Stephens High School - Tribute Yearbook (Rumford, ME)

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H X513 TW ENTY FOUR STEPHENS BROADCASI longed echpse but the presence of that fantastlc greenness was lnexplalnablc Fear grew StCddll3 as the world took on the mlsty green rays of grotesqueness Fanatics raced about Ill a mdd course preachlng hysterxa to the people Sclen t1sts were stunnd by thxs abnormal behauo nd were completely s1lent upon the subgect thus addmg to the general alarm of the pubhc Whlle all th1s was taklng place another phenomenon went by almost unheedtd Thr world was slowly but surely becomlng warmer Although thls was unexpected and unwarranted for a wmter month 1t was not entlrely 1mposs1 ble Those who managed to keeo the1r heads undex such a s1tuat1on held thur Chrlstmas par tles on the front lawns now fresh and green Trees began to bud flowers bloomed and the bu-ds returned from thelr wlnter homelands Many people ln New England and the northern tates put away thelr sk1s and fled to the lakes and seashore to sw1m Those at the seashore notxced that the water unbearably cold was r1s1ng stead1ly Flshermen off Boston slghted a huge xceberg Hoatmg southward ThlS could mean but one th1ng the JEQTFIHC amount of 1C 1n the polar reglon was meltlng The suspense was shattered' People were no longer lgnorant of the facts The c1t1es along the coast must be evacuated nnmedlately A pamc axose whtn many people found that they had ne means of transportatlon to the mlands The loads were cluttered Wlth those who as a l'1s reso t had taken to walkllg Those too stubborn to reahze the lmoendlng danger were mercllessly ensnared when the first of the great tldal waxes rolled over thenl The waters swept lnland 1n a mad race sweepmg everythmg IH lts path The fortunate found refuge on the hlgh mountams above the ravagmg sea Once before countless ages ago the earth had been completely cov ered wlth water and now now It seemed to be rex ertlng to 1ts orlglnal state Sclence was destroyed sclentlsts were dumb founded but the sc1ent1sts word was unneces sary to show that the world was gettmg much hotter Man trylng to preserve the last soark of humanity underwent a terrlfic struggle 1n those mountalnous reg1ons Cruelly ot ercrowded plagued Wlth wlld beasts msec-ts and glant snakes undernourxshed and unable to cope Wlth dxsease many of them dxed But somehow somehow man l1V6d How hot It was gettmg how unbearably hot' The plateaus the mountam sldes were turmng Into forests of steam The temperature of the earth contmued to rxse untll man could no longer breathe the fiery alr and hve One breath of It would burst the lungs Mans last xxs1on of the sun was that of a deformed lopslded sphere now heaulv w rapped m a bflllldlll I'dlI'l'lLlll of blulsh green Then mto the earth man went 1nto the caxerns and cxatels mto tht bowels of the earth Hexe solact was lound IIOID the bhndnng, suffocatmi hta t ns was ort ntd lt tu hotter and the wry earth began to melt Fnor mous clxasms opgned ln the ground and tht molten ealth poured ln upon the lnhabltants Man wa no more upon the earth The fox tunatc few w ho had escaped from that seethn g furnace by rockctsshlps saw the earth from the Jutslxlltb of Saturn as a red mcandescent ball md the sun shapeless mass of hldeous green LINWOOD BATHERSO s LIbE. AS TUNIOR SEES IT Jumor remamed slouched m h1s cha1r at the bra ikfast table watch ng Blmbos tall shde bacl and forth on tl1e kltchen rug Meanwhile the hands of the clock moxed to twenty fixe mmutes past exght He leluctantly allow ed the lump of cereal to shde down h1S throat It felt llke a 1 agget as 1t went down and he wondered 1f h1 tor 1ls had gonc down W1th t He slmply couldnt make his mother understand that he wasnt the type to cat cereal He skxllfully m de roads and canals ln the cereal and then pourmg some cream mto lt found great pleasure lh watchmg lt run down these paths Then he took a spoonful of cream and a spec ot cereal 'md washed It around 1n h1s mouth Hls mother con tmued to walk back and forth between the lsltchen and tht pantry Your father Wlll be leavlng 1n two minutes so you d better hurry Junlor lf you want a ude to school sa1d h1s mother finally It was the same story exery mornmg Hts two slsters always ate thc-1r breakfast at once and got a rlde wxth father arrn mg on t1me to play games 1n the yard w1th the other chlldren before the bell rang But poor Junior he gagged at every bxte Father came lnto the room and gave hlm a hopeless look Stalhng again eh? he Sald H1s two slsters fimshed eatmg and went fox lhexr hats and coats They klssed mother good bye and were on thelr wav Then Junlor and h1s mother had thelr usual talk about bleal fast He had to remaln there unt1l he atc It When mother went from the room Bxmbo had h1s tuzn at mbbhng JUHIOI s cereal and Jun1or got up from the table Flnally he was on h1s way to school He felt neglected and unhappy He burxed h1s hands deep lnto hxs pockets and trudged along An he wallteo along hc showeled hlmslf W1th self plty Exeryone was agamst l 1m oecause he d1d a few httlt mnocent th1ngs These conslsted of loslng fountaln pens money penclls mlttex and handkerchlefs And how could he help lt lf he dxdnt entoy gomg Fldlng w1th the folks on Sunday Then no one hked the way he dressed He slmply couldnt get any place As he approached the school house he shuf lled alorg at no g eat speed and dragged hm stlf up the steps He came to h1s classroom He stood outslde the door suddenly feehng an empty snot In h1s stomach Hls knees began to knock He took a deep breath and pulled hlmself together As he opened the door a clap of thun der almost burst h1s ear drums It was MISQ Pringle s volcc So Mr Junlor Hofstead has finally made his entrance And what s the reason thls morn mg SIP? 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STIIPHFNS BROADCAST PAGE. TNVENTY THRLE IJHFUCS and to hang around the post OHICO No one seems to know them I thlnk The shrlll rlng of the telephone lnterrupted John It was P01100 Captaln Stadwell Ile wanted Joan down at the statlon Somethln tbout a shootlng Ill be back shortly Boy they sure plCk on balllstlc SDQCIHIISIS Joan sat muslng OXQI tne case XVIIIIOUI ge llny allxw lere Startlng to turn on the I'3CllO she was momentarlly enhanced by her hands whlch had once been so perfect but now the knuckles were sllghtly prollllnent Slowly he elelle look ell ngeo to sadness as she remell bered a thln Ilat gold rlng that had reposed there twe lty years ago The 1l'l1t1Z1lS J M F I S were mlnutely caryed on the lnslde SIIL d beell so happy' 'Ol and she had left the U S three days after tlley were marrled and sa led lor Germany How qUlCkly Jon had changed -Xnythlng that eyen suggested freedom democ ricles or Alnerlca seemed to drlye hlm la. ly mad 'lh rt had been one chlld but Joan neyer saw It Jon sald It dled at blrth She stlll loyed hlm too much to doubt hlm out when she saw those papers that he thought we re so carefully nldden and whlch showed that her chlld stlll lly ed and was a ward of the German R6lCh she couldnt belleye It For days she dld nothlng but stare horrlfied at her husbands calm fe't tures Secretly but carefully she planned her escape and only when she had reachd England dld she feel safe Jon neyel wrote She neye past she fell quletly asleep and hopefully dleamed of her soft engaglng llttle baby for gettlng that hed not be about twentv one She awoke startled bv the peel of the dool bell and found It .yas her asslstant Robelt Sand He commenced at once to tell her of the dlabolleal plot he nad oyerheard late thls after noon As I was looklng oyer the alroort I llnex pectedly eime upon that group of German boys fhey seemed to be waltlng nery ously for some one That someone got off tne 4 30 plane H seemed to oe some hlng of a leader tall blond w h tneas dlllx eyes I followed them to a notel and heard them dellberately plan IO olew up a ber nal refugee shlp as soon as It ente Lf the canal They haye complete lllformatlon about the Canal locks They are leaylng at 11 15 tonlght Ioa1 'tstonlshed and yet thrllled by the sud den turn of eyents ordered hlITl to call Chlef Stadwell 'md haye hlm and a souad of men meet tllem at the alrpolt lmmedlatelv lhe p lllcenlen were Waltlng for .Jo ln and tht 'tgent After the necessary explanatlons sne placed the men at dlfferent POSITIONS A prlyate plane was warmlng up It was 11 10 The men were rather anxlous when a t Xl lumped to fl stop beslde the plane Joan s surprlse mote lelt tre boys wlllln to ceme along wlthout reslst ance Suddenly one of there 'red ennllv at the nearest polreem ln The fl v l s rent wlth shots and thln flashes When tlllnes stopped a std slght met our legretful eves All ily wele 1 t 1 dead or dvlng along wlth two pollcemen lhe boy whom Captaln Sand had descrlbed as some thlng, of a lcadel stlll llyed Ile kept murmur mg somethlng Joan knelt to hear w hat he was saylng Letter my pocket please mall lt A well groomed hand crept up to hls pocket and stopped lhe last of the flye was about to meet some one blgger than Herr Hltler Joan took the letter flom the b ys pocket and was astonlshed to see lt was addrsesed to her The DOIICQ were questlonlng the DIIOI and had left thlS one to her She opened the enye lope and pulled out many folded sheets It was wrltten by Jon Joan Is It too late to ask you to forglle I ye ear lled the thought of you always wlth me and hate ney Ol stopped loylng you I know I ln dylng 'lrd Im rather thanl tul for thlS release 'Ire 011111 real tlllllfg Ill my llfe and our son s has been Jul lastlnf loye for you I gaye hlm eyery llttle Llllfl' you left behlnd from books and l t tt rs to your weddlng rlng whlch he wears con tlnuouslv He looks more llke my iamllv than yours el r My only regret IS that he lsnt wlth you safe lo Ill dldnt dare to read all of the letter she eould1t She dldnt want to explaln to Captaln Stadwell She folded the letter and put It ln her own pocket to tlnlsh at home She bent to ee thls voung fellow more clearly Vvho was he tnat her husband should trust this letter to h1m DQCldlHg to try hls pocket for further lnformst on hls finger She sllpped It off frozenly Wlth a cry of angulsh she bent over thls boy The lnltlals J M 81 J S falntly XlSlbl0 on the lnslde of the rlng told thelr own story ETTA HUG!-IFS THE TEMPEST' Well they neyer thought lt would happen thls way Theoretlcal guesses lf such may be had approached lnnumerable concluslons yet yery few of these wandered lnto the true llght The earth was then a comparatlyely peaceful llttle ball lts people happy contented serene Many vears of -nte fnttlng Wars had caused death destructlon and staryatlon but thls was over now a nfyy tnd betta wolld w IS rlslng amldst the sh rnhles of the old It was December 5th of that year that th people Ilrst XISUHIIZEG th chanve The sun blos somlng up oyer the eastern horlzon early that mornlng was speckled w lth the SllghtCSt tlnt of green A few people paused to wonder at It some wlth admlratlon many wlth bewllder ment 'lhe malorlty hurrled about IH tlse busl ness world of the day But the next day the speckled appearance dlsappeared and IH lts place a llght yell f yerdant htle completely cox ered that dlstant orb Through the hazlness the usual golden llglt was falntly percelyable Many stopped to won der now l look of p rplexlty domlnatlng eyely countenance Th week wore on md wlth lt went the vellow llght The pUbllC untll thls tlme had taken the eyent as an unusual functlon of nature a plo 1 . 1 1 . . , - , . 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STEPHENS BROADCAST these older people Looklng Mlss Prlngle squale 1n the eye he sald No Mlss Prlngle I haxe a better one thls ume I stepped out of the houst at exght oclock As I was crossmg the stleet a huge moung xan ran oxer me and 'lhat wlll be enough Mr Hofstead shouted Mlss Prlngle turmng xery red You may take your seat and we shall talk It oxer after school Jumor went dejectedly to h1S seat trymg to puzzle out how M1ss Prmgle had suspected that hls story wasnt true He thought that It had sounded qulte n1ce Such IS llfc' ELIZABETH MUSKIL SUCCESS' It was Monday mormng the most lmportan Monday m PFISCHS hfe She had awakened rather early and got up to study for her exam 1r lfrench 'lhls exam meant everything for her Future It would mean that she e1the1 would get that so much needed scholarshm to college ox not Prlsca had studled almost contmuously for the last three weeks brushmg up on grammar xocabularv and verbs After work1ng about an hour Prlsca th1ew down her book wtth a wearv snfh and got up from her desk Walklng towards the wmdow of her bedroom a clean orderly room but not tery well furmshed because of her parents lack of money she looked out at the blue sky and murmured Please dear God help me wtlh my exam I have studied hard and wlll try Thank you Amen She turned from the w1n dow Dlcked up her books and started for lngh school w1th her mothers words of good luck rlnglng ln her ears Prlsca took the test ln the m1ddle of the mormng She had done qulte well she decxded after spendlng over four hours 1n the prlnclpal s ofhce Now all she had to do was vvalt unt1l her exam was corrected and sent back whlch the prlnclpal sald would take a week All the next week Prlsca walted lmpatlently for the results She couldnt studv her home work couldnt sleen at nwht for fear of fallure and all day long she walked 'lround xn a da1.e Her classmates teachers and parents under stood and dld the1r best to calm her Fmallv the momentous day arrlxed Prlsca was called 1nto the pr1rc1pal s office As she entered the oflice Prlscas knees trembled and he1 VOICG stuck ln her throat Well young lady sald the prlnclpal ln h1s pompous XOICQ I haxe recelx ed vour rank Con 5.ratulat1ons vou recened the hlghset rank ln the est It was Xery well done' and ne handed her the fam1l1ar typewrltten sheets her French exam marked Wxth a huge A plus Prlsca breathed a word of thanks and clutchmg the Dapers to her she hurrled out of the room not botherlng to plck up the rest of her books or eo back to class She would go home and tell the Hood news She had succeeded She would get her scholarshlp' As she hurrled out of the front entrance of PAGE TWLNTY FIV l the hugh school buxldlng towards home sht crossed a street lookmg ne1ther way A screech of brakes a glrls scream and a broken blOO05 body lymg 1n the m1ddle of the street Prlsca had succeeded yes succeeded for what? death? God had answered her prayer but m an odd way Prls a never got to college but her memory stood hlgh ln the mmds of her tnends and teachers that A plus m her French exam was her success and her rum HAZEL FISHER THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE The tram left a long streak of grey smoke ln the green valley as lt started to cllmb through the foothllls It roared by xgnormg the lnestock that browsed along the rwht of way Palnfully the tram crept toward the top and when t reached the summlt at last 1t raced along the lat tableland toward Burnsdale 'hI'1GklI1g llke somethmg frlghtened Over there said Franklm G Wlllxams where you see the bxg blllboard xs where the old Sears farm used to be I don t see the mam house any more I guess nts been burned or torn down Pret y country Mr W1ll1ams obserxed the other man I should say so M Wlll13mS nodded Look ox er there You can see the watel tower fa1ntly from here It used to supply Burnsdale wxth water when the wells dried up 1n the summer Looks l1ke a blg black xooden bowl on sticks doesnt lt When I was a boy any kid as he remmlsced I almost broke my neck the first t1me He pomted out the old haunted house stlll standlng m 1ts ghostly stature the sand plts on the far slde of the road He caught a brltf gllmpse of the rock where he and h1s frlend used to puff unt1l they grew sxck on home made clgarettes He saw agam Ed Wmstons farm all the fam1l1ar landmarks whlch brought back sad memorles He was returning to the old home after a long xoyage He had been awav a long time Summer and wmter had come and gone thxrtv tlmes smce Franklm G WIIIIHIIIS had last seen these fields He talked on half to hlmself Once he sald slow lv once a long time ago I asked a glrl ln Burnsdale to be mv wlfe I can st1ll remember clearly the hapoenmgs of that all 1mportan' exenmg whlch changed my whole l1fe We were s1tt1ng on her porch ln the st1ll coolness of the cxemna axr The scent of lllacs and ro es w hlffed hw us on the summer breeze It was thru I popped the questlon I was sure of mvself l was mtensely ln loxe and I nexer dreamed shed turn me down But she dld The other man looked at htm VK. hy he asked cur1ously Flnanclal reasons replied Mr NV1ll1ams Sh sand she loxed me but llfe to her dldnt rate loxe first She wanted to be certain that the man she marrned would be a success I asked her lf she thougmt that I was gomg to be a fallure She sald Yes as though she really knew Franklm she sald to me I loxe you but U . . 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