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

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THE HARBOR BEACON I was saying, my mistress thought she wanted a catg though why, when she had a good dog, I can't understand. One day she shut me in the stable and went away Now if I wasn t a disgusted dog never you mind' My mistress seldom left me and when she dld I usually had some one to play with I explored the stable though I knew every nook and cranny of it then I sat down and howled my self hoarse At last It seemed a week my mistress came home and let me out Oh' But I was glad to see her' I forgot the mischief I had been planning up all the after noon I was so glad to get out of that old stable I raced into the house ahead of her and started to Jump lnto my chair I didn t' I stopped in mid air and fell to the floor There IH my chair on my cushion was a cat' The biggest ugliest lazlest ir-ost dlsreputable looking cat I had ever seen in my life I backed off and prepared for a running Jump on top of that cat My mis tress saw me and got hold of my collar and tied me Now to me tying is a horrld disgrace But worse than that my mistress took that good for nothing cat in her lap where I be longed petting it just as she pets me I was so angry I thought to goodness I should burst a blood vessel Just to see that cat in my mistress lap I thought of what I d do to that cat when I got loose and felt better Finally she put that cat down took me in her lap and gave me a good lecture on cats ln general and this one ln particular I didnt understand all of it but I did learn that the cat was going to ln e wlth us that I must be good to It and that it had a long name pedigree they call it ln dogs and that I had one I don t remember the cat s name but It was some kind of a coon Id heard of coon dogs that chase coons up trees and bark for some one to come and kill them I thought I d like to be a coon dog My mistress also told me that I was a selfish Jealous dog and she was ashamed of me That made me angry and I decided she could have her old cat, but she needn't expect me to look after it. My mistress still keeps her cat. The cat and I don t bother each other much Once in a while I tease It a little but we don t fight I think It s what men would call armed neu trahty D W 20 mQQGQC 5 3EQQQ3gQDDC5C lnzals EBEMEDQBBEDQBQCEQDCXXKDQQDBKQQDM Sullivan High School began their soclal functions for the year on Nov 23rd with a Senior social held at the High School building There was a large attendance and everyone enjoyed the program also the candy which was on sale Games were played until a late hour About eight dollars were realized Shortly after this another social was held A farce The Mlrth Provoklng School Poom was presented This was not very successful financially On March 16th the operetta The Isle of Chance was pres nted by the school under the direction of M1 s Jones It was a great success Following IS the cast Greed King of the Isle of Chance Morton Havey Captain of the Good ship Ease Ronald Tracy Subjects of lung Greed FIFSC Folly Agnes Hglt Second Folly Helen Springer Third Folly Daisy Mllne On a Crouch a derellct of the Isle Kennard Haskell Despair his shadow Ma ,fnard Watson Survivors of Good ship Ease Lord M hat the use Wilton Hanna Lady F rlvolous Hope Perklns Slrnpellta Marjorie Springer XX ho Cares Hugh Pettee 1 . , . . . . , - 1 , . . . . ., H ' - 11 1 - 1 . . 1 - 1 , . 1 1 . . . . , . O . . , . .-. . . . , ' 1 - - . . . . . . . 1 ' 1 1 . . V. D 1 - - . . - 1 ' H . . H 1 x , 1 . - - , - . . . . . , . K1 Y . . Y . , ,, D 1 ' 1 , . . . . Y S . , . -. : , , ............ , .......... ,....., .i... . . . . , . . , - .. . . . ,. , , . ................... . , ..............,. , . , ............ . . , . . . , . ............. . , . . , . -- 7 .-......,e 7 . . K v , .... .... . , . v. . . ,T , ,. . ' S- - , . ........ ,. f'C ........

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26 THE HARBOR BEACON! run when a boy ex en smaller than he wanted to fight Such thots as these made hlm feel ashamed but rnoeed they were true He had eaten no supper but decided to go out As rt was after dusk he was able to sneak down the back way and go uptown where he followed th crowd to the new reservoir whrch was berng burlt The cement dam which was berng put across here was only about half completed The water rushing between the farther end of thrs structure and the shore dashed up rn spray as rt washed down between the Juttrng rocks Two days before a boat breakrng loose from rts mooring had dashed down over thrs torrent struck the Juttrng rocks and been broken rnto thousands of preces before rt reached the water below Karl walked out on the dam and sat down behind a corl of rope that hrd hrm completely from the crowd which was about a hundred The moon m de everything almost as clear as rn the daytrme Karl looklng out from behrnd the rope was watching to see rf Brll Simmons and hrs gang were about when hrs eye fell on Judge Adams s daughter paddling a canoe Well out rn the stream Soon she headed her canoe down and was pulled rnto the current She tried to turn back but rt was too late The canoe was traveling at a swrft rate toward the falls Her cries for help reached the ears of the helpless crowd upstream 'Women went into hysterrcs and men raced frantlcally tow rd the dam altho they knew rt to be useless Of all the hundreds of people no one notrced the crouching figure far out on the dam except the grrl rn the canoe When that canoe was about thrrty yards from the falls a vorce called out from above the roaring of the water and the shoutrng of the crowd Jump No sooner was thrs sard than the grrl leaped from the canoe and the boy with one end of the rope about hrs body and the other end tred to a tree on the shore was seen to Jump from the dam and swim with all hrs might up to meet the girl who was now berng swept down stream wrth great speed Two seconds more and he had grasped her Then the struggle beffan Karl felt himself berng pulled down by the suction but strll he kept up bravely grasprng with all hrs mrfrht the unconscious grrl They were almost to the dam and Karl knew rf he could only hold out untrl some one got hold of the rope he and the grrl would be saved He fought bravely but was slowly swept toward the falls Iyow he was wrthrn a few feet of death-everything grew dark he open ed hrs eyes and Instead of berng at the foot of the falls he was lyrng comfortably rn bed at Judge Adams s wrth two of the best doctors rn town bending over him The first thrng he asked rf Mrss Adams was all right On learning that she was he closed hrs eyes and fell asleep Three days later Karl was srttrng on the prazza rn a big Morrrs charr when he saw ten boys coming up th drive It was no other than Brll Srmmors crowd Comrng up to hrrn each boy took off' hrs hat and Brll acting aS spokesman said Karl we all want to apologrze to you and want you to Jorn our gang A happier boy never lived and Karl was new er again called yaller H P 18 A Dog s Oprnron of Cats By D W 20 I am only a dog but I have my oprnrons and my oprnron of cats rs not what you d call com plrmentary My mrstress had had me about a year before she decided she wanted a cat Up to thrs trme I had always had loads of fun chasing them Very few cats came to our place after a whrle but those that drd got a good chasrng and maybe lost a lrttle fur I had got so from practice that I could tell by a glance whether a cat was gorng to run at once or try to scratch my eyes out first so I had xery few accidents Well as , Y , . . . .C , . 1 1 5 n . . g . ' 1 v 7 A . . . . . . c . O . ! . ' 7 7 . . . , . . . . . , . . . . , . . . V . Q . yards up the stream. It was a bright evening. ' e ' . a . . . A , I . . , - . . .y . . . G I 7 l - - - - n , . . . , . Y - ' as D 77 , . 1 7 . , . I -i s . . , . I ' 1 , . . , . . a , ' ' - , . . u . ' . . , V . . . I ' ll 77 ' ' , . . , , Y , ' 5 ' ' . ,

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THE HARBOP BEACON Sallors from the good Ship Ease Few Cares Irvlgn Gordon Wo Cares Shirley Clemens Chorus of Follies Chorus of Shadows Shadows of the Sprlng Splrlts The big event of the year came April 19th when the High School held lts annual fair The Semors had the lce cream booth the Juniors candy the Sophomores the grab bag whlle the Freshmen had the fancy work In the evenmg the two act drama Mr Bob was presented Followmg IS the cast Phxlxp Royson Hugh Pettee Robert Brown clerk of Benson and Benson Morton Havey J enkins Mlss Rebecca s Butler Rupert Stratton Rebecca Luke a malden lady Daisy Milne Katherme Rogers her niece Marjorie Springer MBPIOH Bryant Katherine s friend Hope Perkins Patty Mlss Rebecca s mald Agnes Holt After the play the operetta was agam pre sented and proved as great a success this time as before Over sixty dollars were taken DDQDEDIEDDDQDC Qtbleturs 5955561 The first baseball game for the season of 1916 was played at Sullivan wlth Ellsworth High Owmg to a high wlnd qulte a large score was run up on both Sld6S However thls game was sharply contested as an extra lnnmg had to be played to break the tied whlch the v1s1t1ng team succeeded ln domg The score R H E H S 3011032201 13 11 3 S H S 1020321120 12 10 4 Batterles Eaton and Clement VS arren and Blalsdel That this game had Its humorous slde as well as excltlng can be readlly seen from the fact that much time was consumed 1n searchlng for balls that had been lost ln the nelghborlng swamps and that at one period of the game the v1s1t1ng teams centre fields had to be rescued from our pet frog pond The second game one Whlch wlll be long re membered by us all due to the snappy breeze whlch played wlth our craft maklng us look as well as feel rather queer on crossmg the bay was play ed at Bar Harbor This game gave as much lf not more excite ment to the onlookers as that played the week before wlth Ellsworth for along 1n the first of the thlrd lnnlng we discarded our sea legs and woke up and soon placed to our credit 10 scores agalnst the Bar Harbor boys SIX After our opponents however had finlshed we discovered to our dismay that on account of our loose fielding they had tled the score In our half of the elghth we did work which was a credit to all but could not get by thud base When the Bar Harbor boys came IH for their smash they succeeded a little bett r gettmg another run maklng the standing now 11 to 10 IH their favor We came in in the ninth determmed to even things up but our sea legs or somethmg Slnlllal' took a hold on us with an lron grasp and then the game ended 11 to 10 in favor of B H H S Special mention should be made of 'W hlte whose work ln the box was excellent The score R H E B H H S 210120410-11 9 2 S H S 002331100 10 7 3 Batterles Gushee and Karst Whlte and Blalsdell The followmg Saturday Bar Harbor came over to play the return game Thls game was not only filled with much excltement caused by the work on the diamond but also by thrlllmg scenes along the side llnes but IH the end turned out to be a victory for the Bar Harbor boys by another close score of 15 to 12 'N A? . . .............. . . - 1 .............. . .. 1 . A ' ..,...........- ' K I . . . , - ' ' 5 . . ' . ' ,. - . 1 7 7 I 7 I ' ' ! I ' KK Y! 7 ' , . , . . . n u . , , , .... . . . . ,, ,, , - 7. . , , , .............. . ,. . . . , , . ' . ' ' ' 1 . . bunching hits at the end of the lucky seventh, . ' . Q' . , , , ..,....,.. . . g .......... , ..... l ..... . . . Y A --.-.- I I- ' - 7 . . I '. ll 77 ' 9 . . . , v. . . . , . . A ' v .+' f.+'5 , ' 5 u 77 - ' - . I - fl' . . 1, -I . . Y . , . . Z S . . . E. ' ' , D I 1'-i 1 'i T , ' . . 7 ' ' 1