Bushwick High School - Senior Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Vucku I glanced hopefully af Mrs Gadsen expecfung her fo say some- fhung whuch would keep me busy lusfenung unful fhe reappearance of my mofher For one of fhe few fumes whuch I recollecf Mrs Gadsen was sulenf She smuled af me from above her varuous chuns and nodded her approval My mund darfed un all channels of escape Vucku s vouce rose agaun uffy In my panuc I glanced down af my hands Luckuly fhey had been washed un my usual fashuon and I could easuly have convunced anyone fhal' fhey had noi' been washed af all Okay I caroled Buf I beffer wash my hands before I handle any dushes I darfed up fhe sfaurway pursued faunfly by fhe sound of Vucku s vouce mufferung Thaf chuld I reached fhe landung panfung My mofher s vouce comung fhrough fhe door reached me and wufh uf fhe realuzafuon fhal' I had unknowungly kulled fwo burds wufh one sfone I had escaped my susfer s anger and was un a good posufuon fo duscover fhe cause of Claure s woes I sank fo fhe fop sfep and cocked an ear un fhe durecfuon of mofhers vouce whuch was sayung Of course dear donf fell me unless you wanf fo buf I do hafe fo see you so unhappy Mofher s foremosf fhoughf was always our happuness You mughf feel beffer uf you fell someone You doni' feel suck do you CIaure7 If would be such a pufy lusf before fhe prom Thus lasf broughf forfh a loud waul Oh Mummy she sobbed even louder now I m nof goung fo fhe prom Thungs had become so unferesfung fhaf I rusked creepung closer fo fhe door and squaffed cross legged lusf oufsude Nof goung' Mofher was obvuously amazed Buf honey you ve falked of nofhung else for monfhs Whaf abouf your new gown7 Well I I can 1' g g go alone and no one a asked me Buf whaf abouf Pefer7 You ve gone everywhere fogefher all year He fhunks Im gomg wufh Paul Lasf week her cryung had sub suded fo an occasuonal snuffie we were wonderung who would be ueen of fhe Prom He saud fhaf uf he knew fhaf would be fhe gurl he d ask Well I m a candudafe for queen buf so us Beffy Lou and I fhoughf fhaf was who he meanf Well fhe fhoughf fhaf he d consuder any ofher gurl even uf she were queen made me so well nof really uealous buf sur prused fhaf before I knew uf I had saud fhaf I expecfed my cousun Paul I2 ' . 'IK' . . . I Th-fhanks, Mum, buf I'd rafher be alo-o-ne. . . . I .. . Q

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aT The Time and aT whaT my slsTers Term- CLAIIQIE GOES TG Tl-IE DPCM By RUTH HALE DecoraTion by RUTH DOLOWITZ and ROY HEWITT FROM where I dallned on The second Tloor Iandmg I could hear The low muf- fled sobbing whnch emanaTed Trom my susTer Claires room. I was en rouTe downsTalrs Trom where I had buT recenT- ly been bamshed by my moTher To wash The good earTh off my hands and Tace . . ' IIIIII II y I Q Tor Tea Of course I was only eleven AUD wi .. ed The braT sTage so you wall undersTand why whsle my moTher and her guVesT wauTed Tor my descenT I was Iurkmg nn The shadows of The hall To deTermlne wheTher or noT Clalre was really crymg IT was Claire I knew Tor I had seen Vucku buT Ten mmuTe s prevnously ln The klTchen. So w:ThouT a ThoughT as To The correcTness of my behavior I bursT down The sTalrs luke The savage my Tamnly acknowledged me To be wuTh The loud exclamahon Mum Claure s howlmg luke The dackens upsTalrs My moTher lusT emerging from The klTchen wlTh a pIaTe of cup cakes In her hand looked a blT sTarTled I hope she nsnT III she TreTTed She Iookeo so Tlushed when she came In from school She glanced apologehcally aT Mrs Gadsen T whom my susTers and I prnvaTeIy referred as Old Gad and Gas Per haps moTher conhnued Id beTTer run up Tor a momenT KuTTy she sand wuTh her you oughT To be ashamed look In her eye You snT down aT The Table and pour The Tea Suddenly whale :T slowly dawned on me ThaT oerhaps I had noT done The :deal Thing I spied my snsTer Vncku who IS Clanres besT Trnend an splTe of bemg her susTer Too glowermg aT me Trom The klTchen AT The momenT she looked beIIlgerenT To say The IeasT KuTTy she sand In a Too sweeT manner You heard whaT Mummy sand come here and geT The Tea poT I knew To well The wraTh oT rx ' Li I ' -3 ' ., R . . I I. ' I . .' I ' . ,lo

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from Harvard and because he was such a fme dancer and had such a lovely car ld mosl likely ask hlm lo lhe prom And Molher mlerrupled he of course look you serlously7 He musl have Claure began lo weep afresh He dudn l ask me dad he7 I donl know molher sighed you children Im nol a child Oh' whalll I do7 I canl lusl go oul and hare a gugolo She agam reached lhe wallnng slage Now now dear donl gel all upsel agam The prom s a f ll week away Someone wlll surely ask you Why only yeslerday un lhe drug slore Mrs Whnpple was saynng lhal Horace Molherl Claire was aghasl Id ralher go wllh Donald Duck lhan Horace Whnpplel Even al my lender age I could see her obleclnon Horace wore a s Well molher seemingly was preparlng lo leave Mrs Gadsen IS walling downslalrs You slay up here and when you feel beller well see whal can be done III send up a mce cup of hol lea wulh Kllly Oh Molher please don l I feel badly enough wulhoul lhe help of lhal chlld Hearmg mums feel scuffmg on lhe carpel I declded lhal lhal chlld had beller evacuale lhe vlcmlly for ul would nol be well lo be caughl eavesdroppmg I crepl halfway down lhe fIugh+ and walled so as lo lime my en lrance so lhal my molher would be close enough behind lo unsure my safely I slrolled mlo lhe Ilvnng room and decnded I dad nol care lo re mam for lea When Molher enlered I hopefully asked Molher may I lake a cup cake and go oulslde7 As usual she was glad al lhe chance lo dlsmlss me and haslrly nodded her assenl I look lhree cakes mumbled a farewell and lore oul of lhe house I have always sand lhal whal happened nexl was fale There saunlermg down lhe block was Peler Snow Il happened gusl as lhough ul were a movie Then walchmg has approach lhe Idea hal me luke a flash I sluffed lhe gooey confecluons mlo my pockel and assumed my depressed and losl my Iasl friend look I lusl managed lo reach lhe gale as Peler was aboul lo pass He looked up ralher glumly and smuled Hello lhere Kully I3 ll I I I I . 0 E ' u horn-rimmed glasses and looked like lhe Before piclures in lhe yeasl d .