Searsport High School - Windjammer Yearbook (Searsport, ME)

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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. .

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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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THE WINDJAMMER IN MEMORY Slx feet beneath her stony cap she dwells And yet though some may say that she IS dead She IS but called unto Hls paradxse And there ln Hxm she hyes I knoyy full well And though we keep her gran1te chamber clean And fresh wlth dewy roses gently la1d And mow the grass and cllp the hedges Peat IS not recessary th it I w n For has she rot left earthly thmgs behxnd And gone to glo y geite th Ill yye krowg st 1nd efo e Hma eemsefl rro tal sllls A lay laefoe Hmm he l e of ll rr' lllklllfll en let Us not weep bltte tex s of g ref T 1t she h1 left Us fo that h1 py realm For t1s not lorg before yye too shall part And leaye to those behnd thexr fllse bellefs That man IS rran alot e 1 o p 1rt of God That llfe ls only l1fe and not after death Oh' What 1 welry wretched w xy they trudge To drag thelr toubled souls mto the sod' Vvllll m S Choate oO Those who do the mOst for the wcrld s ady ancen'ent are the or es w ho demand the least THE HAL NTED HOLSE The scene opens wlth the nelghbor hood gang gathered around a table 1n the club room The gang bears the t1tle of The Adyenture Club The members spend thelr spare t1me seek 1ng adventure Thls partxcular ey en1ng the old haunted house on the outskxrts of town was the chlef IODIC of conyersat1on The old house had long held the awe and yyonder of the town s people Many werrd and strlnge storles are connected wlth ll The mOst famous and one usually excepted ls that the master of the house went crazy and hanged hls wrfe ind two year son from 1 rxfter rn '1 sm ill unfnushed room The m in h d then gone mto the wood md w ls neye bei d of igun The rrerrlse s of The Adyentu e Club yye e pl llllllllg in excu slon to pl mned such ntrlp ind now they were miklng fm 11 pl ins leefore atterrptlng to explore the old house They flnally declded to assemble it the club house on the followlng Saturday From there they would go on thexr trxp as planned The boys flled out of the club house wlth many thoughts plllllg up w1th1n thelr heads The thought of thelr trlp made the boys d1g lIl and do thelr school work so that they could haye spare tlme to drelm of yyelrd happenlngs but the teachers seemed yery heartless because they seemed to be handhng out too many lessons The week was fist drawlng to a close and Saturday fmally showed ltself The eager boys assembled at the club house promptly at the deslg nated tlme Ned the leader of the 21 . ,. . - 1 , . ' ' 14 7 vs , . ,T . , 1 T ' ' . ' c ' , 7 I I 1 1 7 v 1 ss 1 . . , v v Y- I c , 1' ' ' .f 2 ' ' It ' 1 fee 2 'ee . ' . ' 3 ' ' 1 2 j ' Q N , 'N . , ks S v 7 rj r 2 r 2 ' 2 ' j 5 x '. 2 2 ' 2 J 2 ' 2 . To 5 2 b X rl ., 'l -2 J A of ' l 2 Z1 - A A ' s r J 2 '23 'r.2r 2 2' . nd 2 Y' , r- ' r oyw 21 . , rp I ' r r . Y' v v- I ' 1 v 1' c . I c L Y, Th g '- ' fy -gyg the haunted house. They had long Y. 2 , K. . Z 2 . F, , h2 ' 2s 1 5 r .2 zp ' 2 2 2 7 ' ' f I I , , - c . , . C ,D , . ' ' s v. 2 -v Ls I 5 12 2 x , 1 2 3 2' ' ' f 1' I , e c ' I ' , V' I I C . v I . Z - 2 'vy 2 ,Z I. 'V 5. c 7 2 7 S ' 3 ' I . Y 1 1 . 4 T ' TT X - L s, ., ' 4 ' -' ' A c '- - 1- .. a . 2 - , . .C , 2 . . , s . y N v ' I ' w - - v 'l - - . . L- ,