Oakfield High School - Acorn Yearbook (Oakfield, ME)

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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 . . , . , -

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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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Wzll They Belzefve Me? What w1ll I do? What w1ll I do? They w1ll all blame me' I know they Wllll How can they help but blame me ' I must thmk' If only I could puzzle It out How w1ll I Shlft the blame? No I must not thlnk of that The truth would come out 1n the end and Id be condemned because I l1ed If he hadn t been my uncle I wouldn t have taken care of h1m But I had to And now he IS dead and maybe I m a murderer' Oh no oh no I mustn t th1nk of thatll But he was gomg to beat me agam' Who w1ll beheve me though? He had come through the door lettmg 1n the brxght sunhght fox an lnstant ln my eyes and on the d1rty floor and a corner of the dmgy table whlch was cluttered wlth d1rty dlSh9S and stale food He staggered ox er to the wood box and put h1s b1g knarled hand on It to steady hlmself H1s ha1r was a bushy black mop and he had three days g10Wth of beard on that hateful half crazed blank lookmg face The sunhght gleamed through places ln the filthy cuxtamless wmdow and fell on h1m h1s form caus1ng a monstel l1ke shadow to appear on the floor The red brown cord uloy pants he had on were smudgcd Wlth grease and dllt and one h1p pocket was shghtly torn The sleeves of the checked shlrt were lolled to the elbows and the collal was twlsted and grlmy He smelled of l1quor and sweat The body of thls monster turned slowly and he saw me At first he seemed puzzled and then a hght of recognltlon came 1nto h1s eyes The knarled hand shd mto the wood bon and I saw h1m clutch a stlck of wood Instmct told me what was comlng Every thmg seemed to say run run run' But I froze on the spot' I couldnt move I couldnt speak I wanted to scream but no sound would come' As he hfted the stlck of wood from the wood box h1s blg body lurched forward He trlppedl That blg sluggl h body went bang mg to the floor the head smashmg agamst the huge 1ound stone that was used as a door stop Terror grlpped at my hea1t' The blood went rushmg to my bI'211Il and for an 3g'OlI1Z 1ng lnstant I felt I was gomg to be SlCk It seemed as lf someone else were l1ft1ng the head to see 1f It was smashed wh1le I watched at a dlstance But no It was me I moved h1m Blood was spurtmg and gushmg from h1s temple l1ke water from a fountam I knew he was dead' Now screams plerced the a1r' It was I screamlng I must tell someone They must all understand that he trlpped and that I dldn t push h1m But lf he hadn t seen me It wouldn t have happened That s why I m1ght be a murderer' Maybe I startled h1m I kl10W they wlll thmk It was I that I d1d some th1ng Oh dear God 1n Heaven please help me Don t let them thlnk I dld 1t ' I d1dn t do 1t' Dont let them hurt me Please dear God help me' M Bowen 59 Detentzon Here I sxt on detentlon wlth but a few mm utes to go I am glad It lb only mmutes lnstead of an 6 6 6 G hour or so had ten hours of detentlon as you w1ll probably know have stayed for about two weeks and st1ll have a few m1nutes to go were caught smokmg 1n the basement of the school told h1m we dldn t do It but the teacher we dldn t fool were told to report to the offxce when the old school clock struck three I sat there about ten m1nutes and thought w1ll I ever go free So hsten all you smokers Who want to go to school Do your smokmg on the way But never durmg school Nelson Morton 09 A guy from the south was statloned at an Army base 1n Alaska When asked 1f he hked the north he repl1ed When I have to look south to see northern hghts Im too far north In a small town everyone knows what everyone else IS domg but they read the paper to Gnd out who got caught at It . , . . . ' . ' v h . . . .' . - . sau I . . ' ' u , u n , I . . , ' , ' 1 , 1 ' 1 1 ' . 1 . . ' 1 1 V . . . . . , , - . ' .. . , , - 1 , . . . . , 1 - . , 9 1 -' . . , Q 1 . , . ' 1 1 v . ' I , . . . . ' 1 ' 1 y . V . .1 . . - . 1 W 7 ' . . . - - W Q q . . . . Y s 1 I N .1 . We . . , . 1 1 ' . ' 1 A 1 , W - 1 1 1 ' 4 - ' - 9 9 ' 1 1 ' 1 . , 7 ' ' 1 1 1 , - . . . U. - y u - . ' S, ' - . I . . Q N ' y ' . f . 1 - - D ' ' ' as 1 - 1 ' v . ' I 0 1 - Y - . 77 ' 1 .Q . . . ' ' 1 1 1 ' . I