Porter High School - Outlook Yearbook (Kezar Falls, ME)

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life are increasing. Smalltrees are being planted, where others have been cut or burned. The game wardens have stocked the lakes, ponds, and streams with many different species of fish. Through the efforts of the Forestry Commission and with earnest help and cooperation from the general public, the fishing, hunting, and trapping in Maine shouldtm good for many years. Curtis Chapman '45 Harold Mason '40 AN EXPEDITION IN THE WGDDS OF IVVXSNE On October third, nineteen hundred forty, a group of men from the great city of New York, came to the woods of Maine to capture animals for a zoo lin that city. When the supplies they needed were ready, they started into the deep woods. After they had gone about fifteen miles into the wood,they camein.sight of a pond. They thought this would be a' pleasant place to stay. It took them two hours to make camp and to gather the necessary rocks for a fire place. Soonz1fire that shone into the night was burning. The sup- per eaten,tho dishes washed and put away, the men sat down on their eots. The heat from the camp f1ro provided them with plenty of warmth. Some of them lighted their pipes and began to tell stories,while otherspdayed cards or checkers or slept un- disturbed. The fire was nearly out, and the sleeping men awakened. All was silence save the wind whispering thru the trees and the quick rushing of the river near their camp site. They carried on a muffled conversa- tion among themselves and de- cided it was time to begin the hunt. With as little noise as possible, they made ready to leave in their canoes.. One could hear only the splashing of the wavescnmthe side of the boat and the whispers of the mon. Every new and then, ma hair-raising, blood-curdling ery would drift over the pond. Then, like an echo far off in the distance, one could hear the cry of the answering mate. By now they were drifting along silently about thirty feet from the shore. There was a faint breeze, and as it camo drifting over the pond, they heard the faint splash, splash of some wild animal which they thought was either a moose or a deer. The men made their way in the direction of the sounds. By means of a flash light they spotted the animals - three large deer. As if drawn by a magnet, the deer came toward the men, 'nearer and nearer, one ahead of'duaother. The men quietly made the not ready which was used to catch wild animals. The deer came closer and closer to the boat. The men sat tonsely. As one deer putlus nose on the light, the men throw 'the not over him. The deer Jumped and over- turned the boat. The men splashed about wildly in the water, but not fora second did they let go of the not as the deer dragged them to shore. The men struggledto their feet

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brook. He is gone about two hours, then he comes home again. His face is wreathed all over with smiles, and his heart is happy with joy. He rushes into the house once more and shouts with laughter: nmother, I have caught five trout! May I have them for supper?U Mother only says: HYes, but don't forget to fill the wood- box.n Now when mother says this, I'll bet you can imagine how he feels! But with a sad face, he fills that old woodbox again,and then hurries out to play. He is gone only a minute and back into the house he comes. In a shy way he goes to his mother and asks her if he can go to the ballcame with the other boys. As soon as she has said yes, he leaves the house quickly, for fear he will have to fill the woodbox again. But not quickly enough! Hurryigg down the road he hears in t e distance his.metherb voice call- ing to him and with a sad face he turns and mn-ries home to fill the woodbox again! Carroll Wadsworth Jr. WILD LIFE IN THE STATE OF IVIAINE Through the service of the State Forestry Commission, the wild life of the state has been very much improved. Before laws were made to control the killing of wild life,most of the animals birds, and fish had become very scarce. The moose,bear, and deer had been nearly all killed and the elk driven into Canada. The state governmenttiwn passed laws controlling the hunting of wild life, and appointed officers to enforce these laws. These of- ficers, over one hundred men, are the best woodsmen and wild life authorities who found. It has taken many years to bring wild life back into the state. The deer were thefdrst of large game animalstm return. The state then set aside tracts of land, called reservations, where no hunting is allowed at any time. The deer have been protected to such an . extent that now they are abundant. ' Through this year's legis- lation, the state passed laws for Sunday hunting, which will bring more out-of-state people to hunt. In the last few years bears have been increasing so fast in the northern part of the state, that the towns have puta bounty on them, because of their kill- ing of domestic animals. There have been quitea few can be moose seen within the last year. CI saw one myself last deer- hunting season.D There is a fine of QlO0. for shooting the male species and 2200. for fe- male species. At the rate they are increasing, the state will soon declare them open to hunt- ing. . There are many different kindsof'wild cats following the deer yards. The wild eats prey upon the deer and the yearly kill is enormous. Because of this there iszzbounty of 315.00 on wild cats. There werenmme wild cats seen and killed last year than ever before. kinds of fur Almost all bearing animals are found in Maine. Because of this, every many men are fall and spring, engaged in trapping, both for business and pleasure. Also other forms of wild

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and held the deer fast. Theyre- turned to the camp on foot, with their catch. The nextday they took their animal back to the zoo. Once every year they planned to come back to Maine. . William Stover '45 RECGNC IL VAT ICP'-J Donna Marble seemedvery ex- cited as she rode up to the sev- enth floor in the elevator of Hotel Bridgely. In a few minutes she would see her sisten Arlene, who had come to Chicago five years before to work. The eleva- tor stopped and she stepped out into the corridor. She looked around and' finally found room number 201, which was Arlene's room. . She hesitated g- ing the bell. Just how would she Would she be before rin - greet her sister? changed after five years? Would she be glad to see her? Had she done wrong in not telling Arlene that she was coming? These and other questions ran through her mindas she stood beforethe door. uWell,ith too late to think about that nowln she mumbled. HHere I am, and there is nothing I can do about itln She finally rang the door bell. The door opened and a girl in maid's uniform asked: UWhom do you wish to see, Il miss? NI would like to see Arlene Marble, my sister, please.H nI'm afraid you have the wrong place, because no one by the name of Arlene Marble lives here,N the maid replied. nOh, I-- I-- must have the wrong place. I'm sorry,n stam- mered Donna as she made her way to the elevator. She thought to herself that she couldn't have the wrong place. This was Hotel Bridgely, Room 201 on the sev- enth floor. Yes, and this was Macon Street, the very street that Arlene said she lived on. Once more as she stepped from the hotel to the street, Donna's mind was full oftman- swered questions. What should she do now? She didn't have money to return home Besides who wantedto go back home with Mother and Dad gone and anyway, she came to Chicago to see her sister, not to walk around the streets and to ride up and down the elevators. She stopped at a little restaurant and bought herself something to eat, not daring to buy very much because her money was limited. Donna,realizing that night was very near and that she had no place to stay, decided to go to the park. She had often heard of people staying in the park all night. After she ,had located a bench in the park, she took out the newspaper that she had bought on the train. One pie- ture in particular, caught her eye. It was a picture of three women who had been paroled from the Women's State Reformatory a year before, and the parole was being suspended. One of the girls resembled her sister with the exception than to her, this girl looked older. In the item it said that this girl had been employed at the Motley Tea Room and that was the place where Arlene had worked. The more Donna thought, the more she was convinced that this girlwas her sister. But one thing that she couldn't understand, why was Arlene in the reformatory? What had sheckme?'Where was she now? What had she been doing in the