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Editors & Publishers Pupils of Blackburn Sckoool
Tom O’Neill, 1st Grade Ronald Brososky, 2d grade
John Pytel, 3d grade Wm. Huinpheris, 4th grade Lyle Morris, Oth grade
Bruce Morris, Oth grade . •. Frank Morris, 10th grade
Initialed Items Are Written By Elementary Pupils; All Others Are By High School Pupils.
Editorials
on"3moJters
Johh Letendre has quit smoking. He has not smoked for
two months. John says he leels better and has lost all his
cough. Also Jim Moore and Olive Hooks have quit smoking.
Neither of them can smoko until a certain set date,'and then
only with the consent of the other one. If either smokes then,
the other gets a trip to Cordova. Jim Moore says he feels quite
a bit better, but Mrs. Hooks says she would like to smoke very
much.
None of the three will probably ever smoke again when
they find how fine they feel.
An average smoker will burn up fifty dollars a year in
smoke. In one year a person could save enough money from
not smoking to buy a bicycle an 1 travel around. Or a person
could buy a brand new portable typewriter, or a suit of clothes
Four years would take a person to Seattle and back, first class.
—Bruce
'WLy Mockers Turn Gray
First thing in the morning is a rush for the wash basin.
Two usually get there about the same time and the battle is on.
One or both come out, one on top of the other. Then Mother
steps in and ivies to settle the dispute by arbitration. It ends
up with one in aud the ofcY :• mit; When the first is washed up
the b it tie starts anew with the other two. Finally they get off
to school.
At noon when they come home, they come in arguing
about something. If Mother doesn't stop it while it’s budding,
the battle starts again.
When bedtime comes around, Mother tells them to get
into bed. After about twenty minutes or half an hour one
makes it. The others stay as they were and Mother tells them
again. Usually no effect can be seen. Finally the lights go out
and they don’t have any choice as to whether they want to go to
bed or not. — Frank
The people Outside are perfectly ignorant about Alaska.
One Idaho pupil wrot* a letter and said he would send us a
picture of green grass if we would send him a picture of a dog
t am. They think we are eskimos and live in snow houses.
The only place I ever saw an igloo was in he geography book.
— Lyle
Stopylcts
Tke Adventures of A Frog
By Lyle Morris
I am a frog. I live in a pond It sure is wet down here.
One day I was jumping from one stone to another and 1 heard
somebody coming. I listened but I could hvir nothing but a lot
of jabbering. Pretty soon I saw some funny looking thing on
the shore. They threw rocks at me. I dove down under thb
pond and saw some big rocks come rolling do» n in the pond.
After about an hour I saw a big fat. worm coming under
the wa-tet*. I ran after him and the first thing I knew I was
out of the water and some boys put me in a can so that I could
not get out, I jumped and tried to get out but I'couldn't.
They took me into a house and put me in a glass bowl.
There were three other frogs in there. Everybody looked at
us all the time.
Once the people who lived in tne house had a party. There
was a group of women sitting at a table and I jumped out anti
hopped on the table. They all ran. 1 hopped out the door and
jumped into the pond again.
Fishing In My Boat .*.
* By Ronald Brososky y
Once I made a boat. I took it to the river. I bogged it
in some mud and I had an awful time trying to get it out. I
got m.y feet and clothes all muddy. But I finally got my boat
out. I fixed a sail on it, and that little boat went so fast 1 fell
over backwards.
I caught twelve fish with a net, and boy, what a good din
ner! J ate ten fish and my Mother ate two.
Books
B ARON MUNCHAUSEN’S
NARRATIVE, by Rudolph
Erich Raspe. — Raspe was a ras
cal who stole diamonds and pre
cious stones for a living. When
fleeing from the police in Eng
land he wrote stories about his
old friend the baron.
The baron was angry at first
because Raspe had left out
some ef the doubtful parts of
his book. Only the true parts
are published as Raspe would
not believe a lotof untrue things.
The baron has various adven
tu res. He travels to the moon,
on a red sea of wine, and all
around the world.
The book should be read by
all liars, practical jokers, etc.,
if they want a few pointers.
The book is good for all ages,
even as bedtime stories for one
Wit & Wisdom
Jack Howard: This meat is
tough as leather and the knife
is as dull as this joke.
Ed Chivers: Well, you are
supposed to strop the knife on'4'*
the meat.
Every person is a boss—of
himself. ins success depends
upon how well he can order him
self around.
year olds. The Baron Munchau
sen is a very humorous book,
though slightly impractical in
spots. There is much vaJuable
infonnotion in the book though. '
For instance: When the baron
came from the moon he fell into
a hole five miles deep. He easily
got out by digging steps \vit:i
his finger nails. As often said,
there is always a way.
Bruce Morris