Unity High School - Monitor Yearbook (Unity, ME)

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THF MONITOR polrtely rn the pleasant soundrng Southern drawl to jorn them for tea out on the lawn whreh I rmmedrately ac epted Ks they yorned us to go rrrto the garden Il terrrblc thrng happened I was drsap pornted to find the sun streaming ln my wrn dow for rt nre rnt that I was not rn the sunny south but rn Unrty wrth ten mrnutes to get o s hcol buch rs re' Ruth Frost 41 TIII' COI 'VIRY FAIR Probably nothrng a few v ars rgo cru rd more happrness thrn the annual country frrr rn a small communrty 'lhe d rv of the great eyent dawns a a bcautrful day Vtrth the dawn Father rs awakened by the alarm clock whrch was set an hour early It rs not long before the entrre frmrly rs strrrrne and eyen Johnny rs earlv enough to help wrth the mrlkrng After brcrkfrst the lunches are packed and Nlrthcr gets her crnn d peaches and mrnce meat rnto r box ready for the Journey to the fur erou d Nlrry has her embrordery neatly folded and wrapped rn newspapers and Johnny rs seen tvrng a crate contarnrng two large roosters onto the runnrng board or four prrfe pumpkrns rnto tlae back Oh s the Prrkrn frm v rs to be well re sented rn the exhrbrtron hrll thrs year By hzlf pr t seven the famrlv rs ready and wrth a rorr anl a cloud of smoke theyre Trll gawkv Iohnnv rs seen perchel on thr pumpkrns srttrn rn rhunrped up posrtron o that hrs he rd wont touch the top when they go through r rough spot Af er rn hour s rrdrne rn the refres mg mornr e arr they arrrxc at the farr Thev come to an abrupt hrlt the roosters cackle more loudly than ner and Johnny swrngs out oyer the door wrthout botherrng to open rt After the exhrbrts haye been placed rn the hall to Mrs Perkrns satrsfactron they all return to the ear where Ifathcr gryes each one hrs or her spendrrg money for the day Johnny r,urrter and Nlarx rdrrrre Now Fat er anl Jelrn tart for r round of the cattle ex hrbrts whrle Nlother and Marx go through the exhrbrtron hall It rsnt long before Johnny strays from hrs father and goes hrs way a ng the mrd way Drht thr way gentlemen shouts the and Johnny hurrrcs on It proves to tent of the world s best boxer Johnny spends ten cents of hrs quarter and enters Anvone rn the crowd rs asked to put the lor s on wrth the chrmpron and lo' and be hold' Iohnny steps up The result rs that Iohnny receryes two very black eyes as r remembrance of a day But he leaves the tent feelrng lrke a hero because he thrnks none of thes men had dared to try rt The next hour Johnny spends wanderrng about tryrng to and suceeedrng rn avordrng hrs famrlx But lunch trmc comes and rather reluctantly he goes back to the car to partake of the prcnrc lunch One mn rmagane the scene when Johnny arrryes wrth hrs alreadv qurte black eyes But they are forgotten as soon as the horses begrn to appear on the tra k for the whole famrly mounts the starrs to the grandstand After watchrng a verv ex rtrng afternoons races durrng whrch trme Mother loses her hat and Johnny rushes to the rescue, retrrevrng rt Just rn trme before rt rolls onto the track the famrly left the gr andstand and goes to see what prwes they on therr exhrbrts mrncemeat has a blue rrbbon at tached and the roosters also haxe drawn first prrze Father and Marv have won only sec ond prr7e but they are satrsfied for hayrng won at least a red rrbbon had drawn Mother s Pverythrng rs packed rnto the car once more and the homeward rournev rs started Fvervone but Iohnny looks as happv as he had on the mornrng rrde brrt wrth hrs bl rck ened eves he couldnt hrve looked happy had he trred Marv wrth the balloon purchased wrth her drme rs the prcture of complete con tent And needless to sav Mother rs berm mg wrth prrde over her mrncemeat whrle Father carefullv gurdes the ear wrth a tense almost fearful expre sron on hrs face ends another happy day rt the country farr Ro rns 58 A CHRISTVI AS REW ARD 'Ihe snow came down softly la7rly n huge flakes transformrng the crty rnto a frrrv krngdonr wrth manv colored lrghts glrstenrng through the fallrnf., snow It was Chrrstmas Fve and the streets were thr-onged wrth anxrous people dorng therr last mrnute Chrrstmas shopprng Small boys poorlv dressed were shoutrng the names of seyeral drfferent newspapers There was the roar of the crty traffic and people pushrnv, crowdrng about the stores and srdewalks At the corner of a busy street by the stage r , . , ,W WY, , , , ,W V .--nt mfr-- ,YY--. --c,.n,,f Y Y W W 3, ' , ' , .. 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THE MONITOR Ai. out the pll on as he Crled You ale flee' I wa fl e' I was so thankful that I lushed out and klssed the guald on hls left cheek and depalted lnto the xwlde uolld to tell the people that I was no Cflmlnal but Just an lnnocent fellow accused of a cllme vshlch someone else commltted R Lestel 40 MY FIRST DANCE ON 'IHE STATE On May first the danclng., class was t plesent a recltal The fatal ewenlng lollcd around at last The dax had been dreall and It was foggy and damp that nlght I splte of the fog a large clowd had assembled to see the show From tlme to tlme we would peek out through a small hole ln the curtam and look at the crowd Suddenly the slgnal fol qulet was glven the dancels t Mx place was COX910Cl wlth a 0V6l the edge Spllng and I dress On the The lgnal also meant f0l take thelr requlled posltlons on a small bench whlch was plnk scarf draped lh folds I was dressed to replesent wore a handsome long plnk bodlce of my dle s were tlny losebuds and I also wore one ln my hall The plogram was to open wlth the dance of the elves who were clothed ln llttle gleen sults They were supposed to dance befole me and latel I was to rlse gracefully and dance Wlth them Up and up rolled the blg curtaln and cn came the footllghts stallng and bllnklng up lnto my face llke thousands of llttle stals twlnkllng out of the dal kness I was not able to see any of the people ln the audlence whlch made It easler fOl me as I was tel llbly exclted and nervous Rlght avlav after the cultaln went up the muslc started and out on the stage came the llttle elves Thex had no more than stalted danclng when Oa oa came the welrd balk of the hound dog who apparently had Just enteled the door My' How that staltled the audlencc and the people on the stage' Suddenlv the hound bounded down the alsle and leaped on to the stage llght ln the mlddle of the hol rlfled elves The muslc came to an ablupt halt wlth a clash of chords Dovsn came the cultaln wlth a loud bang When that hap pened I Jumped up and bango' ovel nent my bench' The people ln the audlence loal ed some of them falrly shlleked The dance lnstructol sllghtly flusteled then came on to the stage and told us to get back ln our 16 places and the dance would go on as ewely one vlas qulet Aftel what seemed 1 long whlle the dog was coaxed off the stage the laughter stop ped and the elves and I lesunled our posltlons Up agaln went the cultaln and thls tlme no hOl1ld sound shatteled the stlllness of the spectatols and on went the dance as lf noth mg had happened Jeanette Jones '41 A SOUTHERN HOME The most beautlful home I have ever seen was a lovely old plantatlon ln Vlrglnla It was located about a mlle fl0m a small vll lage sltuated on a hlll overlooklng th1S small town To leach the plantatlon one must drlve though a wlde gate leadlng down a tree llned avenue Through the trees on one slde could be seen a beautlful lawn cut uenly Sur loundlng It was a neatly tllmmed hedge As vle dlowe along we passed a small hlll whlch gave us a beautlful vlew of our sul roundlngs North of us stood a majestlc mountaln of a purple hue It was deeply wooded and our vlew looked very lestful On the south was a beautlful lake surrounded by trees on clthel slde and cottages peeplng from thelr wooded sltuatlons On the east I could see the mall town Its church stood beneath a huge wlllow tlee lts plle llslng hlh and gleamlng IH the sunshlnc Westward I could sec the cottonnelds ln full bloom the WhltC loolnlng out greatly agalnst the dark back glound of the vegetatlon These VIQXVS made me long to llve ln thlg beautlful place The chauffeul stalted the car agaln and soon we alllved at the lovely old manslon The lllaln bulldlng was lnlmense and was sullounded by a huge vclanda whlch was con nected to a long and lambllng ell The house was whlte wlth gleen tllmmlngs and had the customaly plllars suppoltlng the porch Back of the house wele the slave quartels These showed much neglect and P001 u age Back agaln to the lawn to notlce fulnltule whlch we were told belonged to the CIVII lVal Ela Vle wele met at the dUOl bx a lovelv llttle old lady dlessed old fashloned A Southel gentleman stood by her slde dressed ln tl' same qualnt 3ttll0 They made a charm and lmpresslve couple They asked u se Q, . ik..- .. 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THF MONITOR de or of the theatre, stood rn old man wrth whrt han and a trred lerndlx wrmkled face sellrng Chrrstmas wreaths Hrs old black oxereeat md cap were coxered wrth snow Bux a wreath ladv Hr xoree sounded trrel but he srnrled kmdlv as the lady rn the mrnk coat walked brrsklx by hrm wrthout a glance He looked at hrs wateh Flexen oclock rrearlv trme to go home He looked at the few dollars he had made and xt the prle of wreaths Nc he the rest of the wreaths so that he mre rt buv Martha was hrs wrfe and thrs Chrrstmas she was srel wrtlr a Buv a wreath Mrster h as e well dressed young man 1 Xes by hem ll he ard sr besrde hrm that lee had not sold ould not go home xet he must sell a nrce Chrrstma present lllartha fever rng Thank vou Mrstcr, rnd God bless you sud the old man as tears errrre to hrs eyes Ill take them to your ear' Ill take part of them there are too many ne now, s e you xe sold xour wreaths Xes, Mrster I thrs vour earl Xes let me take you horrre vou must be tued after sellrng wreaths all day Sues I am a lrttle trred but rt rsnt far to where I lrvc 'Ihrnk you Just the same plred the old man The xoune, man rnsrsted md the old man consented because he really xa werx trred As they rode through the slrpperx streets the young man sard Ive been wartrne, for a ch mee lrke thrs bee xuse several years ago about Chrrstmas trme, I was trred and hun .fr V and rn earch of 1 Jb I talked wrth Xou and vou gave me a dollar and told me where I could get a Job Well I got the rob and new Im berng promoted The old man merely stared rn surprr e then as the car drew up before hrs door As he got out he grasped the Xoung mans hand and bowrng hrs head s'1rd Mav God bless you on thrs Chrrstmas Exe b Prper 'P IFXCI4. BEI INS A'I HOME Peace begms rn the home If onlx more homemakers or parents would stop to thrnk how true thrs rs they would do more to make the home peaceful and rarse the rdeals of pea e before the younger members of the famrly 18 Often trmes there are slrght quarrels ar gu ments and other drsagreeableness between the menrbers of the famrlx These do not seem rmportant and probably last onlx 1 few mrnutes but exen rn thrs short perrod the atmosphere of harmonv and happrne s mar become one that rs chrlled and unpleas art These homes are the ones from whrch the famrls flee durrng then spare trme and find amusement elsewhere wrth agreeabl eonrpanrons A person who lrxes rn thrs manner would hue undoubtedlv ln rrrrtable drsposrtron and hr outlook upon lrfe would become warped It has been stated that envrrorrrnent has more effect upon a ehrld than anxthrrrg else Therefore rf there rs not peace rn the home how can there be peaee anxwhereq Or lrfe our rfleils ambrtrons rnd fr h rc all strongly rrflueneed by our home lrfe I am certarn no one can drspute that pn ree sl ould beg n rn the strongest of 1 strtutrons, the horrre Snrr h The lrttle clock on the mantle porn eel to thr hour of fl 30 The tire burned brrsklv rn the Hreplaee whrle the two VVrggrn srsters 1-.at before rt one knrttrng and tne other erochetrng Outsrde the llttle cottage the snow fell, threk and fast whrle the wrnd tossed rt about furrouslx The Wrggrn srsters had oecupred th lrttle eottage rn the vrllage for a long trme Lxura was sexentx erght and Iuev sexentv Land lkes Laura exelarmed Ike ot four more days to fimsh knrttmg thrs shawl and send rt Do you thrnk she wrll lrke rt Qhe ought to Im sure Do vou thrnk you wrll get rt there by CIIIISIIIIHSQ Oh I ean do rt I guess How about that collar and cuff set you are c1ochet1ng Do xou uppose Ann wrll lrke rt? 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