Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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THF C OMI' T Bob and I xx ent to t 1ke a peep lt the m Suddenlx xx1thout anx Xlclllllllff the edge c1xed ln and took Bob xx1th It Thele xxas Bob lvmg flat on hls b 1ek xxlth foul O1 hxe xoung plgs Flllllllllj., ox e1 hls stomaeh E erx mee IU 1 xx hlle he xxould ICCGIXQ a klek ln h1s rxbs xx h1ch xxould cause hllll to burst out l1ugh1ng He stluffgled to get lp onlx to haxe h1s legs knocked hom under h1m bx the mother plg xx ho by thus txme had become alalmed bx the lntruslon and xx as trylng to hnd a x ax to escape Boon xxlth our help Bob xx as able to get out of the hole VI e let the plgs go and retul ned to camp We found that Uncle J1m 1nd M1 Ilughes had returned as emptx h 1nd ed as ourselx es That ex enlng xxe lad a great t1me teasmg Bob about h1s famllv of plgs Durmg the next xveek vxe tended oul traps f uthfullx but ex erx molnlng IP turned xx lthout anv game The xx hxte gorllla had ceased to be as far as xxe xx ere concerned One mornlng Pob and Koslmoto c1me runn1ng out of the xxoods Thex sald thex had seen the golllla go Into a small DILCQ ot dense yungle Thex had left the guldes sur roundlng the clump and had come b1ek to camp to get Us Immed1atelx Uncle Jlm and Mr Hughes snatched some he 1xx nets and xelllng 101 us to ff lloxx th' x ran 1nto the xungle W hen Bob and I came to the place xx hele he had last seen the gorllla xx e found Un cle Jlm stretching the nets across 1 p 1th xx hlch led lnto the xungle He told Kosnnoto to take all but foul of the gll1CltS 1nd ffo to the other s1de of the bushes to d11xe the gorllla out The lest of the natlxes h1d xx 1th us We had xxalted not more th1n nf teen OI txxentx mlnutes befoxe thele s f IL 1fo11 xumped out of the xungle lIltO our nets 1nd 1n 1 fexx seconds had become so ent mgled Ill the net th It he could not xc A er sex Ll 1l hours of hare xxmk xx1 succeeded m LLIFVIIILK IITI 0 tht xll fe Unele J1m and Koslmoto took 1 ca n f lnr se out 01 Cano to et e 1 Bob 1nd I spent sexelal caxs Ill llllllflllff 1nd t1k1ng Dlttlllts Vx e se euzed exee llc nt DlCtlllL's ot some kmds or stlange anlmals As soon 18 Uncle Jlm retulned xx nth the plane xxe put our xxhlte gorllll abo 11d 1n 1 strong bamboo crate WVe g 1thered 1 good supplx of Illllll xx hleh xx IN to selxe as food for oul gO1llll du Ing the retuln trlp and then set out fol home At the end of txvo vxeeks ot llmost eont1nu1lfly1ng xve re 1ched Nexx York xx hexe xxe dellx ered the xx hlte gor1ll1 to the museum It d1d seem good to be back m Nexx Iersex although xxe had been gone onl s11c months Bob s fath Cl told hlm that he had a SIIIIJFISO f01 hlm VV1 xx ent out to the b1rn Lo xnd lp h wld' there xx LS a vxhole f1m1lv of bfxbx p1gs enxoymg a nlce heartv meal A C FHF QOLILOQUY OF A HAND NIIRROR Oh mx xust hear those gnls com plammg A hard llfe they haxe xxe hax e to xx ash dlshes sxx eep floors etc etc 1fte1 xxe xe been to school all day long les thex haxe somethmg to rom 1bout' Id rathel xx ork all d1x than be used the xxax I 1m II hx onlx thls mornmg Helen got mglx xx 1th her llttle bzothel and thlexx me at h1m Imagme that' Of eoulse I LI leked 1nd she sale O 1 1 , , , 19 1 ' 2 ' 1 2 1 . xx'21.1 21 crash, A huge xx'h t 1 , 1 ll21 2 -' . v 2. 1 ' ' , ' ' 1 -2 1 3' 1 2 'V 1 2 '. 1 ' . 2. 2 1 ' .1 .1 1 11 , .1 1 .1 N ' ' 2 1 2 ' 1 ' , 2 1 1 1 1 1 W1 f 11.1 1 mo 1 1. tt- .1 1 11 12 .1 1 l 11 .1 x' jr 11' 2 .1 1, 1111 ' h' 2 ' , , 1 1 ' 1 1 ' . ' '1 t , -' lwg 1 A 2 I u . 1 1 . 1 11 . 1 5 . . 1' 4 A 1 I I C ' 2 . . g 1 1 og 2 l .1 t . f .1 g th1 j 1 ' .1 .1 1 ulzxne. 2 .1 1 .1 1 1 1 I1 ' L' ' ' , 1 ' 'g2 2 ' '1 '1.11- .1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 Y x I 11 x ' 1 x x I '11 ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1' 2 1. 1 ' ' . ,H 1 - . -.- . x , ' , , .1 . 2 1' V .1 .1 2 .1 , '. 1 1' . 1 K11 2 ,' 7 . ,y 2 1 ' ' 2 L A ' K1 2 1 - 1 2 1 ' 2 L. . 2 1 - ' 3 -, 2 1 2 .1 .1 1 1 1 . A. . 2x1 , 2- 2 - 'Q .1 S111 -uf 1 1 3 K1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1. 1-' 1 ' L11 . . x Y x S . 2 K' 1 2 , , . ' 2 2 1 1 1 . A' 2 o , v 7 1 I 1 I.. ' l ' X ' l X ' X ' I 1 vu n 3 K' ' K' X I . I ' ' Y 1 1 1 1 1 1 v N. 1 ,v ,J , - J C . 1 fx . . .. . 2 - . , , 1 ' . 2 . 1 1 ' 1 1 . 2 1 1 1 t, , 1 , . . . . 1 '1 2 . 2 .1 . 1 . . . 1, - , e 1 . . - '2 .1 ' 1 2 I . . . , v . 11 I I I ' I , , . - 2 L . , V . . . , 1 C. . 1., 39 , I , N 1 Y HK :lf 1? PF Fl! 2 .. y . 2 n u WY . 2 V , .1 , N .1 1 1 ' 1 U ' 1 1 ' 1 1 P I, Ji' ' . , Y 1 Iv 2 1 K 1 1 ' . . . V , , , , X . l I K . - ,A 1 ' ' v vn -1 I 1 1 1 v 1 ' K K , Y - l . 2 . , 1 1 1 2, : . A1 I Lv I u 1 .181 2 . Z X ' ' ,V K' 1 - 1 7 ' 1 v v 1 ' Z 1 1 H 1. , l. , L ' . I 1 - 1 2 g 2 2 . ' ' 11 ' ' 2j ' 1 2 1' 1 x 1 1 ' '. c Z., . 1 2 C ' . Q Y ' v 'v ' lv n' . g U , ' 1 1 l ' v 1 . vi 1 2 1 v 1. ' 1 1 4 .7 , . 12 ' .J 2 ' - 1 1 1 1 1 D 1 . 1 1 Y. Q ' il

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THE COMET xx as Bradlev sat llldklllg plans fo1 anlmal up unt1l 1'1'l1dlI1 fht the captule 01 thlb I m afrald there xx as not much sleep for any of us that mght Aftel eatmg an early bleakfast xve set out 1nto the lungle xx 1th the natlxes xx ho had seen the gorllla the day befole We had ploceeded half a mlle xx hen suddenly our gulde stopped and polnted to the ground xx here xxe saw some tracks a bout the s1ze and shape of a mans bare foot He mformed us that they were made an hour or so ago by the xx h1te gorllla He knew that the xx h1te gorllla had sexelal paths Slmlldl to th1s one through the xungle Thls was what Uncle J1m and Mr Hughes had set the natlx es to work some dlQ,'g'1l'1g a large hole whlle others carrled the dnt 1nto the Junfrle IH baskets 1n order not to haxc a p1le Wh1ch the go11lla could easlly see In a X613 short tlme the nat1x es had made a hole tvvelxe feet deep and fixe feet square Then Uncle Jlm told them to go 1nto the fO1 est and cut some bam boo poles about s1x feet long When the nat1x es brought them back he and Mr Hughes carefully la1d them across the top of the hole whlch thex had dug After placlng them about flxe mches apart they carefully cox ered them Wlth leaxes and stlcks When they had H1'11Qh6d I could hardlx be l1ex e that there xx as a hole undelneath Later xve made four more traps ex actly l1ke the fnst at stated dlstances along the dlffelent paths of the xx h1te gorllla XNhen xxe finally retulned to the x1llage at nlght xxe xxere all so tlred that aftel eatlng suppel we could hardlx crawl to bed Eager to tend our traps xxe XVQIG xxxake cally Bob a natlxe named Ko lmofo and I xx e1e off 1nto the xunglc to xlslt three of the t1aps xx h1le Uncle lxm and M1 Hughes xx e1e to tend the o hcl txxo 't ccmed an etelnltx to me befou xxe lm llv rcxchcd the place where thc hrst tr p xx 15 et Kos1moto told us to st LN behlnd xx hlle he looked xt the trap He retulned IH such a sholt tlme that we knexx xxe hadnt caught anv +l'l11'1 there but xxe xx ere st1ll eXc1ted because there xxere txxo to be looked at As xxe the econd xxe saw mxny strange track whlch KOS1m0tO sa1d were made bx a small ammal called the oryx The olyx IS 1 SDQCIQS of the an mol e trap approached ten lnches hlgh at the shoulders The gemsbok Wh1ch 15 xust another name for the orvx has xerv pecul1a1 horns These horns are about three feet long and rlse almost stralght from the head WVe followed the tracks but thex pass ed dlrectlx ox er the tl ap because the gemsbok was not heaxv enough to prlng lt We xx ent to the thlld trap and al though at some dlstance from xt we could hear manv queel no1ses commg from the hole Bob and I we1e so ex clted that xxe almost xumped 1n our selx es If It had not been for Koslmo to xx e xx ould hax e run so near the edge that the bamboo poles xx h1ch had not fxllen IH xx hen the an1mal xx ent oxel lt xxould haxe crumpled undel ou1 xx Llght and taken us xx 1th them Sex elal shxkes fxom Koslmoto selxcd to calm Lls1J1l1l11dllV at least H1 then looked 1nto the trap and began to l ugh YVe had cau ht he sa1d a mothel p1g and her Iiflllly of ten l1t tlc ones out on the1r mornmg xx alk 18 f . F U B1 ' ' 'g 1- -1 ,1 1 y. , 1 1 ' 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 15 1 1 1 ' ' r 1 ' A ' -1 x . 'e ' 151' 11 1 ' T . c . ., , . Y by P A .Q , L, Y . . A . 1. , . 1 I ' ' . , . x 1. sw , - ' Q 'I 1' y' 1 ' 1 L1 1 1 L1 a ' x ' a U 12 . 1 1 1 I 1 x f ' ' x ' .' a 'z.'s, .' 1 1 ' A v 3 L1 , IV sv: -1 , ' 1 ' , A E 1 2 ' 1 ' - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' , 1 1 1 1 1 - f 1 1 1 1 1 7 ,- 1 1 lf, L. , v ' 1' , ' . 1 1 1 1 1 Q Y ' . - 7 ' 1 'I S p , v K 1 y 2 y A1 4 1 . 1 K v 11 1 ki Ax. . s N f Y . kv. 11 D Y 'A1 .' ' 'L , A, 1 7 1 L1 1 1 ' 1 1 I 7 ' 1 1 '1 1 1 ' 1 1 - been huntlng for! Immeehately they telope Wh1ch stands about three feet x ' v 1 ' ' ' 1 ' 1 A L 11 Av 1 n 1 A 1 , . . . , . b 1, 1 ' ' Va ' ' 1' xx L T r . N .1 ' . , . . . . g . 1 - 1 ' ' 1 '. Q j 1 Ss- . 1 7 Y 7 ' ' K ' 1 1 . 1 1 - :S , . . 1 fl r. V X . 1 4 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 ' v 1 . , ,, , . 1 I 7 ' Y 7 - 1. ' K . . Y . Y C I. . - , 1, ' 1 . 1. ' y ' 1 1 1 . . , . ' Y A I 1 v - 1 ' 7 V - ' 7 ' v y K1 1 . 2 ' y ' 1 17 1 1 1 - 'L y 1 1 1 1 ' 9 ' ' 1x1 A 'A1 1 A1 1 J' 11 1 1 L1 1' . 1- ' 1 1 L1 1 ' 1. X1 2 K1 1 I1' L1 1 1 , ' 1 v 1 1 11 1 1 1 '1 1 1 Y. . , V Y I S k J . 1 , ' k .1 3 f a ' ., g , A , Y v 1 . t .2 . . - 4 Lx Y 4 A S . - f yl I

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THE LOMILT darn sexen years of hard luck If thats the vxay she feels Id l1ke to know what she thlnks of me Im nexer put ln my proper place on the dresser but stay x1xhe1e I xx as thrown last vxhlch m1ght be Llllflel the bed 111 a shoe or out the xxmdoxx Dont th1nk Im eomplammg fonlx human bemvs do thatl but I leally dont understand how Ive managed to l1xe as long as I haxe My beautlful complex1on IS maxred xxlth n1a1ks of st1c'kv gum and d1rtx fmgers My head IS wobbly and I don t look IH the least the xx ay a m1rror should People are so thoughtless They thlnk of no one but themselx es They dont Cdl9 hoxx they use me ts long as I m handy xvhen I m wanted If I m not 1ts Where 1s that old m1rror I cant f1nd the confounded th1ng any where Hoxx would you llke to be called names l1ke that? Oh xou Wouldn t l1ke 1t'7 Well ne1the1 do Il Oh the th1ngs that these d1t1ClPS called human bemgs do' Thev make me so angry' I xv1sh that I xx ele made xx 1th teeth or feet or somethmg, Be l16N6 me Id blte a11d klck some I haxe no xx ax xx hatex er to p1Ot6Ct my self and I can not uphold my d1gn1tx Just th1nk of bemg stood on your head and bemg tossed around head oxer heels Its d1sgraceful the xxay they act W1th me' There IS yust one thmg IH mx l1fe that pleases me xxhen Helen looks 1nto my face she alvxaxs gloans and says I can t look that h1deous That old mlrror s no good anx xx ax It s on ly a cheap th1ng Well she can t expect anx thlng d1f fe1ent She nex er xx ashes mx face let lo11e g1x111 me faelal These gnls make n1e slek' K H 38 THL3 RF OPF The xx eek l1efo1e T1ack Fllddy ex e1x box md 1.,l1l 1n Hlllbrook H1gh School xx LS keyed to the h1g,hest p1tch of exc1tement On I11dax H1llbrook xxould ente1 the xnnual track meet Th1s xxas held on the 1+a1rfaxc talr mound and xx ns betxxeen H11lbrook H1g,h School ind Fanfax Academy txxo old 11X als It xx as the Ing ex ent of the vea1 and cime late 111 the sp11ng only a fexx daxs befole the Cl0S1IIg, of the school f01 the yea1 111 Oldel that It m1ght proxe 1 spec11l att1act1on the cl1 max: 15 It xx e1e to a yea1 full ofsports The vxlnner of th1s tl ack meet xx ould the 111d1x1dua1 h1gh score1s would be heroes IH the school f01QX er H1llb1 ook H1g,h had not done so well as usual IH othe1 81101118 consequentlx the boxs xx e1e dete1m111ed to make up fo1 It 111 the tl xek meet 'lhe1e vxere sexe1al lette1 men left f1om the pre eedmg, xea1 so Coach Dugan had hopes of xxmnmg a good share of the honors on F11d1x Out of the fifteen exents and a total of 130 po1nts he expected dCCO1d1Hg to h1s n1ental score book to haxe h1s men secure 70 O1 75 of these 1701l'1tS Smce 68 po1nts xx ere 1equ11ed to xx1n the meet 70 or 71 pillllts xx ould lc axe onlx a xery nar noxx n111g,1n of szfetx The1e xxere hopes though of belng, xble to plCk up a fexx pl Lees md 1JO1HtS 1n ddd1t10H to these Ex BIXOHQ hoped so' Fr1day daxx ned cle 11 md xx a1m a11 excellent dax f0l the meet Long befo1e the ap DO1llt6d t1n1e of elex e11 o clock It was 1 1 20 1 1 - a Q 1 2 21 . 1' , 1 1 . . ' 77 1 , 1 Y ' ' 1' ' . 7 1 rg rg: 2: 41 :g Y , ' . ' , Y 41 77 1 J 11 1 1 v fx vf 1 l sr A , ' A 3 .,1 I 1 1. 1 1 y '- ' ' 1 1 . . . - L V A , uv v 2 y 1 4 , K- v I Zh 1 1 r X . . , . . 1 ' 1 , , ' ' ,- 1 H' ' ? , 4 ' 1' - , . . , ' 1 ' 1 z ' ' . C V '1 1. 1 '1 ' 1 1 ' 7 7 1 1 . 1 , 7 L 1 1 7 S, i lr H - -. . ,- . . f z z ' ', , . . . 1 1' 11 1 L, 1 K 'V no Y ' . 1 , . 1 1 vt nl X YA 6 A 4 A 7 , ' 1 1. 7 , . z ' 1 2 1 , vs 1' 1, 51. r 3 L. , , . t ' . U , , , ,. . . ,. . 1, . . , . . .. , 1 Q 1 1 , c ' ' 1 1' 21 Y , . . , , ., . , . . 1 1 Y y 5 I , . , r 1 , 1 1 . 5 1 . 1 6 1 , .. , . , , . . . 1 ' 1 - - , , . . stand supreme unt1l the next sprmg, 11 ' , ' 1 - I l 1 4 Y 1 . V 1 1 . - 1 . . ' . W , . . . A r . , . , . . . . ,. , . ,. Y., , , , 1 1 . 1 , 1 , , 1 ' ' -- 1. 1 ,., , 1 ' . ' - . I L ' U 1 3 12 1 3 . X 1 y '1 1 1 11 1 ' ' A' ' '- 1 1' .1 .1 ' - v. . Y - . - - 1 , ,,. . A, 3 . u n Q , 1 Y Y 1 1 7 L 1 f 1 , , 1 , , . ,- A . , . 2 Y . . 7 ' . ' 1 , , . . 1 . . , - 1 K , nw 4 Y C 1 l .1 up 11 1 v .1 ' 1 v 1 1 . 7 1. 1 1 7 1 1, 1 1 . 1 1, '1, 1' , ' 9 , ' L if f A1 1 3. 1, 1. 1 ,- A K' 11,T 1 K1 . 2 1 r' A12 , 1' 1 1 1 I rr 11 1 1 1 , ' ' , ' , 1 V1 , AA, 1' Y A r 2 , Il 1 , - . . . . ' 1 - - ' l c i. c 1 ' . , 1 7 1 1 1 ,1 - 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' !! - c c , . 7 1 , ' ' . 1 1 ,f 1 - , 1 A V - t . 4 V vp 1 1 v 1 D l I L ' , l I 1