Rockport High School - Tatler Yearbook (Rockport, ME)

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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

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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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ARMY NAVY KOREA AND MORGUE THE OLD DRAFT DODGER LIIN COLN S MISTAKE When, ln the course of human events I find lt necessary To choose the branch I favor of the SQIVICL mllltarv, I always feel a llttle apprehenslon now and then For rf I go rnto the Army Im afrard somethrng mrght harm me, And rts lrkely that I mlght not even see you once agam But thrs IS not the sort of stuff that I set out to wrrte I always wrshed to be a famous person, not to fight It s not that Im afrard to serve mv land rn battle dress But Just thrs well known fact Id llke upon Vou to lmpress Among these are llfe llbertv and the ursurt of happrness As a wav of rllustratron let me tell you thls lrttle storv It may not save your lrfe, but rt may save you lots of worrv Its Just a word about the srtuatron you are rn And no matter how you scream and squrrm and suffer, you can t wrn You buv a new gurtar and vou are Just about to tune rt When a guv suggests that you and h should Jorn a Reserve unrt You laugh and say you guess not but you tell hrm why Vou laughed M Id rather take my chances here 'md wart untrl thev draft me You know that hell be back agarn with ten or twenty more But youll stay here, cause youre a man of freedom to the core You should have Jorned the unrt though and gone to all the meetrngs, Cause 1n the next days mall you get a card bernnrng Greetrngs Rlchard Cash 54 FRESHVIAN RECEI' FIONI The story of our receptlon Im about t lmpart The Sophomor es were alert We wore shorts What a start' Over the shorts was a burlap bag And long srlk stockrngs determrned to sag We bowed and bowed and bowed some more Trl our knees were all bllstered from touch mg the floor Our books were so heavy as we toted them about, We d have been happy to have thrown them out E TATLER As lf thrs harsh treatment werent enough We-xt dav the Sophomores really got rough Overalls too brg shoes meant for work Clothesprns rn our harr, made upperclass men smirk The trall cross the country the DICHIC when done All added up to a barrel of fun Our Ignorance of haL1ng made the Sopho mores gloat Thev thought of the cramest stunts even mrlklng a goat' After the stunts, a dance for all Just wart our turn comes next fall Lorrame Dow 56 I LL REMEMBFR There are lots of lrttle tourrst towns Settled on the coast of Marne But theres one that outshmes them a Rockport IS ltS name I l1ve rn lrttle Rockport Im a sophomore at RH S The teachers are colossal And the krds are all the best Vlr Rrchards IS our prrncrpal You can t find a better guy He s farr and square wrth all of us And there s Mr Sutherland He rules our basketball world When thrs game 15 rn season He keeps us rn a whrrl There IS our Enolrsh teacher Her name rs Mrs Dean Her wonderful help and krndness Helps to keep us on the beam Im fond of Rockport Hlgh School I mrght even sav I love rt There w1ll never be another school Frne enough to rrse above rt Uncle Sam has called me Soon Ill be leavlng you Old Rockport Hrgh School But Ill alwavs be loyal and true Ill remember all the fun Ive had And all the krds I know Ill send back word to all of them VVherever I may go And so krds let me sav So long Thanks for each lrttle flrng Ill remember you each and every one -Xnd mrss you all lrke 'everythrng Davld Crey oo . . i , ! ! Y 7 or I N . ll Y! 01' , ' 1 Y 7 . . ' . ' ' - u ' , n ' . . J , I , ' s. I , I . . . ' , . . ' ' ' ' 1 x . lx . . , . - , , u . ' . V 7 ' , . . . - r , . v . , ' ' 1 Y . v ,. . , V . . , . . N u . : . . n ' ' KK YY ' 7 Y ! , ' 1 , ' Y . . Y V , . V , J H . H 4 ' N 1 . U. Y n Y , - ' x ya ' . P . 1 - ' - ' X ll: a ! , V . ' ' r - , , . . . ' . ' . - y 1 , az ' ar , , . I . ' Q . I D . . ' . . 1 I 7 w , ' ' 1 , . . ' , 1, I Q - , ' ' . - ' . He belongs to Rockport Hrgh. 1 - . 1 . . X 1 , U Q, . , , e . 9 , , . S L , x, C A - , . . . . . ' , n ' ' . ' -I 1 ' Y ! I , ' ' r ' I I ' . , . . I . r , 1. . . A , .S . , . ' , Q a I Q . . Q I y , . . , 7 ' 7 ' 7 ' ' . u i ' , U , ' - ' , ' , . . r . - . , . , V , r f r 1 x 1 - , . . Y , . . . , , 1 0 . . , ' u . , w - 1. L . . ,. . , . . . ' . 1 , , 9 ' s . . . ' r , . , e . r - ' , . ' . ' . - ' u , H ' '- ! 7 Q ' ' LS ' . 77 . , . L, , v - i ' ' K , A ' , ,V Y 1 . 4 n . ' , - r