Searsport High School - Windjammer Yearbook (Searsport, ME)

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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- ,

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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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22 THE WINDJAMMER gang and another lad borrowed thelr father s cars They had gone onlx a short dlstance when a loud report was heard from a rear t1re of the leadlng car The blow out was soon repalred and they started on thelr way They f1nally reached the dlrt road that led to the old haunted house Flndlng the road lmpassable the boys cl1mbed out and began trudg mg along the road To top It all off ll began to ra1n The blg drops came down as lf the clouds had been torn asunder and 'ill the water was falhng at once The flat t1re and the long hlke had delayed the boys and so lt was now growlng dark Flnally thelr goal was reached The boys had lost most of the enthuslasm wlth whlch they had started out They were Just a httle t1m1d about approachmg the closed door Ned was the f1rst one to try the door It d1d not open readrly and so he gave a push w1th hls shoulder It suddenly flew op n w1th a loud bang' As they stepp d mto th doorway a flash of l1ghtn1ng stabb d across the sky followed by a burst of thunder Thxs put the boys nerves on edge daxllght the boys had brought no flashhghts As they grop d thexr way, along the hallwax one of th m stumb bled onto the stalrs Th x b gan ascend1ng th stalrs lmmedlatelx b caus all th storxes connected w1th the place mdleatecl that th murder room w as upsta1rs Thxs w as the mam Intel' st of th bovs Aboxe th sound of the creakmg stalrs th boxs heard a n'uffled far awav sound They stopped and sure enough thex heard lt agaln It was almost lflalldlble Could lt be DO5Slbl6 that the murderer had returned? They reached th top of the stalrs and proceeded w1th utmost cautlon toward the dlrectlon of the no1s Quddenly a nerxe racklng clatter was heard 1n the room d1rectly IH front of them and almost slmultaneously l1ght nlng flashed outsxde The foremost boy Jump d to the partlally op n door and there he saw sllhouetted agamst the wall the caus of the strange HOISES It was the proud mother of f1ve kxttens Apparently she had b en IH s arch of food and IH snoopmg around she had knocked over a stack of cann d goods Later the boys dlscovered that a tramp was hvlng th re so that ex plamed why th cann d goods w re IH the hous Arthur Curtls 52 OLR WORLD It s funny how thls queer world Keeps turnmg round and round It turns on 1lS axxs So the s IGIIUSTS have found Hearts are broken tears are sh cl But on and on lt go s Flghts no on Just do s 1ts Job It has no fr1 nds nor fo s Beautx on 1t blooms and grows Th sun upon ll shmes We lox thls earth w h1ch turns around The earth ls x ours and mme -Xda Gllnsore ol VS IW1 ER Wmter ls th t1me of xear Wh n the moon 15 brlght and clear Wh n we go shdmg down th h1ll It glxes us su h a gr at blg thrxll Lucx 'Xloody oo , . T , , V . ' ' o ' T c . , . , I Y- - - . D - 4 k 7 ' u , ' ' ' - e e ' 9 . . . , 3 k C V T s. ' 3 . 'Q 1 D c . 7 . . g . . 7 i x . . Q - . . , . . . . ' Q 2 ' 3 l . . Q ' ' 7 Q . . c . , Q . 0 . . c c . . Q NF. . O . , c D . - , ' ' ' cn l c ' ' - Plannmg to search the house ID the - V, V - , 7 ' -D Q . v ' ' U ' T .. ' ' e - ' f I 1 Q - e : ' . 1 'f X : ' 3. e ' e 'S 5 ' 5 - ' o - ' A ' ' 7 Q- lf ' T t , , . . ,, c . . . , ' V' 'e e ' : f A A ' ' Q s , 9 v 1 I - .1 v . T Q Q e M '. A ' e J e j , ' T ' . 3 W. C ' ' , . , . ,, - , c , . , , . e ' s e , N . j ' s e' c e . - ' ' v-f-