Odessa High School - Prattler Yearbook (Odessa, MO)

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A TRIP TO THF LITY ll BJRN HHN your mother told you that you mlght go to Kansas C'1ty vylth your father you yy ere so oyeryoy ed Wlth the thought of gettmng to rlde on the tram and of gettlngto see the large clty that you could hardly yyaxt for the tram to come When lt dld come and you had got seated your father put hls head out at the wmdoyy and you grabbed hlm by the shoulder and QKCl3lfI'19d Oh father' come back or those telephone posts yylll knocly Vour head off Then ey eryone laughed at you but you d1dn t knoyy yy hy Well you got Into the clty all rlght and yy hen you yyere gomg down the street suddenly you stopped 1nd asked Pam IQ that a small tram yylthout any englm V lhen he cyplamed to you that lt yy as f1 street car The next thmg you sayy yy as a tall bulldlng and you yy anted to go up ln It After you had chmbed about five fhghts of stalrs your fathex asked you lf you yy antm d to go doyyn on tht eleyator and you salo I guess so So you yy allied 1nto a small square room made of 1ron bals and the first thlng you kneyy It began to fall yvxtn you and you thought sure you would be kllled But you got ayy ay from there ahve and started home When you got home you felt as lf you had been around the yy orld and had seen ey erythlng that yy as yy orth seemg A FRFSHMAN S VVIQH IRIINII VIR! wud thc pllyllcfft to boss yy as mmt ld h 1yc '1n othcc LQIIIDDLCI hkc 1 13 ylfttt And my IYIINQ OlltSl1li, on 1 S1011 fynd If I yycle then te 1che1 I d l noyy yust yy h'1t to do I 01 Iyt cfuefully Stllfllttl tht mfyttu yy 1th1n the last month Ol tyyo I cl sclcct some fnst cl1ss hxgh school yy IICIC, thc SGIIIOIS lI'1Cl 1ll they could do And mst to shoyy my ll1l,l1011tW I d fyuel 1 SLIIIOI 01 tyyo I cl cuttully scan than It lJOItS Io1 the ycly sm yll st III1St1lxL Then tell them thcu yy Ol ly yy 19 CIISUI lu ful And suth fy lLCtIllL I d m1lyc NK hen I yy fxllye d mto ysscmbly d I t the students 1l sec lh lt I yyfxs the Semol tc ychel 'lht glcfyt I ANI th xt S ML X cs lf I yy e1e 1 SQHIOI teachel I d knoyy mst yyh'1t to do Id use my self fo1 IH ex 1mple And teach them 1 thmg O1 tyyo W J 1 fr - 1 s,.,v . , my Rl i ,- 1:1 I, IA 4 7 1 ' K L ,' ' 1' 1 ' ul' 'I yr ' v 7 Y ,ly ' M Q LY vux L I A , ' ' v . V Y . wr . 1 v v v 4, L 1 , K .c ' , I 0 ' 3 , ' ' ' .1 Y 7, 1 - V9 ' A Y - V ,L g, 4 L lv I y I ' Ll ' - . 1 N 1 1' 1 - 1 v ' ' A 2 ' . 4 y 4 , 4 as 7 Y - y 7 . . 1 7 . ' . , v . , 1 ,K . V . v v 7 ' V K 11 . - V 1 ' V V ' ,I K Q' . 1 1 , 1, . - f . ' ' ' 4 , N ,J k K PL! Z',1. I HHN, I6 lyyish I were '1 SOIIIOI't'lCl1G1' ' ' 'V ' 'X ' ' . c L1 , 1 , - 1 f 7 2 'yc H11 1 ' A ' 52 it 'M' 3 ' x-' V IZ. -:biz Ax v , ,' , ' y . . 7 . - I . 1 I 1, I 1 I., . - C A X 1 '- ,,. V2 .' I ' I w f I ' 1 v c 'U 'c , 1. . 1 1.4 . f '1tf' ,' ? f 1' l' get . 3 i:l.21 y ' . . ' . - C. ' '. 2 .. ye' - 1 1. . . - z '. I J? K. 1.x iam . . 2 . . ., 1 1, .y ' yy. C 2 .7 ' ' A ' 1 Q ' v 74 V -' v 7 w 7 Q- ,vu l 1 . 1 l, I 1. 1 .1 , ' 1' z xl ' ' '. 1. 2 ' 4 '.

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MGUQF A ISIIIIAN 16 HF flrstth1ngI remember I was stlll with mv brothers and slsters ln a co7y nest made by mv parents IH an old shoe A oon as we were large enough to run about ln our house our parents warned us not to leave our home because there was great danger ln the outslde world They called me Nllschlef and thls name sulted me very well for I was always gettmg mto trouble One day when Father and Mother were away from home I coaxed my brother Jlm to go wlth me IU order that we mlght see what thlngs outside looked l1ke We went through '1 dark basement and up a fllght of stairs We peeped under a door and what should we see but a cat peacefully sleepxng ln an old mald s lap? We waltedasnort tlme and she went mto another room Tnen We thlnklng the cat had left wlth her crawled under the door and proceeded to look for somethnng to eat ln the wood box I found a were not the only occupants of the box That verv same cat that we had seen a few mlnutes before was also looklng for somethlng to eat I 1n my hurrv to escape falled to Warn my brother of h1s approachlng danger The cat lettlng me escape selfed mv brother As I turned and looked back I saw my brother s tall stlckxng out of the cats mouth Then I was convinced that the old savlng was true tuat a cat always saves the tall of 1 mouse or rat tall the last for a toothplck I badly frlghtened ran to our home and told my parents about my brother s sad accldent not tellmg them how ever that I was the cause of all the trouble Thev were grleved greatly by the sudden death of my brother and agaln warned us not to leave the house But very soon I forgot about the hrst accldent and took my other brothers and slsters away from home untll one by one they were elther kllled bv the old mald s cat OI caught IU traps Once I barely estapel death I was caught ln a trap by my tall and lt was partlv cut oil' My parents blamed me for all the calamltles whlch had befallen our famlly Feeling gullty I declded to leave home I traveled through the country for several vears I dld mv traveling at nlght and slept ln the davtlme One mornlng I came to a schoolhouse and went ln to see what I could find School had not begun yet so I cllmbed 1nto the teacher s desk md w as eatlng, on an apple when the teacher came mto the house To my dlsm ly she came right up to her desk and opened It deem me she screamed and 1umped upon '1 chalr I felt sorrv for the poor llttle cleature and Jumped from her desk and mn out of the door I again started for my unknown destlnatlon One day I came to '1 xery large barn and declded to make thls my home for '1 while I went mto the barn 'md found a regular commumty of mv race establlshed ln 'ICOFIICYIIH Itook my lodglng xxxth them for awhnle untll I could hnd omt work to do No long, after mv 1 rrlval here I mtt a xtxy sweet lxttle Curl n :med lmx bhe and l became very fond ol each other Then we became fngaged and were marrled Now I l1ve 1n a modern house 1n Odessa Mlssourl l L J If 1,111 W.l ' il ' , ' .A t . . . I ' A ' I , , l ' . .' ' .' , . ' ' . s ' 1 . S ' . , 3 ' ' ' , ' v x 4 K x k' v ' , . v c I , .' . . I . f , I , . . ' . In Y- C ' F - ' 7 x - - . . . , . , , Y . , 1 , , 4 K l' ,. . . ' j ' l ' r peanut and was eatm' on 1t, when all at once I dlscovered that we r , , ' 5' ' , . . r ' . 3 . b A l . K A . . I . ' . 5 S I 'c . I '. ' N 1 ' H . K V . . u - s . v , ' r ' v . . . 1 9 - . 1 , ' v n 4 . ' ' ' v ' x C C 5 L ' A , ' . . . . . . - I ' , . . 1 ' , . ' LI I - . L- , ' , ' ' s 1 ' . E r f l ' 1 ss I . L L . K 2 '. C X X 4 yxilv S x . h. I x f sv Uv' N ' Y, , -' .V , L - 5 r ' . 1 I 1 , . u . - . f v u - .. I . f 9 - I I

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