Cochran Junior High School - Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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COCHRAN AERIAL gg W W THE WASHERWOMAN'S BOY He's a tall, pale-faced boy. His brown eyes look too large for his slender, puny face. His head is pointed, and covered with long black hair, stringing into his eyes. He wears a man's hat much too large for him, and a shaggy brown coat many years old, with sleeves so short that his bony hands stand out from them. His trousers were meant to be long ones, but he has outgrown them until they reach his shoe tops. He wears a pair of his mother's old shoes, which are long and narrow, Hlld have very high heels. Every day, counting Sun- days, you can see him going along playing train with the baby buggy, GERALDINE TEETER. . lilo-i1 COUSIN TIM A great gangling hulk of a boy all hands and feet, with a freckled and mischievous eye and a shock of red hair that simply would not- stay brushed-that was Tim. which he is pushing full of clothes. CARL SIGG, Term VIII. DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE There, almost hidden by the tall trees, stood the old sugar camp. For three days a continual stream of smoke came from the chimney, and the fresh smell of sugar water was distinct. About thirty feet in front of the camp, a narrow stream rushed along, sparkling over each stone. The foot bridge built across the stream was rickety, weather- worn, and much older than the camp. Frequently, you could hear the hand saws, cutting logs into small pieces so that the boiling should not cease. DOROTHY BOWMAN, Term VIII. STUCK IN THE -SNOW One day last week as we were going home from school on the Jerome car, we got stuck in a snowdrift about three miles on this side of Holsopple. The wind was howling around the car and the snow was sifting in every crack and crevice. After we had tried several times to get through, the motorman gave it up as a bad job. Then a group of boys and I decided to walk home. We went by the road be- cause it was better walking. The snow piled up on both sides and kept the wind from striking us. Before we got halfway home, we saw the car go lickety-split down the track, and we got home a half hour after the rest, cold and grouchy. STROHL CASSLER, Term VI. From my window I could see one corner of a meadow. An old log fence covered with trailing pine was partly hidden by tall green meadow grass which was waving gently back and forth in the wind. A small bird had lighted on one of the tall grass blades. It hovered for a minute. There was a Hash of red, a whirr of wings. It had gone. MARY PHILIPS YOUNG. .i1- NAN One pitch-black night Bill and I were walking along the tar road which led into the camp. Taps having blown some time before, every- thing was in stillness and nothing at all could be heard. Oh, boy, I wish we'd a stayed at camp, then we'd a got some of that ice cream that was left over. The movies wasn't worth walk- ing this far, anyway, I groaned. . ' Csixty livej

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SEWING CLASS

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COCI-IRAN AERIAL M H Aw, those smart lieutenants will have it all eaten now, so don't worry about that, Bill mumbled back. Slowly trudging on I hnally asked, What's Nan doing up so late, Bill? I don't give a care why, I'm tired and in about two shakes Iym going to turn in, sleepily answered Bill. Billyl Homah! You all come ovah heah, I'se got somethin' for de bofth of you. We turned around and saw a head stuck out of a dimly-lighted tent and by the voice we knew it to be Nan, the colored cook. Running over and entering the small 9 by 9 tent We saw Nan lbleaniaing over an ice cream freezer With two saucers and spoons in her an s. I'se got somepin foh my little boys, those lieutenants don't beat old Nan no how, said the cook in the midst of ndishing out heaping plates full of chocolate ice cream. Hot dog! Nan, you're a brick. Here, Homer, set this lamp over on that chair and make way for the eats. M-mmm-mmm, Nan. Gee whiz, Nan, you donlt know how good this tastes. Ah jest knew my little kiddies would want some and so I jest fooled em eld smart alecs. This ended with a shake of the list towards the officers' tents. Good old Nang she had sneaked some of the ice cream away into her tent and had sat up waiting for us. Just to please her kiddies OW, ow, ow! howled Bill when he awoke one morning a few days later, don't stand there looking at meg do something. Heah, heah, what's a matta, son? asked Nan, stepping into the tent. Although in a terrible humor, Bill answered Nan Cshe could make anyone feel better and put everyone in a good humorb. Oh, gee whiz! Nan, I got the stomachache something awful. Now, now, now, doan you all fret, honey, you'll be all fixed up in a jiifyf' Saying this, Nan disappeared out of the tent and in a few minlutes returned with a bottle containing just a small quantity of me 1c1ne. You'll be all right now, Bill, honey, said Nan, as he gulped down the medicine. just then Bill said, Why, Nan, wasn't that the medicine that you have to take all the time? You just gave it all to me and you can't get it this side of Harrisburg. That's all right now, don't you all worry your head about a little thing like that, Nan hastily replied. HOMER RESSLER, Term VIII. .-.T1.0T A TRIP TO THE AIR MAIL FIELD We had been traveling for three davs. Cleveland, the air mail station, was just two miles away. We were making fifty miles an hour when our attention was suddenly taken from the driving of the car by the loud roaring of a motor several hundred feet above us. I knew at once the cause of the noise, but I did not get a chance to look up for several minutes. At last we found a place where we could pull to the side of the road and get a look at the large mail plane. The con- ditions were ideal for flying. The day was hot and the air almost un- bearable, except for light breezes where we were standing. The sur- rounding country Was level, with here and there a golden stream of brown wheat field. The plane was hovering over the landing Held awaiting conditions favorable to landing. Suddenly it made a dive for the field. I thought surely it would go straight through the earth and come out in China. But it came down to within two or three feet of Csixty sixj