Columbia School - Hourglass Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Ihe posIoIInce T1 was gone Then I was puI rn IhaI sIuIIy smelly old bag I heard Ihe door bang agann I knew we were ouI oI PreIIy soon Ihe manlma and gave me Io an old lady who had rusI of her house I was crumpled and Iorn ashamed Io be opened nIIe old lady nn Ihe me she sIarIed Io sob daughIer Mary She an showed me Io Marys ouI oI hns mouIh and Ihe Iable Then a nenghbor She sand My whaI a nI Irom7 My grand daughIer Mary AIIer a few days she puI me nn a lovely smellnng scrapbook wnIh IoIs of oIher valenInnes The lace was all yellow buI I dndnI care because Ihey sand nnce Ihnngs IeI opened grand Who ns EInzabeIh Lucas Grade 4 WINTER IS HERE WnnIer ns here' The Irees are bare The ponds are Irozen The hnlls covered over WnIh whnIe brnghI snow SkaInng ns merry Your cheeks and nose GeI red as a cherry II s a good Inme of year WnnIer ns here' Zenanda BenedncIo Grade 5 OUR NEW SNOWMAN OUY' new SnOWf'nan Is a bng IaI man He has Iwo buIIon eyes And a brnghI .yellow Ire WnIh a carroI Ior hrs nose On hns head our InIIIe Snowman Wears a bng coIIee can Four bng buIIons on hns Cold snowy vesI Make our new Snowman Look hrs very besI Sandra Hawks Grade 5 BUNNY RABBIT S MISCHIEF Mrs RabbnI sand I wonder when our baby rab bnIs wnll be born' She had sand Ihrs many Irmes buI Mr RabbnI had always sand Ihey would be born soon An hour passed and Ihe babres were born Mrs Rab brI named Ihem Flnpsne Flapsne Flepsne Flopsne Flupsne and Bunny RabbnI When Ihey were older Ihey wenI ouI Io geI IeIIuce cabbage and carroIs All of Ihem were obedn enI excepI one He never mnnded hns moIher Once a Iox aImosI caugl1I hnm AnoIher Inme he aIrnosI goI shoI One ChrnsImas he Iore up all hns books and broke hns Ioys One EasIer he made chalk eggs He Iooled everyone Hns moIher and IaIher goI mad aI hnm Hrs moIher sand Why can I you be good7 He answered Well I guess I should bI I Aprnl Fools Day I should be elrgnble Io play Irncks Maybe you Ihnnk nIs all rnghI buI we Ihnnk rI ns a very nasIy Ihnng Io do hns moIher answered Agann and agann he dnd Ihese Ihrngs BuI one day he Iound one oI hns chalk eggs NoI knownng nI was hns he aIe nI He became very snck and was nn greaI pann When Ihe docIor came he gave hnm a prescrnpInon and Bunny RabbrI goI beIIer AIIer IhaI he was never naughIy Emnly WaIson Grade 6 MY COUNTRY I love Ihe meadows wnde I love Ihe counIry snde I love Ihe Ilowers brnghI And Ihe glownng evennng lnghI The Irees are all so Iall and bng The Ilowers e e VVIIIW I wnsh ever InghI HersIoII Grade 6 DAY I walked along happnly e were gonng Io Ihe Ledges The Ledges were IIaI smooIh rocks covered wnIh many dnIIerenI knnds oI Inchen We Iurned nn aI Ihe numbered Ielephone pole whnch was our landmark Here we could dnsInngunsh a hndden paIh only a Iew naIure lovers Iollowed The gonng was qunIe sIeep because our goal was Ihe hnghesI parI oI Ihe Ledges WnnIergreen covered Ihe InrsI parI oI Ihe way buI soon Iaded ouI when we IeII Ihe sheIIer oI Ihe Irees Now we were dnrecIIy under Ihe hoI rays of Ihe sun whnch beaI down on us loyfully My Irrend suddenly dnsappeared Ior a momenI and came back Iooknng very happy She had Iound corema a Iype of nunnper grownng all over Ihe rocks Conhnurng on our way we Iound a sIreIch oI rocks whnch were Ieemnng wnIh salagnnella rupesIrns one oI Ihe oldesI pIanIs on earIh nn IacI Ihe planI whnch survnved Ihe Ice Age We were sIeadnIy gonng hngher and hngher and soon we came Io Ihe hnghesI parI oI all Looknng down we could see Ior mnles and mnles Ihe ocean Ihe rnver and Ihe nnlands W sIarIed Ioward Ihe place where Ihe Inchen grew I nc esI Now we heard Ihe crunch of Ihe dry Inchen under our IeeI II was really beauInIuI Io see Ihe roc s colored gray Inchen green Inchen and many oIher II was a besnde my Iwo Irnends rn' ' . ' I. I . . I ,. . ' , , , u I's s I Q lg U . I 1 . I ' me. I . ' . U ' I . l . . Th ' ' Th Sledding is Iun, MY ' . u . . r ' ' . I . l e . i . I . D . I . I . h. k- 45

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MR. POMP PICKS . . THE I 9 THE FIRST DOG IN CHURCH Tom had a dog named Wags, Wags loved Tom and Tom loved Wags. ll was a Sunday morning when Tom wenl lo church. Bul he didn'l like lo go wilhoul his dog. Church was nol a place lor dogs. Tom was in lhe car hoping lhal his dog would be all righl al home. Tom walked inlo church and sal down. A man was silling near lhe door who knew Tom. He saw oul on lhe church slep lhal lhere was a dog. The dog barked and pul his paw on lhe door. He gol lhe door open. ln he walked, lhen he barked. All al once Tom looked. Oh! could lhal be Wags? ll was! Then he almosl broke in lears. He was afraid. He said, Wags, Wags, come here. He made lhe dog lie down. When church was over, all lhe people said lhal was lhe lirsl dog lhal lhey had seen in church. Tom was proud ol his dog lor being lhe lirsl dog in church. And when Wags gol home, he gol a big bone and lrom lhal day lo lhis, Tom is well known and Wags gol a new name. ll was King. He gol his name in honor ol being lhe lirsl dog in church. And lhal nighl Tom wenl lo sleep, and he was dream- ing good dreams aboul Wags. Leslie Brockway, Grade 3 THE HAPPY DAY Il was Sunday and,TOm was sleeping lale. I-lis molher called him bufhe was 1100 Sleepy lo gel up. All al once Tom lell sordelhing his lace. He looked up and saw his dQQf,,named'NiCky. Tom said, All righl, I will gel up gb? ready for church. Aller lhe lamilygivis read' andylas slarling oul, lheir dog slarled-fofybhrk. 'XNhnffdoes he wanl? asked Tom's molher.'if'f r S , - A l don'l know, said Toffyii fofher. l lhink l know, said Tom. li lhink he wanls lo go lo church. Well, he can'l come lo church, said Tom's lalher. You slay al home, boy, said Tom. So lhey wenl lo church. When church was almosl over, all ol a sudden Tom heard some piller-paller ol leel. Tom looked up and saw his dog. Go home, said Tom. bul his dog only barked. When his dog barked. all lhe people looked al lhem. Then Tom look his dog away in a hurry, While Tom was laking his dog away, lhe people slarled lo laugh. They laughed and laughed. Bul by lhe lime Tom came back, lhey were lhrough laughing. Candace O'Connor, Grade 3 LITERARY HIGHLIGHT SMALL CLOUD Once lhere was a lillle Indian boy named Small Cloud. He wanled a horse! Every day he had lo lake lhe sheep lo graze in lhe lields. He did nol wanl lo lake care ol lhe sheep! His lriend, Lillle Eagle, had a horse ol his own and did nol have lo lake care ol lheir shee ! Almosl all Lillle Ea , ad lo do was ride his horse. Small Cloud .,,. Eagle. One nighl he wenl said. Ealher, when may l have a Maybe some day, , saidrf',FQjlfer? TheQ,,Ealher knew lhal Small Cloud day was in a lew days. Whohrgfihll lo bed lhal nighl, he could no'I'igDfl'b sleepifbecause he was lhinking ol horses. ' ' The day ol his birlhday was h8rQ,f3a'rid Ealher and Molher were almosl all sel. The morning was lhe same. Small Cloud wenl lo lend lo lhe sheep. When he came home lhal nighl, Ealher said, l have some- lhing lo show you. Come wilh me. Small Cloud did nol know whal Falher was going lo show him. As lhey wenl oul ol lhe hogan, Small Cllpud saw somelhing big move. He said, Falher, w al was lhal? There was no answer. Then lhere was a noise, and Small Cloud knew whal il was! His Ealher said, Here is your birlhday presenl lrom your molher and me. Small Cloud didn'l know whal lo say. All ol a sudden he said, A-A HORSE! He had received his wish! Now he and his lriend, l.illle Eagle, could ride and ride and ride all day long. Margarel Hickman, Grade 4 MY AWFUL ADVENTURE l am a valenline. l live in Edwards Deparlmenl Slore. l have lace around me, and I am very prelly. A lillle girl named Mary has jusl boughl me. Mary signed me and pul me in an envelope. She pul an address on il, il looked like lhis: Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Heusner 5l Wesl Bul-lalo Road Churchville, New York Then she pul me in lhe mailbox. Soon lhe mailman came and pul me in his bag. Then he slarled lo lhrow more lellers in. l would be ruined! My lace slarled lo lall oll and all my salin was being lorn. Then l heard a door bang. l knew we musl be in lhe poslollice. Then l wenl lhrough an awlul machine! ll glamped an awlul purple mark on me. I slarled lo sob and sigh. I slarled lo cry harder. Now my salin was all laded: now all my lace

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soff colors We dnscovered a very peaceful looknng place under some pnne frees Here we resfed our weary feef Back of fhe frees I spoffed a very nnvnf nng green fhnckef I wenf back fhere fhnnknng how nnce nf would be nf I found a rare moss We had been falknng abouf rare mosses on fhns frnp I foughf fhrough some brush and fhere I was' My eyes nnsfnnclnvely fell +o fhe ground Suddenly I WI-nal was +ha+7 I couldnf belneve my eyes I hasfnly gafhered fhe specnmen and hurrned back fo my frnends who sand nf was a coral mushroom I-low happy I was' I dashed back hopnng fo fnnd some more In my eagerness I wenf furfher back nn fhe fhnclcef On fhe ground was a curnous knnd of moss whnch I had never seen before I 'nook some of nf fo my frnend She sand nf was qunfe a rare moss lfs name was webera snssnlns We decnded fo explore fhe fhnckef very carefully We found more webera snssnlns and also one lone Indnan pnpe grownng rnghf nn fhe mnddle of a decay nn sfump Regrelfully we sfarfed back our baskefs full of specnmens Buf anofher surprnse was nn sfore for us We fool: a dnfferenf roufe from our fnrsf and all 'Ihe way back huckleberry bushes wnlh huge berrnes doffed fhe franl Ouf of a pnece of paper from my frnend s skefch pad we made a crude baskef and pncked some of fhe luscnous frunf fo fake home The Infe of a na furalnsf ns a full and lovely one nn Mannes wnlderness Carol Doyle Grade 7 TRAVELS OF A NICKEL Affer I was made I was puf nn a cash regnsfer Thafs where I mef my fnrsf frnends mosfly dnmes and an older lady She sand fnf y seven penny a I donf qunfe buf snnce I don I couldn f do a Soon I was regnsfer Thaf nnghl' W IG I WGS fhe day was o er I broke In penny nn fhe ex ra a was or buf Englnsh I guess somebody crowd sand Wouldn I' 'rhnng as cheap as nafure We heard a door rushed fo a very dark room maybe Ihe cellar Thaf s where I fell ouf fhe only one lusf my luck I was down fhere for a whnle and somebody came down fhe sfanrs I was pncked up and carrned upsfanrs by a lnffle gnrl fhaf I found ouf affer fhe lnghfs were on Lafer fhaf evennng a polnce car came and 'rhe offncer asked nf she or any one else nn fhe house had found any clues fhaf somebody mnghf have been fhere She fold hnm fhaf she had been nn fhe cellar and swepf and a Inffle lafer when she wenf down she found a nnckel on Ihe floor I was soon nn fhe polnce mans hand I was falcen fo a large offnce bunldnng where I was examnned and rexamnned I was Icepf nn a dark box fhaf nnghf The nexf day a man came by and pncked me up wnfh several others Thaf affer noon I was placed nn a glass case af a museum wnfh from some w nfs lusf henr and we were qunckly some quarfers Our plaque sand Sfolen by an oul law I forgef fhe name of fhe ouflaw because I only had one chance fo read nf before I was puf nn here Soon all fhe quarfers began lo falk aboul me benng so cheap Then I remembered how unknnd I had been fo 'rhe penny and I promnsed myself I would never do fhal agann I hope Ive learned my lesson and fhaf you have learned yours foo Hendn I-lollenbach Grade 7 WINTER FUN If s lofs of fun nn wnnfer Inme When snow ns on The ground Wnfh skns and sleds up hnlls we clnmb Then fumble down wnfh a bound We bundle up from head fo foe To keep fhe cold wnnd ouf We lump and frolnc nn fhe snow And run around and shouf On fhe Some If s fu e sma sporf 'foo An s fo do ns done Wells Grade 7 THE OLD SPIRE In a woods behnnd a Inffle vnllage Ihere ns an old church Thns church had many servnces held nn nl fully you can see a Inghf nn fhe church spnre Many people nn fhe vnllage say nf ns fhe Lnghf of 'rhe Dead u Ihen agann fhe nonsupersfnfnous ones say nf ns us a reflechon of Ihe moon Long ago a legend was fold abouf fhe old church If goes somefhnng Inke ns Long ago an old man Inved nn fhe old church spnre If was sand 'Ihaf 'rhe old man would lnghf a candle when fhe sun sef and he would blow nf ouf af day break As fhe old man wenf up one sformy nnghf 'ro Inghf fhe candle fhe wnnd blew hnm off fhe church spnre Before he fell fhe mafch fouched Ihe candle and fhe candle Inghfed From fhen on fhe candle has been Inghfed Thaf ns why so many people fhoughf nf was fhe Lnghf of fhe Dead Molly Adams Grade 7 WINTER I see a dazzlnng coaf of whnfe Glnsfennng brnghfly nn fhe Inghf Everywhere fhaf I can see Covernng every house and free Icncles hangnng long and round Snowmen Iynng on fhe ground Frosfy wnndows bnffer wnnds Blownng snow fha? round me spnns . Q . . g ' ' w ' II. '. . , - d ' . . . ' . . . I+' ' f ' . Pennles- Then One df?Y Ilfifaf +CI'l05e l for CIIWIQQ for buf now if. is abandoned. Af nighf, if you look care: . I ' I I + ll II . f I I 1 A p n ll s T 'll ' 7 b +I Q u s Q n - - I I ' - . . Ill nh' . ' V I ' I . . g a ' ' ' T ' o . 7 I . n 46 '