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

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mam How Curls F1Sh HERE are generally about s1x gxrls They are usually arrayed ln if-1 Y lxght dresses and pretty colored bonnets As they carry therr iff long poles hooks and l1nes they are very proud As soon as they get to the rlver they look for a good place to get down the bank and the most venturesome one st1cks her boot heels rn the bank and makes two careful steps down then Ends herself at the bottom with both arms ln the water and a general feehng that everybody rn the w1de world lS lookmg at her and she feels very great The other glrls prohtxng by her example turn around and go down the bank on thelr hands and feet backward scampermg over the rlfts untll they fmd a shallow place where they can see the Hsh and shout Oh I see one' Where? Why there Let s catch h1m Who s got the ba1t9 You lazy thmg you re Slttlflg on my pole' All these exclamatnons are otten off rn a tone that awakens every echo Wlthln a nnle around and sends every fish that IS near 1nto galloplng hys terlcs Then the glrls by superhuman exertlon manage to get a worm on the hook and throw rt mto the water w1th a splash llke the launchlng of a washtub and awalt the result After a whlle a feeble mlnded sunhsh con tlnues to get fastened on the hook of a t1m1d grrl and she grves vent to her tongue Oh my' somethmg s got my hook' Pull up' Pull up' you httle 1dlOt' shout five exc1ted voices as poles and hooks are dropped and they run to the rescue The glrl wrth a bxte gxves a spasmodxc Jerk whlch sends the unfortunate sunny mto the a1r the full length of the four reel l1ne and he comes down on the nearest curly head w1th a damp flop that sets her clawxng as though there were bumble bees ln her ha1r Oh murder' Take rt away' Ugh' Take lt away' The nasty thlng' Then they hold up thelr SklItS and gather about that Hsh as he sklps over the logs one all the t1rne holdmg the pole m both hands with one foot firmly planted on the lme as though she had an evllly dlSpOSCd goat at the other end Then they talk lt over How w1l1 lt ever get off? Am t lt pretty? Wonder 1f xt a1nt dry? Poor httle thmg' Let s put it back How vsnll we get the hook from rts mouth? Pxck nt up' Plck It ap' says one of the xrls as she backed herself l0 1 - - ' . cc . . ,, 'gi 5 ' ' gs! l . . ,X A G' 3? ' f If ,' . , ns , , . 7 . Y Q Y , . ! 7 D I , . li Y! , . Il 7, KI l! , . KK 7 ' !, 4. . . .. LL ' V ' ' !! , , . 0, . b . . . . . H . , - . ,, . . ' 7 9 , l - - , ll ' I !I , . . ,, . . . ,, . . . . . , , . . . . . . ,, ,, . . ' v I Lt ' . ' ' S! , . . . . . Y U ' Y , . KL ' ' it C6 ' i ' Il Cl ' ' ' 1 V! LL . n , u D! 55 ' ' I! ,, . . . . I ,, U. . . g ,

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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

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max-rant an-lem out of the crrcle Good graclous' I m afrald' There' It s openmg 1ts mouth at me just then sunny wrlggles off the hook and dlsappears between two logs 1n the water and the glrls try for another b1te But the sun comes down and frles the backs of the1r necks and they get three headaches 1n the party and they all get cross and scold at the fish l1ke so many magp1es F1nal1y they get mad all over and throw the poles away hunt up the lunch baskets cllmb up 1nto the woods where they sxt around on the grass and eat so much lt makes them s1ck When they get home they plant envy ln the hearts of all the1r frxends by tellmg them what a splendld tune they had out Hshmg Ida Goorman 9th Grade OVER 105 by Henrxetta Neuman Z, ERTRUDE came home from work one evenmg feelmg 111 or as ,Q I she expressed It rotten Q In the 6I'St place she had a spllttmg headache Oh dear she thought I hope I get better by tomorrow Why Ill be bounced from my Job 1f I m not at work ln a few days However unfortunately Gertrudes w1sh dld not come true She felt so much worse the next day that the famlly became alarmed and declded serlous but advlsed her to lest at home a few days He then asked the glrls l1ttle sister Frleda to wash the thermometer so that he could take Gertrudes temperature What was the good mans surprlse when the temperature read 104' Good heavens he gasped The gxrls deathly s1ck' In splte of the doctor s words Gertrude felt better the next day but to the famzlys astonlshrnent and dlsmay after little Frxeda had washed the thermometer It read 107' But the next day Gertrude felt almost well Mrs Franzel the glrl s mother declded to take the temperature thxs txme After the thermometer was washed Mrs Franzel s eye chanced to fall on the temperature It read 110' The woman was so surprlsed she could scarcely beheve her eyes But there it was ln black and whlte The good lady s eye tralled back to the hydrant where she had washed the thermometer Gott rn Hlmmel' she exclalmed excntedly no wonder It vas washed under der hot water faucet' A Strange Day At Jumor F!!! LURRIED and bre thless I arrlved at school one mornmg Flfteen mlnutes late to find a group of the most 1ndescr1bably horrlble hzar s at the tardy desk I'CCClVlIlg tardy slips from a gaudy zebra who sar castlcally told me on my 'ipphcatlon for a slip that he dxdnt glve sllps to such ugly persons as I was Whlle speaklng the zebra signed a slxp for the very uglle t of the l1zards ll , - ' uh ' f I . A - ' - H .I , . , . . uv 64 'Y ' ' 9 . , , I y . . , 1 Q Y , . Fa' I ' 1-4 . it. n an ky I , Q ' sl ' ' ll 7! ll Y ! ' ! . , - - , . ,. , . , . to send for the doctor. He arrived and pronounced Gertrude's condition not , . 9 V li 1! , ll . ' U ' !9 y S ' 1 ! , 9 , . .N o u I L ! Y ' , . ss ' ' as - - u i- 9! 7 I . 'f ' . , . . Q2 l v d va of . . . Ed - . S . .