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

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STREET LAMPS FIRST PLACE POEM Deep, Dark, Portentious night, in whose midst, Stand those steel helmeted guards. A vigil to those who tryst, At late hours. What secrets you could disclose, Dumb guards! Of life's exaltations and woes, Mute guards who ever erectly stand. I see an arrow of light pierce the dark, The night is fastly fading into day, A signal that they must embark, Those visitors of shadow to whence they came Glittering, Golden, Sunfilled day, the incognito of the night Has unveiled those guards to be, But street lamps! But might They not be likened to guards? With awe have I watched the pattern Of light cast by street lamps, On shimmering, wet, pavement The artistry of those sentinels! Day reveals you a nonentityg To those who venture in the night, You are a protector of safety and certainty, Steel helmeted, guardians of the dark. JUNE I-IILDEBRAND, MOUNT SHASTA HIGH. THUNDERSTORM HONORABLE MENTION Grey clouds began to roll, And the sky became so dark, Bright flowers bowed their heads, As the rain drops found their mark. Small leaves began to shake, When the thunder sounded loud, The whole world seemed to quake, At the move of one drark cloud. When the fields had quenched their thirst, When the plants had had their fill, A brightly colored rainbow Appeared above the hill. The clouds turned snowy white, They started on their way. Then the golden sun shown bright, And left no trace of a shower that day. CARMEL RODRIQUEZ, WEED HIGH SCHOOL. 25

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BRONCO BUSTING SECOND PLACE STORY I slipped on my boots and spurs, snapped on my chaps, and pulled my weather-beaten hat tightly down over the corner of my right eye. Swinging open the screen door of the back porch, I walked hurriedly out across the graveled walk that led to the horse corral directly behind the ranch house. I crawled over the fence, dropped down and walked boldly up to the saddle shed. Jerking open the door, I reached in and pulled out a bridle, swung it over my shoulder, and commenced to walk gently up to the bay, a three- year-old stallion that stood in the corner of the old corral, eyeing me cautiously. He took the bridle like a gentle horse and I led him over to the shed. I pulled out the blanket, let him smell of it and then laid it gently on his back. I pulled out the saddle and petted him with one hand while I lifted the saddle with the other and laid it as gently as possible upon the blanket. It wasn't till I tightened the cinch that he began to move, and then all he did was to flinch a little, much to my surprise. By now Dad was sitting on the fence eyeing my every move to tell me of any mistakes I might make. Pulling the reins up tight around his neck, I pulled myself up into the saddle very slowly and seated myself on his back. Much to my surprise he stood there taking it like a gentleman. I spoke to him in a soft voice and reached down to pet his neck. I thought he liked it and that it might tend to make him feel better about the whole thing. Feeling more sure of myself, I leaned back in the saddle a little and relaxed, then it happened. I could have sworn someone had dropped an atomic bomb right under his middle because I was going up and thinking I would never come down. A11 of a sudden I lit and bounced, thank heaven for that. I had been thrown clear over the fence and had lic in the hay lot. When I came to my senses I can still remember my Dad sitting up there laughing at me. It was an hour or more before I quit shaking, and still to this day it seems that my father can't talk to anyone without telling of the time when I lost mY equlllbflum- GEORGE STEVENSON '47, BUTTE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. A FRIGI-ITFUL EXPERIENCE HONORABLE MENTION Several years ago I was visiting some friends who lived in the wild Curry County in Southern Oregon, on the beautiful Rogue River. We had hunted and fished for two weeks when I decided to go hunting alone. My friends owned a very smart mule named Bolivar which was used for a riding and pack animal. On the day I chose for the trip, I saddled Bolivar and started out. When we came to the river, knowing he could swim like a duck, I spurred him and he swam across the river with me on his back. We entered the dense forest on the other side, where I would start hunting. I had gone a short distance when Bolivar stopped so quickly that I dismounted over his head. This made me very, very angry, as the mule stood there laughing at me. At the same time he seemed to be looking ahead. I got up, picked up my rifle, which was slightly bumped, looked behind me, and there, not a hundred feet away, was a big bear. I was so surprised I could hardly shoot, but managed to kill it on the third shot. After cleaning it, I tried to get it on Bolivar. I guess he was just a little bit smarter than I, because every time I would get it up he would side step, leaving me holding the bear in mid-air. I finally gave it up. I took a rope which was always tied to his saddle, hitched it behind the mule, and dragged it to the river bank. After tying my rifle to Bolivar's saddle, I lowered myself into the water, pulled the bear onto my back, and started across the river. I was near the middle of the river when the bear got so heavy that it forced my head under the water. I was scared stiff, but struck out frantically, making some progress, but soon I had lost most of my strength. Just as I was about to give up, -my feet struck bottom, and I was able to walk a few steps until my head emerged from the water. It was a great feeling to fill my lungs with air. Ishook the water out of my eyes, walked a few steps and looked at the bear. I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw that mule riding 011 WP of the bear- ToM FISH, TULE LAKE HIGI-I ScHooL. 24

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FORECAST SECOND PLACE POEM To all the old ladies who, threadbare but neat, Go roving through cities on tottering feet, Who never had luck to be somebody's mother But live on a pittance from somewhere or other, My greetings! For someday there's likely to be Another such lady, and that will be me. And when the day comes, and I'm wrinkled and gray, I'1l still have my projects and plans for each day: To peer in a window where candy is made, And wait on a curbstone to watch a paradeg To walk through the stores, despite pains in my legs, And shop, oh, so shrewdly, for stockings and eggs. I'1l listen when music is played on the mall, And peek through a fence to Watch boys playing ball. I'11 know every church bell by sound of its ring, And raise my hearing at caroling timeg And spectacles public and jolly and free Shall not, if I know it, take place without me! 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