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

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X X X N f W X R XX XXII X I Z 1 ' nn, WZ gl s: Q gf I QM Stor x C onttst HE unror Lrfe announced a Story Contest for the Year Book Hp and strarghtway there was a great scratchrng of pens Manu Kd scrrpts prled hrgh over the heads of the judges who at the close of ffbjt. the contest leaned back rn therr charrs stretched themselves com fortably and then went to rt Such a collectron of harr rarsrrro 1 e splrttrng thrrllers was surely never gathered together before The Jud es had a reat trme and are savrng many of the storres that cant be prrnted rn the Year Book for later copres of the unror Lrfe so that you may all enjoy them Here are the names of the puprls who were grven honorable mentron Margaret jones Irvm Kerckhoff Rrclaard Prather Leona Mueller Ke meth Kraft And here are the wrnnrng storres llrt xxl E wasn t very old when he had hrs frrst adventure He was born rn the zoo one summer He had four brotlsers but they had been f sent away because therr home was too crowded He asked hrs as' W, mother why he had not been sent wrth them and she had replred My dear lrttle Napoleon I heard our good keeper remark to a gentleman that he had kept you because you were the frnest and best lookrn of my five chrldren Nappy was very proud then and strutted about the cage rn a manner whrch made everyone laugh 'Cf 3' That nrght Nappy sat and thought and thought and thought H thought what a truly wonderful brrd he must be and then he decrded that he was too magnrficent to stay rn a cage wrth those old owls that were so slow and poky that they drdn t even have names After that he sat always by the door of the cage drsdarnrng to speak to hrs frrends and longrng for the chance to Fly to the crty and rmpress hrs great ness upon the people At last the chance came The keeper very carelessly 'U X IK I 'ff X I 1 X 1 X 'X . Y I I I I V X II fl 2 X i I I I SX X' 3 ' U X X X XX X X 5 Ei :Y Q? JIU Q- T ex, 2.2-f 1 22 T' :lg Q ii, NXT 3 Z 'HI' I I X 3 f X Ie '-'I 5 X f MI X f I F' I 'I-5 Y X I . I ,gmvr it X I I rx, gd .. .' U' I U I U g, . 4 'J . . 1' .. -0 Y ' 1 ' - ' , ' O , ' . e

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Qj'lFgjLFXFj Qrmurea, mam J Y M lht litsllul XX oodhmrl AS there ever a spot so shy and so sweet Where t1red llttle mmds and t1red llttle feet Frnd quret and peace t ward the end of the day When weak l1ttle llmbs are t1red of play As the beautlful woodland so tranqull and Green What meer what prettler what sweeter scene Than the tall sweeplng pmes the hr and the wlllow Whose leaves when they fell made a sweet fluffy prllow For the two l1ttle babes who were lost ln the woods When the robms covered them from feet up to hoods Than the grasses and da1s1es and VlOlCtS shy Who when summer drew near were sure to due just hke the moth and the pale butterfly? So when you are t1red and cross and blue Go out to the pmes and the wlllows too There peace and contentment you surely w1ll End The sweet restful woodland wlll qtuet your mrnd Opal Taylor Nlnth Grade cm Ill 1 lyltxx HESE days are far the saddest K-11 9 Whlch our class has ever known M451 We are gradually approachmg The farewell saylng zone Th1s means we re leavmg unror And the frlends and teachers there But we w1sh them all the best of luck And days wlthout a care We ll ne er forget Ben Blewett And the days we loved so well We proudly say Well do lt' And to every one we ll tell The grand and glorrous t1d1nU Of a school wh1ch scorns defeat Ben Blewett jumor H1gh School' It s name we ll oft repeat Clara Krenzle Nmth Grade - - , X 4 Y A 44 lnrrxi ' ' 9 l t f . . 7 1 1' 1 Y A - 'J-fl' . . . . . 8' R - ,Ag if, . ' ' --i'-A v . ' 1 ' 3 . D . . . - 4 Y V ' - . ,.. v , . , . I- 1'J1'cll ' 21 f '.,. . . , -arg ,' yn , . H ' 1 Jdlr . -,V w 2 bt ' YV . , . J . . , . .. , - v. , . 9 bS -. ' ' v- , , .

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ffaiiipji Jraibnreat ,BIFEN left the cage door open Nappy hesltated only a moment then out and away over the tree tops he Flew wlth hrs mother s lamentlngs and scoldmgs rmg mg ln hrs ears After Hymg slowly over the c1ty he declded to roost rn a large green garage As rt was gettmv very cold he fiew rn 1rnmed1ately But what a receptron he recelved' 'lhere were prgeons squlrrels rats mrce and cats and all scolded and fussed at hxm He went out the nearest exrt and hld under the eaves of a house That nlght Nappy was terrlbly lonesome and lt was snowrng very hard At length he Flew mto the house He was roostrng comfortably on a llght when a lady arose 1n a great frlght turned on the lrght and yelled Ellza there s an owl rn my room Elxza got up and called her father who came runn1ng 1n and gave Nappy such a chase that he was glad to Fly out mto the cold and the snow All the next day Nappy fiew mto houses only to be chased out again so that when he flew mto a lady s room and she got up and chased hlm he was ln no humor to be fought He flew at her face 1n a fury The lady ran to the telephone called someone and told hlm to come up and put Nappy out I a few mlnutes a man came rn caught Nappy and put h1m 1nto a bag lt was a very repentant Nappy that was carrled home next mornmg and glad he was to have h1s mother prune h1s feathers and h1s keeper feed h1m If you should ask hxm Nappy would tell you that van1ty and adventure do not become anyone Martha Morrrs Severson lhc XXIDIIIHQ Hun HIS was to be the thlrd and final game of the season The Cam WFT, den school had a good team and had proved rt to every other ya school but the Gardner Camden had challenged Gardner to play Q64 and had declded on two out of three games the wlnner gettmg the school league pennant Both teams had one vlctory to therr credlt Thxrty mxnutes after Bert jackson reached the field the game started Jackson s team the Camden took the field jackson played center field The Gardner s first man Butler struck out The second followed suit but the thlrd the opposmg prtcher knocked a hot llner to Conners the Camden s shortstop who dropped lt Wlth one man on the Gardners took new hfe and the next man h1t 1nto left field Lann1ng the left fielder tr1ed hard to get the ball but rt was lmposslble and the runners were on second and th1rd base Sanderson the next batter knocked a fly to Sloan the second baseman Yer out' shouted the ump1re , V, , A ,. lt 1 rl., - ' l . - V , , , . . . - U . . C . . D , . . , , - . , , , , . A K i , 1 . . . U . 7 9 7 . - Q, - ' s Y 5 . , . . , . n . , - . v V - ,. . ' X K , . , Q' 'Q 2 U ' . - n lille? AMQZ Q. , 1I'4 XII: tg 1 if v Y 7 Y ' ' , . Y 7 ' Y . . . . , - , Q v - , 1 - . . V . - , , . - .. . ., - Il