Sumner High School - Spindrift Yearbook (East Sullivan, ME)

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THE l'l RBOR BEACON SULLIVAN MAINE VOL II IUNE 9 2 NO I To a Whlte Rose Sweetest floxx er I Thou art teaclllnv' Me a lesson old yet new, VVhlle thx tlny leaves are llftlnff To partake the Ullst nlng dexx O er thx lesson, stlll I ponder As thy sxxcet face seeks the sun Shall llfe be success or fallule Stalned wlth sorrow ere befrun 7 As I VIEW thy dark stalned rootlets Feellng softly underffroulld So should I be seeklnv' braxelx For God's llffllli where e er tls found And thy thorns xy hlch prlclx mx flnvcls bhoxx to me the cares of llfe, Trlals IOIIU and hard endurance Sorrows deep not xylthout stllfe But thy blossoms pule and stalnless Crowned xxlth glory lt lts brc lst Tells of wrelths of those who conquer Peace and Heavenlx IIAPDIDQSS M H Sunset at Sulllvan Harbor KA Clan Exerc acl Let you and me cllmb Mount IJSSIDCKB and vlew from there the beautlful scenerx of Sulll van To the south We see the mountllns of Mount Desert , at thelr feet ale the blue, spark llng waters of Frenchmen s bflx Bold plom otorles and wooded hefldllnes break the lufrved coastllne wlth hele and there a stletcll of Holden sand on the pebbled beach To the xxest IS the beautlful wooded shore lndented xylth SIIVEIS IHICIJS A sallboat comes up the bay Ilke a dls tant seaffull and 1 xflcht vllde nolsle lx on toward the Falls YVe slowly turn from the beauty of lt all to gaze at the llttle vlllage ly mfr so tranqullly at our feet It seems asleep so qulet 19 lt everywhere There are vreen velvety flelds and patlent cattle brouslnlf We see the old falmllouses, the llttle xxhlte homes and the luver, ffrflnder houses We see the be lutlful old trees shadlnv' the qulet street Thele IS the llttle church nestllng ln among the hrs and the long xxhlte road wlndlnv on and on All IS a scene of qulet and beauty The sun IS slnklnfr ln the Vlest sheddlnv a soft radlance over all The sky becomes a deep plnk, reilectlng 1tS grandeur on the water and maklng It very beau tlful Toward the Mount Desert hllls all 19 bathed IH plnk and gold In the north are dark frlnved xvlth gold Oh' the wondrous of lt all We stand sllent scarcely dar mv to breathe for Into the bllthe and breatlllng llr Into the solemn wood clouds beauty Solemn and sllent everx where I Nature xxlth folded hands seemed there Ixneellnv 'lt her CYCIIIDU pray ey B IJ Shot as a Spy QA Cl so Exerc cel It xx IS '1 beautlful dlx among the hllls of old New H lmpshlre The sun shlnlng very brlght lx was sheddlno' fl rax of llvht and warmth over the old mountalns It was sprlnv and the alr xxfls hlled Wltll tlle soft frwrance of the moun t-lln floxxels The lJlI'dS xx ere addlno' thelr sxy eet I11llsIC to the peaceful scene and lt seemed 'ls thoulfh Nlother Nature xx IS dolnv her utmost to make up for the lonv wlnter I say peaceful but the country was not peaceful and there were manx people IH Lexx Hflmpshlre and ln all 1 . , . I I . . . Y Y v . . . . . 1 ra V f ' 7 V -V -V V ' . . ,, . . . v ' , ' ' 15 . , V A' . . . . . D. V V A. ., .. ' 1 r-s , , , ' Y - v . . . . . ., V V 1 D I . t i Y I . K ta P3 t 1 1 I 7 V V . ' . . V ' . 1 A I I ,5 n 1 , . , ,H , . . . . V ' . 1 B ' ,, 1 ' , v . . . . C, . . 5 5 V. B . I . Y Y . . V --I V D , . Y l , :H , 1 n - V . V V V - rn L n 1 I , . 0 L D . . . v '1 v . . . v v I v - . ,B , Y' . . , . . 5 - - V a v ' 'v V - ' AV 5 C 1 ' A V' V' ' 5 , , . . gg . . I . 1 a v vw ' v 1 1 1 . v . l . . . , 1 ' .' 1 ,' 5 ' , ' . -VV V ' I I ' , ,Z 1 Y 'n I , 1 V I ' ty. ' ' V ' V V 77 L we ' 1: . ' 7 N 7 D. . . 13. L, , , 13, . a I a I ' 4 , 1 'I 1 IL' . . . X v , . T V' . . . . . L - I 2 . ' - I D V 'w N I v . V ' ' . ze 1 L 2:1 w 1 ' V -V - ' V, -V ' ' K n E ' 7 . . - V ' ' l - 1 l 1 L I K ,B ' ' 1 V ' V . ' ' v ' ' K C55 l 1 3 w ' -' V . 1 . V V 'V' -V ' I5 1 C u v -w . V 4 v4 ' 1 K 1 P5 A K 2, v V V .LV K . U . . V . . v . v . Q v 1 . . . . . V . . V N a N . V V N 1 L., 2 Q 4 5 B . bb . 1 .V 1

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Bl'lI,lJI'Nl Illhll NLIIOOI, III VNU. 'IIINN X N . 1 1

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I'HE HARBOR BEACON of the northern states who were frr from happy that day For rt w -rs rn the sprrn r of 1862 and Presrdent I rncoln had yu t called for seyenty hye thousand volunteers to prrt down the rebrl lron Husbands, frthers sons and, rndeed eyery male person was throwrnfr down hrs books or tools and hurry rnv' to rorn the army rnd defend hrs country And mrny were the he rrtrendrno' scenes that occurred on th rt befrutrful sprrnfr day For they all knew that some of them, at le rst, must frll rn the yyrr and how drd each man know, as he left hrs loyrnv rvrfe and clrrldren thrt that dry would not be the last trme he would ever hold them rn hrs arms But they knew that therr homes and therr country must be defended and lrke the true Amerrean crtrfens they were, they crowded to the frost On the day rn wlrrch my story opens a tearful and pathetrc scene was t-rkrnv place on the Hrmpshrre Mrs 'Vlrxwell was ffryrnfv '1 lfrst fond embrace to her only son Nerl fr young mfrn of twenty one, who was frorrrff to sacrrhce hrm self rf need be, for hrs country s sake 'Nerl Maxwell w rs born of krrrd and loyrnff parents rn 'rn old farm house rn frreenw rch He frrew up a brrght actrye boy, fond of study, and at the afre of nrneteen entered Drrtmouth College, for hrs parents were prosper rn f on the old farm and had lard by enough money to send hrm to collefre But when he saw that he was needed by hrs country he threw down hrs books and came home for a last farewell before Jornrnv' hrs comrades at the front And rt rs on hrs vrsrt at home that we first meet hrm lhe sun w rs rust settrnfr on that warm sprrnv day as Nell heard the carrraffe that was to take hrm to the tram, stop before the house frrve a last farewell to hrs mother and rt seemed not let hrm go, for she thrs was the lrst trme she would ever hold hrm to her heart But thrnfrs were moyrnfr qurckly that sprrnv and Nerl knew that hrs carrrafre would not wart for hrm , so gently but firmly pushrnfr her from hrm and try rnff to keep hack the tear for her sake, he fhe young man rose to as though she could seemed to thrnk that da hed through the door and out through the grte rnto the rord As he went through the irate he met El re Grant the pretty daughter of om of the NI rrrwell ner flrbor who had come to hrd hrm good bye Fl re and Nerl had been clrrldren together and almost rnsf-parable com panrons Flrey hrd attended school together and as they Grew rnto womfrnlrood and man hood somethrnff stronfver th rn mere frrendshrp sprfrnef up between them Qo our hero found a new sorrow rn leryrnrr home, but he knew th rt duty cornmrnlrrl hrm Frnally he refrehed the strtron where brddrn f food bye to hrs father he started or hrs w ry It w rs sprrnrf warn rn the year of 1863 The brrds were sweetly srnfrrnu' and nature was :warn at the hervlrt of her vlory The w 'rr seemed to be gornrf awrrnst the North, and men and boys were contrrrually frorng to the front to hll the the defeats, the more brave men th rt must fro to be moyyn down by the hated unrforms of the Confederate Gray How many of the wearers ot the blue as they were formrng rn lrne just before the battle and w rrtrnfr for the well known bufrle call to elrrrffe knew that thrs would be therr last brttle and that ney er afrfrrn would they look upon therr loved ones at home Already nearly hrlt of the husbands and sons of the town of Greenw rch hrd been sent home shroud ed rn death and mutrlated by the crueltres of war As ret the NI utwells had had no great cause to worry rlthoufflr tlrev were often rn an agony' of suspense rf the letter from the front drd not arrrye rn due trme Strll they were pxaud to thrnk that they had such a brave boy at the front and prayed that he mrlrht be brought b rek to them safe at the close of the war bell w 1-A '1 brrye dashrnrr fellow and these qualrtres hrd rarsed hrm to the rank of a lreutenant be fore he lr rd been rn the rrmy a month Then by a br ue da lr wrth r lrttle body of comrades rnto the ranks of the enemy he semed an rm portant posrtron, and was grven the laurels of a erptarn So on the whole the Maxwells and 2 ' ' Y ,. 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