Central Commercial High School - Hour Glass Yearbook (New York, NY)

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he Unexpected Ann stopped to look rt the new e rmpargn poster on the wall of the thrrd floor h lllll IV Put Some Go Into Your C O Elect Tom Andrews rs G O Presrdent As she w rlked elow n the h 1ll tnere were strll more posters on the w rlls But Ann lelt eonlrdent th tt she would wrn the eleetron She w rs sure she eould count on wood sh rre ol the boys votes rnd she h rd eno wh vrrl lrrends to supply the rest Hr worveous I see you ve been lookrng rt the posters I-Iow do you lrke them' Ann turned rt the sound of Tom s voree They re re rlly beautrlul rnd what talent she sard sare rstrcally You know Ann thrs rs re rlly srlly I me rn rbout you md me runnrne awarnst eaeh other of rll people But I thrnk I rn Home to wrn thrs electron so why don t you qurt now rnstead of w tstrng your trme' By thrs trme Anns temper w1s rerehrng, the borlrnv pornt Th rt w rs very sweet ol you Tom your offer I mem but ld r rther stay on Just then the bell rrnv for the next el rss Well Tom I hope you don t feel too bad when you hear the results of the electron She walked aw ay and down the hall to her next class Whrle srttrng rn her seat Ann thouvht of Elsre Farrell the thrrd eandr date Nobody ever notreed Elsre She h 1d very few posters on the wrlls and wasnt very popul rr rmonv the students Ann thouvht rf mybody was w rstrnv her trme rt w rs Elsre When rt was trme for the electron both Ann 1nd Tom were glad rt was nearly over They had worked very hard competrnv avarnst each other Thev h rd not been speaklnv srnee therr meetrnv m the hallway and when Ann elrmbed the steps to the stave where Tom wrs rlready seated she passed hrm and sat down wrthout sayrnv a word Lrttle Elsre then walked up perched hr h on her seat wrth her feet barely touchmv the Hoor and looked at the students before her One by one the candrdates for other olhees filed onto the st we and took therr se tts Ann helrd md srw nothmv untrl her turn earne to speak She felt her 28 1 - 1 1 s1 1 I 1 11 I 4 - L C. . 1 11 I N 1. 1 1 ' c 4 . - . J, .. X . . L., . . X .. - ' 1 -1 rs - s 1 I 1-x 11-s - ' -x - - s -. . 1 L L . . - l .1 I1 s S 1 1 - 3 1 1' x X 3 s I 3 11 1 . x . X t . . e. . , s - 1 - L -x I 1 1 1 s.- 1 s L x L '- '-ls b . . . e . C b , s s- 'S . ' ' '11 I 3 3 1. 1 3 ' 1 ' 1 . 'X 1 C. C. -1. . Q . .. - 1 x - '1 l -m x 1'-s 1 1 1 1 K 1 1 1 L L ' ' ' . Q Ilf ' '. 1 - '- '1 1 1 -' 1. 1 1 1 , . ' 1 . . . 1. . . e e 1. - 1 1 1 1. C - 1 L . C 5 . . h V , . Y . Q 1 . 1 I . I . xl .. I . K. s 1 ' - l s '- s 11 1 - 1 . ' y 1 ' ' ' 1 11 , . e. e C 1 1 4. 1 - 1 s I 1 - 1 .1 , 1 1 . 1 1 L . L , . X 1 H L x u 1 -- . C, 4... 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 11 1 1 1 1 . . 1 C. . . - I l x l I I ' 1 - 4 1 - . L 1 . L . c 1: ' t 1: 1 ef .1 . . 1 1 . X . 1 ' . I Q . 1 e , ' t' C' ' ' 1 i B- 1 - 51 . 1 1 1 C' C' . . , C. . 1.. L , , . ., ' 1 1 ' -1 ' 1 1 . 11 , . C . . . 0 L1 1 . 1 C' C ' - 1 1 1 ' 1 , .' L.. ' .' 2 e 1. 2 fl ' C f ' '. ' X '

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would have A1r Raids When these occurred we spent hours in the cellar and at 6 o clock we had to get up for breakfast and then go to work I had reached school age now and I had to attend school In school the children were unfriendly towards me Often they would call me not by my name just Hey Russian I used to come home in tears and Mom always told me to be proud of my home and never to be sorry that I was born in Russia Russia was a wonderful country until communism ruined It She said I should forgive all this because it was the wars fault that made people dis trust and carry hatred for each other People who had not seen anything bad or experienced it durmv their lifetime d1d not understand what other people had gone through to be free Easter 1945 News had reached us that the war was over Dad was not with us at this time He had been taken away and we had not heard from him for the past eight months Before gomg to bed each night we used to say our prayers Mom prayed that God would give her the strength to l1ve through all this and that He would take care of our Dad and return him safely to us One month after the war was over my Dad returned home We still lived in the camp but Mom did not work anymore She was always with us At the beglnnmg we did not leave the camp because we feared the Americans The manager told us that they were mean to our people This was untrue When the American soldiers came they used to g1ve candy to the children which the children had not seen during the war or before But agam we had something to fear Russian Commissioners were telling our people to go back to Russia Some wanted to go back many others were taken by force and others ran away into the woods to hide We too ran away and for two weeks we llV6d in the woods with ram cold and hunger needed it most everything quleted down After we left the camp Dad went to work for the Americans They gave us a place to live and we were well on our way towards living like people We lived in a little town Away from all D P camps and only from rumors we heard how the Russian people were handled by the Russian Commis s1oners The Amerlcans took over all the camps and did not allow the Russian Commissioners to take the people back by force A time followed in which some people immigrated to America For a certain time only people living in the D P camps were to go there We wanted very much to go also but to live ln a camp again Mom said was out of the question Later we registered at the American Consul and we were offered a visa to Brazil or Venezuela but not to America We refused th1s visa because Mom had a bad heart and the heat in these countries would not do her any good We waited until we could get a visa to America The long awaited day came We received a letter from the American Consul to get our papers ready for the examlnatlons We were very happy and followed the instructions according to the letter After six months we were called out Everything went well but we still did not know whether or not we would receive a visa We waited with patience until the happy day Two weeks after receiving our visa we would be on our way to the U S We started packmg What we were unable to take with us we sold We were fearful agam but not the way we had been before because now we were gomg to a new land to build a new home And truly we are very happy here and more happiness we would not find elsewhere Valentina Kalmbach 27 ' 7 7 9 ' , . ' 9 , . 5 ' 9 5 We traded our last pieces of clothing for a piece of bread and then, when we , . , . . . . , , 7 3 7 , . 9 7

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heart beatrnff all throuvh her speech After rt wrs over amid cheers and rpplause she mowed blindly back to her se rt She was only dimly rw rre of Tom makrnv hrs way to the podium only vavuely drd occasional words from his speech drift back to her facts not promises man s world whether we like it or not onward to greater rchrevement The appl ruse was loud enouvh to shake Ann out of her daze So now this was it Little Elsie Farrell wrs at the podium From the audience came Gentle laughter Ann wondered why Then she looked at Elsie and saw the reason Elsie was so small that onlv a p rrt of her forehe rd showed from the podium All that the rudrence could see of her was a bit of forehead and some curls When she started to speak the audience Grew quiet Mr Clark she started quietly members of the faculty and fellow students It seems to me that the usual G O campugn rddress would be out of order rn this electron I rm not Uornv to bore you with a detailed lrst of my achievements for I don t think they matter This job calls for merit rlone Throughout this campaign I have been Given the impression th rt this girls rn this school rre rntellwent rnd fair minded enouvh to know th rt the job requires someone who rs dependable and sympathetic to fellow students I should like to see our school burld a hner reput rtron th rn rt h rs Alone I can do nothmf' but tovether we c rn do much So cast your vote for Elsie F rrrell There was a burst of appl ruse The school had taken Elsie to its hc rrt rnd kept her there rrffht throuvh the electron Tom and Ann h rd c rncellcd e rch other out as c rndrdates On their way to the subw ry the afternoon of the electron their quarrel healed by defeat Tom said to Ann Well I Guess we were pretty dumb We forvot all rbout Elsie 1nd concentr rted on hghtrm each other And we drd r wonderful job of it too Wh rt r mess Tom thouvht a minute Then he said Ann let s be friends again Ann looked up at Tom rnd then put her h md rn his Thev kept r xcrx precious silence rs th y w rlkcd down the steps to thc subw forum Cllflllllfl ' ' D ' C 5 ' . '13 ' . ' 3 ' 1 ' ' iz. ' zz ' I -' 'Q V, ' 1 ' . 1 ' f , 1 C . . C . . ', , x ' I V . he I , l. , Hb 1 ', , I . , . . .. , ., ' z 3 5 - 5 ' ' 1 ' . ' ' ' Lf ' ' . . ' ' C , .1 ' .l V. I c , 5 . z ,C C ' ' J . C .t L . election was mainly a personality contestg but I am sure that the boys and . S . up L . .D l I. - . C r L x C. C 1 . 1 ' 'C C ' . ' z 'z X s 1 u f ' . . A-. Q l C v v v D x C ' 1 1 ' 2 ' ' g ' C 1 1 L L .. . v ' 5 -1 ' 44 1 '- ' 1 I . ' ' ' 1 ' 1 ' 'X' 'X Q Yi 'V 'XHI -' A'. X 15 Z' ' Cf 'L 'E ' 1 F' 5 y' 1 5 'ay. X is . , I i ggi:-..'2f'j S' '