THE
SCHOOL PAGE
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North Westehetter Times New Caitio Tribune, Mount Kiieo, N.Y., November 2, 1961
First Tryat Baby Sitting Broves Scary for Chrissie
BY CHRISSIE KARNIG
Grade 5
Lewisboro Elementary School
I was baby-sitting for a little
girl 10 months old and her 6-yearold brother. It was m y first baby
sitting job, and I was excited. The
parents came to pick m e up. And
a s I opened the door, I noticed that
it was raining a little. It seemed
as though we were at the Lannon's
house in a minute. The house was
dingy and reminded me of an old
haunted house.
When we were inside, Mrs. Lannon told m e that the girl's n a m e
w a s Bunny, and the boy's name
w a s Clark. They were both in bed.
The Lannons left.
Later in the evening I dozed off,
and when I awoke it was 1 o'clock.
I heard a s c r e a m that I thought
would shake the bricks. Then it
was qu.et. I looked at the children,
and finding them safe and asleep,
I decided to search the house. I
tip-toed downstairs and opened the
cellar door. All was quiet, but sud­
denly two eyes like fire looked up
at m e .
I turned and r a n u p to the chil­
dren's room, awakened them, and
holding Bunny in my a r m s we
dashed down and out of the house.
We ran all the way to town.
The town was dark. There seem­
ed to be no one around to help.
I would have to take care of the
situation myself.
We returned to the Lannon's
house. I left the children on the
porch and went directly to the cel­ Or Mr. Robin coming N o r t h lar. Something looked up at m e Was the secret in-his,song?
as I approached. I heard a wel­ Or did the little bird tell you,
come sound—Meow, meow. My As he flew from the tree?
nerves were shaken, but I was And is that what you're trying to
happy. The children went off to
whisper to me?
sleep as soon as they were 'back
in bed. The Lannon's returned soonj MY WISH
after and thought that the story BY ROBERT MACDONALD
of our night was funny. I didn't Grade 3
I wish the snow would go away,
agree.
So I could see the birds at play.
PUSSY WILLOW
And if one day, I could be king,
BY DEBBIE WOOD
I'd sit and listen to birds sing.
Grade 4
I
wish that Spring would come
Pussy Willow, Pussy Willow,
right now,
You soft, gray, furry thing.
'
Tell me, do you know the secret? And if it did, Id take a bow.
If Spring would only come today,
When will it be spring?
Did the babbling brook tell you, I'd dance and sing and run and
play!
As it hurried on?
Fall Scenery
Nature's Best
Color Display
By LYNNE KAVESKI
Grade &
SS. Patrick and George School,
Yorktown
Now is the most beautiful time in
the year. All the trees a r e dress
ed in their best. Their leaves a r e
of the most lovely colors: red, yei
low, brown, and green. E a c h leaf
has its own pattern different from
the rest. Now t h e scenery is at its
finest.
Once a year fall comes and once
a year it leaves. Everything is so
lovely we hardly think of the long,
cruel winter
ahead. Fall brings
us
this
jolly
season
and while do­
Glimmer is a dog. She is a fe­
ing so gives us the loveliest time
male and very smart. She is kind
of the year. Enjoy and admire
to everyone. Glimmer, a golden r e this season, it's fall .
triever, is always playful. Every
time she went up stairs she would PROVIDENCE
not come down the stairs. Bit by By ANNE KAVESKI
Grade 6
bit she came down.
Providence today,and very long
MISSY
ago,
By SUSAN BABULA
Tomorrow and in the future,
From then on will always show,
Grade 4c
Missy was a girl dog. She was That when there is a necessity
Or any good is wanted most,
very playful. She was as white as
Providence will always be
snow and she had blue eyes. Missy
Our help and loving Host.
knows how to jump over a stick. Providence is everywhere,
We need not even prod
One day we went to the movies,
Providence,
for all we know
and when we came home, I went
That
Providence
is God.
to see how Missy was doing. Guess
what she had! Babies — Not one,
AUTUMN
two, three but five babies! There
By
MARILYN KOTTMANN
were two black, one white and
black and two white ones. That Grade 8
Once again, the majestic season
was an exciting day.
of autumn is changing the once
green countryside. The leaves from
BRIDGET
every tree wait patiently all sum­
By SUSAN BROWN
m
e r for Queen Autumn to sprinkle
Grade 4C
them
with rainbow colors. The
Bridget is a playful poodle. Her
as
if
by
magic, they turn, gently
favorite g a m e is ball. When we got
fall
from
the trees, and blow to
her she was a furry puppy. She
and
fro,
finally
landing on the
sleeps on m y bed and keeps m y
damp
earth.
feet w a r m . If someone comes to
the door, she gets very excited. The colorful birds, which once
Once she jumped over the back of made spring and s u m m e r so
bright and cheerful begin their long
the sofa to greet someone.
journey south before King Winter
creeps in. They fly in perfect for­
mation, hurrying along.
One can drive through the coun­
tryside this time of year, and be
sure that they will see a fabulous
array of colors. Autumn is truly
the most beautiful season of the
year.
Grade 4s
Mount Kisoo Elementary School
MY BABY SISTER
Grade 4s
By PAMELA BRAIA
Friday the 13th is an unlucky Grade 1
My baby sister's name is Janet
day.
Other
You've got to be careful all the She is good sometimes,
times she is naughty.
way.
She loves to play with m e . Janet
Don't walk under a ladder,
has blue eyes and blond hair. She
Don't think it doesn't matter. is very pretty. I love Janet very
much.
Don't break a mirror,
BOMB SHELTERS
Make the future look clearer. By PHILLIS VACCARO
Don't open an umbrella,
Grade 7
A bomb shelter is a nuisance
In the house.
some
people m a y say. But others
That's bad luck.
believe that it will come in handy
Bad luck for travelers is just
in case of war.
this:
First of ajU, what is a bomb
Evening gray, morning red,
shelter? A bomb shelter is an u n
Brings d o w n rain upon his derground room in which the fam
ily will fit comfortably. It should
head.
not have windows for protection
Friday the thirteenth is an un­ against shattering glass. It should
be under the house with a way to
lucky day.
get into it easily. A shelter outside
You've got to be careful all
the house underground is alright,
the way.
but in case of war it Would be
hard to get to the shelter with the
was dark and a special light was children b e c a u s e the children
placed on it. Also Mr. Januzzi would take longer to dress to get
to the shelter.
showed us how they found the real
The shelter should have plenty
dinosaur tracks.
of canned goods, plenty of pure wa
ter, a first aid kit, cots on which
to sleep, a table and chairs, blank­
ets, electric light, candles, and a
private corner for medical care
and other uses in other corners.
Falls off Horse, Knocked Out Regains Self to Ride Again
By PAM GURNEY
Grade 4
Poudn Ridge Elementary School
One day I had a riding lesson
with Margo, my cousin. As I
started around the ring, Margo
said "You can go into a trot
now." After I trotted I walked
around a couple of times. Soon
Mango said I could try cantering
around once. As I started I lost my
stirrups and my balance. Ouch! I
fell off! I didn't know what happen­
ed to me for about five seconds.
Suddenly I realized I was hold­
ing the reins lying on my back with
a horse almost stepping on me!
After I had come to my senses I
got back on and tried again.
LOST HORSE
By MELANIE WALSH
Grade 4
,
Such a long time ago on a foggy
morning, I looked out of my sil­
ver-pressed window, I saw. . saw
something black, I could not see be­
cause it was going into the barn.
I quickly put my head under my
pillow. After a while m y mother
woke me up again. Then I thought
of nothing at all not even the big
s c a r r y black thing.
I went into the barn. Just then
as I opened the door I remember­
ed the black thing! I peeked for a
moment instead I saw a beautiful
stallion. I told my mother. She
couldn't believe her eyes. Neither
could I.
We had the horse for a couple of
days until the owner came. I was
sad when he came but. . .he al­
ready had bought another so he
gave us this one. This was the hap­
piest day of my life!
play baseball a few times. On Col­
umbus Day we went to Kent Falls
Kent Falls is about three water
falls that join into one. One thing
I like to do a lot is take a hike
with my friend, J i m m y .
BALL GAMES
By WALTER WEINTZ
Grade 4r
I take after baseball, kickball,
and other sports, so you will usual­
ly find me playing some sort of
ball game with my brother. We
have a pretty good place for a ball
field. A fence, stone wall, and
enough room for foul territories.
The only bad thing about it is that
it is too close to the house for com­
fort when you a r e playing with a
hardball. (I broke a window once.)
I also play my clarinet most
every day. My brother plays clar­
inet and it seems that I take after
him.
SPARE TIME FUN
By NANCY GOLDFINGER
Grade 4r
My sister, Carol, and I both
have English racers. In our spare
time we race each other or just
bikeride slowly. Challis Thompson
and Dorcas Faulks both raced
with us. They don't have racers.
They both gave up because they
never won a race.
Another thing I like to do in my
spare time is to read a book. I
have started a good book called
"Miss Pickerell Goes to M a r s . " I
have so many other books that
have started that sometimes I
don't know which to read.
FALL
By ROGER ZURELL
FUN TIME
Grade 5k
By LARRY MADDEN
Fall is here
Grade 4r
With colored leaves
In my spare time I usually play And lots of cheer
kickball or guns. Sometimes
I
Leaves are falling down
play in our barn or in some rock All around town.
ruins. My friends and I like to play
in our field of wild wheat. On week­ GLIMMER
ends we go to museums, parks, or By MARGO WEBB
the Pound Ridge reservation. We Grade 4c
1
Take Heed
BY MARTHA LESTER
"Thank you very much."
the top of the long thing a kind of When
Friday
Grade 3o'n
Then Aputy and Ladybug went red sponge. He pulled the green
Roaring Brook School, Chappaqua home with the toothpaste. The next thing, with the leaves, out of the Is the 13th
Once there was a little skunk. morning they tried the toothpaste ground and took it home to his
Two Smelly Skunks Buy Sweet Smell
This little skunk's name was
Aputy. Aputy was pretty. She had
pretty red eyes and a little yellow
nose but nobody liked her. All she
did all day long was to eat, sleep
and think. She was wondering if
she ever would have a friend.
Then one day, Aputy saw anoth­
er little skunk in the forest. Aputy
went u p to the%skunk and said,
"Hello, what is your n a m e ? "
"My name is Lady bug. What is
yours?"
"My n a m e is Aputy," said
Aputy.
"May I play with you," said
Ladybug.
" 0 . K , you m a y , " said Aputy.
"Ladybug, do you know where I
can get something so I won't
smell?"
* "Well I got something in the big
city. It was something like tooth­
paste.'
"Well, let's go see."
So the next day Aputy and Ladybug went to the city. They went
into a store but didn't stay long.
The storkekeeper got scared be­
cause of the two skunks. "Well we
better try the skunk store. Here
we are. May we have some tooth­
p a s t e . " asked Aputy? "Yes, you
m a y . I will get if for you right
away. Here you are
but it didn't work. She still smell- mother, Linda. She was- so^ pleas­
ed. So they went to the big city ed. "Timothy, do you know what
again. This time they went into it i s ? " Timothy said that he did
the skunk store and asked for some not know what it was. His mother
told him it was a flower, a red
shaving cream. They got it and
flower! Red flowers bring good
went home. They tried mtr«havtagfluck.
cream but that didn't work either.
So the next day they went to the THE DONKEY
big city again and asked^for-^some­ BY- RICKY- KIRSCHBAUM
thing that would m a k e her smell Grade 3o'n
sweet. So the big skunk said that
Once upon a time there was a
he would find them something donkey named Fuzzy. In the morn­
right away.
ing he got .his toothbrush out and
"Here you are. It is perfume." brushed his., teeth with shaving
"Thank you very much. We bet­ cream. He got out a bowl and
ter go home now."
some pickles and ice cream and
"Yes, we better. I'm so glad we mixed them together for breakfast.
found something, and it works."
One morning it was raining. So,
And they lived happily ever aft­ Fuzzy got out his u m b r e l l a / T h e n
er in their little house in the for­ he remembered something:—once
est.
he went out he could never come
back again. So he thought. Then
LITTLE MOUSE
he said, " I will g o . " So he went
BY PATTY DANN
and he was never seen again.
Grade 3o'n
Once upon a time there lived a OUR T R I P
mouse at the edge of the forest. BY KIM GERINGER
His name was Timothy.
Grade 3g
One day Timothy was in the for­
The other day our class went on
est and he saw a long thing stick­ a trip to a dinosaur museum. We
ing out of the ground. It was saw a movie about dinosaurs. We
green! There were leaves on it. saw some rocks with dinosaur foot­
He did not know what it was. He prints in them. There were some
just stared at it Then he saw at.l special rocks that shone when it
v
HALLOWEEN
By WILLIAM FTTZPATRICK
Grade 6
-Halloween-cOraes on Oct. 31. Hal­
loween m e a n s Holy Evening be­
cause the next day is All Saints
Day. On this day people have part­
ies and play games such as dunk­
ing for apples and fortune telling.
The Jack-O-Lanterns are a sym­
bol of Halloween. There are tales
about Jack-O-Lanterns. The Irish
say it c a m e from a m a n named
Jack. He could not enter heaven
because he was so selfish. He
could not go to hell because he
played jokes on the devil so he
walks the e a r t h with his lantern
until Judgement Day.
The Druids were an order of pa­
gan priests who believed that wit­
ches, ghosts and elves came out on
Halloween. They also believed that
a cat was once human and chang­
ed because of its bad deeds. All
these things m a k e Halloween the
way it is today.
HIS FORTE is building forts,
David Lounsbury, a pupil in the
fourth grade, Katonah Elemen-
Mike Brennan r e c e i v e d the Gregg Schrauf, Cheryl.^oriie $m\
prize for best boy's costume Gary Smith. T h 6 , c o Q t $ j ^ $ & e
and Ann Foss won the girls' judged by Bruce C ^ p b e ^ e a n *
prize. In the dance contests, win­ teen president and seniors Doug
ners for the Twist were J a c k Burrill, Jill Hartung and Brian
Gedney and Stephie F a y while Kurtz.
J i m Marsh, a s Master* of
J o e Oliveri and Sue P a r s o n s woif
Ceremonies, awarded the prizes
the Bristol Stomp contest. Door
prizes were won by Bob Fritz, and handled the records played
1
ed to live and protect themselves.
—Staff Photo by D.B. Kirchhoff.
Sandy's Note Accepted for Publication
By GWEN KINKEAD
Grade 5
Robert E . Bell School,
Chappaqua
On Oct. 4, Mr. McGuire's fifth
grade visited the Greenwich Audu­
bon Center. Several mothers offer­
ed to help with the driving, includ­
ing my mother.
A member of our group was a
boy named Sandy Bueti. Sandy and
another boy sat in the place where
our dog sits, when going somewheres.
After the trip, the class wrote
"thank you" notes to the mothers
who drove them. Sandy finally
completed a letter after five at
tempts. Now the hilarious letter is
to be published in a nation-wide
magazine. This is the way it will
appear in the magazine's Talk of
the Town section:
"A civic - minded suburban
housewife we know volunteered
recently to drive a group of chil­
dren from a local g r a m m a r
school to a nearby Audubon Cen­
ter. Under solemn orders from
their home-room teacher, the chil­
dren wrote thank-you notes to
our friend who has kindly for­
warded one on to us. It reads
a s follows:
Dear Mrs. K
:
Thank you for d r i v i n g our
group to the Audubon Center. It
'Safety First'
Patrol Group
Password
BY KATHY SCHELBERG and
E I L E E N MULLANE
Grade 6a
SS John and Mary School,
Chappaqua
The children in the sixth grade
of SS. John and Mary School have
the privilege and the responsibili­
ty of veing Safety Patrol members.
They pat'ol the buses, the yard,
and the staicase.
The Safety Patrol is there to pro­
tect you and not to show off or
try to boss you around. They a r e
not regular traffic officers and
they do not have the authority to
stop traffic.
A m e m b e r must be punctual, re­
liable, and he or she must be able
to do what he or she tells others
to do.
If we all keep in mind that the
Safety Patrol is for your protec­
tion, things will run more smooth­
ly.
We expect your utmost cooper­
ation in making SAFETY our pass­
word.
THEY N E E D H E L P
BY CHERYL SUCHORS
Grade 6a
People in minor countries all
over the world need your h e l p mainly your prayers. You can help
also by saving the money you were
going to spend on pleasure, and
giving it to the poor and needy.
Another intention you m a y pray
for is a very important one: that
the world will live happily in peace
and not unhappily in pieces.
Remember all the starving peo­
ple in the world and thank God
for the free country in which you
live.
ELECTIONS
BY FRANK GUINAN
Grade 6a
Elections were held in the sixth
grade and as a result we now have
an out-standing president, B a r b a r a
Salvati; a secretary with a good
sense of humor, John D'Aquino;
a treasurer with an honest heart,
Cindy Sinnott.
Kevin McCabe was appointed the
BY PATRICIA FOWLER
captain of the Safety Patrol and
Grade 6A
his lieutenants are: Frank Guinan,
S£* M a r y s . School* Katqnah.
Elizabeth Kinyon, and Christina
G*ne* morning w'hen I went to DiPrinzio.
feed m y dog I couldn'f.fin^ him. We wish them a successful year
I called and called but he didn't in their new jobs.
come: I started t o look down the
road, but at t h e end of oiir drive­ A FOOT FROM DEATH
way there h e - w a s lying, there.
BY THOMAS HUNDLEY
over t h e ^ u b ^ ^ o ^ ^ - s y ^ e M . yJ L r a n . b a c k . t e e t h e house, and m y Grade 6a
The Corch'alrineni for the: $ a £ t j $ iftSther calleckatn. animal; jjpi?pital. One dreary Tuesday afternoon
WheW y?$, toofciiim there ^ h e , doc­ when-we. came home from school,
wer# JoJm %&$&t gbftRtotifci?
Schmidt. Lee Morris a n d Dobbin tor said t h a f h e might die* P r a c ­ m y brother, Johnny, and I got off
Cornell were in charge of decora­ tically all night I was praying that t h e bus just as a selfish driver
tions and refreshments were he would live. When we went back c a m e down the street.
the next d a y the m a n said -that
handled b y Sue Angier and Na­ the dog was dead and he showed ' We heard a burst of horns. The
ncy Butler. Lee Williams, canteen him to us, When we saw the dog selfish driver stopped half way in
director, supervised the party. — we discovered it was the wrong front of the bus. As the bus driver
got out, the selfish driver stepped
Photo by Walter Brownsword.
one, and Spot was still alive.
Family Weeps Over
Death of Wrong Dog
AMONG the 350 teenagers at­
tending the Masquerade P a r t y
held Thursday at the Robert E .
Bell School, Chappaqua, were,
left to right, Genie Lewis, Mary
Lou S i m m e r a c h e r ,
Roo­
ky Schwartz and Dibbon Cornell.
Prizes were awarded for best
costumes and for dance contests.
tary School, built this fort as aclassroom project to illustrate
how early Americans were forc­
-
:
wasn't very bad sitting in the know more of my own works
dog's place going to the Audubon than I do of other composers. And
Center. I hope I enjoyed the trip. I know this composer personally.
I think you're the first person to
enjoy a trip with m e in your MEANING OF MUSIC
By LYNNE SELIGMAN
group.
Grade 6
Sincerely yours,
Music, to me, is not only a bunch
Sandy.
of notes put together to make noise
THE WIND'S SOUND
but a symbol. Most songs either
symbolize or represent a country,
By BETSY BLACKEBY
its people, or its industries and
Grade 6T
work.
The wind whispered gently
But if you wanted to get the real
Around the hill
meaning
of the word music, you
It c a m e in the night
would have to go far back into
When all was still.
time. In the pre-histonc ages, mu­
Then it grew fiercer
sic was only a group of grunts,
As night grew late,
snorts and howls. As time went
It wailed ghostly
on and people learned how to talk,
At the gate.
they took some words they used
It moaned around corners,
everyday and said them, using dif­
Around house and lawn.
ferent tones, to form a little melo­
It didn't grow calmer
dy.
Althout it was dawn.
Perhaps- someone .threw a rock
And than it raged,
at a hollow tree and found out it
And raged at the door.
make a flat but pleasant sounding
It c a m e in the house,
noise; somewhat like a drum of
It came with a roar.
today.
The trees bent low
Of course the brass and wind in­
As far as the ground
struments were invented thousands
The old trees moaned
of years later. But scientists and
The wind had made its sound.
archeologists believe prehistoric
men had a way of making string
MY FAVORITE COMPOSER
instruments by stretching an ani­
By ANITA MOSS
mal's guts over an opening in a
Grade 6t
When Mr. Visca gave us the as­ hollow tree.
signment to write a composition,
no doubt many children wrote
about the famous composers such
as Bach, Beethoven, Hanael, Haydn
etc. But I choose to write about a
composer who is not famous, not
well-known; in fact, only a few
people have ever heard her play.
This composer is myself.
J first started composing when I By BEVERLY DOUGLAS
began to take piano lessons. My Grade 4t
teacher is interested in all kinds of Crompond Elementary School,
music and asked m y partner and Yorktown
me to compose some of our own
There once was an "injun"
pieces. When I first tried, m y mus­
His name was Joe
ic sounded absolutely horrible, but
He was just terrific at shooting
after practicing and spending more the bow
time on it, it improved.
But he had one fault
Often I wonder how I can make He hated white men
up such terrible music at times and He would fight them
then at other times compose what I Kick them and put them in a pen
consider .pretty good. It's fun to
One night he went walking
listen to your own music and make
On the white m a n ' s land
up your own title for it, too. A few And out popped a white m a n
With a shot gun in his hand
of the mixed up names I have
No "Injun J o e " was startled
heard a r e : "Dig That Crazy Sum­
For he had never been so scared
m e r , " "The Pic-Pocket," "Scram­
bled E g g s , " "The March of The And then he was m a d e to prom­
Masses," "Chinese Checkers" and ise
Never to pen up white men
others.
I doubt very much if I will ever again.
have one of m y songs published
But, just the same, it is fun to AUTUMN
listen' to your own creation, make By JOHN SCHIEL
up titles and see what others think Grade At
of your music.
Look at the leaves on the ground
I've finally come to the conclu­ Some a r e in a circle round and
sion as to why I .am m y own fav­ round.
orite composer. That is because, I
Some a r e red, some a r e brown,
Look at the leaves on the ground.
White Man's
Gun Scares
'Injun Joe'
Stairway, Hideaway
For Halloweenf Fun
LITTLE L E A F
By SUSAN GEIS
Grade 4t
BY J E R R Y DIFRANCIA
There was a little leaf
Grade 3W
Who took a trip brief,
Thomas Jefferson School
He met a little pumpkin
Jefferson Valley
But thought it was a dumpkin,
Once when I was living in m y
So
he went on his way,
old house it was Halloween. I went
Singing
Polly Woodle Doodle all
over to m y friend's house at night.
day.
He lived in an apartment. You had
to go upstairs to get to his apart­
COLOR OF LEAVES
ment and there were no lights in
By BEVERLY COHEN
the stairway. It was like a spooky
Grade 4t
house.
My friend was a clown, m y sis­ Leaves of different colors
All over the town,
ter was Little Red Riding Hood
They fall from the snowy trees
and I was a devil. There were lots
And hit the cold wet ground
of other costumes. After we had Against the ground and upside
the party, every one was going
home. I hid behind the stairs and down.
when they came down I scared They change all different colors
Yellow red, orange and brown
them.
all over the little town.
BD3D VS CAT
It's winter now, they're covered
By DEBBY BOONE
with snow
Grade 2
All over the town, on the ground
Once there was a bird who flew They give a shiny glow.
in the celler.
We tried to get him, but we WHAT'S A DAUGHTER?
couldn't. We have two cats. We MOUNT KISCO—
found one cat and threw him out The author of "What is a daugh­
but the other came in. The bird t e r ? " cannot remain unnoticed. We
flew behind the furnace, it w a s so want to give full credit to Miss
Katherine May, Robert E . Bell
scared.
'School,
Chappaqua, for h e r descrip­
Then w e opened t h e door and
tion
of
what t h e youngest distaff
the bird, flew out leaving two un­
happy cats.
CRICKETS
on the g a s and just missed Johnny Grade 2h
by a foot.
- Crickets have an orchestra. It
This is a true story. It could goes everywhere. Once the fiddlers
happen to you. Look when you get start their songs they hardly ever
out of a bus. You might meet a stop. But when they stop to jiibble
selfish .driver too.
grass, they s e e m r a t h e r quiet.