Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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THE LAST OF THE WORMSGROVIANS Wormsgrowe rs srtuated twenty mrles southeast of I-Irckxrlle Center North Dakota Theres one thrng about Wormsgroxe that rs drfferent from all other typrcal country towns The town has a complete all cast rron prpe sewer system Thrs really doesn t have very much to do wrth the story so lets forget about rt udge Dobson who rsnt really a judge leader of the Frrst Eprscopal Church of Worms grove The only other relrgron that rs practrced rn publrc rn the town rs at the Protestant Church A fellow by the name of Maxwell McKernrsh DD rs the Mrnrster Maxwell McKernrsh D D Qcalled Mac Kernrsh for shortj rs a rabrd Protestant and udge Dobson rs also a xery farth ful follower of hrs church These men are what you mrght call bosom pals ust about the only trme you could ever find those two fellows rn drfferent places at the same trme rs Sunday mornrng between seven and ten fthose are therr offrce hoursj Both these men would undoubtedly be fellow presrdents of the Land of the Free were rt not for one tmy factor Only too often these frrends for lrfe get polluted wrth rntoxrcat rng beverages On one such sad nrght Messrs Dobson and McKernrsh were wrthout questron completely lacquered It wasnt long before a drsagreement led to an argument and the argu ment led rnto physrcal factors judge Dobson applred a good old one two punch to the solar plexus of sard Mrnrster and sard Mrnrster con srderably loosened up the grrnders rn MacKer one wrth at least half a gram of salt could see that they were hurtrng therr own hands more than they were hurtrng each other Well worst came to worst and the furnrture was rn the way so they used that udge Dobson who always thought hrs charrs were about the most com fortable rn town found out what rt was to have one broken oxer hrs head Nothrng to say of the number of broken lamps that he threw back at McKernrsh' When the Res erend Maxwell McKernrsh D D left for colloqurally speakrng was krcked out ofj the judges home he was badly rn need of good first ard treatment judge Dobson was by no means so completely rncapacrtated as the mrn rster but hrs house had suffered rn hrs stead A week later when a brll for the reparr of the udge s house arrrved at the Reserend s home he turned blue wrth vrolence In hrs Sunday sermon the Mrnrster delrxered a scathrng speech on the wrckedness of untrue frrends endrng rt wrth a warnrng to the con gregatron that they must keep close together so that they mrght fight thrs monster Vrce unrted It rs not necessary to say what the mrnrster sard rn hrs sermon In seseral days the leaders had worked therr congregatrons rnto such a state that one member wouldnt walk on the same srdewalk wrth another Plots and counter plots were formed to burn down the competrtrxe churches to wrpe out each congregatron The next Sunday was to be Holy Communron rn both churches On the Sabbath day both meet mg houses were packed rn expectatron of a great and furrous speech by therr respectrxe leaders The blessed wrne was partaken of rn both churches the speeches were made and the people went home During that nrght a stupendous calamrty overtook the entrre populatron Mon day mornrng saw only two lrse souls rn Worms grove judge Dobson and Mrnrster Maxwell Mc Kenrsh D D When these two august gentlemen found out how complete therr blrtzkrerg had been th y were horrrfied Tuesday morning saw the Mrnrst r and the udge the best of frrends agarn R WICHTLIAN ll A NOISE IN THE NIGHT It was about two rn the mornrng when I was awakened by a norse rn my room I had retrred after readrng for several hours rn preparatron for my unrversrty examrnatron Grays Anatomy was left open on my table just rn front of the skull I had been studyrng I sat up rn bed and called out but nobody was there As I lrstened the norse began agarn I got up and searched the room I opened the door but could End no reason for the norse whrch once agarn had stopped I lrke norse comrng from the drrectron of the table It was the skull' As I gazed almost transflxecl I saw rt movrng towards me wrth a fateful look rn those eye sockets gnashrng rts teeth clenchrng rts jaws and noddrng rts head' It was comrng to devour me A cry and I farnted A Irttle later I woke up and found my room mate Brll holdrng me and askrng what had happened I pornted to the skull It was strll there on the table but now qurte motronless Brll looked and as he drd so the skull began to move agarn lor a moment Brll stared wrth bulg rng eyes then wrth a sudden rush to the door he called to the other boys rn the fraternrty house to come quretly Armed wrth paddles they came rushrng rnto my room Upon learnrng the cause of my frrght they moved cautrously toward the skull now qurte motronless but a second or two later rt mosed agarn For a moment they paused then wrth a sud den rush forward they struck the skull wrth therr paddles breakrng rt to preces There lyrng rn a heap of bone fragments was 1 dead mouse S1 UART I0sT1R ll 25 . 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