James J Reynolds Junior High School - Beacon Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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ADVENTURES WITH MY DOG When I was a little boy, I had a big collie dog named Laddie. Laddie was always a gentle dog. When I was little, I asked my mother many times if he could sleep in my bed with me. My mother always said, No, except once, after I begged more than a dozen times. Sometimes, when Laddie was sleeping, he would have nightmares and cry. I would always get out of bed and go to Laddie and pet him. Laddie liked to watch cartoons. I remember Laddie's fa- vorite commercial was the Laddie Boy Dog Food commercial. Every time the announcer on T.V. would say, Oh boy, Laddie Boy, Laddie would bark and I would laugh. I had to walk Laddie, too. Every time he would see a male dog he would bark and pull me across the street. But, every time he saw a female dog, he would run to her and make love to her. My dog Laddie only bit me once and that was the first day my father brought him home as a PUPPY- A Probably one of the saddest days in my .life was when my father sold Laddie. I cried and cried. He sold Laddie when l was nine years old. I won't forget my dog, Laddie. by Leslie Solow, 7-I5 Iimmy Dean

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it X, . J yt x,,,. Lx A Q5 , x S XI,- l ,...--Q Z 2.25 TK , ff . IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE Good morning, class. ln our previous lesson we learned about the planets Mars, Venus, and Pluto. Today we are going to learn about the third planet from the sun, Earth. Earth is inhabited by a race of creatures who call themselves, believe it or not, human beings. Ninety-nine per cent of these creatures are insane. These humans are constantly in search of means to destroy each other on a massive scale. First came Mister Schicklegrubber. With the ovens and gas chambers he murdered six million human beings. Then came the atomic bomb. In a matter of seconds, thousands ot people were killed in Hiro- shima and Nagasaki in order to win a senseless war. Not satisfied with their toy, the humans went on to invent the hydrogen bomb, the missile armed with a nuclear warhead, the anti-missile missile, Marla Lefleowil and a whole assortment of other weapons which spell death and destruction. To date, none of the more recent weapons has been used, but the way things look now, there is no telling what might happen. Individually, the humans tight and kill each other, steal from each other, belong to hate and extremist organizations, and have litttle, if any, re- spect tor their fellow-man or for life in general. The humans also pollute their water and atmos- phere, kill oFF the wildlife and shamefully waste their natural resources. As you can see, the planet Earth is in pretty bad shape. However, the one per-cent of the humans who are sane possess three things without which it would be impossible for a civilization to survive: Faith, Hope, and Love. Class dismissed! by Mark Sappir, 9-4

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The gale swept the rocky coast with fury. People cowered in their cottages and wondered when it would all end. Palm trees bent and sand swirled about the beach. From horizon to horizon the sky was gray. The wind howled through the trees and shrieked its torment at boarded windows.