John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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gnc In arty strung Ium up I STHFR TORC I RSI N C MON boys lets get the hangrng oycr yyrth' 'Ih1t wrs Lem Peabody s yorce urg mg the other r1nch owners to flnrsh thc job The yy 1y rt loolted to me they drdnt need any urgrng The men ranged around the horse and tree were mutterrng beneath therr breath and starrng 1bout yyrth angry half crazed eyes I felt a deep fear as I looked rnto therr hate frlled faces I had to do somethrng somethrng to stop thrs ly nchmg XV11t boys I suddenly shouted Y1 can t do thrs In the strllness th It followed my words I heard the cold delrber 1te yorce of Abel Causw ay Xlifhy not' Wfcl you just cant Now you know there arnt been .1 lynchrn rn Broken Rrdge for years Everyone has had farr trrals and that way many rn nocent people haye been sayed D you yy 1nt to brerlc your record and thlt by sendrn an rnnocent man to hrs death? Innocent' Lem Peabody sneered up at me Cn .1 person who s pors oned the c1ttle yy 1terrng place be call ed rnnocent' C an 1 person who s re sponsrble for the deaths of thousands of c1ttle IIILI for the deaths of tyyo lxrds who h 1d b1rely had trme to enjoy lrfc be c1llecl rnnoccnt' Lems yorce brolcc on thc l1st fcyy words and he looltcd uound 1t the men wrth grref strrclten eyes I drclnt blame hrm for w mtmg the ITIIILJII5, oyer The two chrldren wcrc hrs youngsters 'I he group brolye out rn yyrld mutter rngs Murderer lynchrn rs too good for hrm Dog oughta make hrm drrnlt hrs own water The men were excrted and eyerythrng was at fever prtch when the men were suddenly startled by a boomrng vorce rn therr mrdst Men lets thrnlc thrs thrng oy er It yy as rm Wfethers the only preach er rn these parts I felt a burden lrfted from my mrnd If anyone could stop thrs hangrng he could Lets thrnlc thrs thrng oyer 'lou just h 1ye to ad mrt ey ery thrng s been done 1 brt hastrly Wfhy not consrder the problem for a whrle eyen rf only 1 short whrle If you strll yy 1nt thrs man hung a man whom youye known and honored for years Ill 1e1d 1 few words from the Brble IIILI then do rt Lem Pe 1body st1rted t1llcrng agarn and the crowd qurcted doyyn rr you lxnoyy as well as I do that thrnkrng thrs oyer wont do any good Hes got to be done away wrth and rf I haye 1ny thrn to say he s not gonna dre lrke a Chrrstran You just go on your way 1nd rf any words are sard when that noose trghtens Im sure they ll only be curses Thrs lynchrn rs gonna be oyer yyrth rrght now rf I haye to whrp the horse my self The crowd cheered Lem prclced up the yy hrp I could see the horse s body grow tense 'Ihere yy rs 1 sudden cr1cly of 1 whrp The horse bounded for yy nd I felt the rope close rn 1 out my neclc There w lb 1 srclcenrng sprn nrng rn my head and then a suddcn n1p Q 1- .-1 f N- - 1 . 11 L .. .. , , , ,, , , , I 1 1 y 1 1 1 ' ' 7 J 7 jl. V' H - 11 11 yi I r - . , , - I I , .Q . .1 ,, c 4 I T- I , f ' 1 I ' y ' 1 1 c L 7 I j ,L , , r , , , . ,, , . . . v ' 9 ' ' I! 7 7 1 1 1 1 , y , ' , 4 - 7 J 7 1 - . . A Y ' , i . . , . ,, , . 7 1 K - . . D V 7 , 1 1 1 1 . 1 . g - C. 1- 1 - yy . . , . . 1 - 1 1 . 1 V c , , , ' 1 4 . 1- E , ,i 1, . 1 1 . , . . . 2 ' 1 1 1 ' ' . , L 1 f t 1 1 - ' 1, ' . 1 1 a 4 1 1 s 1- --1 , 11 y y V y 'y , , . , , . 1. 1 , , , - , 4 c y V - 1 V N - 1 - , - 1, L 5 4 . ' 4 . 1 - , 1' , ' ' L V C I . . V - . 1. - 1 1 , w , ,. 1 , . rr , ' 1 1 1 - 0 y 1 , , , 1 1 11 ' 1 v ' I -- I I 1 c , I ' 4 . . , . V . . L 1 C 1 1K 1 v 1 - 11 . , y - ' 7 1 V 7 - L 1, C 1- --1 . . . . 1 1 , 1 . LV, U 1 1 - . - . 1 , , , , , v 1 , , 1 1 ' , f 11 I 1 ' ' I L L ' I V 7 . W , 1 , . . , . . A L ' 7 , I v Y. . V 7 X 1 - , . v ' ,I c , c ' ' , 1 v - 1 1 1 y v . - .fp 1 L L Y 1 1 - '11 1 V . 1 I 11 as 1 - , r , 1. . , ' 'A 5 1 ' a V ' ' 1 . 1 Q 11 ' 1 ' ' 1 L' 'I Y I 1 K L - L y l c -1 2- 1 I 1 2 , , 1 -'-- 1 ' ' 1 ' 1. . 1 ' ,b 4' C . K 71 1 4 -.- ,, 1 , .fr I - . 1 Y L v 1 1 . 1 1 ' K 6 , 1 ' - 1.1-I - y y- ' ' . , . 4 , y ' - - I 1' , Q . K . 1 .

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'IHROLCH Il recent tr un of exents th1t obxrousls bodes no good for the lirrtrsh lmprre rn prrtreulrr lllel for world demoerrrey rn tgeneml the usu rlly optrmrstrc Amerre rn publre h'1S ers 1 whole suffered 1 er1du1l loss of eorrhdenee rn the outeome of the pres ent world eonflret rn reglrd to both lnel lllel rnd the Unrted Stltes Owrng to our by now elose eonneetron wrth the fortunes of Brrtrrn thrs drmrnrsh rnt, eonndenee hrs tended rn sexer1l rnstrnees to border on th 1t ment.1l It trtude thrt so often proxes frtrl to nrtron s 1 ILISC defertrsm sueh defeltrsm rs present rn 1 eertrrn 11e seetlon of our Ulllllfllbll thrt exen more serrous frult e1n best be noted brought fUPL1bl1L lttentxon ernd fn rllx eorree ed Ihe frult 15 not rn uneomrnon one rn the stxess of sueh trxrng tunes 'rs ese d ree 1 re1 e rn be e rsrlx seen for rts brrth Iirrefly rt tonsrsts of .1 urowrng resentment on the prrt of 1 large m ljorrtx of Amerr ree om 0 peec gpm! o qt 1701118 MALCOLM CULVIQR LdIlS to eountemnee the xorernq of any oprnron whertsoexer th1t III 1ny way drtters from the st1nd1rd1zed xrews of these same men and women In other words the as erage Amerre 1n rs today so feirful of losrng hrs srered herrtrge of demoerrey th rt he unwrttrngly ffrees mueh the srme predreunents thit al most leqendrry hqure who stood be tween the dewrl and the deep blue se1 Should he strele hrs herd rnto the ClL11LleSlHCl of 1 doetrme th rt m ly pos srbly need adjustment to meet exer eh IUQIHQ world eondxtrons or should he lrsten rntellrnentlx to the thoughts rde1s worth heedrntg' It seems for the present rt le st th rt the lrtter eourse rs rn eleerded drs frxor I offer thrs oprnron ehrefly be eruse of the reeently tendered resrgna tron of Cl11flCS A Lrndbergh from hrs srtlon C lrnel 1 e S Cor s Reserxe lr1 this one elrrm re rnerelent mu be seen the whole eruv of the srtu rtron If h rnd rn bergh lonr ' 1 0 Y -1 f 1 . - F- 1 g L 'K 1 ' ' ' ' , ' 1 ' 1 1 ' ' . 1 Q .I . . ki .41 . . ' ' 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 L ' v ' 3 ' ' V D k 4 L 5 - V I 1 ' ' ' 1 1 , 1 ' , ' '1 , , 1 ' 1 , 5 ' 1 L1 1 1 1 ' ' '1 ' ' 1 ' ' ' ' A 1 ' 1 '1 ' 1 - 3 '1 1 ' ' 1 'A 1 4 A ' , 5 - L L . L I 1' ' l A ' 1 ' A ' 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 - A 1 1 ' ' 1 1 21 ' 2 L ' ' ' ' L ' 'X' 'Q x Q I l A I' . -bl 1' It IS thus by 21CliI1OXYlCLlglI1LLI that of men and women who perhaps have ' - 1 ' 1 ' 1 'A 1' ' 1 ' ' L f 11 'I p 1 1 1 1111 - -Q 1 2 21 1 1 1 . - - 2 fl 1 I 2 , , I ' ' I .' A ' 1 1 , . . 2 , , L . 1 V ' 1. .1 . . W .A 7 - N 1 1 1 ' ' I 1 . ' ' ' ' S ' ' ' k ' ' 1 po ' 215 Qot - ir tlv U. . Air 111'e th 1111 , in 1 l lrtion, 1 A2 son 1 'po - ' 1 llfll -L . 1i -' 'rv , A s ' ' V 1 v7 ' -' 1 Zav . - 1 . v 1 - I ' ' ' ' ' V ' ' L: U . V - ' 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 ' L! 1 1' ' ' - L d k , g 11 leader of the