Petersham High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Petersham, MA)

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ll THE F31 OWU -LGQDXI N-G PONY The horses at the Spencer Fair were divided into two classes: full-grown horses and ponies. One boy rode a pony that was so small and frowzy-look ing that it wasn't entered in the shows, and when it stood at the starting line for the pony rece, it did not look as though it belonged there either. They all got off to a aood start, that is, all except J. 'V C 1 the lietif frowzy pony, which was tne smallest of them all, for he was left way behind. He gained steadily, however, and on the home stretch he suddenly burst into terrific speed, passed the others, and crossed the finishing linein win the race ty a large margin. The crowd was surprised and amused by the unexpected victory, and they cheered enthusiastically. The Qun went off which started thc horse race, and to everyonc's surprise the frowsy pony was running also. From the very beyinning he kept up the terrific speed which he had shown during the latter part of the pony race and managed to keep in second and third place until, aeain on the home stretch, he put on still more speed and won tho race by helf a head. The crowd went wild this time, but there was a dis- pute among the jud5es as to whether or not the pony was entitled to the prize, because it was not e pony race. The crowd voiced their opinion in fsvor of the pony, and it was finally decided that the pony had more than earned its prize. Alice Harper '45 COMPLIMENTS OF NSS, WITHING TON PETERSHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

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10 ALL IS NOT DULI. AT THE LOST AND FOUND DEPT. Union Station was busy and crowded as always. Streams of people, bags and boxes clutched in their hands, rushed hither and thither, going as if they were bent on a life or death mission. In fact, it seemed that all the typesof humanity in the world flowed in and out of the many doors. It was about eleven o'clock on s spring day, and.theclerks at the baggage-checking counter were working at top speed to care for the neverending flow of people. A middle-aged man, carrying a large alligator-grained traveling bag, worked his way through the people surround- ing the counter and presented the bag to be checked until a day later. Seeing nothing unusual, one of theclerkslmr- riedly wrote a baggage check for him and stowed the expenshe looking bag away under number twenty-three. Several days passed, and the man did not return to claim his bag. The time for bags to be held having elapsed, the bag was transferred to the lost and found de- partment. - One day soon after, the clerks decided to qynxit. They put the bag on the counter and examined it. Seeing nothing suspicious on the outside, a clerk inserted a skeleton key in the lock and opened it. Then things began to happen! Out of the bag scooted snakes--snakes of all kinds and varieties: rattlers, water snakes, ribbon snakes, and even three turtles. Then what feminine squealing, gasps of amazement and shouts broke forth. Clerks afterwards declared they never saw thepaxde move as fast as they did when the contents of the bag came to light. Finally, the snakes were captured and returned to the bag by the clerks with the help of several of the braver gentlemen in the crowd. The bag was donated to thc St.Luns Zoo with all twenty-one reptiles intact. The clerks later stated that they hoped it was the last snake round-up for a long time. Ruth Newbury 145 IVIR.sndI IRS. LEWIS BABBITT LECTURES Gnd BIOLOGY SUPPLIES

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12 LET US CDLJT I knew I was to be non stagen in about ten minutes, so I out the final touches to my clothes and hair and prepared ' to'leave the dressing room. Hy friend Lorraine, a pretty young singing cowgirl, was also there, preparing her not which was to follow my song. I stepped to the door and was about to put my hand on the knob, when I heard FH ominous click followed by hurriedly departing footsteps. ' I quickly grabbed the knob and pulled, but as I had feared, it didn't open, I twisted the knob back and forth, pulled and pushed, but all in vain. It was locked! Lorraine rushed over to see what was the matter, but could not open it either. We smiled nervously at each other and said rather unconvincingly that someone would be sure to be along to let us out soon, but no one came. ' I looked. at the clock and began to pound the dooq but Lorraine exelaimed,'IHy don't do that. The crowd'll hear vouln hCertainly, I hope son, I replied, nI'a not stay- ing here all night.n Just then, another girl came to the door, but we could not let her in. Ie infonned hor the door Jas locked, and she promptly found the policeman, the janitor, a couple of cowboys and another nan, but even they couldn't open it. Apparently, the culprit who locked us in had the only key. They racked their brains on one side of the door while we two girls fusscd and fumed impatiently on the other. Presently, they went away and we thought we had been deserted, but soon we heard them tapping on the window. By dint of moving half the furniture and junk in the roon, ue were able to Let near enoufh to raise the window. Then we were calmly informed to stick our feet out the window so they could pull us out. I took one apprehensive look at the window and be- gan to wonder how much I would Though we didn't like the iiea have to shrink to make it. , me knew it was the only way out, so out the tiny window we went in a very undigni- fied MQDHSP. Lorraine, being small, slid out quite easily. Then I came, but how I did it is still a mystery to me. 'HG WG 0 ver catch that door-locker, recovered our dignity and sang our songs, but if he'll never recover! Ruth Newbury '45