Newman Township High School - Talisman Yearbook (Newman, IL)

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I6 THE TALISMAN In the center of the dam had been placed U. large iron pole. It was fastened in the concrete and on the top of it was the American flag. The dam was finally finished and the old one blown out. About a Week after this the young man earned his title. The overseer had come down to see the new dam and had brought his little boy, about six years of age, with him. The father had gone to see the dam and had left his little boy playing near the bunk house. The father had not been gone long when he heard great shouts and saw his little boy in the middle of the stream in a boat that he had set adrift, going straight to the dam, and certain death. He was so terrified he did not know what to do, until he saw that the boat was going to go over near the flag pole. He then began to shout to the boy to jump and catch hold of the pole and hold on for dear life. As is so happened that the boat came very near to the pole the little boy leaped out and caught hold of the flag pole. It had been fixed with steps on it so the men could put the flag up. There were only three steps on it but the little boy stood. on the bot- tom one and held around the pole. The next thing to do was to get some way to get him off. About this time, Bob, Cas that was the name of the young man we have already mentionedj, came up. He told the father if the men would fasten a rope cable to a large tree up stream a way, then fasten it to another close by and cut the last down and get it out in the current, he would ride it to the dam, and get hold of the boyg then as the rope would not let the tree go over the dam and as the current washed against it, it would at last be washed ashore. It was a very dangerous undertaking, but the young man wanted to try so the father let him. It was tried and proved a success and the young man was made a boss. -Kenneth Church, '16.

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THE TALISMAN I5 in the shoulder and they both fell to the ice with loud cries. It was the young man's wolf hound that had come to the rescue. There was a terrible fight on the ice in which the hound was victorious, although she died in her attempt to' save her master. She killed one of the wolves and crippled the other so badly that he ran away. By the time the young man was down beside her the faithful old hound was dying. V -Kenneth Church, '16. lt CATCHING A BURGLAR. We had been losing coal from our coal house for some time and I had decided to catch the burglar. Having already tried abouti four different kinds I decided upon a new plan. Having an electric bell I purchased batteries and wire and constructed an alarm system arranged so that whenever the coal house door was opened the electric bell near my bed would ring. The first night passed uneventfully but the next morning I discovered that I had noi! connected up the wircs of the system properly and that the thief had taken an especially large amount of fuel. The next night I was suddenly awakened by the steady ring of my little servant, the bell. I hastily arose and carefully creeping out with my Colt's clinched tightly in my hand I came to the coal shed and seeing nobody on the outside, I quietly crept inside. But while I was feeling carefully about in the dark I heard the door slam and the click of the lock, then hurried footsteps. I was locked. in my own coal house. The first of my thoughts were to call for help which I did lustily, but no answer came. Presently I heard three or four men outside talking in a low voice. I again called for help, then there were hurried foot- steps towards the door which was unlocked and thrown open. l then thought only of my escape and jumped out of the coal shed only to be caught by three burly policemen, who hustled me, all unmindful of my protests and attempts at explanation, to the patrol wagon and taken to the city jail where I spent a restless night. Later I found that my wife had been the cause of all these proceedings, for she having heard my calls for help had telephoned the police. The next morning it took all of mine and my wife's powers of explanation to free me from the police. And. when I returned home I took down the electric bell system and declared henceforth the burglar should have all the coal he wished, but strange to say, I never again suffered any loss. -Harlan Keran, '16, R, TI-IE BOSS AND HOW I-IE WON I-IIS TITLE. The boss was a young man about nineteen years of age. This may seem rather young for a man to be in charge of about one hundred and fifty men, but he was fully capable of holding down his job. He was big of frame, and muscular, and about his mouth was an expression of honesty, truthfulness, and a willingness always to helpf others when in trouble or in time of need. I shall now 'tell how he won his title. He had been working at the mill ever since he was old enough to do any kind of work at all. The work that the mill was doing now was putting in a large concrete dam across the river just below the mill, and the other dam. The old dam was getting weak and they were going to build a new one and then blow the old one out. 4

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THE TALISIVIAN I7 to F I ' f A 5 .4 2 if -sf' Q x ,fx M, I il ,pi g ' f , f A . . N if J rf l if r 1 AWVW41- 1 I I , - l w- M.: ns is 45- nm fi - 5 li A .L-.l.lI.l'-l'!lI,',lqfL I - 1:7 U Yi fx i -T Q 'frm E!'v'752gEEl:Ill1m.IiV: ' R---2--.-v-4--1 vi Vx Z,-T u----- ---- -Wflllllfz' ' 'ahh-1 E3l4i5'E'?ii '5 Ef3i1Ei- f l 1-E152 SENIDRS. Effl- l-IISTORY OF CLASS OF 1914. Just twelve years ago, eleven of the class of 1914 began their famous career in the little white school house, their first teacher being Miss Ida Houk, who instilled in them their first principles of education. Witli her they spent a pleasant as well as a profitable year We can truly say that Miss Houk showered upon 'them her entire stock of patience and love. The eleven who remain out of that large first year class of thirty-five are: Lois Burgett and Nina Dudley, Maurine Moore, Kathryn Kyde, Mary Fern Gillogly, Edith Knight, Gertrude Hinds, Sarah Gillogly, Gladys NVatkins and Charles Burgett. In the second year they were the same bright pupils taught by Miss Anna Siden- stricker. When the third grade was reached Edwin Myers joined, and his smiles and jokes were always appreciated by his classmates. During the third and fourth grades, Mrs. Belle M. Jenkins, who is now Mrs. Sutton, of Indianapolis, cast her loving influence over the class. Again, classmates, call to mind the happy but prosperous fifth year, when the