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

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BOB AND l had arrrved at my uncle s home rn Connechcut rn the early rrormng At about one o clock we de crded to spend the afternoon explo mg the surroundmg country lt was a hvely day cool and crrsp even thouah the sun was 1n rts glory We began to follow a drrt road not hav rng any rdea of where ft would take us After a few rnrnutes of walklng we saw that the road was comrng to an end Bob who was walkmg a few feet before me suddenly stopped As l came closer to hun l found the rea son why he had stopped so suddenly We had been led mto an enormous fteld covered wrth a blanket of tall spmdly arass As l looked around l felt the way a small ch1ld somehmes feels when he 12 surrounded by arown ups alone puzzled Arouna lace on a handkerch1ef tall trees rose T ew seemed to be lrke the result of a small ch1lds art oranae and red here Jreen and brown there Bob and l dtdnt say a word to each other but merely stood there and azed around After a mfnute or so l llnfouchcd EVELYN FREEMAF looked down at my feet and tfere drscovered that nervous creature tl arasshopper As l looked closely l could see many many hundreds of these nrmble creatures dancrna a rnumba or so 1t seemed l then began to notrce the other sounds of the frela ltke the crrckets who were havlna a concert and the b1rds who harmonlzed wrth them As we walked further on throuau the meadow rts beauty seemed to strlke me at once These beautrful thrngs were created by God alone' When we had reached what l estr 'nated to be the center of the meadow we stopped aga1n Everythrng was sttll except for the crrckets and bfrds We were enveloped by tall grass trv ma so hard to stretch and touch the f orrds and anrmals were llftma thelr b anches of many hues upward These were the funds no man had tou hed Only He lad used Hts patnts and brushes no one else Together we turned and started back to the o d not saytna anythma l knew what l had felt and thought l have Just put down rn words tl at whrch happened to me on a dax 1n connectlcut l hope to ee that reld aan a rt was men hvrng fn ts n beauty unter hed bv the false parrter man 8 ' ' ' ' , fe 1 l . I , ' l I - l 1 T l - - 1 ' ' ' , Ye Y ' ,L 1 I , A . the edge ef thg figld' like G befdef gf sky. And the trees, the colorful homes ' o. ' ' ' . ,, ' ' ' y . v, , i, n- r A 1 A . -1 e . ' ' , A 1 - f Af F - T c . 1 . '. ' .. ' r a , ' ' . ' . - ae f , s ' 1 , ' ' ' i ow I or 1: . , . N A . .

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ffffl xv W Standing 1600144 011 y IEAN LOMBARDO COMEONE ONCE SAID A mans home IS hrs castle lt 1S obvrous that thrs person drd not hve tn our modern aae of televtsron Your castle had b t ter be qu1te large rf you contemplate cwmng a televrsron set because you re gomg to need plenty of room Prrvacy' The only place pr1vacy eyrsts rn my house IS m the drctronary l never reahzed my famrly was so popular untll my dad got the brrllrant toea to purchase a televlsron set for our own use Thrs purchase marked tke begmntng of the dechne of on parlor set My famrly IS a hosprtable famrly We have always emoyed hav mg company but every nrght m tn week IS seven nrghts too much for me The process1on usually begms at about 7 30 The doorbell rrngs m other groans and my father smtles l-le loves all the excrtment ard fuss n ade over our televrsron set he does not have to clean the house alter our honored C73 guests have departed l havrng been off1c1ally appomted the famrly receptlomst answer the door bell There standrng calmly on the steps are the unmvrted guests Remem bermg the rules of etrauette and havmg successfully completed Soctal Forms l ask them to enter Our guests neve mtend to stay more than an hour and never knowrng untrl thrs very mmute that we are the proud owners of tele vrsron deposrt Iuntors bottles m my hands to be put 1n the refrrgerator Agam l smrle knowmg that baby rs go mg to be parked on my lap wh1le mom and dad enyoy the show Everythmg rs fme unt1l dadd who by now has explamed every knob on the set rn a most screntrfrc rranner decrdes the prcture would b mucr clearer rn the dark Out goes the lrahts on wrth the show All set to see the Mrlton Berle show l motroned dad dy to put on Channel 2 We got as far as the commercral when someone seated rn the frrst balcony mentroned aurte casually of course the w estlmg bouts Off aoes Channel 2 n vrth the search for Channel 5 lt was at that parttcular tune that lumor decrded to practrce for future tack team glorres Pleased w1th th fact that l was about to be reheved of a heavy burden l guretly let hlm down fWe all make mlstakesl My father hcd been frddlrng wrth every knob on the set tryrng to get a clearer prcture Cl hope l hve to the day when te aets c prcture that satrsfres hrml All of a udden the plcture blanked out com pletely Mom sard l knew t you burned out the battery agam Daddy rfumbled somethmg but l havlng th orstmctron of bemg seated at a dts tcnce couldnt hear 1t plamly On went the hghts and daddy w to by now had assumed the role of elec trrctan began to examrne the rurns The root of our trouble 1t was 1m medratedy decrded was underneatn the table Yes there perched a sweet as could be was lunror tangled wrres l-low the httle doll managed to crawl under the table w1thout anyone seemg h1m 1S beyond human under standlng Lrttle lunlor 1S one root l would have areat Joy rn transplantma And so rt goes nlaht after nrght week after week Yes a home rs not complete w1thout a televrsron set but rf youd care to take some frrendly advrce from a veteran buy an ordlnary r dro and stay happy ' . . , . Y lff A I . . , fl V 'f I l . , ., I - t1 1 ' , 1- , - , - 1 11 . . 1 - - . . 1 1 . . A , I' T' ' 'D- V . C . K . . . J , o . . . , l . 1 . . X . . . . . . f. ' ' Q . . . U n - f ' 1 'F . . . .1 - A 1 . . . . . . . 1 S' - 1 5' . . l. . . . l I 1 I V ' ll . W ' A Q 1 C . . . Y H ' V rn '. ' . 1 . . A 4 , . 1 . . ' -Y l l , I' ' 1 - 5 . I -A . . , I - , - 1 ' . , 'S - 1 . . - In 1 - - - 1 , ,- - . . . . t1 11 1 tt - - f ll I I I ..f J' ' 1 Y, -1 . . . . 1 . . 1 - 1 '- - 1 . . . . . 1 . ,1 1 H- ' ' 1 , . V . , K lltttt 1 ' v . . 112- rv t ' ' -A 'W ' 'Y X , N A ' : ggi' X-It by 33, - . e K V X xf A 'w -. X -'XL -1 's 5. N-' 6 Kp Et ' fair.- .. ..