John Gorrie Junior High School - Siren Yearbook (Jacksonville, FL)

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MARS-A PROPHECY It was June 8, 1957. A large crowd was gathered at the rocketportg Witschen and Lillard, the famous pilots, were about to take oli for Mars. Ssst, Boom! Now don't think they were off, for they weren'tg they were merely having their pictures taken by Photographer Hessey. Ssst, Boom! They werre aff-and left a cloud of dust, and a crowd of cheering people behind them, among which we recognized many of our old classmates, Yvonne Champlin, the famous dancer, Juanita Ferrell, the pianist, Katharine Bacon, the social leader, john Pace, the candy tester, and others. Oh! I almost let the secret out! Well, after soaring up a few thousand miles, we were discovered. Wha-what are you two doing here? Witschen asked as he pulled us both out by the ear. Say, Lilly, look here, stowaways, Cashen and Keen! After two looks to make sure who it was, we were greeted as cordially as could be expected for stowaways, by Mr. Lillard. Here, as long as you two are here, youve got to stay, but you can at least helpf' and we were both handed a broom bearing the name of Charles Barnes. As we passed the Milky Way we saw Mary Helmet diligently sweep- ing it. We soon wore blisters on our hands from sweeping so hard and were allowed to rest awhile. Crash! Bang! A loud blast of noise was heard and a white flash tore past our ship. Looking up, we saw that it was a part of Venus. As we sped past this famous planet, we saw a large crowd gathered, which was the cause of the falling meteor. Such and so much noise! Umph! And now we saw the reason, for there stood LeRoy Hoyt, the newly elected president of Venus, and beside him stood Priscilla Adams, the presidentess. Among the crowd we noticed Norma Hussey, julia Beckman, Roland Albrecht, Read Harmon and others. But we soon left them under us. All of a sudden Mark yelled, Look out! There is Mars! Hooray! We heard a knock at the door and heard someone shout, Open the door! Let me in! Dizzy cautiously opened the door and Tom Ulmer flew in. I fell off Pluto, he explained breathlessly, but before hc could say any more, we felt a queer sensation, the rocket seemed to be bouncing up and down, and finally it ceased its queer actions. Looking out of the window, we saw that we had reached our destination, and instead of crashing to the earth as we had expected we landed with a bounce. Now, said Mark, we don't know what kind of creatures inhabit this planet, so don't be frightened at anv- thing freakish or peculiar you see. With this in mind we walked slowly onward. We came to one of the canals, for which Mars is famous, and who should be sailing in his yacht but Tom Adams. Hi, pals! he said. Where're ya goin'? I'll take you there in my boat-ya don' know? Well, I do-this'll be a nice s'prise to ya both. We wondered where we were going. and after a few ozeekas fan ozeeka is equal to ten minutesj we were instructed to follow the Painted Pathway to ???? As we trod on the beautiful paintings of this path, we noticed the initials Z. engraved in the corner of them, and recognized the work to be that of Jean Zacha- rias. Farther up the road we heard a voice saying: Use Peaches Phillips' Orange Nail Polish, C. Thompson's Comb, J. Walker's Toothpicks, Pacetti's Tin Lizzies- We turned the corner and there sat Barton Green. She jumped up. Yoo, hoo, hubby! she cried. I'm writing a book on how to be alluring! Swell, try again, replied Dizzy. Come on, he said to us, weve got to go. Around the curve was a beauti- ful house. We knocked at the door, and were let in by our friend, Frank Kirby, This was the end of the Painted Pathway: was this the right place? We followed Frank into a laboratory and there we saw our ex-teacher, Mr. Skidmore, and at his desk sat his assistant, Dick Bernard, who was also captain of the Mars basketball team. I am so glad to see youvl knew you were coming, tlioughg my future-teller, Harvey Bennett, informed me, said Mr. Skidmore. After a delicious luncheon at Betty Arnold's Chinese Tea Room, we were driven to the circus by joe Steele, and passed Madame Hutsells' beauty parlor. We also passed two very simple and sweet looking girls, Peggy Palmer and Wilma Coleman, Sunday School teachers. The featured attraction of the circus was the race be- tween rhe champion, Marion Henson, and the challenger, Judy Btelsford, who had driven her car up the rainbow to Mars. Other features were jabo Merrill, the monkey trainerg Ruth Nobbs, the Girl Hercules , Scrap Manning, the stunt canoistg Mary Noble, the dwarfg Jimmie Lanier, the giant, and another special feature was David Auchterw the tattooed Taking tickets was Bill Loest. The circus policeman was Bryan Scruggs, and the swimming champion, Martha Lee, het close runner-up was Ellen Scott. Nancy Adams was selling Peters Pink Powder Puffs and Dorothy Lewis was wandering around looking for Charlie Bessant, the soap-eater. Next we saw Ann Knight, Right this way, folks, wake her up if you cang she's been with Mays Flying Circus ever since it began, and shes been asleep ever since. A f7lIlZtl!I'6tf dollars reward if you can wake het! I thought for a moment-Qimagine!j-Mary Wallis used to kick her, when it was her turn to recite fshe was usually in a trancej in john Gorrie. Mable Rogers is Dean, now, and Billy jenks is Professor. So I thought of the bright idea of kicking her. So kick!! Ouch! Say, whats the idea? Quit it! Goodie! I yelled. I woke Ann up, now where's my hundred dollars? What hundred dollars? And whata ya talking bout? Woke Ann up, you woke Frances up! I sat up and looked and looked around me, there sat Frances Keen. What were you kicking me about, anyway? she asked me. And so it turned out to be only a dream. Of course, I had to tell her all about it on the way to school. But it really was of some good to me, for third period I fell to dreaming and was told to come down to earth and tal-ze the Science test, and it's the first Science test I've passed in a long time, and I'm sure that my trip to Mars had a great deal to do with it. -Betty Cashen, 9AX.

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Burglar Qhaving climbed to porch roofj: Another guy sleeping with his window shutl I got .1 111ind to write de board of health about itl Science has invented an earthquake announcer tl1at goes oif like an alarm clock. Now if science would invent .1n alarm clock that goes off like an alarm clock, n1ore of us would get to school on tin1e. Let me see. now, said tl1e minister at tl1e christen- ing, dipping his pen into tl1e ink to record the event, isn't tl1is the seventeenth? I should say not! exclaimed the childs mother. Its only tl1e ninth. Lord of the Castle: Away, varletg I am riding to hounds. Tramp: That's all right: I'm going to the dogs myself. Mike: XY!hat shall I do for water on the knee? Ike: Wear pumps. jones: Did you enjoy your walk in the country? Bones: No: we had to walk almost the whole way. Bulldog: Did I hear you order me out of the yard? Pup: Yes-s-s. But I canceled the order. Pop, what is an advertisement? An advertisement, son, is tl1e picture of a pretty girl eating, drinking, wearing, holding or driving something somebody wishes to sell. Bill: Wl1o won the race to the fence, you or the bull? Pete: It was a toss-up. Hows the new radio? It's a howling success, He: Do you know tl1e difference between .1 taxi and a street car? She: MNC. He: Then we'll take a street car. Iceland, said tl1e teacher, is about as big as Siam. Iceland, wrote tl1e student afterward, about as big as Teacher. How are you getting along with 'rithmetic, Sam? Well, I done learned to add up tl1e noughts, but tl1e hggers still bother me. Why so downcast? I bought this shoe polish with my last dime and it says, 'Insert coin under cover edge to openf Do you ki1ow Art? Art who? Artesianf' Sure, I know Artesian well. I-low are all the little pigs down on tl1e farm? lime, .1nd l1ow are all your pledges? Room: How do you spell financially ? Mate: If-I-N-A-N-C-I-A-L-L-Y and embarrased has two Rs' judge: We're you ever arrested beforen? Tough: Now listen, -ludge, do I look like a bud just makin' me daboom? I-Iaye .1 chocolate? No, thanks, lVILIlILlfIIILI Ghandi this morning. Colored Parson: hor de benefit of tl1ose contri- butin' cough drops de mini'-ter's cold am cured. They laughed as I walked to tl1e piano but their laugl1ter turned to amazement when I picked it up and threw it at tl1en1 for I l1ad not been taking Strongforts muscle building lessons for nothing, Wedding guest: This is your fourth daughter to get married, isn't it? Mac Light: Aye, and our confetti's gettin' awful gritty. Angry parent: What time did you get in last night? Nightcap Daughter: It was early, Pop. just plenty after 12:00. Teacher: This examination will be conducted on the honor system. Please take seats three apart and in alternate rows. A young lawyer, pleading his first case, had been re- tained by a farmer to prosecute a railway company for kill- ing twenty-four hogs. He wanted to impress the jury with the magnitude of the injury. Twenty-four hogs, gentlemen, twenty-four hogs: twice the number in the jury box. Lady Customer: Could I try on that dress in the show window? New Clerk: Sorry, lady, but you will have to use the dressing room.

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leaves burst out on all the trees, A SONG The flowers raise their sleepsfilled eyes, The birds sing out, Arise, arise. The butterfiies flit in and out. The air with Spring seems fairly to shout. The brooklet bubbles in its bed And murmurs that King Winters dead, New And nectar's gathered by the bees. For 'tis the springtime of the year, When Mother Nature seems most dear. She paints the skies and rivers blue, And makes the weary world feel new. -jean Zacharias. JOAN OF ARC There was a maid who lived in France Five hundred years ago, And she had visions sent from he.iv'n That her valor she must show. And to these visions she did heed. Her dear France must be saved. The English knocked at Frances doori The Hag but feebly waved. The French thought she was heaven-sent Because she had such dreams, And so she went to Dauphin Charles And crowned him King at Rheims. She donned some mail, and on a horse, She into battle rodeg She won the love of all her men, And to them courage showed. One day the English captured her, And burned her at the stake. She died a martyr to her cause, All for her country's sake. -jean Zacharias. THE FIRE In the year of nineteen hundred one In the merry month of May, Our city fair was laid to waste By flames that raged that day. The hour was half past twelve P. M., Burning till six that nightg One hundred thirty-one city blocks, Hundreds in sorry plight. Caused by a careless smoker, In a fibre factory old, With a thirty million dollar loss, And so the tale is told. But from that heap of ashes Has risen our city fair, The Queen of dear old Dixie, With blessings rich and rare. CAESAR Long years ago there lived a man, And what a man was he! His wife was called Calpurnia And a foolish woman was she. He was a famous general, But he had some enemies. Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Were the leading ones of these. And so on the fifteenth of March The great Caesar they did slay. The noble Brutus made a speech, But Antony had his say. The people against the conspirators turned And they put them all to flight. But two years later, at old Sardis, The two parties had a fight. Old Cassius fell upon his sword, And Brutus did likewise. Antony captured all the rest, And led them off as prize. -May Inglt' A FRENCH FLOWER MARKET IN SPRING Dusky morning in the market, Figures moving to and fro Placing stalls and murm'ring low. Flowers for sale in every corner, Red flowers, blue Howers, every hue, joncluils, pinksfnarcissus, too. Noon has come with blazing fierceness, People there to buy from all, Pausing at each laden stall. Sunset, twilight, crowds cease coming, Vendors put their stalls away, Homeward bound-just one more day. -Katherine SPRING The spring here and I am glad, Because it brings new life, It is the season of them all, And there should be no strife. The trees are green and flowers bloom, And birds sing mating songs: The world awakes from her long sleep, And joy to all belongs. So when you think, Oh, what's the use? And feel that you will burst, Remember spring will always come Right after things look worst. Bacon, 9AX -Billy Leman, 9AX What is wasted energy? -Beffy C-lSl16'f1. Telling a hair-raising story to a bald-headed man