Searsport High School - Windjammer Yearbook (Searsport, ME)

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WHIPPOORWILL Not far away upon a hill, There sits a lonely whippoorwill. Its song is sweet and so sincere, An evenin-g song that lovers hear. It got its name From the song it made, Poured forth at eve Like a lovely cascade. It flies by night., And never by day. And whippoorwilll Whippoorwill, Is all it will say. FREMONT LEE TOZIER THE SPEEDER I am a guy who was speeding along, Going about eighty, which I knew was dead wrong. An on coming car, which I did not see- And- now they are digging a grave just for me. JUDY SMALL A MOMENT In the darkness, as rain falls And beats against my window And drops from the eaves, There comes to me a moment of remember- ing The late rose I'd seen, Wet with dew, And then I go to the store For soap and shoestrings. ANONYMOUS WHAT ARE WE? God gave us minds to help us Out, And lets us do our thinking. But we can't make the thunder shout, Or stop a star from blinking. CARLTON SMITH, JR. REMEMBERED FEAR The night is dark, Each spectre tree lifts fingers high Toward inky sky, Behind each bush, A horror lurks unseen by me- I try to flee. My feet are weighted, Heavy, sluggish, insensible, And dead. And this my head, Throbs, pounds and gives Me no aid at all, I trip and fall. JACKIE GORDON BEACONS IN THE NIGHT The stars are but a pale, white light, That float among the blackened night, Who never know the woes of strife, And never live the pains of life. They -glimmer now, and ever more, Like rippling brooks they seem to pour Their peace, their joy, and wondrous light, These beacons in the bl'ackened night. NORRIS STAPLES SUMMER'S BEAUTY To enjoy the summer's lasting beauty, You have to make it your only duty To wake early. Look at the great sun rise! Isn't it to you an amazing surprise? CORA DEAN WARD

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DRAMATICS The rehearsals of the one-act play, Balcony Scene, culminated in a highly success- ful production in state compet.ition on March 24. Directed by Mr. Mortland, the cast, including: a wife, Judy Cardg a husband, Paul Otis, a girl, Priscilla Riversig a friend, Gerald Dawbing a man, Norris Staples, a mother, Bonnie Murray, a daughter, Sharon Stoney and a gangster, Carlton Smith, rejoiced in a job well done. Although Belfast captured top honors, Searsport's highly commendable performance caused a good deal of unsettled deliberation among the judges as to second place position. A repeat performance was asked of this remarkably executed play to be enacted before a meet.ing of the PTA. In county competition the one-act plays were carried out differently this year. In lieu of class competition, the characters for four plays were selected from the student body as a whole. T The comedy, Suitable for Charity, was directed by Mr. Mortland. Humor reached its peak when Claire's QLillian Harrimanj boy friend, Mr. Hamilton, fMalcolm Collinsb comes to visit. He gives William fWayne Sanborn! his suit to be pressed. However, a comic situation arises when Wi1l'iam's mother, Hazel fCarol Nickersonl, is feared to have taken the pants to a charity bazaar. The whole situation is presided over by Hazel's husband, Morgan CStephen Cardl. The Ring and, the Look, directed by Mrs. McCaslin, was also a comedy. Dennis Ward is in a play that requires he give a ring to his stage sweetheart fSharon Richb. Complications arise over the ring because Tommy already has a girl friend CHelen Var- neyj. What a place for him to be when several girls all take him to account at the same time! The chiding of his sister CPat Simpsonj and his friend fHolly Bagleyj in- crease the humor. Mr. Lapointe directed a satirical comedy, The Dear Departed. This takes into ac- count two domineering sisters fBonnie Averill and Ruth Blakeb who find themselves in a delicate situation, along with their husbands CKeith McKeen and Carlton Smithj when they have nearly disposed of and made provisions for all the possessions of the sister's father fGerald Dawbinb who they think is dead. However, the father revives and after seeing all that has been done announces that he intends to marry a widow who runs a local public-house. The fourth play. The Mystery of the Silver-Backed Hair Brush, was one of two directed by Mr. Mortland. This come-dy included two detectives tPaul Otis and Owen Smithj who are investigating -a murder of a prominent businessman CDavid Dawbinb. The investigators accuse the maid and the housekeeper of the deed, little knowing that the real murderer is in the room all along, and later escapes. A different aspect in plays was covered when a member of the cast was planted in the audienceg also, the murderer, at the climax of the play, ran from his position in the audience to the stage and confessed his guilt. The judges deliberated for a very long time and finally selected The Dear Departed as tlqegplay to go to Brooks to compete against Brooks, Albion, and Unit.y-Freedom on pri . RUTH BLAKE '59 f In l.1l.!I'1 'i