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

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THE HERMI-XD A Sprung Fantasy SPRING AROUND THE CORNER A xxalk through the xx ood tells xou that the Sprung thaxx rs rn progre The brrdb are comrng back the tracks of ammals that haxe come out of hrbernatron can be traced rn the mud under your feet The rrx er Hoxxe. r xpld bx carrxrng chunks of rce and debrrs the snoxx has .started to melt e prrng 1 uns are comlng The smell of burnrng leaxe the freshness of nexxl ploxxed turf mrngle rn the ur Exerxxx here xou turn you see md feel spring Your ambltron turn.s to accomplrshrng thlngs xxhrch haxe been on your con crence all xxrnter ex en db long ago an last sprrng and when you re member that xour mother ha begun eprrng house cleamng her sprrrt rnsprre xou to achrexe brg' thlnes Your mrnd at thrs pornt, hoxx exer Jumpb ahefri to ummer xxlth folrage on the trees and sxxrmmmg 1nd x rcatlon and tlc re'1lrz rtron of all the thlng to ILCODIIJIISII before ummer comes makes xr xr xxe xrx X ou xx xnder home ind srt doxxn on the porch step Well Ill start to morroxx to get rll those thmg done I m too tired noxx ce Ihrlllps ll s OVEROPTIMISM It xx 1 the txxentx thlrd of Igbru IIX xx rs xx tlkrng hx the mlll broo mx rxorrte hxunt c prexr mae ot t e broo st ut ec me Ior xxo month rt had been frozen olrd todxx lt xxas rlpplmg, rlonp ca XVIII c zlxes ot rce The drx xxae beautrful I looked around me Th kx eemed made of Cotton quares xx 1th cle rr blue p xtche sc rttered here rnd there In 1 fexx the dr tmt me rdoxx thc gr rss looked lrke luxurrznt xcrd mt rugs SQUIIIEI xxere scurrxrng rround seeking ncxx blts to cnt titer ub lstrngg through tl xxmter on a duet ot nut.s The bud rngmg, ln the treeb confrrmed mx prevrox conxrctron sprlng xxae around the nearest corner That nrght I xxent to sleep xx 1th an elated feelrng Oh the ecst :sy vxrth xxhlch I looked forxxard to the next dax Nlentallx I compo ed p ctures ot rpple and pe xr treef, rn blow om In frct the lr t I remembered xxab a warm breeze on mx forehead Sprung fexer In the mormnfr I lrfted the xxrndoxx Qhade half expectrng to eee trees buddmg What a -ghastly srght' Snoxx' Snoxx ab far as I could see coxerrng, all mx cherrshed ergns of sprrng Betty Roper 1940 , 9 . v1 1 1 S K. v 1 K 1' v 'ks I v ' ' .1 . ' . 1 ' ' v 11 .R ' Io. K , ' f . , Q . , th . 5 . .l B. . . ,. . . x qv . U. , ,ly 5 , L-' ' k 1. , I . . L. . S , . . , . y 3 K, , 5 lv x ki . , . .y 1 Ad S ' ', J ' , 2 'z ' : 1 . C ' R ' . A ' ,S 2 5 ' . S - . A. 1 L. S' 1 1 v Y v1 1 1 1' 1 . 1 I 1 1 .. , , 1 S c ,, .- 11 7 ' ' 1 I ' ' Jox .- f I - T 1 1 v v1 1 11 -' 1 D 1 'rs ' j- 'f . j. I C. 1 A . lf, 1 1 f -A 1 II 1 1 x1 u ' 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I f. . . Ihr .1 I 1 1 h. k . . l 1 . 1 t 5 ' s g zt' g ' f 1 f, '- r' g' fz ' aj ' ' . . e s s A - s ' 'z' 2 ' snr ' 'z '. 2 'or -1 1 1 '- 1-1 -1 - ' 1.1 1 - 1 1 1 I ' ..- . . b 1 1 5 x I 1 ,. . 1 1 , I 1 .. I we ' ' z ' .' f - ' q It z - Q: s .' ' f ze 1 . . ' ' .. ' , S ' ,, ' . , ' . 1 . ' fi ' ' ' . , 5 zu ' ' 1 1 1. A v! 1 1 S i. i1 ' 2 ' z f is . 2 , as r ' ' . . r' V I I 1 v ra ' 7 4 ' 1 1 y ' I ' r. I 1 1 V1 1' 1 , v ' '. , . 1

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THE HERMIAD A Peaceful Day S I opened my eyes thls molnlng I thought Oh what a peaceful day no school no work nothmg to do no one to bother me Those thoughts, so peaceful, so soothlng, were suddenly mterrupted Some one yelled Get up there s work to be done So began thls peaceful ay When I sat down at the table I was as hungry as a bear Then Mom ald Im sorly dear but your waffles are cold and there IQ no more batter lhere IS some cereal ln the closet Cereal' When I had my mouth ready for waffles and sy rup' After breakfast was over Mom sald Dear wlll you please go to tl e store for me and do the shopp1ng It lsn t much only potatoes flour sugar, bread a can of peas, carrots, and a few othel ltelllb I went On the way home I ran lnto Mrs Brown She greeted me w 1th I am glad that I met you, lerry I was just golng over to see you W1ll you take care of Johnny for me today He really IS a good boy and not much bother l could tlllllk of no re xson for refusmg, so promptly at one oclock I went to take care of Johnny IJIOVSII the really good boy Oh Johnny w s a good boy He amused Il1YllS6lf yery well golng from one game to anothcr He played ball by hlmself and enjoyed It lH1I116T1S6ly upsettmg a table ann some vases and knocklng plctures oil' the wall When I took the ball and glove away from hlm he pouted for a whlle but soon saw that he w ouldn t get anywhere that yvay and started playlng the part ot a commando Thmkmg that Johnny had finally settled down to some qulet game I sat down ln a chaxr plcked up a magazme and began to read a thrxllmg murder story Eyerythlng ln the house was qulet Suddenly from tle shadowy hall came the command Got you put em up I Jumped almo out of my skm It was only Johnny Fmally flye oclock came Johnny s mother arr1yed and I went home hungry tlred and cross As I entered the house I was met by Mom wxth thx announcement We haye had our supper you w1ll have to throw some thmg together for yourself When you flmsh eatlng clean up the kltchen so I ate and cleaned up the klchen, thmkmg that at least I would have the eyemng to my self but around eyen o clock m came my slster Mary and all of her frlends We are haylng a surprlse party for Henry she sald ' What a peaceful dayl' I slghed and lapsed 1nt0 a bllssful coma Margaret Wakely 19a 1 V V V ' V ' . V . U V . V V V- 4 K ' 7 1 7 -V V - ' 77 V ' 1 y 1 ' ' u , 1 V H ', , . . N. V r . V. V V V . . . . -V. ' . 4: 1 V . V V V. . . ' I - 5 . , n 1 1 ,.f . . 4 V. V . . H . . V , . . N . I . . , I l. - ' 1 1 ' I I 1 1 I ' ' 7 7 Y . . . .. V . V . ' V 77 V V, V v - - . ' - V V' U 1 w V- . . . 2 . ' ' . N. V ' 2 s . ., s j V . .. . . V H4 . V V if V.. , I . , Q., . ' . v ' ' I Y . . , . v . Y . , , f' I .' ' Y . .' 4 I 4 ' . 'w v Y I ' , I ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 v. , v ' , , . , . . . I I Y 1 . 4 v , ' 1 Y fu 1 S v v ' ' v ' ka y 4 -I - KL , I 3 ' ' . .' st I Y . Y' l . . , . ' . V V 1 Vw, ' V . V 1 -1 . Y . .S 7 ' ' ' :L 7 I : Y V. V - . . . K . ,, y . , . N . . . v A K Y . 1 l V v , . .1 1 , ' V ,K , a . . - . , . v H I ' V. . 1 v Y V, . .,. , . V , . . . 1 V' i'

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THE HERMIAD l -Il. GLNTLE ART OF GARDENING In the spllng a young man s fancy tulns to thoughts of love lthlete tuln to baseball, and a g lrdenel s tulll to yes you 16 rlght I 1 g, lden Not thatl haye anythlng agalnst the gentle art ot gardenlng, but loyy anyone L ill yy olk 0 h l.ldf01 so llttle IS mole than I can see No mattel yy hether the garden ls a blg IIYQ by ten foot plot of ground Ol a llttle tvyo by no hlng plot, lt yy lll be glyen the sane golng oyel yyhleh I V lall proceed to descrlbe hvely sprlng the galdellel vylll turn the earth OVFI bl llglng the XX0lll1s to the top so that they eall be used for f:lShlIlg I sup yo e 'Ihtn he yylll m 1ke furl oyys and drop the seeds tenderly lnto the ground U11 no lhe yy Olk lsn t oyer noyy It has just begun For eyery day the plol llust be y ateled and yyeeded else the seeds may become stubboln and de nlde not to come up at all So ey ely mornlng yylll find the galdener crayvllng loulld plllllllg up yy eeds Unless he has a speual deylte for thlS he ll probably tut lllS h Illdw but does that detel hllll I I should say not Next mornlng he 1' be up and at lt agaln even 11 hls hands are all taped up yylth band alds Am' the yyatellng palt of It yyell hflye you notlced that around June the aato llltlc sprlnhlel goes on a strlke and can t be made to yy ork untll the folloyylnp Lune' So the galdener vylll CUIN vyatel to hls tloyyera ln a pall yyhlle hl llleamatlt and althlltlc ,olnts yell murder, but he ll keep rlght on untll evely llst one ol them ls vyatered the Ilovy ers I mean Noyy you may be beglnnlng to yyonder yyhat IS the purpo e of all tlll yyolk It IS yust to get one s next door nel hbol to say, Why Ml Jone yyhat belutltul dahllas you haye or ale they zlnn is no they lool mole llke You see, the ldlll has yyashed ayy ay the markers alld no one 1 qulte sule yy hat s yyhere and yyhere s yy hat Oh I almost forgot to mentlon tyyo more obst 1Cl9w or rather many mole obstlcle o the l1Cl6I18I' They are the thlldlen yyho can t read slgns and o lll the lxeep Oil' slgns 111 the garden vyon t top them f1Ol11 pleklng the Iloyyels Thell thele are the nature lovels yyho hay en t seen that partlcul 11 floyy 61 ln that paltlcular shade and just must haye It to dd to thelr collectloll Yes ln the sprlng a young nlan s fancy tlllllb to thoughtV of love 1 tlllete tums to baseball, and the gardener yy ould do yy ell to turn hls, not 0 hls garden but to somethlng H1016 profitable Mlldred Israelltt 1'lla Remlnlsclng LP? but lt yyas muddy ln that foxhole' Ey en though the yy.1rm ul yas beatlng doyyn on the surroundlng telrltory It yya stlll cold to t 1 J It d mp hole vylth nlud up to your walst What day OI June lb thlsl one of the b0ldlBls asked hls buddy 10 4 A . V V V' V V P V V V V . - , , dll V M V ' V. .T V V V V V ' L. b ' ' V . r: 1 , ' 1 S '.L ' . I 1 ' ' ' . ' . l . k V . I- .Z - 4 S 2 V ,lV LV . V V KV l V V V V V U ' V ' V' ' V V 1 ' V V V . h A . . S ' . y , , V ' . . V' J V. VA V V tV 1 AV . .V V. A Af , L .. V .-1 1 1 -' V V V. . V V V V ' ,V V ,V . V , , -' 5 fn' V V 'V V V V V , V ', V V V V . - 7 - . . V, VJ, . V V V V V V - . , V , A 1 V f V V V ' V V' V ' I V w 4 V q . '.' Y. . . v , 1 V Q 1' t . . .' ' S ' S - , - ' V V V V ' ' V -. V ' . 7 y 1 - , . . I . if . A , .. ' . A V 1' . . ' ' . V V 1 ' . V V 1 - - y 2 9 lk V 5 ' 'V V ,V AV LV ' Y . V ' V' i V. Q . L, ' 2 I I' ' A' ,Q be - V ' . V V V V' ' ' ' -V V . 7 ' V ' - V . 1 L , , . V V V V ' V V V ' S S V V 'V ' 1 ' u V V V V , - 0. . V V ' ' 'f -V 5 ' . . 1 - Ny ' ' 2 ' ' .' tl ' ' . , . ' ' .' li ' . . . , C V ' 'Y ' .V ' . V V. V V V. V V . .V . 'N ' KV V 'V V , , v V V ' , 2 T, , V V . . V - V. . V V . ' V V . Y V V' V . . V. 5, V gli . K . 5 2 H ' VY V' . V ' . . V v Q . ' . ' , V V V . V V v V ' V . - 1 I ' K ' ' . I 2 IV ' V ' V ' v . r V V V V V V V 1 V - y - , . . - , , VI -1 7 IV . V . V . ' VV 21 l . ' ' ' ' ' Q ij V y . . . A I. .... ,V 1 W PV 34 . - . 77 -Iv? ' V V ' V .V lt.a L, , Q , 'L A VMV. AV V V V i . fy H S S SZ, . .ll Z2 ' . an 1 . , . A - - -n V ' - i V V ' V: V V ,'