Petersham High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Petersham, MA)

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Q WWWM l Q 7 Lloyd C. Douglass . V jgite Qgnners is the type of book which pleases the tastes o mos readers. 'We first meet Hannah Parnalee, hungry and lonely, when she stops at Mrs. ware'e h ues to sell notic e. After she gets aequainted with the family, th y will not let her leave so she lives there and works for the Ward family for twenty-five years. Soon after Hannah Warmalee's arrival at the Ward houses hold she makes this declaration, Wnot white flags, but white hanners.W Her noble character shows that this motto is al- ways her aim. She does not believe in fighting of any kind. Almost all of the Ward's family difficulties are settled by A Wannah's common sense. Sally, the youngest child, is her favorite, and Hannah and she are close companions for many 'y8B.TSo When one first reads about little Peter, Hannah's 'nephew' it is difficult for one not to finish th s b o v i o k in order to discover the actual indentlty and solve the mystery acndernu 5 ing Water, his many Waunts,N and his one Huncle.W Hannah gives advice to all, and she is almost always right. Her wonderful personality makes the reader feel that it would be a pleasure to have a friend like Hannah. E. Buell '38 me arose and Joseph C. Lincoln The Storm girl is the latest of Joseph Lincoln's famous Gaps U33 Eto les. The book was written primarily for adults, but because of the simplicity of the plot, it can be enjoyed by younger people also. . The plot is constructed around the prophecy of an old 4

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Wes . Godderth who states thot H517 Solomon was n ato m girl: and that e ery imsestnnt happening in her l2Ss.wuuli take pinot in e storms X The story tells of new Emily went to work in the sity, ans, teeauso or her complete lssneenoe, was thrown into s seenaals She left the eity and rotnmmee to the homo of her aunt and uncle during a st ems s ' Emily mess up her mind-sever to fell in less asain s tar her trouble in the city, but e wealth eollege asse nt moi W handsome lighthouse captain same to the neighborheoo, and another storm came to change Emi1y's mind. ' In the same storm the man who caused Emily all her trouble in the city was shipwrecked and came to her Aunt s boarding house to recover. 'Then this mean, underhanded sailor started more trouble for Emily, Uncle Sim, who proved that he wasn't as simple es most people thought, dis- appeared and so did the trouble-maker. This saved Emilv for Uncle NSimN came back as always, but his traveling berths! didn't. WWhs Storm Glrlv has a rather serious tone, nevertheless Joseph C. Lincoln furnishes his usual humor throughout the story. At many places through the story Uncle USimW and Aunt Desire, Emily's foster parentsy furnish plenty of laughin! for a really very good novel. ' l'r W. Newbury '59 ul -ki ' -.NWN ihqQQh ,'-rr. win' x f- gf, 'Ry' . . feQ veal stoked nj '43i' f?E3s5? - K'-vw, .4:1'-:Q-v::ci2:': -- .:. 4 . ,. ,hue-- ..o... , R 2 X x -I ' ,' Q. -ui 2 . f 'f'?P 52 . - , N.-ff' ' f 2 i .,.....,..,........-...... .....n-.Q..r,,,....,....-.-:. m,-,-.. -. .... ti1.......-. 1:15:21-l-:ffff Q