West Rutland High School - Green and Gold Yearbook (West Rutland, VT)

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shouldn't it? The rotnry vslvs is in backwards ond c gasket hos- rain loft out! The time is now 0:00 s.V. Again tho moi tor is started and it purrs liko a six months old kitten. The plan: is again lsunchod into the wild bluc gondor, and this time it climbs, climbs, climbs, sri climbs. biqbor and higher and - PHE thc timer wasn't sot and tnorc is s two ounco fool tank full of gas. By now tho plane is just P speck on tho horizon. iwoll, tho fiold wc sro in is largo. Tho only obstacle is s tsli troo about ooo yards from whoro wo sro. Luckily thc plans is oquippod with a dothormolizcr that will forcc it down in s littlo wbils. Yos, It's coming down, down, down! Itls nood- ing For that on: troc... ...... Yss, it lsnd,d in it! Lsndcd in THLT ONE TREE. By tho tin: too plsno is rcpsircd, it is 2:00 B.M. and thc sun is blazing lown. Th s ending thi bcst port of thc flying dsy. All tho oquipmsnt is picked upy all borrowsd tools sro rcturncfg and all brokon parts src londid into o box. Tho flyers start watching tba control lon: flyers, and sro sort of back scat pilots for thc WCo3tivo nodoln flyers. At about l:oo P.M. thc thcrmsls como into action, and sgrin too frog flight modols fill thc sky. Tho sir is ss thick rs pcs soup with all clnssls ant sizes. Finally, thc su' bsgins to flickcr bonind thi mountains, and modcl fans are realy to go homi. As thc sun sats in th, wnst, wo bid s fond sdiou to tho modal buildors of today, tho world-wids known HBALSLUEUTCEEKSU Rogor and Out. Harry Erickson Rutland Historical Society and the Rutland Free Library.

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To carry on a conversation with one of these so-called people is a thrill that rones once in a lifetime. All walks of life have their ova vocfbulary, but none is as colorful as thrt of the model ian. Uno ray rin up to you and tell you that he took ffV tue Hpentsu and gained five miles-per-hour. You may think he is ready for the Hmen in the white coatsu but he really only means the wheel pants on his plane. If one should ask you, HHow's the Soitfire?H don't say anything about your wife because he doesn't mean her. It's a model motor he is talking about. HMr. Mulligan sure has a hot head It's something awful to see him That last sentence isn't iossio. ring to a olane motor anduproou. tear around after a high balf The model fan is just refer 5ut all oeoole do have a few words in common sued us, rig-c nig-jig, thiHI'U-M9-HGH do-dat, and what-yuems-call-it, which seem to round out all vocabularies. On the day he is supoosed to go flying, a BRLSA BUTCHHR, arises at 3:30, nroos two toothbicks under his hervy eyelids and has a bits to edt since once he is on the flying field, all his time will be occupied by his planes. After eating he collects his equipment--clones, boosters, tool yes, jas. hany a model builder finds he can cones to fill his gas tank with the one can on five or ten miles away. At h:30 o car arrives running boards with men, tools, and oquioment chest, snd,oh blush when he his workbench packed to the for flying. A peek into our fricnd's tool chest would be an adventure. In it you would find everything from a tachometer jack-knife. At 5:00 the troupe arrives at to a Boy Scout the field and starts to unload. These fellows are free flight fans, so the planes are all assembled and our friend scams to be having trouble. Ho flips the Hproon and gets a cough, sput, bang, pop! Is he disgusted! New as the sun pushes its way up in the east, the thor- mals Cwsrn updrsftl come to life. If a free flight model get caught in one of these, it's liable to go 0.0.3. I .out of sightl. Most planes are fitted with dothcrmolizers ' which will send a ulane down st the end of s certain length of time but they don't always work. Those planes climb until the mo tor stops and then descend in a circle. The motor run is ad justcd by a timer in the plane. Our friend's motor is new running since he has removed the dirt from the needle valve. One of the fellows with a stan. watch is called over and we are ready for c fli5ht.Thc signel'is given, the plane is launched, and it starts to climb into the wild blue yonderg but not vary far. After two seconds the motor conks out.' When our BLLLA BUTCHYH tries to start the motor again,-it won't start. New the mechanical genius of the.buildor cones out. First the motor comes out of the ploneg than the dissection connecting rod, cylinder cr nk thft thc motor is ell eport starts. Hells,'gaskets,gtiston shfft, Prd book pl'tc. New the disturbfnce is found 'nd corrected. Agcin tha motor! sputters ond pops. Why, This yearbook was digitized by volunteers from the

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FIFTEEN HUNLELD ECHL? OR BUESTEE I ask no one to agree with me in my appraisal of what is worthwhile, but once I was toliq--HLearn to keep your wants simple. Refuse to be ovnel cud anchored by tkjnys. That is the path to h1ppinoss.H new :ww 3 poor Qriensflesl person possibly live ug to this hozoruole piece of :ovicc when he or she is most unplorsancly conrronteo with a wary nreciscly unbearable oh:to1lc? N.peot Ely cnc o? the kind which I am most cruelly induced to overcome. Nov, to stoo beating around the bush, ani fo get to the point, I will blcnklv state that this heart-rvncing ann def ritsly unoslightIsl twist into troubles is the ecerhofsoavi sensor essay. In mv dQS5Fn for living, I here been compelled to five foremost consideration to the nsiezolty of esrrlor c llfirv, The ability to improve my stancari of living has U bqgq 2 5'5f'f':f9pU1fimi1 'rid .lays Un'-i T Tfiwllfi T10 Q51-.:3'T9fg'f for tEll'fl1'l'3 'tlcls mstcr.fl1st1c view of life- but alssi I now Qing esp-- L94 Ste: fi Q very tender age, when one is subject to great s- mctlcnal strains, I find my downpall in rrosoect. Now, at this time, I must make a candid confession. Did YOU EVFP notice what an exqnioite technique some instructors posses' when it comes to aonruncirg those HtrivinL mattcrr'? fouctsi from a fatiguing lecture tree given by thig Cqyngln aoy:sJrI.H Why they can talk on the sector For hours. HTt1s a cxtcnz he would say, str ttjng un end dogg the Clasp- room, a,ter all you are cerfnusfn 1 TP sine the gnontangity and Lrtormality of the suhjcct was sujtoseo to contribute TO our ggfzifwj,----':'.1t to me it was sheer m..rc..:r. 'nI'. 1. , ho'd continue, Unow, remember, give lull attention to this uncor- tskira 936 I am positive that the consequence of your, cafe- ful selection and olanning will be a marvelouw essay.' Pre- viously I was not sure which was more eyhausting-- talking or listenings-as of now, the latter is my choice. In my state of ncrtification, I came to the sad conclusion that I would detest this trouble maker for a rather long time. fPlefa.ee ezrcrse my rudeness--but I am not exactly in my holi- day moodl. To my relief I was later informed that this was only a pre-warning of the oncoming attack. I suppose the advisor felt that it was his duty to forward some commonl- able advice. As far as I was corcernec--he could rave kent it to himself. Heavens! after this, Utooia now seems farther away than ever. As time elansed, my intuition began to remind me that trougle was brewing. Yes, the blow arrived on time. Tell me, what can a foreotten entity like me choose to do? when an eterhguiding instructor Cor at least that's what I have been toll they werel bursts into class and madly confronts me with a melodious bit of information-- Senior essays are due on Merch thirtieth. Please forward intelligent, sensi- This yearbook was digitized by volunteers from the