Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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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

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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 app 11entth1tthe1e xx ould be 1 1eco1d C1OXKCl The cheerlng sectlon xx IS full of rootels for the txxo schools ex erx axallable gland stand seat xx 18 taken by ten o cloek Elex en o cloek f1n1llx c 1me 1nd the tl 1ck meet began xx1th the hundled yard dash Dugan recelxed a sudden etb lck here 1nd xx he1e he had count ed on 111rst lllfl 1 seeond plaee Smlth Hlllblook s hundred y 1rd sprmter b 1rely man xged to eome IH thnd Th1s va enough to dampen Hlllbrook s ar dor and they exper1enced only fa1r uccess Ho xex e1 an unexpected flrst plaec IH the h 111 m1lc lun 1nd 1 second IH the foul hundred forty yald dash brought thelr eole elose to that of Faufaze Thex st uted the 1ump1ng and throxxlng contests xx 1th stlongel Sexer1l defe1ts IH those exents agaln set them back and they came to the flnal exent of the day t1a1l1ng Flllfclii bv sw polnts SIIICC both schools h 1d unusu1lly good m1le run ners the 1n1le run had been reselx ed unt1l last Because It xxould requue both a flrst and a second place to xx1n the meet and because Ff11rf1x had three fnst cl 1ss IUHHBIS 1g 11nst H111 brook s one the outlook xx as any thmg but cheerful for H1llbrook Coach Du gan kept hopmg for the best and pray mg that they xxould be luckx enough to get txxo places lt least When thex dvexx for posltlons the pole xx as draxxn by Ted Scott a fresh man xyno had turned IH a sulprlslng performance bx xxlnnlng, the half mlle run 1nd the pole x zult Scott xx IS Du gans onlx lax of hope He xx IS de pendlng upon VVallace to xx1n fxrst place 1f Scott could onlx come IH second It xxould me 1n 1 X1Ct0lX fol H1llb1ook Scott seemed to reallze th1s too for xx hen the gun cracked for the start he shot away as lf for the hun dled xard dash The tr1ek xxas a small one whlch leqtllled four laps to the mlle After folloxxmg Scotts bllsterlng pace for one or txxo laps many of the poorer began to drop out of the race ht the beglnnlng of the thlrd lap ev except Scott and Wallace of Hnlbrook Thompson Johnson and one othel runner from Falrfax had been left so tar behlnd that they were hopelessly out These flxe contlnued lt tCll f1c speed and at the end of the th1rd lap It became apparent that the XXIHYIQI xx ould be the one xfxlth the best 91 dur ance ILIUHQI' ery one lohnson 1nd the other Falrfaxe man began to lag now lt vxas plaln that the outcome of the race depended upon Scott Wallace and Thompson Scott h1d been leadmg the others by the n111oxx margln of two or three feet noxx he d1d that whlch seemed 1m po slble after the pace that he had al ready set namely he began to speed up' He drexx sloxvly but steadlly ahead ot Wallace and Thompson As he came doxxn the home stretch he vxas so far ahead that there vxas no doubt as to h1s bemg the xx 1nner All attentlon now centered on Wal lace and 'Ihompson Unless Wallace c1me IH ahead of Thompson the day xx as lost for Hlllbrook Now Thompson forged ahead and a groan went up from the Hlllbrook cheerlng sectlon Th1s groan changed to a cheer as Wlth '1 desperate spurt Wallace agaln came 1breast Thompson W1th onlv a few vards to go they hurled themselxes forxxard seemmg to closs the lmc exactly slde by slde ' z '1 2 ' 1 ' 1 2 ' ' ' '. J - ' ' . 5 A S '2 l' 1 1 ., 1 -1 1 4 1 v 1 v ' - . , . . , H . , . yr . A 1: A1 1 kv V? L' c l K' . lf J , ' . 1 2 i 7 K1 K I v 1 4 - 1 1 2 tr 2 2 x . , . , 5 I ,k Y ,' 4 v- r 1 vs 'L ' 7' c ll . T' l V xv ' 4 9 El W 2 '? 2 , ' ' x c ' ' 5 T , 1 1 1 1 4 '- Q ' ' ' 1 2 4 2 2 . , , 1' , - ' 1 lk- x 42 ,1 ' V. , I Ay . x 4 '4 4 4 4 4 fy- s ' ' 1 ' 1 C L 4 - , K , . , , - ' 71 ' x' ls C W - ' L 4 v v X S 't ' Y S Y,1A1. X' V x ' ' gb' Avi y I K1 1 ' 'z 1 z 2 ' z z S1 2 - -1 g ' 4 v y4 4 4 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 4 4 S . 4 1 A. ,' ,A I v 7' . T' ll . v' - ,L1 1 1' K1 1 , 4 1 I . Q n C . . hearts. ,. . , . - , . . - , . 4 7-4 ' 1 A 4 4 y 4 A , e , , . . ' 4 v 4 v 1. ' ' 1 ' 6 V U ' ' 2 ' ' 3 .' .' z .' 1 f ' 1 - ' ' - ' A- ' - 1 ' 4 1 , 1 1 W ,' '7 ' D4 . ' l ' 1 V . ' x v s c . . 4 V A l , K L. . . A. . l x , S . .4 K1 C 2 A, C , K . , .51 - . .L1 2 ,.2 h, - , x A, , , K , . 1 1. 1 4 v ,- , 1 , , , . , . , . T ' '- l ' ' r 4 4 f . . . l I I v I K 1 ' . c . . Q ' K , , 1 1 1 .' ' , v4 A1 A1 V, . . ., . . 1. 1 1 , . - . . , , rl 4 ' 1 4 '-1' 1 ' ' ' . . . . I - v vi ' T . ,V K 2 A 1 'Z . L, 'Z .' - C - -' , , v v , l 1 1 f s D j . z. - 4 -. . . ' -4 1, Y 4 ' , V ' 1 - s 7 ' , t . . - 1 . v 4 4 v. 4, y 1 1 1 v . y 1. 1' . , . 1 W ., , . .