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

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THE HERMIAD onlx xoung ters and dldnt see xxhx they shouldn t laupfh at a crlpple xxho hal 1hu111p on h1s back and vxho xx alked peLul1a1lx I knexx that scoldlng xx ould lo no good So I told them a st0lx Manx xea1s ago xxhen xour fathers xxele but xoung boys there x 1 1111on then1 an outstardmg figure Thls leader xxas fm box of great talent, k1ll1ul 111 sports and the 1110 t popul 1r box ln hls school He l1ved about a Illlle 1nd a hall f1o111 school :nd xxalked to and 110111 sthool e1ch day One aitelnoon as he xxas xxalklng home from chool he saw smoke pou1111g f1on1 one of the ne1ghbo1 s houses No one xa 1n the house so ne Jl'1ll11Ol16d the fire department Bx the t1n1e the hle deputment a111xed at the cane the hou e xx 1s a 111.1 5 of fl'1l'll9'v In the 111eant1111e the people xx no 11x ui 1n the nouse h1d1eturned When the xxo111 IU of the house nw the 1119 l1e began xxeeplng and shlleklng hxster1callx Her txxo b1b1es had been le1t 111 1 l1Gdl oom and vxe1e noxx tlapped by the flames The nnnute the box hea1d th1s he rushed mto the house and 1n a fexx 111o111e11t 1eturned, c111x1ng a babx He la1d lt 011 the mound and rusher the othel baby Just a he xx as lGdXlI1g the house 1 Ilannng, be 1111 fell aero lns back pmnmg 111111 to the glound The baby xxas saxed but as a 1esult of h1s blaxe deed the box xxas ho111blx scalred and cuppled 101 l1fe lt xx as a bl axe deed xx xsn t lt boys? The pe1son pe1 fornnng a deed hke tn It hould command xoul respect for the rest of xou1 llxes 'Ihe boy I h1xe just told xou about IS noxx the old crlpple xxhom xou haxe just been 11d1cul mg T01 h1s scars xxhlch vxere obtalned by belng bldX -Xlbe1 t RObld0uX 1941 Blizzard T xx as some tune atte1 n1ne 0 clock 1n the D101 mng that the noxx stalted to lall It covered the glOuI1d 1n sllence pule and xxh1te We had begun ou1 stud1es and ex elxone was hard at xxork Th xx eather dld not look too bad and we xxere qulte amazed vshen at elexen o clock a I10tlC6 can e around for those xxho depend for transportatlon on chool t3X1S to take the next bus home Why vse xxhlspered to one anothe1 Then someone Sala Because the grammar school 1s ffettlng out at noon Thex co111e xfxlth gram 1n11 thools puplls Unless they leaxe now they can t get h0lll6 Well perhaps lt was xxolse than vxe thought No school sesslons don t happen often About recess tlme xxe dlscovered, mucn to our surprlse, that the d19mlbS8d puplls st1ll vsere IH the bu1ld1ng, had not as yet found a bu l2 Y V 1 W V v v ,S K. . ' 9 . , . Y . . . ' . A . I - - . ' a 1 ' , . .. , ', ,. , . . ' . C - 1 ff - v' U 1 v 1 1 4-. - v v v 1 . vu f . . 1 . ' . 7 lc 3 z Q 1 ' - . ' 1 . ' ' 1 AK I fl 4 -. v . v4 ' . 4 , K Q , . . -' 1 ' -V . - 1 - ff ' - . 1 1 . 5 1 1 1 1, , ' . j ' ' z ' ' ' 1 s 1 s 'z' ' ' ss . ' , W ' ' z ' . ' z Q :z 5 I V . -V ' . . K. .' ' -. . ' . J- , 2 ' . . I A, . 1 v 1 . . . w A A. . . 1 s z - 1 . 1 back into the flaming structure. In a short while he was seen returning with . . v. L. . S I ., . . .' L. 2 , ' ,. z ' . 1 SS L. ,., A . . , tl, - -, , i. .. ..l J-.. .' - 1 ' . ff v. 1. . - ,. . v ' . .. . ' ' . , . , . . . , 'Z S . Ny . . lk' K- A. . ' . L.. ' . JZ - 1 ' .4 . , ' V . ' v v . . ' . .' ' 1 , ' ' . t. - -. . ' v 1 ' - - .. vm 77 , P ' 1 V' I A . ,. 1. PK wk v a ' A . - ' Y ' I ' 1 S v K r 4 '. . . . ' C' . . . . ' ' . ,. . L. ' . v - v V L: . . D 3 . . ' . . Y v ' 1 1 9 . ' . , Y Y ' v f ' S . ' L F AA , n V , ' , - . . . . d, 'K 1 1 1 wr - 1 I 4 I 1 v Y' r - . ,., Y . t . - I 1 u - ' 1. v 1 v v in 7 . ,, L h . . , . . A D . Y . , X .L

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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 ..:-,

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THE HERNIIAD Rlght aftel recess the Stelllnff puplls depxlted The I8 t of Um tell x I tleated xxe had to st lx -Xt quutel of txxo I tuted out Ihe snoxx xx IS QUIIC deep but nothlm, to xxollx noout I xx 15 glelt lun plouzhlng, thlouqh It I xxent home put up a lunch md sttlted I01 xxolk A llttle h 11d gulllg but t1ll a lot of ftn Neal slx o clock the people xx ho Ilxe on the outskllts of the xlllage beg 111 exxe tol home b ssles' o e dl ot suc a 1tt e NIOIIII t h houl IIICI much to lnx sulpl 1.sc lnx Iathcl xppcllcd 1nd IIIIOIIIICCI me thlt xxc xxcle Ie IYIIIE, IYIIIIILCII ttelx I dltlllf, xx tnt to le Ixc n1x Job but he lnslstci We et out and I found thllIgS much xx0IsL thal1 thcx had been xxhen I had gone IIT olne thlee houls betole Ihe enoxx xx IS noxx looxe Illx knees llld the gO1l1g xxag leallx hald Mx tathel xx ent ahead to ble 1k a path IO1 lne 0 tnat I XN0l,AIdll t get too xxet out IIIL noxx xx lb 1 llllllg' 0 th It I could h xldlx ee I'1lIII th1ou,,,n thc h ue Ind I IIOUIIIILIQKI llound, lloxx 111 hls tl 11k 111 xx Il tne UIIIJIUAQII snoxx Once I lost lnx I0OtlIlg and xxent doxxn I III ide 110 held xx ax gettlng up md 19l118lllb819d xxh 1tI h ld IL 1d Is 1 kld zbout people iilllngw ln the noxx Ind bclng bullcd tnele, lmtel to be lescaetl hx 1 Ing do,, heal nl, 1 llaelc on 1115 collar That s o o lc nx out 5, x Igllll 1 lcl 1 x x It 1 xx 11t ll 1 1u1.,1 1 xxlt 111 lllt x+ LOIIUIIUEKI, Olllx to bc Illlt sudrlcnlx hx NOIIIi.IIlIllg' th lt xx ls ln oul dlltct pn ll LLIIOIIIOIJIIQ th 1t had become tuck, h 1d been lb tndoncd bx 1ts dllx QI llltl xx 1 11110 comp etelx coxeled xxlth 11oxx -X blt t lthel on xxas 1 bu t 1 e Jel ltc s s hcls 111 1 e hotel xxh ll xx IS conxen cntlx the c to ILLLIXL TCIII 4x tt n11n thelc tll lg OI t ut 01 nc n s th co xx nlcn xxele not manx We Lame to the end of the wt tte I0 1d and taltcd up the sldc loid on xxhlch oul house 1 sltutted bulelx oul tloubles xxele oxel noxx but xxele thex IJQIOIQ Lln xxa,s thc duk bulk of sOIIICII'Illlg 1nd xxe could he ll XOILC -X xxe stlug. led up to thc ob tltntlon xxc Iound lblt xxleckcl Ilxlllg to lno a small cu that h1d lul1 oll the lotd and tuck 111 the dltch lhe n en n lnox ed the cal up the load and lIlt0 txxo doolx 11d but It xx in xelx dllflcult 101 them to make anx headxxlx ln the dllectlon 111 xxhlch thex hould bc headlng e flnallx ITl1d00I.1I xx It IIOUIICI thl I1 t IIIICI s xx III mx oxxn xx IIIU housc md III dlx clothe It d1d11t tlke lne long to f 1x1 IIIIO bed 1nd llmost db soon Is mx he 1d touched the pllloxx I xxa.s asleep The next nlolnlng I xxoke to a brlght, sunnx xxoxld, a xxorld that xx Is sheathed ln a great almor ot snoxx -Xll that day xxe had no school and xou can lmaglne the fun I had 1 A A I3 ' - -- ' fb 1- , 'S 1' ,Vt2l ll 1 . I - -'- A, Z 1. . 1' ' ' 52' Q 2.' ' 1, '.' .1111-1 ' k'f ' '. ' 2. 1 2 L. 2 . ' . - . 1' A ' 2 1 1' Y 5 ' . I I . . .' ' . 1 1 ' 1 kj ' K1 1 L to I 2 ' ' ' . '1.1.' 'I' b 21f1 'd ' .' 'h ' I' I p ' . B11 21 nil' 1 2 1, , K, A. 1 .A, .1 4 x - 2 xl wx 2 . ' 1 2 . A . , . 2 , ,T ' A '2 'X' ' 1 ,2 ,Z 1 , - ' , ' 'fn' 11 I I S . ' L- . . .t. X . , 1 . 1 I 1 vu 1 I 4 .1 1 1 ' vw I1 - - 4 4 'v 2 1 1 . 1 ' ' 1 ' , ' 1 ' '2 ' 2 ' ,Q 2 ' z ' 5 s ' ' '1' 1 22 2 1' 2 ' ' '2 ' s, J 1 V , , , .I . ' W' ' 2 ' ' ' 2 2 '12 2 5 2 2 , 2 1 ' 5 'z 1 '1 ' 2 ' '2 -1' 1' 2 1 . ' 1 ' . . 1 1 . ' xx'21.' Il t t I 1 1 Q' I'21te, I-01' I found that I 1' II ret up and x':zlk 2 2' . Ol'1'z tl 1' II'2lx'I. .1x' f2' he' '2' ed 1 ltil I '2 'lt lp h h'l 2 I x': ' ' 1 1 .' 1 ' 1 ' 2 ' al' What on e21l'th could it be? Alter 21 little xx'hile xx'e dist-ox'e1'ed th2lt it xx'21s 2111 2 2 ' - 5 ' 2 2 . 1 ' ' x ' '2 '2 s 1 I ' st ' 1 H' ' ' ' s '. . ' '21 ' ' Q 2 fha hurl 21450 c used to OI '2 1. lt: p2l:se11f1': had been made to pile out 21.141 gg , t 1 th ' 1 rl '2 .' ' '1 .1 -' 111 -1 - 1' '1 tl 1 . 'I'h uoulcl 11h1-1' 1'6I 2' '1 2 lifht ' ae o f ' hol 1 hx' xx'h21t IQQIII1' ex' ' uid find, ' 5 2 ' 2 ' s ' ' 1 1 ' 2 - '. 1 B. 'S 2 . 1 ., . . . K, . . . . ,1 v I 4 1 - 1, 1 A 1 1 I ' - A ' . - , , , . 1 I , , - 4 . 1 1 ' . AS ,,l., TQ. , 5 . .' v,' 1 ',. ,. . 1. ,WH ' J ' 2 ' ' 2 ' ' 2 ' S ' ' ' ' . 1 f, 21d ' .1 . 1 1 4 A 1 -.12 1 S, ' 12 . v 1 1 I . 1 . 1 . 1 , .Q , ' ' 1 . ' ' 1 ' . , S A VV ' I' 2 ' '2 D' 2 ' 'sz 2s be 1' ZIIIII at l21.'t I 'ILS suff- ' - - 1. 1 - . ' . . . ' 7 ' 1 . 1 2 V - 1s. 2 I 'g 4 1 1 A- . 1 5. 2,1 . xl 1 . , 1. . , A. . 1 ' 1 , ' i. 7 1 1 , 1 , ,Z K.