Westbrook High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Westbrook, ME)

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Westbrook High School 19 5Dingley's PORTLAND CLOTHIERS 6oo Congress Street at High PORTLAND, MAINE Phone Connection S T E E V E ' S STEEVE HAS MOVED FROM 4g TO S3 OAK ST. He says tbe Three cBest Tlaces to Eat are : Ist At Home znd At Steeve's, 53 Oak Street 3rd -- Ar Steeve's, 154 Free Street EVERYTHING COOKED IN PURE BUTTER Don't Forget the famous HAMBURGERH MINUTE SERVICE NO FOOLING' Compliments of HARRY D. BROOKS Manufacturers' Agent 48 Exchange Street Portland, Maine :Z gall fine of A. REACH and WRIGHT 86 DITSON Cfzltltletic Goods KING ec DEXTER COMPANY I I Monument Square, Portland Telephone, Forest 4290 J. E. PALMER Co. PORTLAND, MAINE You 'will fnd :Zn egttractive Qisplay of Outer garments hr all occasions, in models to fl the Miss or junior Miss Dresses, Coats, Slcirts, Blouses and Sweaters for School, Street or Party Wear PRICES ARE MODERATE QUALITY OUTSTANDING .Mirtheasterm fBusiness Gollegea BAXTER BLOCK PREBLE 1755 FIFTH FLOOR 562 Congress Street, Portland Cjowrses NORMAL SECRETARIAL STENOGRAPHIC BUSINESS A DMINISTRATION ACCOUNTING When in town, visit THE EVERETT LUNCH Formerly STEEVE'S and have one of its FAMOUS HAMBURGERS ALWAYS THE BEST Delicious Coffee Courteous Service 49 OAK STREET, PORTLAND HARMON C. CROCKER LINOTYPE COMPOSITION Make Up ALSO ELROD AND LUDLOW PRODUCTS Thompson Caster 394 Fore Street lFoot of Exchange Streetl Portlancl, Maine Telephone, Forest 3980 Q

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18 John Philip Sousa was one of the most Widely known of contemporary American mu- sicians and his death ended a career of more than fifty years before the public. He was born at Washington, D. C., November 6, 1854. As a boy he studied music, and at the early age of thirteen he was a member of the Marine Corps Band. In 1880, when he was but twenty-four years of age, he had worked up to the position of music director of the United States Marine Corps. He held this position until 1892, at which time he formed a band that he named after himself. It was called Sousa's Band, and it soon became known as the world's most famous band. Under his direction the band played in every city of size in the United States and made several tours of Europe, one of which started late in 1910 and extended to a tour of the world which lasted until the early part of 1912. As a writer of music, Sousa's works include two operas, many songs, and more than one hundred marches. His marches are the best known of his works and are familiar to all, for they include such favorites as Washington Post March, Stars and Stripes Forever, and Hands Across the Sea. He was known as the March King and he certainly deserved this name. L. P., '32. WHO? Who rises from his bed With an aching heart and throbbing head? Who stand all exams in dread? The Freshman. NVho's reached the ladder's second round, And searched the Sciences profound, So feels he should be laurel crowned? The Sophomore. Who feels that he is bound to be The final great authority For students and for faculty? The Junior. Who stalks around with solemn air, Who thinks that none with him compare, And passes Freshmen with a stare? The Senior. T. H., '31 The Blue fr VVhite CHRISTMAS SHOPPING CAs seen from behind the counterj Christmas is the merriest season of the year with the hustle and bustle of shoppers creat- ing a festive atmosphere. The Salvation Army girl, standing on the corner, stamps her feet and rings her bell. 'People stop, fumble in their pockets or pocketbooks, drop some coins in the big iron pot and go on feeling very public- spirited indeed. The stores are filled with peo- ple, all kinds of people, and as I watch them from behind my counter in the local McClellan Ctwenty-five cents to a dollarl Store, I often wonder who they are, where they come from and where they are going. A girl that has worked very long in one of these stores classihes the people into different groups, especially the regular customers. For instance, I can tell a girl from Scarboro by the way she talks, acts, and dresses. Most of them have clear, healthy complexions from their life on the farm and the long walk to school. Peo- ple from Gorham and lfVindham have a dis- tinctive air about them, also. A good salesgirl knows her customers. For instance, I know that the man standing at the end of my counter comes into the store early in the evening and stays late, doing nothing but picking things up for inspection, then placing things back in the wrong places and generally making a wreck of my counter. A few minutes before closing time he makes a small purchase and leaves, greatly satished with his skillful buying power. Then there is Henry. I know his name is Henry because he is always wandering away from his wife, and she has to call to him half the distance of the store. She is a small, thin, sharp-faced woman and he is a great hulking brute. She dominates him completely. She is the type that always asks her husband's opin- ion and completely ignores his decision. The toy counter that I work on lures every- one from the four-year-old to Grandpa. The little boy I just waited on spent fifty cents on toys. He bought each article separately, with much deliberation and consultation with his

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20 The Blue Er whale friend. He had to play each game and read the directions carefully before he made the pur- chase. When I said Thank you each time I received his change, he replied, very dutifully, Yes, lVla'am. How I wanted to laugh, but you can't laugh at customers no matter how comical the situation is. Some people ask foolish, unreasonable ques- tions. One woman held up a small boy's suit and asked me if I thought it would Ht her lit- tle boy, who was in Canada. Thoroughly dis- gusted, I replied rather tartly that I didn't know her little boy. She gave me an offended look, but after you have spent six hours on your feet, waiting on all kinds of people, irritat- ing, patronizing, jolly, considerate, and incon- siderate people, you don't care what people think of you-at least 1 don't. Some of them rush up and down the aisles in a great haste, others dawdle about, not knowing what they want or having only a very vague idea. There are a few, a very few, people who know what they want and buy it Without first speculating as to whether it will wear well or if they can get it a few cents cheaper in Portland Cnever figuring their car- fare to and from Portlandj. Gradually the crowd thins out and the girls have a breathing space before they start re- plenishing their diminished stock. Then the last-minute customer comes dash- ing in and rips the whole counter fthat I have just filled and straightenedj apart in a frantic effort to find some object that she simply must have for Sunday. Someone always knocks at the door after it is locked, but is met with the polite but firm words, Sorry, madam, the store is closed, and she goes away muttering about the nerve and audacity of those clerks in colorful terms. The first bell rings and the cash is taken from the registers. The second bell rings and there is a mad scramble for the dressing room. We receive our pay envelopes with much satisfac- tion at the realization that we earn our own spending money. The drug store is the des- tination of most of the girls, where we promptly spend our pay on candy and other things that we don't need or want. People should try looking at themselves as a salesgirl sees them if they want a big, hearty laugh. K. Y. MACN., TH. KEEPING AMERICA AMERICAN America, discovered in the year 1492, ls the land that was made for you. You must, every day, do your best To help make America greater for the rest. Never let her standards fall, But raise them higher, one and all. Your forefathers did their part before, Show America you can do as much and more. And when in the future years to come VVe look back at the work welve done, And know that if we will, we can, liach one of us, keep America American. D. I.. P., '32. l?7 'b, Tin Illl ' -Mfg, I iff w S -A - :FE 4' Gin, ikf' Ywi.-7 -L if-22 If x l,-'wal 1 -.ig H - gli iii!! T 'f f.. E? 574- . ' IA . '45 ' ' 'AJ bf'-'N ' 1 -159 H 5? X