The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1970 Page: 2 of 8
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GRASS BURR
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February. 13- 1970.
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Cupid and his little arrows
wait just around the corner, and
it*s time for each felicw to start
scraping up the money to buya big
box of chocolates for hfe favorite
girl. Hre is a hint for the gu\s.
When last comes to last,Val-
entines ' Day is just another sta-
nant tradition. We do the same
things over and over because thatfe
the way th heved.ways been dona
Why not be different this year?
First, you have to convince
your girl that candy is bad for
her. Tell her it will ruin her
figure, make her complexion bad
make her hair turn dull—tell her
anything--just convince her that
She does't want or need any candy.
Then go home and borrow pur
younger brother's or sisterb con-
struction paper and try to rem—
ember how it was when ycu were a
little boy. Cut out a red heart,
put a bigger white heart behind
it and write what you feel on it.
Finally, go find your girl
get away from everyone else and
give her the valentine you have
made. Tell her that you really
want her to be your valentine.
Tell her why; she is beautiful,
kind, and wonderful. Let her see
that you appreciate her.
Maybe you will make a great
impression, maybe you won't. One
thing for sure, that special
girl won't forget this Valentine
Day—for a while anyway.
The Goat
iiss Whitsett's first peEd
English class should serve as a
model for efficiency experts.
Everyone knows that 2 s mall groups
of people can get out of a build-
ing faster than 1 large group.
So when the fire bell rang, half
of the class went out past the
student lounge and half wentdo wn
through the gym. Miss Whitsett
kept saying "the East door, the
East door..." and the Tire marshal
just stared. I'm not sure whether
hiss Whitsett or her class shouH
get this Goat Head. Maybe they
can put it up on the wall and
share it.
WHS seemed a trifle crowded
one afternoon at least Dana .Jones
thought so. Then Donna gotakeen
idea She went to the bell to sipnal
the end of homeroom and pushed the
button once twice-- three times. In
practically no time at all the
school was hardly inhabited at all.
I slowly entered the cafet-
eria, not at all knowing what to
expect. As I looked about the
room, and saw the faces of my
fellow "intelligent classmates
I realized that I was not alone
in my ignorance • Little did I
know just how right I was.
As soon as 1 had sat down
at one of the tables, several
forms were placed before me that
I w&s to quickly fill out. I
looked at the first blank - Name.
Easy enough, 1 thought, so 1
neatly wrote Vicki Lynn Harrell.
I looked up and -felt a pair of
beady eyes piercing my body, and
a voice yelling, "No, no—last
name, first name, middle initial
Not the first name, middle name
last name* 1 nervously eraced my
error and was trying to compehend
what he had said, when another
voice was rattling off informa -
tion to be put in the seventeenth
blank. I sheepishly leftmy messy
first blank to catch up with the
others and write down what the
man said. I had it all written
down, when the boy next to me
nudged me and said, "Uh.«. you
just wrote your college preference
in the blank for your weight." I
just sat there for a minute and
decided to leave it, because the
right answer would have been just
as much of a disaster anyway!
1 finally finished scribbling
in the rest of the blanks, which
was quite a task, because I was
trying to listen to the
instructions, fill out the forms
and defrost my contact lenses at
the same time. They always seem
to fog up when I get in a confused
jumble, so I guess I was getting
a little flustered. Yep - they
were right - I read over the form
1 had been filling out and disev-
ered I had been in the army for
four years, had the two dependarts
and wanted to be a pro - football
player. Oh, well, let them figure
it out.
After all that, half of us
were herded into the auditorium.
We were tibld that we would be
given a series of tests thatwould
determine our suitable vocations
and that we would have our written
part first. The man passed out
our little booklets and answer
sheets and explained what we were
to do. We were to answer asnany of
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