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

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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 ,'

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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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I RNI The11tt1e11th WI11 s N 1 ' N 1 u 111 111 tl ,N 11111111 1 1 .51 1 111 ILI 1 N o NI1111 1 11111 1111 u lllltl 1 1 o 111 I'78g'll1IIlll N II du 11o1I1 1 1111111 11111 ll 1 11 Xl 1ou h11 151 1111111 1ou 110111 111, ku XIJ6. 111 t did 1011 like beet 1bout 1 00 1,11 I1 ION 1 rtpt N 1 No III lt 1 th1111 s 1 1, 1111 0 JQIIICIIIIWLI I1o11 h1 ooked tI1 It night tho niuht I told I e h11I enlix ec 1 I9 S 1 xound IULII 1h1 N 501111 111111, I 1 oi I , 1111. 1111, I 1 r 1 111u1 1 1 e 111 1 Nl 1 u W0 used to ll 1 1 1 N Io w 5 I 1 11111 Oh, on, thue 0 e big Ltllls 11.51111 ,ue well Juwt h11e o sl 1111 think t1o111 11011 on 11t Q 11111 1ou IL 1111 Y 1 I1 N 1111I111 Joue Ixeuh A Brave Deecl Xl NI 111 f ro XII 1 Olllf 101111 f 101 11 ILUIIIII., an Old Lzipple he11u e ot hi 11ll11t1 ll NX 1 1 ht 1 back md he Iimped terl1bl1 'xfttl the old IICIIIIGID 1n had p1 1 I 111111 up to tht IJOX to 1old thcm 101 then 111119 ICI Btlt th1,1 111 1 'I' II 'I HYIC .I A D 'I 11 F - V ' .11 Oh, I 11':1.' juqt IIIIIIICIIIAJ: that niy 1,i1'l is g1'z11Iuz1ti11g todziy z111d I sure do wish I 11'z1.' there 111 we hor. Sh- III st look z1wt'ul 1 utty. t'1.'h, just link, lititsli, it 11':1f only Il 11-111' 11211 than I Lfl'll.fIlI2l.IK'1I I-I'0l1l hi'1'h. It J 1. .' l'kr il! 54. I gucfs thztk I H: so tiine 1124.114 s .' 'ls' '1 'I 1'-. Yo fo :1s IIIIIUIEII you had 21 lot of fun i11 s'h ol. I' Y' A ,ll 111 '.1'ish that I had 5ini.'l1Qd fchool, but thfrn :11y:1i11, I p1'oI1z1I1l1' XY0l1llIll't haw- likvd it as well 1':1u.41f I'111 :111'f I nib. N1I I' I I Iris ho w:1 tx t be, Butch. I Vlih A' 1 I Jlli, Il' ' IIh:'1li'eIit. 'llluj 1 so. Toll 111e, kid, 'lax ' A' If 1 .4 'h I. Oh f s , Ic':1n't :111f11'o1- that o1111h1'1':111s0 I likc-d z1l11 .'t 01'01'L'tI1i11gj 4,-xv 11 I'1111' xoui' It'21t'IIl'I'f Zllltl I guess niy n1i.'1'hic1'1111, .' 11I 1 I1 1 511111. Th - thin fs I l '-1I Img illltl I'OlllCIIIIN'l' lllUSt often are the dances I llr ,rl to QW to witl1 my girl. I took hor to her Aiunioi' IJVOIII Inst year and I'II z1l11'z11.4 '1 'S rl, 2 ' --- 11I 2 fit I.Sl1: wo '. 21 light hluo ggown und it ce1't:1inly did look nice with her blonde hz1i1' and Illlllf o1'1:s. .'l1- . s :rs thm .' -'Q .' rtl' f lick. USI1: is. A5 I' ' studios, Hutch, did11't find tI11-111 1IilI'i1'uIt ut ull '1111I. hel'1'- - 1Iid11t stud-' all the time by 21 long, shot. I had just as 'I1 IILII as ZIIIYOII' els ' th- Jfhool. Ask any of my te:11'he1'5 211111 thcy'll tfll yo . ', . 1 1 z1k11 th1'111 pretty nngry so1111rti111cs, 1h1- 11':1y we would 111-1 up I'll 111-1'111' t'111'g11t tho Illllkf Si1l:1111l I put ll li1'11t'1'og 'Il Miss 1 nc. .' Ivek Ir: '1 '. I don't believe I have 111'1:1- seen 21 tcz1cI11:1' get up out ot' il 1'hz1i1' N11 fast i11 lllj' life. U ' th 'Q' .'zz'.f' ss 2'I. t'I1I ' ' '. C11 ' I1-211' il '1-Il' 1 5:-'11gg. ' -11 , just sit: I 'nk. ' -r -111,17 -51 1,1 rg H1115 Valk' 1, I 1' the strc-ft Ollt' 11111 I saw f e h' 1, I g 'id' ' 1 ' '1 S ' '5z :'o s. He 'as' III'I1- 1 ' 'A I -' - 1 - zssfd. '3 A vj S. 1 I - gl- 1 if' Av ..:-,