Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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she said, Thera'c a lit lc brook that's full of trout but in our meadow, and I'll bet they'll bito on a day like tiis;toc. Toddy caught and hint and said, ‘.Veil, let's goi A fC7 minutes later, as Ted and Connie were racing toward the brook, fish ooles in'hand, Ted said, You know, in all the excitement, I never did that motor .lob on y.;ur brother's Jalopy, Connie, Connie smiled slyly and 3aid, Yec, I know, '.Vhat did it natter if there wasn't any motor under the hood of R nnio's Jo.lopy, she thought! Kathleen Thibault '49 SUCKERS (T-70 KINDS) Hey, -Joe, whatcha doin' tanight? asked Jin an the two boys walkfcdjup the street together. Nothin, much, I guess, ' cept do this durned French, came the dejected answor. Say, I gotta swell idea. Lot's go over to the pond and scent the brooks. I'll bet then suckers is packed in so we could scoop 'em out with aur hands. Jog was wildly enthusiastic over the idea, and the two boys hurried hone to make preparations. The boys lived in a small, typical New England town , which was noar enough to a ■ odiu. sized pond so that the ooys could have a lot of fun there. The pond provided 3winning, boating, and it provided fishing, the year round. The boys were coming hone from baseball prac- tice when the brilliant ilea of sucker spearing had cone to Jim. But now, to get back to the story, wo find Jim and Joe again, a tcr getting their equipment together. They were b th riding bicycles and carrying spears and flashlights. Each were ruboor boots. As they rode swiftly along, side by side, Joe said abruptly, ',7c gotta bo oareful tonight, Jim. It's against the law to sr o„r fish, you know, Jin acknowledged that this was true, Dut scemeo. quite calm about the whole affair; and he said convincingly, Aw, that s one law they never enforce, But Joe wasn't to be consoled and proceeded to tell Jim the story his father had told him before he 3tartee.. The story . cnt th-.t three men who were spearing had been shot at by a game warden, two of the men being hit and one 6f them ba-ily hurt. The little story hit Jim with quite a lot of force, and he began to plan carefully. We'll lodve our bikes quite a distance away.

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.4 Connie decided to take a bicycle ride down to the corner drug store. On her way she passed the garage, and noticed that there was a new man there, .'is she looked a second tine she gave a long, low whistle, because there before her eyes was her dream man, Teddy deems I So I she thought. He's a part tine garage worker I Then the idea hit her hard! She began to remember. Breakfast - Ronnie's old jalopy - Garage man I Suddenly she cane to an abrupt stop before the garage. Just before she opened the door, hawever, she paused to smooth her long bob and tuck her plaid shirt into her knee length pedal pushers. Then 3he put on a bright smile and walked in. He was bending over a blown out tire,trying to patch it, Connie took a deep breath and began, Arc you one of the garage men? (To hoar her on one would ever know thi t this was the man she had been hoping to meet for the pact two wocks.) He smiled at her as if she were a little girl and said, I sure an, little lady, What con I do for you? ’Sell, Connio began, !’my brother has an old jalopy of a car, and it needs a motor job. Do you think you could work on it for him this afternoon? Tho rcd-hcaded boy grinned, revealing a gol.d tooth, I guess I could arrange ray plans accordingly, Mis , he replied, Connie smiled and murmured a faint Thank you, as she went out. Or. the way hone she felt very triumphant. This afternoon sho would wear her nicest Ircss and see if Mr, Snarty Weens would notiae her then! If she could got him to a k her to the Prom she wo Id be the envy of the school. That afternoon at about ono o'clock Connio was sitting on the verenda swing, ‘“'he wore a powder blue Ires.., and beside her on the porcl stand was a whole pitcher of ine cold lemonade. Just at that moment Ted c .no up the walk. He filled at Connie and said, Where's the jalopy? Connie returned the smile as she answered sweetly, Oh, I thought you night like a cooling drink while you wait for my brother to got here to supervise tho job. -'ith this she poured out two glasses of lemonade and patted the ceat beside her in the awing- Teddy sat down with o, deep sigh of relief, and started sip ling lcmon?„de. About an hour later Ted was saying, How about taking in the Junior Prom next week, with me, Connie? Connie breathed a sigh of relief and said, I'd 16ve to. During this time Connio had discovered th?.t Teddy's favorite ..p-'rt was fishing, Sho said that she was fond of fishing too. Finally

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j.6.. Then if some snoopy warden oecs 'on ho won't know where we are. Our first stop will be Garrett's brook.'1 The boys tried the numerous brooks in the vicinity,without luck; and they I?,iu the poor luck to the fact, that it was quite early yot for suckers. Then Jin had an idoa. Gay[ Let's go down to the old mill. '.Vo should be able to got some oerch under there, anyway. Jin was right. There were fish under the old mill; and the boyc were intently pulling then In, when all of a sudlen they heard a noise like +.bnt cfa car doer being shut softly. Jog was scared stiff and whiscored to Jim. Whatta we gonna do now. It nuot be a warden- the way 'he's conin , so darn quiet. By this tine they caaId sec two figures , coning stealthily toward the mill. Folia no, Jin said quickly. Thorcfc more then one way out- ta this place. Propping the spoors, they fled into a pitch-black cavern. The floor was rotten, and covered with sawdust and chips. Once in their flight, Jin's foot wont through into the water, but he kept going. They wont up a flight of rickety old stairs and out into the night. They made the trie heme in record time that night. The next day , to the boyr-' chagrin, they found out that the twe feUcws they had seen the night before wore their friends , who were also fishing. Alton Lothian '48 THE SQ.UE. .KING DC OR In the town of Norton wo bought a house called the old Brenton place. It was built on toe of a hill just outside of the town. Yfher. we novel there in June, people would stare at ue and 'Whisper to each . other. One day a3 Jean and I were walking to the grocery store we heard aonc ladies say, I don't see why the Girl Scouts bought that spooky old olacc. They cay that there are ghosts in there, though I don't know that anyone ever actually saw a ghost thc-rc. There are- n't supposed to be such things as ghosts, but it does look mighty Jell, that's what scared me at first, though I t ought, .Vc shall be here just for this summer, and it doesn't 3cen that much can hooper, in such a short tine.