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

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wheels to the fan belt. The driver must be a responsible per- son. If he is caught speeding on a highway, he is suspended from racing for sixty days. Before a car can be entered in a race, the owner, the driver and the mechanics must pay one dollar each entrance fee. The driver must wear a hard, durable helmet and he has to be fastened into the seat with a safety belt. The race tracks are usually of dirt and they are very hard. They are built on a slant so that the cars can speed around the track safely. On the inside of the track there are bales of hay to keep cars from getting off the track. Stock cars are usually quite old and are not worth very much so if one gets wrecked it is not much of loss to the owner. They are usually 1934 to around 1940 models. Most of them are rigged up with dual carburetion, giving the cars much more speed. Quite a few have high speed transmissions and rear ends. The races eonsist usually of eight cars, but during the final races there are as many as eleven or twelve on the track at once. Surprisingly few accidents oe- cur and most of the time no one gets hurt, but in racing as in any other sport someone is bound to get hurt once in a while. One of the accidents that they tell about illustrates the comparative safety of stock car racing. A car was racing and hit a bale of hay. The car was turned end over end three times and it landed on another car, complete- ly wrecking it, but both drivers climbed out unhurt. All in all, the stock car does not look very safe, but it is as safe as any other racing equipment. After all, you cannot judge anything by its looks. DELBERT GILPATRICK ,5U We Present THE CLASS OF CoLoRs Morro Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think. FLOWER Rose Old Rose and Gray CLASS OFFICERS Preszdent ............. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,A.,, Vice President ........ Secretary .......... Treasurer ...... Chester Merrifield Richard Cutting Valerie Stacy Frank Stocks

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the experienced hunter knows hunting is best on cool, crisp days. Once the hunter has found his deer he must decide often in a few seconds how to bring him down. He should pick a definite spot to aim at. If he does not have time to take careful aim, he should not shoot. Once in a while a snap shot will bring down a deer, but more often than not the deer goes un- touched or just wounded. That is how many deer die-by the infiiction of a minor wound and the subsequent loss of blood. The neck is the most vital spot on a deer. Nine times out of ten a shot in the neck will drop a deer, but the neck is not a very large target. Unless you can shoot fairly well, you should pick a bigger part of his body to shoot for. The heart, just behind the forward shoulder, is what most hunters try to hit. It not only presents the biggest target, the chest, but it is a vital spot. Often a deer will carry a bullet in this region quite a way, but he will drop sooner or later. The head and backbone are two more vital spots, but, like the neck, they present very small targets. Pick a good spot to shoot for when your chance comes and take careful aim before firing your rifle. How many times has a deer stood and looked at a hunter then turned and loped off unscarred? Many, many times deer have been saved by a little thing called buck fever . The funny thing about buck fever is that it not only hits the novice but the old experienced hunter as well. It is nothing to be ashamed of. It shows that you have an appreciation for the beauty of one of nature's most majestic beasts. Buck fever may hit you when a deer bounds out quickly in front of you, or it may take over when you hear a deer walking, long before he shows himself. Some- times the hunter stands with his mouth open and his eyes popping Out, unable to move as the deer disappears through the bushes. At other times he will stand jacking his rifle rapidly, not firing a shell. It may attack the hunter in many different ways, but its effect is that of leaving him utterly powerless to bring down his prey. You can read all kinds of literature on deer hunting and you can listen to other people tell of their experiences but you cannot fully appreciate the thrill of it until you go yourself and have some experiences of your own to tell about. Find out for yourself what hunt- ing whitetails is like. Dwioufr Pu-:RCE '50 STOCK CAR RACING During the last few years stock car racing has come to be quite an exciting sport. The racing rules are drawn up by the racing club. If one wishes to enter a car on the track, he must send in his application to the club. When the club accepts him 'he is entitled to race his car. To make the racing fair and safe there are rules which apply both to the car and the driver. In order that every- one can have an equal chance of win- ning a race, rules require that a stock car may have only twenty-five percent of racing car equipment. All windows are removed except the windshield. The seats are taken out and the driver sits on a bucket type seat. All gauges except the oil gauge are removed from the dash. The inside of the car is reinforced with heavy steel for safety, and all wir- ing is metal-covered to prevent fire in case the car has an accident. Before the car is allowed to race it has to be thoroughly checked over from the

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JAMES ORION BLACK jimmy General Course The worst thing a man can be is a loverfl Born: November 10, 1930 Where: Biddeford, Maine Hobby: Tying flies, Hunting, Fishing Ambition: Some kind of wild life work Glee Club, 1, Baseball, 3, Basketball Man- ager, 4. BERNARD RIDLON CARPENTER Bunny College Course Pr0mptness is the soul of businessf' Born: February 25, 1932 Where: Portland, Maine Hobby: Automobiles Favorite Saying: 'Tm just about froze. Ambition: To be an alumnus of General Motors Institute Outlook, 1, 2, 3, 4, Basketball, 2, B nd, l, 3, 4, Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4, Prize Speaking, 3, One-Act Play, 1, Senior Play, 4, Porter Piper, 3, Assistant Business Manager, 3, President of Ski Club, 4. GLORIA MARLENE CUTTING College Course Suecess treads on the heels of every right effortf' Born: September 14, 1932 Where: Kezar Falls, Maine Hobby: Movies Favorite Saying: Oh, Gosh! Ambition: Housewife Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, Basketball, l, Manager, 3, Porter Piper, 3, Senior Play, 4, A.A., 2, Outlook, l, 2, 4, One-Act Play, 1, Class Secretary, 1, Prize Speaking, 3, First Prize, Librarian, 2, 3, Monitor, 2, 3, 4, Treasurer A.A., fs. RICHARD KEITH CUTTING Riehl' General Course Chemistry is always wrong. It never solves a problem without Creating ten more. Born: October 20, 1930 Where: Porter, Maine Hobby: Hunting and Fishing Favorite Saying: I ain't wellf' Ambition: Undecided Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4, Baseball, 1, 2, 3, 4, Manager, 3, Class Office, Vice-President, 4, Student Council, 4, Glee Club, l, 2.