Orangeville High School - Red and Blue Yearbook (Orangeville, Ontario Canada)

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roadside to cool her feet .in the muddy waters of an evilwsrnelliyng puddlel She thanked the Lord for l-hs small merctes, for anythmg come by m these days was rnuch to be thankful for, 'Taking her last piece of dried bread, she mused philosophically on the entgrna that is life and deathf, Here in the mxdst of all this horror and chaos, she alone bore the promise of new lifeo A feeling of contentment swelled throughout her leaving her tingling wtth excltemento When she had finished the bread, and started to rise, a glimrner of light from the road caught her eye., Rising with some difficulty and some pain, she shuffled over to the source of attraction, At her feet lay a small pistol shining .in the sun as lf begging to be claimed by her., Such a beautiful one , she exclairnedo When sold to an American soldier, it would bring a handsorne price to be later used for her ch1ldt, Reaching down, she slowly closed her' fingers around the metallic hardness of the object., , :ffl :ga The sni pper's bullet sped straight and true, crashing through metal, bone, and brain., A red mist engulfed himg objects sank in a pool of molten bloodo Even as the earth rushed up to meet h.1ml Hans knew that he was deadg and was afratdo And the day was as night, J, .y , 4,1 iff , V ,Q , . Finlay Cook 1f3A Joke: A blushing young lady handed the clerk a telegram forrn conta.in.i,ng only a narne, address and the word yes Clerk -D You can send ten words for the same pr1.ce 0 Girl - li know but wouldnlt .Ie look eager lf I said it ten tirnest l o 7

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70 Tl-IE RAIN AND THE DARKNESS A blanket of darkness covers the earth, The storm has completely blackened the sun, Alone, standing alone against the sky, re- vealed only by swift, erratic flashes of lightning stands a cross, As it seems to rise out of the hillside, lt appears to be in a oneness with nature., The water trickling down the hill ts sta1ned with red--ua s1gn of sorrow and intense pain, As the water runs from river to river and finally reaches the ocean, so the sins of man were removed and will be again., A ff v fy All was quiet save for the distant rumble of an artillery barrage somewhere in the hills behind hlmo I-Ians stood upg a savage pride filled his breast for the hideous creation lying semlmburied .tn the earth beneath his feetg t.he least little movement of the shiny, nickel revolver, he mused, would trigger the mme attached below ith Sheer exuberance bubbled upwards in the form of a halff-suppressed snicker as he contem-A plated the receptlon for some unsuspecting souvenir hunting American soldier. Shouldering his battered Mauser rifle, Hans set off down the road to rejoin his company, The last he saw of hts device as he looked back, was the pistol winking innocently, like a jewel, in the hot Italian sun. The snicker crescendoed into an animallstic roar of hysterical laughter., Soon, very soon, as was quiet agatno 11 41, .. h- 'E- Maria had no Jnkling of how far she had travelled since this morningg all she knew was that Dents lay far up this road to the North, Once she and Antonio had travelled this via , but time and the war had long since eroded all memory of landmarks from her slow rnind., Where once vineyards groaned under the burden of a bountiful harvest and peasants waved to each other in their passxng, now only a bombsblasted, tangled emptyiness, stretching for miles, greeted her sight, Llfe had been good for her with Antonio and their little farm, Now all. was gonemjyes, even Antoniow--,even he was lost from her now., After the new of his death, the only thing left for her to do was t.o trudge the weary mlles back to Celento, to home, and have the child that Antonio would never see or touch, Conscious ofthe stifling heat and the corditemfilled atm mosphere, Maria removed her rough woollen shawl, and sat down at the

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f-' , -an I 9 I fi Q S lg ', ' I' , 1' eq., c' 'YZ ,, Q -ff! - ' N BRIAN MARSHALL -qw YG Il Beware the fury of a patient m ' Teachers' College, Toronto JEAN MERLINA We know the truth not only by reason but also by the heart Returning to complete Grade XIII SANDRA MOON Two things are impossible to diligence and skill MacDonald Hall - Home Economics fun is-mf' an!! 1 A 1 -mln.-, ' ,ag , If A WHY MAXINE OVERLAND IS I1-Q I How far that little candle throws its bear ,, N 1 'Qi Returning to complete XIII I fl. paw uw: 1 DAVID NEVETT Y Diligence is the mother of good fortune Anglican Church Army to become a minister CATHERINE MUIR The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft a' gley. Lakeshore Teachers' College