Oxford High School - Clarion Yearbook (Oxford, ME)

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A Camping Trlp Worth Remembering Never .1 dull moment is one way of descnbmg this tme expenence smce we all had wonderful tlme It all began on one of those summer d11s when even thlnking makes a person tired It was very hot and we vsere all going to Crystll L1lee Beach There were four of us glrls and some one was bound to come up with 1 better idea than swimmlng I dont even recall whose idea it was to go on a camping trip but I do ren1cmber every one of us thought it was the best idea smce the introduction of T V The ideal spot would be Spille rs e unp St agger Inn way down ln the woods In fact xt would be the only place to stay down in the pa rt of tl1e woods where we wanted to go It was four mlles from any civilization of any kmd over IH extremely rough road Each of us went a different 11 ay home to get some provisions for a trip that we estimated would cover a weeks time Dxsregardmg the pl1ns for the beach we met at the store to buy a few things and took off for our destmatxon The owner of the camp lent us his black pa nel truck That made more noise than a tm can factory and the road didn t help any It took us 1bout two hours for our four mile trip with only one accldent The door of the truck flew open ar1d SVG were minus one lug of water 1nd due to that we ate water logged bread also for the next three meals Although we had planned on a httle protection it didnt work out so very well The father of one of us very thoughtfully donated a watch dog for our tr1p Ile 1vas .1 watch dog all right All he did was watch us A stranger could have carried aww the 1vhole Cllllp and it would have been fine with him As I thmk about it now he was something to be piticd we forgot to bring along food for him He ate anything and evervthmg for 1 week It couldnt happen to a dog but it did I thmk he was one very pleased dog to be back in civilization and back on a dogs dlet after that ordeal There was an old gun on the wall of the camp and it must have been as old as all four of us together VVe couldnt find an excuse to use it until one night when we thought someone or something was around the camp INo one had any idea as to what the noise might be but all of us agreed that lt would be a good ide 1 to shoot that cannon Not one of us had the least ldea how to shoot lt but we decided it would be 1 good ide 1 to find out how NVe opened a XVlIld0W a httle bit and let er go as the sa11ng goes and we didnt hear any more nolses that night or death That gun kicked something fierce and it took us half of the next day to fiigure out how to re load it for the next noise at night There was always plent1 to e1t No one knew how to cook very well Whoever cooked anything 11 ould dlre the rest of us to e1t It XVe went back to the store after a couple of days to get some more food 1Ve ne1 er fullv re 1l1zed the cost of living untll we bought our food for the rest of the duration Some help was offered by our p lrents 1vl10 either just plainly wanted us to have a good time or were lust plam glad for us to get some experience in being on our own Rumor had lt that there 11 as a blg bear do 1vn around that camp When the sun went down 1ve would close up for the night It got verv d lflx e1rlv ln those 1voods and lt used to get un bearably 11 arm 1n the clmp But would anyone open th lt dom be fore perfect daylight the next day? No Slfl Once 11e thought 11e h1d 1 chlm nev fire lt got so hot but no one would go out to find out YVhen lt got d1rk there It was really dark too One night just about dusk we were carrying things 1ns1de after being outdoors when off just as far as 11e could see there 11 as something com mg towards the camp YVe all ran 1ns1de pulled do1vn the curtains and locked botl1 doors As the object got nearer and nearer 1ve recognized 1 friend He 11 19 gomg farther on to the river and we went out to t ilk to him He, said he hoped he had not sc1red us very much Everyone registered surprised expressions to make him thmk 11e 11 ere Nt TX e 1lm lust how much he scared us he will never know By the end of the 11ee1k we had survived qu ite a few scares Nevertheless It had been our ide 1 of fun 1nd ilthough 11e h 1ve smce been on other eunpmg trips 11e l1 1ve not had IS much fun as on th1t particular one Marlene Roderick 53 . I. H ' . ' N ' . K ' . 1 1 ' , . A 1 1 ' . '4 e . 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The Herztage of Democracy Amerlea has aeeompllshed her share toward progress The Amerlcan wlldemess made It pos snble to bunld new eommunltles and new lIldll9tl'lL5 Creat eredlt IS due to the proneers and to the men and women of char letc r who helped to bulld the n mon 'I hls must not be lost Slght of as new problems mse today Amcneans h wc e lrrlc d the Ideal of liberty further than any CIVI llzed people True llberty will guard the rights of those who h we buxlt the lndustrles as well as the rlghts of those who ply the trades DL moera cy means free cltlzens workmg together for the eommon good When any one group trxes to rule the n others lose thelr llb6I'tl6S That leads to Dxctatorshlp Democracy IS a soelal futh m the dlgnlty of man the worthlness of everv man wom ln and ehlld Thls toreh of Amerlean Llbertv must be kept burnmg day and night Crrls and boys ln school today are ente rm f tlns herltage of Democraey It IS up to us to see that Amencan Democracy never becomes a Dxctatorshnp ROS3ll6 Thomas 52 A Flghtmg Heart Danny was a very determmed boy and an able student He wasnt very rugged however and hrs chlef thought was to try to earn h1s letter IH some sport Darny was a Seruor ln high school and he hadn t as yet even come elose to aehlevmg hrs most cherrshed dream Danny up untxl thls year had only gone out for B lscball and Swlmmmg but as he had no luck w1th these nn has first three years of school he deelded that smee he was now 1n hrs last year he had better go out for all of the sports so that he could somehow earn that cherrshed letter When Football season eame around D mny reported to the coaeh and durmg all the practlee seem to play the game as well as he wanted to When the Football squad was finally made up Danny was not on the squad Next came Basketball and there was Danny out there working hxs heart out He trled and trled but lust couldnt play thus game The one tlung that Danny could do was to lump There were a lot of tall boys on the team but lt seemed that the one to always come up Wlth the re bound was Danny How ever he would usually lose the ball after he got the rebound Sure enough when the team was cut down Danny was one of the boys who was left out He was feelmg pretty blue about thls but resolved to keep on trymg No matter how deject ed he felt Danny st1ll had courage and determl nat1on He trxed Baseball agaln 1n the sprlng He was m a few games but he stlll dxdn t play enough to gain hls letter He trled SWIIIHHIDQ Hockey Tennis and Volley Ball all ln vam Lastly he tned out for the Track team He hadnt been out for Track lonff when he notxced that he just couldnt compete wlth the other boys There vs ould be somethmg elther he couldnt run fast enough or he couldnt throw the vselghts far enough Fven Dannys flghtmg he art was all set to gnu up wlu n the kmdlv coaeh eame to hlm and told hun to be sure to rc port for pr zetlee tln nc xt d rx H1 s ud th it he had something that Dan ny eould do md do well The nc xt d ry ht show md D mm xx h lt It xx 15 Danny worked hard on this new found hope 1nd when the Traek se :son got underw my he vs is the star of the team and the talk of the town Hrs reeord bre akmg cxplonts xn the bro id jump and the hlgh jump earned for him a seholarshlp to college but the most lm port ant thlng to lum was that he had eamed hls letter Courage and determmatlon had won Duane MacKendrxck 53 . ' s . I- . . . ' - I f I I ' ' ' t'- 1 1 2 s s s s ' 1 1 ' I 1 'B ' 1 R - - a ' - 1 1 ' 3 ' .. - 1 s .2 ' s I ' sf ' ' '- ' X L. ' , ' ' .' ' 1 ' ' ' ' .5 ' 1 V x . . v ' ' ' 1 ' ' 4 1 1 x . 1 l' 3 ' 1 4 x . I , ,, . , . , , . . . 1 A s , . K 1 1 X b . ' u sessions he was the hardest working boy on the team. The only trouble was that he couldnlt . ' x ' , ' 1 1' J 2 ' I . 7 7 ' , . 1 4 , . U, ' 1 J 1 I ,S A1 t li 2-' R A' A I ' I - N l i 'P I I 2 u l I ' x N- s s R - ' - s I xA- 1 lr. s N-Z ' 1 x t ' ' , ' 2 2 -' 1 tj 1 1' 'z' 'zz 2 ' - z 2 . -' J 'z ' ' 'z 'Q . A I 1- - , xi ' X sp ' k- ' I 2 ' . ' ' ' . - I . 1 ' . s T, s A ' 1 ' ' ' . L - H I ' 1 . 2 1 . , .

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The Big Blow Ten feet of snow An awful blow , The old henhouse is under the snow. The snowplow IS stuck Xnd the nnll shut doyyn There IS no nolse m thls whole town The stores are out of bread and mxllt Hardly a tlme to put on slllt Nothmg more e III be s.11d So I ll just settle down 'md go to bed H LXROLD THAYER 53 Grandma Speaks VVhen I get old and sort of grev I ll sxt and rock most every diy And lf mv gr.1ndch1ldren around me gather I ll speak to them of old fashroned weathc r I ll me ntlon the hhn xrd of 37 Of the roflds th It were bloeked how vue couldnt get through Of the people on snowshoes who c unc to town Of the useless old snowplows th lt eouldnt get 'around 'I hey yy 1ll look It me yy 1th plty is I tc II my llttlf dltty Xnd as they w 1ll1 off wlthout behevmg 'I hey ll s y Poor de ir her senses ire lefnmg S prmgtzme I wrsh yy lnte r would flv p lst Xnd hrmg the lovely sprmg .xt last NVhc n the good earth e an he seen And the gr Iss vull all tum green In the sprlng the we fathers lust rl fht And ull the seem ry xs re dlv .1 Slgllf Ihr m udens grow flowers so yerv sweet Xnd firme rs grow leres md leres of whe tt The summer wxll come yerv fast 'I he lovelv sprmqtlme cannot last Somehow I wlsh lt yy ould never go by But I l1now that tlme must re.1llv flv DALIL NIILLS 33 1 1 r 1 v . ' v 1 ' ' 7 . X .r f 1 ' 1.. 11.' , c , 1 . - 1 1 . 'A 1 , . ,Q 1 . 1 , r , . A . X' f L V 1 . - 1 1 , . . 1,1 , , ,,. Q. ..v. ..., 1 - I 11 1 1 . 1 1. . 1 , , K , , . . , . 1 , . 1 1. f , 1 1 - . 1 1' e ' 4 . 11 r' - 1 v' ' '- 2 1 1 ' 1 ' r 4. , , , , f. A Y, . V' ',' 1 1. 1. , I I '1 0 1 1 1 ' 'I w - 1 1 - 1 r cs, L, ,, 1. 1 1 .T 1 .1.-0 Rh AOWlLNS,o... Q o '. 9 , .. , , 4, I ' 1 1 vv ' . .- 1 1 .. 1-11 , 4. . , 11- V' 1 ' 1... 1 . . 1 . . 1- 1 1 - 1 , I . . e, . 1 591 ? 'z 'ff . 1 1' 1 1 ff '1 -r11 , t . 1. . . f . x 1--Ja z'l -I. 1- 1 ' 1' . .1 , 'If K ' 1 ' I ' ' 1 1 r - Y 1 . , ' . A, 1 . 1-b L 1,--.