Sedgwick High School - Comet Yearbook (Sedgwick, ME)

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THE COMET THI' PATTERN FOR VICTORY VVe dld not see the beglnnlng nor can xxe knoxx the endlng but the shut tlc ot llfc mox es IH and out It 19 not glxen Us to see the pattern but xve can choose the colors to be vxoxen ln to It Shall they be brlght and gay or gloomy and dlsmal'7 VK hen storm clouds of war hoxer so loxx and black over us should we not choose the brlght colors? a song and laughter for the rose threads and money glxen for the Red Cross and War Bonds the threads of gold Let courage and Wolk weaxe lnto the red xx hlte and blue The threads of our xeflr are short Then let us choose these colors and hope that we may bulld a fabrlc of vlctory and pc lcc for tho e vxho Wlll follow us Pascal Bridges 42 What IS now our gymnaslum was bullt ln 1882 It vxas used for qulte a fevx years as a lodge hall It later fell lnto the hands of the Ladles Ald of Nolth Scdgwlck They gave It to Sedg xx 1Ck Hlgh Qchool to be used as a gym naslum and we have held basketball games there for the last three years It has serxed us falthfully durlng thls tlme but It has seen lts better days 'lhe xxall plasterlng 19 falllng down The gymnaslum IS xery cold and lt ls almost lmposslble to get the heat clrculated exenly In older to get onto one of the bal COHIQS one has to go through the boxs dresslng room It ls rather ln COI1XE,lll6Ut because the boys are anx 10118 to get dressed after the game and thc cloxxd ls LUXIOUQ to leave the bal conx The floor ls unex en on one end md makes It dlfflcult to get at that bas ket The gym IS xery small compared xx lth some of the gvmnaslums ot the nelghbollng toxx ns and plaxlng a good game ls made more Cl1fflCLllt both fOl our own boys and those of the xlsltlng teams The dlstance of the gvmnaslum from the school makes regular prac tlce almost lmposslble If a new gymnaslum IQ bullt as I thlnk there ought to be It should bc large enough and contaln equlpment for all of the school actlxltles Ellzabeth Carter 42 LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT For There has been much argument ln Sedgvxlck for and agalnst the organl zatlon of a local flre department It seems to me that the arguments for by far OUtW91gh the arguments a galnst Flrst of all there ls the matter of expense lnxolx ed It costs at least flfty dollars to fret the flre department from Bluehlll to Scdgvxlck The lnltlal cost of the lnstallatlon of adequate flre flghtlng equlpment xxould be offset by the reductlon of lnsurance rates and because of thlg the expense xx ould not be felt verv heaxlly by the ax erage cltlzen The second argument for a local flre department concerns the tlme el ement For bv the tlme that It takes the Bluehlll I'lre Department to trax el the txxelxe mlles to Sedgxxlck makes lt almost necessarv to plle xx ood on the flre to keep lt burnlng Llntll the flre fighters get here And flnally a local flre department xxould glxe a source of lncome to lo 51 1 ' V I J I c I I I ' ' ' I I- K I II - - I ' , . II I I ' I I I I I I I V I - l 1 I' I I ' 5' I ' I' V I V' , I I I ' I I I I ' I V I v v - I I I I V I I I I l I Y. r Y K' K' K I ' V ' - V I I V I I I I I V ' I I ' ' I I I I ' I I , I I I x f 9 ls I 'I . I I I I. , . I I u v I ' ,V 7 v ' ' - ' lk lr as , I .7 1 S I I I I I I I 4 I I t . I I I Id 7 I .I V li I ,sl I, , . , Y K rf - I I I ' 7 D . I I, ii - ii I I FOR A NEW GYMNASIUM ' L - I V ' I I , I I 7 K I . K . I , I r v I I ' V V I ' y I I I I I I I ' I I ' I7 ' ' I I I C, QV 4 A I I - . I 'I I I . v V M I - x - 'I Y I I I Y I I ' ' , , Y I I 7 I I I I I V V' I I I I I I I r Y N. I ' I I I Iv Q I I . I I I I I I - I' I I V ' ' I I II ' - ' x I ' V V I ' YI I I, I I I VV' II' - ' ' - I II ' V Y x I - I I I I I ' r I II I . I x ' I'2 .V I ' 'I

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Q he I rl rn O E ra fe 955500065641 1942 bumrs forth xx 1th the coopel atlon of the etudents the faculty and the sponsore of Sedgvwck H1gh bchool C omet We hope th mt 111 lts ed1tor1als the lLddQ1S may fmd 1I'ltQ,16St1YIg' ind LHllXLl'llHg commentlrles on sublects of modeln nature that IH lts stories and essays the IGHCIGIN xxlll hnd mx tc111l fo1 enxoxment and that m lts lthletlc and local xx11te ups thev xx1ll be mfolmed of thc act1x1t1es of Sedg xv1ck Hlgh Qchool We hope that th1s 6d1t1OH of The Comet xv11l meet xx1th x our approval Edvx al d SIITIYYIOIIS 42 WE THE PEOPLE We the people are the foundat1on ot oul gox ernment tlme such 1s todax lf,COgIIl79d th tt xxe should take an ac tlxe 11Il61'6'Qt m ou1 to make thlg democracy of ours a sus ceseful proyect xxe muet haxe the co operatxon of all the people not xust a fcxx Fox the goxelnment of ou1 great country IS of all the people for all the people bv all the people In the earlx days of th1s country's h1story It was dlfflcult to forget thw, becauie thex were hard dave and It was necessarx for everyone to take an actlxe share III the government ln order to make a go of It But todax, xx 1th a government lunnlng smoothly, xx 1th, untll th1s xx ar, Partlculallx at a th1s fact must be countrx In order EDITQRIALS Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 2 Z Q 6 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q fo Q O 0 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 0 2 Q 9 Q 0 Q 0 Q 9 :Q 9 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3 3 Q Q 8 2 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q wQQQQQQQaQaosQsosaQ.-f Q no x1tal c11s1s to stlmulate our mterest many of us relaxed ou1 actwe part1c1 patlon m natlonal affalrs If George could haxe looked ahead to see the In dlfferent tttltude of manx today m the gleat countrx thex xx orked and fought for they xxould haxe been glad that they l1x cd IH 1ts dCt1X6 youth CO0p61dtlU1I ln the goxernment doesn t alw ns mean a lack of c11t1cal ludgment In fact the xalue of a dem ocratlc government l1es m the fact that It encourageq mtelhgent constructne cr1t1c1sm If more people expressed thelr CY'1t1ClSlTl openly mstead f muttermg under thexr breath thmgs xxould mdeed be d1ffe1ent If people had dared to oppose thlnga done not onlx 1n our country but 1n other coun t11Cs ae xx ell the xx olld mlght not be ln such a turmoll 'We must remembel hoxxewer that actxon IS ntccsstrv to back up that cr1t1c1 m For It IS too easy to cr1t1c1ze people who are workmg hard on tough ploblems vxhen vxe are merely lookers on Thls 18 to be remembeled partlcularlv m a natlon at vxal But xx 1th the mtelhgent use of both Clltl CISITI and actlon by ex erv Amerlcan, the dlctator countrlee xvlll no longer be We, the people, are called upon at th1s t1me to act and thmk xxuselv and xx ell for the future of Ame11ca Phvult Walsh, '42 4 4 .,. ff .' v' I 1- v' 1' v' x v ' ' 1 1 ' v '- 1 w 4 . 4 ' v ' '- W 1 v. 4 . X i I ' . 4 ' . X the twenty-first annual edition of The YVashington or Thomas Jefferson I. . 2 ' ' .' , 'f 1 . f- . U A' . 2 . 2 . ty . J ' YJ . Y Z . kv nw I 1 A4 1 1 Y V Y 1 I - 1 ' ' x w ' 1 1 v - v A - - a 1 L-S yn-, 1 -L, v' ' 2- L ' vi ' ' hw 1 ' v ' .x 'AE 1 I' tv , 1 1 ' ' xv I H ' ' ' v 2 ' - ' - L' l L. Y - 2 vt. . . . .' ' . ' 1 1 f ' 1' ' if K , 4 ,. . , . , - ' ' at vs ' ,' . . . . v ' 7 , . . .u H L , 1 n 1 at nr ik , . 9 , . 9 1 . v ' y ' - I A I - I. ' 1 7 Q' L-. 4 -'v v 4 ' 'Y' 1 . s v ' - . Q w YL K , I I . 1 . . I , , ' 'J J , 2 1 K- . 3 4 - V . Y Y . V . , Q V 1 A , , , n A A n' v . -S . ski o a o .lt I ' n 7 L I ' I . .K F I ' ' A ' A' 7 1 X I. H Y A 4 . . I Il , ' . A l . . 7 Q. , . . - t' v. . . i. .

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