Plainfield High School - Hermiad Yearbook (Central Village, CT)

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Table of Contents Trapping and Its Importance to Me fRowena Smith, 19315 . . Royal Rita flsidcre Messier, 19315 . . Success Qlsabelle I-Ieneault, 19315 . . Ananias Munchausen, Explorer, Speaks fLester Burdick, 19315 Just to Be A Senior CStanley W. Smith, 19315 Craps fMarion Wilcox, 19315 . . Solving the Mystery QAlice Smith, 19345 . Life Story of a Typewriter CEllen Thornley, 19315 . . An Adventure with a Punpgent Odor fMaybelle Carpenter, 19315 . . A Seni:r's Thoughts CHilliard Smith, 19315 Vacation Pleasures QViljo Hill, 19315 . A Rrman Triumph iLaura Garlup, 19335 Extract from a Newspaper of the Year 3015 cr the Year 159 of the new Era fEtkel Seidman, 19345 . A Priceless Present fErnest Cooney, 19315 Cross Word Puzzle CMildred Gowen, 19315 Who Are We? fRuth Burton, 19315 . The Class of 1931 Class Photographs School Activities . . Organizati : ns Siocials and Dramatics . Assemblies . Contests . Athletics . . Baseball . Fsotball . Basketball . Interclass Games Jcke Box . . . Alumni Notes . . Our Advertisers, Patronize Them . . Hermiad Board . Class of 1931 Orchestra . . Girls' Glee Club Boys' Glee Club Baseball Team . Football Team . . Boys' Basketball Team . Girls' Basketball Team ILLUSTRATIONS 7 S5 11 11 13 14 14 15 16 18 19 19 22 23 25 26 28 39 39 46 48 40 51 51 51 55 59 69 69 77 2 28 40 42 44 52 54 56 58

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THE HERMIAD 7 TRAPPING AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO ME fRcwena Smith, 19311 RAPPING, to me, is the ntcst enjoyable pastime that there is. It affords not only niuch needed e x e r c i s e, but also much enjoyment, a new interest, and spare money. No one who has not trapped realizes just how fascinating this out docr work is, how interesting it is to get acquainted with our wocd-folk friends and their ways. Trapping cannot be termed easy work. It is quite the opposite, there are endless tasks to be done before a trapper has a pelt home on a stretchf' The most discouraging failures on the trap line are caused by same slight essential overlooked, or by scme trifling detail overdone. To be successful, a trapper should know every detail in the life of the furbearer he traps, and in this way he will know just what to expect of his future prisoner. Skunks-they are the animals that I most frequently trap-live in den: in rccky, hilly sections rather than on the cpen plains. In some of the Central States, owing to the rocky and uneven land, they are, it is said, the ntost numerous of all fur-bearing anintals. They live invariably in undergroun-'l burrows, under rock ledges, 'cn rocky hillsides, under barns, abandoned buildings and haystacks, in old woodchuck 'holes, under upturned tree rcots in the fields and wocds. At night they travel around in the open fields, alcng ponds and streams, in search of food. They eat a variety of foodsg birds, eggs, reptiles, insects, grasshoppers. If they have once acquired the taste for chicken they are a nuisance around a poultry yard. The most tempting bait for the skunk is the kind with an odor ts it, tainted meat, frogs, birds and fish are the mcst successful of all. ' The skunk is usually caught in traps set at the entrance of his den, however trap-pens along the trail and dead-falls in gapways are equally important to set. If about to set a trap, I first learn whether a den is occupied or not. This I can easily find out by observing the mouth of the entrance to the burrcw. A skunk, in going in and out of his hcle, usually leaves some odor as well as some long black and white hairs. A beaten trail leading to the den is another indication that the burrow is occupied. As a final test I sometimes place a few sxrall sticks lightly across the entrance, if these are knocked down within a few days, I am sure something is occupying the den and I act accordingly. The next step is to set the trap. The most common mistake among amateur skunk trappers is setting the trap too far down into the animal's den, so that the skunk, crawling out, will strike the pan with his stomach, leave a few hairs, and be on his way again while the unfortunate trapper is very much puzzled and disappointed. I first dig out a. little hollow fcr the trap to rest in, so that when covered over slightly with leaves cr soil it will