Vinalhaven High School - Exile Yearbook (Vinalhaven, ME)

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THE EXILE 13 Freshman Class Flont IOXX V Look K Phllblook B Thompson B 'NIa1t1n F Oakes 'Nllddle IOVL D Doughtx D Webstu U Convsax ab enfp E. Ames, Ch3!'ldiQ1',.R. YStaplos: cf Webstepr: F1-o'ntA row: ,M.'Robingon: M. Young

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Sophomore Class Fxont row 'VI Candage C Thompson P Dodge S Davls D Woodcock Bar-k row: D. Martin, H. Anderson, F. Robinson, A. Tolman, N. Sutliffe, C. Polk

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THE EXILE Literary Section A LIFT It xxas June It xxas xxaxm the xear 1962 and after knocklng around the countrx for several years xv1th no partlcular goal 1n llfe I was back ln Nexx York Cxtv w1th th1rty SIX cents IH mx pocket the su1t vxhlch I had slept ln for three months rlght 1n the heart of the Metropolls I sauntered unnotlced down the streets of the cltv among the throngs of people a portlon of them belng thlrty or forty fat women who prac tlcally trampled me on the way to a speclal sale across the street at Saks Iflfth Avenue After regalnmg my senses and squlntlng my eves at the mormng sun I svxxtched over to Broadway w1th thousand lntermmgllng thoughts ln mx mmd I trxed ln valn to overcome the foremost of these I was a nobody I was unknown and mv futule meant nothmg to anvbodv I felt pecuhar although I had no par Square lVIx wrmkled clothes and shabbx appearance bothered me 1m m ns lx In mx daze I dldnt reallze where I had xxandered The glarlng llghts wh1ch go on nlght and day at Snookx s Haxen struck me square 1n the face I stralghtened mv coat and t1e and xxalked ID to be greeted bx beamlng faces and Jovlal VOICES although I had no ldea whx A small thlckly set man dressed ln a xx ell tallored broxxn sult approached me xx 1th a qulckemng step I slovxlx backed axxax from hlm whlle looklng around for the door Then he put h1s hand on mx shoulder and xxhlspered a qulck command 1nto mx ear as the patrons of the Cafe looked on be wlldered but I nodded mx head and understood Aftel the Jollx handshakmg among the stlangels the reason came to me all the celebratlng was for me Yes It suddenlx h1t me l1ke a ton of bucks xxho the man xxas xxho he must be I had often heard some of my underworld frlends speak f Frank Lucasto who so they said knew the l1fe hlstorx of practlcallv everx man xx ho had ever been mlxed up m anv crlme from young klds who made a mlstake to leaders 1n mob rlots Suddenly I thought that maybe I had a frlend ln thls man and I started feellng much better because although I wasn t sure th1s man was the fellow of whom mx buddles had often spok en he sure as heck knew me Aftel talkmg xx 1th the boys for a whlle I learned that Frank had pur chased Snooky s place and had been ln busmess for about a year He was uslng It as a place to more or less re habllltate fellows and emplov them m the Cafe trvmg to set them st1 lght Max be I xxas a bum I thought to mvself but not a crook But a Job I needed and a frlend I needed even more so startmg the next day I had a Job as a bartender 1n the Lounge downstalrs Now I have found out xxhat It means to be a part of somethmg Mv pax IS not too large and I have to work late but 1ts all worth It be cause I have made manx frlends and I knovx that thls Job w1ll be the start of a nexx xxav of l1v1ng for me Bruce Arex 54 TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONAI ISTS Telephones are used all over the countrx ln homes offlces stores and schools as xxe all know What I can t understand xs xxhx thex dont haxe a School of Telephone Conversa 14 1 x u va w vu w vs 0 9 ' 1 ' ' , 1' ' 1- v s - . ' a y 1 7 I v ' . . ' . . Y 0 1 - ' l I 1- l - . . , K .k , 1' w . v . v . nf ' u ' l U 3 . v . v . . , . . . . ' 1 ' r v ' I' 4 V , . . . ' v , . LK ' H! A A A A ' 1, U7 .. ' ' V . 1 ' Q y. I U k ' Y. I , s 3. . . 7 . , , . . - . A w k '-'Q x ' ' . ' ' 9 . - v n w ' 0' 9 ' v v ' , ' . K v tlcular leason, as I approached Tlmes - , - X ' a 7 ' . A V7 . A' V7 ' - . ' 7 e . e - - y . , . .- V 1 4 L L . Y' u . . , I . 44 ,x , H ' .V I W p L y ' . t ' J ' . Y . , I 7 v v ' L ' I . . . ' A' o 7 p n I n - .V ' ' 1 . , -. . . Y , I Y I . Y . I 1 . v. 4 . - Y v . V Y . . . iii... c 1 sr Y Y .K , ' , I ' , A 1 n ! ' 1 n ' A 1 .v .l ' v ' v ' v w 1 1 4 Y , . ' v . 1 ' - ' v v v ' r . ' ' ' . . . - 4 5' A - . . , ,