Sabattus High School - Yearbook (Sabattus, ME)

Page 35 text:

It was very dork by now, und Dove was dozing by the fire. Sandy tried to be cheerful ns he chatted with Dove. Uln the morning we can sturt out for home. You'll be all right by then,W said he, but secretly Sandy thought how worried his parents would be and feared thot his brother would catch cold. Suddenly s light from an automobile shone directly upon the two boys. Sandy jumped up to signal the cur, but it had already stopped. Mr. Benton, the father of the two, come eagerly forward. Dave had scrambled up and was running towards his futher. There was a joyous reunion, with many explsnotions on the boy's part. The wise father msde little comment. He remembered that it was spring! Evelyn Austin 'L3 Flying South with the Birds Did you ever think of the trip which the birds nmks annually to the sunny South? No doubt, most of you have wished some night when the wind was howling around your window and the snow was piling up in huge white drifts, that you were in Florida or California or Texas. Wouldn't it be e thrill if we could make suck e wonderful trip with the birds? And there is no reason why we couldn't. Surely our greet scientists should he able to invent some cheaoer means of travel than by uirplane! So just suppose they have done so, and we are about to set out on our marvelous journey. We must first don the device which will carry us safely on our way. There are many straps and buckles that we nmst adjust, with a small nwtor attached to our beck and little wings protruding from each shoulder It is now November, just after Thanksgiving, when all delights and benefits of s cool New England summer are over. Then we press u smell button on the motor, and zoom! Away we go, straight up into the sky. Before realizing it, we are up many miles, breathing oxygen from a small container which is fitted into our flying suit, by means of a tube leading to a sort of cloth covering fastened securely over the mouth. Now we are leaving New England behind and heeding towards the great metropolis of New York. We press another button which allows us to drop several thousand feet, that we may see the skyscrapers and Broadway. This is possible through powerful glasses fastened to the belt at our waist. After getting a bird's eye view of the great city, again we zoom up to our former altitude and increase speed. Due to a device which protects us against pressure, we seem only to be floating lazily through the air, though actually we are now traveling five hundred miles per hour. f

Page 37 text:

Soon the speedometer registers SOO miles, ond we realize that we are new passing over the middle Atlantic States. nlnwst too quickly our de- lightful journey will bu over, and Wu shall be in sunny Florida, where palm trees are swsying slightly in the gentle breeze. hell, partner, now our speedometer rigisters l7O0 miles, and we are ct the end of our flight, just above the speci '. l lending field mode for such flyers as we, on thc outskirts of the capital, Tallahassee. Still cnothcr button is pressed, at which we start to drop slowly fnd luzily'through tht 'ir. he are scarcely aware of going down, until tht outline of the city becomes very plain. Soon our feet touch the earth and We struggle out of our flying suits. he are offer to begin our visit of six months in the land of sunshine and blue waters, and of rolling stretches of land. There is only pity in our minds for those who did not accompany us, who must enduro the hard- ships ind bitter cold of fnuther New Engl nd winter. Emmn Prince 'Ll s'1'uD1sxut','i:oU1JcIL A This group of representatives of the student body, two from each class, meets as needs arise to consider measures for activities or im? provements in the school program. This year Lorrain Gnyton has been the energetic presidentg Arthur R msay, Vice-President, Juniors, Albion Wright, Colleen Ramsnyg sophomores, Helen Moady, George htightg freshmen, Marion Dutillc, Robert Clifford. HI-PEP HAS ITS SECOND YEAR Our newspaper, Hi-Pep, appeared in three issues during the year, in somewhat larger ind improved form over the first your of its existence. Many hours of work went into the make-up and the running off of pages. We were fortunate, on in thc making of Short have, to secure the typing services of Bliss Business College. As our equipment progressed from hectogrnph to mimeogrsph, we were able to offer the public A more satis- factory newspaper. The oditirs-in-chief for Hi-Pep were, respectively, Lorraine Looor Joan Park and Helen Mood. 1. J , SCHOOL BANK At the suggestion of the Student Council, s savings plan was arranged, by which students might begin early in the year to get ready for that all- important school trip in June. Last year, the ride took us to places of int rest in this port of the state, proving so worthwhile that many more wish to join this year. Fridey is Wbnnk dnyn, when tellers Evelyn Austin and Colleen Ramsay handle our deposits.