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

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THE HERNII-XD During 1ll th1 time cmother tello11 ne.1r me had been 11atch1ng the hrp He poked 1111 elbo11 and 11e bared our he1d1 '1 our Nhrp, our' home, lid to her 11ater1 grf.11e NIean11h1le the c.1pt.11n had been Qhasrng the rexcue wh1p all over the place, not picking up n1en, but expeetmg' o be p1cked up I'1ery t1me he got 11e.1r the rewcue ship 111th him llttle gig' the .rrrplane 11ould Zoom lll ome other drrettron .1r1d hed be leit behrnd aglln N011 the plane 1111 d111111f o'er our bO1t .md the h1p 11.15 headmrf tOXX3ld u We 11ere the l1 t load to be pitked up and 11011 11e 11616 being put on bo.1rd It cert 1111l1 telt good to h11e our 'feet 011 1 re.1 0n.1bly 1te1d1 ultice Again Once 1fe Oll bo11d 11e 11or1der'ed what h1d hippened to the c1pt1111 The 1o11et 'fu 1111 pl 1r1e, NGCIIIAL, th 1t 1ll the other 11 ere .1fe -11ooped to11 11d h1111 But the 1.1pt1111 turned hr gig mound IN n1t11e Ntubborness lflllll 11nd l1e1ded 101 bholc Phe plane d11ed t1111e more, the rextue hip kepl coming 11111 the 1 1p 1111 kept going Then the 111pt.1111 01 the rebcue sh1p ordered UN to the sick bm 111111 the Gut mate ot our 011n xhip called the roll We 11e1e all there So the hut 111119 I HX ou1 1 1pt.f11n v1.11 11hen he was heading tor Nhore 111 hle lrttle gig' 111th the re cue hip Nlo11ly gdllllflg' 011 h1n1 '1Ie11e Lathrop 1041 Sportsmanship hl D-XX 111 NI1r1n 11 tl1e d11 ot the big b1l1etl'11ll gmre b0tXXCCll 1' 1 1 lllf or lC'N e111 11.15 11111 11 t1e wffext garnew 11 1 1 1 Nc ll 11e1 IIN 1 11e1 lllC0 their bLg111111 f l111th 1 1 ll 11 1131 X 1 1 If 1 11111 111ut 11 L1 11e t 11111 1111 H1111 t uc 0l1lCt 1111 111111115 111th the 1u1 few l1 11 1 111 Of 1 Y ' 1. rt noho Q e 1 Q11 I1 ll 11111e1l 1e1e 11 0 1 11 1 1 11111 10111 111 1 l 11 1 111 tor No1th te 1111 011 111 1 1 10111 c1llX LC 0 t e cour , igh 11 t lel If 11 ei 11 o 1 1 1 111 1 1 111 1 111111 11 No 11111, 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' 11 1 111 11 11111111 to the loc XXII 1 111 1111 111 IIN 1 re 1 lljllg 11111 lll 1 1 11u L 1 111ts 1111 W1 IL 1 Jllllll 115 1111 1 1 1 1 111 hf 11111 l111o11 1 ,, ,.1,..,. .1 31: A 1 . 1 1, .1 13 ' 2 .S ' 4 ' v 1 1 v ' ' . . I . 5 , lv . I S . ' . , I . l , . . i Z. , V Y' Q ' 1' rs V- - . 2 , S ' 1. 'w 1 . Cs - - S. Q 1 z s 1 '- : ' ' ' ' - ' - . ' 1 ' ,' ' 1' :ms ' sz 1 ' ' ' ' 2 2 1 1' . 1 1 if 5 Z 1 2 I. I ,1 1 l vs 1 v S, , K- v vi 1 'A -' 1' ' z' -h'.' z 5 ' 1' i. 1 1 ' 1 1. - . V 1 ' v vl . . L1 . ' ' ' , 1 'z iz' ' . -if 1 I u v S ' 1 u . 4 . 1 ' , 1 5- - t' S xv - ,R A l 11:1 v As 1 ' AY- ' - K- 1 ' .Q ' rl , 221 Til 214 I . ' ':s,z ' 7, 1-' ' zs' 2 L ' CC111k1l 'I'gl1 : l N 'tl z..:t ' . lt 3 - l' l hug 5 ' -5' 1' 'he je:11' l'111' thesf J hools lzd l 111 'als 2' 's' 1 ' '111K. ' 1e:1.11e: 11'1-1'1: 11111lel'11:1te1l. O11 e:1ch tfflllll tI111e 11115 ll player' 1'l111 h'11l 21 1'h11:11'e 111 1,191 the lmskc-tl1:1lI i111ii1'idu:1l 2111':11'1l l'01' fp111'ts1 urrship 211111 plz -'img 1 ' 'litj. ISe1'111'e the ez 1111 the h11's 11'e': .z1lk' , ul tl 1 'l 211 ' s Ilill l1z11l 11 11:i1111i11Q' tl11' 111-111111. lien, the left 1:u1'1'd of the t1111111, said! I.ifter1. hoysg i1' Hill 1l11efr1' lz 2 'z 'l h1'f1's 4 h' J ' , f 15.21 D11-iz. 11- l' 1'1. 111'1l, 1 ll l, Bill has lllllllif 1,1'e11 one third of our' .'CZll'iF 111.211 illlel if he 11:1ef11't des ll'X'6 ' , dy llsf loesf' Tir- 'ill '1te1 1 , . Tl 1 yS ll lf t' g 1111 glzyers 111111 l','l s- 111 bzxflietlrzxll. W' j, l1ok at Wil Jerrkir .' 1'l if plujrirre' ' ' 1' ' eus r'11 1 f,: 1. Tl.:A' sgy h- .1111 sink 'ern 1 ' j jllil' ll h 't r f t 1' lei. l1z1111 :. I'111't '111'r1.': 1h Je are ' l t of IJlElYQl'S th: t ieserve the t z 'z11'1l '11o'e tha I do. Jus. 11f lien 11'11f 1l t t any 5 meth' f C111-l :Xd2l'll.' C'lIllQ ill :1111 .ol 11.11 l1 je L11 g ' 1 'ke1's. D11 ' 111 'l11- l 'k1-rs the ' :1'h s11i1l, N1 ', h js, 1'111 1 111 :1e':1i11st ll fh 11221111 t '1fl1t, .lol , you 11'ilI have to k1:1-11 1111 your toes to keep up 11'11l 111111 V1'ill Jer kim, hut ff 'ill do it. Bill, 111z1k1f ull your sl ,' ' llll. ' - '1 '1 11111 111 help ue 1'ir the Q-11111: 1'itl1 l' ur' 4 115. ' ' '

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THE HERMIAD Wrong Way Comgan at Sea OY ThlS 1 ome Weather' one of n1y sh1pm'1tes xelled to me as l '1111x ed cn deck after noon mess Qu e 1 I hax en t seen a rough sea l1ke tlns smce xxe iounded llo11,la last fall I xx1sl1 It xxould let up so that I could ee xxhe1e xxe are omg 'Ihe Eleanor Roose elt '1 ll9dll.1lIISl76d tmmp steamel xxas 11d111 he xx cas xbout txxenty miles ofl the coast of Malne The ste1dy roarmg of the xxmd 'md 11.1111 xxas xery tll lHg', and 11101. of the off dutx c1exx xxere Ollliglllg about, to put It 1n polite te1ms below decks I x as xx alkmfv on the deck hoxxex er xxatchmg the storm and thlllklllg l xx as Llilllkllig' about oL.1 captnn He xx as celtannly an unconx er1t1onal chap that xx as d1st1nct 110111 the storm Breakers' Suddenly I xxas thrown off mx eet bx glllidlllg' c ash The crx arose above the sto1m We re aground U Well that xx as bad but that xxasn t all A huge hole xxas ripped 111 the lde of cur sh1p and that stormy sea xxas dashlng 1tself agamst the reef and xx zxmg at us xxith txx entv fixe foot arms and ICQ splax fingers The captalrx lan on 0 the deck He seemed 6XClt6d -Xbandon ship he squaxxked IH lns fdflllllcll h1gh VOIC We re s1nk1ng fast And ox 81 the s1de he xx ent Somehoxx he managed to have hlS motor ized gig loxxered Max be he dld lt himself I stood there and stared, but It xx as the sklpper all r1ght The old duck had bee11 the first to go ove1 ine 61st mate can e on deck He scratched h1s head 1n amazement and began shoutmg Oldeln Ther thlngs really popped We had Just begun loadlng 1nto the l1febo'1ts and lovxermg them 1nto the sea xxhen xxe slghted a coast guard plane I st1ll dont see hoxx they l1appened to slght us IH that b0ll1l'lg' soup, xxlth such a loxx ce1l1ng too The plane s1g,nalled that It xxas d1rect1nga rescue ship to get us Some of the felloxxs had not xxa1ted for the l1fe boats and they xxere t1uggl111g m the xxatel You could see that th y xx ere haxing a hard tllTl6 Some of them t11ed to sxxlm, but most of then1 xx ere finally subdued by the 1oug,h sea and merelx tr1ed to keep thelr heads above the vxater and r1de the xxaxes The rescue sh1p 111ust haxe been nearby because It was on the scene xx1th1n ten mlnutes after the plane left The sh1p was p1ck1ng them up It xx as really something to xx atch that plane The p1lot xxould see a man and then d1xe at hmm to shoxx the Shlp xxhere he xx as Of course, 1n peace tlme an opelatlon of th1s sort vxould be much slmpler because you could use 1ad1o but 1n thlS case the a1rplane had to do and say everythlng w1th d1ffe1ent k1nds of slgnals The sh1p finally p1cked up the last man out of tl1e xxater 12 ,. , ,1 ,. l ,. ,1,.,,.,,.,,.. 11,,,,.,1,,,,,.,,,,....,,,, -. ,,,,,,,,,..,,, W, ,1,,,,1,,1. ,,,,,,,,..,,:, 1 1',1 1 I 1 fa. KK ' 77 44 . ' 's s . f . ' 1 ' 'L 1' 's. ' f ' Q ' - ' '. .' ' J Q J ll' 1 1 A . v'L.- ' v 1. v 1 v 11' ' . ' x , 1 1 ' -:'. '1 .' . ', 1' Q ' 25 11','s'.'z ' ' 1 f: .' ' . . z -' C .. ' A . ' , , ' ' L 5.1. ' - V . v v 1 1 ji' ' L ' ' ' ' S, . VK . , Q , , , , , K , X 'z.3 t ' ' 1' 2' . ' ' f ' ' . He g but just then a new sound interrupted my musing. I heard a roar f t y' a ' r' . y 4 , ' , '1r 1 ,r , 7 ,K - ' , . , . ,Z v' . - V' . - , ' . ' y A. 1. , C. . 1 ' I H - ' . ,, V . '.1 4 . .V V . . Q N , . . A 1 -4' , 5 7' v . A- -.' v - 1 ' , ,-,. H Q 1 I .N . . . Y' V' ' , ' ' . A l . 1 1 ' v I 1 r . , 7 . .',, . . ' V ' ' ' . ' vp 1 v l F l 1 1 7 S . ' ' . .i S , , ,' , ' 8 - -,- . f . y ' ' v '

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PHE HERVIIAD what lt means 1f we w1n B111, xou xe got a chance at that trophy so don t horse 310111161 All rlght boys, bo up to the 11001 and take some shots -Xfter the othels had gone ass1stant coach Tenkm called to B111 B111 you we been our p11de for two years Now let s see you go up there and wm not onlx ou1 game but that tlophy as well 111 trv, Sdld 1ll The f11St hal1 of the game was wery 6XC1lZ1l1g w1th both teams equ 11 111 defense and offense The sco1e was 21 20 IH iavol of Northeastern B111 md Wlll had plaxed beautltul ball The th1rd qu11te1 w IS much the same but xt the end the score w is lohn bext Wlll to the lump and t1pped the b1ll to B111 B111 111 111111 shot out 1161111111 hls man 1nd lilpped It to lxcn lxen t1pped lt b1ck to B111 who 111k 1 beautliul ox er the he id left hmded shot 'lhe clowd roared The next nnnutes were tense 'Ihe Ll0Vxd was on 1ts toes all the lest oi the game Dullng' the last two mmutes there w IS a beaut1fu1 ex mple ol basketb 111 Wlll Jenkms got the ball 1nd all that stood betweel h1n1 and the basket w as B111 W1ll came drlbblmg' down the door B111 Jumped up 1ust as Wlll was about to shoot The only way he could stop that shot w as to foul h1m but B111 dldnt th1nk that was 1a1r, so he pulled h1s hands down The shot w ent 11ght through the basket 'lhe teams began to fight but B111 held hls team together He stopped the tight IH tlllle to saxe the game Just as B111 was about to shoot the gun went oH', endmg the gan1e Noltheastern had won but to B111 went the aw 11d that ex erx pe1 son player and school honored Rlchmond Johnson 1944 Bourque st1ug Img w 1th the word subterfuge 1VI1ss Vlolette how do Vou make sutty iudg.,e DIOR happlly prexlewmg connng events And then It dont make much d Herence lt we pass or not T acher dr11v No 1t do not D on, hocked Whx f I made an errol llke that you d Jump on mel ' If durmg an a1r rald you smell the odor of musty hay or green corn you can be qulte certam lt IS because a barn has burned Examma t1on on gas 1dent1Hcat1on 14 . . A , , 1 1. . ,. ,.,.. , ,,,,. , ,,,..,1..,..,,,,,1.1..,,.,...,... 1. ..,1..1 W. ,11,,,,.,..,...,11 1. ,1..., ....1.. . ,,,.., 1,., , ,. ,1,,.,, 1- ,1,,f,, 1 ,llllf V . I X . v v. - . y , Y y , 1 , , .1 - , U. , g nn Y M Y. V . N . U . 1 c ' , 1 1, s . , 1 1 , .- , , , , 1 ,- I , 1 .1 1 . , . . .77 11 y 1 I 11 , ' . 1 -0 . V Q . . l v. Z . 1 . - 1 , - - ' 1 - . 1 ' 2 ' . 1 , ' ' 1 l ' 2 1 . ,Z A. lf. , 2 L 1 12 L. ZH-1111. The last quarter was almost a free-for-1111. Both teams were excited. 1 1 ' l' ' 1 1 ' . ' ' ' .' ' Q ' 1 Y 1 . 1 1 ' S2 1 ' ' ' , ' '- - 1 , ' - 1 : . 1 ' ' ' , ' W v 1 B u' v v - I v w 1 - if A in ' fu. 4 L1 v ' L v 72 x- 1 ' , P1 ' r 1 . ' ' A O . - 1 ' 1 . 1 ' 1 , M. ' 1. , . . . , . 1 y . . , ' Y V ' i. i . . A V , ' 1 ,Q , . V , K, .K , Y . 214 P14 P14 , . . 1 ' 8 , - N 'f.. ' v , ., Kg , , . . , , . . ' ,. H . , . V Y. V. I . I H p . , ' i ' 1 . .. H ' , ll ' YY e , t . , . ' 1 - U ' V ' 1 1 1 ' , ' 1 1 s . 51, 1 , . ,A . . . X v