Central Catholic High School - Katholikon Yearbook (DuBois, PA)

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Uhr illmtnr d1d h1s s1ster 1n her retreat these days as the happlest he had ever known One evenlng Ellnor brought her low cha1r to the flre and sat beslde her father Father I have some thlng to tell you somethlng vou should know she Sald Is lt that you dont flnd your allowance sufflclent or No father though I have no monev to spare nowadavs You know you told me to spend the money vou gave me Just as I 11ked d1d you not? Certalnly I d1d J1m replled Have you lndulged 1n too many fr1lls or sweets or vshat? Just tell me how much you want dear est the amount IS yours Oh no father Ellnor Sald pay1ng to keep a poor s1ck woman IH a san1tar1um and It IS pretty ex DQUSIVG I hope you wont m1nd Why should I my Ehnor the monev 1s yours Yes she was so poor and wretched and 111 I was afrald to tell you fearlng you would forbld me to see her and could never bear to let her go back to that horrld dreadful work Oh so she had been workmg had she asked Jlm 1n an effort to appear 1nterested Work1ng' Oh father' If only you could hear her tell the story of her ch1ldhood up 1n Hatem where she l1ved w1th a mother father brother and IH Father you are 111 Grey had started from h s arm chalr but sat down numb and Ylgld No no I am not Go on vuth your tale Elmor Where IS her brother that he does not support her? When he was vet a llttle fellow he ran away from home e thought the world of hlm the only brother or frlend she possessed And the woman? J1m spoke hoarsely I have t1red lou dear you had better ret1re No no Walt What IS the wom all s name? Why do you wolry about her father? Her name IS Carol Hess Now her father 1nter rupted Wlth a cry trylng to arlse but fallmg back helpless lnto the chalr The end IS near he murmured Ellnor rushed for ass1stance and re The next few months J 1m spent ly mg 1n bed helpless but contented H1s f1rst act after regalnlng con sclousness was to tell all to Ellnor and to send lov1ng messages to the companlon of h1s baby days asklng her to forglve hlS cruel neglect Each sad day Elmor falthful to her work journeyed back and forth between the long dlvlded brother and slster for never agaln mlght they see each other s face ln th1s world Death claimed the brother f1rst Carol followlng hlm 1n a few weeks After the death of her father and her newly found aunt Elmor though deeply grleved was free to carry out her long cherlshed 1nten t1on to nurse 1n one of the charlty hospltals whlch she had prevlously alded by her generous and loxmg ass1stance Marj or1e Lambert 23 38 . . . . , ' v Y 99 ' ca ' n . 1. u . ac A - - ' ,, ' Y Q H Y . v u -99 ' , . Cl ' , ' . as ' , ' ' .19 - 9 9 ' 99 C6 . Y Y CK ' ' v - ' . . ' 9 99 h' ' ' , as , - .77 . ,Q as - - ,99 - ' , H ,, . - sc ' ' . . . , 9 9 , . . ' ' ' . 9 9 , - 99 ' ' ' u ' 99 ca 99 ' ' . ' . ' ' , ' Cl Y , n - l00K1Hg 11110 the fire? ,IV9 been turn1ng found h1m unconsclous. - , 9 - 9: . . ' . . ' , . , - cc ' , , Y 7 ' , ' 99 it 0 n Y , K . . ' 0 , I . . 9 , ' Y YY , ' ' , 9 9 . , . cr ' . ' . 7 ' , 77 - ' . . . I ' ' u ' . , . . . . ' ' . , I . . , , . , 1 . . - . 'H , 1 , . . , . . I . 1 A u , - L q l U- , . V. u V- 1 Y 7 ' . . . . , I ' Y '

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Eh: The Daughter LLNOR GIQX the onlx chlld and sole helless of the mllllonalre Jlm blel had been brought up aftel a sx stem O1 lglnated bx that astute old cx nlc hel father BOIH to mlsel able pox 61 tw he had fought hls wax up out of the Cltl s slums tleatlng othels as others tlcated hlm cllmblng surelx llke hls hundl eds of proto types and Wllllllllg ln malllage a pennlless glrl of blrth and beautx w ho dled shortlx aftel the blrth of hel daughter Ellnol To Grey the outslde wolld was Just a howllng VSllCl9I'IleSS ln whlch man starx cd StlLlg'gl8Cl anc achlex ed too late one to be kept from Ellnol He had no more hls llttle glll than wlth hls alt tleasules that It had taken hlm years to collect A hlgh class nurse and companlon or QOYGIHQSS sup plled the place of pal ents to thls unusual glll and she grew up a stlangel to hel onll pal ent A hald man was Jlm GIGY glasplng and pltlless feellng that hls fellow belngs could as he had done Qllfll1l6 haldshlps unalded starve ln the streets fl eeze he 1ll and helpless ln challtx hospltals Appalled bs thls non nature Ell nor gl ew up the xelw opposlte wlth a cllsposltlon so unselflsh that all loved hel and blessed her f0l hel QQHQIOUQ offerlngs GIQN s one fad was to glse thls chlld an lncome SLlfflC19lltlX gleat to lender her a powel among her lnfellors To the majolltx of glrls thls would have meant molal llllll ln Fllnol It bred a gl ICIOUQ sweetness Elirntnr 0 Jim rey Stllxe as he would endow hel as he would GIQX could nexel speak to her of hls past llfe He would see agaln lll fancx as he sat OXQI the nle the old tumble down shed outslde the cltx that had been hls home hls mothel busx oxer the wash tubs 01 stoxe Clluflglllg mls elable flglltlllg awal bt3I'V3.tl0Il bltterlx raglng 3ga1IlSt llfe and ltS buldens hls tather acaleless use less ne er do well And Carol hls slsterl P001 Carol' Thele wele tlmes when he would have glven much to haxe seen and talked to hel and xet he dal ed not seek hel lest Fllnol mlght come ln contact wlth the sole llnk connected wlth hls past 90 leasoned Jlm Glex uncon sclous that hls daughter and hls slster had already made each w as altogether ullaware of the othel s ldentlty One dax w hen El lnor and Mlss CIQVVQ her gov elness H918 taklng a walk thex saw a woman falntlng on a dool step Ellnor called a cab and took the woman to a doctol who Cll3g'll0S9fl the case as healt tlouble w th no cule but rest and qulet All the necessaly arrangements had been made at once f0l the woman s lemoval to a sanltallum A xear passed peacefullw and the onls change ln the GIQX mansion w as the decllnlng of lts owner who sat at home fOl dals at a tlme so lonelv and delected that Ellnor longed to cheel and comfolt hlm At fllSt her 9ffO1tS met w 1th llttle success but flnallx GIEY grew to walt fOl her comlng and to mlss hel when she was gone In thls elexenth hour the father healt awakened and sale fol celtaln llfllllltlllg memol les Jlm counted ls v 4 v v ' l Q- v v 1 , l . ' K l ' sc ' , K I ' , , Y ' Y ' l v 1 v I 5 vw , t , A . 1 . . , - , K ' .' A N v L Uv, 4 kv 1 1 - 's -. v- . ' . v y - L v . 1 Y . Y , - 3 . K v y . , - ' Jw . ' vw N 1 U v l ' , . . . . , - . ' . , . , M, . v N 1 - Q v ' K . v ' K ., , - - . , . 1,'Y . - 7 Q I 1 , V K y ' ' - ' 1 ' i w . , N , 7 ' Y , . , . . . u '. N I Y 1 D' ' .a . ' v I ' ' ' I 7 n L. - w n w A ' ' J- ' . thought of S-pellcllllg l1lS. FIOUIS Vlth othel s acqualntance, though each ' ' l ' . .7 ' ' v v v 7 1 -1 - v l f ' ' H , T ' ' JS, K - 1 Kuna' v u 1 v tv ' 1 . s v ' V V ' ' 1 . 1 1 f 0 0 ' c v 'Q 1 1 A c, - y ' A v ' K I I 1 v , v 1 . I . n Q A , . . . ., , ' ,' , ' , v I w 1 v . ll A . . ., K , Y l I . 1 V I . . A ' , 1 - , 0 K. Y . . . . ' ' ' ' K K ' C 1 n , ' , ,9 .. v Y. . L . lf L ' A ' . ' , . v v L 1 xx ' ' r - L. ' 1 , A V . ' ' 1' A A 1 Q ' ' 3 ' A ' ' ' Y. L v . . .

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wht Hmtnr Recogmtzon Ar Last E MID YEAR examlna tlons yyere oye1 much to the rehef of the yy hole class and mostly to Dorothy Readlng who had yyorked hard yery hard to keep up w 1th her class She had not been 1n Straton long and had entered the Columbla Hlgh School 1ust before Chrlstmas There were slxteen glrls and twelve bovs ln the Senlor class but other than thelr names Doro thy knew nothlng about them She knew they thought her queer and ey en heard her fayorlte frlend Ruth Roland speak of her as The Pecullar Chlld But todav she was happy she had the second hlghest average of the glrls Ruth bemg flrst llng the sun was 1ust below the horlzon Whlte and blue fleece llned clouds were tlnted wlth a reddlsh color and nature IH her glory seemed to penetrate the heart of all loyers of the passlng beauty Such yy as the hour yy hen Dorothy was gettlng her books ready to take home Sey eral of the gxrls stopped by her desk and asked her why she was bothermg was she not golng to the Senlor Junlor Prom that nlghtl Why ey ery one IS golng sald Pat 'VI1ller a pletty llttle blonde and lt we are golng SNN1I'IllTl1Y'lg we had better hurry So saying she llnked arms yy 1th tyyo of hex fI'l8IlClQ and wxth a Good bye to every body they left the bulldlng Dot put her books 1n slowly but she was thmklng qulckly Just then Ruth came 1n wlth her coat and hat on and Jolned sey eral boy s and glrls who were maklng arrange ments to meet one another to go to the BOISG Club where the dance was to be held Dorothv heard them and her heart sank for she dld so want to go but had no one to take her She guessed It was her fault that she was not ln that group and perhaps she had only lmaglned that thev dld not want to be frlends Well I wont have to study so hard thls month she Sdlll to herself and I will trv all oy er again to make them l1ke At that moment she heald Ruth call to Jack Harvev who had the d1st1nct1on of belng class presldent and the best looklng boy Dont forget to flX the programmes Jack and we thlnk the orchestra w1ll be better near the stalrs I w1ll try to get there early to help Too bad they left so much for you to do You are golng to stag aren t you? she sald Thls last Ruth added to satlsfy her cur1os1ty but she was dlsap polnted for Just then a teacher who yvas passlng through the room stopped to ask Jack a questlon about the arrangement fol the dance so Ruth and her compamon left the bulldlng Jack then be 'Y 39 . . ' - .' sc , 19 , - U - . v V 9 v 7 ' ' V 7 u v nk , v , ' . 9 , v , v. i ' y. . Y ' Y ' v v . . 7 . . V ' 9 . 5 ' I A, V . ' Y U 1 ' kk ' . 9 ' 9 ' - 7 j ' , , v ,, . . , 9 ' t . . ,, . H , ' Y ., ! ' 9 yn L ' Y! . I , . . '. H Y, 9 ' L - me The shadows of nlght were fal- ' ' vf 1 . ' , . l . . ' v Y 7 I I I , I 9 9 . c I . V v v ' ' . v ' ' 7 . !Y . A 9 - - . Y ' L t x 5 ' ' y v v ' v 9 ' ' v - . . V . - - i Y 9 gg v v V - ' 99 ' Y . w 1, Y y 44 t 19N ' , Y ' . A ! ,, Y A , . v H ,' - . n. ' v y