Harrison Hill Middle School - Beacon Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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June l, l9.'57 THE BEACON Page 9 BLUEBELLS One day while walking in the woods I found many small fern- like plants,, with pretty blue flowers, called bluebells. p I thought it would be nice to have one in my own garden. I took a plant up carefully by the roots, brought it home, and planted it in a shady spot. It grew and spread. Now I have many plants. they The flowens last a long time and even the are I like bluebells because need very little attention. after they quit blooming, leaves are still pretty and nice to put in a bouquet of other flowers. Dorothy Heslip, 7A THE FAIRY AND THE BROWNIE Once upon a time there was a fairy and a brownie. One day the brownie was chasing the fairy.The fairy's home was a flower. This flower was picked by a little- girl. The fairy ran to her home but it was gone! The brownie caught her but she get away. 'She ran to find a new home. She was very glad to find a cave. But it was the brownie's home. Fairy ran down the road. She saw a flower. It looked like her home. The lit tle girl had planted the flower again. She lived happily ever after. Mary Lou Metz, 2A MY DOG One day in the spring a little to live with us. It was dog came a Boston Terrier,seven weeks old. At first we could not think of a name,but ey. finally decided on Mick- Mickey proved to be a very good and smart little dog.He does many tricks, some of which are,he sits up, rolls over, speaks, gets the paper in the morning, jumps over your hand, plays dead, and hide- and-go-seek.When I come home from scheol,he is always waiting for me, because I love to play with him. He is a real watch dog. Maxine Fisher,8B ST. AUGUSTINE St. Augustine, Florida, is a very historic city. When I was there during spring vacation I saw the nFountain of Youthn which was discovered by Ponce de Leon in 1515. There is a cross there which has fifteen stones one way and thirteen the other to tell the year. I also saw the oldest house in the U. S. and the museum in connection with it. There was an old Indian burial ground which was just discovered a few years ago when a man found it while setting out orange trees. There are eighty two bodies which a man from Smithson- ian Institute said denoted either a famine or a great tragedy. Dorothy Jaggcrs, 7A A TRIP TO A GOLD MINE We were jogging along a steep mountain pass when we saw below use group of small buildings with a stream running beside them. The guide informed us that this was The Stillwell Gold Mine. We were so near our destination that we wanted to hurry on, but the guide said it was not safe. If your horse slipped you would fall down a hundred feet of almost perpendi cular cliff to be crushedto death on the rocks below. So we went a long as usual. When we reached the mine we saw a man oiling a machine that pumped the water to the not that held the rocks, some of which were gold nuggets. When he saw'usihe turned off the mach- ine and to d us about his mine. John Virts, 7A

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page s THE BEACON June 1, 1937 A LOVE SICK SCARECROW Qne day as I was walking down the road I saw a scarecrow in a field, Ca thing all tattered and forlorn.l I went up to the scare- crow and ask him what the trouble was and he replied: WI once felt the invluence of spring and I fell in love with a crow, which I know was a very foolish thing for me to do. At night off in the dis tance I could hear her caw, the very song filled this heart of straw.Then one day I made love to her and I have never seen her since.W And he cried and cried. Poor scarecrow, I have often seen his lady love the crow since then,she has plucked out the scarecrow's heart of straw to line the nest of her new home. Gene Lou Harges,8B GHOST HOUSE It was just a house for a Ghost. The stairs were very old and made strange noisesg Many old broken windows let in the howling wind. Boards were hanging down like long arms ready to grab you. There were old pits that looked like drained shark holes,but they were only empty coal bins. Iron statues,that looked as if a ghost could hide in them,were there too Robert Qildea, 6B NOW YOU TELL ONE Have you ever heard of Dobbin, the horse who minded his master so well? No? Well here goes! One day Dobbin was walking a- long, with his master on his back when suddenly he started to fall. He had walked off the side of a cliff. When Dobbin was a few feet from the bottom, his master said, WWhoa!U The horse stopped and they both escaped uninjured. Arlene Snyder, BB r, .w A THE DESIRE TO FIGHT One day Skippy, the cat across the street,was having a hard time keeping a dog from chasing him. Teddy, my cat, was. sleeping in the sun, as usual, when he heard the commotion. He jumped up, ran across the street, jumped on the dog's back and sent him home yelp ing. A few days later a similar thing happened tc Amos, just an- other cat in the neighborhood. Teddy again was sleeping,but man- aged to get up and chase the dog home. Then we bought a dog. The dog was so playful that Teddy be- came afraid of him and all dogs. So now things are different. Now whenever he hears a dog bark you'll know just where to find him--under the bed. Marjorie Wigbel,8B PIONEER LIFE Pioneer life was not easy in pi oneer days. In one book my teach- er read to the class it told a- bout a family who moved to a new land and it took two months to go seven hundred miles in.a covered wagon. Some of you children might have read this bogk. The name of the book is WThe Treasure in the Little Trunk.H Evans Roth, BB SPRING As Spring approaches Nature awakens in glorious colors and sweet-scented perfumes. The sleepy flowers begin to nod their heads. Grass begins to take a look at the golden sun in a lake of blue while tiny white sail lazily along. The boats move water lilies on a mirror of green begin -to'unfold in their fragile Birds in their bril- loveliness. liant colors begin to trill sweet ly. Children at play under the apple tree shout merrily. All these things are true of Spring. Evelyn Talbot, 7A

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Page 10 THE BEACON June 1, 1937 These I have loved: The swaying of the pine trees at night on the banks of a solitary lake, The ripple of the water below the bright moonlit sky, The music of an organ blest with peaceful reverent tone, A quiet place for study that is far out from the world,to concen- trate and create,setting thoughts to scroll, The anticipation of a great hap- pening that has long been premed- itatedg The gladness and joy of reading an article that is particularly treasured because of its striking feeling upon the soul. Clarence Jackson, 8A THE WIND Have you ever listened to the wind? I have So swiftly, lightly, it blows along. It fairly makes a little song. Over the meadows, the brooks, and the trees. Net a thing to care about Just like me. It comes and kisses me on the cheek Then up to the highest mountain peak, It is always jolly, happy,and gay I may go along with the wind some day Lois Hoff,7B When twilight creeps on padded feet Across the blue-gray sky And swallows stretch their graceful forms At ease, and homeward fly- I wonder if I'll ever be Quite free to travel down The dusty read that leads Through many a quaint old-fashioned town. The road may lead to Mamico Where scarlet peppers dry, Or it may lead to a mountain home Where a brook goes tumbling by. But I will just ' keep traveling Until I'm old and grey, And then perhaps I'll stop and dream Off that long, straight, dusty way. Janice Sprunger, 7A SUMMER Oh Summer, Oh Summer, Oh Summer has come, And we may go out and play in the sun. Peggy Frank, BB PUSSY WILLOWS I saw some little pussies-- Midget pussies, I suppose, Little gray, downy pussies, Just a day old, For when I looked yesterday, Only green buds were there. So they must have been born At night--I wasn't there. Mary Belle Hawver, 4A