Seven Hills High School - Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Mzlestone GEORGE WASHINGTON One day. February 22. 1732. a little boy was born. His name was George Washington, He was born in Virginia. Vwlhen George Washington was a little older, two of his friends came over to his house. George said, Let's catch the wild colt. After a while they caught it, Then George got on. That made the colt mad. so he jumped and struggled and jumped so high that he fell dead. The boys looked very sad. Just then Mother called, Come to breakfast! Then George said, Mother the colt is dead. What, the colt is dead? Well George, I am glad you told the truth. When he grew up he became the first President' MONTICA BROHARD, Third Grade 2 ll v g H If l If THE AQUARIUM We have an aquarium. In it we have three fish. Two fish are gold and one is black. I like our aquarium very much. Also we have some seaweed in it. We have some snails. We have some snail eggs. Celia Bennett put a worm in the aquarium, She found it outside. All of the fish chased for the worm. MARGARETA STRAUSS, Second Grade ABRAHAM LINCOLN Abraham Lincoln was born February l2, l809, in a log cabin in Kentucky. He was named after his grandfather. who was killed by an Indian. Abraham was very poor and so was his mother and father. When Abraham was seven, his mother became very ill and died. Abe and his sister and father were very sad. Abraham went to school only one year: yet he still tried very hard to learn to read and write. Abraham was the tallest and strongest and most honest boy in the neighborhood. One day Mr. Crawford told Abe a story. Abe said he loved the story and asked Mr. Crawford if he could borrow it for a week, and lVlr. Crawford said he could. That night after dinner Abraham read and it was very late when he went to bed. He took the book to bed with him and put it in a crack in the wall. In the morning when he took it out it was wet! So after he was dressed he returned it, and he shucked corn for three days and that's how he paid for it. Some time later, when he was fifty-two years old, he was elected the President of the United States' STEPHANY FRANK. Third Grade page 65

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Milestone WINTER BIRDS We learned about winter birds this year. We like them because they stay here and sing to us all winter. They are not afraid of cold and snow. We hung a bird feeder on the pear tree at school. We saw many titmice eat there. Sometimes we see them at our window. The walls of our sleeping room look very pretty because we decorated them with paintings of winter birds. There are cardinals, chickadees, bluejays, nuthatches, downy woodpeckers and juncos. COOPERATIVE COMPOSITION BY FIRST GRADE MY VEGETABLE GARDEN I used to have a vegetable garden. It grew and grew and grew. I had so many vegetables, I didn't know what to do, So I ate all my spinach and my parsley too, And I still had so many vegetables, I didn't know what to dog So I sold all my vegetables, and got a lot of money: I got a lot of money and bought myself some honey. KATHERINE WILLIAMS, I:Ourtl'l Grade THE TOAD I met a road, down the road. Dressed in the very latest mode. W'ith spots of green and yellow bright, He goes hopping our of sight. CHARLENE DISERENS, Fourth Grade ROSY CHEEKS We had an extra play period, Florence watched us play. I fell off the teeter-totterl Sandy gave me a bump. We played 'AWho is afraid of the big bad wolf? And we also played stoop tag. We came in with very rosy cheeks. PEGGY FORKER, Third Grade page 64

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Milestone Intermediate Prose - First Prize THE OLD ERINGED QUILT Through all the years of my life, one particular thing has always seemed to linger in my mind. This particular thing happened in my childhood. When I was about eight years old, I used to watch my dear old grandmother do her beautiful sewing or other handiwork. But the thing that attracted me most was a beautiful wine-colored fringed quilt that Granny would work on hour after hour. It was a large quilt, so it took a very long time to make. Every day she would get a little further, and every day the quilt would become more beautiful. It seemed that her whole ambition in her last years of life was to finish this quilt. I can still remember the last day when Granny had only nine more inches to go. And I can remember even more clearly when I went to bed that night knowing that in the morning the quilt would be Hnished. The next morning it was actually finished. But then, another thing troubled me. Whom or what was the quilt for? I had never asked. I had never tried to guess, Later that morning I went over to my grand- mother, who, I could see through her old, wrinkled face, was very happy, and asked her for what purpose she had made this quilt. She told me, to my surprise, that she had made it for her own pleasure, but since I liked it so well, she would give it to me, I was, of course, surprised and very happy: and, from that day on, the Qld Eringed Quilt has been my most prized possession. Every night when I go to bed and pull the thick, woolly, quilt over my shoulders, I think of my dear old grandmother, making what I called the i'Q1d Fringed Quilt . ALINE ANDRAUDY ,51 Intermediate Prose - Second Prize I AM AN AMERICAN I am glad I live in America, because here we have a Democratic Government, and freedom. We have no war in this country. even though we have just won one of the hardest battles of History. Here in America we are not starving. We have homes, many untouched by war, We have clothing, loving parents, and many other lovely things. and best of all we are, or at least should be, happy, Happiness and love are the greatest of all things. In America we have the living things, the trees, the birds, the animals, and the water and sky, to be thankful for. OhT that doesn't count, you say, Everybody has those things! Yes, everybody has them, but not everyone can appreciate them. In Europe and Japan, the people can only think about the ruins that were once their homes, their hunger and thirst, the freedom that they do not have, and their bad luck, Very few people realize all they have. Be thankful that you can live in America and enjoy these comforts and learn to appreciate them. Be thankful that you are an American. SHERRY HEssLER, '52 page 66