Rockport High School - Tatler Yearbook (Rockport, ME)

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20 Tll IC TATLICH On pleasant days when the sun is out I play in the yard alll about, Amd climb a tree so wide and high That I can almost touch the sky. Robert Deane. CLASS CODE A is for Andrews who's blonde and coy, B is for Bu-rns who flirts and anno-ys, C is for Clark who is bashtui and quiet D is for Dennett always causing a riot, E ist for Eaton the eternal pest F is for Tester who's always at rest . G is for Greemrrose tall, handsome and dark- H is for High Hats -Burns, Dancett and Cvlark. I is for Inngraham a holy terror M tis tior MacDonald how she likes a mirror-l! P is for Penny his bashmfulness is gone R is for Richardson a stunning blonde. S 'is for Simionto'n who is simple and sfwee-t T is for Tut with a smile he'1l you greet. U is for Universe which we study each day. W is for Wentworth he at home likes to stay. Now, I will close this silly little rhyme. Because. all these people are now in their prime. Alice MacDonald. SPRING Dear old spring is here again. And pussy wlillows gay. Sway to and fro ifni -the gentle rain In furry coats of gray. Soon warm sunlight will appear. And little leaflets too. Birds will begin to build their nests 'Tis time to bill and coo. lVe love this sweet -sprin-g weather With its buds and prety flowers There 'is just one season better And we count the days and hours. Until June's vacation days And summers golden sun Our school books all forgotten It's the month of play and fun. Margaret Walker. .X'l'HLlC'l'lCS GIRLS' BASKETBALL The Rockport etlraminar Si-hnol Girls' Basketball teani had a very sneeessfnl year. They played thir- teen games and won all lint two ol' thein. VW opened our season hy playing Roelqiort Freshmen with a yivtnry nt' T points, the score being 12-5. Our next game was again with the Freshrnen. lt was tlramntar Sehonl's victory with a senre nt' 19-9. The first out-of-town game was played at rllll0lllltlSl0ll. VVe were a- gain victorious as' our girls sm-or-ed 26 points while they seared 12. Following this, tlilllltlt'll liraminar Si-hool eame over here tn meet de- feat. The final whistle left them at -the short end ot' a 32-20 score. Uni' next game was played at Union where we were yirtorions agiain. The sc-ort-,was 28-li. VW journeyed to R0f'liltlllt'l for the 22111119 against Rovkland Freshmen. s . ' 'a. . ,- -f

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'l'Ill'l T.VI'Ll'IH 19 the gireat prohlem. Now, while all this was going on, the magician had made a trap which he knew woul-d not fail. He then set the lrap in the home of one of the victims and watched t.o see what would happen. VVht-n the leopard finalily appeared, he walked straight into the trap and was held fast. Presently, the magician came lo him and said, Billy, all your life you have done nothing hut steal. Now, I mean to punish you hy ex- posing' you to PVQ-'I'Y0l1l', so that -they inlay hewarr ot' you. From now on, you, and all the meinhers of your l'amily will he distinguished by the spots which I shall cause to appear on your hodyf' XYhen the leopard looked down, he saw that this was not an idle threat. For the first time in the world, a leopard had spots. Rita Gash. POETRY soNc. or A MODERN MAIDEN I wonder if h-e did not like The way I wear my hair Or maybe he .thought that my new dress Had too much of a flare. I-Ie may not care for girls who smoke And go t-o tears and such Did the things I said sound silly? Or did I laugh too much? I wonder what he d-id no-t like Or what it is I lack He thanked me for a lovely evening But never did come back. Barbara Richard son. ROCKPORT GRAMMAR SCHOOL R is for Rockport on the sea coast of Maine, O is for ocean, Atlantic is the name. C is for college, where some of us will go, K 'is for knowiledge, that teachers- all sihow. P stands for some pupils, what problems they are, O stands for others, who look on from afar. R stands for replies, they are sometimes all right. T stand-s for tests, for which we study all night, G is for Greennose, Oh so tall, R is for Railph who is quite small. A its for Arlene which is my name, M is for Mary D. of basketball fame. M is for many who play on the team A is for Aninie or so it would seem. R: is for Robert, whose last name isf Deane. S means spinach which we should eat, C' tis for carr-ots, which are hard to beat. I-I stands' for honey made by the bees, O is for orchard where they work in the trees. O is for others we'll keep ever in mind, L for the last of this funny old rhyme. Arlene Kellar. THE WEATHER On snowy days I run around, While big white snio'w1iakes came danc- ing down. I run and play from morn till night Until the sun is out of sight. On rainy days I play indoors And crawl along on very hard floors. Through the attic dark as nrigiht To reach a trunik way out of s'igl1.t.

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'I'l 1 IC l'A'l'Ll'l R 21 'I'In-re we piled np onr sixth yietory. 21-15 was the resnlt. .Xt Camden against Camden liraminar Sehool we won onr next yietory. 'I'hey had only ti points to onr 21. tlnr next game was played at home onr op- ponenlts heing liamariseotta Grain- nnn- Sehool. llere we lost our first game with a elose score of 10-16. .Xgain we hattled Rockport Fresh- men. .Xt this game we won the enp pnt np hetween the freshmen and grammar school for winning the most games ont ot' tive. 21-11 was the seore. The next game was play- ed at home, with l'nion as onr guests, XYQ- won another yietory, 22-ti. VVith tlamden Freshmen we won a yietory ot' 10 points. 'l'he seore was 20-10. ' nd Freshmen with a seore ot' 23-13. .Xgainst the Roek- we were vietorions Hur last game was played at llam- ariseotta. llere we lost hy a seore ot' ll-10. We elosed the season with a girls' tournament. The girls who took part in hasket- hall this year were, Mary lianeett, liarhara Riehardson, tlaroline Rnrns, .Xliee Maelioirald, Marjorie Rrodis, liarhara Melienney, Mildred Ames, Marion tllark, Mairjorie Noyes, Al- legra Noyes, lietty Cayanangh, Helen Marston, Mary ll-awkins, Margaret Ames, Rita Gash, Sadie Marshall, Mary Grey and .loan Bartlett, 'I'he girls ot' the haskvthalll team give their 'thanks and appreciation to Mr. Smith for the splendid coach- ing he has given ns this year. Mary Hawkins. BOYS' BASKETBALL linring our 1938-39 Boys' Rasket- hall season we won 2, lost 8, and tied 1. VVe lost three games to the Freshmen, two ot' them hattles to the last moment. 'Phe scores were 22-9, 12-10, and 16-15. Onr hrst league game was at 'l'hon'1aston, and the home team won in a hard fought hattle 18-13. Agiainst Camden we feonldn't seem to get started and were heaten 1-1-3. Next we went to Union and heat them decisively, 25-2. Our next game was at Roek- land and although we tonght hard they trimmed ns 37-4. .Xt Camden we jumped to an early lead 11111 tlianiden came haek to win 19-6. Roekland came to Rockport and won 29-12. Against Union here, Coaeh Smith started his seventh grade and helow, and sent in the eighth grade at the end of the game. We won 10-5. The tinail game of the season was played with Thorniaston here. VVe led 19-9 at the halt' hut Thom- aston eame hack to tie the game with 25-25. Mclienney scored 15 poinits, lligh scorers were Whittier 65 and McKenney 30. At the end ot' the season the boys ot' the grammar sehool played on the high school teams in the High School 'l'tonrna- ment. The players were Cfapt, VValter VVhittier, Forest Mi-Kenney, Robert Richards, Gerald Richards, Edgar Foster, Herhert Carleton, Neil Brown Dwight Noyes, Martin Eaton, Ralph Staples, Paul Knight and Maynard lngraham,