 . , . . Y ' ' Y . . - . ,, , , . . V ,, . . ,, U . H . - . V . . . .- ' 1 . an , ' . H . I I'9t01'fQd, WG fall 2 aft ill the will and now, and he seemed to approve of me too. ' n 1 Q , o Sl Y, ' ll ' - , ' 7 7 ' ' 77 a ' 7 . I Y . . . . x.. ' . ' 7 I I. r i . 0 Y ' f x - ' l ' , . . , K . J ' Y A 1 Y . Y Y , ' lf' 9 . Q 5 v 9 ' I4 ,Y ' Y Y ' 44 . ' 'YY . . , . , -