Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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Blind Ben Ben Smith was blinded in W.W.I. He was severely wounded in his left eye. Iflefthim in half-darkness for 16 days. The doctors decided that they would have to operate. So, against his will, Ben was led into the operating room. He was almost asleep because of drugs. When he flet a searing pain tearing through his body, he winced and screamed, but with no effect. He felt the pain growing and growing, till he finally let out a final scream, and fell into total darkeness. Ben Smith was now totally blind. And to this day Ben has lived in this world of darkness . 64 long years ! Ben Smi th , a victim of surgery that failed. Simon Draycott Tornado Smashing, destroying, wreaking havoc through-out Bermuda I journeyed, I, a tornado. My appearance was beige because of all of the dust which was orbiting me like plants to the sun. As I neared roofs they shuddered and either collapsed or the shingles rose into the air and joined in with the circling process. I did not have a permanent form as I was only a spiralling mass of air which only destroys or terrorises villages, towns, or islands. I could never rest, only stopping to destroy any barrier made to destroy me. A hurricane is merely an insignificant body of air compared to my strength and destructive power, I was made to demolish. Sean Dunleavy J6A loomed over Pete was Hke a huge vulture. It creaked and groaned but pete slept on. In another 10 minutes if fell... Peter Ter ris didn ' t even last one day. Mother Nature had once again stopped a man trying to overcome her... Geoffrey Parker J6A ' Caught in the Act ' by Ben Dyer The Antarctic Death A rumbling sound filled the ears of the listener as another large iceberg broke off. Pete Terris, an American explorer, focused his movie camera and proceeded to film this natural effort of Mother Nature to sink ships. Example: Titanic. Pete climbed up the rocky crevasse with a lot of effort. Finding a clear space he proceeded to set up camp. Pete was trying to be the first person to spend two whole months in the Antartic (and live!). In a few hours Pete was eating a supper of beans and rice. He looked above him. A huge piece of ice loomed over him. If that piece fell... he though to himself. But he put it into a corner of his mind. In one way he was glad it was there, it helped keep out the wind. It was still light when he went to bed. I ' ll hardly ever get any sleep like this. But he was wrong. In a matter of minutes Pete was fast asleep, tired out from the day ' s events. Mother Nature sent a storm that night. The piece of ice that ' Keep Bermuda beautiful ' by Ben Dyer ' Keys ' by Andre Zanol Saltus Junior School There is a place in Pembroke, called Saltus Junior School It teaches Maths and English And not to play the fool. Gardening does Miss Armstrong teach And grows the plants within our reach. Math we learn from Mr. Beasley, Maths we learn from Mr. Beasley, And also English rather easily. We also learn some sports, And do some running in our shorts. One final thing that you should know And 1 will tell before I go. Miss Eileen Wilkie is the head. And now it ' s time to go to bed. By: Scott Pearman May 7th, 1982 30

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ART AND CRAFTS Tearaway hy Martin DeSilva The Monsters Guy Hamshere J3L age 9 One day my two copilots and 1 were flying over the Amazon jungle when our plane caught on fire!! We jumped and our parachutes automatically opened and we landed safely in some long grass. We leaned against a small tree, when to our surprise the tree spoke to us! ! It told us to turn the knob above us and to go to the land of the monsters and get the green emerald from the king. We turned the knob and went in. There was a passageway leading down. It was damp and strange and yellow, green, red and blue lights shaped like monsters were on the walls. We went deeper and deeper, until we came to the land of the monsters!! Luckily we had swords, for we met our first monster. It was not a very friendly monster. William and James and I drew our swords and then I said, Attack! The monster fought like five hundred mad men put together. It had two heads, three powerful hands and two legs. One of his heads came off, then he ran away. 1 ga e a sigh of relief! We didn ' t get cut that much but we did get a lot of bruises. The next one we saw was about I mile away but this time we hid in some tall grass until it went by. We walked man ' many miles — we came to the palace! It was beautiful! Red, green, yellow, and blue jewels were studded in the gold wall!! We found a rope, and threw it over the wall. Then wc climbed over the wall. 1 quietly snuck up behind the guard and cut his head off!! Then we got into the palace. The monster king was in a huge room. We snatched ihc black emerald and ran out the door. As we ran we lashed our swords about. We jumped over the wall and ran to the stairs w ith monsters close behind us. We ran up the stairs and they tbllowed us. They were so close behind us that when I stopped and kicked the first one, he tumbled down and so did the others! We ga c the tree the emerald. He gave us three wishes as a reward, but that ' s another story. Murder On T he Orient F ' xpress Koy Brooke J7S The train slowly cased into the station and came to a halt. A crowd of well-dressed rich people boarded. Un-noticed, a man with one hand had gone into an unused part of the train and sat down. He was five feet ten, possibly six feet. He was registered as John Smith, a name too fake to be real. As the train pulled out of the station his mind went to work. An evil glint came over his eyes. Revenge! He put his hand on his hair and pulled. A rubber face slid off and a scarred and mutilated one lay beneath. He wanted revenge on thai man, who, twenty years ago shoved him on a track in front of a train. Which explains his hand and face. He slipped the mask on again, becoming .lohn Smith once more. Night fell, but Smith didn ' t eat. instead he went into the .Man ' s section, hid in a wardrobe and waited. The Man came in and went to sleep, satisfied after a good meal. Smith crept out, his eyes bloodshot, his face twisted into an insane, e il grin. Again and again the knife plunged to the hill, the victims coat red and wet. Smith ran out, dropping the knife as he did so. He threw his bloody clothes out the window , changed and relaxed. A high-pitched scream of terror resounded. Smith smiled. It had been discovered. A man rushed from room to room. The smile faded. A cop!! he thought. Detective Harry Owers had been on the train and found the weapon. Everyone was being questioned in the lounge. Except one. Owers went in search of — guess who?? He looked in Smith ' s compartment. No one. As he left, something caught his eye. A single drop of blood, glistening ' ike a ruby. Also, he found a little bit of bloody sock snagged on the window sill. Owers pieced it all together. All he needed was Smith. Everywhere was searched. Except the roof. A lone Smith sat up in the fading light, deep in thought. But already Owers was climbing up. Smith saw him as he came up and stood up to face his opponent . Suddenly, Owers ducked and hid his eyes. Smith whirled round and saw the gaping mouth of a tunnel rushing to meet him. His writhing body sped into the rocky canyon a thousand feet below . Owers slowly climbed back down the ladder. ' Foofha lcr ' by Rolwri Hall 29

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From the Pottery Club How The Unicorn Got His Horn The sleek white horse galloped on the flat barren plain. His gleaming white mane shined in the moonlight. His slender neck burned as his head raised and he saw drifting in the howling winds, a large gleaming silver disc. As if guided by some mysterious hand the silver disc floated down, down, down to the ground and rested near lo the horse. The horse, awstruck with amazement, trotted towards the disc. There was a flash of light and then there was silence, for standing near the horse stood a small green man cloaked in velvet garments. The alien used his telepathic powers to speak to the horse. He announced that the horse would help him in his conquest for Mt. Verius which contained fuel for his IFO . They started on their long trek to the Mountain of Fire which was the name for all volcanoes in the mythical times. When they arrived there, the alien climbed to the top of the volcano. He took out a three-dimensional square and threw it into the volcano. The square sucked up the lava and compressed it into itself. The square jumped back into its master ' s hands when its job was done, the alien turned and started back down the hill. Just as he was about halfway down the slope the volcano erupted! Stunned by the explosion the alien lay on the ground unable to move. The white horse, reacting quickly, raced for the alien and scoojied him up before the lava could reach him. When they had f inished ref uelling the disc the alien gave the horse a piece of solid lava twisted to a point to make a horn. The alien placed the horn just above the horse ' s head and it shone with a gleaming yellow. The white horse was no longer a horse, he was a unicorn. ♦identified F lying Object. „ Ben Dyer J6A A Tall Stor Help! shouted Guy. His pole was stuck at the bottom of the dark blue river. loe said I ' ll help you. He came over to the other side of the wooden raft, and pulled out the pole and they both started pushing the raft along. Meanwhile further down the river, sharp rocks and white water awaited them. Joe shouted Look out!, white water and rocks!, Lie down flat! Boom, bang, crash! The raft is breaking up, screamed Guy, Joe was knocked off into the water but held on to Guy ' s half of the raft. Guy screamed My mert badge fell in the river but at least we ' ve past the white water and the rocks. They landed in a bay near their home. Their mother said, Hurry up you ' re late for school! They could not f ind any clothes so they went to school in the wet torn clothes that they wore. They got a detention slip for the wrong uniform and lost 3 recs for being late, all because of the dangerous river. Jonathan Young J4L The Hunter It was duck and I was waking up. 1 am a barn owl. I blinked my eyes, spread my wings and flew. I was waiting for my prey, my supper! I spotted a rat so I swooped. Silently 1 plunged down but he saw me! I heard a coyote howl as I flew around looking for something. Something tasty to eat! I spied a badger. Slowly, slowly I plunged down and grasped the badger in my talons and tore him to pieces. 1 ate him. I flew away wailing for dessert. I saw a rabbit I could catch. 1 swooped down grabbed him and ate him. I saw the sun come up. so I flew back into the barn and fell asleep. Joel Froomkin J4L age 8 Collage by Raul Miranda The Night The Light.s Went Out. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5. 4, 3, 2, I, liftoff. Ail systems go. The Space Shuttle Nevada soared into the sky, like a great white bird. The year is 1991, there ha e been two Space Shuttles made since the Columba. At Houston, General Tarkin was very worried. The Space Shuttle Enterprise, which was armed with Nuclear Warheads, had zoomed into space to intercept the Ne ada. The Nevada was headed straight for Palm Springs Missile Base. The space experts had failed to contact the Ne ada. but they did get a visual in the cockpit, but the pilots were dead. The Nevada completely devastated the Palm Springs Power Station and all the lights went dead. Fights broke out everywhere in the base. E erybod wanted to kill his best friend. Only one man was not affected. His name was Corporal John Stubbs. He was said to be psychic. He radioed General Tarkin and told him this was an emergency code red, sector blue. In a few minutes they got there. When they arri ed they found the arms stores being looted, and the food supplies being stolen. General Tarkin and his men had torches attached to their helmets, and they were armed with tranquilizer guns. SuddenU a snarling man jumped on General Tarken. but he threw [he madman o er his shoulder. Ge neral Tarkins squad were armed w ith tranquilizer guns. Soon they would be fighting for their li os. SuddenU a cohort of missies were comine out of the around, ten