Ben Blewett High School - Brochure Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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mem When I was a young man back ln them days of that Clvll War tlme a good old plpe was the very thlng And by joe Ned these gol darn fandangled thlngs seegars and slgarets wlll lull a feller Ah go on Dad don t go a tellln me about them days of yourn Don t ye reckon I ll llve long enough to see thls crop put byf' Dad walked off slowly shaklng hlS old whlte head The nerve racklng nolses of horns whlstles popplng of bottles ceased as noon drew near 1-'eople were seated on the rlver bank wlth table cloths stretched on the grass holdlng stacks of pale PICS chunky bread chlcken and stlcky chocolate cake The great event came after lunch The band was to play and the young folks were to dance All the old men women and chlldren crowded near the grandstand and dance floor In one partlcular corner Old Granny Slndey Nettle Case and Aunt Llza sat All of them smoked gray clay PIPES Granny was bllnd Nettle was toothless and LIZB was crlppled up ln the back as she expressed It They were talklng about the dances glven so numerously around the country Yes Sald Granny Slndey them IS the rulnatlon of our church Rev erend Hlcks IS about to glve up hls church on account of them slnful dancers He says One nlght they go to a dance and the very next un they come rlght lnto thls very church and slt before us The slnners' They all nodded thelr heads and agreed danclng was a sln Look Nettle Llza replled There comes Sal Brooklns Howdy Sal How s yer Paw Sal? Oh he s falr de mlddlln Well how s yer Maw? Ma aln t got no teet no more and she can t eat to do no good Well how s that Blll jones Wlfe up on the Creek near you? She s allln agaln She s a mlghty puny un Well they all drawled now aln t that a slght Here comes Old Uncle Llge wlth hls fiddle Nettle sald Hes a gwaln to play for them folks to dance I reckon All the young folks chose thelr partners for the square dance and were clrcled on the rough oak platform Llge started to saw on hls fiddle and called the Wlld Goose Chase The danclng some how seemed to fasclnate the old women and they sat there starlng wlth thelr mouths and eyes wlde open Say Sal I heerd over the phone thother day that LIZZIC Smlth got one of them there new klnds of plnk Chlnee sllk dresses You say she has? Yes Well ye know I trled to get me some of that green Chlnee sllk up town But they was all sold out The clerk sald It was just a Slbht w v everybody was a buyln that sllk Fverybody amakln um a new dress for the plcnack Acommln back from town we stopped to see our ga den on I . - - ' . ' . ,, . . . . ! ' ! 9 . . . -. ,, ! 9 ' Y ! Y ' ' ' 9 , . , . 7 ! Y 7 ' ' 5 ' 7 ! ! ' . . . . ,, . ' ! . ,, . . . , . ll Y! ' ' A6 ' ' ' 9 1 ' ' , . ll I YV ' ' 65 ' I V ' ' it Y! , . Howdy there. ll V V9 , . KK Y ' ' ' 331 , . it ! S! Ki ' ! 'I Y! 44 9 ' V ' Y' Ci 7 ' ' I ' V ' U7 it !Y KI ' I ' U! 7 3 ' K4 ' Y' ' V! ' ' li 9 , . ' 9 ! , . D ' 7 ' 7 Y I !9 in 1 ' ' ' 9 7 ' ll 39 .. ,. ,, . . . J . . . . , . . ff a . , . . , . J K ' Y ' 1 . r 7

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A COUNTRY PICNIC by MHTIOU Chlld HE Brookms famlly were all astlr as to day was the plcnack at animal Waynsvllle Mr Brookms was up and about domg the mllklng ' N1 and feedlng the stock Needlessly he called to hlS w1fe Sal get them kldS out of the bed You know theres a srght o work to do up fore we leave Go on Bob Them krds uv been up an hour ago They re a Hestm around here helpm me get the dmner packed up h1s wxfe repl1ed The sxx Brookms chrldren were arrayed 1n the1r Sunday best the three g1rls all dressed allke 1n red callco Thelr harr smoothed back Wlfh water was bralded and t1ed wlth red strmgs The least un dressed 1n the1r newly bought overalls and straw hats From the front gate Mr Brookms called Come on Sal brlng the kxds I m ready The lunch ln a huge wash tub was put 1nto the wagon Mr and Mrs Brookms occup1ed the front and only seat w1th the least un The other chlldren sat on some hay rn the bottom of the wagon They rode sllently on passmg nelghbors and teams all bound for the same destlnatlon After several m1les they pulled up to the p1cn1c grounds whlch were on the banks of the rrver Teams of mules and horses of all slzes and descrlp t1on were t1ed to the nearby trees Merry go rounds grandstand dance floors Punch and Judy shows and everythlng that should be at a p1cn1c were there Ah Paw g1VC me some money I want to rlde on the merry go round sald one of the boys Oh Paw called one of the glrls I want a nxckel for some of that red lemonade It s just a sight sa1d Mr Brookms Ye k1dS IS a always a beggm fer money I ll not have a mckel left to buy me some of them seegars Whats that I hear came a voice from behmd hxm Ye a wanten to buy some seegars9 Thev ll klll ye as sure as Old Pone Helms s mare dled the other day I m just a warnm ye Bob The vorce came from Old Dad Phlllps as he was called He was an old man white halred wlth a long beard As he approached Bob Brookms he leaned hcav1ly on hrs cane C - -1 f X . X I , X X 1 a X p X Wx I ,K 7 , --1 ' ' ' sc ' as P: .' v ' gaqq . . . . . . ' . . ,, .'- 1 ' v v ' . , . , 48 ' Y ' V , . . , . . . . . . ,, ,, 1 . . . . U ,, . , . red calico was on its mother's lap. The other two boys proudly donned . ,, . ' 7 3 ! ' 7 99 ' ' ' ' ' KK 93 , . . . . - - , , . Ll . ' ' S! I ! ' Y ' it I! ' 54 ' ' ! l ! VY 64 9 ' ' Y! ' ' KI ' ' ' Y , . . , - ,, ll ! Y! ' ' ' Sl 9 , . 9 ' 9 ' rv' - - g H . - , . . , . 9 ' I ' P I

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SZHNSEERQL mam the rrdge And Im a tellm ye right now lf lt don t ram rlght off well not have a thm to eat Everythrng just burnt up L1za exclalmed No tellm what well come to yet One year the r1ver overflows and takes all the corn away and the next un lt all drxes up There s so many of the folks around that s got the ager Thats a bad slgn My Ma always sa1d that when so many folks got the chills and fever lt was just puttm 1n fer a dry season Granny sa1d At Sundown the crowds grew restless chlldren crled horses stamped at the HICS and dust One by one the famllles crowded 1nto the wagons and dropped wearrly on the dusty quilts The old r men sa1d they must b a gettm home to mllk the cows and feed the stock Some remamed to quarrel or dance untll n1Oht but most of the folks have made It a day at sunset A MOONLIGHT ESCAPADE by Adrlenne Bedlglan l I EY joe yelled Bllly Smrth at h1s playmate s w1ndow c mon out Whata ya want was the rough rejornder as a curly head 55 emerged from the w1ndow Look at them cherr1es sa1d Brlly pomtmg a grrmy finger at a tree ln a nerghborlng field covered wlth r1pen1ng frult But they d catch us 1f we took any sa1d joe mournfully Oh we a1nt avom now scoffed Bxlly but to mght cmover by the fence we ll have a Jolly tlrne That mght Bllly Smlth and joe Banks both surprrsed thelr fond parents by W1Sl'llI'1g to retxre at an early hour On recexvlng th read1ly granted permrssron and blddmg a lovlng good mght both made a spe dy ex1t and ran Is that you joe? whlspered Brlly hldden under the fence as he heard footsteps approachmg Sure IS Let s go Under the moonllght two small boys smacked the1r 11ps as they crammed rlpe and unr1pe cherries Qwhlch nelther could dlstmgulsh by th pale moonhghtj 1nto thelr mouths But after a short tlme even B1lly and joe had had enough cherr1es for one nrght at least and accordmgly each went his own way home After several va1n attempts B1l1y succeeded 1n gettlng ln throu h the wmdow he had left open and carefully removmg h1s shoes he cautrously crept upstalrs just as he a ned h1s door one shoe fell to the Floor Wlth a heavy thud Thunder' ne exclaimed as he qulckly scrambled lnto bed Blllys mother awakened by the nolse on softly openxng the door a few mmutes later beheld an rnnocent though somewhat cherry besmlrched face restmg composedly on the whrte plllow A stocklnged toe protrudmg from the covers at the other end Emshed the story Blllys father attended to hlm as dld Joes to HIM and that together w1th the fact that both felt somewhat funny about the mlddle for the next day makes It needless to say th t nelther ever wlshed to go cherry plCk1I'1g by moonlxght after that one lorlous rnffht 8 Q 'I I - - ' . 4 - s - v . . . , . . , ' 1 . U . . ,, D ' ' ' - sl - 9 v - , . . . ,, , . . 1. v v U v ' 1 . . . , . ,, . , . 1 1 , . 0 1 . . . H . 9 S . , . ,, . 5 ' ' 7 , - f n - ' ' 1 - U s u v s , ' rv ' 'z 1 U . ,, V . . n 1 ' 1 . ' U . ,, . . . . . 0' y 1 u a . an - , . as ' 1 ' u vu ' u - v 1 5 Q v ' 9 s - ' n , . B . . O . . . . . - . A . , x. . M ,, . . . 1 ' 1 y u - 9 n 1 . . . . . . . e . . . Ov v 1 Y D v O' 1 . ,G . u n 3 - ' ' . . , . . , . . 1 a 1 ' 9 - 1 , . . , , . , . ' D 1 -- fi ' 0' l . Z3 b