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

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n it 'Wei afewreal mam tlXll1 tl UT rn the alley back of the fence The ne1ghborhood ball players gather The1r balls they buy for a couple of cents And they play 1n all klnds of weather The p1tcher 1 tall he can throw a ood ba The catcher lb stubby and fat A red headed boy named Jimmy McCoy Is a w1zard when up at the bat The Helder s a star he can throw the ball far Way up to the first basemans m1t The shortstop IS good but he d gxve what he could If he d poss1bly get a good h1t So back 1n the alley IH ram or IH sun Where nobody s mother can call The nelghborhood ball players gather to get The thrlll out of play1n ball l Grade Charles LOZISF Nmt LIL how they Hash and gleam In the sun Llke sparklmg d1amonds Then are calm and peaceful Suddenly as 1f Stlffed by 1m1'nortal power They come chargmg up the beach L1ke angry bulls Roarmg and ragmg Then slowly as thelr anger cools 'SIG They bLlbS1dC and llde away Kingsley W1entge NlHTl1 Grade llts 1.111 AM not IH the mood to make a rhyme Although I have thought a long long tlme 'Ea The ro er Words the sta awa L P P Y Y Y So I shall try another day Hortense H1lb Nmth Grade it , 'A , 1 A, t ' Pl' V 'll' ll . .A ' 'S 1 ' g U3 , - . I The Ocean l31'cz1kc1's QA'-L,'.f . l. . Q. ,fl . . it y . . 1g.ff'I , ' .

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EA PRIL S smlles and Apr1ls tears F' 1 mg mamma DEFRA -Xlllll Remam wrth us through all the years Gurglmg brooklets laugh for Joy At Apr1l wlth her sm1le so coy Sl'l1lTlITl6I'1I'1g gleamlng green gold trees Tall grass sway1ng xn the breeze Sm1l1ng flowers are gazing through Aprxl s laughlng laughmg dew Shy vlolets dark as nlght Catch at a beam of stray sunhght A gay old sun comes troopmg out Ghstenmg the drops on the water spout Trallmg arbutus fa1ry wh1te Peep from a bed of leaves at the llght Glancxng through a gllmmermg v1ne Whrle throu h the grass they gracefully twme Inhab1t every woodland larr Flowers gazlng at the sky Wonder why the people try To hurry laughmg Aprll by Dancmg wmd whxsthng through the trees All ablowlng m the breeze Ah what season can compare W1th thrs so whlmslcally fa1r W1th Aprxl lovely laughmg thmg W1th Aprll 1n the spr1ng9 Rosemary Gavm Nmth Grade lht I ag L HE blrd of our country great and strong The The The The The The eagle bxrd of our emblem that stands agamst wrong eagle blrd of our people born free and brave b1rd of our banner that forever shall wave eagle Oscar Kahan N1nth Grade x. fn .eff ' , ' ' ' . , . 7 . . . . g . . Fairy sprites and nymphs so fair . ' Y f 1 1 X Ll 1 X K . 1 , Q . sy . I Jfcgjlx? . . . . Y

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