Southold High School - Snuffbox Yearbook (Southold, NY)

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Hocus Focus HE Great Day had arrived at last The time was at hand It was now or never shmed my shoes last night borrovsed my Dads best shlrt shav d twice this mormng got a haxrcut yesterday Th se vsere among the many sayings that one heard on a certain afternoon a fem weeks back I fact there were more notlces etc flooding the halls that afternoon than there are radrcals rn Union Square Havent you guessed it yet? No? Well thls mas the partrcular afternoon that the students of the umor Class were to have their pictures taken At last it seemed as though everyone was assembled Everyone posed prettily Then rt happened' Hold lf cried the photographer that genxal little man from Cutchogue Steady now' Stop' A shrill voice from the rear called out ack So and so isnt here' A quxet plop echoed throughout the stillness and the inert form of Mrs Dxller was stretched out on the cold concrete of the main steps Thls last had been too much and our overburden d adviser had simply passed out When Mrs Dlller was revived a discussron arose as to where the missing rndxvidual mrght be Immedi ately three volunteers were dispatched in order to find the culprit Which they dxd after a hectrc search from floor to floor and from room to room Finally the entire group was ready The ace pho tographer pressed the button The picture for the Yearbook had b en taken Oh' Success at last' Two days later there appeared the following notxce on the Bulletin Board All members of the umor Class please report for pictur at 3 00 P M tomorrow The film for the first plcture failed to develop properly Bl be Do you want to go to the unior Prom? Ken I sure do' Blythe Well Im selling txckets Paul I suppose I-Ierman is studying as usual9' Charlze Yep Paul Then wake him up wlll you Helen This dance floor is certainly slippery' Fred It isnt the danc floor I just had my shoes shtned Gzbby fspeakmg on the telephone Will you please put Mary on the wlre? Mrs Iazl What do you think my daughter IS tight rope walker? ' Charlie Do fishes grow fast Lewle? Lewze Some of them do My father caught one last year that grows an mch every time he talks about it twenty My First Formal Y FIRST formal brought me evcitement ID more ssays than one After much coaxlng I was per mrtted to attend my first dance a formal affair There, I can truly say I was the feature attraction of the evening Xvhen my escort and I arrived the crowd had alr ady gathered therefore I decided to make a grace ful and striking entrance or at least as graceful as one can mth a size snr foot 1n a slze Hve shoe All went vxell until I tried to hold my head up yery high then it happened' My head seemed to poss ss the same magnetic power over my feet as a magnet has over a ne dle for they came up in Jack knife form The Jack knife may make a pretty dive but tts not pretty when you land on somethmg more solid than water After completing this wonderful EXlllb1Cl0h of bow not to enter gracefully I gathered myself up and laugh mgly replied to my friends queries as to my bemg hurt wrth a brtght Not at all while xt seemed as though twen y fou orummers were beatmg out the Beer Barrel Polka on my splnal column To COVCI' my 6I11lJ3I'l'3SSITlPI'lI El friend asked protested at such an indlgnity However I dragged them along much against their will with the result that one of my heels caught in the bottom of my gown and caus d a bad tear By this trme my partners shoes were b gmnmg to look sorled Now my feet kept insisting that I go home but my head continued to say Stay just a lrttle while longer Once again I listened to my head with dxre results and this 15 what happened While I was in a complete daze someone shoved a cold glass of punch under my nose I grasped the glass and stepped back in order to admit others to the punch bowl The result of that step back was the crowmng event of my evening as I finished tearlng off the re maining part of the bottom of my gown and also suc ceeded in spilling punch on everyone withm ten feet of m By this time my escort was completely embarrassed and he insisted lh no uncertain terms that I go home Thus I resolutely gathered myself together removed the offending shoes and started across the floor wrth feet chanting madly I told you so I told you so and an escort angrily mutterrng about crazy dames and the1r darn fe t Yes my first formal was ended' Laundry A fringe of vari colored madness Wrth changeable design Like rainbows dipped and sudsed and squeezed And flung across a line' . .- T A ,A A A M A A . . 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