Harmony High School - The Ferguson Yearbook (Harmony, ME)

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The huge store baffled Snappy for there were no tall bu11d1ngs br1ght hghts, or so many people where he came from He stood rn front of different counters and made such a racket that the salesg1rls turned pale and rushed away Snappy l1fted h1s head and smffed the a1r Oh food was some where 1n thxs store and he meant to f1nd lt Shovmg and pushmg and be1ng pushed Snappy was amazed and fnghtened at h1s f1rst r1de on an escalator He stepped off at the next floor and sure enough, there was the food He walked by counter after counter and at last stopped by a lady who was buyrng candy By her s1de was a shopp1ng bag and st1ck1ng out of the top was a grey oblong shaped package Snappy loved surprrses and s1nce no one stopped him, he reached 1n and p1cked the package out, then walked away The lady after purchasing the candy bent to put lt 1n her shoppmg bag and stramghtened up scream1ng Help, pol1ce, th1eves stop them A small t1m1d lookmg man came to her srde and asked the trouble The woman sobbed unable to speak Someone spoke up, I th1nk 1ts her Jewels She sa1d she had someth1ng very spec1al w1th her Another, She sa1d her husband could hardly wart to see them A call to the manager and 1mmed1ately all doors to the outs1de were locked Snappy was trapped Pol1ce cars came screammg through the streets Pohceman swarmed all over the store Whlle all th1s was go1ng on Snappy was s1tt1ng beh1nd a potted palm cahnly exarrnnrng the package Two off1cers, com1ng through the room where Snappy was heard a loud gulp behind the potted palm They stood rooted to the spot a few moments then, lookmg at each other they peeked beh1nd the palrn and there found Snappy comfortably snoozmg They looked at each other aga1n then dashed for the manager s offmce When the woman was aga1n questmned as to the contents of the package, she samd be tween sobs It was frsh My husband he s a1lerg1c to meat, wanted some f1sh and I got just the krnd he l1ke Groans s1ghs, apolog1es, and red faces were common among the pohcemen, the manager and the clerks of the store A telephone call was made and soon a b1g black car drove up to the store In walked two men and out walked Snappy between them Poor Snappy He wasn t puttmg up a fuss now He was Just too txred to care Now the landlord keeps Snappy's cage t1ghtly locked because nemther Macy s nor Snappy, the pengum from the antarct1c could stand another day hke the one they had just been through J'a1uce Chadbourne 50 TI-IIRTY FEET FROM HEADLINES It all happened on a hot summer day, when I was dr1v1ng a truck on the road last summer One day I was hauling gravel on the road It was about noon and I was go1ng over the top of a h11l On the other side was all down h1ll for about a th1rd of a mile Of course I used the brakes to hold the truck back and I came to a bend and when I turned the bend there was a train stopped blockmg the road I stepped on the brake a l1ttle harder The truck slowed up some and then I saw rt was gauung speed The brakes were hot from holdmg them all the way down the h1ll It was all down h1l1 to the tra1n I couldn t stop 16 . . , . . . . . . . , - ' , . . . . . ,, . . ,, I I 0 ' I . ll ' ' ' li u - ' - ' Ol ll ' ' .ll Indignant customers, after being searched went away vowing they would never be back. O . I . ' , . . 5. Q g u 0 u- I P I - - S n , . . . . , . l ' . ' I . . O . . , . . , . , 0 I 1 . ' . ' , . . u . Q 0 I 9

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OUTCAST OF FRIENDSHIP The doors of Harnngton H1gh opened w1de The k1ds crowded through laughmg and k1dd1ng each other Not one not1ced the new face Not one not1ced the small bu1lt well dressed boy who crowded along w1th the rest unt1l he could at last stand st1ll w1thout bemg swept along He stopped then only because he d1dn t know where to go to h1s classes or to meet the prmczlpal N1kal hesltated, dread1ng to ask where he should go. remembermg V'-lV1d1Y the repeated shunmng of other k1ds of other schools Remembermg pa1nfully how each new tune he had prayed for an equal chance, prayed th1s t1me would be drfferent from the last Yet, always lt seemed that h1s prayers d1d not reach God Standmg there alone lus face turned from pathetxc st1llness to horror then to hope lessness and defeat, as he was carr1ed back 1nto the past by h1s memormes Agam he stood among a crowd of no1sy k1ds, younger than these that surrounded h1m now F1ght1ng h1s way through h1s shyness he had asked a fellow where he should go N1kal sm1led bravely as he asked He st1ll sm1led as the boys eyes took hlm from head to foot but h1s sm1le weakened as the scorn became so ev1dent 1n the boys face Then there were crowds about h1m laugh1ng mockmg, turmng N1kal s1ck 1ns1de Even from the teacher that broke up the mob came not a b1t of k1ndness The mockzng sly wh1spers pealed over and over as N1kal stood tnere A hand on h1S shoulder brought N1kal back to real1ty lt d1d not startle h1m and he turned slowly, expectmg noth1ng, but wa1t1ng calmly for what mlght come When he turned he found lumself lookmg 1nto the face of a handsome sm1l1ng boy Th1s tune though there was no scorn at last there was the snnle of a fr1end, who qu1ckly and ex pertly 1ntroduced Nxkal to many other welcommg frxends At last N1kal s prayers were answered at httle Harr1ngton H1gh, and when the doors opened each mormng N1kal wasn t the only brown skmned boy among crowds of wh1te unfnend ly boys and g1rls At Harnngton H1gh brown sk1n.ned boys are rated as hxgh and pure as the wh1te Starr Mxtchell 49 SNAPPY Snappy arr1ved 1n New York a l1ttle before sunset one cold w1nter afternoon He was really dressed for the occas1on 1n wh1te t1e and ta1ls and he cut qu1te a f1gure struttmg back and forth 1n h1s small compartment aboard the sh1p When two escorts came to help hun from the sh1p, Snappy was 1nd1gnant and proceeded to tell them so He d1dn't need any help At last all three came from the ship, but Snappy 1n all his f1nery was hardly noticed among the hustle and bustle And Snappy did not approve of his new home He put up a terrxble fuss when h1s new landlord brought h1s supper Not many would do that to the1r landlord H1s new frxends canfme to call, so Snappy was very t1red by the t1me he stretched out and went to sleep All the next day v1s1tors came by and were very 1mpressed by Snappy and he w1th them But havmng v1s1tors all day was no fun for someone who had just arnved mn New York for the f1r st txme, so Snappy dec1ded to take a walk early the next mormng He was dressed in h1s wh1te t1e and ta11s and all he lacked was a top hat to complete h1s costume As he strutted down Fifth Avenue people turned and stared Well Snappy knew he was handsome but people d1dn't have to stare so Seexng the br1ght hghts of a store he stopped and looked 1n the wmdow for a moment, then w1th a shake of h1s head he turned towards the door and d1sappeared 1ns1de. 15 4. Q Q Q Q Q 1 1 QQ Q Q Q Q Q ' 3 ' Q Q Q Q Q Q, Q Q QQ Q Q Q Q ' f' Q Q Q Q Q Q QQ Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q ' - Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q o Q Q 'Q Q Q 0 I Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q QQ Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q l ' Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q QQ Q n Q Q Q QQ Q l . 9 Q Q Q Q , - Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q g Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q u Q QQ Q o 0 Q Q 0 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q QQ Q Q Q Q QQ Q Q Q Q Q- Q Q c Q Q Q Q Q Q Q g Q Q Q Q ' Q Q Q Q Q Q QQ

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What would you do? There wasn t much tzme to think for I was less than a hundred feet from the train Would you jump out and try to save your lxfe and let the truck go, or would you turn to the left? There was a bank on that side You might roll over, or would you turn to the right and go on a lawn where some trees were and a house not far away? Well you had better thmk quick for that hundred feet is getting short and a train is in front of you About thzrty feet from the train and gomg about fxfteen mxles an hour and gaimng speed No t1me left to think I turned the truck right and went out on the lawn and missed a tree and stopped a httle ways from the house I was stopped ahd all right I backed off the lawn and tram moved and I went on How is that for luck? I wasn t afraid until the next day when the tram was ln town again John Cobb 49 THE RUNAWAY When I was small, I used to run away and h1de and make everyone look for me I have given my folks some pretty good scares, but the one I remember clearly is the time I hid 1n the hen house and got scared myself It was a hot day in J'uly and I wanted to go swin'u'n1ng My mother told me I couldn because a thunder shower was coming up When she told me th1s I was mad but I d1dn't say anythmg, instead, I went out and hid 1n the hen house behind the hen roost I could hear mother callmg for me to come in for now It had begun to rain There were loud claps of thunder and lmghtemng that lighted up the whole sky I got up and sat on the hen roost and listened to her ca.rne afraid of the lightening and thunder, knowmg that I was outdoors all alone I got down off the hen roost and went to the door and looked out I began running toward the house, I was about half way when a flash of lightning came and loud thunder followed I turned around and ran back to the hen house closing the door behmd me I chmbed back on the hen roost and put my hands over my face so I couldn't see the lightning I don't know how long I sat there but it seemed l1ke a very long t1me to me I d1dn t pay much attentzon to the shower for I d1dn t dare look out the hen house w1ndow The afternoon wore away as I sat there on the hen roost I leaned back agamst the top roost and closed my eyes When the door opened and my mother came 1n, I opened my eyes just enough to see who was coming, then closed them tight aga1n as she p1cked me up and carried me mto the house She didn t say anything to me about it for she knew I had learned my lesson and I really did, too, for never again did I hide or ru.n away Velma Alton 50 FISHING A ra1ny day is a perfect day for fishing Ralph, Phyllis Albert, and I had planned to go fishing one Saturday morning and of course it had to rain We st1ll dec1ded that a ra1ny day wouldn t spoil our plans Of course we like to eat so we had some food w1th us By the time we had reached the pond it was not ra1n1ng as hard so we thought sure lt would stop For about 17 , . . . ' . 't call my name. It was raining hard now so she went into the house without finding me. I be- . . u u g