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

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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

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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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awwmm JEJEIFZEN Lochmvar jumor Youn Lochmvar un1or came out of the west Of all the fast HIVVCTS h1s Ford was the best It rattled and squeaked and It all came apart And when he vsas ready the thmg Wouldn t start The Ford 1n whlch he had always been carr1ed Wouldn t go even though he was gomv to be marrled A bull came alon and gave lt a shove Whlch sent hrm a Hymg to Ellen h1s love When he stepped out of hrs old Jltney bus It rattled so much that he just had to cuss He stalked boldly 1nto Netherby Hall Where Ellen s old Father was g1v1ng a ball Oh come ye rn peace or come ye IH war? Saud the ma1d s schem1n Father to Young Lochlnvar I e en had forgot you Ellen my dear T111 I heard of a r1va1 then I hastened here tr She was marrymg the Duke of some other countree fHe had thought that the lucky man was to be he But Young Lochmvar rn h1s haste d1d forget That he had made no answer to the brld s Father yet I ll dance but one fox trot but one cup Ill drlnk Of Hek or of Bevo thats proper I thmk A cup wa then offered he drank wlth a frown Dardanella struck up and he set the cup down The Fathers cho1ce brldegroom stood just looklng on Whrle Ellen and Lochmvar danced toward the lawn Then Lochmvar wh1spered m her t1ny ear How about an elopement sweet Ellen my dear? Bet your last bottom dollar that sounds ood to me So endmg thelr fox trot they started to Hee H1 there you come back here the Father crxed loud Whlle the poor Jrlted brldegroom stood st1ll1n the crowd No more cf the car or the couple was heard For the Ford flew away as swift as a blrd They followed on horseback they followed rn cars But bx th1s tlme the Ford could have safely reached Mars osephme Hohn fS1r VValter Scott II J Q .A l W l 1 - ' 9 . . . 'H 7 U -4, v y - v v v - - V , . Q q , I . 4 . U v ,D - o' ' , to - Y ' v , . . U - - vw , . . . , . . U . Z3 .1 - A l ' Y . . ,, , . of Q . O, - v . A, N. . U - . . - 1 . - - H v v - 3 I . . , . I , . . . . v sf H 7 7 ' fr A -v O 1 ' b . - - lr - . n - l , Q v or L . - v . v I 1