Walker High School - Banner Yearbook (Liberty, ME)

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HUIUSPOUS waters. A winding road, follow- ing the western edge of the lake makes one of the most beautiful drives in this section of the county To the north you will see farmsteads and in the background Old Hogback, and Frye Fountain, with its tall straight timber standing out against the blue sky To the East, lies a broad green valley, dotted rere and there with farm houses, pas tures, woodland, and fields f waving grain Down this valley Georges River vinds its way thru the towns f ontville Sears mont, Appleton, and on to the ocean the south, a long range of hills, known as Appleton Ridge, stretches along in th hazy dis tance On this side also, nes tled arong the nearer hills, lies a mill pond, known Steven's Pond On a clear day this pond looks like a great sheet of silver Directly at the foot of the mountain tucked away among the green trees is +36 l ol Liberty pt your the white steeple of The canning factory, and the old taniery a the larges buildinvs little town, wnile on ittle town left rises a cinr h the s+ores e some f t11S both sides of the street are the reat, at tractive houses of the villagers Georges Riyer runs Quiet J thru tre middle of the town e buzz of a sawm ll can be heard ard maybe at the same fime a cloud of s1oke will b een ris ing from the stack of the can ning factory In tn urner bait of tris illage stlnds Walker high School, a large brick building, ore oi the finest f its size in the state lhe best time to get a pic turesoue view fror He at sunset, when all he coirtry 9 side is calm and still. When you see the red sun sinking be- hind the blue hills painting with brilliant colors the motion less clouds, and the clear, still waters of the lake, you will realize that nature has given abundantly of her beauties to the little town of Li 910694 W4 SUBMERGED e suorarine NSea Hawkn rested on her side, two hundred feet below the surface of San Diego Bay For two days she had rested there, while ocean tides swayed her back nd forth, burying her deeper in the bottom of the ocean Inside the Sea Hawk all was quiet A sirgle emergency light burned in the control room, wrere a foot of wa ei added to the niserr of the seven surviv ors of the wreck These seven men, fir t mate, Robert Smith chiel engineer, Roy Uhitcomb and sea en, fayrond Fenmore, William Reed, Rolf Dutnam, mlter Brown, ard Harold Jones, were discussing their chances ol getting out of the lreck alive 'It's plain to see,' said one then,'that the searching narti s can't find us, and as the radio room s flooded we dor't stand ch o a crdnce H l a hour passed while the ren set absorbed N1 h their own thoigrts At last Jackson rose ard said, 'I think if we can reach the torpedo room Je coild shoo+n he paused and falterec a l ttle 'one of us could be shot through the tordedo tube ihe men rose wearily to their feet and waded up to the bulk head trat separated the control room and the tornedo room I . . I Q 1 ' 1 I - 1 L ' 1.,,..,4. ..- 4' Ubx. -1 'J Q I U U U 's Q 1 ' J- L . . . X . . n xr. Q L ,A , .. . , , O Th I . . . ' 1 I A . . . 'v L O L. . - , H - 9 ' . . . . c . 1 . l . I a - . l xi -,L To ' ' ' . . D , . D . A V '- O o .L . I 4 L : . il 'I ' ' J 1 n as Q L R I ' ' 4- . , + - -L .L 4 U 5 I u 0 ii 1- Y. '- . ., . u M . y A ' S ' 4 ' a . . , . , . 3 . . A g 1 - . - Q , I ,, 7 U II . f 11. r L ,gs ' n . H . . . Q . U 4. I -' 1 .L . w .,. - 1.-. C Q ' 5 1, - P . . . 4, - y .J J - - -Y. I 4. .: . L. ' 4 .L O N .A , 4- Q . . V Q , . . . - u -O of 1' Q ' of . . , . . a -. 1 , , Q ' it - Q - -L Q A. - . . , .L , 0 . 1 ' .L ' ' 1 . ,p - , Q Lf 11111 L- 1. -C . ' F1 I . lh A Tv lg 0 1 . 4... - f13.....n. .Tl . , q . 4- . L - - J .4 1 ' ' U A . f' e s 1 - --1 ,l Q f . I J , I - F A 'V . 3 . . I - 0 k 9 11-J A 5 - A 1 , V y . - - A . . ,, 1 v , 2 -' U --, P T' Y ' u ,J , 1 ..- . . , . - Il u U U - -L O A .L . U 0 r., . . J. ... - rn , A ' ' g .. 4' ' - 4- V T ' , Q I lfstaci is 1 . L ti 1 - . l a. 4 1 , . .

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less a time comes when she needs them also. Then we should send the troops too If the United states and Wngland hang together we miiht Wln but lf N8 fight separately we shall olobably lose, as all the other COUHtT1SS have so f r we rust do away nlth 1el1 g1OUS lntolerance among the re llglOUS denomlnatlons esfeclally b81HSt the Jews Lany oeorle persecute the Jew and stlll con s1de1 themselves Chrlstlans for gettlng the fact that our dlble, our churches, and our whole Cbrlstlan rellglon are bullt around the Jew and P15 te Cb1HfS The CODSt1tut1OH state that all ren are created equal, and lt glV6S us our B111 of Rluht By not votlng and FOldlHf pHbllC offlce, we have had three T1'htS artlv taken from us Some of the rlghts gr nted by the con tltutlon are freedcm of ex resslon, l8llg1OH, s embly, and the rlght of nStltlOH If Ie are to nee these TlOItS we must lotect and pre erve the Iany eo le want to be 1U the government only to be fa ous and government otlll we call oul selve patTlOtlC want the nost capable 1n OfflC8, not the most o ular e ust devlse new fstem wbeleby den a e elec ted to offlce becaus of real worth lhe c1v1l servlce systei lS no lon er an 8ffoCt1VG v tem but a revlval of the s O11 sys tel: Je cannot have a land ol true de oclary untll ever one 1D Amer lca 1 tholouuhly aware ol 'llb rty, Defense, and Patrlotlsm H 7F'I5 'OF Tbls essay of Irene Blyntonfs won f1TSt lace 1n a county con test conducted by the omenfs Auxlllaly to the Vet rans of Foreign Mars of the United States Jkvklk :awk WHAT SCHOOL SPIRIT MEANS TO ME earl Tlbbetts School siirlt reans to me to have an lntere t in the school's 3CtlVltlG , and try to take part ln all of them that lS UOSSlbl6, a puu1l 1H school should feel a certaln amount Ol loyalty to ward the school P should feel that lt lS part of hls duty to uphold the school ln every way osslole A Iupll should not lHt9HtlOH ally VlOlutG the laws of the school 1n wrlch he lS enrolled le should always be a good sport and do h1s share of the work as well a the play Fe should try not to do anythlng that would label the school whlch he at tends wlth a bad name should be att ntlve, 8Ct1V8 and wlllln F houlo feel that as ng as re lS a tart of e school he should Q0 hls ,art of evelythlnf that he lS concerned satlsfactlon of can fe l he KDOWlHQ that he has cone his du ty and has done lt xell JIOK Hh- A VIEW FROM HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN falter Part If you wlsh to vlew a W1CtuT esque ceno, you should the tov of Eaystach Nountaln A you loor lnto the west, thele ll6S, llke crystal, qeorges Lake, bordered by woods and srall hlll whlle, from a gr atel dlstance, the two hlgh est OlHuS, Known as Ialshall and Coon Iountaxns, ca t thell shadows lnto lts cle r s TKllHQ O O 1 AJ ', Z ' . . . 1 - ,,, V ' .a. . T1 ' El . A 7 v ' 'I ' we ' ur X u 1, A . . ' -. A . . . . . . . . . W .. S A N u ay A 0 1 4 . 0 L ' I' .nz .Q - .2 K . - 1 . . 1 .L If . Q . . , U . A .- . , . ' ' I S - Q .Le . . . . . . J. f . - ,. ' , ' 1 L Ce - J O A-. I . . S T , . . . - A ' ' ' . . , . . F . . . ' C S 0 1 0 . . . . . . ' 4 A I5 . gl J. -- . a - If ,, ' . S , . . ' . . . 8 - ' . . . 5 I 3 .. .. w . . . ,A . , 5 ' a L ' . he . . . . . - f . . 9 I , ' -Q I I I l 1 X 1. U 1 ' So HU S Q Q I 3- . ' s in lo., I L th . ' -N -, ' 1 ' ' rx - J-J '.4 I b 1 I l . I ' Ll ll fx . V, to get all they can out of the ln. when he has gredua ed he .f- . ' ' ' - -- I 3 t ' ' 0 V . . , . 1. . , Q 0 I -7 ' ' . . F , . 2 U.. - Q . . 1 ' . 'T P . .I Ll' 8. ' -'1 In V, -I. S, L ., I Q - ,, , f,. ' ss NJ Q m . . . A I I LJ. . Q . U C- '2 LJ pl IJ u T Y ' I ,, ' Q s. -Q -S ' E in .,. I O .. I ' ' .C 1 I , t' s - go to l C 1' 1 . I A . .Y 1 4- -n ' 4.- -4 , - 4, .L 1 o 0 I V -Q ' I . S ' 'T I ' - - . . K, 1. ' ,. e - L . -A L . . ' ' 8. :Qc ' , 1, X fi . -1 x . . 1 C' ' ' . -..' u Q - . . ' f 'X . ' I . ... U I 1. , v, . ' . I A . - IT ' .L 1 A , 7 I -, S Y Y 7 . I O - 1 A .1 I u U U 1 l I U ru r: - . fe' ' 1: n 4 1 53 - -., ' U ,, Q

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Smith began to ltasan the lugs that held the bulkhead door. He continued this process very cau- tiously watching closely for the leaking of water under pressure. As not much water came through above the level of the water in the control room released the door as he did so that the water in the torpedo room he completely announcing was no higher The men waded in o the tor pedo roon, silent and grit, for they knev that presently ore of then must climb into one of he tubes and be shot to the su face and that he migrt not be alive when he got tnere Firstmate Smith checked the tube then turning t the n ne s id I won't ask for volurteer, cause you all know what is going o happen ' he turned and started to crawl into the tube saying, nl'll go s I'm he officer in command HJust a minute sir cried h chief engineer, 'Just because Vou're the officer in charge you're not throving away your life for us H Stoutly the rest of the men bacled hitcomb up Uwe never disc eyed our orders before, but we are oing to thi time Befor urtner areur n+ could take place, Seems: errors stepped forward v1+r several pieces of match in his FSDQ Nhhy don't we draw lo s,' ne said 'Then whoever fets +he shortest niece 1 l go T e men all greed to this ard eaci drew a p ece of na cr Mitn a smile Rolf Putm n spoke guess it's me go + sro t es pi ce N vo s were spoken as Putnam clirbed into the tube The breech Wa closed end locled The first mate walked slowly to the cort ols d pulled a lever lhe 1 pr ssure began to climb slowly Ju t as he x s about to press the rel a e button that vas +o send Putnam to the surface a faint tanning was heard on the snell 'ith a shout Smith leaped across the rooms seizing a hammer he tapped the wallg came an answering tap, and the men knew that they were to be saved without the possible sac- rifice of the life of one of their number. Hastily the men pulled Putnam out of the tube 'vhat's wrong9' he asked 'L1sten,' they cried He heard the tapping, and knew tn t he would not have to start on vhat might be his last Jour ney Just yet lklkvkvkllvk WHY THE ROSE HAS THORNS Walter Hart Du ing the day when our fore iathers lived in caves the rose vas corsidered the most beauti ful flower In fact, the people nearly worshiped the rose be cause it was so large and beau tiful, and in time of war they believed t at +1e rose helped to protect +hem Nany years ago two TTlbeSof people inhabited this continent One tribe was peace loving, but the other was war like ard all the time fighting Durirg one summer two small bands, one from each trite were figlting in a region ow known s +he Appa .LCII an camping on two mountain tops di rently vere seoar ted by a deep green valley flouina noiselessly through it iountains iney were opposi+e each other and vith a beautiful river The war materials xere, of course, stones, clubs and anything else Wi1lC b men ach morning at the first rays of tne bancs of this re utif l r ver rd fought at inter tnrou nout tie day On the Qi of the peace loving tr be oe L tiful roses grew, but the o her s de w s completely barren very crude lhey used they could to kill other li ht these tribes net , r ' - . . , ' f- - ' ' 7 1,' 1 .. i , -. ' . x - - 0 0 s, . 1 4' xl . 4- Q v J ' ' S ' ' . . Q ,K . . , 1 ' 1.1 L 1 . 4, - - . ' 1 .J N av o . . . 4, 1. ' A ' K, -w f- .L If 4- ' p , r ' , . . I - ' V I . .L , . . .. . 1 - gy -1 . - , o me a , , 1 ' 5 1 be- . . . 1 Y L L' -' t I f- Of- ' ' 0 . ' V,-I A ' P - - . , at ta ' I . . n . - . A U J. . . . H . t . . , - S . ,- . . - . . 1- 1 1- -- ' '- ' .. li ,,, 1 . . N ,, U 1 g l Mr' 3- J 1 . . f- . . Q i i.. 1 J - 1 1-j' ' 1 - - . , 1 N 4 A 0 L . vf . , . , V v - - V . , . gr ' V 0 ' . ' D 4 'J ' x. L - yy .ru - ,. . , - - - . . . 3 4. ' Q me u A . - , L - N ,- . - Il' , 1 1. . ' 1 an .lu .. . ' I - - . . lx: M L v f .4 - 1 . . 4. . ' fl 'E E. U - 1 I, Q : . .., , rn, ' It 1.49 :L..- xg r , . , . , .- .. . , . . 1 C, .1 1 ,J , .. ' v. ' . H ' L vu' 1. ' . in ,, A V A ,,. 1 L f a i .- i' ' 1 f 3 a o , . an 4. -. . . . , 1 ' x, Ln 'J F ' r- il -' ' 1 v V fl ' s Q , I C, -l L , . I s t .ne l r - . 1 t e .N o f rd a W ' N ' ' f'l 1 fl Y , . ,. r, . . .. o , ' - L . . , , . . -2 .Q i - . tr' - - ' 1 . I' . J-I 1 . 1 , rm - ' - an - . - 3 I' Q 1, e 'i . -' L. 0:1 T 7 1 , 5 ,Q S .. . 1 l 73 . V515 .-v ' .-.' - - w . 9 S .. U' o 5 .Ll . 1 -J . C 'J f' 'H ' a- l ' ' '1 1 v ... it ' . . W . I + 1. 4 'O V ' - ' .g .. .4 , . ni - Cx l - .