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

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THE HERMIAD The Siren Blows LI was comparatrxely quret th rt pleasant Monday rfternoon rn earlv March On the vrllage Square a few people were shopprng If one looked up Maur Street he could see many of the vrllagers wrsrtrngf w rth one rnother Folks eager to et out ot doors were rakrng and some were remoxrnga the drmp de rd lerxes from therr gardens Sprlng was rn the nr everyone Ielt rt Suddenly the peaceful xrllage quret was shattered by the loud horrrfyrn sound of the fire srrer We all knew what rt meant Frre' Almost rmmedratelv tne Square was rn a frenzy or excrtement The volunteer firemen rusfred from ererx corner of the xrllrge Parnters scurrred down therr Iadde storekeepers hurrred out ot therr store people who were rrkrng topped chool chrldren ran about wrldlx and shouted w 1th glee at the thought of 'he excrtement whrch would follow Small boys who were too young to go to school crow ded around the Ere tatron Inqursrtrxe women threw open therr wrndows and peered out anxrou to know what the bedlam was about lxerxone w rs trlkrng, rt once Flremen rushed to the lrttle st rtron Questrons were llter rllx thrown rnto the people rnqulred of no one rn prrtlculir but of everyone ln general Where s the frre N0 one seemed to know Some thou l't rt was a chlmney fire others prctured a burnrnr ucdenly I stood trozcn I c rught the word I V down rt In r p ru und rt s a big., one' 'Nlx exe hllcd w 1th te rrs My home' Fremblrngfl re xcherl mx brke and pedalled homew xrd I was petrrned I got there rn rnrnutes bu rt eerned hours Then I saw rt The wood behrnd my house were on fire Tho e w oods h rd rlw ry me mt r lot to me I used to pend hours ther rerdrng or rust slttlflg, rnd thrnkrn I remembered the purple vlolets the now whrte Indian plpe the prnk dogwood tree and the speclal not whu the prrng was tlowrng and where the stone bench stood wrth the green fe n curlrng about rt Even though the e thoughts frlled my head I was relreved ta see th rt our hou e was strll standrng The roarmg blaze Jumped from tree to tree and the dread March wmri was shrftrng toward the hou e hxeryone seemed helple s All the nerghbor were protectrng therr own homes just as our famrly was protectlng ours After hours of flghtrng the fire was finally under control Everyone w 'rs exhausted and no wonder for acres and acres had burned The trred crowd departed the worn out firemen drove back to the station the famrlw droppef' wearrly rnto therr beds All was quret rn the peaceful vrllage at last. Elrsabeth Byles 1 046 . A V1 V 1 1 I1 I v V . Z 1 AV: 1 Z ' V . . . ' . ,V,- M 2 . V V . ' Y . . 2 .. i , ,. . L, - V Y . . ' ' f z , .z 2 ' Q ' ' ' ' ' 2 ' ': ' ' ' . 7 1 1 V' 1 ' V 1 1 ' A Q ' 1 V -V ' 1 v ' 4 ' 1. ' 'A I - V -.V . u u V' 2 I 1 ' hw K V V. I V ' rg, 5 ' Q ' ' Q s, ' ' ' 1 ' s , S u ' 1 V1 1 V. - 1 AV V. 1 A 1 4 1' V ' . V - V V V . I V , S ' v ' V' ' V V 1 ' .3 . ... .2 L. 2 ' ,. 2 . I ' . . A. ' .. Z ' I ' 5 ' ' '. 'z N' ' ' :Air as ' A ' ' 2 .'. 2 . . .V - ,. .L H . rx. A .lov A. V V' L' gl ' V! V V . ' V - Y .S ' . I - ' lr house, while still others imagined a forest or a grass flre. S l W' 5 ' - . 'z f l ' ' s, tl- ' z 'jlfs' lz 'f 1 :- 'f . .l'jsl.1 N' ' '2- .V ' 1 1 V2 V l V ' . 1 ' ' AV, t - -1. V1 - 4 I V S ' V V u I 7 4 -1 V s , ' .' 2 z 'z z 2 . . . s . . e 'rr I - ' 5 ' 1' z ' ' Q. ' ' ' ' s, ' '- ' ' ' ' s, ' ' ' s ' J s -'13 A S .' VV . V' 1 V V V. :. V' Y. .4 x I 1 ' ' 1 V1 V . 'f A. 2 V1 K. - ' V ' Y. 4 T I ' v Il 1 1 V 1 I , 1 1 1 1 . V , , . , . , K. . , . A. M