Sycamore School - Cardinal Yearbook (Willows, CA)

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Ierry Weichers, and last but not least, Potato Pickin' Ponciano, told old Peachie to Cool it for a while. Gertrude and Hecliff Walked in and all faces turned toward them. Loud- mouth Sandee Parish yelled out, Who are you? Gertrude and I-lecliff were pretty embarrassed, but nothing was said and the dance Went on as before 0 Ernie Peters came up to Gertrude and asked for the pleasure of the next dance . l'm sorry, but I don't know how to dance 0 Overhearing this remark, Danny Wickman, Mike Carvalho, and Pete Lopez rushed to her and offered to teach her to dance . The caller interrupted her reply by announcing that the dance was over. After the dance Miss Marla Iones, the school teacher, introduced herself to Gertrude and I-lecliff. Before Gertrude could get away, she found herself listening to Miss Iones's problems with her students. Every day Cynthia Klaus and Donita Taylor end up getting the Worst whippin' north of the South Pole! Miss Iones, could you tell me Where the hotel is? l'm very tired, interrupted Gertrude . Yes , turn right at Bob Smith's Blacksmith Shop and go past Sheriff Deadeye Carney's office. lt's right across the street from Debbie I-Iibdon's General Store, replied Miss Iones. Thank you, said l-lecliff as he walked off with Gertrude . When they entered Skip Sykes's hotel, the clerk, Doreen Otterson, checked them into the different rooms, 250 and 252 , Where they would be staying. 230 l

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The next day, Sunday, Gertrude and Hecliff attended church. There they met Parson Iohn Perry. He introduced them to Miss Nancy Petty, the Sunday school teacher, who was usually reading out of the Bible to her delinquent Sunday school attenders, Paul Deniz, Steve Pool, and worst of all, Lynn Cuccia whom she kept after class. They also met the Gupton Twins, Dan and Ben, and Ole Meland, choir directors. After church the congregation dashed outside to see the hanging of Porky Pig Mike Paul, Guilty Gallegos , Monster Montz, Sawed-off Smith, CEarll , Ricochet Rutledge, and Tex Sevier. The executioner, Lyncher Landon, was making last-minute adjustments on his gallows. After the hanging Iim Fisher, the undertaker, drove up in his black wagon and took the dead bodies to Boot Hill. He also picked up the grave diggers, Ierry Ehorn and Jerry Ladd. The Bounty Hunter, Rod Hill, came looking for the bandits, but was too late . I On the 1:00 p.m. stage, driven by Phillip Bell, and Raymond Lacroix, arrived Dalauna Tanner, Suzan Edwards, and Roy Fisher. Roy and Dalauna were going to open a new General Store. Bonnie Wharton, Iohn McKay, and Suzan left on the stage for San Francisco. Later on that day, Ioan Taylor and Shelley Murray took a lunch to the telegraph operators , Scott Dunlap and Howard Cawthra. On their way back, they met Martha Ward, Linda Barrera , Kelly Boyd, and Monica Lowas, the Gossip Circle of Dry Gulch. The Gossipers told them that Miss Patricia Ceccon's prize mare had run through the barbed-wire 24 .,