Park Falls High School - Torch Yearbook (Park Falls, WI)

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TO SOUNDS OF WINTER AND A little spruce was crowded Beneath the pine trees on the hill. And he could hear them whisper When the wind was very still. Your branches are so scrawny And your trunk so small and thin. Then followed sounds of laughter As they teased and taunted him. Oh, how I wish I were as tall As all the other trees, Then I could spread my branches out In any way I please” . . . He waited very patiently, For there must be a plan For each and every blade of grass And each and every man . . . Then one snowy Christmas Eve He knew why he was born. He was taken to a church And gaily dressed for morn. from: Moment of Glory by: Lois Lehner

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CHANGING FROM AUTUMN . . . Today upon a tree I saw Some green leaves tinged with gold, And on the ground the summer grass Has withered and grown old; From faraway across the fields I heard a squirrel’s clear call, And in the cool north wind that blows There comes a hint of fall. And the world awakens To a colored countryside, Where red-brown deer Leave little hoof marks for all. The wild geese on their annual trek In haste go flying high, And Indian summer spreads her veil Of gray across the sky. And we feel our spirits lifting As cathedral organs chime. And from our heart we thank our God For blessed autumn time. from: Autumn and Red-Brown Deer by: Hattie Pope and Minnie Klemme

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SPRINGTIME Take time for friends . . . it is the source of happiness. Take time for work . . . it is the price of success. Take time to think . . . it is the source of power. Take time to read . . . it is the foundation of knowledge. Take time to laugh . . . it is singing that helps with life’s loads and frustrations. Take time to love . . . it is the one sacrament of life. Take time to dream . . . it hitches the soul to the stars. Take time to play . . . it is the secret to youth. Take time to worship . . . it is the highway to reverence. Take time for nature . . . it is the route to survival and the mark of life. from: Time by: Author Unknown 5