Eastern District High School - Eastern Senior Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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A Lunch Hour A+ The Aufomai' By ETHEL KARINSKY Mausue OMallory hurrued across fhe sfreef and wallced rapidly fowards a large sign whlch read EAT AT Tl-llf AUTOMA-l lf was fwelve o cloclc and Marsue had no fume fo lose for affer all as Malsre had offen sald fo herself an hour rs scarcely enough fume for a person fo eaf As she walked you could see she was a gurl of abouf eughfeen dressed as well as could be expecfed from her frffeen dollar a weelc salary and fhe weelcly barganns af Lacys She had a fhln pencil line where ordnnarnly her eyebrows would have been and her laps were covered wlfh a darlc red cheap llp rouge She gulclcly rushed Info fhe Aufornaf and sfood on llne walhng for her change As Maasle figured her budgef for all fhe gurls IH fhe office had budgefs fhurfy cenfs was yusf abouf rughf for lunch Malsle finally received her change affer being pushed around bodily unfll beads of persplraflon sfood ouf on her forehead Fnffeen mnnures had already elapsed and Mausle gloomaly knew she had no fume fo wasfe Flrsf fhe sandwiches Mansle glanced over The varuefles wlfh one finger In her moufh and anofher busily scrafchlng her head which by fhe way was covered wlfh arfrfrcual curls recenfly fhe resulf of a bargain dollar permanenf Now Maasne had been doung fhus very fhmg for almosf a year buf each day she always decided on a ham sandwlch on rye N maffer how long she sfood before fhaf aufomaflc sandwich fnlled case fhe ham sandwich always won ouf IU fhe end Ten more rnunufes elapsed Now up fo fhe nexf case whnch was filled wrfh ples and calces This case held Mausle nn nfs power wnfh fwo Trngers un her rnoufh full flnally a pineapple cheese calce was decided upon Fnffeen more mnufes and Mansle lcnew she would soon have fo sfarf baclc fo fhe office Again she hurrned you can see fhaf Malsne was probably born In a hurry fhss fume fo The coffee line Ths lme always fools rnosf of Maisie s fume lf happened fhaf a faf man was IH back of Maisie and ID fronf of her was a chubby gurl wrfh a fell fale odor of cheap powder rouge and lnpsfnclq IO i ... y .. ...I . . y ..

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I Clear OuT My Bookcase By SHIRLEY JOHNPOLL The oTher da m moTher aT las+ succeeded Y Y nn maknng me clear ouT my book case By clear Q Us . ouT I mean Thrownng away papers and scraps gnvung away Those books I no longer wanT and Tunally selechng my TavorlTe books To keep on I 5 s The parlor Table beTween my new book ends I Du X was cerTaln ThaT once sTarTed The Task would noT Ta e ong T k I The TursT book I pulled ouT was SqumTy The Comlcal Pug a TavoruTe o my chnldhood Well ThoughT I T us surely musT go opened The book and on The TnrsT page I Turned To was The plcTure oT SquunTy SqunnTy ThaT sTubborn adorable pug who had gained has name because one eye was always halT closed NaughTy SquunTy who had run away and who ThoughT sTones were poTaToes Why hov. book sTays The nexT book was a love sTory enTlTIed The PeTTer Yes dear Merry Locke was a peTTer She would leT all her boy Trlends kiss her and make love To her when she dldn T care one blT Tor Them Oh buT he was preTTyI I-Ier upTurned nose had gay Treckles her blond hair whrch she washed wuTh drned up lemons Tramed her preTTy Tace Merry would snap her Tnngers and The boys would Tlock BuT poor Merry wa1Ted nlne years Tor The one she really loved I guess Thus book sTays Too sand I To myselT Well well look whaTs here' my darlnng Maryory Trom Marlorys Vacahon dear InTTle Mopsue MldgeT who wenT To vmslT her grandmoTher In The counTryI The TlrsT Thung ThaT happened was ThaT she broke a leg sludlng down The barn rooT and had To sTay IU bed Tor a week Calam 1Ty Tollowed caTasTrophe buT she had Tun anyway N I canT p rT wnTh her So Thus book and ThaT book and To be exacT all The books sTayed For who would parT wuTh hus Trlends7 9 5 A - ' Q - . - - - S . 3 PI ' . . f I , I , I lv ' BuT I could I glve up my lrresisTibIe Triend SquinTy? No, I decided, This ' . o, I ' a

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Five more minuTes elapsed. Would They never hurry, ThoughT Maisie, as she raised her hand- kerchieT To her nose, Tor The odor Trorn The girl in TronT oT her was geTTing sTronger and sTronger. Oops ' The rnan in back oT Maisie had pushed her and Maisie's beloved pineapple cheese Tell on The chlTTon blouse oT The girl in TronT oT her The chubby girl Turned around To give Maisie an argumenT when suddenly The church bells Tolled one oclock Malzie realizing her lunch hour had passed quickly picked up her coaT and ran Mr Higgins her boss would have her IlTe IT she were a minuTe IaTe FasTer and TasTer she walked her breaTh coming n gasps her coaT in one hand The ubiguiTous ham sandwich in The oTher BreaThlessIy Maisie hurried To The oTTice hung up her coaT and inside oT Two minuTes had Tinished The sandwich In TacT she had IusT Tinished her lasT biTe when Tonn The oTIlce boy walked in The swiTchboard began To Tick and Maisie wenT back To her daily rouTine none The less happy Tor her advenTures aT Twelve o clock Yes'7 WhaT is IT7 queried Maisie as she raised her head from The swiTchboard Tom had handed her a noTe I donT know Maisie and walked ouT Maisie opened The noTe and This is whaT she saw My dear Miss O Mallory Due To condiTions over which I have no conTrol I am 'Forced To give you Twe aTTernoon oTT yslgnedy H HIGGINS '1::.r'u..if..iLan lil:-E4-I JE EEE? E K., llgvi? L T sw- F JIIIIWXI 'Ia' ..irs.Ng gf S 5 E ,iq QI WTI T1-gsbmsnj ll I I I I ' I I I I . . , , ' I I I ' I I I I I ' I n I I , . , , . . , , . . . . . . , I I I I ' ' I I ' I I I ' I I . - , ,A . g , ' F rn A , , ,.- I 7 V- 9 -F., I7 V 'V D ' D VOL. A m 'J Ik? VW 'f m,N ' ... , . . f- I Af: , . x ' -.-T-- G 'if1..a,. '11 f- 'u.LLL2.s 1 ,.. I 'I liar: 5 J I-I ' 'lunar' 'Q II 'f Q , , E ' -I '.' I - . ' l kd., .. J' ,.,. M1 h I ii- I:-ulnltfr-gk -' - 5. 'P T 1,-Q-gee-L --::::-'I-: We sm--fs. I' -I' ' I 0- f Ilun- Xlvixv I tg--:ILE spa? N' ,P 5, g-:::'1, Igidg. II -1 Ili g y .V ,1 ,I-VIN. fi g 3 Hllli V244 -3 ffl ,155 'fr .4 T .I L-- . 'E I :fi -EH 31- .n 1.17132 'ft ' 'Qi .- ' ,,,..ni-iii. Q' Iiigfii Ill. i - , el . I I - .II nl - .., g,. , ,.,,.. rw.: L - A ,i- if Ig 3. 'llllri ' , 7 551571 If ' - IE I-iW4fAm f igunp. 1 ' s ,fs , Eff ' 4 lei!! W: 1 H A I A F Tuisk 6' ' -,, ---W if - Y V, A I Tiff-H I. I Q. fi' 'Wg ' i II ZIIII1' ilf fi'i f I MQ, 4 f - 'I I 'I xiii f 4 4 'Q Im I A .Nl 1 I um? I -YQ! . 1 X ,117 ., l v., !,l I., ' 'V 5:35, y 'ix q ,, r I. :E A X 91, I I. 'wx -.- ' II, WITH? .571- - 5 'I ' - f v -- '. 'I . s ' ' 5 I.. I --v f,: :-,wx igfed 'y' I 41' , -- A 1 J .-'slim-:v:'.'Rs , I -'il H i .- ,' , .3 ':'- if:--11' ,' 1 'O' I i,f.f. ' x ', 'g'f?ZfHj 'jZ11T.' 'LV - I '71-fri--vi '1Q:f,g? TEQQEL . ' - ' A ' Q 1-1t::. ' -' 3 -, 21152. 'N- 3 wif' A y E .z::a1::11::. -'