Rockport High School - Tatler Yearbook (Rockport, ME)

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THE TATLER tlng down the death tolls 'W It all bo1ls down to th1s the only thlng th1s leg lslature dld to lmprove the s1tuat1on was to change the age a boy can ac qulre a hunt1ng l1cense Th1s auto matlcally cuts out hlS experlence pre v1ous to manhood Then the man al though he IS of age goes afield not know1ng much about hunt1ng cond1 tlons Do you th1nk th1s IS the answel I I sav lt w1ll do more harm than good B111 Spear 53 RONNIE PROVES HIS POINT ROHHIQ had Just left the grocery store and h1s arms were filled w1th bundles of grocer1es It was a clear CFISD Aprll day The sun was sh1n1ng brlghtly up above but thele was a chlllmg breeze Now all Ive got to buy IS the he thought After he had taken the bundles home he could go to the baseball park and practlce w1th the town team He was a sen1or 1n hwh school and had been play 1ng short stop for the town s baseball team They practlced everv Saturday afternoon S1nce It was 11 30 now he d have to hurry 1f he wanted to get there on tlme Every sprmg he practlcallv l1ved 1n the ball park After lunch he was hurrvlng down West Street takmg the short cut to the plavlng field when he came upon a group of voung boy s At a d1stance It appeared as 1f two of the young sters were argulng for the remaln 1ng tots had gathered 1n a c1rcle around them Ronnle pald no atten t1on to them but was aroused when the onlookers started shoutmq The two who appeared to be argumg were now swmgmg thelr fists at each other I-Ieyl Ronnle shouted Break It up before someone gets hurt But by then It was too late' One of the fellows was on the ground H1s nose was bleedmg and h1s left eye was pufflng up fast When Ronnle reached the crowd of 9XC1t8d boys the w1nner of the bout was saylng See I told you I was rlght you wouldnt belleve me but I told you I was rlght What s the matter fellows 'P Ron n1e asked Oh sald the v1ctor1ous one B111 sald that the last pennant the Red Sox won was 1n 1946 and I sa1d It w as 1n 1948 See I was rlght wasn t I9 Well wasnt I9 Ronnle thought for a wh1le Then he laughed a 11ttle and sald N you re wrong' B111 s rlght The Red Sox d1d w1n the pennant 1n 1946 not 1n 1948 Just because you won the tight Wlth B111 doesnt necessar11y mean that you won the algument too He told the boy s to shake hands and stop argu1ng Ronnle started off toward the ball park He stopped and turmng around to the youngsters sa1d You see fightlng the wlnner of the iight doesn t prove that he was rlght only that he 1S a better fighter From now on when you re 1n doubt ask some one who knows before you start knocklng someones teeth down 111s throat Then he looked at h1s watch and ran for the ball park Phy 111s Slmonton 53 R IT COULD HAPPEN Thls storv takes place 1n a g1gant1c space observatory on the well known planet Mars In th1s observatorv were two space professors watch1ng our planet through one of thelr powerful telescopes As they watched they talked of the poss1b111t1es of the peo ple of Mars someday gomg to the planet Earth Thev were sure of l1fe on that planet because at nlght the1r poyverfullv advanced telescopes would plck up the l1ghts of the great c1t1es As the vears passed the people of Mars bullt better and more powerful 28 . ,, . . . . A - , . . . . . ,, . I ' , , I y . . - Y , . I - . . ,, I . , ' . ' li 3 77 l 7 a ' ' ' fl Y, ' ' ' li ' K' 5 9 1 I . -1 Y V 14 it ' L A ' 7 . . , . , 1 I , , , 9 97 . , . . . ,, R 7 7 0, 7 , u ,LI u 7 - 7 ' ' Y . . , . v A , Y , . , S K' K' 1 .H 'III I ' I' I' 7. I . I D Y 1 ' Y s 9 K . , , Ci Y Y ' Y I if A K' U' L LI 7 , ' ' 73 u Cough 1T19d1C1H9 at the drug S'E0I'6, when two people start argulng and ' 1 1 ' , K I I 7 5 v ' ' v , 9 ' . . . A - 7 - I I C I 7 'Ai 7 K .7 ' . I' ,I 7 'I 7 1 ' as 7 ' 7 , 7 . ' 7 I u 7 , K . . , . . . . .1 L I V - , I Q u 1 1 , , -VI. I, , P I I l ' ' I I I 7 , - I 1 - K ' U O I ' 1 1 1 , I I - 9 . LI L 1 A 1 , Y - 1 ' V a 1 U , V . . . Y 1 L 7 ' sf if 7.7, L ' Sl ' .V K N . . . . I Y v I . 1- : K M 1 . I I 1 A . . K I

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T E TATLER Literary ROCKPORTS NEW SCHOOL We as utmens oi the town of Rockport ale verv fortunate 1n hav mg a new school bllllillflg ind gvmna slum Becluse ot the lncrease IH the number of chlldren attendlng school we certfunlx have 1 great need for th1s new .?IClCl1tlO1'1 to our town Al though xt 1s costlng 1 lalge amount of money for th1s constructlon we can be assul ed th It It 19 a worthwh1le D1019Ct Our new school IS a healthler plea santer pl lce IH XVIIICII to study The outer walls ot the bu1ld1ng are largely composed of glass thus 1dm1tt1ng an abundance of sunllght 1nto the rooms cellent hghtmg arrangements An a1r cond1t1on1ng su stem keeps the warm and cool alr clrculatlng through the bu1ld1ng We can b certaln that the chxldren of our town w1ll be warm 1n our school durlng the wlnter for an excellent heatlng sw stem has been lnstalled Oh how proud our athletes w1ll be xx hen they can hold the1r games 1n the new ffymnasluml It w11l be grand to be able to play on th1s new spa CIOUQ well bu1lt floor The spectators n 111 also apprec1ate the fact that there Wlll be more bleachers and therefore more seatlng room IH the new gym Slnce we are luckv enough to have all these advantages whv not show how much vue apprec1ate them? Stu dents let s be sure to take excellent care of the new desks the br1ghtlv colored walls the large wlndows and the wonderful new gvm Don t destroy these furnlshlngs bv carelessness or vandahsm Let s show how much the labor monev and tlme our lnterested townspeople have g1ven 1n maklng our new school posslble 1e1lly means to us Be fmppreclatlve not destruc tue' DOIIN Rlchards 53 IMPROVING THL HUNTING LAWVS OF MAINE The Mfune Leglslature composed oi chlef w1ld hte authorltles and wardens adjourned last week tor mother two yeals The purposes ot these meetlngs are to make new laws and change old ones wlth one object 1n mlnd to pro tect the natural resources and the men who go afield cut down the hunt1ng death tolls from careless hunters Some of the lmportant facts 1n th1s case are as follows 1n the past Vear more hunt1ng deaths have been caus ed by mlnors However over a perlod of ten years exghty percent of all ac cldents have been caused by older men and s1xty percent bv out of staters The cost of all hunt1ng l1cens es for out of staters IS not much They requlre no reglstered glllde as laws do ln other states Th1s 1n turn tends to draw a lower class of sports men to lVIa1ne When a boy IS Voung thats the tlme to teach hlm good sportsmanshm and the proper use of firearms I don t mean one should g1V6 h1m a gun and expect h1m to learn bV hlmself I am savmg that he should be taught under careful superv1s1on how to handle hxmself afield From the ages of ten to ewhteen or mneteen vears a bov learns good sportsmanshlp that w1ll last h1m throughout llfe You sav Okav all well and good but what has thIQ got to do vwlth cut H 27 I I 7 I ' 1 4 L C ' Y i- -' w - 1 A u C , I ' , I I ' 7 A I 1 K 4 , A ' ' .' . ' I . 1 I Q Y I y S a . . 2 1 - I I Ls . 2 Av I I I Aw ' 1- - . l Y S ' w 1 1 c K c c . 7 . . 1 ' - ep K S C 4 f C ' ' s I ' I . 7 . I I I 1 L , I I I V 7 A . I, I . '. I I I I L I 2 ' I' f. . . ' . n 1 . I , I r R Brlghtly colored walls add to the ex- The big issue this Veal. was how to - - ua u L ' 1 1 n L L . e - ' a . I L'- K , . D , . . V n - I P I I - , I L. n I v K U ' ' 7 . . , , G ' I. ' ' I n . H 1 K ' I I l K a ' - H ' I I . I, , 7 ' l I ' II I'- K9 A u . . , , ' ' U 1 ' L L , u Q 7 If I . 7 . ' L 1 , . . L L, L 4. I , , I . I , . . U ' 1: I My . , . . . . . ,, ' . v ' . 9 . v x . . . . v. - I I

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telescopes IH whlch to study the un knowns of space One nlght as the two professors were stud51ng our planet they saw explos1ons on d1fferent parts of the Earth The exploslons lasted for two weeks day and nlght At the begm n1ng of the th1rd week the whole planet was a mass of fire and explo SIOHS Slowly the fire burned 1tself out Nothmg could be seen but a round black ball wh1ch was the re malns of the Earth Hund1 eds of wears passed and the people of Mars were st1ll watchlng the Ea1th of SIQHS of l1fe aga1n Wlth the pass1ng of wears the Earth had become green aga1n and gave evldent slffns of the 1etu1n of hfe Weeks later the sc1ent1sts reported that a locket shlp w as en route to the1r plan et from the once burned out planet Earth Great excltement filled the ob servatolv and as the new spread the people of Mars began to feel tenslon about the rocket shlp commg to the1r planet It was the mam tOp1C of all conversat1on They wondered how the people from Earth would look The b1g questlon was D1d the rocket shlp come 1n peace or war? On the seventy th1rd day from the start of the xoyage the sh1p could be seen w1th the naked eve from Mars In a short t1me the Shlp began com mun1cat1on w1th the nearmg planet of Mars Xxflth the use of thelr auto matlc transolators the two partles could talk together The occupants of the shlp told of a great war wh1ch had almost W1D6d all llfe from the face of the Earth but a few of them had managed to surv1ve They told that IH the follow1ng nlnetv five thousand vears they had started anew and had buvlt a new and greater c1v1l17at1on As the sh1p cam nearer the two professors made preparatlons for 1ts landing There were hundreds of the people of Mars to greet the crew of the shm -ws 1+ dropped smoothlv to the reddlsh rface The door of the shlp opened 'W vn the ladder came SIX grev forms Th w er dressed 1n blue space smts Th r 1 hxskers twltched and thelr T E TATLER beady eves glowed 111 frlendshlp They were of the Earth s great race They were rats' Ted Sulhvan 55 A STORY IN SONG It was nearmg Hlgh Noon that day I Went to Your Weddlng Thev were playlng A Slmple Melody on the or gan Ill Always Remember vou as you came down the a1sle and to thmk that once You Were Meant for Me After the ceremony was over A Strange I xttle Girl came up to me and sa1d Brush Those Tears from Your Eves lhe Thln that got me was that vou de be 1 one Forex er and Ever Then through my punled mlnd ran Why d1d vou Keep It a Secret from Me? As I turned to make mv Sentlmen tal Journev back to my Home on the Range I thought to myself It Makes No DIITCFOHCQ Now I have found that 1n the seven be happy For now I am marrled to The Daughter of Rosle O Grady and Im not One Alone She has the blg gest most beautlful Brown Eyes We Ve Just fimshed bu1ld1ng A Bunga low Blg Enough for Two You know the other day I was readlng an art1cle IH the newspaper about My Gal Sal It seems her hus band found hed spent Seven Years Wlth the Wrong Woman Llnda Johnson 56 HIGHWAY SAFETY H1ghway safety IS a blg problem todav for there are manv more cars todav than ther were twentv years ago There are also more 1 oung people travelmg the roads ln old cars Now 1n order to help make the hlghwav a safer place for pedestrlans and other motorlsts a dr1ver should pav careful attentlon to the road when he IS drlvlng that IS not study mg each backvard field or some other scene of lnterest - N , ! . . , . 7 2 l 1 1 - ' , . . Y , LL ' ' U 1. y V ' 1 , . . ' 1 . , 1 - Y . . A L . 7 v Y . 7 . ' . A 5 1 1 ' f , . a 7 - .1 U L 1 L A . ,. . . L . A ' 1 T . ' cs , . Y i 1 , 11 V , ss I ' , rw - U, I sa Y an , .' L . ' G ' L D 1 . L ' ,. , a v ' - 1 V D , . , 1 1 , 1 1 - H , ' ' , 93 U - ' 1 1 ' - m I I N K 1 L L D 66 . . . , 1 , L ' 95 Q L ' ' years that have passed I could aga1n I - 9 . 7 ' n o ' 7- u lu L 0 7 K , . . . . - v. La ' Q I- 0 L . v - - Q L L' L L L 3 1 . 1 . , , - R - C! ' . A ,c 1 . L L , , . v, K . . O O LL L L 1 . 1 1 . 7 U , . ' 1 L 1 L sq L QV1 V H I K . . . M . . . . . 7- DYY Y 0 . 01- XJ L , L -