Cranford High School - Golden C Yearbook (Cranford, NJ)

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The Sp Hugh! Page Thirty Nlne I had my doubts as to whether or not he was the cne you wanted But from the lxttle I could find out from the villagers and from the description you had given me he proved to be the one I wanted The odd thmg about lt was that he was 1lV1!1U all these years so close to you without your knowing anything at all about hrs bemv there Posing as a business acquaintance I mqulred at his home I found he had come to this c1ty and was staying at the German Gardens I came back and yesterday I saw him On the pretext that he was an old friend of mine I approached and spoke to him Naturally I apologized for my supposedly foohsh mlstake Now in Rosetown I had discovered that he went ln deeply for antiques so I let drop a word or two that the cause for my having to meet my awaited friend was about the sale of some ant1ques He immediately became mterested saying that he also kept a lookout for antxques OLD MAN rln suspense! Humph' Did you get h1m to come here'P CLoAxr:n FIGURE We began talking about c rtaln famous antiques and casually I mentioned this shop as a place to obtaxn some magnificent articles Then as my friend hadnt appeared I said that Id leave He asked me where this shop was so I promised to bring hlm here tonight at 8 30 exactly one hour from now You ve heard the whole story now Does it satisfy you? CLD MAN fGlow1ng wtth pleasure he rzses from the chazrl At last you ve accomplished something I shall reward you well Go now Ill be ready when you return with Maynard for a nlce l1ttle reception Cnosxm FIGURE fGathermg cloak about htm he crosses the room to the street door! Good by' Ill be here at 8 30 sharp fSl1pS mto fog and is oon lost to view The old man zmmedzately goes to rear room After a moment or two of heavy breathing and scraping he returns carrymg a heavy obyect that he can scarcely hold He places it on the workbench He mutters to htmself and smzles smuglyj So he IS interested ln antlques is he? Well Ill show hxm thls one and a few others llke xt Wont he l1ke them? I-Ia' I-Ia' Imported dlrect from Spam they are Stlll ln good working order too Just need a httle oil lHe takes ozl can from workbench and applzes the ozli Hmm' I guess thxs IS where the thumbs are placed and th1s is the wheel I tum then he shrleks ha' ha' The cellar ll be about the best place in wh1ch to conduct the operations Ill have to get the other machines down before they get here Thlsll be a nice joke on hxm Ha' ha' ha' Be good to see him after all these years fSuddenly he stares at curtazns opposzte htm and h1s face tzghtens Hts Lowe turns bztterj Yes Robert Maynard It w1ll be good to see you after all these years Thought youd gotten rld of me eh'P Well I came back to get my revenge fVozce rtsesl Shanghai me wxll you? Send me my power this tlme' Through all the years I vowed Id get back and flnd you fLoses control over hzmself and begzns shoutmg wildly! Now Im back and Ive got you ha' ha' You re gomg to m et the devll tomght Maynard Ha' ha' ha' the devll himself' You re going I Clutches heart gasps then smks to the floor Deep szlence ensues broken only by the tzck tock tack tock of the clock on the counter Outszde the water ts drzppzng drtpptng drzppzng Curtazn falls to truncate lapse of tzme Curtam rzses A ltttle more than an hour later A thud thud ts heard outside the shop e footjalls of a runnmg person Suddenly the door ts banged upon ami tn rushes the Cloaked Fzgure Hello' Where are you'-' Hurry' fStops to lzsten for an answer Hearzng none he shouts again! Hurry' Ive got some lmportant news for you fStops agazn he zs puzzled by the silence looks about the room and enters partztzon suddenly sees the figure of the old man and rushes to htm shoutzngj Whats the matter? rObta1n1ng no answer he hurrzedly bends down to ltsten for heartbeats Then he rzses slowly muttermg to hzmselfl Its blasted queer first Maynard up and gets killed by a wlld hansom cab Now the old man IS gone Something odd about it all fSl0wly he retraces hzs steps on hzs way out he blows out the lamp then he goes out in the fog closzng the door slowly behmd htm and zs soon lost zn the mzst The drtp drzp d rp from the roof top 18 stall audzble from the outstde of the shop and mszde the tzck tock tzck tock goes on but the lzght the dam lzght zs out and darkness cov rs the shop Curtam U . . - - A l . . . . . O . . 3 1 y . I - , : e ' 1 . , : , . . . . ' . , . . 5 , . into slavery, will you? fBecomes ezcitedl. Yes Robert Maynard, in one hour I'll have you here. In s D . - v , D - ..., .... . . ' , I .... ,' .... ,' A l . . . , I . . , Q 1 ' I 1 , e . ul' r ! rr . gl ll

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51 e jpnllrghi Page Thlfty Eight Heltgranre 115 Mme By SIDNEY BORODOWKO 31 fa one act play? S C E N E I K HE scene opens on a foggy nzght The famt glrmmer of a shop lamp yuts out from the p x W znterzor of a Shop and rs swallowed by the fog and mzst Musty panes make up the shop front and through them can be seen dusty antzques A blur comes znto the dzm lrght and slowly takes the shape of a man,-a man covered by a cloak that envelops hzm completely He moves nozselessly towards the door of the shop and knocks slowly but heavzly upon zt A few moments of szlence pass then the door slowly draws back on zts hznges The cloaked figure sluies from the fog to the znterzor of the shop and quzckly passes to :ts dzm rear The shop has two counters placed on ezther szde of the room On them are pla ed assort ments of antzques In the rear rzght a workbench s partztzoned from the rest of the shop by curtams shabby and unclean On the workbench are a few tools and vzses Towards the left of thrs workbench zs a door leading to an znner room On the counter nearest the workbench ts an ancient ozl lamp Placed close by zs an equally anczent clock It ts thas clock we hear tzckzng as we s e shufflmg towards the cloaked stranger who had gone towards the workbench the bent figure of an old man Though attzred zn a pazr of shaoby trousers a well worn vest and a pazr of anczent shoes there zs a certarn neatness about htm that betrays the fact of hzs havzng been m better circumstances at some tzme zn the past Apprcachzng the rntruder he questzons htm n an anxzous voice Well what brmas you here tomght CLOAKED FIGURE I need some money OLD MAN fExplodmg! Money that s all you ask for Money' Not a cent more do you get untxl you produce some results' Do you hear me'-' No more' CLOAKED FIGURE Calm yourself no n ed to get exclted about such a trrvxal affalr But I do ne d more money Then again Ive plcked up a fine trace of him OLD MAN Rot' You re always dxscovermg a trace and as soon as you do you find you have no more money Besldes every tlme you find a trace you Immedlately lose it Bah' CLOAKED FIGURE Well Im domg my best and not many could do better But come stop the dwrddlmg I tell you Ive found a real trac but youll hear none of It unt1l I have some more money OLD MAN All r1Uht' Ill g1ve you the money But thls IS the last txm youll g t any untll you really find hmm Walt here and Ill get It for you I Old man goes through rear door leaving the figure m the dark with the lamp After a lapse of a few mznutes the old man returns! OLD MAN Here you are Now whats the news? CLoAKED FIGURE Thanks Thls should last me for a while longer eh' Well Ive found Maynard OLD MAN fExc1tedly! You you found Maynard? !Gwes a gasp and clutches hrs heart! O h' fSzts down heavzly as cloaked figure comes to hzs azd Old Man breathes heamly for a few moments then speaks! Thxs heart w1ll he the death of me yet Im sure of lt CLOAKED FIGURE Easy now dont talk for a whlle Youll be feelmg better In no t1me at all fOld man contznues to breathe heavzly Then hapzng regazned hrs breath he suddenly becomes angry and razls at the figure rn the cloak! Why dld you keep It from me so lonff'P Why dldnt you tell me sooner? And why sprmg It so suddenly? Answer me you blackguard' CLOAKED FIGURE Well I wanted to be sure of my money thats all Come on perk up and Ill tell you how I came to ind h1m OLD MAN fAngr1ly! Go ahead' Im l1sten1n CLOAKED FIGURE The day before yesterday I heard of a fellow called Maynard up In Rosetovm Well I went up to Rosetown and mvestlgated I found there was a man hvxnv there by tha nam but lh ' '- 00 -' . if y , 2 - . . . slssflswzt - -4,-A ga -,M . . . . qw 'fr' , .- ., ., . ... - wr 1211 . , . 35 '35 , ' is 'Pi' ' - A . . n - , . - .. . 3 , , . V , . , . I - I I A ' Y J . , , - ' I Q . . . . . , ., . Q . , . c . , . . Y - - . . , , . , , . . n 7 ' . . , . . , D. , , . . . v , . . , . . . . , . - Q Q . O . . O x, . . . , . I , . ' . , . , y . . , . 4 ' 3 - - 3 I - , - . . . , A , . ..... . .... . , U , . , . . . - 1 - . f - , 1 . . . . . , . C, . . . , . . y , - v 1 - t Y . D , .N . . . 3. I ' v Y . ' v ' ' A ,A Y - , . -, LJ ' 'ii I ll . un

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The Spotlight N Page Forty Naimnal 15unnr Snnrig HE Cranford I-hgh School Chapter of the Natlonal Honor Soclety was granted ICS Charter hi III 1923 It was orgamzed on the basls of the alms as set forth by the Natlonal Councll that of creatmg an enthuslasm for scholarsmp of stxmulatlng a deslre to render servxce of promot ng leadershlp and of developmg character ln the puplls of the Cranford Hlgh School Untll thls year only members of the graduatmg classes have been recelved mto xx membershxp at Commencement Thxs year however m accordance w1th the By Laws of the Natxonal Councll 15 Q of the Semor Class and 5G of the Jumor Class were elected ln May by a Faculty Commlttee consxstmg of Mr Clement Mlss Teague Mxss Anderson Miss Taylor and Mr Loveland At the Iinal assembly conducted by the Senlor Class the elected members were duly mltxated and awarded the membershxp card and gold emblem Thls emblem conslsts of the keystone and flamlng torch symbohc of the alms of the SOCICCY and m1t1a1 letters C S L S standmg for Character Scholarshxp Leadershlp and Servxce To be elected lnto membershxp of the Natlonal Horor Soclety IS a d1St1HgLl1Sh9d honor Not only must the candldate rank m the flrst quarter of hrs class 1n scholarshlp but he must have made posxtxve contrxbutmons ln servlce to the school He must also have mamtalned exemplary ldeals and attltudes toward all hls school act1v1t1es M E M B E R S Semors Charlotte Bartels Jane Housum Henry Ronnlund Florence Crane Robert Kramer Chrls Sorensen Dorothy Cremerlus Thomas Llnnenbrmk Roselyn Specht Charles Nettleshlp Jumors Elsa Relmer Lucxlle Scott Olga Specht Farrls Swackhamer N N O 1 O Q.-. ,.-,, . . . . . . mill iLQ'lx5f.. - ' - gg' .pq i . . . . N . Q , ,, . . . . . - . , , . L 1 . W , I. , f , - , , , , 1 1 . . , I V ' , K .null