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

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try with el XCILLIAIWIL' l.1rn1er from his ndtne land. In our little 1h.1t I IL11I'I1L'LI mueh .thout the glorious petst ol his country .ts well .1s the exeiting one l1e l1i1nse-ll' l1.11I e-xper1en1e1l. But, we p.1rted .1l'terw.1rds wl1e11 .1 pert honey-l1.1ired miss got two pounds ol' empes plus me, in exehetnge lor .1 e1u.1rter, Her name, as I later leetrneel, w.1s Ii.11l1el, .1111l she had 11 broad-shouldered, good-n.1ture-d lianee named joe. A week l11ter, joe w.1s to he Shipped overseas to fight in the w.1r whieh had just begun. Un tl1e eve ol' l1is departure, she kissed him tenderly, l1er eyes filling with tears, and gatne me to him so tl1z1the'd never be broke. And he nex er w.1s. I ean still see the gleams in tl1e eyes ol' tl1e little German ehildren as l1e prtssed 111e among them to look at illlll IIOILI. llut he never parted with me. I11 time ol h.1ttle, I was always with him and there I W.lS when l1e and Raehel walked dow11 IIIL' .tisle ol St. P11triek's C11tl1edr11l, he11n1s o11 their l'.11es .1111l love in their hertrts. Rtlehel Altllllllly tried o11 the 1'.1i11y .lI-lL'l'- 110011 wl1e11 I slipped liroin his ll.lIIllS .ind descended into the dttrk pit helow tl1e KQIIIIL' in the suhwtty. They slretiugleel i11 Y.llIl to retrieve INC from tl1e elrtmp, musty, IW.lIWL'l'- eluttered hole. In that gretve-like enelosure, I endured ITLIUY seasons. With e.1el1 I'.1lI1 .tnel snow, I became more diseolored .md less reeog- nizable, I had despaired ot all hope of resttte- .lllLI w.1s pteitttetl to speltil the rest ot llly lite ltere, when one d.11 .1 NIf.lll'1QL thine l1.1ppe11ed, A tiretkle-l'.11e1l little t1k1. llldylllllj with 111.1rl'-les. .1ee11l111t.tll1 Fllllkml o111q1Iox111 tl1e er.1te. I11 ITIS .tttetnpis 111 IIIILI IIIL pie1e ol' ,ul.1ss, l1e sttddtntly notteed 1111. II1 IIILJIIN ol' .1 'uoh ot' hulwhle- 'gum 1lun1pe1l o11 the CIIQI ot' tl sttel-1. he slowh ltlited 1111 LlPXX'.ll'Ll .lllkl finally through the rusty IN.1l'N. He then dumped me in his stettled dt111e.1ree poeket .tnd skipped home. Alter plopptnlg down 111 the middle of tl1e p.trlor, l1e xte- orously ruhlwed me on the xehety smooth e.1rpet, whieh I truly .1ppreei.1teel4 XYIIIIIIII .1 l'ew INIIILIICS, .llIl1OLl'I1l1 I l1.teI se1er.1l 11111- spieuous dents on my NLlI'I'.lkL. this n1t11l1 111istre.1ted lump ol I1lL'I.lI I7LlL:.III to 1l1spl.11 .1 l'.lLII.lIlI shine, Howexer, IIIL' l.1d's interest soon l.11led .lllll I w.1s tr.11led lor .1 p1e1e ot lWLllHlWle QLttl'1.lt11l two lollypops. Now IIIII restttilg, I11 re 111 .111 .11'111o1'11l t1't11k, .dong with 111.111y otI11'1' 1l11Ig1.11'11l lll'L'kl 1111k1'ls, KIIIIIKS .llltl 1It1.t1't11's, who .111 .1Il 'tgoittlg l1ot11e'tol11 flllllllllll. I 1.111 I'tt.lII tlL'.ll'ly' 111.t11y ol' the RXQIIIN ol 1111' p.1sI .llltl the L'YL'I'ykI.ly' lI.lIWIWL'IIlII'L:N the 111ill1o11s ol ICICIWIIUIIL' hells th.tt r.111'1g .ts I 1lr11pp11l into IIIL' 111111 hox, sl1ort swilt rides down slots ol' 11oisy iuke-hoxes, tl1e tlink .ts I liell liroin the XX'.1I'lI1 l1.111els ol' .1 SITIIIE'-IV.lLL'll 1l11l1l i11to tl1e eolleetton h.1sket i11 LIILIFLII. fxIIIIIPI.I'L:II se1er.1l episodes in my lile were tIISLOLII'.lj1- ing, tl1e happy ones overpower these .md I k11ow that my second lite eould never he .lily more interesting or exeiting. So lone. l'll he seeing you? 'Yak' F -r 3f45 Y' + 11 I -5 :ii - I -r- ' Y-i I iv- is fQA ig R V'-I Y -77 ' 1 J f g r f ,Ll 1 1 .11 - to Q .i Tl-, ni Lis: Q yi fi f th yi, 1 Q 9,1 1 -5- , ' ip-,--Q 7 , ., i iv' 1 A. - fr J. 'P' 57' ,, 5 3 4fw. -7- 'F' . N- ' 1, tt g i iivt j 1' Q f it . 5 1 5 14 1 17:-2 if gr 7 fix 4 1 V-1 -V O 'fe -5 K I - a' A -if I s 4 .1 1 -- I X ttf n il I t ell Si ' ' Q 1 ' 'E 2 W .53 . 'A -ff T . , o - Q me Tx ash ' ... -my '- f-x,f -it-x,.E:' H- CI I 1- T- 3 7 f At Xp r i- V N, -fffs it ag: if is-fer Q..-U l f? Q Q. - M Q i i FA 'SEQQ byi -- af, , 'gil n If I -QL' vi K 'A' 2-Qf 13