Washington Academy - Record Yearbook (East Machias, ME)

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THE NVASI-IINGTON RECORD Sure Dad Im gomg to take the car Im t1red out arent you? Studylng always g1xes me a headache And the next HIOFHIIIQ they go to school w1th a tale of woe about studvmg all exemng BETH I-IxrmoN DO MY FIRST DATE The most exc1t1ng day of mv llfe came on the 25th day of uly I was lust HIEIIQIIICI up my mmd whether to take a sun bath or to go SVKIIHXIIIIIQ when my sister told me to come down st'urs because there was 1 fellow to see me I ran down the stalrs and nearly broke mv neck xn the mad rush to beat the dog to the door I d1dnt want the dog to mterfere w1th any of my busmess QSPBCIHIIY on such a rare occaslon I threw open the door and there stood Dxckxe Sears blushlng and handxng me 1 bouquet of dandellons I took the flow put them III a glass of water Poor Dxckle He just stood there w1th th1t lo k of hx He began to say some thmq but he yust couldnt say what he wanted to I asked h1m to come IH Then he saxd rathe1 hurrledly I'Iow about tak mg a l1ttle spm m my new car? I dashed back mto the house and got my sweater so that I wouldnt be too chlllv But by the tlme we got underway I wnshed that I had brought 1 fur coat along 1nstead of a llttle thm sweater Dxckle s car was an old model A Ford wxth no w xndow s and practlcally no doors When he really got the old thlnq a gomg I had to hang on to the dashboard By the tlme we had reached M1Chl3S I had helped pitch three blowouts and walked 1 couple of m1les for some qis When we re ached town Dlckxe md I hwd to walk through town beciuse he was afraxd that he would be stopped bw the town cop He saxd that he 1ust dldnt have the 50c or maybe more to spare We went to the moves 'at my expense Dlckle was broke After the show we heided for home By the txme we got there I was neirly t1red out We droxe mto the y'1rd 1nd lt seemed to me that I lust couldnt get out of thwt old tmp fast enough I yelled good bye to D1ck1e and thanked 1m I went unto the house and stood up for the next fue hours You probably haxe guessed by thls tlme why I just couldnt slt down AUDREY RAMSDEII 52 TEACHING A GIRL TO RUN AN OUTBOARD Some boys complam th'1t teachmg x glrl to drne 15 a lob They would prob ably change thelr mlnds 1f they ever trled to teach one to run an outboard motor she wanted to run the motor so I slo cd It down and we changed pl'1ces I1 tru 1 1 to keep the boat headed stralght h kept moung the motor back a d f h Our path through the water looked l1ke a snake s back A few days later she thought she w ould l1ke to be able to take the boat out alone so she pestered me to teach her how to start control and stop the motor Fmally I had to gne m but I trled to dampen her sp1r1ts by lett1ng her carry the motor to the boat Before she had gone ten steps I declded that It would be better for the motor 1f I carrxed It myself I let her fill the gas tank and she got more 111 the boat and w iter than m the tank After she had been shown the dlf ferent xalxes and controls she attempted to stirt the motor When she pulled the start1ng cord out she w is afraxd th1t lt would backflre and klck her 15 I I I -I -II I II c ,I .I . .' . 5. I ' N , , C O I A . I I . I . c I : I III I . I I c c I f af 11 -if -I I -I I C C L Q B 5 K . V .V I I an C C I 3 Q 3 2 J ' J C ' I I Y a I nI I sq K I A . Y Y Y 1 1 - V L 1 J I ' . J ' C A 5 C - 1 I- . ers and handed them to my sister. She One day out in the middle of the Vmlzc F K K,-1sI I . , I V I .T -XI A I I S II I I I c .I. I lIIl U C' o 's. ' - ' , s c I X I S I ' 'A n ort . . 1 c . VI C I I v ' ' I . , 6 . . vc , C I .I a eq V I I ' I c I I .I K c .I. I1 I .I c .I, .I c ' 2 ' , I ' 1 1 .' . . .' v 1 K A, , ks 5, ' k. vc ks C I c I

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THE WASHINGTON RECORD ThlS m1ght 1nd1cate that our form of government would do the same for others that nt has done for us Th1s m1ght not be true however for people are not all ev actly al1ke The solut1on of course 19 to combme all the d1fferent forms of government 1n a way sat1sfactory to all Th1s IS easy to wr1te but though It IS true It IS not so easy to do But It cannot be posslble that all the great m1nds of our t1me can thllll of noth1ng but war Somewhere some hovs there IS a solut1on to the qre pro lems fac1ng us today If we as the leadmg I1'1tlOlI of the vxorld cont1nue to QIVQ a1d to other coun tr1es as we are now domq 1nl 1f we evtend our a1d program we vxlll do much for them and ourselves as vxell for xxe vull have vxon many more fr1ends There are many ways to r1d ourselxes of war but all these th1ngs are much eas1er sa1d than done Unt1l everyone IS able to agree better than now we are cer ta1n to have trouble Though no actual vxar may start we st1ll cannot feel secure One thlng to not1ce IS that those who start the wars are those who can best afford the hardsh1ps VuhlCh It vull bflllg about Those who fight and d1e on the battlefields are not the ones who started the confl1ct Th1S IS another of the mayor problems As long as a few powerful 1n d1v1duals are runn1ng a country It IS not safe For a country to be run as It should the people must have somethmq to say All 1n all the problem of war and peace IS a d1fHcult one There IS probably no llV1Hg man who can solve It alone but 1f ln t1me the advances of SCIBHCC are d1 vetted to more peaceful channels and even novx progress IS be1ng made me may hope for a better and a happler vxorld for the future EVERARD CROCKER IR 51 LETS DO OUR HOMEWORK D1d you ever see two gxrls get together 1n the even1ng to study? It goes l1ke th1S o have you learned your French verb xoulonr that Mrs Beam ass1qned for tomorrovx? e xeux tu xeux 11 veut I savt Aubrey last mqht Dldllt he come dovx II to your house? No vxhere d1d you see hlm oxer to Mach1as? e veux tu veux 1l veut Oh Mrs Beam 1ss1qned an Enqllsh theme for tomorrevx Perhaps vxe had better leave our French for novv and do that OK then Gee mama bought me a dwrlmq dress yesterday you should see Really? Whit color IS 1t? Oh me ve just qot to qet our studymq done because game tcmorrovx n1ght By the vtay s pose vxe ll VklI'l7 I do11t knovx but anyvsay you can see Aubrey and find out vxhy he d1dnt come clovx n last n1ght You re not k1dd1n ' Hovx lonq d1d Mrs Beam say th1s theme had to be any vu ay? Oh she sa1d that three or four pages xx ould be plenty Goodness Ive been vtorkmq on It an hour already and Dldn t vxe have a svs ell crovxd at our barn dance last Hlgl'It7 We sure d1d I vtonder vthere Clara spent so much of her txme dur1ng the even mgm? Oh you knovx the Normal School lt s qu1te popular among the Sen1or q1rls What are you qomq to WFIIE about Betty? I cant th1nk of a subyect d1d you knovt Florence passed her adm1ttance tests? Really? VVonder hoxx that happened? Well I s pose I ought to go home can you take me now? 4 . I , .- z , Q , S , , .. .t Q , . . 7 . . v . . Q . . I7 , , .. 7 . S . 7 ' 1 ' - QS., '. ' ' L K K f, Q ' x at ti- - '. ' ' D . . v 'T' , , I , s L 4 , v ' ' ' + , c 1 .. . , . . - - , - 1t. K an . . I ' 7' - C -1 - . 7 I , ' ' Q 1 . ' ,- , - we have to go to Calals to a Basketball . , . L 7 i , , . 7 ' . ' ' ' 11 . V f 7 - . 17 o V Q ' rx 1 . . V I 1 V ' ' s , - n , . V . . I. . H , . . AA 7 , , - , 1 W Lk' K 1-11 7 7 V K- . - 1. . , , U I 7 - . 4 bl 1 , , - , - 1 - . . , 1-11 1 . . K L , , -. V ' I . . y Il ' . ' 7 H rv I C . I v

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16 THE WASHINGTON RECORD Here I had an opportunIty to stop all lessons but foolIshly I assured her that lt would not kIck her After several vxeak pulls on the cord I told her to gIve It a good pull When she dId the motor started To my CIISIIIBY the boat was headed for shore' She turned It around lust savIng a nevx paInt job but the motor clanked on the rocks However no harm was done After about a half a day of teachmg her to start and stop the outboard I was ready for a hospItal a mental one Sev eral days later she thought she was ready to solo so I let her go Needless to say at the end of the summer the boat needed paInt and the motor an oxerhaullng If her father hadn t supplIed her vxIth 935011116 and oIl she vtould have bankrupted me for sure EDWIN BERRY 51 THE DREADED SEASON It was the fIrst day of November and the aIr vxas crIsp and stIll The sun vtas The bIg buck ralsed hlS head and looked around Suddenly off to one Slde he savx a flash of red That vxas all he needed to tell h1m that the dreaded season vtas here He turned to run but there vxas a loud report behInd h1m and some thIng hot grazed h1S back Then he vxas out of sIght In the jackfirs and vxas headmq north as fast as he could go for he knevt that there was only one place vxhere he could hlde untIl the huntIng season vtas over Ahead of h1m there was a large clear Ing He svxung to hIs left stIll runnlnq but then he stopped and looked all around h1m He started to cross the clearInq vthen somethInq threvx the dIrt up Into hls face and then came the H0186 of that horrIble gun far across the cle1rIng If he could only make the clearmq he would be safe All he had to do was cross a brook and he vsould come to a hardvx ood rIdge So he crossed the brook and stumbled up over the rIdqe Into the th1ckest 1ackfIr jungle around He kept rIght on gorng untIl he came to the mIddle of the Iungle where there vt as a small openIng Here he stopped and then hIs fear left h1m for he was safe ID thIs 1ackfIr jungle because no man could exer frnd hIs vxay In or out The dreaded season vx as over for th1S happy deer WILLIAM GATFOMB 50 MUSIC It has been Sald that there IS no anImal so crude that It cannot be charmed by mus1c Hovx true th1s statement IS' To me mus1c IS one of Man s greatest 3Ch16VC ments It IS one of the oldest means of self expressIon When I say mus1c l dont mean our modern Be Bop I sometImes wonder what Brahms Mozart or any of the other great composers vuould thIIIk If they could hear lt have you been thrIlled by the crashmq chords of an organ or expemenced Joy to the gay and carefree notes of the flute? I-Iovs often have mothers soothed theIr chIldren to sleep xuth the soft and mel lovt straIns of the lullaby7 Yes mus1c has a soul of ltS ovxn If one IS a true loxer of mus1c he can find It anyvx here In the vxmd In the trees IH the babblIng of a brook IH the laughter of chIldren yes and even In the hummxng of machmes MUSIC IS used by all the relIgIons to brmg to ltS lIsteners a greater understand Ing of theIr teachmgs MUSIC IS the useful serx ant of IT13I'1kl1Id It proudes a moment of enjoyment at the end of a busy day vxhen the body IS tIred and the soul seekmg relIef from the vxor rIes and cares of the vtorld RoBERT HENDERSON 52 V . . . . . 4 7 I I y . V V . .L I . . ' V I 7 L ' . , , , I A I ' n 7 D I s , ' ' . . v . V . ' k t Y X .. 1 . ' 7 . . ' . 7 . ' just beginning to show over the horizon. Music is VNV QNPFQSSIVQ- HOW Often 7 . 7 . . , ' Y l I - V . . , . . . ' , 7 Y. . - . is V ' I ' ' - I 7 I I 'f I . D ' V l Q D c A . -I 1 l h ' '