Scarborough High School - Four Corners Yearbook (Scarborough, ME)

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22 THE FOUR CORXERS was catching up with it all the time. At last lie was only a mile from it, now a half-mile, now a quarter-mile! Now they were over the air field, fighting each other like dogs! Jim fought hard and took ter¬ rible chances. He would dive under and u] into the bottom of the bomber, dim was in a dive, this time going strong, when he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. He knew at once he had been hit. That hoy wouldn ' t give up the ship for that. He was too ambitious to stop now, because his “buddies” were below on the field watch¬ ing his actions. dim at last got the pilot of the bomber in his sights. He pulled the triggers; the bomber burst into flames and started for a long, long spin to earth. d iin was weak from loss of blood. He started at once in a long dive for the air field. He levelled off for a landing when everything went black. When be awoke he was in a hospital at the rear of the lines — somewhere in France. G. E. S., ’33. SONG HITS OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY “Once Upon a Time in Hay,” “While Strolling Through the Park One Day,” I spied “Annie Laurie” and “The Sheik” “Swinging Down the Lane” “Together” “On a Bicycle Built for Two.” “Piccolo Pete” and “Kathleen Mavour- neen” were “Osinoodioodling Along” on the “Beautiful Ohio.” “Rio Rita” was “Hanging on a Garden Gate” “Whispering” “Sweet Nothings of IW to “Old Black Joe.” “In the Evening by the Moonlight,” “Old Dog Tray” was “Humming” “The Shepherd ' s Serenade,” while the “Ukulele Lady” and “The Vagabond Lover” were “Strolling Along Moonlight Bay” in “My Merry Oldsmobile.” “l.ucky l.indy” was “Singing in ihc Rain.” “When the Torn Ts Waving, Annie Dear.” “Meet Me at Twilight ' “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree.” “The Irish Washer Woman” was “Stroll¬ ing Along Memory Lane” “Dreaming” alnnit “A Bundle of Old Love Letters ' from “Sam, the Old Accordion Man,” and “That Old Gang O ' Mine” was “Doing the Rac¬ coon” by “The Star Spangled Banner” at “Three O ' clock in the Morning.” “When June ( nine Along With a Song,” “Wedding Bells” went. “Ting-a-Ling” “In the Old Town llall” “Just Around the Corner.” “In a Monastery Garden,” “Barney Google” was “Waltzing” with the “Rose of Washington Square,” while “In a Persian Market,” “Old Solomon Levy” was “Singing in the Bathtub.” “In the Garden of Tomorrow,” “The Little Tin Soldier” was “Whispering” to “K-K-K-Katy”: “There’s ‘A Cottage for Sale ' ‘Where the Sweet Forget-Me-Nots Remember’.” “In the Dead of the Night,” “Charlie, My Boy,” with a bad case of “Alcoholic Blues,” was “Stumbling All Around,” “Tensing” “The Sweetheart of Sigma Clip to “Show Him the Way to go Home” before “He Faw Down and Go Boom.” As I stood “All By Myself” “In the Middle of the Night,” “Counting the Stars Alone,” “I Sez to Myself, Sez I, Sez I”; “This is ‘The End of a Perfect Day’.” F. E. L., ’31.

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THE FOUR CORNERS 21 SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE Jim Collins snt in his office chair smok¬ ing a cigarette when he hoard a newsboy cry, ‘ ' The Tinted States has entered the war! All about the war! Extra! We have entered the war! Jim jumped up and looked out of the office window and called to a newspaper hoy below to come up with a paper. After Jim bought his paper, he began to read about flic Tinted States’ en¬ tering’ the war. A week later his friends wore enlisting to go and help America. Jim did not want to go because he was afraid at first, hut his friends had enlisted and left Jim, so at last he decided to enlist and join them. Two months later Jim was in perfect condition, and was a big, healfby-looking young man. At last, the day came for his division to sail. It was in November, 1017, The I T . S. S. Leviathan took his division over to France. It took nine days for them to cross the Atlantic. They landed in Eng¬ land, where they had to train some move. This was not n very easy job, for every morning he had to lie up at live o’clock and start helping to get breakfast. After breakfast, they would march for five miles. When they eamc back they would have dinner, and then start drilling. Two weeks later Jim’s division received orders for ten men to be sent to an air field outside of a little French town just be¬ hind the lines. Jim was one of the ton who left at once for France. He did not arrive at the air field until a week later. These men were wanted for aviators, as they had lost so many they had to send for more. At first Jim was used as a mechanic, but at last he had a chance to become an aviator and sail in the clouds behind the joy-stick of a Spad. He was happy to think lie could pilot an airplane, hut how long would he be able to do it ? He kept thinking of that sometimes until it would make him almost sick. The first time came for Jim to go with the A flight, on the Dawn Patrol. At five- thirty the squadron started for ITunland, where they found it as hot ns ever; they crossed the lines. Now they were in Gorman territory looking for trouble and they found it, plenty of it. There were seven Spads in the A flight. They found six Fokkcrs floating along down below them. The flight commander gave the sig¬ nal and away they went in a long, steep dive for the Roches. Jim was terribly frightened, hut lie followed the others, ready to pick a fight with the Germans— and they got the fight. The Germans saw them coining, and they spread out ready for battle. Jim spread away from the others and picked his man. Jim’s man was the Roches’ flight commander. The sky was like a hornet’s nest. The roar of motors and the cracking of machine guns was deafening. Jim started a fight with the German flight commander. They surely did have a fight. Jim’s plane was shot to pieces quite hadlv now, but be hung on. All at once Jim saw the flight commander of the Germans in the gun sights. He pulled the triggers. He got him! The German went on his death parade. After the fight Jim looked for the others, hut, ho could not find them. He had drifted away from them, so he started homo. On his way he saw a bombing plane headed for his air field. Away Jim went just as fast as his Spad would carry him, headed for the bomber. Could he reach it ? He did not know, hut he could try. Jim

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THE FOUR CORNERS 23 SOMEWHERE Somewhere a rainbow ' s shining hi the blue, summer sky; Somewhere a silver lining brightens all hopes Hint (lie. Somewhere a fire is burning. Bringing its warmth and cheer. Somewhere a heart is yearning, Yearning for someone dear. Somewhere the birds are calling, railing from o’er the hills; Somewhere the night is falling. Falling so deep niul still. Somewhere a moon is beaming In the dark heavens above; Somewhere a soul is dreaming, Dreaming of life and love. Somewhere the stars are fading. Somewhere the night is gone, Somewhere the world is waiting For a bright. Golden Dawn, F. E. L., ’31. SCHOOL DAYS Pictures of days long gone Will come before our eyes, So let us store In memory These days as they go by. For Pleasure is a fleeting thing, And Youth, why can’t it last? Time flies by on swiftest wing, But friendship holds us fast. H. G. S. ( ’31. LEWISTON TOURNAMENT The basketball tourney at last arrived. So Ihe team of Scarboro was soon to be tried; Everyone, hoping hut fearing the worst, Awaited results and cheered from the first. Wells and Scarboro were first to play. With teams well-matched, Red won the day. Everyone cheered and sat back content, Deeming their time and shouts well spent. With this game won, Oxford they played, And they tackled this job somewhat afraid, But with cool heads and teamwork fine, They won this game and were still in line. South Paris was last, could Red stand the test? They played with courage and did their best. Two overtime periods—the game was done, The rafters resounded that Scarboro had won. A. M., 81. THE FLIVVER 1 come to school ’most every day In my big brother ' s flivver, lie has no heater In the thing, That’s why I always shivver. Some clay when school is closed again And days are hot and muggy, 1 11 try condensing summer heat And install it in Ills buggy. P. II. F., ’31. THEY FAW DOWN AND GO BOOM! Tune: “I Faw Down and Go Boom!” Scarboro High is full of pep, full of pep. yes, by heck! When-comes, we make ’em step, They Taw down and go boom! She gets right upon her feet, on her feet, kind o’ weak, Scarboro comes down like a streak, They faw down and go boom! Wc cheer, and cheer, and cry, “SissI Boom! Wow! ” They try, and try» but Scarboro comes and shows ’em how— And Scarboro takes their breath away, breath away, boy! I’ll say! -starts to reel and sway, and they faw down and go boom! F. Li., ’31, A. M., ’31. H. F., ’31. NIGHT Sun is sinking in the West, Birds are calling all to rest. Drowsy murmurs fill the air, Night is falling everywhere. Shadows seem to cover all, And they deepen as they fall; Stars appear as moon climbs high In the deep sapphire sky. From the pine tree on the hill, Sweetly sings the whippoorwill; While the heavens clear and bright, Herald the return of night. F. E. Li., ’31.