McKinley Middle School - Mirror Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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L u 1 ' ou hflve had in McKinley Junior Hirvh School make McKinley bids you Godspeed and Good Luck. May tle GXPCPIQIICCS y L . ,O , your path easier and brighter. 9I ZKIFIKIMJK HHIN HO

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M eKINLEY MIRROR 15 HOW JIMMY KILLED THE WERBA QBy Grandfather Rushekj One day ole Lunar Schlesselman had been a.-visitin' little Jimmy 's uncle. All de time he dere, Jimmy he hide behin' de bed Post. When he gone, ole uncle say, Jimmy, uex time yo hide when he here, I take yo out in de Wood- house, an dc Whip-ple not be a Webber, Stoner anything like dat, Bott a great big piece ob Wood.. But uncle, say little Jimmy, he so Grimm, he look like a Robbie. So ole uncle he took little -Jimmy out in de woodshed, Dat night, little Jimmy ti11k how eruel he uncle been, so he tink he'll try an Getty way. He walk a good many Miles, an porty soon he see anudder little boy, up ahead of him. Well, hc catches up wid tether boy, and says, What 's yo name, little boy? Pm Nel-son, and Nell died, so I'm out to see de world. Ah'll go wid you, say little Jimmy, an so dey set out to seek dere fortunes. Perty soon dey com to de holler. Dey's a whole lot a men dere, an dey sees de little boys are hungry. Mer-tens de fire, say de leader, an he'll give you someting to eat. Well, dey goes on an perty soo11 dey meets a Scotehmau. Dey's so excited, dey tells him all about de men in de holler. He says, I Kend-all before. Den dey meets an Englishman, an dey tells him all about it. He says, My Sykes! Isn't that fine! A little furder on, dey sees a sign. It say, Atherton Speed limit, 15 miles an hour. Dey goes on :1 little ways, an comes to de store. Ober de door, dey's a sign, Rosenburger, Hardware, Groceries, Meats, and Drugs. On de wall dere's a. notice which say, Fifty Dollars for de capture of de Werbaf' The boys aint got no money, so dey decide dat dey'll Darr-agh an try to cap- ture it. Dey leaves, an starts huutin around. Dey sees a little animal on a barn. De barn has got stone walls, 11.11 a. Mas0n's been working on em. Dey gets on de roof by a ladder he's left, and chase de animal all ober de G-able. Finally dey catches it an kills it. It's only a Martin, but dey gets some money for de skin. Of Quass, dey needs traps to coteh de Werba. wid, so dey buys some wid dis money. Den dey goes out to set de traps. Dey sees a Swan high up in de air, and watches dat, instead of where dey was goin. De next ting dey knew, dey was in a swamp. Dey Wallace around for awhile, but Evazns Coq, gets out. Perty soon dey sees sompin comin towards dem. It was a great big dog. He didn't have no collar on, er anything, so dey call him Lad. Go away, Go-lad wid dem. Dey felt dey could Dost-al, now dey had a dog. Dat night, dey slept outside. Jimmy tout he saw de Werba., and yelled. Nel-son woke up, an he tink Jimmy jus foolin, Jimmy he say, You come QsjMac-ma.-han, if ah 'm foolin. Well, dey went back to sleep, an left Lad on guard. Dey eouldn't eoteh de Werba, wid a, steel trap, so dey built a box trap and baited it wid everyting dey could get dere hands on. De next night, Jimmy was awake again. Something Gflid-den de trap, an den de door went 'whangl It make 'so much racket, it

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MUKINLEY M .IQRROR 17 scare em. Finally dey gets up dere courage, opens de door, an after a big fight, kills de Werba.. Dey say dat de Werbafs in Siam-is iiereer den dey are here, but I don believe it, say little N61-son. Dey is still kinda seairt an is considerable startled by a bough Swa,-in in de breeze. Den dey follows de tracks to its den. It was a Hay-den, which was kinda strange, as a Werba usually uses leaves. Well, dey slings it ou a stick, an starts to town. Dey meets a tramp. He's kinda half-witted, an tells em to call in Robovsky. Dey finds when dey gets to town, dat everybody's at de town meetin. Jus as dey get dere, de ehairinan raps his Mally, an says, The Pros-il- Den de little boys come in wid de Werba, an say, We want de reward. De chairinau, he say dat de reward is Moore dan it was before, as a man hed put up a private reward. ML Curt-is treasurer, an he'll pay you in de morning, he say. 'fl Deamerf' say Mr. Curt. I Hess de money right now, and I might as well pay it. Den he pays de boys de reward. You stay at my house tonight, he say. Jen-is-ta home, an she'll take care of you. Be uareful on de way, because de path leads by Sut Qsj Cliffe, an if you stray, you-e liable to .go over it. If you see two big Feier- eis-eu de dark, its only phosphorus stuck in a. tree. Oh! I forgot Jon-es here. Tell de boy in de lower Hall to take you home. Mr. Curt finally adopted de two little boys. Dey called Nei-son, Thom-as, de little boy had never had any real name. Written for Grandfather Rushek, this third day of May, in the year of our Lord 1927, by Phil Sargent, 9-A. MCKINLEY M stands for inasterpieee, Which surely this poelu will be CD He is for campus, ' Ours is as nice as any you'll see. li represents kalendar, QI wish it were .lunelj 1 means intelligenue, Gaily out of tune. N is for lllll1'll.lSlilllll, Which 501116 of us are. L stands for lazy, Which means below par. E is for exeelleney, Of which little is seen. YH represents yell, For which most of us are keen. -John Getty, 9-A. APRIL 27, GENERAL U. S. GRAN T'S BIRTHDAY In Galena, Ill., in Miss C0illSXV01'tll,S father's jewelry store, General U. S. Grant and his father used to sell harnesses, saddles, and leather goods. Miss Coatswortlvs grsmdfatlier leased part of this store to the Grants, and here the General used to smoke his old eigars. April 27 was General Gl'1l1llL,S birthday, and, no doubt, on that day, the aroma of his strong cigar crept up above the old counter, in the old store, in that historie town.