Oxford High School - Clarion Yearbook (Oxford, ME)

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FAITH PLUS COURAGE Wang woke qulckly at once alert for the sound that had awakened h1m There lt was agaln' He l1stened tensely They were nearer Qmckly he breathed a prayer askmg God to protect them lf the ev1l came agam You see Wang was a South Korean boy He l1ved w1th h1s mother s1ster and baby brother ln Seoul the c1ty that had been taken and retaken so many tlmes H1s father IVl1kan was w1th the South Korean troops defendlng thelr homeland He had not been seen or he a r d from for several months Yet somehow Wang felt sure he would return when the struggle was over Wang llstened as the sound of the guns drew closer and f1nally he spoke quletly to h1s mother Mother they are commg aga1n The guns are closer now Yes s she answered I have been l1sten1ng too We must waken the chlldren and hurry to the shelter Sllently they woke Ana and Baby Harn collected the few treasures that had merclfully been left them and ran to the shelter to wa1t and pray that they would be spared agaln The shelter was already half fllled when they reached lt The people guns andtrucks and even the crles of s old1 e r s c ould be heard The small group wa1ted tensely and flnally what they all dreaded happened A sharp vo1ce commanded Search that bu1ld1ng The small group pushed further back mto the dark cellar hole when suddenly a woman who had four small chlldren cllngmg to her sklrts and a baby ln her arms cried out Babo my Babo where are you'?' Wang looked qu1ckly around In the d1mness he could see the Small boy stlllnear the entrance of the cellar Qulckly and smlently Wang crept to the small chlld But just as he reached hlm the boards wh1ch covered the entrance of the shelter were torn away and the feet of two sold1ers were v1s1ble Qulckly Wang reasoned There wasn't tlme to run back so sw1ftly he dropped to the ground 1n a crouchmg pos1t1on so as to cover the sleep1ng ch1ld The soldlers stooped and half heartedly peered 1nto the dark cellar barely notlclng the body of Wang whlch they belleved l1feless After a moment growllng someth1ng Wang couldnot dlstmgumsh they hurrled away Sw1ftly Wang caught up the chmld and ran to the back of the shelter The qulck thxnklng of a n1ne year old boy had saved the llves of that shelter full of people Abb1e Meserve '51 - . , - , . . ' ll , ll on, ll , Il ' ' , . , ' . ll said little, each busy with his own thoughts and p r a ye r s .I By now the ' , , ll ' ' . ll 1 I ' ll I

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SPRING In the sprmg of the year we f1nd that nature IS rev1v1ng all llfe every where In the woods wlld flowers such as the sweet smellmg May flowers llght plnk or deep red ladysllppers are sproutmg and soon wlll be ln full bloom The trees bud and grow mnto beautlful green leaves that dress them ln llfe anew The ammals start st1r1n0 from thexr wlnter beds to rustle up some food to satlsfy thelr wmter s appetlte Some ammals like the rabblt shed thelr wlnter fur to recelve more for the comlng seasons All kmds offlsh Jump around ln the hlgh swlftly flowmg streams and are very plent1ful for those who w1sh to catch them Blrds come flocklng home to bu1ld thelr nests and raxse fa m1 l IE s Even crawlmg reptlles such as snakes seem to sense that It IS and w1ll be a glorlous and wonderful sprlng Onthe farms there IS the sweet smelllng odor of sprlng and everyone does h1s chores more wllllngly and wlth a llghter heart The women folks enter upon house cleamng w1th vlgor and make everythlng to harmo n1z.e w1th the beauty of nature The farmers go out to plow and cultlvate the1r gardens wrth hopes that thls year s crop wxll be plent1ful and that they w1l1make some profxt at harvest t1me The cows and horses go out 1nto the open a1r and k1Ck up thelr heels wlth del1ght Havmng been tn doors all wlnter they just can t help but show how they feel The plgs ralse theu- lltters of eleven or so and seem perfectly content Every th1ng seems to be perfect In the towns and cmtles there lsn t qulte as much Joy because most people have thelr workto attend to and don t seem to have tlme for other thlngs Stlll many people feel as though renewed Buslness men seem to be bustlmg w1th energy and even the crabby old rrusers are more po llte and actually spend as llttle money on luxur1es In school though no one wants to do anythlng That 1s probably the reasonwhythe teachers sometlmes say Oh I wlsh there had never been any season such as sprlng Marylyn Bartlett SCHOOL Such thlngs as wr1t1ng poetry Were surely not meant for me And when you ve frmshed readmng I m sure you ll qumte agree Flrst you thlnk of toplc But I ve thought and thought and thought Of b1rds and trees and flowers and such But my thoughts have come to naught Let s take the word school I ll start lt l1ke th1s for the the the or for IS lS L1s School a place we hold dear Credlt we work for all year Happlness school days brmg, Outlook for st1ll greater thlngs Onward, the goal for us all Learmng, Loyal, and Lord Conme Da vms '54 0 Q - I ' O . . . I . i i . . . , . . . . I . .. . ' . . . , . . , . , . . . . ,, . ' ll I ! , . . . I I ' I 1 l 1 , rv ,ll I , . . . I S' . 1 9 C- is ' I' . H- is ' ' O- is ' ' O-' f ' .

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THE BOAR HUNT A Tall Tall Story One day last fall my uncle and I took a trlp to the wllds of Canada to do a llttle wmld boar huntmg Although Ihad never been before Ifelt qulte sure I could shoot any old boar that walked At eleven o'clock of that flrst nlght we reached our destlnatlon tlred and car weary but eager for the morrow That next mormng we arose at flve o'clock and wlth our gulde set out lnto the forest All through the mormng we walked stralght 1nto the blg dark woods We had seen a few slgns but nothlng sufflclent to exclte my uncle or our gulde although It made my heart beat llke a trlp hammer and.I expected at anymomentto see a monstrous wlld boar come charglng at us At noontlme we paused beslde a llttle sprlng to provlde ourselves wmth a goodly supply of energy for the afternoon s luke back to camp We had been walklng for perhaps three quarters of an hour when sud denly there was a crashlng and snortmng ln the brush a few yards to our rlght The gulde put hls fmger to h1s lmps motlomng for sllence and sllpped nolselessly behlnd a tree beckonmng to us to follow su1t The gulde had placed me on h1s left IU order to protect me from the reason that fool boar declded to make a detour and woe for me came up on my s1de Foollshly I Jumped attractlng the boar s attentlon and that whole three hundred pounds of pork made stralght for me I flred two shots ln hls dmrectlon and started runnlng The gumde and my uncle dld not dare to shoot as I was so close to the boar The boar came rmght after me galnlng all the tlme At the last second before those horrlble tusks reached me I leaped lnto the a1r and of all thxngs lmaglnable the boar ran rlght under me and I came down on h1s back When all th1s had happened we were near c1v1l1zat1on and the boar found an old tote road and down xt we went Then we came out 1nto an open fleld and onto an open hlghway The boar scared to death of that thmng on h1s back kept rlght on up to a Canadlan customs statlon The guards yelled Stop' but the plg kept rmght on One guard ln full dlsregard of my l1fe placed a pretty shot through the boar s ear The offlcers ran up handcuffed me and took me lnto court where I was charged wlth smugglmg pork across the border Francls Lee Herr1ck'5Z I D ' ! g . . , . - , I ' Y . . Y . . . . I D , . - , - y . . . ' D l , . boar which was approaching on the other side. Then, for some unknown ! . I 1 I . I . . ' - . ! Y 1 . , . . . . i 7 ! I Y l 0 Y . . , , . . i ll ll ' ' ' Q ' u ! . . , , . ' i I