Tillamook Catholic High School - Academic Yearbook (Tillamook, OR)

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Jr? 19 A EX 11zZ 1576 Number 1576 Name Drck C onnors Age Occupatrono Factory owner Relrgron Cuatholrc O K Buddv here you are now go to the next booth and get your shoes and clothes Drck Connors moyed mechanrcally to the next booth was measured and gryen a parr of heayy oyershoes and an rll fitting surt of black and whrte strrped clothes C o easy on these clothes Buddv cause you dont get new ones yery often Qurte 1 come down from the rrch clothes you are used to yvearrng eh D ck blrnked hrs eves as rf he were rn a drcrm ind sought to awaken hrmself All through hrs trral rt had been that way ind he couldn t yet realrze the full srgnrfi cance of the statement Sentenced to derth Vyhv rt yvas preposterous unbe lrey 'rble that he Drck Connors was rn prrs on H wondered what hrs mother and fa ther would thrnk-dear old dad and moth Well are you gorng to stand there all d ry Pcmcmber vou are not the only crrm rnal rn the world There s others who haye to b fitt d D ck flrnched at the word crrmrnal but he was one wasnt he Wasnt rt he who had krlled hrs employee? Was he gorng crazy or drd every new comer wrtness the same tumult rn hrs heart Alwavs before hrm crept the shadow of the gallows' He was shoyyn to h s cell where he sat on the hard bunk and trred to thrnk He sat there strll when the order was rssued by the Warden to turn out the hghts Havrng no cell mate to talk to Drck crept off to bed It seemed as rf a brand was being seared on hrs soul Frnally he dropped off to sleep He awoke early rn the mornrng refreshed by hrs nrght s sleep and thrngs yy ere clear rng up The mrst oyer hrs brarn seemcd to haye dropped He wasn t sorry he had krlled 0Leary He deseryed rt A yorce rn terrupted hs thoughts Qome one to see you C onnors Connors looked up to see a prrest Srt down Father Daly sat down and sard wrthout prel mrnary rather he bade the prrest Vlell my boy tcll me all rbout Drck was only too glad to share hrs troubles so he begrn Viell vou know I own that factorv on Twenty second street One of my employees trred to get the rcst to go on a strrke I called hrm to my office resolyrng to reason rt out wrth hrm He could grye no reason for hrs act on other than that he wanted 1 larger pry check I started out by tellrng hrm how wrong rt was and he told me to mrnd my own busr drawer I drew out my reyolyer md shot hrm before I could re rson rt out Im not sorry Father he deseryed rt Suppose he drd son There rs an Al mrghty God to eyen accounts wrth eyery body Yes I guess you are rrght Father I neyer thought much 'rbout that But I rn tend to escape prrson wheneyer I get a chance I dont care rf I get lcrlled rn the 'rttempt Mv dear boy reasoned the pr est you may escape from prrson but do you thrnk you can escape from Cod and your con scrence Drck yvas surprrsed to find hrm self agreerng w rth the krnd old pr rest They conversed for seyeral hours 'rnd yyhen the prrest finally left Drck had made hrs pe rce wrth God Trme rolled swrftly by The day set for Drcks executron dawned and Drck sat rn hrs cell talkrng to the prrest He glanced at hrs watch and shryered Two more mrn utes trll he would meet hrs God The Vi ar den came rapped on the cell and called hrs number 1576' Drck stood up squared Page Twenty fine 'B Q. 5.r6Er6?.rf5?B55r5P96736?bc5?'ab.55.r5?Zrir5Erc55rc'iEra'iERr6Er 46566? qt, ..., ...-.. ,....., ......, ......., ....... , ......, .....,, ,....., ......, ...., ,... f as-if-esfafesmesgasses T H E A C A D E MIC - 'rf-eslif-QQLQQZQQZ? QZEQQ uh ,lu . . , ' ' . S ' . x l .- AA sv , H H . ' v. A. .tv I g. r 1 1 uzag rv l H H Y K ' . rv 1 , ss ', Dv . .bra H s ' Y' . H ' i J V u ' ' ln v v , . ' ' H N u H W, L . 2 v . ..., ' '. 3 . V an y , , x , 2 u ' s b ' J I ' V H . 1 v . . v .'.. W v I K' Z Q A4 v V t , .1 . , v . . . ' - - - '-ip :, - Y. . . ' sv u v V 'll' , ' ' ' L ' . ness. I became so enraged that opening the .2 1 , I . ' 1 Vg L . Y , ,V , , ,I , , 2 A . . H ' ' ' ' . I nn 7 g , - I , K I . - . L v y - I v.. ' v . vi I . . - u K Y v - .' ' .D er . . . ' 1 ' - I ' Z '. u ' I - ' H 1 ' - , i , , . . 3 9 in as , xv K ,i K as , Z l - V A , . .Y ' H ' .I .' s L ' - l . .K I N K K v b I , A-E .L K ,V f , . I I - v . U .K y L .V 1 Y g . - :ig ..... .... .... ...,.. ...... ...,. -. ...... ..... ,,,,. ..,... ...... .,..

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L hrs shoulders threw b1ck hrs he rd and left hrs cell followed by the prrest He reachcd the flrght of thrrteen steps whrch l d to the scaffold 1nd kept tellrng h ms lf th It rt was rll rrght A shrxer ran oxcr hrs body rs hc cl mbed one step then mother Qtr rngely hc found hrmself countrng thc steps As rt rt mrde rm drf fe encc' Onc t o three orr wondc d rf IDX oth r prrsoners hrd count cd thc steps He nrurmurcd a srlent 1ct of 'rc 1 Q contrrtrorr 1s he reached the l1st step Qlowlx he s1t down on the death charr 1nd foldeci hrs arms to be tred H s yes were blrndtold d He thought of hrs p1r ents thought of I od One second two seconds three A sp1sm of p1rrr crossed hrs frce Hrs body grew tensc th n relaxed Drck Lonnors hrd gone to frce hrs Mrker 'VIAr1cAr1r-T XR XTIxlNb 1 A Mother cs prayer I rr from cryrlrzatron up rn the rocky heights of the Snow Hrlls Ren Perenerr watched the gray and rose of the western ky blcnd rnto th suns ts dyrng rlorres Co'd rr r'1ys reflccted upon the lrmprd wa t rs of the grert Xukon Suddenlv he turned from th c1b1n wrndow where he stocd 1nd 1 forced smrle played about hrs pale co1rnten1nce The m1n was recallrng borc wrth rt 1 brtterness 1krn to remorse 1nd clesparr They dont suspect m of the murder X fine game I played on the Canadran Mounted Pol ce Too bad they thrnk young franc drd rt I h'1t to shoxe th blame on m but Here he stopped A parn ful expressron stole oxer hrs face IS he re called 1 st 1tement hrs moth r had often m1de Rene you may d cerr m1n b1rt you c1n newer decerye fod Yes' many trmes had h he 1rd thos words from her lrps but not untl now drd the full rmport of therr meaning come home to hrm Th 1t tender conscrencc whrch she had cultrx 1ted rn hrm whrle a boy now manr tested rtself Ifyen though he h1d eyad d the clutches of crxrl authorrty h knew one dav the supreme Justrce of God would have to be satrsficd Only srx months pr yrous to thrs trme R ne Perener had lrxed happrly wrth hrs mother and small brother Prerre rn Que bec But thrs happrness was destrned to be short lryed For Rer heard of the amazrng I nqf T11 errfy .slr gold drscoyerres whrch had been made near the crty of Dawson Desprte hrs mother s entreatres he Jorned the mad rush of men who lrke 1 mrghty stream flowed on endless course rnto the great gold fields ot the Worth But Perenrer soon found out '1s many others had that the Klondike re gron was a yast country of Jagged moun tarns and ar rd pl 1rns Cold was not found rn Drsgusted wrth the whole thrng Perenerr ntered rnto a scheme wrth a group of sour doughs who had lost therr dust They plotted to rob the passenger boat whrch made weeklv trrps b tween Dawson and Whrte Horse and usually carrred a heaxy cargo of furs and gold The plan farlecl In order to escape the penalty of rmprrson ment Rene fled to the Snow Hrll moun tarns Before he reached hrs place of ref uge he found hrmself trapped by 1 C1 nadrrn Mounted Seryrc man who had se cretlv pursued hrm In 1 desperate effort to garn freedom Per enerr shot the officer Alone rn the mountarns R ne had trme to recall the follres of hrs past lrfe Among the manv thrngs that passed through hrs mrnd rt seemed he could not forget that xorce of h s mother Rene you may d cerye man but nexer God On hrs de parture from home that same admonrshrng yorce had sweetly told hrm Prerre and I wrll pray that the Blessed Mother may take care of you and brrng you safely back to us Always keep thrs scapular medal on your person l5?Jb6?l345?llb4?Jb4? GQPLJSEJLSFJQ4PJb4?Jb4EJb4PJG4PJb4PJQQFJPJQSFJBSPZJLSPJQSP ..... ,... ..., K ...... ...... .---. ...... , 1 ......, ....... ......., ....... usefesa5-es-15-as,-if-esaesa.-es T H h A C A D E M I C -s-1fes1.-esafesa-es-tiles .... 6:-... - ' . ,Q . . ' ' . ' . . ' ' Q , ' - . . .- r'1 H. -, w' , ' , f 1 ' . . . He 1 ' .T z '. ' 're 1 j e ' 2 - - 9 ,jj 4Z s Q . v y - y , f v f K . - 7' . . , 9 'K K K- . . . K . - ' e s r ' , ' ,z 'f J s ' , ' ' an gpg: I . e '. ' 1' ' ' - - , ' 3 ' QJX e ' f' 1 ' . V I ' . ' ' ' . , . -. 3 .1 - .- . . . KK K K, K K - . - K. I 2 2 ' . . K. ' K. 'K ,' . K . K . .K. '. , - . . Z , K 2 . K. - .. ' , . ' K . .' z ' K K I . K. ' something which rather' pleased him-but plentiful quantities, as he had anticipated. can . K. K . - - . --K. . , - K K S K. . 3 K - .K K K K, . . .' hi -4 QI 4 . . . ' , .. . ' . . ' KN . KK K. . . K . IK. . - . . K K, . K. , z c z A e , ' ' - Z K f ' ' . . . . ' . '- . ,' e 'e z, 5 , '. ' 'z z- .: . . , - . 3 KH . K. - K. 'Z K- . .' .9 . K. , C KKKK c . c , . , y . . . . 1 ' . - ' ., e ' K . ' . I K . he . ' , .vs 7 - ' 'II' ,KKK UKKKI, ,,KK,, ,,.K,. ,,,K.,. KKKKKK, .KK,., ,,K.,, ,.,,,, ,,KK.,, 'KK,,. ,KKKK,, .,'K,, ,,,K.,,, ,.KKK., .KKKKK