Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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THF I OMFT xx hx dlflllt thex xxant to be heard' Posslblx thex xxele escaped lunatlcs tlom the 11611 bx asxlum Soon thex Llllltlllllbfl on thelr xx xx xxlth me fol OXXIIHI llke 1 txlthful shxdoxx stl llxlllg to ldklltlfx them 1nd guess then lntentlon Then to pplx tlndel to flle I heal d llx Il lme spoken llong xx lth the xoxx WVe xe I OT to get hlm So It xx 18 I xx hom thex xxele titer AHOfh61 txxlg napped It xx as too much I turned lnd fled HOISIIV doxxn the path at full spec d The couple turned qulcklx xx lth 1 sulpllsed Thele he 18 noxx o loxxed by the comm md Hands up Istopped my headlongfllghtandlalsed both hands ln the all xx hlle I xx alted fe xrtullx for the lpproach from be hlnd VVh xt 'WOULD thev do xx lth me 7 he NITIOIIILILCI glggle Thex flggle xbout md hoxx was I golng to de ll xx lth txx o ll med lunatles' As I xx ls pondellng the SQTIOLISIIQSS ol mx lttl mon lhe nd xsoft amused XOICQ say Turn llound md put xour hands doxxn I dld so md ff med lllto the snllllng lxecs xt txxo stl xngers no the man noxx I lemembered He xx 1s the I'Icl1 x 11 d tlaek star xx hom I had met last sprlng at Mary s partv glxen ln hls honor bmlllng he addressed me You IL Nll Tlxlor Ibellexeo Iconfllmed llls bellel md lmmedlatelx told xxh It I n ld seen and demanded an explan ltlon He 1IltI'0dLlC6d hls companlon md begln to do mx blddlng It seemed th xt he and Nancx that xx ls the Lflll s n lme xxlth othels h ld been lnxlted to NIIIX s house f0l 1 paltx Qhe had told them to dless IH old clothes Nllllldblf fol a hlke VVhen the glilllll h ld lelCl16d hel house she Llxlfltel them lnto couples and gaxe each couple a sllp of paper contalnlng l llst of lrtlcles for them to find Some h ld Il1ltCt1OYlS glx en Iol hndlng them xx llllt others dldnt a so called trea LIU hunt Ph xt LXPIAIIIN the treasure and the h lnt I s d but xvhat about the re xolxel md the catcrplllar' Were lhxx on the llst too? And xx hx the N1 lenee' Nanex ansxx ered xubllantlx Yes both xx ere on the llst Dllectlons xx ere lx ell 111 tlndlng the guns and I guess lf L knoxx xx here xxe found them W'e loun I 1 c xterplll xr too she xdded bllnf lng forth a iuaav xxrlggllng one Il n her poeket Methmks I ee a falnt llght IH the mxdst of the dxrknes I managed ll but I stlll dont understlnd txlklng about and xxhy MUST you get ME Betxx een sp xsms of laughter Nancy l You exldently trent dCI1L1dlI1t ed xxlth our slang We xxere saylng thlt lf xxe could flnd you before the others dld and complete our Ilgt you xx ere the ll t ltem on the llst you knoxx lt xxould slav them meanlng It xx ouldn t ple mse them at all When vxe saxx xou runnlng away xxe thought It xx ould be fun to scare you wlth these tox runs Noxx come along xx lth us so xxe can reach Mary s ln tlme to an nounce OLII xlctory to the rest when ellex straggle ln Nlx mlld protests xx ere qulckly ljlllksllfiil lslde lnd I xx ent xx lth them to Nl IX xx hele Nancx and Pat told blul mx NCIIL to the great amuse me nt of all Ex en noxx xx hen I remem bel mx feal mx lnoments of dread and unceltuntx I ljlllst lnto peals of 1 1 lr , I 1 0 Y . ' Y 1 1. ' l' 1' 1 ' v - f ' 11. v v v 1 1 r . 1 I ' l I l . 2 .- L, I Lx Q A, 2 L, I l .' ' x 2 'Z ' A. 2 Y 1 -. 'H . ' 5 K , ,1 ' ' 1,1 L1 - . - .gf ' V, ' bv X 2 ,.A1 1 1 1 ' - , - ' 1 H' 2 A-, 1 ' K1 K1 1 , . , va , ' L1 . 21 -1 - - - - L , .al , ' - 1 1 - 1 nv I . C 1- v 1 1 1 v 1 - ' A 1. c . , I 1. 1 c , H A, '1 I 1 in K '2 K- ft 1' 1 I L 1 ' ' ' 1 an v , 1 1 1, 2 x 1 1 X ' , I. v v 1 1 v I l v is 1 L: ' 2 - S . A ' 1 - . . 1 -1 D- 13 Q 1. Y I ' 1 1' '1 1' .' ' D 131' . . . J., U4 ,. ', -'Nfl VB' ' ' 'N 1 L 1 1 1 1 I - . I 1 . 1 I, 1 ' 'm ' x 2 U 1 L1 h fl 2 c c , , x 2 ' v . R .N .r ,.' ' I , ' 1 , 1 ' ' , ' g G ' Q. 1 1 ' '. 1 ' 1 ' 'bl ' , ' 1 xi . V . 2 I - ,A A . U S K. . . . . , . l. . . ' ,, , 1 u ' , . . 1 1 .s, ' . , , as , ' s , I 'ard a .' 1 ' 1 ' . U' 'vcd x y, . - 2 'f 1. 1 1 1 1 -1 1 4 ' 1 ' MUQI' be Clclly. What xxas there to exelywhlng. What slaylng were you I ' I 1 7 V 1 l I . 4 A 7 2, V L L 1 L .1 1' 1 1 1 1 ' .1' 4 ' 9 C K 1 1 1 tv I4 ze , If V 2 1' , ' ,' x Saif 7 H x 'I x 1 2 I ' ' l - , ' , 46 1 A 1 1 37 1 1 ' A' ' ' - 17 1 1 I 1 1 1 v . '1 l I u L 1 I ' . 1 bc I 1 . 1 T :ww ' .' 'z , f - 1 as 3 ' ' 1 . , . x 12 L1 , . .- -'L 1 L1 1 W . ' ' va 1 1: '4 v 4 v I 1 1 v I 1 1 V K 1 1 CA 1 1 ' . 1 v71 ' - ' ' 11 1 1 ' 7 1 ' . . D . . U , ' ' 1 1-1 U 9 1' 1 1' . .. , . . 1 , A 1. Ev, ' ' 1 .H 1 tv E S. A' 1 7 1' L1 K '81 ' ,7 2 ' , '1 lv 1 i ff, 1 1 v'k1 ' ' .- W ' 1 1 1 Y 1 1 1' v 1 v c . - , y 1 2 ' s ' 1 'A1 ' 1- ,luv K1- 1 ' .77 1 1 z L' . . L' Q .' ' .41 , . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1' A 1 1 1' . , c - A , , 1. c 'z .' - z l, 1 . a ' ve j ' ' , , ' 1' L,2 1tv'-1 K1 1 2 it I L lv .1 .2 1 , 1 K1 - 1 1 1 x J 1 1 K1-1 ' A ' 1 - 1 1 - 1 e 1 1 ' 1 A 1 ' , 1 1 1 v 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1L ' 1 A1 . 1 ' 4 lc 1 , , , ' 2 L , 1 .

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THE COMET my eousln and he1 set IH w hlch I would h xx e been mcluded except for my own xloofness Mau md her frlends w ere 1 wholesome happy go lucky sort tlllftlllg' along VSltl'l0Llt a cale 1n the wolld and hung f1om then allow inees gnen them monthly by dotlng p uents Vkell that was the1r affall and besldes they WERE fun Y s I thought I would 1o1n them fol INVIIIIG to g,1ye myself 1 rest from SGIIOUSHQSS md buslness Suddenly my thoughts were 1LldCly lntellupted by the sound of XOICQS I ic hou ht that I w as a one elxnced alound qulckly and could see no one I llstened I could hear noth ll but thc b1ee7e entlv rustlmg the leax es of the trees It l1ghtly fanned my face md I started to w alk on th1nk mg, that my 1mag1nat1on was playmg D1 xnks on me Hoon I heald It aga1n lowered yoxces wafted to me on the to tmd out w ho else w as Ill the woods I llpped behlnd ztlee I had not long to walt two per ons emelged f1om the t1ees at a dls tance As they lppealed stlll COHXQIQ lllg' 111 low tones I eould see them plalnly 1n the brlght moonllght young mln ind a young, woman both eltd ln hlklnv clothes and sneakers 'When they p lssed by the tree where I w ts llldlfljg I sdVS the man s face clear ly It seemed yaguelv famlllar to me yet I was untble to place It Ihe glrl h rd beautlful blonde h 111 but her face w IN tulned IIOHI me maklng 1t lmpos s1l If to d1st1n IIINII he1 features I pee1ed at them feel1ng only CLIFIOLIS as to w hat b10LIgl1t them hele It cer tunly w is not a loxel s stloll They wele too lJLlSlIl6SSl1k6 fol that Then words such is thest P tme flo ltlllf., IH to my consclousness treasure guns hunt and slavmg YVho WERE these people? What were they after? I be gan to feel cold chllls creeplng along my spme but I had notlced that they w ere unarmed I gathered mv courage md scattered wlts and resolved to fol low them Before I left my place of conceal ment I reallzed that they had stopped and w ere dlgglng by a rock not more than three yards away I heard the man say Here they are Now well slay em As I watched ln fearful suspense I saw hlm take from beneath the rock two revoly ers He gave one to h1s com pamon Now I knew they were mur oerers kldnappers or thleves What SHOLLD I do? I knew that I must follow them to try to thwart thelr plans but how? I had nothlnv wlth wh1ch to protect myself and the man They moy ed on and I sllpped from my llldlllg place 1n order to follow them Fyery tlme a twlg snapped my heart leaped lnto my mouth for I was afrald that thev would hear me After a short t1me I grew bolder and drew nearer I could hear snatches of thelr conver satlon wh1ch seemed to be mostly a bout huntmg For whom were they huntmg or who was huntmg for them? That was a mystery I had to solye 1 hev paused behlnd a large They bent down and looked under the leay es The glrl sald 1n a tone of dls gust Well neyer be able to flnd a caterpxllar 1f we look all mght Her compamon lmmedlately admon 1shed her to keep qu1et because some one mlght hear them Were they hunt 1ng caterp1llars If so why the guns? agaln and I stepped rock to watch them , , S' 1 1 Lv v v 1 Lv K K : Y Lv, 2 , , ,A , . L, ' U K 2 z S f . . - Q v xxx , Uv- r - A TT I l . 1' ' 1 ,- 1' . 1 ' v K ' ' . , , . ' ,' 1 ' 1 . 1- v 4, ' v 2 1481 ,-' 1 v 1 ' 2 A A- Y' L - 4- 1 . Y 1. 1 ' ' 1 V K , L , , L n 2 s . e., - , , ' . 2 , L T' 1 , 1 2 1 1 1' 1 A1 1 v ' ' 61 Y A' 5 If y r K1 1 , 1 v ' .H , , D , s vs J 1 7 1 ' 7 ' nv A n hz 1 t g 1. A. .1 3 I S ' . S . , . 7 v ' - 1 Y - L. s 'xg A JJ H g' W K 1 1 ' D xl 'xt' kv. ' ' L, , . 1 Y . , . ,Z , .C - , . -Q nfs . X 4. 1 ' I ' KT . 5 - 7 ' w v 1 . lJI'C6ZQ-C01'l'll1lg' nearer. Determlned WM more than my match physlcally- ' 7 K, A1 v. L1 ' v Aw, I L Q . X . 2 i ' V ' I . I 1 1- 1- ' y - 1 y S A. 1 1 ,1 1 1 8. '1- 9 L Y l 1 Y 1 I 1 1 - v 1 sf . K . 1 t 1 I 1' . D . V '1 I '1 ' ., . , . . : , ' 'r - a - - ' 2 2 f f ' ' ' ' ' 2 C, .I ' . ' L. , ,' , ,. 1. 1 ' ' J- 1. v 4 7 1 'I ' ' I ' c . , I 1 - ,., . - . 1 C ., . 1 ' 1 . ' r ' ' . ' I . . , A - c . , 1 ' . . . H 7 ' A ,I ? I A g .' 1' ' .. ' v I . I . I . V . ,, . , 1 . 1 7- 1 - ' ' . ,, 2 ' .1 vz L1 V 1 Us L. 1 s v lk' . A .. 1 , 1 A Lv' has ' 1 1 . , ' - as wave: s z'gr'- -',

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THE COMET laughtel thlnklng That was surely a 1oke on me H THE WHITE GOPILLA Bob and I were students of a small hlgh school 1n the state of New Jersey We were couslns and had an uncle w ho was an explorer fo1 the Museum of Natural H1storv ln New Yo1k At th1s tlflle he was plannmg a tllp to Afrlca IH search of a strange specles of gorllla Thls gorllla was Sdld to be larger than a man and probably XV61gh6d f1om two to three hundred pounds It had whlte ful and was belxex ed to be the only one of 1ts kmd IH the world Our uncle had learned about It from the natlx es On hls last xoyage he had seen two natlx es runnlng out of the 1ungle and saylng that they had seen a whlte gorllla Then about a week ago he had recelved a letter from a frlend IH Lalro The letter brought the startlmg news that although sevelal natn es had been wounded by the gor xlla no one had the courage to try to k1ll lt They regarded It as a klnd of god Immedlately Uncle Jlm w rote to the duectors of the museum They replled that they would furnlsh the money and supphes for an expedltlon and would pay h1m me thousand dollars 1f hc succeeded ln br1ng1ng the puze back dllXQ The next thlng to do was to buy supplles such as clothes canned goods 11fles and amrnunltlon When Bob and I found out that he w as gomg to Af11ca 1n search of th1s stlange an xmal we coaxed h1m to let us go too He sald he would let us go lf we would plornlsc to le un one lanf uage of the natlx es whlle 1n Atrxci We promlsed to studv xerv hard and felt sure that we could easlly master the language In two w eeks w e started for New York w here we w ere to boald Uncle Jim s new four motored plane wlth Afr1ca as ou1 destlnatxon After leaxmg New Xork our first top w as London w hele we refueled the pl me and spent the next d Ly and mght wlth 1 famous brltlsh explorel He told us th tt he w as plannlng an expedltlon to Afrlca the next veal and that he would try to find us lf we w e1e st1ll there The followlng mornlng we resumed our yourncy and headed fol Calcutta lndla The yourneg, to Calcutta was xe 1y lnterestlng Flrst we would be fly Ing oxer fertlle plalns next ox 91 de eerts and mountams After many hours of flvxng we reached Calcutta Our uncle telephoned to L uro that he would a111vc there the next day That nlght we ate supper 1n a fash 1onable hotel but the food w 1s not SO fashlonable as the hotel Mornlng found us on the last lap of our yourney We w ere flylng ox 61 vtst r tchcs of desert on w h1ch the only hung thmg to be seen w as a st1 ax can IX an ot Arabs trax cllng from one oa 1s to another F1nally we reached Cal ro where we found Mr Hughes ou uncle s frlend w altmg for us We went to the hotel wlth llril Hughes He and Uncle Jlm dlscussed the auangements for the trlp They planned to secule me or slx good gUlClQi and to start as soon as posslble Thc next day we went down to the bus1ness sect1on of Cano to find some guldes and to buy some canoes M1 Hughes was xery careful IH the selec t1on of guldes but at last he h td cho sen elght natlxes only one of whom 1 . . U y V I v 1 1 K . ,, Y A 1' A 1 I , . 1 l . . K E '38 1 1 1 - 1 . 1 ., 1 ,. 1 ' 7 PF Pk lk Dk Dk ' Y ' ' Q K . . I I y 1., v ' L ' cl 1 . . . ' 1' Y 7 I' ll Y . I T A 'Y Y v. S 11 1 1 1 , A n L 1 1 1 1 1 7' - ' 1 , 1. . . r 1 . 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 T ' '1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' 2 ' 1 1 . uv 1 C ' u .Q v L1 1 yg kg 4 . . 1 1 . - . - n . Y Y 1 - . - 5 1 I L A n L A 4 n . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 .1 ' I 1 Y! . AY' . 1 1 1 I I ' V. I 11 . 1 1 ' J v 1 1 1 '1 1 K- 1 1 ' 1' v 1 1 1 A1 7 1 l ' 1 J. K1 - , 1 nu a Q A q x 7 - 1 1 Y . . . 7 1 - A 7 s ' . v 1 l I 7 1. I 1 ' 1 1. t 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 1 t . . 1 . Y ' ' 1 ' 1 3 ' 1 ' 5 - l , 1 1 1 1 1' 3 1 ' r I ' 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 h 1 1 1 . 1 ,l . . 1 11 1 - ' 4, 'cl A ' A , L ' :ks ' 1 K1 . - 7 1 - - ' 1 1 1 K ' A 5 ' - Y ' . ' 1 . 1 1 1 D '. l 7 ' 1. 1 . .' ' ff :tt C' 13 S ' V . 1 ,- .1 11 L1 1 K1 1. -1 1 1- ', , ' , 1 11 ' 11 1 . 1, 1 - . Q ' N . C. I . v .- 1 . . U . . ' v v v . 1 1 1 . 1, L I 1 . u 1 1 s . Y . . v c I 1 1 , 1. v ' ' 1 7 r 1 1 1 . . 1 a ' . I 1. 1 . -1 11 A L G L 1 n an , , ' , ' 7 1 -11 ,- 1 1 ' ' , , , , . 1 . , v 1 ' 1 1 1 1 - f V? v 1' f y- . 1 I I 1, - - 1 1' ' ' ' 1 1 1 11' I , L, , 1 1 c 1 1 X .1 . 11 ' J ' I r , , 1' ' 1 '1 1 1' 1 ' 1 ' 1 , , , - 1 1. 1 1 , , , A . K1 K1 1. 1. x 811 ' 'x r .1 ' 1 1 1' A' Y' L' Y ' ' ' A .. , ', 4 ' I 1 I I 1 J I K .1 2 x 1 rr 1 L L L - . ' 1 1 1 ' ' ' ' 1 '1 1 I 7 ' Y 1 1 . c . 1 - -