Ferry Hall School - Ferry Tales Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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MKE When Mlke was fourteen vears old he announced to his famllv that he washed to leave Ireland and go to the Lmted States Since II was durmv the potato famme of 46 thev were easllv con vmced that he would be better off at ross the ocean, and permlsslon was granted on the condltlon that he would hve wlth the 0 Connells who had formerlv been their neighbors ln Countv Kllkennv It was arranged that Mike s elder brother Ixevm should follow htm to America In a vear or two but Kevin was kllled the next -Iufrust In the Young Ireland Rebellion so Mike never saw anv of his famllv agam Ile arrived ln New York ln the summer a tall raw boned black eved bov speakmv onlv Gaelic because I ngllsh was the scorned lan uage of hls ancestral oppressors He had come over, crow ded wlth three other men mto a dum alr ess hole far below the water hne and as the shnp pltched and tossed he was verv sick The first hour ashore he got mto a fight with another Irnshman who had trled to edge ln ahead of hlm ln the debarkatlon hne Mike won Mlke worked his wav West on pralrle schooners and great frult wafrons Bv the time he reached Detroit he mould speak enough l'nUhsh to talk his wav mto a job on a lake steamer although he had never been on a boat before ln his hfe save for the ocean erossmg The tmv vessel ran mto a terrlble storm rounding Matkmac, and when the mate made fun of Mike savmv lus prav ers as he wrested wlth the spinnaker rope Mike lut hlm wnth a marlm spike and nearlv killed hum The captaln sand that he wanted no dlrtv Immigrant kllllng his crew, so Mike was thrown off the ship when the storm tleared Ile found himself m the water onlv a few hundred vards from the shore but, smce he had never learned how to swlm he had considerable dlfficultv reachmv land Itrom the spot at whu h he landed ll was a walk of ten mules alonv the beach to the hamlet called Little Ifort where the O Connells had settled Thev were glad to see hlm and ll was agreed that he should stav wlth them as long as he wished Once a week he walked to I'ort Dearborn recentlv become Chicago, with Pat O Connell, making the trlp ln two davs Thev each carried home fortv pound of ln Pat s back, as had been Intended ln the same attack Mlke was shot ln the leg and ever after hmped shghtlv When Mike was eighteen, the terrorist movement after whlch the Ku Klux Klan was to be patterned, spread to Llttle Fort, now Waukegan Late on a mght before one of the socletv s antl Irlsh celebrations was to be held Pat s father went out to the square where the enormous Mav Pole had been erected, and chopped nt down Before long an angrv crowd gathered ln front of the 0 Connell cabm, and ln the fight that ensued Pat and his father were killed Thus Mnke became the head of hls adopted famllv In due time he marrled Marv O Connell a match agreed on vears before ln Ireland Marv was ln love with someone else,but after bemg brought home twlce followlnv attempted elopements, she reslgned herself to the marrlage with Mlke As for Mlke smce he had no use for women anv wav he was not particular Thev had four children before Mlke decided to go to Callfornna Ile didn t bother to tell has famllv Make was alwavs taclturn, he sum lv dlsappeared one dav Three vears later he returned, pennnless Ile had walked out and batk ad made a small fortune ln gold, and gambled It all awav Mike never dlscussed thls adventure and Marv never dared mentlon It After the CIVII War broke out, Mike enlisted ln a cavalrv regiment Ile had never ridden a horse but he hked the looks and the speed of them Ile never wrote to hls famllv because he dldn t know how, but a wounded soldier on has return home sald he had seen Mike after the second battle of Bull Run Mike never returned from the War As he had started a flour mlll ln Waukegan, hls famllv dldn t starve Marv wasn t the tvpe of woman who would rush to Washmgton to learn her husband s where abouts she was too senslble What would her famllv do without her' But she missed Mike he had been verv good to her although thenrs was not a romantu matt h and he had great wnt for all hls nomadn tendenuts and Ins fierv temper She dldnt want to thunk of hun as havmv deserted ln fanulv allhouvh sht km vv lt was a vt rv tIt'IIlllIt PUMNIIJIIIIN xlllxl bunv what ht was rl un fore wlnn vmars latmr the War Ulllu sm nt lur a lnlaltd notne that her husband had duel lll 861 of wounds ruuvad at fnttvs rurg Nlarv wa ra In ved Bumuu Nh I.Xll,llllN A ly . 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DUST STORM A hushed stillness comes ox er the xallex Not a leafstlrs m the sultrx afternoon alr The skx ls streaked wnth a lurld hvht and a dark cloud bevms to form on the horlzon I the meadow flocks of sheep are hud dled together for protection HUHIIISI the oncommg storm The cloud rfrow larger and darker as lt de scend upon the xallex I'he raxs .M of the sun are blotted out, and the horlzon and skx are blended mto one vast bodx of blackness The cloud has rcached the plams and I5 sweepmv over the sand dunes gathermg more dust as lt comes In a few momcnts lt wlll descend upon the xallex Iluman bemvs run mto storm cellars for shelter The calmness IS broken bx the roar of the wlnd, and the cloud havmg reached the xallex breaks mto whlrlwlnds of destructlon Branches break from the trees shmvles blow from roofs There comes a deafening erash as a wmdmlll topples to the ground The stmvlnv sand moves wlth amannff rapnchtx uprootmv eaetus and bending small flowers to the earth Great drafts of xellow sand plle up under fences and around doors I'hen almost as quleklx as lt Came the storm la gone Darkness fades mto h ht The eloud mox es on The sheep are no lonver frwhtened People come from thelr shelters I4 THEL LOLIsE HEFI-'ERN xx 41 JUST TWENTY ONE Name' Just ,Iohnnx nexer mmd about thc dit lm just one of thousands Xmerlcas xouth todax No past experience n 1 l xcept ofcourse W hen I was small with Caps and wooden guns We made behexe to fivht a war I reallx chdn t know Xnd nn the hugh school band I fclt K thrlll as we saluted corps OI' World War leterans I thouffht what ecstasx To haxe the shouts of thousands rmffmff ln one s ears Hut that was xear avo I chcln t know llow rwht he was that sand Youth has no lear- I xc just turned twentx one and now I know I know and xet I don t I'or llllg I spent mx summers camping out amonv the hills' l'or thls I trned and made the lnvh school foot ball team' For thls I bullt mx three fold powers, Nlx mmd mx bodx and mx splrxt To meet the standards set for me' I'or thls I learned mx creed of peace -Xllegnanee to mx flaff mx countrx and mx trod, I'or thls I won the Cltlzen s Xledal the envx of mx class' I know thex fouvht and died and so shall we Xnd those behind Us too and on into the xears The Armx bullds the man but does lt bulld the mmd 7 I m sorrx, Slr It was just there for me to sax No no past experience ALICE HOB uw -11 ---'- V s l ,.,, r: ' I C .4 . n U C' -T I, 's ' S - 3 . r -. ' S ' '. '. Y n Q 1 I u ' s I A X h 1 1 n I L n U . m u I I n . I' 1 I T Y D T ' . ' C , - n A 1 1 i C I n n I - . .. . . . Y Y. . . . . D C . ' 1: . ' 1: ' ' ' ' . 'I I L xl r . . . . . . . ' Y . . . T . ' .. U . . . T ' C' . . U C . . 1 Y N v Q s A ., . . . . . '.. c 1 ' D ' ' 'i 7 . T .c. I. - f 1 ' . . . D Y I c. P C . . . t , v . ., t ., , . . 1 . . . Y ' u . D C . .T .' ',, K. 'If ' I . I - . . V v V I x x n T n Y it T D ' ' . . , ' ' Y , T Y Y c . c ' . ' ' ' ' . , ,y . . . . ' s . Y - I , ' ' - , S , 9 , ' ' - - ' .V ct .V I .vt .I . . . , , . . U T ' 1 . . .. . . -, -H h 1 ' f . ., l T I , W ' , Q- - -9 Y Q P b . C T T L T Q . , c T. , I . ' ' 5 . ' '. . . . . U A ' l - ' u Y - ll i n -A I D . . . . . . q'.. - f . . . Y 9 5.3

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A LASTING MEMORY A llttlc vlrl of 3l'D0llI ftllll' tears sat on the front doorstep of her home watchlnv the hordes of people lllll'l'NlIlg bs laden Nllll all klnds of belonfflnvs bhe dld not know wllat lt was all about and w hx no one ln hcr famllx pald am attentlon to her That mornlnv she had heard her father sax tllat thls was the worst fire slnee tllat of London and that ans refugee would be welcomed ln thelr house lf the wlnd clld not suddenlx change and take thelr home too True ln the dlstance he could see huve clouds of gras smoke and she recalled that last nlvht when she was tucked Ill bed she had seen a brllllant glow ln the skx but she had been too tlrecl to ask questlons Qhe had been awakened tllat mornlnv bl the HOISC of people straggllng bs her wlndow and her mother sald that slle could watch lf she cllcln t straw from the porch -X steadx stream of vers tlred looklllv folk had been golng past slnce dal break men women and ehlldren llorses were drawlnv carts loaded to the vert top Wllll furnlture of ewerx descrlptlon The llttle glrl felt sorrx for the llttle tlllltlftll wllo looked so terrlblx hot and were crunv and she wanted vers mucll to ask them tl plax Mllll her but she remembered her promlse to her mother She sat then all dal wonderlllg what was happenlnv and whs cverxone looked so unhappx and worrled Tlllg event newer left the melnors of the llttle glrl and a few sears later slle lcarncd tllat she has wltnc ssed one of the greatest lllstorlc al events of our countrx Years later she told her llllltlI t'll and gralldclllldren about lt and lt has stand ln tllelr memors too You see l know a thc llttle 'Nl tm xlAHIikT'I 1 A MILK HOUSE After drlwlnv lnto a large courtx ard where other ears wlll be seen sou get out of the car pass through an archwal and follow a small whlte path leadlng to the mllk house As lou enter the door sou eome upon an lmlnaeulatelx kept room wlth spotless whlte walls and celllnff and a freshlx scrubbed concrete floor Through two large wlndows on the farthest wall, sou can see to the flglll a llllClxCIl sard where about five hundred leghorn chlekens are runnlnv around not kllowlnv that at am tlme thes max be kllled for someone s dlnner To the left IS a green pasture where plac ld cows are grazlng In one corner of the room there IS a large eoollng tank There large illlIlN cans ln lce water are to be filled Wllll Fllll warm mllk To the left of the doorwaw IS an lnstant freezer four feet llllfll ln tllls all fowl and other meats are kept fresh untll thex are sold A large slnk OCFUPICS the wllole wall at the rlght lt looks rather llke a laundrx tub bllt I9 used to wash alld sterlllze the mllk cans N large refrlfrerator holds all the eggs Lnder the wmdows on the far wall there IS a long low wooden table Nl'llCll IS used for several purposes At one cnd of the table there ls a scale and a rack of knlwes and other lnstruments used for preparmff Cllll kens dllc ks and turkess for market The next sectlon of the table IS used for cratlng eggs Un the next sec tlon eggs and fowl are wrapped up The last sectlon of all IS the most lnterestlng Thls ls where the milk IS separated When the separator IQ worklnv Cream comes from one spout and mdk frolll the other Phat IQ all there IS to see alld l hope that lou have enjoxed xour wlslt Jon klLl-N H Y U. . ' I AQ . -L . ' A . U ' ' .' . . A . C ch' . A . ' n x A . ' . C I u 1 1 . L, .Y C V . n 1 9 1 -- F t D ' I ll I .t t . E . . I t ' . ., t ' ' ', . V l .. e C' . ' U . ' ' 3 Q . ' ' . v D .A U' Y .' ' l V . I . . , ' , . . I , , , ' . ' ' ' . ' ' .' 5 5 -V ' girl is my gralldlllotller and the fire was the Chicago fire. J , , 4 .j 9 'V .Y Y f I Y 1 Y ' x U .' S 1 ' ' 1 v C v v . n v 'Y n . V v. 9 Y , 4. U g . - D . . U c g . D Y. 'F ,in u . 5 4 a 4 - V ' A 1 Q x vs 'Y . .. l ,S . . .. ' V . Y ' ' . , . . . .. l , x ' x l ' I F v V x n U I Y . x g i ,un v v X - w u p 4 4 4 n I D , C. . V . i . .Q V . V V V. . ' I l T I - A Q - ,