Stephens High School - Tribute Yearbook (Rumford, ME)

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12 STEPHENS TRIBUTE ALL IN A DAY WI 1ll1am Thomas xx as slttlng 1n the onlx home he had the llttle lack loom of h1s Shop on 208 VVest Nlnth Stleet It xx as xerx lonelx the1e noxx that Bob Trax ers had gone Wllllam hadnt knoxxn that Bob had plaved such an 1mpo1tant part 1n hls llfe lllltll aftel they had had the dlsagreement Bob had been VV1ll1am s clerk for thlee Vears and had shared hw llttle home xvlth h1m but three daxs ago flt Qeemed hke three xears to XTIIIIHITIJ Bob has vxanted txxo xx eeks xacatlon and Wllllam had onlx planned on glxlng h1m one so Bob hald told h1m he xxould leave W llllam had told hmm to pack h1s tlunk and go As these thoughts xxele 1unn1ng thlough Vllllllllls mlnd he heard the clock of the C1tx Hall strike elex en tlmes He thought that to molroxx xx ould be a hald dav and he xxould need all the lest he could get so he went to bed The next mornmg he got up and opened hls shop at elght but yuat as he xxas staltlng fol hls back loom to get a lunch a dozen pollcemen filed 1n Where IQ he demanded the leader Where s who asked Wllllam The robber The one that stuck xou up for seventx flxe dol lara and then threatened to k1ll xou' Somebodx s k1dd1ng x ou ansxx ered Wllllanl and walted untll thex went out then started fo rhls back room leavlng the dool open He plepaled hls lunch md xx aa 1ust Slttlllg doxxn to eat xxhen he heald someone entel the shop Just the xxax he muttered h udlx mx tl xde all molnmg but lust as sure as I set doxvn to eat someone has to come m Wlth thls he xxent out md saxx a xx ell knoxxn physlclan awalt mg h1m , -. ' . fl ' I U I L - 1 . v K I I Y . V 7 . . , 4 Q Y L 1 A I n C L n I 1 I , w ' v v ' y ' 1 - . , , . t , , . K ,xl . o'clock, as was his custom. Few people came in that morning, H ' za . , as v l av N ' ' . ax I D Y , , , .- A I - V uv V ,, Y, . . Y ,, V . . . . 1, . ' K 7 Y W 1 Q ' s ' 1 L s ' K v 1 1 1 .Av 1 2 vrk 'I ku ky' I v 4 Y V ax L, , 'yn x , as 2 , KY 2 .Y .2 l ' . , ' 1 '1 w w w 4 w s, ' II Q Q, 1 2 J ' Y ' ' ' ' -

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STFPHF NIS TRIBUTI Take It easy old chap Sdlfl the doctor commg toyy ard h1m What lsn tl asked the beyylldered W1ll1am Why that heart you phoned me about Somebody s k1dd1ng you answeled W1ll1am and the doctol e Vt as he dreammg or yy hat yyas the mattel xy 1th h1m Flrst thc pollcemen and noyy the doctor VS hat yy ould happen next? But he wasn t kept 1n suspense long for 1n about an houx he heard the shrlekmg of mrens and groamng of brakes and fare vafons appeared Flremen dashed 1n neglectlng to bleak down the door or smash a yylndovy as lequlred by the Flremans Gulde Where ls lt? asked the first of them Where s what? asked W1ll1am The fire you telephoned about W1ll1am reeled shghtly but recovered Somebody s k1dd1ng you he sa1d Thls thlng was golng too far lVas It Bob yyho yyas playlng '1ll these trlcks on h1m It yyas true that he had yoyyed to et ey en yvlth W1ll1am but yyhy yy as he takmg all thlg palms Late m the afternoon he sat smokmg h1s p1pe feelmg a trlfln yy eak It had been a hard day He looked out of the XV1I1Cl0Vy and blmked A tl0p1C3l garden had appeared on the s1deyvalk as lf ry maglc There were tall potted palms great bealllllflll ferns What? he demanded brlefly of the two men flom the floust shop The stuff you ordered for dressmg your home fo1 the fancy ball tonlht one replled W1ll1am staggered and caught hold of the door He thought SLllQlX that he was gomg to fall when he happened to look out of the door There rlght ln front of the door stood Bob laughmg t h1m but as Wllllam looked Bob QlllCklN tulned and started o yy ilk ayyay Vt 1ll1am ran out and crled Hold on the1e Bob I yv'1nt to speak to you Th1s yyas yust yyhat Bob yy anted so he turned around Yes yvhat IS 1t he aaked Vt ell I was yust thmkmg that I needed some one to look after my shop for me and lf you yy1ll come back agam you can haye '1 tvyo vyeeks vacatlon and yes ey en three lf you want 1t So Bob Went back and he and W1ll1am have llyed peacefully ey er smce The firemen doctors and florlsts h'1ye ney er bothered h1m agam E Watson I S THE ROAD I am the load Like mln I am born I l1ye flOLlI1Sll yvlther and d1e Llke man I progress vvxth the centurxes I spxlng from ln Indlan txall a dee1 path leadmg to a lnook I spung from a brook Ol stream I am crossed off I grovy untll I become a thrlymg thoroughfare a hlghway for the r1ch and poor good and bad b1g and l1ttle The pr1mey al yy arr1o1 and cay eman made F 2 I. .' C 13 ss ' V y H U ' ' , , ' A., Y 1 ' Y 1 u ' , a 4 H ,' ' ' as , , n Cl t 7 ' U' Y Y! 1 4 ' ' , A ,, V A S I 1 ' V v 1 y' ' ' v ' , V v , l 1 w . 4 y . . . . , , , . . . . , xv L 1 ' x' . . . w Y' v y . , ' y ff ' ' v ' 7! 1 ' u - ' f rv , ll 7 7? Y ' ' if Y! K6 Y ' ' Y 79 ' . . V Y V ,W f p A Q x C L, , ,,y. . , G . . .r . . ., ., gorgeously colored flowers by the hundred. as s xv - , 4' c . v7 I' It N ww' 1 . ,, . , . xA N lv n , I , 1. y .l , 4- I 1 . D l v n w A' a , L .. , D c - L C W . 1' - I ' as , v v ' C ' 1 Y I, .W V . v y v y cc , ' , ' sr ,, , . . . a . C v ' v v' ' v 7 ' 1 ., 1 ., f I v v K1 ' lv ky, 7 ' Ur I .H x I n . , 'nl n I C 7 v l Y - '91 . . N. I a I . I I v 1. 1 l . c , c , , . , , I D ' I vw ' 4 I 1 n' . , .. .. . 1 .1 Q . 1 1 ' - 1 1 u f 9 v 1 4 1 1 ww 1 v D S K ' ' . 7 Y . 1 Y I , .