Alice Deal Middle School - Square Deal Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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SQUARE DEAL ALICE DEAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 17 A Mexican Donkey Boy One hot summer day a Mexican boy was to be seen slowly jogging along on the bare back of a gray and white donkey. His face was bright red with the heat, and his broad sombrero wasipushed far back on his head. He had dropped the reins and was so slumped on the back of the donkey that, at a first glance, anybody would have thought him asleep. Finally, Pedro raised his head and gazed sleepily in front of him. He saw a clump of trees, and slowly pick-ing up his reins, he clucked to his donkey. The animal, whose name was Tortilla, started into a trot and they soon reached the shade. Pedro dismounted and took, his lunch out of his hat. He promptly gobbled his tamales. He was so tired from having slept all day, he slept again. When at last he reached his hut, he promptly slept again. Susan Lazo, 7B1. An Unexpected Visitor One summer while up at Mt. Rainier National Park, I was lying on my cot thinking of the numerous bears that prowl in that vicinity at night. The head of my cot was at the back of the tent so I had a fairly good view of the opening. My mother and father were sleeping on the ground with their heads at the front of the tent. When I had thoroughly frightened myself at the thought of a bear entering the tent, I heard a slight rustle of some twigs. A moment passed and I saw four huge brown paws under the flap. Another moment passed and I saw the large brown head of a bear in the flap of the tent. If my mother had awakened just then, she would have been unable to see beyond a paw which was poised directly above her head. just as I screamed, my father awoke to see a mother bear and two cubs running as fast as possible from the camp. jean McKinley, 8B3 . Phone Dlstrict 7863 CARLETON VAUGHAN. D.D.S. Metropolitan Theatre Building, 932-34 F Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. MILLERS BARBER SHOP ARCADE BUILDING CHILDRENAS HAIR CUT Saturdays, SOC Week Days, 35c LEARN TO SWIM DUDLEY GORDON Swimming Instructor Shoreham Hotel ADams 0700 Compli1nc11ts of A Friend Telephone NOrth 7148 H. B. HALLEY - I. S. EVERETT Dlstrict 3190 BROOKE AND HARRY. INC. FLORISTS PREMIER GROCERY AND MARKET Floral Designs - Corsages and Decoration Wholesale - Retail ' 1745 North Capitol St. Washington, D. C. 719 Twentieth St., N. W. Washington, D. C.

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16 ALICE DEAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SQUARE DEAL Pcxddlin' Up a Dry Crick Sure an' can ya believe it boys, that I, Sergeant Mike O'Hara, be leadin' ya to capture a second Dil- linger?', Why, we'll be famous, have our names in the paper. But ya all know what to do? dubiously ques- tioned Sergeant O'I-Iara. Sure an' that we do, Mike, came a chorus of voices, suppressing mingled fear and excitement. Eleven-fifty o'clock found them in a middle-class neighborhood. Pausing before a large four-story struc- ture, they finally made their way to the door and gained entrance by a small device, a skeleton key. The striking of midnight broke the prevailing silence, and Mike O'Hara, beckoning to his men, silently ascended to the second floor. A tense moment it was when the party reached their destination. Excited whispers running up and down the line and Sergeant O'Hara's questions were greeted merely by nods of assent. Arriving before a large door, Mike gently rapped three times. It was answered by a very young man in a dressing robe, who found himself pushed rudely into his quarters. But, but, gentlemen, he began only to be interrupted. Tickle the clouds, brother. We got'cha now and you're comin, to the station with us. Thus midst the confusion of fellow boarders, who were casting grateful glances toward the sergeant, he, the criminal, Was ushered out by two armed guards, all protests in vain. At one oiclock an exhausted chief of police was listening to the last Words of Mike's tale describing the daring capture of the state's most dangerous desperado, with hundreds of dangerous weapons in his possession, with an equally surprising number of notches on them. An uncertain eye was turned upon the young man. And what do you have to say for yourself, young fellow?,' questioned the chief. XVhy, truly sir, I'm in a daze. These gentlemen rushed in upon me and took me totally unawares, with- out any explanation for their actions. The guns, well, I'm just an amateur gun collector and as for the notches, well, they're iust a pastime. There is a certain old man, now robust and old, who lives at MacFadden's Flats, who still claims that he was given the wrong address and that it was the chief's idea, anyway. june Cobb, 9B2. A Good Act Qmz anecdote retold J David Belasco was a great playwright and actor at all times. His company of actors were once rehearsing a play and they were not doing as well as he had hoped they would. As he had a very quick temper, he quickly drew out his watch, threw it on the floor, and stamped on it until it was shattered into a thousand pieces. The actors exchanged frightened glances. Then he stepped back, viewed the ruin, muttered, Good Lord-my mother's-my dear dead--mother's last gift to me. Children, I'm an old and tired man. Please Work harder. The actors realized they had not been doing very well. From then on they worked amazingly Well. Belasco turned to me and said, That was a good act I staged. Please remind me to buy another dollar watch tomorrow. Agnes Proffitt, 8B1. The Mysterious Burglar It was one o'clock and We heard someone coming up the stairs. Thump, thump, thump, went the noise. Betty and I ran into our mother's room. She said she had heard the sound, too. We Woke Dad and Larry, my brother, and went out into the hall. Mother had a broom so when the noise came closer, mother hit some- thing hard but said, I must have missed him, but I think I hit his foot, cause I heard him squeak-sort of. Dad suggested turning on the lights. Then I burst out laughing. Mother had killed a mouse that was trying to bring a potato upstairs. jean Terrett, 7A2.

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18 ALICE DEAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SQUARE DEAL A Locker Talks On the top steps as twilight softened the halls of Deal, locker 257 sat waiting for friends. All lockers on the second floor were to meet in the gymnasium to talk about their pleasures and sorrows. One locker said to some others, I am kept nicely and I am not kicked by my owner. He throws no trash in me, he breaks none of my structure, and I hope he still will keep his temper and keep the floor around me clean and tidy. I hear there is to be a war, and the lockers are going to war on the pupils who kick and hit them. I hope they will stop it because they will have no place to keep their books. The boys and girls will have to keep their books by themselves and will have to carry them to all classes. Then they will be so tired of doing that they will be sorry that they kicked us. Bell Allison, 8A1. Adventures at Alice Deal I was not at school the first semester because of illness. When I did come back I went with another girl who by that time had learned her way around the building. One time when that girl was not at school, I went by myself and got all mixed up because I couldn't Rnd the lunch room. I went down the wrong stairs. At last, however, after ten minutes of running around to wrong stairways, I found the right one. The first day I 'did not like the school as I was homesick for my old school. The week following, I learned my way around and got to know all my teachers. Then I liked the school much better. Zona A p pelbaum, 7A3. PIERRE R. HARRIS 6. CO. HAmDRr-zsssn IEWELERS Inc. F STREET AT ELEVENTH 3407 Conn. Ave- Clgeveland 3336 Class Rings, Pins, Troplaies, ann' Favors Diamonds - Iewelry - Silverware 10572 discount to Ibe pupils of your school with this ad BOB'S BARBER SHOP 6415 Brookville Road Chevy Chase, Md. R. A. EWING, Prop. HAIR CUTS-Adults, 40cg Children, 35C Sunze Price on Saturdays SKINKER BROS. MASTER SERVICE STATION 4444 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. Gus - Oil - Grease - WGSbi11g - Batteries Quick Start Service Phone CLeveland 1114 - 1115 CLeveland 3600 We Call and Deliver Tbiriy Years' Experience in Back of Every 1012 PARKWAY CLEANERS AND DYERS LAUNDERERS ' Everything in Our Care Is Insured 5010 Connecticut Avenue Chevy Chase, D. C. Compliments of GROSNER of 1325 F STREET The Man's Sfore Tbal Makes No Compromise Quality