Stonington High School - Breeze Yearbook (Stonington, ME)

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trapeze artists, clown pranksters, jugglers ani high Wir: hazardists. The closing display was a combination of pageantry, song and dance features called jungle Drums . Friday we took a combined tour of down- town New York, Chinatown, and the Statue of Liberty. We went from the extremes of Wall Street to the Boweryg passed City Hall and Foley Square where thousands of stu- dents were on strike, visited a Chinatown Mission, a tiny Post Office C only 6' by 8' Q, and finally were taken to Battery Park for our boat ride to Bedloe's Island. An hour there gave everyone an opportunity to climb the stairs into the head of the Statue of Liberty, get refreshments of hot dogs and coke , and watch a big steamer slowly wend- ing her way out of the harbor. That afternoon was devoted to the thrill of riding by elevator to the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building! We descended to the eighty-sixth floor, visited the souvenir shop, the restaurant, and the outside observation platform. Then we were on our way again. We walked along Fifth Avenue, stopping here and there to window shop. We had consider- able difficulty in hailing a taxi in the rushing trafhc. Radio City Music Hall with all its beauty and comfort was our evening attraction. The entire show was excellent, but the orchestra and the precision dancers pleased our group above all else. No visitor to New York escapes the feeling of wonder and awe when first he sees the Great White Way , and so it was with those of us who had never before seen Times Square with its myriad electric signs so brilliantly lighting the area. Saturday morning we left New York for Boston where we arrived at 12:50. After registering at Hotel Bradford, we went to O Sole Mio for dinner. The minestromi soup and Italian spaghetti and meat balls were eaten with great relish. Then came 111: choice of desserts. The waiter received Herbert's order for lemon meringue pie with chocolate ice cream with a rather surprisei expresgicn, and when Herbert added and a large coke the poor waiter said nothing al- though he looked rather flabbergasted. Re- turning with the orders, he took the plate containing the lemon pie and chocolate ice cream in one hand and the coke in the other, glanced around the table and asked And who ordered this queer combination? As we ate we reminisced about the many humor- ous incidents of the trip, and Dickie's story of the trip by subway to Yankee Stadium, of their arrival at the bus terminal entrance to our hotel--well, the whole story filled us with such merrirnent that the meal will long be remembered. We decided on a light supper at the Met Snack Bar, but I question how light', it was, for some of those three-tier sandwiches and three-Havor ice cream banana splits didn,t give the appearance of being too lightl But they were goodl After satisfying our appe- tites, we saw Marlene Dietrich in Stage F right at the Metropolitan. We had our Sunday breakfast at the North Station, and three quarters of an hour before train time we line up before the track gate only to find that the 9:10 train to Portland had already left. We had been given infor- mation that the trains left on regular train time. To us that did not mean daylight saving time-but to the trains it did. Our next best bet was to take the 10:58 bus on which we used our train tickets, and we were in Bangor at 7:50 P. M. where Everett and Wendall were waiting to take us home. When asked if they enjoyed the trip as much as they had anticipated, the Seniors agreed that they enjoyed it even more than they had expected. That, Folks, is a resume of the trip that you helped to make possible, and for which the Class of 1950 wishes to express sincere appreciation and thanks.

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JCKES Pal: So you thought up all those jokes yourself? joke Ed.: Yes, out of my headf' Pal: You must belv .1,... .-.- Al: Dick, how did you break your arm? Dick: See those steps? Al: Yeah. Dick: Well, I didn,tl joe: She's not pretty. Moe: She is too. W'hy she's so unbeautiful, the only dates she'll ever get will be on her tombstonef' ...i...-.i-..,... Herbert Spencer about the wife of john Adams: She was the first woman to be the wife and father of a president. ..-.iii Mr. Pitts: Do you know of any places in Stonington that are below sea level?,' Tonny McGuire: Wellsl Dick Nash: I can't listen to those murder programs anymore because my radio has a hole in it and the blood runs all over the place. Buddy: Gee! I'm awfully hungry! Mr. Pitts: Do any of you boys and girls have trouble getting to sleep? Tom: My trouble is waking uplv Miss Rand: Where is Indonesia, Thomas? Thomas: Here on the map somewhere. 1i1.....l1- Richard Nash Qin history classy: Miss Rand, did you have your radio on last night? Miss Rand: Yes, for a little while, why? Richard: How did it Ht?,' ,li-.l-i The Coo Coo Comer I wish I were a little clam, I know what I would do. l'd fill myself with water And squirt all over you. B. 1. G. I wish I were an onion I'd pucker up and cry And if you didnlt like me, I'd spit right in your eye. E. E. P. l wish I were an elephant VVho never had a heart, I'd run into the schoolhouse And break it all apart. R. L. N. Purely Proud To show great dignity, she held her head higher And clipped off her nose on a telephone wire.