Winslow High School - Meteor Yearbook (Winslow, AZ)

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JUST A PENNY (Continued) “However, I did not stay at the bank very long, as 1 was given to a man for change. It was then my experience as a traveler and a penny began. I was tossed about continually, going from one city to another, being spent for candy, and put in the birthday box at Sunday School, by little boys and girls. Sometimes my mistress would be a gentle, old grandmother, another time I was in the care of a harsh man.Still other times I was in society and others I was on a beggar.” “One day I was given to a little boy who put me in his pocket where I mingled with his knife, tops, and marbles. While he was playing with some other boys, down by the lake, he tried to walk on his hands and I slid out of his pocket and lodged in a tuft of grass.” There I lay until evening when the moon dimls-d bashfully up the mountain and cast her long beams across the lake. Then the stars came out winking and laughing in glee.” I could see the shiny fish as they leaped out of the water while playing hide-and-go-seek, and the pale water lilies dancing in time to the sway of the reeds, and I could hear the frogs call one to another far across the lake. “The next day I was found by a little girl, and thus my adventures went on I, being taken hither and thither and passed from one to another. I was finally lost here bv the sidewalk and here I lay covered with mud until I thought my career was ended. Hut the gentle rain washed my face and I am visible again.” “I hope you'll pick me up and take me home. ----------- THE MESA-CLARKDALE TRIP by Jay Sctiikkland Upon calling the roll Friday morning at the depot all men listed to make the trip to Mesa and Clarkdale answered “here” as did several other students of the W. II. S. going along to help the Northern Arizona Champs “bring home the bacon.” We left Winslow on number One everybody in the best of spirits. Sidewalk (Kerr) asleep five minutes out of Winslow. Met the girls basket ball team at Flagstaff, informed them that number Nine was reported six hours late at Winslow, lots of “o’darns and oh gee whizes heard from the girls. Howard tried to vamp a fair dame at Williams. No luck. Arrive at Ash Fork all together, two hours and a half wait at Ash Fork. Hunch madly storm to Harvey House for chow . Kerr leading the charge. Leave Ash Fork on time, a few think they are millionaires and decide t«» ride in the observation car. Arrive at Prescott expecting Band and Mayor at station instead of an empty platform as far as P. H.S. was concerned (Prescott likes us). Shoved off for Phoenix, Kerr asleep again. Things 0. K. for next two hours. Gang get hungry again, a few decide to try the diner. Loud noise, like some one whistling tin Wang Wang Blues, comes from diner. Upon investigation, we find Roy eating pea soup with a knife. More noise from same car, more investigations disclose Ed trying to take a bath in a finger bowl. Howard couldn’t figure out why a $1.50 meal costs SI.50 and asks me whether he gets any change on this train or not. Arrived at Phoenix expecting a flock of limousines waiting to receive tin- Northern Arizona Champs but instead, after waiting an hour or so, a large hay truck drives up and the driver informs us he was sent from Mesa to receive us. Further progress delayed by waiting for Camp, Merrick and Rushing to finish eating. (They had only one hour to eat). All aboard truck, twenty men and their baggage, some load, even for a hay truck. Ninety-eight below zero when we left Phoenix and getting colder. Arrived at Mesa about midnight, every one about frozen. Dick informs us he is first on the cold shower. Kerr signs up for the bunch at hotel. Got to be almost one o’clock. Slept 'till about three o’clock. The other two hours were used in thawing our ribs out. Hunch about all in from lack of sleep and traveling. Nothing to do in the morning but loaf so we decided to take in the city. Quite a city at that. Dinner at 12:00. Everyone hungry as usual, to be selected also. Howard put up a nice talk as did several of the Mesa boys but the knockout of the evening was when Mr. Kerr (our highly honored coach) was speaking on spirits PAI1K TWENTY-NINE

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Our Adorable Seniors and I heir Good Record (Continued) birds chirped so harmoniously near by, our worthy representative of the law, Chief of Police Ed Gardner marched forth with the smile of Alexander the Great and the stride of Napoleon. Ed smiled to himself, the smile of one who has done a great thing to help the world along and bring happiness to millions of hearts. Stepping proudly forth he leaned against our Dear Old Heroic Flagpole and thrusting his hand into his rear pocket he brought forth the “makings,” and reading the sign on the outside “Roll you own” he did likewise. So now you dear feeble minded attentive person whomsoever you are that readeth this story I must say to you: “You know why this would lx heroic struggle ended so al -ruptly. You know why its place in history will lx blank. So as no other expressions in the English language are needed to impress upon your minds the why and the so forth and the so-fifth of this story, we will close calling it the End of a Very Imperfect Day.” Dingus. ------------ JUST A PENNY by Nina Baku While I was walking down the street I saw a penny lying by the side-walk. It was rusty and looked as tho it had lain there for a long time. When I first saw it 1 thought 1 would not pick it up but it seemed to say: “I am just a penny, but did you ever stop to think about me? I am as old as the world and for centuries I lay snug asleep in the bed of mother earth. I neither knew there was light or darkness, joy or sorrow, life or death, or green things growing on mother earth’s surface, or the silent water which reflects the moon and stars, except when it dashes angrily over the boulders.” “I was disturbed, the first time, by the loud roar of a blast. The blast was repeated again and again. Each time I heard the noise it came closer and louder. Then I felt the vibration of the blast, which frightened me and 1 wondered what would happen next, so I listened closely. Soon I heard the grinding of the drill, then all was silent and I thought peace reigned again. I had just become calmed when Boom- - m, ami I was thrown high into the air with a mighty force, and lit with a thud which stunned me. When I came to my senses I tried to look around but it was too dark to see anything on account of the dust. When the dust settled I could see the jagged walls all around me and 1 lay in a heap of loose lumps of dirt, which were similar to myself.” “My attention was then attracted by a light which proved to be a miner’s torch. Next I heard voices and soon men appeared with wheelbarrows and shovels. One of the men came over by me and lifted me into the wheelbarrow with his shovel, and 1 was off for my first ride.” “I was dumped into an ore car ami after another short ride I beheld the sun, and felt the warmth of it for the first time. After being dumped around and carried a great distance, I came to my destination which was a smelter. Here they had fierce fires in huge furnaces into which we lumps were dumped.” “The heat was so intense that all of the lumps of ore were soon reduced to a boiling, seething mass; thus, the copper was separated from the dross. While the copper was still hot, it was poured into molds. When cooled it was taken out of the molds and later an inspector came and inspected, weighed, and measured the copper bars. Then they were put in some cars and taken to the mint.” “As soon as we copper bars arrived at the mint, we were melted again. When we cooled off a little, we were rolled with heavy rollers until we were just a little thicker than I am now. Then we were cut into disks. Next we were stamped with the image of an Indian head and the year on one side and the words ‘one cent' and a wreath on the other.” “Later I was wrapped in a package with ninety-nine more new pennies just like myself, and we were off for the bank.” PAOK Ttt KNTr-KKJHT

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THE MESA-CLARKDALE TRIP (Continued) Football team gets orders to rest after dinner, so we loaf some more. (Same called at 2:30 l . m. Team still feeling pretty tough. Game starts off with Winslow kicking, from then on 1 lost track of it. Mesa made eight touchdowns in first half, two in the third quarter and none in the last quarter. We made one touchdown during the whole game and that in the third quarter. Game ended with a score of ( t» to 7 in favor of Mesa. Mesa had us out weighed from ten to twenty pounds to the man but during the last half of the game we showed them a few of the finer points in football. If the Mesa team had traveled as far. lost as much sleep and rest as our team I believe they could have done no better than we did. Scoop gets a leg hurt in last quarter and is forced to drop out, Long taking his place. We were invited to attend Mesa's annual football banquet at their school auditorium. All attended, and believe me it was some feed. Howard lost his appetite when In? was informed that he was to be the. first speaker of the evening and I would probably have lost mine had I known that I was and Bud got the wrong impression about the kind of spirits Mr. Kerr was talking about. Bud also blew off quite a talk and was applauded from all sides. The team was complimented upon our sportsmanlike conduct on the field as well as off of it, by the Mesa team, coach, and Principal. We then adjoruned to the ball room where we met all the girls in Mesa, some class too. We danced until about 12:00, then retired to our rooms for the rest of the night. Arose about five o’clock to catch our bus (truck) back to Phoenix. Trip from Mesa to Phoenix uneventful. Arrived Phoenix one minute before train time, lots of speed shown getting on train. Kerr asleep again. Train stops at Wickenburg. bunch storm to store across the street and when the team pull out the store looks as if a cyclone had struck it. Arrived at Prescott at noon. Clarkdale principal there to meet us with school bus and car. Went to St Michael Hotel for dinner. Roy getting to be quite an artist eating soup and staying in tune with electric piano. Wad cuts his mouth eating peas with his knife. Ed had to postpone bathing until future date as the St. Michael didn’t serve finger bowls. Leave Prescott in a bus. a stage and a private car. Fine trip over the mountains to Clarkdale, arrived at Clarkdale O. K.. Game called at 2:30 starts on time. Team pretty stiff vet. but still ready to step on’er. Clarkdale pulls nice play on kick off. kicking to their own goal and gaining quite a bit of ground on it. They were playing football from the minute the game started till it stopped, and it looked as if they would put the ball over for a score several times but they just couldn’t do it. Mel intercepted a pass behind our goal line and ran a hundred yards for a touch down. Hurrah for Mel! Game cleanly played on both sides and ended with a score of 2o to 0, Winslow on the big end this time. Dance at high school, all Winslow present. Dan vamps off a nice looking girl. Kerr didn’t do so bad himself. Evening successful, lots of dancing and eats, as a side issue. Are We For Clarkdale??? I ’ll Say So! Dance over at twelve the bunch start for their rooms. Dan gets in between three and four a. m. and tells us he has been lost in the hills somewhere between Clarkdale ami Jerome. We believe you Dan???? Howard drops his watch on cement floor to see if it will break. It did! Joe inverts a few boxes of candy and puts a big box in his suit case. Leave Clarkdale Tuesday all in good humor, except Wad who lost his seat in a car and had to ride in the bus. Prescott again for dinner. Leave Prescott again. Bunch kind of glad to be homeward hound. No one would be a millionaire on return trip. Trip to Ash Fork pretty quiet. Enter the villian! Some one steals the box of candy out of Joe’s case. Arrived Ash Fork, Joe does a little detective work and finds box in Long's suit case. Gang hungry, again charge for Harvey House to eat. The plot thickens, Wuxtra! Wuxtra! Joe’s candy gone again, no clew to the mystery. Joe employs Dick’s aid in running down the culprits, Long. Howard and myself accused. Number Ten pulls in. candy box found but no candy in it. Court held on Number Ten. Circumstantial evidence points to Long for taking candy out of suit case, me for carrying it off, and Howard for being the master mind in the affair. All wrong Joe! Arguments from Ash Fork to Winslow, where we found a foot of snow on tin ground that wasn ’t there when we left. All who had made the trip enjoyed themselves fully and said they would not have missed it for Money, Marbles, or Chalk. PAOB THIRTV