Winterport High School - Riverside Yearbook (Winterport, ME)

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Prepa redness CIVII Defense IS a problem to nearly everyone of us today People are asking all the tlme What are we supposed to do 1f the atomlc bomb strikes ? I cannot thlnk of a more lmportant current questlon can you? Recently our commumty has been hold1ng meet mgs at Unlon Hall for the purpose of teachlng the people what to do ln case of an attack In our school we have so far had no lessons on th1s subject I thlnk every school and home should pract1ce ways ln whlch to protect ourselves agalnst th1s dreadful bomb read all artlcles whlch concerns zt and teach lt to the younger chlldren Maybe we w111 never have to use these lessons Most surely we hope not but there seems a blg chance that we w1ll so let s BE PREPARED to face lt From Pvt james O Connell to hls mne year old daughter My darllng httle glrl l am sorry to have to be away from you dear but daddy 1S away for a great cause I am here 1n Korea to fxght for what IS r1ght to make all men free and equal No man 1S wholly bad some men are ln fluenced by other men above them m rank It IS not because they want to flght 1t IS because they have to Don t ever hold a man s race color or creed agamst h1m God created men equal l though they may be of d1fferent colors Always be good dear When I get home we w111 have a great deal of fun at the beach Lots cf love Daddy But Pvt james O Connell never came back He was lulled on the battlefront the next day 7 . . .L . . . ,, . . 1 ' , . n , . . . , I I . , . . - - . . . 1 1 . 1 . , ' . . . . . , , , . . . l I ' n a . . n - 1 . , . - . .

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Our Modern Needs As the years progress and better ways of 11v1ng are 1ntro duced so the way of educatxon must progress As the town grows the educatlonal system must grow to meet the growlng desires and needs of the people W1th a large modern school more students can enjoy the advantages of more advanced and d1vers1f1ed educa t1on Our hlgh school whlch was bullt over one hundred years ago does not measure up to modern standards We must have a modern school equ1pped to handle the Chang lng trends of educatlon Do we want our chlldren to go out of thelr own town to get an educatlon just because we do not have adequate faC111t1CS for them? Every up to date town can aiford to have some sort of modern school therefore we are hopmg the commumty w111 wake up to modern t1mes and start preparatlons for a new hlgh school that our chlldren may have satlsfactory eqmpment w1th whlch to get an educanon BettySawyer 51 Basketball Poznt System This year the se1ect1ons for the Eastern Mame Tournament are found by the pomt system Each team recewes 10 pomts for beatmg an S school Z0 pomts for an M school and 30 pomts for an L school A1 the end of the season the team adds up t.he1r pomts from the w1ns and d1v1des thls number by the total number of games played You then add thls quotxent of the other teams you have beaten onto your own to get your fxnal ratmg The top eight teams or those wxth the hlghest scores are represented m the Eastern Mame Tourn ament Wmterport s ratmg thls year was 33 8 The Class S corn mlttee declared that xf a d1fference of 17: or less separated the 8th and 9th teams there must be a play off Wmterport was re qulred to meet Medway whose rat1ng was 34 6 zn a play off The tournament promlses to be a good one, wxth Beals the favorite W zlfred Lord 5 1 6 0 - 1 ' I ' I . I 1 . . . I . U ,... ...................... O 1 1 , 1 . r . . . . . ' D D - . . , . . - .. , - . - . . . I - 0 . . . . - 1

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Panorama The trees stand 1n all the1r glory Of red and orange and gold It s a much repeated story But one that w1ll never grow o d October how I love you I love your clear blue days I love the hzlls and mountams W 1th the1r low hung purple haze ThlS mornmg I looked out a wmdow The sky was a clear cleax blue I saw the gold brown of the meadow And the forest s colorful hue lt s happened many tlmes before Th1s change that came about But It always seems more wonderful Each year whe I look out G F Autunm s P103 The leadlng role IS played by the And muslc 1S supplled by the gentle blow1ng breeze Ratn and Frost the weather men are xmportant to the cast And Harvest wlth her many crops 1S nexther least nor last Mother Nature we ll not forget for w1thout her part As producer and dlrector the play would fa11 to start The play 15 to prepare the world for wmters dread and cold Each actor has h1s bxt to do whether young or old Every beast every plant and every man m h1s way joln wlth nature and her cult to present Autumn s Play V W 8 I ' 1 . I I I . . , ' 1 1 I I , Q . I 9 ' v L multicolored trees S ' I I 3 I I ' 1 ' I I I I I 'I I