Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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11 John was amazed and asked what she meant by that. Then she asked if he didn't know that 3ha and Alton hod been married for over e year. John was speechless, for he realized what c foolish grudge ho had been carrying. Sandro Beniamin ’56 THE VISIT 0? .,UNT I hiTILDA As I was on the way to open up my filling station I stopped in at the Post Office to got my mail. In the mail was c letter from ny Aunt Matilda who lives on a back farm in the country. She had hoard about my buying a filling station ana v« s coming to help me with this new businos3 of mine. As she was coming in on the early train I had to close my busy station soon enough to meet her train. I didn't mind, because I figured it wouldn't take long and besides I hadn't s on her for s long tirao. As I pulled into the station I sew her thoro struggling with her clothes. On the farm she had worn shirts and dungrreos so much that she wasn't at all confortnblo wearing a dress. She told me 3ho couldn't find a place for it on the train and almost put her dungar os beck on. As she got into my c r she tripped ovur the skirt and fell into a puddlo.' She was about five minutes getting cleaned up and into the car, and I wanted to open my filling station. ’Veil, she finally did naku it after shutting her skirt in the door. I told her to op n the door to free her skirt, but she said it would stay put bettor there. After gutting to the filling station Matilda ran streight home to put on her dungarees and to help me. Since I was rather busy I thought I would have her oump the gas whilo I greased errs. As I was finishing my first car I hoard a. customer screeching something, so I immediately ran out to sec what the trouble was. When I got thcr I found Matilda hod poured some water in the gas tank end was filling the radiator with gasoline; In about two hours I had the man calmed down, car fixed, and Matilda tra.incd to pump gas and fill radiators correctly. I want back to greasing cars and was about half w. y through my second one when Matilda cane in and told jus that c nan had drivun up and 3aid to check his oil, but when she asked him whore ho kept it ho had been peeved and had taken off. Right then I decided to do everything myself and let Matilda watch. Then she started asking questions. First she wntod to know why I h d r. big bath tub in the

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12 middle of the floor. I tried to explain to her thrt it wes q grease pit to greose errs with. fhe couldn't undcrsirr.d how you could rrerse errs with o hoJe in the floor) r-:r ■■■ way she stopped asking questions. Next I hod to v.'Si1 rn grs customer. Just os I wes finishing I heerd o terrific .jOj.se. I hurried in to sco whet it wrs rna Matilda wrs lying in ohc bottom of the grorse pit oil covered with greose from herd to toe. It seems thrt she h d tri d to blow up r tiro but oio ■t stop blowing rnd it burst, pushing her into the grersc pit. After I dragged her out of the pit she insisted thrt sho wrs going homo, immodirtely. She s id, You mey get messed up on a frrm, hut it's not with grease. bo our sixth opponent of t .. verr, wo must hevo boon right up to prr for wo won our first grme of the yof r by r score of 70-61. Hi ch scorers w, re J. Titttemore with 3U points rnd D. Gliddcn with 32. - r.h for St. rtnnbr wrs Goduc with 29 Points. For our sevc”th ‘fime wc joufrneyec to .enosburg on December 19th, whore wo went beck to the srmo old story; we lost the game 76-31+. High scorers were D, flidcltn with 10 points -rnd J. Titter-,ore with 12. High for Erosburg wrs S. Northrup vi th 20 mounts. On Jrnurry 7th we mrdc tho trip to St. Albcns to plry the B.F.A. JV'S. Wc started the. new -err out right by winning our eighth grnc by r score of 39-37« High scorers were D. Gliddcn rnd J. Tittomorc with 17 points erch. High for B.F.A. wgs C-rcgg with 12 points. On Jrnurry 13th wc returned tho over hi11-over-drle journey to prv our first visit to T' de Prrk. Wc nust hrvo been too excited for w. lost our ninth grne 30-20. High scorers were J, Tittomorc with 17 points nd D. Gliddon with. 7 points. High for Hyde Park wes A. Porter with 16 points. Hyde Prrk grve us r lunch of srndwiches, ouperkes, rnd soft drinks. On Jrnurry 17th wc mrdc tho trip to Alburg to plcy end lose our tenth' genu., with r score of 63-55. High scorers were J. Tittomorc with 25 points '‘•nd D. Gliddcn with 10 points. High for Aiuirg was Hemingway with 22 points. As Alburg did not plrr return grme hero they trerted us to srndwiches, cupcrkes rnd cococ.