Abington High School - Oracle Yearbook (Abington, PA)

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Four Little Stinkers Most of our friends are ready to run when they see our pet skunks, but we find them the most affectionate of little animals. One day last summer we were riding down the pike when we noticed a group of Electric Company men looking at some objects. As we came closer, we saw four little kitties sitting huddled together at the curb. Their mother lay dead in the road, where an auto had just hit her. As the men said they didn't Want the babies, we packed them into the car and took them to the veterinarian. After his deodorizing treatment, we brought them home and named them Tweed, Abientot, Shanghai, and Confetti-and called them our Lentheric Package. We fed them warm milk several times a day. They grew and soon took meat and table foods. Two of the kitties we took to the home of the vet, the other two we kept. One kitty got into a fight and died of blood poisoning, but the other one grew fat and tame. The last one left, Tweed, we take on walks on a leash. He likes to climb steps. His favorite food is eggs.. When we put a whole unbroken egg into his cage, he tries to get it into his paws and bite it. Very much disgusted and very angry when he canit get his teeth around the egg, Tweed stamps his feet and hisses. When he finally gets his teeth into the egg, he makes a hole and sucks the egg through the shell. He is affectionate with me and curls up into my lap, sticking his little head under my belt, wrapping his paws around my hand, and holding tight. When he sleeps at night, he digs a hole in the straw and rolls up into a ball. Besides Tweed, we also have an older Hkittyn named Gardenia. Both Gardenia and Tweed are domesticated, but at night they have been known to have friends from the woods visit them, who are not nice kitties like our pet skunks! JEANNE BLAETZ, '52 BETTE RILEY, '51

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BETTY STADELMEIER, '51 ik 144 UMW See W4 It all started so suddenly. They had been happy and peaceful for such a long time, but now look at them! They're terrorized. Some of them have been wounded and others killed so that they don 't dare come out during the day at all. But it 's only recently that it all began. Just such a short time ago they had noth- ing to Worry about except obtaining food, and even that wasn't much of a problem because the food was there aplenty during the fall. The days seemed sunny and time went rapidly when suddenly-it came! It was very early on the morning of November iirst. One of them had gotten up and gone out for a look around. As he glanced down, he spied a hideous monster clutching something long and shiny. This creature apparently didn't see him, so he sat there, terror stricken, and Watched the giant as it lumbered along. After a little While, this monster turned around and started for him. Then it was looking right at him. It was too late to rung therefore the only thing to do was freeze and hope the monster Wouldn't see him. The creature suddenly stopped and raised the long shiny object it carried. There was a thunderous explosion, fol- lowed by a hush as some leaves spattered down. A hot, piercing pain shot through the one who Was hiding. He staggered. No, he couldnit fall, he must get back home. Painfully he made his Way back, crawled through the door, and fell sense- less to the iioor. When he came to, darkness had settled down, and With it the monster had ap- parently-left. He wondered just how soon the terror would return. Well, at least there was one compensation, those big creatures Wouldn 't be able to climb up to his house. He licked his wounded shoulder and shuddered with fright. It 's terrible to be a squirrel during hunting season. ANDRE BOISSEVAIN, '51

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, 0 5 sal r , N I QW GEORGE PORTER, '53 Five billion miles from the planet Earth, a strange object sped through the void. It was a black metallic ball, three-feet in diameter. Inside the spaceship, for that's what it was, were a set of controls, a video screen, and complete living quarters for one, with provisions for two years. In the small circular net which served as a bed laythe sole occupant of the ship, sleeping soundly. It was a strange animal, only six inches high and vaguely resembling a mouse. On its head was a. pair of antennae tipped with small discs. Its tail was split in two and curled around, making a pin- cerlike arrangement. It stirred and awoke. Immediately its whole body turned a bril- liant glowing green. This was a Pfftion Fu-tt from a solar system of the fourth galaxy. The office was crowded as the five men sat discussing the launching of a new rocket to another galaxy. Earth had al- ready flown to and colonized every planet in their solar system, and now they were going to try to reach the fourth galaxy. One of the men suddenly stood up and said, Fools! Don 't you realize that we 're not ready for this project yet? Can't you see that we will only run into trouble? I Paul didn't believe in any such phenomenon The Invader say let's abandon this whole thing until we settle some of our own problems. For example, take the--. He was inter- rupted by a messenger, who walked over to him and handed him a tele-dispatch. He read it quickly, then exclaimed, Great Scott! It says that a strange black sphere has landed near Arlington Memorial Cemetery not three miles from here ! The men hurried to a waiting black sedan and were quickly driven to the ceme- tery. When they reached their destination, an orderly greeted them and rushed them over to General Carson, who was in com- mand of a squadron of marines covering the mysterious ball with rifles and two light cannon. Suddenly the sphere began to glow, and a bubble appeared on one side. The bubble became thinner and thin- ner until i't finally popped. There stood the Pfftion Futt, its anten- nae slightly swaying in the breeze. It held a strange device between the two parts of its pincer-like tail. After placing a Weird helmet on its head, it pointed to the screen of the device with its antennae, which pro- truded through the helmet. The officials stood amazed as the Futt's thoughts were written in English on the screen. Even more amazing was the following message which appeared there: I am an in- habitant of the planet Pfft, sent to inform you that we of Pfft do not want you to send any device into or near the fourth galaxy. We have the power to stop any re- sistance which we may encounter from you. Watch. The Futt placed the discs on its antennae together, and a strange beam of blue light shot out and melted