Searsport High School - Windjammer Yearbook (Searsport, ME)

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THE WINDJAMMER THE GHOST OF LANTERN POINT It was durlng the unpredlctable month of March that an old car was slowly makmg lts way along a treach erous country road 1n Mame The ragmg wlnd sent the ram madly splattermg agamst the wmdshleld and lt was almost lmposslble for the dr1ver Doctor Whrtman to see the road He was a tlred man and as hrs car pulled up to the door of thls weather beaten home he thought with rel1ef of the long rest he would have m a few mmutes But hrs Joy was short lxved for no sooner had he entered when hrs telephone started to r1ng H groaned softly plcked up the recelver and sa1d Doctor Whrtman s res1 dence Doctor Wh1tman speakmg A very deep NOICC boomed out Hello Doc Take 1 run over to the house on top of Lantern Pomt Before the doctor could reply there was a cllck of f1nal1ty at the other end There goes my rest thought the doctor wlth dlsgust Why couldnt that fellow hay e called Doctor Hargroy e lnstead of me? Oh well there s no use complcumng He plcked up h1s med ICIHC k1t and ran to the car The ram hadn t let up he noted 1dly After four hours of tedlous and nerxe racklng Clfllflllg he flnally came ln s1ght of the house It loomed up dark ind ghost llke lll the dlstance Whit 1 place to llxe' the doctor thought rlght on the edge of 1 cllff Why no ones there Then he saw the lamp lll the w lndow Runnmg from the car and up the steps he pounded on the heaxy oak door with the old fashloned knocker Gettlng no response he turned the knob md found lt open He went IH The room was dark and a damp musty smell fllled h1s nostrxls Flllmg the room with a flood of llght from h1s ever present flashllght he looked around Nothmg' A surge of anger went through the doctor Probably a pranksters 1dea of a b1g Joke Then remember1ng the lamp he was sure someone maybe upstaxrs was ln need of h1m Forgettmg he was tired the doctor took the stalrs two at a tlme H qurckly spotted a door wlth a th1n ray of llght gleamlng from under It A he flung the door open nothmg IH the way of human but the sound agamst the cllff and the brlsk smell of the salt water as lf lt were a opened wmdow What he saw 1n astomshment As lf the elements acted on a well rehearsed plan the storm subslded and out of the now qulet mght as though from out of '1 play a cltpper shrp majestlcally mlde 1ts way toward the sound greeted hrs ear of the surf poundrng seemed to draw h1m magnet to the partly below made hmm gasp How many mlnutes lt took for the Phantom Cllpper to dock Doctor Whltman wasn t sure but of one thlng he was certam he w as def1n1telv losing hls senses As 1f hrs thought could be felt by the app lrltlon lt melted aw ix Doctor Whltman slowlx made hrs w ly 'max from the WIIIOOVK out of the door and down the stcurs 'and out of the house but as he passed through he had a peculmr sensatnon of someone pattlng hlm kmdlx on the back Hurrxmg now he wa soon lll hx car md drntng qu1cklx tow 1rd town ' 9 . . , , . . , . . . , , , . . Q . .Q , , ' ' 1 , . . e , . . . . , , . . H . , . , - . 1 . . V. . ,, , . i . Y ' , u , , 1 . C . - H . Y ' I ll i Q 7' , 1 s an ! 1 . H ' 1 v y v ' - y X c , O ' 1 I s D 1 U 1 vi Y . . ,, . .i C 1 c ' ' - wharf 1 - ' 7 ' . s ' . , K . Q , Q . , . , . . . 1 y s ' E X. - , . . . . . . Q . - H , , . ' , ' Z vc Y. c c . ' ' ll ' I ' . 1 - v I - y L . 4 . ' t v it IV 1 ' vr y v v v. v ' . . ' 9 '- . v C ' '. , C C -, C ' , c , . 1 V V f ' t ' ' ' Y C S 7 Q . . , . - ' , s . 5 Z . c Z ' ' ' 'Z ' .

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LITER RRY LIBER'I Y Some tlme ago I xxas pr1x1leged to xx1tne s 1 c1ndle 1ght ce emonx Dur lllg the ce emonx boxs '1nd g1rls march ed doxxn the 'nsle xx1th ca11dles xxh1ch thcx hghtcd fom others on 111 alt 1r llld the11 p 1ced 111 candle holde s c ng 1 xx ls x but one thlng htppcned du 111g thc p og 1m tl11t m 1dc n c stop lIId lllllllx lt n tchcc foxxn the use hghted 112 c1ndle 111d pl 1ccd 1t 111 1 c111dle holdc Instc 1d of the cmdlc bu tng IITIO tl1mcs IS the rest had do11e the e ose just 1 httle blue flame hoxe Illg oxe the xx1ck It thre1tened to go out 1nx m1nute and when exe x bodx hid ClGClCICCl that 1t had and turned the1r ex es IXNHX 1t burst 11110 flames and burned h1gher and br1ghter than anx of the othe s Thls p p 1rentlx un1mport IITI llTClCl6ITI made me thmk I thought of another gre1t l1dx hold111g 1 torch 1g11nst the azure sktes Th s hghted torch xxh1ch rep esents ou l1be tx h1s almost gone out because of some menace threat1ng our l1be tx People all over Amer1ca haxe kept anx ous xxatch fe11ng It xxould d1e out completely Then xvhen hope xxas at 1ts loxxest 1t vxould burst IHIO fl1n1es a1d burn as brlghtly as exer befo e The people of Amerlca break 1nto snules 1nd trx to forget xxhat m1ght h1xe h1ppened 1f It h1d been C'Xl1ITgUlNhLd completclv It h1s been o11lx th ough the t1 eless efforts of all people th1t It h1s kept 1ts flame th ough good and bad days It IS up to the xouth of Arner1ca to take ox er the YCNIJOITSIIJIIIIX xxhen our parents are too old We should prepare our elx e 11oxx o th I1 xx hen the t1me come xxe shall hax e the 1b1l1tx 1nd knoxx ledge to take oxe the gre1t Job of p ese Xlllg our l1be tx The t1sk st 111d xxlth u xx hethe xxe shall COITIIIILIL to haxe our to ch of l1be tx sl 1nd h1gh 1nd bu Il b1ghtlx o let ll d1e out completelx J illtl H 1xxlex o X IRIP I0 G X99 XBI XS I11 tht good old xxood of 'XI unc T1e b ooks Illd 1xc s oxx The e ls plentx of sunshme 111d 1 On the l1ttle faxx ns 1nd doe F om txx1l1ght u11t1l exe11111g fell Ifo hou xxe xx ould s1t '1nd tell Of hu11t1ng and 1dx entu e When mornlng c1me xxe h1t the just ll the b etk of dawn We s1xx f1x e dee doxxn 111 the d 1le eXl1s our luck xx 1s gone' So homexx 1rd once 1ga1 1 xxe tu n Ou c inoc gl1des ox cr the xx tte Homexx 1rd bound t1ll another tr1p In a xx eek o such a matter Alfred fkshex oo XVILMN The le1x es a e dressed IIT thelr sCl let and gold The c es ent mo an 1s h1gh bendmg out 1ts s1lxe x be 1ms That hght the d1 kcned skx Bette De S1lxo 04 The 1511 t a ngl human be111g xxho ha n t plentx to xxeep oxe but the t 1ck ls to make the laugh outxx elgh the tea l8 TIIE IYINIJJA NIKIER S 1 5 2 1 ' s 1' S52 2 I' r - '1 'r 2 ' rgr' ' r Q' 2 .1 - r if ' .3 2 s 1' sg 1 2'.i 1' .1 ' ' 1 r 1 : ' 1 1 ' 1 r 1 .1 2 2. r ' r Q1 .1 2 ' 2 r 2 I2 ' 12 rx r' Q1 r ' ' 1 lllI 1d 21lo 21 t2 ble. It 12 .1 'ery Q Q Q Q Q .-,, . Q Q QF- Q c 2 ' ... C A r YZ 2 2 1 T' .1 1 2 1. ,. ,. , . - . .I L x A 2' k O11 glrl 12r1 1l l 1 1 2 .1l1, Q Q Q Q. Q ' 1 -r 12 2 2 11 ' ' 2 . 5 A 1 ' Q Q l r 2 r 1111 fl 1. 12 1r. .1 12 1 2 1 V. .Q Q Q Q. QQ W. , . . 1 . Q . . 2 LQIII, rs 1 2 2.1 .1 2 Q . Q Q QQ Q Y Y Q . Q Q . . c 5. 1 r 11r 1 1 . 2 , ' . Q V After xx1e d had our supper , , , Q ,h Q ' 1 . . 1 ' r 1 1 1 2 .I 2 2 7 ' 2 v v . . . C 1 2 ' 1 . 1' Q . 1' 2 1 tr211l c . . . . Q Q V Q Q Q V . V . C 1 C 2 L H' A.. ci QQ Q 2 V Y Q - Q Q . ' . . ' .K A C 2 3 .I f , .1 , ,, . . 1 A CM. K - . . K s - . Q . Q . 12 12 1 1 1 r , c Q' Q cQ c c 2 Q Y Z X - QQ QQ Q2 YQ . 2. '. , ' Q, v ' 1 ' . C r.1 11 r rj, 2.12 1 Q QQ, YQ Q . X - vf-- 1 Q 1 2rA ' 1 v s . s V . y I L 2 - - Q ' . Q 2 1 .1 r .1 2r 2 . 1 1 1 1 r M f .1 . . - I x 4 L . 2 1 2 1 2 . . . ' 2r 1 .1 1. 'v Y SL. ss I 2 ' ' 2 ' 2.1 ' .1 r ' 1. ' re '1 ' ' 2 ' :Q i. ' ' v 1 ks p .Ls 1 1 v l 2 . .1 - rs.

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Nl lllh VKINIJJXNINI He would go to has best frtend Ray G ites the dmgglst md tell hlm of hls d1SCllSSlOllS to leave h1s practlce Ill faxor of 1 long long xacatlon For surelx hls mtnd must be sllpplng or xt had sllpped al eady he thought des pa1r1ngly When mth hls gente persuaslxe ness Ray flnally had htm qulet enough to tell h1m what had transplred a soft whlstle was h1s answer Then the drugglst told hlm thus storv The shrp you saw was really the I'ly1ng Cloud the fastest and prettlest Cllppe around 1ts day Xou see one hundred and flfty years ago the Flyrng Cloud dlsappeared mysterlously at sea Then on March 17th of ex ery year a message has been sent to a man whose ancestors were on the shlp to go to the captaln s house on Lantern Polnt to watch the Shlp come trrurnphantly once more to port But slr sald Doctor Whltman none of my people that I know of have ever gone to sea That s where you re mrstaken Dr Whltman sard the druggxst You see the captam of the vessel was the black sheep of a very promrnent famlly He was your great great great Grand daddy Captaln Caleb Whltmanl I w1ll swear that thls IS true and not the quxrk of an lnsane mlnd You know sald Dr Whrtman quxetly I don t thmk I need that rest after all and thrs IS such a mce country So qulet and peaceful Bette DeSalvo 54 Neglect a personal grlevance for forty exght hours and rt wxll dle of starsatron BE XL'I Y We danced Ill the rax s of the 1'I100llllgl'lI We sang to the liy of the sea The e was naught tvs 1Xt the stars and the hen ens But that golden halred goddess and me Oh' Beauty hovs n'uch do I loxe thee How thy charm and thy grace make me gay Wrth what w lrmth doth thy hea t mnneth over To comfort thls mortal of clay Come let us fllt to the he IX ens Far from the cares of thxs earth Let us perch on the belt of Orlon Llke the Plelades let us make mlrthl Let us XISII the planet of Venus Let us show he a thmg about love' Let us bathe ID the great Borealls See whence cometh sprlng l1ke the dove How we dance ID the rays of the moon lght How we sang to the lay of the sea There was naught twxxt the stars of the heavens But thou beautrful goddess and me W1ll1am Choate 50 NATL RE LOVER Twas deep IHIO the nlght And all the stars were brlght Twas there he saw her Twas there he loved her Now the moon shone full On Ferdlnand the Bull Ferdmand loved that llttle flower More than any Aprxl Shower Each mght when the moon shlnes full You ll fmd Ferdlnand the Bull Around the same llttle flow er he ll hover Ferdmand a nature lover A ,Iumor Who wxshes to remam anonymous - I .- . . IL R . ' . X ' , ' ' . . c I 2 .1 I f 2 . . . . . . . c If . -. . c ' y r v - I c . , c , , . . ,- V v A . - . ' ' , ' ' ' ' , , ' Y ,- - - I , , i . - Y Y - . . . ' 1 ' , s s - , , in . Y . . .. , c v, . . A 1 - , y ' f V, . . . C Y . . . A l ' f c 7. 1 ' v -r v 1 . . ' ., . D , C K 1 . . . I , c . . k i . . U v , A t . - ' ' Y . ., . 1 1 vw I v 1 v . Y . . I . ' 1 - 1 I V . . , . Q 1 ' YY Q I - 1 ll ' Y! ' ' ' 1 1 I. 1 11 1 ' - . 1 1 ' . . , ll 7 Y ' . ,, . . 1 - , ' Q ' 1 a 1 1 1 , Y 1 - , 1 ll Y! ' ' .4 A ,Y 1 ' . ' ll Y ' ' 7 . 1 ' ' , . . , . - 1 v 1 . . . . , . Y . V. .