Tyler County High School - Echoes Yearbook (Middlebourne, WV)

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' ' r ' if 'A - V , , ,. .- ee ' . ' A ' he , , :melafeof1lossr,,,-. , I, SPRING After days of dreary weather, The sun began to shine, While couples walked together And sang uSweet Adeline.n The little birds burst into song, The turtle doves did coo, The whip-poor-will called to his mate, The old owl said NWho? Who?n While strolling down beside the brook, I looked into a tree, And there I saw a mother Rook With young which numbered three. My heart it rose with joy and song, For spring is here again. Winter for me is always wrong, With its wind, and snow, and rain. V , - Merle Weekley '59 SPRINGTIME There are flowers in the woodland, There are flowers in the glen, There are flowers where the raindrops Wash their faces now and then. ' There are birds' songs in the bushes, And nests among the trees. The butterflies are on the wing, Beside the humming bees. ' All Nature is awakening, 4 When all these things we hear, I And we notice a glad rejoicing, For the spring we love is here. Lorene Morrell '59 ' 1936 T 1-

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NMTYLER ECHGES,-,Mm 1, IN THE SPIUN6 A YOUNG MANS FANCY THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER I was drafted into that war. The war of the innocent, the battle of horror My arm is goneg I cannot find My way aboutg I have lost my mind. I have tramped through the lakes of gore, Once living flesh but never more. The bodies of men who died like dogs Lay scattered around like slaughtered hogs. Oh God, what awful sights I saw, Of limbs and bodies and flesh in raw, Which were blasted apart by the roaring guns Manned by the Reaper's bloody sons Ah, many men died for their countries' sake, Their souls will never silence break, Or tell of the horrors that they had viewed Or describe the men the shells had chewed And now in thls vault I lie at rest, Oh God, lift thls burden from my chest, Never again may the people fight For the crave of money and the want of might Maurice Smith '57 NOTHING What have we done in our long hours of play When we should have been oatiently working And helping some brother along the way 9 The answer is always nothing Vhat have we galned through this livelong day By fighting fussing, and cheating When we should be honest without delay 9 The answer again 1S nothing So let us always be honest and kind, And meet our frlends with a smlle It will help them their troubles unwind And the answer will be somethlng worth whlle Verohle Davis '59 '9 36 J I I U - . I - 9 Q I . . , T 1 3 O ' 4. --, O Q ' 'Y 3 W 'D ' 311 . I L . . I ' 1 . . . , . . if as I- a s I egg H I r-, . I ,-..-..-.n..,,...,, ,O g ggi , , r -,.-.-..-..-.--.,,,.-,,y ilu.. 1 V

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.,.....-.1--. .-....-l A '- '1TZ , TYLER ecnoesm,tW,t,,m Have you WINTER WONDERS ever wandered down A snowy lane and then ---- Climbed a hill and from its throne Looked down again? Have you ever watched the snowbirds Flitting here and flitting there, And seem happy to be living, Without a care? Does the starlight and the moonlight Make you think that God above Made the winter, for us Not to hate, but love? When the snowflakes come scurrying From a gray sky up above, Do you frown and say, UI hate it, It's the The The The The And The spring time that I love?N Bonnie Mae Starkey '55 EVENING sun is set, grass is wet, evening dew is night is near, you can hear, whippoorwills a calling. falling. A fragrant breeze, Blows through the trees, Sends forth a gentle song. The The fine trees bend, day doth end, The night will be so long. Bob Virden '59 :astute ' T- L an-ew.-.