Orono High School - Crimson Crier Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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E? GIWLJUH NEI' 14.L'e1fZe41fa0 JIS By MARIAN CURTIS Dear Kxds Its ten mlnutes before two a m The town IS Sllent except for a tram rumbllng ID the dlstance I llnaglne everyones asleep but me Im dead tlred but before I go to sleep there s somethmg I have to get off my m1nd Just awhlle ago I had the most wonderful experlence of my hfetlme I was crowned Queen of Hearts at the Orono Hlgh Valentme Ball I am happy beyond words to have rece1ved thls honor but I reahze that there were a number of glrls who were d1s appolnted tomght SIX of these glrls were chosen as the other candldates others are the rest of the glrls ln the Junlor and senxor classes at O H S I m Wfltlllg thls letter for these glrls I want them to know Just how xt feels to be chosen by the entlre student body as Queen of Hearts It all started last Wednesday when the prel1m1nar1es for the votmg of the Queen were held A number of frlends had sa1d beforehand that they thought I would be one of the candldates I told them they were nuts The Junlor and senlor classes were full of glrls who were prettler and more popular than I I even went as far as makxng a bet of fifty cents wxth a frlend that I wouldnt be a candldate I lost the bet That was when the congratulatlng Thrrfy four began Everyone would come up to me smlle and tell me how glad they were It dld my heart good to know that people really cared For the next two days I was ln wonderful sp1r1ts except for a horrxble restless ness I couldnt study sleep or s1t stlll for any length of tlme On Thursday aftel noon the final votmg was held Margaret Pelletlel and MRXIUQ Bemls two cute llttle seventh g1ade1s were elected as the tlambeal ers and Paul Clancy was chosen to be the crownbealer The name of the Queen was lept secret and wasnt announced untll Just be fole the p1 ocesslonal on Satul day mght I mentlon th1S because I w nt you all to know that I d1dn tknow be forehand But ex en lf I dldn t know I was glV6H a hard tlme Klds would come up to me and tell me I was go 1ng to be Queen I knew I dldn t have a ghost of a chance so I dldll t lxsten to them and went my meuy way I'1nally tonlght came When I tlnnk of all that happened th1s eve Umg I remember celtaln thlngs clear ly whlle all the 19 t seems hazy I remember hovs my h ut slapped a beat as we ente1ed the superlntend ents ofhce and saw M1 Sherman IVIISS B1own1ng and Ducky standmg H1916 On the table was a box full of beautlful white carnatlons Miss Brownlng plcked up one looked at It then turned to Mr Sherman and sald Well I guess youll haxe to an nounce lt now I O I . - 7 ! 9 ' ' o 1 , ' . . . . Q , , 7 7 . . , ' 9 , . 7 ' I 1 L, ' N , n . u 5 . I v l' i . . V N , . . - . v . , . - for the title of Queen of Hearts. The . 1 ' ' ' , , 1 - . ' ' ' . , . . . , . Y . 4, , . , g I 1 . 1 v ' , Q ' ' cz ' ' . . . ' 7 1 u . Y ' , . , I l ' 1 . ! 1 ' l 9 . . H , Y I ' ' ' 71 , .

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Mr Sherman fixed hls eyes on the floor and made hlS llttle speech At the end he sald The student body has chosen Marlan Curtls as Queer of Hearts I Just stood ther e wlth my mouth open starlng at eyeryone ln the room I felt llke bawllng llke a baby so I dld They put the long robe over my shoulders and plnned a double corsage on my dress Then they argued about the collar of the robe The glrls Sald It should be down the men Sald lt should be up It stayed down' The next thlrlg that comes lnto my mlnd IS lllllflg up w lth our escorts IH the hall As the pl GSI dent of the Student Conference Ducky walked wlth me I hope I dldn t hurt hIS arm because I held on for dear llfe I heard the trumpets playlng knew the PFOCGSSIOH was m0VIHg and suddenly felt hundreds of eyes fixed on me All I could thlnk was I cant walk up those steps I Just can t Then my ey es rested on Paul who was just malchllrg past the throne He had on a llttle lel costume wlth long whlte stocklngs He was so cute I started to laugh After that It was all rlgllt Somehow I got up the stalls and sat down on the throne Ducky Sald S0fl'lttl1lI1g and put the C1 own on my head Som one told me later that the audlence clapped whlle he was puttlng It on but I dldn t hear any thlng I was ln a daze for the rest of the evenlng There was the gl and malch followed by the receptlon llne Ixe neyer shaken so many hands at one .EP GUN lllfl flel' tlme I was dlZZy by the tlme the last person came along I cant re member too much about the rest of the eyenlng except how 9XC1t6d Paul was when he asked me to lead a sex en ln and sex en-out wlth hlm The last thlng I want to mentlon IS that all evenlng people would Come up to me and glV8 thelr congratula tlons It was at those tlmes that I reallzed how much It all meant What an honor It IS to be llked by the whole school' A lump comes to my throat when I thlnk about It Popularlty seems to me to be one of the nlost lmportant necessltles ln hlgh school My heart grew unb alably warm when kldS would clasp my hand and say I m so happy you got lt Peggy Ill always remember thls evenlng klds and feel that Ill always have frlends I can count on at O H S My only wlsh at thls tlme IS that all the Q lcen oi Hcal ts too 7fnau9fzZl4 By CAPOI mr kllwc Vlllcn low has dled some frlks prefer To wrap It up wlth layend 1 XX hlle otllcls who deny It s dead Heap klsses on ltS dylng head And sometlmes too a wounded prlde IIQSCIYCS It llke formaldehyde Others prefer lt stored away For future memorles some day But I haxc learned that lt IS well To gnc lt dectnt burlal Thirty flbe , . . . , ' ll v 1 1 r , - , ' , V Y . . 1 n ' . ' v , ' . Y -. - - V . . , . , a ' Y 1 ' ' ' v 'x 0 ' ' ' ' ' l ' , J 41 v ' rr ! y ' . , v . . . . , v ' , . 9 7 ' v , at r . , , Q 1 . - v - ,H other candldates could llaye been , , . . V 3 ' n v ' 1 - ' I I - I 1 I 1 I , . Y I Q V Y A . . , ' 1 X ' 1 ' ' ' . Q- . . ,. , ' 7 . 1 . . , 5 ! ' . , , ' 1 1 I - - J. .,, ' '. . , , ' r X' . v v 1 ' ' , I .- ! . ' ' 1, . '1 1 - ' ' , 4' 3 rvvl ' . '