Searsport High School - Windjammer Yearbook (Searsport, ME)

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NDJAMME that thus mountaln was near so we could climb rt and camp up here l was afraid my famnly wouldnt let me come rep ed but when l told t em there was good camping up here and that there were always people stayrng there they agreed but for ont night only By thrs time we were at the camprng grounds There were two famllles camprng there and they seemed very friendly and came to help us l.e s get our tents up before rt gets dark Jane sand When the sun went clown we had our tents set up and were completely settled oon we were snttlng around the campfire and talking to some of the other campers We talked for a short whale and th n decided to go for a walk We went down the trail and found a spot where we coulo see what was around us We were enjoying the vlew when l-lelen suddenly shouted l.ookl What s that? The rest of us looked and all started talknng at the same time a A forest flrel What rf we re trapped? We ve got to tell the others' Then we started runnrng and shouting as we went The famrlres at the camp lure ran to meet us It s a forest fire Jane, who had calmed down a little sand, we may be trapped We ve got to hurry It was stall quite llght but rt was getting dark fast It we hurry we can mak It to the bottom of this mountain before we are trapped one of the men r plled The reflection IU the sky was getting brighter The two mothers went to get thelr child ren and the men put out the camp frre The men leo the way with flashlughts and the gurls helpeo the mothers wlth the chrldren The farst man stopped suddenly turneo around and looked back Then he sand We have to move faster By the reflcctnon e ky as getting close to e must hurry We looked at one another and starteo to cry ,lane said My mother oldn t want me to come l should not have talked her into ettlng me l-lelen sudoenly stopped crying pulleo herself together and sand We may not s e t em agaln lf we dont act our age and hurry along with the rest As she salo t1 ane and l reallzed what wouo happen nf we didnt make It and starteo running with the rest IF only someone would notrce thus fare and come to our rescue, one of the mothers said Her husband came back to meet her picked up one of their chmldren and sand l hate to say thus but l don t thunk there us much chance You see the frre IS closing ID around us A this we all ran even faster than before We could see the fare now closung IN on all sides The men were whusperlng to each other and one finally came back and 22 l hl E WI R . ..., .. V ZA ,H l , Ii ,H h ' ' lf , 4 X . Z . E . . I 2 lo 'fl . . 1 ' Y - 4. 1 . . I l .. t, . . 4 . I ly' ' , . 2 ' , in th s , it' ' r us. W S . 4 , 4 r 4 A .. ,. V . . , .' e . , . I l A . . h . . t , . A , ' ' lat, Jr' ' l . V . . .I , 'tltls firely' ' , . . I . . . . I.. , . .

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E WINDJAMM FIRE PREVENTION The neon lIghts of the cIty slowly faded away as Thomas WIllIdmS drove towards hIs farm In the country l-le had been to a Itre preventnon meetlng and was thInlcIng baclc to what they had dIscussed CertaIn rules had been brought up such as what to do IH case ol lure smolcIng In bed heatIng and coolclng hazards electrlcal wIrIng' he remembered he had Intended to have someone checlt hIs wIrIng for a long tlme but just hadnt had tIme They had stressed thIs especlally at the meetIng But he thought brIngIng hImself baclc o t e present l wouldnt ha e a e start In my house l never have so why careful and we dont go around startlng lures It happens to other people but not t3 us As he came closer to hIs house he started to speed up thInl4Ing what It somethlng dld go wrong wIth the wIrIng whIle l was away7 l-lIs home barn hIs tamIly he cattle all he possessed and cherlshed were there and would be destroyed By thls tIme he was practlcally llylng As e started up a hIll gettlng closer to hIs home he slowed down a bIt and was thInl4Ing about hIs 5 year old son, Ted l-le had come home lrom school today tallclng about hre preventlon As young as he was, he lcnew haw d6StFUCtlV2 a llre could be As he got nearer to hls home he saw a small blaze, It looked as It It was comlng from hls barn, but no, It couldnt be hls barn It must be a nelghbors house Dd l remember to pay the Insurance on the farm? If It IS our house what caused It? he wIrIng? Cr was It the hay In the barn l thought It was dry enough when we put It In but where we had so much wet weather m e lfS stlll damp Then agaln the oIl burner mlght have gone out and my wIle mlght have turned It up too hlgh and flooded It CGUSIDQ a lure and exploslon Maybe Ted and hls lrIends were playlng wxth matches IU the barn These thoughts raced through hls head as he contlnued up the road l-le couldnt tell yet whose house It was Then he could see It wasnt hls farm It was hIs nelghbors l-le parlted hls car and hurrled to has wnle and son who were startlng out to help the neIghbors l-le threw hls arms around them and told them how glad he to elp hIs nelghbor The hre was ID the garage and had just started so they were able to prevent It from spreadlng very much The next day Thomas WIllIdmS and h s Son Ted went IDtO the CItY checlced th Insurance and hlred an electrlclan to chec the wIrIng Thls taught Mr WITlIdmS a lesson he wlll never forget Jamce Stone 58 DANGER THREATENS A few more steps and we would be at the top ol the mounta1n Ir had been a hard cllmb and we vvere tlred lm glad our follcs all chose to stay at Brown Lalce thIs summer, so we could be together l-lelen saId l am, too .lane saId lm also happy T I-I E R 21 A ' ' . T . . .' . . ayb ' . ' , ' t h , ' v fir ' , ' should l worry now? My family and l are was that they were all right. Then he ran I . . i ' . I I , . I t . . I . I , . . I , . A h I A ' - T I I

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THE WINDJAMMER sand We have only one chance now Unless the people down below saw or the hre we just can t survjve Now w will have to get at about the center cl the lure and walt and pray that someone sees The women stopped suddenly knelt down and began to pray It seemed luke hours to us It got hotter and hotter as the ture came closer and closer We could see the trees lalllng and could hear the crackling ol the Flames We were so lrjghtened we couldnt believe rt was true' u enly l stood up Listen every one' Someone IS shouting' Everyone stood up and shouted back The lure was so close the heat so close and death was so near' Now we were saved The men at the hre lookout on the next mountain had seen the lure had gathered together men and equipment and had come alter us When our lamllles saw us they hurried to us Jane cllngnng to her mother sand God was with us this tame Mom It was terrible Janice Stone 58 xNLUw THE SURPRISE THIEF Crash' What was that noise? Sonja jumped out ol bed and ran to the wln ow It must be about 3 A M was stnl dark outslde She looked around e yard below her window She couldnt see anythlng Should she wake her par nts7 o It was probably just her jmagrnatjon e It woke her' el she might as well get back unto be She just got settled down and Bang' There It was again' lhjs tjme he knew It wasnt her Imagination what could It be? She decided to Investigate No n ed to wake her lamlly as rt was prob ably just a door slammjng She stopped halfway doww the stan s should she go down? Yes of cuurs lmaglne someone breakjng Into her house No one would She continued dofvn the stairs She just reached the llvlng room wh n she heard t e noise again It was very close e stopped ID her tracks It was someone In the kitchen' It sounded like silverware rattling It must be a thief l-le s pro ably stealing the sxlverware She continued to go forward grabbing her brothers baseball bat which was near When she got closer she could see a lught ma une a thlef turnjng on the lrght' he finally reached the kjtchen door peekec around dropped the bat and gave a small cry IT WAS A -ll-HEP only not like she had expected It was her brother rajdlng the Ice box' Sharon Stone 60 23 us, . . I . , . A Q . . ' ' A d . . , It its ., . A , th . A , , ' y t,A . 4 , W ll . . . d. ' aa P I... A . . S S dd , 'A ' A 2 - ' ' K - j . . . Q X . h A ' . . Sh I 9' ' ' ' , S