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

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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

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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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an hour lt was qu1te comfortable and then It began to pour and lt surely d1d pour We had not caught caught a1 eatable f1sh, and the conclus1on was that we probably would not When we arr1ved home, we were all soaked to the skm, We changed our clothes and also dec1ded we were hungry For lunch we had steamed hot dogs, cold dr1nks, and cake for desert Whxle we were eat1ng, the sun began to sh1ne and lt shone all the rest of the day In the afternoon Albert went f1sh1ng w1th Daddy but no more f1Sh1Ilg for me espec1ally on ramy days Edxth Kmght 49 THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTER I VE MET She was sl1m, and had long brown ha1r whrch hung below her shoulders I was s1tt1ng 1n a cha1r and she came over to me and started shak1ng hands w1th me I had never shaken hands w1th ch1ldren before and I cons1dered myself qu1te 1mportant and grown up at the moment Jane and I grew very close fnends and spent much t1me w1th each other hr st at my home then hers One of the reasons I l1ke Jane more than the other gmrls was that she enjoyed do1ng the same th1ngs I d1d l1ke p1ay1ng cards, baseball, and cl1mb1ng trees Once whxle cl1mb1ng a tree I got stuck and never tr1ed lt agam, I wouldn t have m1nded that part only I stayed 1n the tree for about a half hour Sometrmes we would sew or do fancy work but not very often We always used to tell people about our 1mag1nary lady fr1end who we called Mrs Mc Nuff wh1ch l1ved 1n Jane s back yard One day Jane came after me to go sl1d1ng w1th her Instead of sleds we used cardboards because the h1ll was too steep and sl1ppery to use sleds We started down the h1ll, lt was lots lt wxth our boots so we dec1ded lt was best to holler to anyone who could hear us Jane s father heard us and he took a rope and t1ed lt on a post and threw the other end to us so after that we could sl1de down and take hold of the rope go1ng up I w1ll never for get the fun we had together and I don t th1nk she w1ll e1ther even though I w1ll always remember her as the Most Unforgetable g1rl that I ve met Mary Boulette 52 Along The Navajo Tra1l Dear Del1lah My Heart Tells Me ' that Somewhere Th1s Side of Heaven there as Someone To Love I ve Had Th1s Feehng Before Either It's Love or It Isn't' I My Baby Blue Ton1ght'7 I Know That Someday we ll have An Apple Blossom Weddmg Because I ll Be Seemg You Je Vous Arme T111 The End Of T1me Danny Boy Llecta S1ncla1r 49 18 . . . , . . , . . 0 . . . , of fun going down but coming back we couldn't make it. It was even too hard to put a hole in . . . . , n 5. . Q - ll ' ' If ll ' ll I IC I li ' il ' ll ii ll U ' ' ll ll I. ll S 0 . ll li I ll ' il ll il ll i D ll ll ' il ll ' ' I! 9