Siskiyou Union High School - White and Gold Yearbook (Weed, CA)

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ASTA Honorable MenTion Ihumbung Through The adverTss1ng secT:on oT The newspaper Tor which I was a reporTer my eyes came To resT on a small ad whnch read Suburban home Tor renT Very reasonable Terms 54 Cherry Lane Ihus seemed IusT whaT I wanTed Lulce mosT reporTers I had InTerary aspnrahons and TeIT ThaT grven The necessary guueT and soInTude I would be able To wruTe my masTer piece This suburban house mnghT provude The proper seTT1ng Tor my labors ImmedlaTeIy I goT ouT my car and drove To The address gnven IU The ad IT Turned ouT To be In a grove oTp1nes X-XTTer I rang The bell :T was some Time beTore The door was opened by an elderly man wrTh a sTrangeIy Turhve alr I had a creepy Teellng ThaT I had been under close observahon beTore The door was opened PxTTerTeII1ng hum my errand he became very agree able I-Ie sTarTed his sales Tallr by explaining ThaT has wlTe had dled recenTIy gy b -Q :If 2 27 I I I rp I fl 'sly Ill :Nj f II I I I I I II I I I , III I I I I' Iflfy f fs I I I , I I , ' 'mn 1 X .1'I'I' . gn W 'll 1 , H3111 1 '.'- 3 in

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YOUTH IN AMERICA Second Pr:ze Essay I am an Amencan' ThaT phrase :s one wh:ch has counTless :nTerpreTa Irons and To each and every one of us has some small buT :mporTanT mean :ng ThaT d:TIers Trom any oTher person s To aTTempT To gaTher and comp:le all oT These would be a never end:ng :ob Tor one man buT any man may com pare w:Th h:s Tnends or even publush h:s concepT:ons so all may read Th:s :s a democracy' Amenca :s a democracy' Democracy :s Amer:can:sm' S:mpIe Tam:I:ar' These words are used ThroughouT The land Everyone knows Them mosT everyone uses Them In TacT They have come To be cons:dered noT sT:rr:ng noT paTr:oT:c buT almosT commonplace I say IeT any man look buT Tor an :nsTanT aT pr:v:Ieges Democracy represenTs and he w:ll T:nd ThaT Those Th:ngs we should hold dear To us buT have begun To Take Tor granTed would be buT The w:ldesT dreams oT people :n many oTher lands' Thus land w:Th :Ts many her:Tages would seem I:ke The proverb:al paradlse To Those people To p:ck The greaTesT Trom These greaT pr:v:leges :s a :ob ThaT would reguure ThoughT and w:sdom Tor one musT cons:der The :ssue Trom all angles I average Amer:can youTh bel:eve :T perT:nenT ThaT YouTh :n Amerrca be my cho:ce YouTh has much To Thank Amer:ca Tor and we can repay our debT by beTTer:ng Ameruca From The T:me oT b:rTh Amenca has g:ven The youTh a hand IT has Ted us proper Tood as bables because oT h:gher I:v:ng cond: T:ons and The absence oT Tood shorTages and The resulT:ng raT:on:ng IT has amused us as ch:Idren oT pre school age because :T has placed p:cTure books :n Tree I:brar:es When youTh reaches school age Amenca g:ves us T:rsT a general educaT:on Then as hugh school and college age :s reached Amer:ca spreads beTore :Ts youTh :nnumerable vocaT:ons and occupaT:ons and says Take your prck and Tra:n Tor ThaT you have chosen Thus bes:des Tra:n :ng and makung useTul c:T:zens ouT oT :Ts youTh Amer:ca has also Tr:ed To make her TuTure c:T:zens happy and peaceTuI by oTTer:ng each :rd:v:duaI The r:ghT To choose and Tollow h:s own paTh ThaT :n wh:ch each :s mosT lukely To succeed Amer:ca g:ves youTh a chance We w:ll rec:procaTe and g:ve Amenca our wholehearTed supporT Today and Tomorrow All we ask :s a chance To do our parT We wanT To help We The youTh :n Amer:ca reaI:z:ng our respons:b:l:T:es pledge ourselves To The preservaT:on and proTecT:on oT Th:s greaT democracy The Un:Ted STaTes oT Amer:ca PHIL I-IURLEY Yreka I-I:gh School 26

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and he was anxlous To geT away The renT which he quoTed me was rnducu Iously low so low Indeed ThaT I could scarcely Tall To accepT The oTTer pro vided The place was Iuvable In spITe oT has very plausuble sTory I TeIT he was a bIT Too anxuous buT I had always been a sucker Tor a bargaun and aTTer gorng over The house I couldn T pass IT up I had never reallzed how lonely one could become Iuvung In such a remoTe secTnon There was a secreTIve aTmosphere abouT The house and aT Tnmes I Tound myself becomung Tense waITIng wITh ears sTramed Tor someThIng ThaT never came ATTer a Tew days I decuded I musT have some dnversuon I would buy a dog one ThaT would be a good waTchdog and a cheery companion I ended up by buying a young Airedale AsTa Each day I would coop The dog up In The backyard and Then go To work AT nIghT when I reTurned The dog was always resTIess In The house so IT became our nIghTIy habIT To go on long walks IT was one nIghT aTTer our reTurn Trom a walk ThaT This mysTernous IncIdenT occurred I had lusT opened The door and AsTa like mosT dogs pushed In ahead oT me I heard hum guve a low growl and TeIT hum crouch back agamsT my legs I reached Tor The IIghT swITch and snapped on The IlghTs AsTa s ruTT was raised and he was snarling showlng has Tangs I was sure ThaT There musT Tor some sorT oT weapon and pucked on The Tire Tongs as beung The mosT deadly For several mInuTes I paused undeclded buT gaTherIng courage sTarTed on a Tour oT The TIrsT Tloor rooms TIrsT snappung on AsTa s leash so he would be sure To sTay wITh me The shades In The house were up and The gloomy pane Trees ouTslde casT ominous shadows over The darkened dnmng room I Tumbled TranTI cally aT The IIghT swITch expecTIng every second To have one oT The shadows maTerIaIIze as a man LIghT Tlooded The room and I Tound noThIng amass Room by room AsTa and I advanced my dread Increasung wlTh each sTep unTII aT IasT The cIrculT was compIeTe and I was assured There was no InTruder downsTaIrs I was ThankTuI ThaT There was no cellar To Thus place buT There was sTIlI The second Tloor To be searched WuTh my hear'T poundrng In my ears I crepT up The dark sTaIrs I could Imagnne The Tlgure oT a man Iurknng around each corner waIT1ng To sprung ouT Trom behind each door AsTa was sTayIng wITh me buT he seemed To be growung more enraged as we advanced and I expecTed momenTarIIy To come upon The InTruder There were Three rooms openung oTT The Iandung Two bedrooms and The oaTh One bedroom was unused IT havnng belonged To The deceased wuTe oT my landlord or such was my beIIeT Tor IT was obvnously a woman s room 28 be a burglar in The house. IT was a mosT unpIeasanT ThoughT. I looked abouT