Cochran Junior High School - Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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COCHRAN FOOTBALL SQUAD

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cocHRAN AERIAL H W a line lad for his age, and willing to work. He was firing on the Cum- berland Valley Express. A'minute later Dick stepped up on the plat- form with a wide grin. Ready, Jimmy? he asked. Yep, jimmy grinned back. All right, fire her up a bit more, we've got about a quarter of a minute. Duck grabbed the whistle rope in one hand and with the other held his watch. At the set time he pulled the rope. The whistle screamed twice, the engine roared, 3.11Cl the train lurched forward, gath- ering speed at every turn of the wheels. Down through the yards it tore, up over Cable Creek bridge it flew. The express was started on its long journey down the valley. Jimmy would not be home for four rays. ROBERT MILLER, Term VII. liol. A CANOE RIDE Have you the oars ?l' screamed Ruth from the canoe where it was pulled upon the bank of the river. h allies, and I'll be with you in a minute, I shouted as I ran down t e 1 . We shoved the little green canoe out into shallow water and then jumped in. It was six o'clock in the morning, and was to be our first venture alone. Shall we go up stream. or down? Ruth was poling the canoe until we decided. Let's row up stream. If we can manage the canoe, we'll go down. In a few minutes we were under the bridge. The canoe swerved. Heavens, the sink holes! Suppose the boat turns over, there's no- body to call. I was frantic. At last we were safe and as we rowed slowly after our struggle, looking up we saw Betty standing in the dancing pavilion, frantically waving a colored handkerchief to draw our attention. Yo-ho, across the waters came the call. ' Yo-ho, we returned. By this time my hands were dripping with perspiration, and look- ing down, as I drew them along in the water to cool them, I saw a number of small, speckled fish. As we rowed past the boys' cottage, we heard the Victrola playing and saw the boys doing their morning chores. Down near shore, a girl in a red bathing suit was standing on a rock, poised for a dive, but as we watched her disappear beneath the water, our canoe scraped upon a rock. We realized that the only thing for us to do was try to get our paddles on the same side of the canoe and push with all our might, and then as soon as we got off the rock to dip our paddles just deep enough in the water to turn the canoe and go down stream with the current. Oh, gracious, my paddle is caught in these weeds, Ruth cried. Suddenly looking around, we saw a fisherman's flatboat coming rapidly toward us. In a few minutes his boat was brought up along- side of our canoe. I-Ie poled his boat and stepped onto the rock upon which we were stranded. Then, for the first time, we were thankful that the water was very shallow. Do you need any assistance? he asked as he patiently loosened the weeds that were tangled about our paddle. We thanked him, and he pushed us off the rock, telling us not to attempt to go farther up stream, the water was too shallow, and there were many boulders. As we drifted down stream, we heard shouts of laughter. A num- Cforty nincl

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COCHRAN AERIAL ber of children were watching their father swim. He took each out in turn for a morning dip. There is Rock Cliff cottage, one of the prettiest cottages along the Juniata, I exclaimed. The Indian trail that you can see through the trees leads down to the boats pulled upon the shore under that wild grape arbor. Some day let's go over and get on that swing that goes way out over the river. Oh, there's our cottage and itls high time we're point- ing the canoe towards the shore. Presently I jumped out and we pulled the canoe up under the oak tree, and for a few minutes we rested in silence, soaking wet but happy. VVe had managed the canoe successfully and we were at camp in time for a dip before breakfast. ANNA CATHERINE SAYLOR. O.T THE TRUE PRINCESS A long, long time ago there lived A Prince who wished to wed A Princess true, and he would look For one whole year, he saidg He searched the whole world thru and thru, But neler his choice did find. Altho' he sailed the seven seas, He found none to his mind. - Discouraged, he came home again, Without that which he sought. When asked what on his quest he found He said, 'Twas all for nought. One night there came a dreadful storm And rain began to pour. The King and Queen heard some one knock Outside the palace door. There stood a maiden at the gate, A sad sight she was, too. When questioned who she was, by all, She said, A Princess true. The Queen went to this strange guest's room We'1l soon End out, she said. She stripped the covers off, and laid A small pea on the bed. When asked next morning how she slept. She said, Not well, 'tis true, I lay on something very hard, Oh, dear, I'm black and blue! In such a way the Queen perceived Was right what had been said, So very soon the Prince and she With happiness were wed. E WILMA RANKIN, Term VIII. Ctifty onej