Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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l'NlXItliNX1'x JBL When the shlp arrlyed, she seated herself m her usual chan' on the mann deek She dld not haye to work because of flnancxal reasons Money chdn t eount for much anymore She, as well as eyery one else was forced to work by the efoyernment Aw ay, way baek, eenturnes ago, a law had been passed whxeh Ind dxylded the people IFIIO four seales or cllsses Selles No 1 7 3 and 4 they were ellled Seale INo 1 was made up of the ble busxness men, Seale No 2 oi the LOIIIFILUDQ and bulldlllg eomplmes, Selle No 3 and Selle INo 4 were mlde up of the ofI1ee workers and the laborers respeetxyely Under the law, those ID Scale IXo 3 worked for Selle No l untxl they reaehcd twenty one years of age At this tlme they were foreed to marry the man or woman whom the goyernment ehoose from Seale INO 1 usually the son or KIILIQIIIQI' of the partleular one for whom they yy ere worklng Is? 128 awakened from her day' dream to hnd herself watching the assist ant pilot He was a young man, perhaps twenty one, wnth brlght blue eyes set Ill 1 sun tanned face, topped by a shoek of curly black han' She reahied that she hmd been watehmg., for hlm for the last week or so Her mouth grew warm almost wxstful How happy but what was she thnnlung about' It could neyer be She but up to wander anmlessly about the shmp She dld not see the brnght ness of the day I'NLI'yIl1lI1g seemed blaek 1nd dreary and hopeless The shnp seemed to be carrymg her to her fate at a ternble speed She was leanmg oy er the ramhng, watchxng the ground shp past under her, when she heard a door slam She turned and saw the asslstant palot was commg across the deck tow ard her H15 smxle w as the grln of a Greeter, and he was going to speak to her There was no doubt about It llello, he sald then' eyes ITILCIIIN5 and Llllllglllg for a moment A mee mornme, lsn t lt' You don t seem to be enjoying xt, though If yfou are ln trouble, maybe I e.1n be of assnstanee O thanks INO Im afraxd no one can help me Come, now It can t be as bad as all that Please tell me I mnght be of he p Somehow hxs cheerful yolce and sparkhng blue eyes seemed to open up her heart She had been longlng for just some one to tell her troubles to It s nothing she sand I simply haye to marrv a man whom I don t hke that ls, I don t thunk I do for I ye neyer seen hum yet Nothlng' he sand H1 quick symplthy Nothing' forced to mlrry some one you don t love, nothing' NVhy you dear, braye, httle gurl' Im sure there IS something that can be done about lt Besndes, Im m the same fix myself I haye to marry a gurl I ye neyer seen too Ilsten he continued Are' you game to take a chanee' Yes' All right yy hat s the matter with you and me eettlng married' O We cant do that We would be eaueght for sure, and that would mean death Listen' Ill meet you at noon and haye the goyernment s new' rocket ship There :sn t another sh1p on the globe that can keep up wlth lf We'll take If 14 TH '. .' '.. P .1. 1. I'.'l' xx 1 X I n - Q . e l . k , ,. . . .. . ,-,,, ' e . , , . - V . ,,-. V ,V V A A A 1 ' - V V s I ,V s -s V I 1 H-- D , y J x K ' Y Y- x r as xv: , . - , . . V , . 1. 4 n 7 s , V .,., , , 1 v. 1 I 1 x . l s xx V , V , . V Hd ' 1 Q x ' . . , .. , . . . . x' L ' 1 , . . , - lil . It 9 ' 75 ' lr ' , - V V ... 7 ' ' . . ' ' ' 'V VV s ' V , . V . . , . . . . , . e . v Y rx if 7 . . - , . .. ' ' ' . ' 't ' e e . I . 4 C ' 1 1 V . . . V V A. .,,, , A , ,,, L ,D g , f V , . , , , K , A xx ..- V , .

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I sw and go to Wars or the Moon or answhere and get married What do you sa Should she do it? Whx not? She had no one to worrv about her Her parents were both dead Death rf thex did not succeed would be better than being married to some one sou couldn t love ans how All right Ill meet sou at noon Great' This was all that he said then for they were evzperlenclng the joy of the first kiss But it w1s bound to be cut short much too short as all first kisses are Watch out' Here comes the captain He broke loose and was gone How different the world looked She had something to look forward to now She was tingling all over with excltement and love What if they should fa1l7 What if he could not get the new ship? No' They couldn t fail Lose always finds 1 w as and lose alw ass wins out in the end Wasnt life funnxa Here she was engaged to be married to another but this time she didn t know his name But what did the name matter if there wus love? The ship came to a stop and I5 128 got off and w mlked to the elevator as one walking on a cloud Her face was flushed and her black eyes were enormous She entered the office and hung her coat up and set to work on the last Work she expected to do All morning she was humming bits of the latest mus1cal hits Her work was done in no time How slow the time passed She began to get restless and nervous So much depended upon whether they got away safelv or not Toward noon her employ er ealled her into lus office What was the matter' Could they have found out? Perhaps he was only going to dictate another letter When she had entered and seated herself at the desk her employer told her that hc was going to introduce his son to her, so that they could go out to lunch together Boom' Down fell all her hopes If she had not been sittmg 1n the chair she would have fallen Iler employ er was suing something ns is mx son 'VII 77 he sue llow do sou do sh began as she rose from the ehnr 1nd th n stopped lt couldn t be true' Were her exes deceixnng her? No He was hurrxmg to w 1rd her You she erled 1nd then LXLIXTTTIHS5 went bliek and she fell but not to the floor for he had re lehed her and had slipped his arm under her W hen her exes iluttered open she found herself looking up into his smiling fILL XVhat are sou elolng here she began but newer hnlshed because he was finishing the kiss that had been started on the ship Tll 4. bl'.NIUH M.XGNluI' 20 vote, .. ,A .fel A T. ' 7 l V Y 1 a 1 , e . . I yy, . , ' V . . e . , V - 1 , s - - 1 , V , . , . 7 . ' VV - V Vx , V 9 , ' .V nr s . V . v Y . . . , e . 'Lt . T 1-4 1 :V - ma V I 1 1 1 - V , . . . , . V D I Vs V V Y Y ' 1 v rv . 1 1 . . . 3 I v - 1 v 1 Tx 1 4 . r ek . , . . . , . . . , , : - . ,. , , , , e . Y ' 9 1 1 1 1 ' 1 , 1 1 1- 1 1 ' ' 1 y I T V V , ,s 1 s V i 1 e V V V V s . e , . , , V V x -1 . V V x 5 f 1 1 v - I 1 1 1 V . . . . , -- v vt . vi 1 . V T 1 I. Tl' ' fi 1' , l ' , e . - V V 3 C s, .- -. , - ' C - . . . . . ,. . . e ' 1 1 ' V 1' V' ' V V' ' . . . V 11 V ,V - - - s - V . s .-.-V V V. V-V V - . s , , . 1 t . . , 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 . , t . e , e . I 1 1r1 1 1 1 'I A Q I - . ' S A e --. V V - .. Q V ' V 1 v 1 1J, - 1 - 171 - 1 11V 1 1 V - 1 . , V , ,,

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ININI fN1 Q14 W'hen all the men lneludnns, Mxrlln xxere snttlng 1t th table that new-t mornrm, Sp1ts mrose 1nd 1n r1tl1 r 1 h1p humrd mmner told the storx of the horses Niarlm realnzed If xx 1, hrs oxxn son who had succeeded rn detectmg the cuprrrt felt ashamed Surelx h1s son xx as xxorthx of hls name Of course errx xx 1s I'LlC19LCl II'1L1 m 1po ogx from 111 xx IS made to hxm From that tlme on Nllrlms mmner toxx 1rd mmx elnnged Perhaps It xxas Fate that prox ed to N11rl1n that 1mes re1 lx xx fs not 1 xx ealxlrng, and hrs ment1l strength oxershadoxx ed has phxslcal strength 1130111 11 Be 'I enable? BJ Harry Sr 41111011 Kms s S 3 g It xx1s xx IFHIHQ number one 1nd another dlx xx IS st1rted for P3 128 She dldn t jump out of b d xxrth 1 bound IS LliLlll Sh dld not feel lllee jumpmg t II ll It xx as to be her 11st dlx of xxorle 1nd eonsequ ntlx her hrst dly of marrled llfe-or at least If would be lf she d1d not thlnk of some Way to scale Yet she xxould be 1Tlll'1lCd to hlm at 6 13 p m of the same day the seventh of une ln the ,CIF 9371 1' 1: Kms 3 s s g 3 There vxas xxarnlng number two She Ind SS mrnutes to dress, eat, and be seated IH her charr at the off1ee 112 6 mrles we ax 1n the heart of the erty of New York She would haxe to hurry lf she xx as to be to work on tlme No trme for bre11ef.1st noxx She dndn t xx Int anx thmgj mxhowx She dreaded her comxng marrnge She plctured the boss son as bemg a tall lanky man vxrth a thm xxhrte faee 1nd scared lookmg, eyes She xxould probably have shot herself lf she h1d thoupht of rt md lf If Ind been centulles lgO for there xxere no guns or xxelpons of 1nv sort nor Ind there been slnee 2029 A D Whlt could she do? She suppressed apprehenslon xxnth 1 tlghtenxni, of clear cut bnlhant llps She noted bx the perpetu1l mouon tlme keeper set nn the xx 111 at the snde of her mirror thlt the lnter enty 11r llner xxould be there III 48 seconds The ron' of rts enemes droned f1r 1xx1x IS she pulled on her hat before the dressing table and the mxrror reflected her 1l1rmed froxxn She pressed an errant strand of copper hued hur lnto plxee and gaxe her mtolerant, hlgh brldged nose 1 final toueh xxlth the COTTIPILI pld then regarded her slnm rmage llert, suaxelx hablted Her SH1llC of sltrsfaetlon softened her SCFIOUS face mto lox elrness, and lent 1mpat1ent eyes the tranqu1l hue of sea xxater It xxas s1llx to xxorrx she told herself as she hurrn d to the roof Exery thrnb xxould come out all rnght It had to It had alxxaxs done so before Why worry' TH 'I 1' 'Ir'1 P11 KIA 14' 'IT 23 ' Y, L 4 ' . 1 ' Q C 4 4 - 4 4 ' , 1' ' ' ' ' , 1 4 . ' '. 1' t 4 K ' . . . 4 1 . ..,. . .. . . 1 a . f. '4 ' K . 1 1, 4 4 41' '4 4 4 1 - . f e 4 Lf . . e -' '1 r ou 4 Ll . ' ' 4' f 1 , ' 1- e if, 4 get out of it. She had never seen the mang she only knew his name and his V Y . ,g . ' . , . . 4 'r I' I e l l ' Ae . l V , I , 7. l 7 l ' - t Y 5 7 , 4 . if 4. K., ' K , ' x 1 ' ' L .1 s .'Vk Q u V. y V.f . . . 1 1 -. -' -1 X 1 . V. 3 . . 7 Y - w . . . ' lv X L - . . - r , X . It . q A I ' 'A -WI A. . 1 Y 1 X ' F x . 5 Q I 7' e e 'L V Q V 1 x X , . , . ' AV . L ' . - C s N L L vi V 1 ' Y. 1 V w . 1 J ' I . 4 . , k. , V A V V V 'Q V V- . . 1 ' ' ' ' ' I 7 V ' n n Y V u