North Quincy High School - Manet Yearbook (North Quincy, MA)

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MANET 31 A winning Haratinn JEAN PETERSON, 8-8 Chapter One One sunny afternoon i11 June NVll9ll Betty Anderson 0211110 ll0lll0 from school, her 1ll0tll01' called llP1' into the sitting roo111. Betty, be- gan l1er mother, how would you like to go out XYest for your school vacation?', Oh, you know l'd love to go out VVest, replied Betty, but you're Ollly teasing me. I'1ll not. teasing you, dear, replied Mrs. Anderson, l,'ncle .lack ll2lS invited us outgto his ranch i11 Colorado. Really? NYhen do we start? exclaimed tl1e excited Betty. One week after school ends, just two weeks i-F0111 today, answered l161' mother. Oh, boy! replied Betty, I can hardly wait. Betty. exclaimed l1er mother, do stop using sucl1 sla11g ! Betty did 1l0t stop to liste11 to the lesson, but rushed upstairs to tell the good news to Tom, lltxl' younger brother. The two weeks seemed like two years to Tom and' Betty, but at last tl1e day came wl1en they waved good-bye to their friends, and the train pulled out of the statio11 Hlld headed west- ward. Chapter Two The long journey to Leadville was an enjoy- able o11e to both j'0llllQ,' Ellld old. The mountain scenery like many other sights was very beautiful. One night tl1e llfifllll stopped with a sudden jerk Zllld a screeching of brakes which awoke tl1e soundest sleepers o11 lfllth t1'2llll. Betty raised llt'I' window a little higher a11d looked up towards tl1e t'llQ'lll0. There stood tive men ?ll'lllPtl with revolvers. Handkerchiefs were tied around tl1e lower part of their faces, illld their hats were pulled ClOXVl1 low so lllilt tl1eir faces could 11ot be see11. In front of tl1e group stood two lllt'll lVll0lll Betty thought to be the engineer Elllll the lll'0lll2lll. Their ll2llltlS were up i11 tl1e air. -lust at lllilf lll0lllt'llJf tl1e Oll- gineer lllkltlt' an attempt to pull the cord which would sound the whistle, but tl1e tallest lllilll wl1o was standing ill front, pulled tl1e trigger of l1is revolver wl1icl1 was aimed at l1im and the engineer fell to the ground i11 a llt'2lp. Then tl1e tall lllilll exclaimed, I guess llltflt will teach you. Let anyone else try it, Hllll he will taste tl1e 8211110 ki11d of lead. Pointing to fill! fireman, he gave tl1e other men directions to tie him up and put l1im behind some bushes. Betty pulled i11 her head and ga-sped, Mother, it's a train holdup. At this Mr. Anderson started to lll2lkQ l1is way through tl1e crowded car to see if he could be of service, but Mrs. Anderson pulled l1i111 baek. Ilan, you 1IlllSll1,l- go up there. You're liable to get shot! exclaimed Mrs. Anderson. But Mr. Anderson pulled away from llt'l' grasp tllltl dis- appeared i11 tl1e car full of excited people, some of XVll01ll were hiding tl1eir valuables i11 the bG1'lllS Ellltl i11 many other places. Mrs. Anderson sat LlONVIl on l1er berth and wept for fear of llGl' husband's getting shot. while Betty a11d Tom tried to comfort her. Soon Mr. Anderson came back, much to their relief. The expression on l1is face puzzled them, for l1e was Sllllllllg' at a lllllff like this. He told all tl1e passengers tl1at they were only making a moving picture of a train holdup. Soon the berths were again filled Ellltl tl1e train moved 011 toward Leadville, tl1e A11derso11 family 's desti11atio11. Chapter Three Leadvi1le, sl1outed tl1e conductor in l1is usual manner. Betty, you take those two overnight bags. exclaimed Mrs. Anderson, and, Toni, you take the black leather suitcase. Your father and I have to take care of tl1e trunks. YVeill meet you on tl1e platform. AVBGII they were all gathered together on tl1e platform, a 111311 i11 an old Ford drew up. The children recognized l1i111 at once as Uncle -lack, a11d 1'2lll up to 111eet l1i1n, followed by tl1eir 1notl1er a11d father. After tl1e greetings were over, they loaded thc baggage OlllO tl1e battered Ford. They were soon traveling over tl1e rutty road towards the 1'ancl1. It did 11ot take long to get there for it. was only five 111iles from town. Betty and Tom spent tl1e rest of tl1e day exploring tl1e ranch a11d making frie11ds with the cowboys. That night their llnele .lack promised to take ll1Clll out to all old llllllt? of l1is i11 Shadow Fanyonl' which l1e was about to give up, for he had not been able to get Zlllj' gold out of it. The next. day Betty a11d Ttllll arose early and had tl1eir breaktast. lVhiIe they were wait- lllgl' for tl1eir lllllCll wl1icl1 their Aunt Doris was putting up, their uncle showed l'llCll'l how to saddle their horses. Soon they were ready and rode out to Shadow Canyon. Their uncle pointed out tl1e dift'erent places of interest Zllltl soon they came to the old mine. They tied tl1eir horses fllltl cli111bed down tl1e ladder which led tl0XVll tl1e shaft. llncle -lack stopped to ll2lllllll01' off Stllllt' rock to show tl1e111 l1ow it was done. Betty was11 't lllf-9I'GStCCl i11 this. She was eager to see the rest of the 111ine so she continued to go farther in. VVhen she saw she was near theiend of it,

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32 MAN ET she saw a rat. As any other girl would have done, she screamed and fiung herself up against the wall. Her hand pressed downward on a protruding piece of block, and she was amazed to feel it moving downward like a lever. As it moved downward. a section of tl1e wall moved inward like a door. Before her eyes was a sight which dazzled her, for there on the floor of a little room with rock walls lay a pile of golden nuggets. By this time, Tom and lfncle -lack had ar- rived on the scene and stood in awe as they 'gazed at the piles of gold. XYhen they had col- lected their senses, l'ncle -lack said .humor- ously, VVell. Betty, you 're quite a fast little gold diggerf' After Ending that the piece of protruding rock was the handle of a lever which opened tl1e side of the little room or cave, they picked up a few of the nuggets to put into their pockets for proof of their story, and pulled the lever upward to close tl1e room. They spread their lunch out on a rock by a stream in the canyon. NYhen they had finished, they rode back to Sunset Ranch where they told their story of good fortune. Most of the praise was given to Betty. Had it not been for her girlish fright, the gold never would have been discovered. As tl1e discoverer, her uncle promised her one-third of tl1e profits of the llllllP. IYell, exclaimed Betty 's father, this cer- tainly has been a winning vacation for you. Uhr flllarurlnua Emrtita STEPHEN HORTON, I0-I QF1'LJll1 the speech of Senator l'. J. B- in the halls of the Senate on March ll, 193-LD Mi: President! I rise to speak in defense of radio advertising. 'fIYlien one sits down and turns on the radio, immediately the air is filled with a program of good, bad, or indifferent quality, this program we learn was made possible by such and such a. company. The announcer tells us of the ex- cellent quality of the product or products of that company. As he begins his discourse, the hearers shout, 'Shut that offf' But. stay, have you ever considered what they might learn from the few remarks of the annoimcer? t'IYe have often wondered of what our tooth- paste is made. By listening to the program on which our brand of toothpaste is advertised, we soon learn what the ingredients are. Or perhaps. the financially minded or the investors would like to know the amount of the assets and liabilities of this or that life insurance con- cern. By turning on the radio, they are able to have that information without laborious re- search. Then one must consider the great his- torical value of these advertisements. In these the trials and tribulations of the originator are told. Science is oened in a. vast field, we learn that this chemical combined with that chemical will result in the product which offers such great benefits to mankind. We must acknowl- edge that radio advertising is not torture. It is an invaluable asset to the radio in regard to educational value. The maerial benefits received from radio advertising are innumerable. By Writing a limerick or an essay or what have you, the listener obtains a handsome reward, provided the piece extols the advantages of the product supporting the contest and is better than any other one submitted. Thus one can obtain some 'easy' money in submitting these pieces of lit- erature. Those who desire to enlarge their vocabulary will hear new words constantly be- ing used to inform the listener exactly what the product is like. The mere fact. that these words are used in the superlative degree need not worry him who seeks after knowledge, for if he just cuts off tl1e EST and looks the word up, he will have an addition to his vocabulary. The countless letters which are read over the radio ought. to go far in reestablishing the lost art of letter writing. Another person's opinion of that product is often required by the dis- crnninating buyer who is in doubt whether to risk his money or not. These letters are usually praising the product to tl1e skies, but that need not worry him as he merely wanted somebody else's opinion, and now he has it and should buy without further ado. Perhaps you use your toothpaste for the sole purpose of cleaning your teeth. If you do, you are quite old-fashioned, for you may learn forty differ- ent uses for your toothpaste by merely tuning in on a certain program. I have endeavored to prove to you that this thing called 'advertising' which makes possible programs otherwise impossible, which enables you to hear Amos n' Andy from Monday until Friday is also beneficial in other Ways as I have shown. Mr, President! I move that We have more advertising on our radio broadcasts.