Vaughn Union High School - Perclawam Yearbook (Gig Harbor, WA)

Page 40 text:

ll ,ll:1l ll lllllll IW .tags-may N ,GG Breezkzng the Speed HfzbzL R GRAYSON turned from the window, where he had been standing w1th a frown on hls face Those fool kids are gomg to hreak the1r necks some day he satd to lns wt :- Those fool k1ds were the1r seventeen year old daughter Genev1eve and her crowd, who had just ptled on to a hlue roadster and tore out of the drlveway and up the road a 1f the1r xerx lnes depended upon the1r gettmg somewhere whlle III reahty they were only ol? for a pox r1de Mrs Grayson s1ghed Fxery t1me the eh1ldren went our anxw '1ere sn worr1ee1 wr fear t1e1 would he ID an 1CCl ent s e e Q1 1en 1ey Il 111 to ew s e 7 WD I Til O L fl l U X e1n ww an esca ll 11 y s 1e1 Neiset r 111 1 son ll was aso 111 escape from NUIIXIHQ as tney 1n11g1ned Gen 111 od would haxe to spend all the1r tune studytng an would have no tnne for runnmq around Ever smce Gen and Rod had heen old enough to go out, there had heen an almost contlnual quarrel hetween them and the1r parents The Grayson were M1d Vxctorlan, according to the ch1ldren, they refused to r1de 1n anything that went over th1rty five m1les an hour Mr Grayson had h1s car, hut the speedometer had never gone past thirty The clnldren were just the OPPOSIIC from the1r parents, they refused to rlde tn anythlng that went under thxrty hve and Mr Grayson refused to huy them cars But Gen was always wlth her crowd and 1n some one else s car, whlle Rod had saved enough out of l11s allowance to huy an old second hand car that, he hoasted, would do snety hve Rod and Gen were always gettlng tnto trouhle Wfhen Rod had asked hx father to huy hlm a motor hoat l1l9 father had consented thlnkmg lf would he a safe way to r1de But one day Rod had had lf gomg so fast that he had heen unahle to stop If and lf had crashed 1nto the wharf and he had narrowly escaped from hemg k1lled Wlmen Gen had asked her father to hux her 1 horse, her father consented l cause to hun that was the hest w ay of trayelmg But one day Gen had heen racmg w1th her fr1ends and whxle yumpmg 1 wall had fallen from the horse and hroke1 her eg So the horse was sol One nlght Rod hadn t come ho1ne to1 supper The polne statlon phoned hlr mravson w1s sure Ro 13 ween 1 e ut ll 1 1 only Rod w 'll1Ill'Ig farmer to come w 1 11111 e t e I3 ween 111e te o1 s ee mg 1 1e1 3310 11111 out hut also gaxe Rod a long lecture Rod pronnsed to r1xe lowly 1lter that, hut one d 1 he had heen caught speedlng hx h1s rather Nly loot just naturally presses on th. vas had heen h1s e1.planat1on Then there was the t11ne Gen had he-en U1 an auto wreck 1nd though she w asn hurt, the drner of the car was kllled and sexeral others were mjured The Graysons thought tlns would he a lesson to her, but tt hadn t changed her 1n the least Wl1e11 Gen s and Rod s crowd took to alrplane rldtng, Mr Grayson gave them solemn orders not to go near the a1r held But Mrs Grayson had overheard a con versatlon hetween Gen and Rod 111 wh1ch she gathered there had heen frequent secret rr1ps to the atrport And so It had been all summer long At last, lf came tlme for Genevlese and Rodney to go to college Everythlng ran smoothly rn the Grayson home for several months after they had gone Of course, the Graysons mlssed the1r chlldren, hut they were havlng a dellghtful rest and the1r nerves were almost hack to normal 1111111 V A Gila 'f lf ,If . . ' at rf , if L1-if ,xi A-12 H -K-K! itil. ,lflv iv fiixg Y-IX f gi V f ' ig ,Ly - -'XY -fx -ilu-f Q-. ,ff-:Q ,.,f ii X- - X- ,, f- Y Y ,, ii 0' ' I Q ef h ' - -. - 4 Q 'as , - ' Y-f le ' l ' X . . d- , l'll .ur'lv hf ghd wl - rl ' ' ll'ge. .l1' sald, lin' CTe'11evie1'e' . d he-1' lvotl -' R dn we ' to gt ro e' llcge zn a veek. the If '. s . pe'--aw'l1e'e' the-1 'euld cle a, tl ' el-1. 'l To Nl . 1 d hh'-. Gr.yg ' , lg . F-AA ' L: .. l . ' if . d R ' 4 I I I , I V 1 S A I 1. ' VS ' l' . . ' 5 I d. C Q 15: ' d l d l -' k'll'd. lw ' us ' R ' l ' lall .uu. H l dlf- 'df'.pHd L. litl-el 'ldl' . he

Page 39 text:

'I' F xl' FT H Z. V71 PM NMC '33, I l 1 1 ff' ' 'l A 1 1:5 A 4 A V t 4 if 325-Q -A, ,lafx fs- J N K kv ,,sS!'iib'43'7 ' if '11 li- 'X f V- x --f 2 .fgi 3- ft f' 7 f---- , 7 H4 QM Ya-'fy xgfx-r'1ifx'-AQYW -f ' .17 - , .1 SL..- -, -A IN T6-D6 GFW IYIIYETIE Q 4 Q T IN M Months P7 in ' Dress ur Tu, mf Cr rouffh G shy B wary Italy Ss. The Gy N 'ht eg I-fr 0. Ge buh G rf W Pu-.nyuhfl :Tl -155: 4:10 Bsy 4 new sm swing? if f 125 I . NIV I V E , Y L P ' 2 g I J n , , 1. v rj X I . L I Q fl m . e e V U nc. -me Winnsri .O ,, 'Y I 0 , , 'M A From ' ' xg - Sunny I ' h , M11 . 0 ' f I . r at ' J x .. 1 ' . 377' It 'JN X Runl' 1 I F I. i ,, I f . iieszwf' 4 1 l 9 - T , i ll If Q P - fr ' If - M 4 4 J 1 U , Q Y f he , ' ,I 1 V ,V 7, I J L ' ,. ,, KJ E 'i ' . .. . ,ga4.f,,,,1x'fi4i' ' ucr '- : '

Page 41 text:

ll1'.ll5ll'lI Ill VII IM -,Q-.fgX,2 is g l 'S They were now expecting che chtldren home for Thanksglvmg holldays The day before Thanksglvmg Mrs Grayson recelved a telegram from Rod Thelr vacatlon had been shortened and they would not have tlme to make the trxp home Would mother and father drop thexr Mrd Vlctortan Ideas for one day and come by a1rplane9 Thanksglvlng wouldn t be the same without them What about If ohn7 asked Mrs Grayson of her husband Not on your life' Was his reply But just rhmk dear this will be our hrs: Thanksgnvmg 1way from the chnld ren other people have made alrplane trxps 1nd stlll llve to tell of If Ar hrst Mr Grayson refused to give ln but at last he consented 'md the butler was ordered to send the telegram We ll come Rod received the telegram and xmmedxately phoned h1s sxster s sorornty house Hooray sxs he saxd Whatcha th1nk They re gomg to do lt' Are they really? she replied But Rod do you think we should have done 1 7 Suppose they find out they Il never forgxve us and Rod suppose suppose some thing does happen? Dont be sxlly Gen forget xt nothmgs gomg to happen Ill c1ll taxt and come and get you about hve The plane 15 due at 5 30 and he hung up At 5 15 Rod and Gen were at the Alrport There were several other peo le also waltlng for the plane Ar 5 30 tt was nowhere lh sight and the sky was cloudy and It was begmmng to ram Gen was very nervous as were several uf the oth r ladtes who were wattmg At 6 00 Rod and one of the other men mqulred of one of the men working there The man sald that the plane was often late and not to worry However the ram was now commg down ln a steady pour The people waxtlng sought refuge ln one of the alrplane sheds By this time Rod was as ner vous as Gen By 8 OO even the men at the Axrport were afrald for the plane but they explained to the people that the pxlot probably saw the storm commg and had made a landmg ln some town They advlsed the people to go to thetr homes and probably there would be word there from thetr frlends who were passengers m th plane The much worrled Gen and Rod went back to their college When they ar r1ved they found a telegram It read Come at once mother needs vou Dad Oh' crled Gen they ve been wrecked m the plane and mother s been killed or hurt oh Rod If was all your idea' I know lt was sts Ill take the blame Oh what fools we have been why dldnt we listen to dad and mother? Th1nk of all the worrymg we ve caused them by our speedmg Rod answered Well nts too late now to regret lf Lets don t walt for a tram call a tax: we ll give them some of our Jewelry for pay They made the tax1 drlver go under thlrty mlles all the way For they decxdel their mother would rather have them late but whole than rushmg ln an ambu ance They drove all mght and half of the next day They barely stopped lom enough to eat They were whxte faced and weary but they knew they were gettmg an over dose of the same medlclne thler mother and father had been tasting for the past years Never agaln w1ll I disobey mother and dad 1f th1s turns out all rlght Gen sand over and over agaln I ll sell my car and rlde on street cars after th1s and we ll stay home vowed o At last they arrxved at home Rod gave the taxi driver h1s watch, and Gen gave hlm her pearl necklace, and he went his way satlsfled Gen and Rod consldered lf was worth xt llmty um f ,X u -- v N, kk Q, , 'Q s .-f .- x A ' . ' e ,X A A , - if 2-X, I- '75 ,,X T,-L-if -f - , -. - YJ' . - f.Y?.1 521 'Q-:f If - Av .i-fl -Y '.'xY ij Q :-, - X ' 5 r.. W' ' ' .1 5 1 . - . , . . . , , rt ' J U 1 N V ' H ' ,, . , . . Q . . x , , 7 . C ' . , Q . . . ,, ' , 1 . . 5 . , 4 5 -5 , 1 5 ' Q! 7 17 . . . . . , . fl ' 77 ' YY ' 7 ' ' 77 7 7 7 ' ' ze sa - tr ' i ',' . , , t. a ' I 7 v s - ' ' 77 ct 7 ' - ' 1 - x - , - - . . a , - , n . . , . 9 - : s ' . , . c, e . . , ' ' 7 . , . 5 . . , A , 1. ' Q! H s ' v , - N H ' Q! 7 ' 7 ' ' 7 ' ' va er ' - 1 ,Y 7 ' 7 . , . . . , ' U , . ,, . , . , , . . . 7 ' 1 7 ' ' 77 - . L - , - , , - F3 . - , ,, . . . . . . ,, 9 tr 7 ' - , 7 as X 7 7 7