Vinalhaven High School - Exile Yearbook (Vinalhaven, ME)

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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 - . . , ,

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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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t1on ? Thex have Schools of Art Schools of Theatre Schools of Dr1v1ng etc but somehow they leave out the School of Telephone Conversatlon In my estlmatlon there are five types of telephone conversatlonallsts and 1f you are normal vou must be long to one of them And lf sou don t? Well you re not normal' The first type are the Inferlorlty Complex who force out a feeble H lo They seem to be under the 1m DFESSIOH that Malenkov IS on the other end of the 11ne You keep re peatmg What? Pardon me? but It seems to make them more nervous untll they finally hang up 1n mere frlght and some go as far as keel1ng over or falntlng Second are the Superlorlty Com plex who seem to thlnk that people ly after you p1Ck up the phone they scream 1nto the mouthplece wlth a lusty roar Hello Hello are you there ? Is that vou Sly more hmmm ? They run up vour doctors b1ll for punctured ear drums' Thlrd ty pe are the Babblers They are usually mlddle aged females who greet you w1th a Hello Clara dear Whats that? You re feelmg better? How mce' Oh d1d you hear about my Aunt Gertrudes bllstered gallbladder and she also had her left kldnev removed and bla bla bla? Clara by thxs tlme has alreadv been mformed of the drastlc tragedy by another neighbor but llstens polltely to see 1f there has been anv changes smce she last heard It The fourth tvpe belong to the W NA wh1ch lncldentally stands for the Wrong Number ASSOCl3tlOH The phone rmgs when vou re under takmg some tedlous task for ex ample maklng a graph chart You ve counted forty two of those madden 1ng squares wlth thlrteen to go and then the fatal moment strlkes No you re not punch drunk lt lS the bell the phone Moms sllpplng ln the bath tub Dad s bowlmg and Junlor IS upstalrs supposedlv studvmg but the alrplane that Just V!hlZZEd by THE EXILE arouses a susplclon 1n you You mlght as well face It because you are the v1ct1m' As vou stumble toward the black racket you wonder why Bell was born Trx 1ng to forget Bell and remember wh1ch square you last counted you p1Ck up the phone and the conversatlon carries on l1ke thls no e 42? no es Hlo H10 IS thzs Dreamboat Shmoe face? No thls 1snt Dreamboat Shmoe face Thls IS 88 12 Oh are you sure? Yes I m sure Oh yes now I remember Lover box s number IS 88 13 Guess It s the wrong number heh heh' Bye now' Then there IS the person who doesn t rlng at all That the fifth type whichever the case may be Just plcks up the phone w1th her head cocked to one Slde and ear strained trles to look lnnocent Fortunately you can almost always tell when there are un 1nv1ted guests on the phone for they usuallv breathe hard and end up by sneezmg' Sally Rae 54 MY RETURN T0 SCHOOI It was a long tlme that I was out of school and lt IS wonderful to be back The school house IS the same w1th only a few mlnor changes Durmg the seven years I was away from school there couldnt be an unhappxer person MV mlnd was always wanderlng back to the class rooms and to the thmgs that I wlshed I had done There were many tlmes that I wanted to be back I used to be at the post Off1C6 when school let out and the bovs and glrls came down the street I really envled those people No one regardless of who It IS reallzes what school really means unt1l he has left school If more boys and glrls would stop to thlnk how they would feel 1n the fu 15 ' yy , u 79 ' ' ' . W 7 . ' u 77 as ' , 1 o ' ' 77 a '1 ' w 46 7 ' 77 v' n ' v V - c ' y 7 f U42 43 - - . VY 1 W7 W 7 P ' y 7 77 , ' , 42. 54 - - U s n . yy C6 7 ' 9 7 u 1 n ' . : ' 66 ' ' 7 7 a ' ' 77 1 ' ll 77 K6 77 45 77 u 7 ' - , Y . C6 7 77 , . . . ., , . . . V, . - . , 7 . . ' n n 7 7 ' ' U ' ' ' n - ' ' ' 7 0 K6 77 are born hard of hearlngg consequent- namely, the Snoopers. She or he, 7 7 . 7 7 H . . . y 9 I 7 7 77 ' . s 9 ' ' 7 7 ' v - V u . . 7 ' 7 if .77 ' KC y 7 7 7 ' ' ' 9 , v 7 ' ' 77 J Y 1 1 ' K . . ' ' , . sr 'V L ' 7 u K , ' 1 o u Y ' ' ' '1 v 1 . ' v K4 ' ' 77 , . , , . . , - . ' 1 J - ' ,- - - . - . , , , . . . 7 7 ' y ' 9 .' , . . . . 7 7 ' u 4 7