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

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HPRMI husbands she could have a splrltual xlslt wlth them She was so LOHSLIOUN ol protectmg md amusmg the spnxts th tt she scnrcely cared what people thought of her 1ct1ons Qhe once poulcd a kettle of soup down the kltchen draln m the hou e of one of her nelghbors because she sald lt waw a brew to polson her husband She used to pour hot tea mmus cream and sugar on the etove covers The tea evapor lted md she believed, went up to heaven 101 the edlficatlon of her hu bmds Thli wom lll nas some dusky Il9lg'llbOls whose bellefs 'md practlces IIN ml her own One of these nelphbors keeps the wmdow sh ldes down durmg 1 full moon for, at that tlme xccordmg to hl bellef the splrlts are able to peer In at hlm Thls gentleman xlw ns closes the she urs after usmg them IN older to prevent the splllts from plClClI1L them up and Cllttlllg' ofl' his plans and hopes He belleye that when he splllw alt he has to put Qome on the Qtarte a new txsk on Friday because he fears that the Qplrlta wlll plague hlm wlth poor Success before he Hmshes lt last of all he would not dream of comblng hm han after dark because there are fearful consequences attached to that act Now after re zdlng the mst lnces utcd lboye stop and thmk How many tlmes have you and I been at leaet Jlttery at the eight of a black cat crossmg our pathsq How many tlmes have you w nlked under a ladder and then been unwllhnq to bet on a horse ln the fifth race because you thought that you w ere destlned to have bad luck Bad luck IS just another form of wltchcraft and splrlt bellef We thank of wltchcraft ae somethmg- that happened ln Qxlem and other New England towns hundreds of years leo Yet there are many of ua today who have not the wlll power to rld our mlnds of bellefs ln fearful consequences of some trlvlal act Edward Reld 1043 Comic Stnps HI' FUNNY papers hue become an American tradltxon Accordmfr to some pcople they haye become also an Amer1can tragedy becauee not many of them are really funny any more People read the funnle to eecape from the realltles of hfe but the recent tendency has been to reflect the trend of modern affalrs m a SCFIOUQ way on the comlc sheets When you are trying to forget the headlmes ln the mornmg paper dont you llke to read the antlc Henry Amernc 1 s funmest youngster or Maggle and Jlggs rather than to read all about Qupermen fightmg wan wlth men from Mars, or about sp1e's IH defenee factorlei' Why not make comic btrlpb one of our malnstaye agam a boost for our morale? Lets have an all out campalgn to encourage wrltera who really try to 'tlckle our funnybones ' Rudolph Klvela 1942 10 'I' H E I A D ' ' 2 : .' z .' .' 2 j ' e 1 , 1 ' Lv. K , , V I L. 1 ' 1 ' ' S ' ' ,. c L- , mf A.. ' y ' '1 5 f -1 - 1 w 4 1 ' v 1 1 . . . . . . , . , - ' X ' 1 1 , a ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' s z ' v 1 ' 1 -1 . v l 1- v 1 ' 1 ' -1 -I Y: . . ., . . . . . . . ., . I . , 2 It . .S . y S . . S . I l ' .S 1 2 12 tvs 1 ls Aw A. 2 rv 1 Lf. ' . K. ' .' L. ' . ' ' ,. . ' 'ks 1 K. C. ' ' s ' ' .' ' . S , : . . stove immediately: otherwise he would have bad luck. Furthermore he never 1' K :xv .As V1 ' . A1 A- 1 , ',' z', ',.' . '. . 1 1 1 1 v ' y 1 L . 1 ' 1 . y 1 ' .4 1 vi 1 1 ,, ,, .Q . '. l . . . w . V. U i ki . A 1 . L z W 4 w 1 ff K ., . ' . 1 . ' . if Ik x . . 41 1 K. 2 1 1 1 A ' 4 1 ' ' ' ' 5 ' A - 1 v 1 ' . 1 ' 1 I v y 1 . . N A A. ' , . ks W . ' A, ' ' S' 7 . ' , - u n - ,, v, ' , . u ' , A . . , ' 'J' 1 . ' - ' y ' - I 1 K 1 , l ' Y

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THL HERMI-XD F01 xxe ka 1nd months before the xx 11' betxxeen Spxxn 21nd -Xmerxm xxx rletlaled thc people 1121d tolemted xnvxnudtlone 110111 bp 1111 tor the -Xl'llE11Cdl1 people dxd 11ot xx 11t xx 1 But on the 11101n1n1. ot Febxuxry 111 11498 thex 1ete1x ed the nexx th xt 1 U111ted St xtes bxttle hxp the 'VI2x1ne h xd been sunk 101 T e xxne 0 1 goo xxxl 1111551011 to 1ex1exx f1xe11c x lPllfl01x xxxtlx Sp lll h 1d been wuxxk bx 1 subm xxxne xnxne lhe people xx xxted 101 tortx xx xxhxlc ll IN 1l touxtx xxcre 111 sesxxon probing into the dx ster S 21111 clxxmed xt hxd been 111 xtcxdent but the Unxtod Stxtew p1oxed dx1Ye1entlx x 1 xx211 dtcl 11 d -Xll thmugh the xx ll xxxth Spxxn lie111en1be1 e Nlxxne xx 1, the lxxttle 21x x11d exentu1llx xxctoxx Lxnxc to AINEIICH -X xt xxx 111 the -Xnxexxtoxn Rex olut1o11 llld xn the xx 11x xxxth llexxto and 1tl1 Spxxn o xt xxxll be todxx the Unxted stxtex xxxll not gxxe up u11txl e -XXI 1 conxpletelx defexted Although the xttxtk xt 19211 l'1llbO1 xx 15 ex e1e bloxx xt xxxll exxc to ,qxxe the A111e1xc1n 111o1e couxfxge xnd dPtCIlll1l1 111111 xn l'JllllQ'll1j?f xbout thx de1c11t Alxexdx the logxn Rexnembex Pearl xxbox 1 he llll ll ox tx the Unxted St 1tes The le'11l H xlbor d1Q1xte1 xx 1 1 1e1e I9 xx TENO1 long, 1nd bxttex bxttle 21116111 u the L111ted St1tex xx1ll coxnt thxough xxxth colon 1lXlll1., IS l1t xlxx xxx h'1 Petty Duplex 10-11 Good Luck, Inc 111 Loblxn xx IU t xonxethxng 110111 1 hxxto1x book xou hxxe xnot Cl ought coxnxn 1 L IU ll Ol 0 N nxuth be e oe 12 xx x I1 t fo oxxxnf 1 lfll '1 xtxenxpt to tell xou some of tho hxghlx hte of thx belief 1nd px xctxee xxx thx xeexr 191P 1111 lxll1,Q' doxxxx the xxpht lllllfl de ot 0 ooked xtet n 1 1 Vexx Tnnl 1nd toxxn xou xxould nernapx ce the home of Mr Y The house 1tf1l1 1 111 p1ettx bid condxtxon the zoof ie xenn hxngrled 1 1exx xxxndoxxu l11xe been 1epl1ced bx c11dbo211d 1nd the front 1 xxxn 10NCITlbl9 the cxtx dump 1' t x11h bxtxnt of thx houxe xre Mrs Y xnd ner XQIX feeble th IU bfxnfl I e oe xntome 01 thx '1n1x x coxnex 10111 ondx oc N xn 1 lxttle 1nte1ewt 110111 YUOIICX deposxted 111 the lot xl b1nk MN X 15 110111 1 lon,,, lxne ot good Yll1k19N Some ot hCl fo1 lIthO1S fought 111 the Rex olu ll0lll1X xnd Cxxxl xx 111, 101 the benefit of thxw g1e1t Unxon the U S -X One dxx 111 mother told me th 1t Mrs X 21xd xhe could haxe 1111911 he ouxtrx l1u bxnd 110111 dxxnq bx gxxxng hxx11 spxxxtux xppxc'1txon onlx he xxould h 1xe let her lt xs 1n1'17xng xndeed to thxnk th xt 1 xxo111x11 ox 1x1xone el e, could exer thxnk herself to hike such gupgmatuy 11 poyyey-5 Thx XKOIHAII belxexed xl 0 that by sign 1l1ng the Npxzxts 01 he1 p1exxou ' ' 1 9 1 'eg-2 1' '2 ' 1'2' ' 1 2 '25 ' .a .H -I . ' 4,. ' , . i - ', 4 .1 '. 5 2 2 ' 12 1' 2 Af, 1 , 2 1' :xt 2111231 '. h ixll' , xx 2 d- l1 '. 1 ' llj ' 2 ' 11' 1' 21' , 2 ,, 1' Q 2 ' 2 ' . '2' ' 1 ' l' dz jf ' ' 2 '2 : ' 1' ' ' .' ' ' 's211' . Ip 2' ' 2 1 2 2 ' ' ' S 2 1' ' ' ' ' I' :md Vik' .' ' 2 'C , 1 ' '2 ' xl 2 ' H , , ' th 1 2' '2 1' 1 2 2 ' 2 Q 12 1 . 1 5 ' '25 ' 1 1' ' ' 2 ' '2 1 '- 1 xx Q' 2' , s ' ' 2-': ' 1 C 2 .' Y ' th 1 'S ' I' 2 . 1 r 2 2 ' 2 ' ' 2 ' ' '21' 21 S - 1 wy ' Q' S gf' ' vi A .' 2 v 1 vc Z V 1 l P 2X ' 2 's '2 j S 2 ,U , ,' H2 A 's 2 ' 21 '11 ' 1' 2 ' 2 ' 2 ' ' 12s El loss, it is true, 211d tl .' 21' ' 21 1 2 ' ' 2 ' 2 Y b t 1 - A Z L. 1' , . , ,' . .J tr .,., Zh. S , 2 .2 Q Q' , , . ,i u A :sf :ef If YOU think th2xt tho 21g'e ot' xx'itch2'1'2x1't zxxxd the belief i11 spirits, witches 2 d f ' S ,' s 1- ' 2 , j 2 ' 2 h-1 th f ' Q, 'ox' ill SOl7lx 1 2 't 's ther, is just 21s ' li 1' i11 th s thin TS no ' 21s there ex'e1' x'21s. l he ll 5, p21'2g, '2pl'1S l sh2ll 2 ' 1 j .' 'A 1 'Af 1' 's ' 2 -2 , '1 ' 's 3 2 , 1-p. Wl ' 1 xx'21l ' 1 f 2 si 1 ' El 1' st'1, i 2 l'ttlc 1 ',ig2 ' ,his 1 , S.1, 5 . . .S . V t, R . . Z i .A ki .-S . y 2 , V ,, ,2 A 1 ' 2 j 2 ' ' ' 2 ' 2 ' 1 1' S ' 1 , ' h 1 ' 21 ' 2 .4 H4 .' 2 1 . 2 ' 1 ' fif A l s ' . h s l ' ' ' 's ft 'li' ,' f' b .', st ky 2 d 2 'r ' ' g' 2 1 1' ' ' 'e '2 ' Y 1 ' 1 5 ' 'Z ' ' 'T ' Z ' , . . 1 . 2-' jx' 2 . S .' 1 1 1' 1 s 2 , j V ' US 2l 2 l' 2 ' S if A' ' 2 ' . 2 2 1' ' ' 2 2 ' 2 , ' P .' P ' ' V f ' - . - 2 ' 'S 'K 1 ' ' Z 5 - v 2 ' A. ' .' . ' . . 2' S

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THIL HLRMI Poison Nix chum 1ndI one lfternoon Went walklng pleasure bent There was no danger lurklng Donn the c'1rtp1th where we nent Oh no' Phat s vshat uc thought But behold the werx next dn I knew that poison had gotten me Much to mv dlsmay That night, to finish a perfect day We xx ent to a plcture show The polson began to do lts work, I ltched from head to toe I remoxed my shoes so carefully To ease my ltchmg feet But wh t thlt act dld cost me I msh nexer to repeat My feet had swollen by that t1me It caused me terrible pam To push and squeeve md crowd them buck My chum thought thls 1 splendld Joke And laughed and Jollled me But I spent three dass out of school Wxth a lace not nlce to see Iols Metcalf 1947 Goals O BP suues ful m 1 e people measure success achlexement but really makmg somethmg of hlmself determmed one mav be, not e the goal of ewery normal person Some terms of wealth and others 1n terms of one can make an honest lnmg vuthout No matter how strong the deslre or how veryone can achleve dlstlnctlon ln the pubhc me but everyone can md should do the best he can and make as much of hlmself as posslble He should alm hlgh and work accordingly, then he mll at least not fall short of makmg a good llvlng It 15 only natural for a man to want to make a good lnwmg That means 1 1 AA D W 7 ,YY mmi , . www, ,HN I Q 2 , 2 1 ' , . : A vi C . r , vu , , , . . , Y , U, . ZW., v a 'L' ' YY' , ' ,. 'J . . , ' 21 1 ' ' I v'Lv v 2 . .1 1 L- v uv l 5 J z .' , z ' f ' Into my shoes again. ' 2 : ' ' . , ' : nl C V.. tv , - . I.. all PK PK I 3 -' ' l'f is ' ' 'f , 1 v Y 1 1 1 ' y' f'