Rockport High School - Tatler Yearbook (Rockport, ME)

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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 -

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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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3 THE TATLER MOtOF1StS should always pav strlct attentron to traffrc srgns and obew each one Those srgns are put up for the good of those who are tourrng the Countrx rn automoblles as Well as pedestrrans There should be a restrrcted law on ages of the drlver People at the ages of fifteen to erghteen do not seem to realrze the danger of hrgh speeds and souped up automobrles Thrs reckless sport has cost lrves of manv people and great loss of respect bx our elders Another lmprox ement would b more exact laws on automoblle rn spectron and dennrte enforcement of the laws Thrs would protect the lrx es of those rn cars and also those of pedestrrans Wrth cars rn better con flltlflll there should be a deelrne rn rccrdents on the hrghwax Frnallv everx one should remember whrl w alklnfr rldrng a brcx cle drrvrng an automobrle that hrghwax s rfetv depends upon hrs actron or be havror whrle usrng the roads A FRICHTENHNG REFI ECTION The dar was warm and brrght w 1th the sun shlnlng almost rn the mrddle of the skx As we trudged slowlx up the last hrll everx one srghed wrth re lref that our destrnatron was nearlx reached Upon arrrvlng at the top of the summlt on whlch stood a lar ere stone house we could see for mrles around us Our partv of five dropped wearrlx to the ground and we lav there for a whrle rust restrng qoon the desrre for adventure took hold of us and after a hurrred lunch of sandwrehes and cool refreshrng water from an old well we set out to explore the old stone house The door had a rustv lock that dld not take much pressure to open Upon enterrnef, the house we sensed that the atmosphere was a sharp contrast wrth the warm brrqht out of doors It was damp cold and almost dark rnsrde the house Well, even rf we were a lrttle frrghtened we strll wanted to explore, so we separated to go rn drierent dr rectrons I wandered around for a whrle untrl I came 1nto what must have once been a large lrvrng room There was a fire place rn one end of rt I started rnto another room and saw a w lndow that apparentlv looked 1nto the adrornrng room As I looked toward rt I saw a person s head 1n the wrndow My heart came up 1nto mx throat but I couldn t scream I moved to one srde and the head drsappeared I turned and ran 1nto the l1Vl11g room where I met the rest of the partx I told them about the head rn the w rndow and w e decrded to go back to 1llV9Qt1g'21lZ9 The head appeared learn as I enteled the room After gather 1n0' all our courage we stealth rlx crept tow ard the rmage Great was our surprrse to sax I1Otl1lllg of the re lref when we drscover ed that the wrn dow w as after all not a w rndow but 1 rrnror C EORFE WN AQHINC TON George Vlashrngton a general was he Helped wrn manx battles fought to a tee H1 was smart he was lowal to hrs men Brt most of all hc won xrctorlcs for them Ram or snow no mattcr what He and hrs armres never gave up Braxo to them for then vrctorrcs for us' He was the man who dld us rust Barbara Thorndrkr 4 SEVElN THIRTX I Crawl from bad each mornrng., And comb and wash and rush I know at seven thrrw Vlrll come that xellow bus MX mother savs rts luckx That I should not complarn knowledge helps mv boSs h To fortune and to fame But I shall never understand If I llve to be nrnetv erght Vlhw that old vellow school bus Is never never late saws Ravmond Deane 55' ,, Y . I . - I . v I, I I I ' f f y' I I I ' If 1 , za 73 ' , . . . ' v s. X L. ' I. n I . R 1 . , . 7. 1 Y I I I I I I . a fu . 1 4 7 o , 1 x. 4 . 1 v e 1 I' .Sr 4 . Y'Y I . 1 D D l A - A I. n , . , . , , . v I. I I , . I ar w 1 I 1 Y' Y D 4 ' n'I u l 4 av ' 1 . 0 u 4 I I I. I - I . I . 1 . . I I I a 1 I ' cp I . . 4 I ' v 4. 1 4 v c f I -I. D I . I ' . v fn fu . ' 4 Y I vr v I u 1 ' L v ' v . . I I fu 1 4. v . 4 e ' , ' ' , or I I , I , - -' ' I ' f ' n v ' ' 1 1 - sf ' ' 4 v y. I 4 I v r -c I I ' I, , , ' '54 Rowe Cam-OH ,54 Nrnon Ingersoll Y , I v . I 1 l I A A A 'I . . ' - -I 7 ' f - - r I Y ' 4 7 V 7 5 I 7 ,' , . , I I L I ' 'f f ' ' 7 ' ' ' x ' I f. I ' ' I ' ' 1 S , ' ' ' ' I . . 7 . . - I v . 7 ' y , . Y . '. v' .', I -v ' y ' 1 1 . i I - Y ,.- I , I , Y I , 1 ,7 I , v I I A V , y v f f f I , ' ' I HI ' Il . . ' ' Y -I , '-v ' .7 ' ' 1 r I Y '- . I 0 A, , . v ,, I, . ' . 1 ' 44 Y H ,. K 3 - -Y'7 S Q .'Y 46 , 1 77 AL n ' I , , I I I . . . IA X A A I ' v v -1 - - L. I k 1, 1 , I v , , I I , c , I