Sabattus High School - Yearbook (Sabattus, ME)

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The Time I Embarrassed My Family The time I embarrassed my family was when I was sent to jail. I stole thousands of cars, robbed hundreds of banks, and mur- dered almost everyone I saw on a trip around the world. I started with fifteen cents from Sabattus. I took the bus to Lewiston and stole two cars and a truck to go to Portland. I ate in a restaurant and got out without paying. On my way to Boston I had to kill three policemen. I stole a giant elec- trified metal man from an experiment station After that all th police had to do was follow wreck d Cltl'S I got to New York and stole the biggest boat I could find by paying three million dollars to some gangster I traveled to London where I stay d as a begg r until my electrified giant could be ship ped and him over on three ships One of the ships was loaded too much it sank All I had was the body and thr e arms I sold for scrap metal I went back to th United States where police caught me and sent m to Jail for begging in the str t Was I luckyl If anyone wants to know how I embarrassed my family, it was because I dreamed all this and wh n I woke up screaming and all the n ighbors came running in to s what the matter was my family was very much embarrassed. Th New Iron Horse It wa a warm Spring day in early April Martha and Jake Allen were t aiing a ound the farm, Martha gett ng th house cleaning done and Jake trying to plow FV rything was going along fin until the mailman l ft a letter from Tom All n at th Allen farm. Martha got th letter from the box and opened it UDear Mom and Dad, I'm coming home for a vacation and I have a big sur prise for Dad' birthday Martha forgot all about her house cleaning ard ran out to tell Jake the good news 'Oh yeau Jake said, 'A big surpri e I suppose he is coming hom with som new fangl d ideas to farm with Last year he insisted on throwing a lot of stuff on the back field, said lt wa lime and would sweet blasted colleg teachers som h lp with this here how to hold a plow. That night lom arriv d n th land Just as if those ding now what my bark field ne ds plowing I hop he hasn't forgott n from ollege After th usual greet ing, he asked, HHow ar you g tting alone with the Spring vork, Dad?H Not so fa t, Son said Jake, 'Old Jerry and Maud ar getti o and I kind of guess I am too HY said lom, 'What you n d Dad, is a tractor, it wou e a lot quick r and asi r for you Jak Jump d up so quiccly his pip fell from his mouth to the floor ir ctor' Son, I'll Fav non of thos hissing rip snorting, thund ring, man made iron horses on my farm all they do is tr ai down the ground and make it all th hard r No, siree, Son, old J rry arf daud will plow my land HN ll, just as you sa , Dad, you can plow with Jerry and 14 O Q ' Q ' Q W sa N1 O . ' 1 O e G . , . 3 . - . . 3 . T3 J . . G . 1 . . e the ' e e ' ee . A 'X L A 3 . , . e f I e 2 e .I 1 ' ' ee m ' J A. P. 47 e e ' 1 U ' , 0 . . A e'e r g I e 5 M . , . - .3 .W . I e ' LX ' 1 1 ' 1 :3 . 0 e e - e J e . e .1 V. ' e ,, - 1 . . D . L ' ' ll S . . I 1 2 Q I I - S . . . e e e . . . . . A . . . . s A e , e . : , - - ll T9 L - k 5 1 J U 0 I - - , B osh Martha when will he be here? I'm kind of needin 9 .7 . . .e e. I. e e , I1 . 'J T ' e . c , . e e f - , - ' 'A 9 X G G ' my ' O ll H ' 1 ' S ' ' A , 4 I ld ' e - H 1 N ' ! ,V ' es '. I ,g se , L - ' ld b Q Q r ' 1 H 1 f KJ -., '.1 Q . . , . . . -'e e . ' e A nm ' - - - I 0 L LJ C 9 ' -. In ' 'r ,Lx fx 0 I J Y . , , . .. U. Ce 3 .A ' 3 G Q ' - r - II S . . .1 A 1 o ' e ' ' ,y f - - -

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Maud but all the same your way of farming is old fashioned. You farm the way your grandfather farmed, but I'm going to make you change your mind about it some day.H The next morning Jake came stomping into the kitchen where Martha was at work HMartha, Marthaln he shouted, HWhere is Tom? He said he would finish plowing the meadow for me today. ll Martha looked up from her baking with a twinkle in her eye and said, nTom went down to Joe's for somethingn. nThat means he won't finish plowing that meadow,n thundered Jake HI tell you, Martha, if Uncle Jim hadn't gone and left Tom all that money he'd be go, so they say College, in not from traipsing off 'Hark, Jake' What's that Jak listened then said, the meadow let's go look better off today Easy come easy boshl I got my education from work to college noise? cried Martha 'It sounds like it's out back Maybe it's one of thos devil con raptions that they call airplanes is down bo they went ard when hey looked over the hill into the meadow what did they see but Tom and Joe going around and around that meadow turning the sod over Jake Just stood there staring and hardly believing his own eyes Tom was turning over were sod in half an hour then Jake had in half a day and that nding busted iron hor e nadn' rested once HLet's go over neale ,H he said NIt isn t going to run a way , so over they started When Tom saw them, he came over, stopped the tractor and said 'Happy birthday, Dad' I thought I'd break this new orse to plow Hov am I doingq' a e look d the tractor and the ground over then said, It does good work, Son, and quirk, but it never will whinny and snuggle its nose again t me like old Jerry and Maud when they under tood me After they had watched Tom for a while they walked back to the house, they were ilcnt for a moment then Jake spoke to Martha nGuess ve better get someone to help me on the farm and let Tom finish college We started to make a fool of him and we might as well do a good job of it You know some of is idea are pretty good after all I Joan sauntered toward the pay station Th re was Just time to telephone to Jim that she was leavirg for New fork Ihe telephone directory was in use but surely she could remember his number ev n if she had nat called it all these months Sh fumbl d for her n cktl, took dovn the receiver, and said s ovly, NGreenston 451 Xu She heard the op rator ring the number Then a voice said HH llc' It was J1m's voice, she knew it uJlm9 she said 'This is Joan I've Just called to tell you 'm leaving for New fork H 'New fork? nYfs, I've decided this whole thing is too much o can't stand it any lorge I'm going to my rich aunt York She ha writ n to me s veral times wan ing me her I didn't find time un il now I'm sorry lt had New v sit turn ou like this but 1t's the best way ll 1 Joan, if you ll only l t m explain, pleaded 1m 'There's nothing to explain replied Joan coldly 'Good 15 o I ' J . .. ' H o 5 ' - ll ' O l Q A 1 . . C, . J ln .1 . ' g l S ... ' t ' ' YI I U 1 4- . A U X . -. . I 5 - I . . ,T ' l - I . . , ld I s u s 4. - S u . g w 1 ' Y fy- 'v I' 0 4 A H -- C . I ' g Q 4 h 'v ' ' O U If J k 9 u LJ I 3 . , . . J I . U . S A . 3 a H S Q 1 Y . 1 . . 3 B Y C Y - gl .L L LJ A a Q L 1 'v ' . . , L .1 . G , . ' 0 Q l h s D - ' . E. J, 49 . . . V Q ' ' O kJ .1 ' . , X V7 A ' .L L Q ' n J y w . . 0 . J. Nd L K. . . -. f- 1 . 9 S I ' w 'J , . vl Y 6 4 ' Q L 9 . I . . G , 1 F . . . . . - 0 I . gg . y . . . o J. Q ' w I I LT 2' . I ' - 11 . O O 5 - e I J f r me. I 1 N ,H . M . . - 1. 4. 1 . I ln , ,, 4- . . . A fs te e - e f c g I to 1 . ,. . ,, . . Q tl 3 Lf 5 ' to - - n t u T o . . yy . ' e e J . I .' ' If Y I' , t A . Bye . .. ..- .