Albany Union High School - Whirlwind Yearbook (Albany, OR)

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nv '-,Ig 12 WHIRLWIND ANNUAL A.H.S SAWDUST Mechanical Editor ..... Manuscript Editor ...., . Photograph Editor ..,.. .... . -Paul Stellmacher ----Phyllis McCormack ----Helen Ellison and Marylee Jenks ----Bill Morgan ----Pat Gilchrist ----------Pat Murphy ----Eileen Brenneman Art Editor ..,,,, --- Typists .......... Business Manager---..-- . Subscription Manager------ 2 The Winter of the Blue Snow In the North, sapphire-blue snowflakes began falling on one winter evening in the year now called the Winter of the Blue Snow. Terrified by this phenomenon, countless herds of moose and bruins are said to have fled in fright. Among them was Niagara, the huge moose hound that was food hunter for Paul Bunyan. The student, Paul, had been living at Tonnere Bay in a secluded cave, where he carried on intensive research and study. At this time he had just begun to be restless because he had learned and had mastered everything there was to know. A few days passed 'before Paul realized that Niagara must have fled with the rest of the animals. Niagara rushed along with the fauna of the woods and soon passed them. He was going at such a terrific rate of speed that he crashed into the North Pole. With great force he was hurled backwards, and he fell between Canada and the United States. This fall is now commemorated as Niagara Falls. Maybe you have heard of it. oo Little Babe i Paul Bunyan was awakened one night by theterrific crash as of a thousand timbers breaking. 'Pulling on his enormous boots, he walked out of the cave in two strides. After he had arrived at the shore line, he saw a great sheet of icy water. In the midst of this seven-foot thick sheet of ice, which splintered before his eyes, he saw two ears. Fearlessly he grabbed the ears from a mile away and lifted from the water a shivering, new-born ox- calf. Surprised at the size and color of the huge, bright blue ox, Paul named it Babe, the Blue Ox. Then he carried the poor Babe into the cave, where the ox was soon revived with warm blankets, moss soup, and the heat of the fire. N T ' '--11. 11