Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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12. Eut, when she was calling to them, Cluck, Cluck, Cluck, see the good worms, those children found a nud puddle end into it they went. Mother Speckles called Come, come children, before you get in the water that is so deep you can't get out, but they didn't pay any attention. Their little feet wore paddling the water, and they were, having such a good time, they said, Oh Mother Speckles, come in. Come in, and see if you can't find a worm in this mud puddle. Mother Speckles was so frightened, she called to the other he'ns. Cone quick, cone quick, my children are in the water and they will drown. VJhitey's family was a disappointment to her. She wont near the water, but not on- would follow her. She called, Quack, Quack, just sec how nice it is to swim on the water, but they just peeked ar.d peeked and were so scared. Hearing ell the quacking .and clucking in the yard, Teddy and Sally came to s-e what the’matter was. Ha, Ha, laughed Sally. Oh, Teddy, you gave Speckles ducks' eggs, end Whitey hens' eg: si Speckles tried to call her duck children, but they were in the water with Whitey, so she colled the real chickens who came and nestled under her wings, end they said, Are we glad, you'll be our mother. Wc don't went to go into the water. In the mud puddle where Whitey and the ducks were swim- ming, the little ducks were saying to Whitey, We are glad, you'll bo our mother; why that Speckles thought the water was awfu1. Dorothy Glidden '56 Miss Gate's to Miss Dewing while driving in Burlington: Oh, Mojoric, be more careful. You just drove through a red light. Miss Dewing: Oh, I always hurry through intersections to get out of the v ay of the reckless drivers. Miss Dewing to Enrlish III class: Tomorrow we'll have a spell- ing test. Sybil Spelling test! On what?

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I WITNESSED AN A-BOMB TEST On March 16, 1953» by the magic of television, I wit- nessed the 29th atomic bomb test by the United States, in the United States. (Four blasts have been outside the United States). One thousand troops were two miles from the blasting ground in trenches. The reason the troops were there was to see what effect the atomic blast would have on them. At 8:20 A.M. (5:20 A,M. Nevoda time) the atomic bomb, euualling l5»000 tons of T.N.T. dropped from the tower. There was tremendous heat. Twenty-six seconds later the sound reached the T.V. camera at New Knob, one mile away. After the dust that had been lifted by the explosion settled to the ground, I found that the tower had been knocked out. After a few hours the clouds from the bomb streaked out eastward over mile after mile of flat desert, in places reaching a height of [(.0,000 feet. The clouds were all colors of the rainbow. Later, the television camera was switched from the clouds to the troops, two miles away. Not one person from the troops had been hurt. A news commentator who was there said, When the bomb went off, it felt as though it wore slapping you on the head, hitting your feet, and almost rattling your teeth out. Lcland West '56 i T RLS' STATE Every year, the last week in June, Girls' State is held in almost ev ry state in the Union. It is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Its purpose is to teach the young citizens of ur country democracy so that we will not be in- fluenced by Communism and we will know the functions of a democratic government.