Holbrook High School - Echo Yearbook (Holbrook, MA)

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THE ECHO 29 SAM PERKINS TRIES TO BE A BOY AGAIN Sam Perkins was just starting to slide down the hill on his son’s new sled. As the hill was covered with snow and ice, it was good for coasting. The sled started slowly at first and then quickened its speed. A quarter of a way down the hill he hit a stump. The sled kept going, but part of Sam Perkins’ clothes was left behind. Half way down the hill he saw Mrs. Baker, who weighs three hundred pounds, coming up the hill with a basket of eggs in one hand and two bottles of milk in the other. The sled flew closer and closer towards Mrs. Baker, who was so startled that she could not get out of the way, and the next minute the sled struck Mrs. Baker, who lost her balance and sat right down on the back of Sam Perkins, and Sam Per- kins was knocked unconscious. The yellow yolks of the eggs flew in different direc- tions while the milk was spattered all over the hill. When Sam came to, he heard a voice say- ing, “Well, Sam, that was a great load on your back that time.” Pearl Gilley, Grade 8. OUR FIRST ASSEMBLY February the fifteenth was chosen for our first assembly. This assembly will be long remembered for it was in celebration of the birthday of our first President, George Washington. The school orchestra opened the pro- gram with the playing of patriotic pieces, such as “Maryland, My Maryland”, “Marching Through Georgia”, and others. This was followed by a recitation, “The World Remembers”, by Madeline Hanney. Miss Hanney was then followed by Grace Kelly, who told us about “When Washing- ton Was a Boy”. The scene changed and a play was pre- sented next, entitled “Why We Celebrate Washington’s Birthday”, by the pupils of the seventh and eighth grades. This was followed by another reading by Grace Kelly, and this time she told us about “Our First Citizen”; this formed a prelude to “A Schoolroom Scene” which was presented by pupils of the eighth grade. This was followed by the boys’ chorus which sang “Yankee Doodle”. Miss Helen Baker then accompanied us at the piano while we sang “America the Beautiful” with Miss Drohan directing After this we saluted the flag and ended our assembly by singing the most beautiful of anthems, “The Star Spangled Banner”. Ruth Bettencourt, Grade 8. THE LOST CHILDREN It was one spring morning, that Ethel and Bob went into the woods. Bob’s father was a very cruel man who had no interest in his children. He treated the children as though they were strangers. Their mother had died when they were little children. They now decided to leave home. They had walked for several hours, and the sun was now sinking into the west. They lay down and went to sleep. When their father came home from work, he could not find the children, so he began to search high and low for them. Although he had a hard heart, he became frightened. He went to a next-door neighbor, and asked her if she had seen either of the children. She said she had seen them going towards the woods early in the morning. The father immediately headed for the woods. He never realized how lonesome he would be without them. After hunting till dark, he came upon Ethel and Bob fast asleep on the ground behind several bushes. He took the children home, gave them something hot to drink, and put them to bed. How happy the children were when they found out that their father really loved them. Lillian Soderblom. THE INTERNATIONAL ONE MILE RACE The starter’s pistol cracked. They are off! Faster, faster the runners go; slowly, slowly the runners leave the others. The leader falls! He is up! He is again lead- ing! Did you ever see such a speed? The runners are now thinning out. The leader is falling back! He is passed! Who is it! It is Bill! Keep it up Bill! Bill is now making the last turn with a runner close behind. The man in second place is gain- ing! He is at Bill’s heels! Look at Bill go now! He is making a last desperate spurt. He is there! Bill wins the one mile race! John Finlay, Grade 8. O TEACHER! MY TEACHER! With apologies to “0 Captain! My Cap- tain!” 0 Teacher! My Teacher! our fearful term is done, The class has weathered every “U”, and the graduation has come. The end is near; the shouting I hear, no- body stays behind, While follow eyes the steady tread, the class of twenty-nine. But O School! School! School! And those hard-backed seats of pine, Where at the desk my teacher sat Listening to eight times nine. William Taylor, Grade 8.

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28 THE ECHO JUNIOR HIGH DEPT. A CAMPING PARTY All the members of the Brown famiiy were gathered around the fire-place that night making preparations for the camping trip on the following day. Betty wanted to go to Vermont by train, but Richard wanted to go by automobile to New Hampshire. Finally it was decided to go by automobile to Vermont so that it would please both children. When Betty and Richard awoke in the morning, they found everything packed and ready to start, so they hurried into their clothes, ate their breakfast, and departed. When they had nearly reached the camp, Father stopped the car, and they sat down in a cool shady grove to eat lunch. Soon they were on their way again seeing many strange and pleasant sights. After traveling sixty-five miles they ar- rived at camp. Mr. Brown and Richard set to work pitching the tent, while Mrs. Brown and Betty unpacked and prepared the first meal. When supper was over, ev- erybody was tired enough to go right to bed, for they knew they had a great deal of work ahead of them on the following day. The next morning was all work for Bet ty and Richard, but they did not mind this because mother had informed them that they could do what they pleased in the afternoon. When the work was all fin- ished and the dinner dishes packed neatly away, Betty and Richard went exploring, for they wanted to know in what kind of place they were. When they were about a half a mile from camp, Betty spied a large patch of blueberries, so they ran as fast as they could back to camp to get some pails. When they had both filled their pails, they brought the berries to mother who made pies for supper. Everybody was sorry to return home, but as Betty and Richard had to attend school on the following day it was neces- sary. Grace Kelly, Grade 7. JOKES Mrs. Brown: “Mabel I am going up town; Do you want anything?” Mabel: “Bring me a Post. ” Mrs. Brown: “Heavens, woman! Do you; expect me to carry home a post?” Farmer: “Albert, carry the cow down to the meadow!” Albert: “Goodness! Can’t the buggar walk?” MY EXCITING TRIP TO BROOKVILLE As I was sitting in my home in Holbrook, I decided tho take a trip to Brookville, so I got the ten-thirty train and rode for fifty or sixty miles, finding myself only at the state line of Brookville. Then I took a boat named the Taneck. We rode for one hun- dred and fifty miles, and something went wrong with the boat. We turned into a harbor where there was a garage owned by Curt Simmons, repairing and manufactur- ing ships. We stayed there for four days and four nights, till at the last the boat was fixed. We started out with our pro- visions and fuel. We were now three thou- sand miles from the next repairing station, owned by Belcher and Tinkham. We saw in a distance a huge shark heading for us, so we shot and speared him, but it had no effect. The bullets bounced and the spears broke in two. He opened his wide jaws and swallowed us, ship and all. As we were gliding along, we saw some light and heard a noise. We found out that a cannon had hit the shark. Another and another struck until at last the shark split in two. We found ourselves near the garage of Bel- cher and Tinkham. We were taken to the fourth floor of the garage, where we were shown a great flying carpet, which had an interior the same as a house. It would hold many thousand people, and I only had my family and a visitor so we had plenty of room. When we were at the center of the state of Brookville, it was so densely nopulated, that there was no landing place. We were two feet from the clouds. There was a sky-scraper below us upon which we landed. A gust of wind blew us aloft, and we all landed on a large hay-stack. A farmer came running out with a gun to get us out of there, but to our dismay, it was our grandpa, and we were taken in and en- joyed a pleasant visit. John Smith, Grade 8. SPRING Spring hath come! Spring is here! Bringing with it sun and cheer Birdies a-chirping and flowers so fair, Wonderful spring is everywhere. Soring! Spring! Glorious Spring! Crocuses, violets dancing so gay. Blooming and bowing to hail glad May. Grace Kelly, Grade 7. “Man is but dust, and woman settles him.”

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30 THE ECHO SCHOOL ORCHESTRA Front Row (left to right): G. Sears, H. Tibbetts, G. Whitcomb, F. Chase, M. Holbrook, F. Ahern. Back Row: V. Naverouskis, H. Smith, R. Dyer, Miss Murphy, leader. Peerless Motor Express , Inc. Haymarket 2561 Randolph 0355-M Frank F. Loeffler FLORIST 290 North Franklin Street Telephone Randolph 0588-M ■ — THANK YOU To our subscribers, to our advertisers, to those who have contributed to the con- tents of this magazine, to the typists, to the faculty, and to the “Echo” staff whose splendid co-operation has helped to put our paper among the leaders of school pub- lications, we take this opportunity to give our hearty thanks. F. I. BARRETT CONTRACTOR Holbrook