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FEBRUARY 13, 1970
'JfRASo BURR
PAuE 2.
t&e questions as we could in
the Rioted time. "Oh, no sweat"
I thought, "this will be a breeze
Well, the first few parts of the
test were fairly easy, but the
next sections were a little
harder - a lot harder to be exact
I never did figure out the differ
ence in those ..\sij.ly hammers!
After we had finished the
written test, we were * led back
into the cafeteria. Here we were
told we would nowbbe _ given .the
manual dexterity postion of the
tests. Well, you can imagine my
reaction to this! (Actually, we
were sent to the table that had
been set up for the tests. On the
tables,I saw things that resemble
a first grader's briefcase. They
were about three feet long and
two feet wide opened up,and there
were about 80 holes in each one.
In the first" ToFty•'holes’ther'e was
fat red pegs. We were told that .
we were to pick up two of the red
pegs at a time, and place as many
of them in the bottom holes with-
in thirty seconds, Okay, on your
mark, get ready, go. Well, I
started off pretty good,but after
the boy on my right kept hitting
me with his elbow and making me
drop my pegs about seven times,
and the girl on my left suddenly
had a giggling fit. I decided to
just forget it. Besides, I had
just about decided that those
silly pegs were larger than the
holes.
Next we were taken to another
table and instructed to make aa
many marks on a sheet of paper as
we had time to. fhis would have
been easy, but they had to be a
certain kind of mark. It was
similar to the number eleven with
a dash under it. Yhe boy accross
from me said to just draw an up -
side down pi sign. Well, while
I was trying to figure out how an.
upside down pieccould..e^pQssibly
look like the number eleven with
a dash under it, all-the others
had started the test and were
quickly scribbling sway. Oh, well
I never was very good at writing
fast.
fhe next and last portion of
the tests just really topped it
all! We were placed in front of
pegboards resembling the others,
but these were much smaller. Any-
way, these were to show how fast
you could assemble and disassemble
things, we were to pick up a riv-
et, place a washer on it, and place
it in the hole.,fhis may sound vary
simple, but don't kid yourself-not
for me. I was determined to do
better since this was the last
test and my last chance. Get ready
set,go! I was going pretty good,
but I started getting ahead of my-
self. ny brain dictated-rivet,
washer, hole. Rivet, washer,hole.
For some reason, my hands kept get-
ting too many washers and I was
having to just throw the& of
the way so as not to slow down my
progress. After I had done this
several times, I heard someone yeL-
ling at me. It seems that in the
process of getting rid of my exces
washers, I had hit one boy in the
head about three times. I hastily
apologized to him and kept going,
when time was called, I loodedj3own
at my work-not bad, But then I
saw all the excess itfashers I had
accumulated in my process--twenty
one to be exact! Oh well, maybe
no one noticed, except maybe the
boy with the sore head.
■Re were then told that we had
completed the tests and could re-
turn to our classrooms. As I left
the room, my mind was filled with
puzzling thoughts of upside down
pi signs, unmatched hammers, red
pegs, and washers. "Oh,well," I
thought,"I always did want to be a
truck driver."
ft* pHi Pr e. d i c f 3
AQUARIUB (Jan.20-Peb.l8)- This
month is not only your birthday,
but it is a good month for sweet
things like valentine candy.Maybe
you detest coffee and your boy-
friend gives you coffee candy or
you begin eating your candy and
find your teeth will not come a-
part. If your boyfriend j^nH.-a-i
dentist.Rope he has a sturdy mon-
key wrench. Remember big things
come in small packages.
FIBCES (Feb.19-war.20)- You are
the royal valentine and enjoy sig
ing lovely riddles to your sweet-
heart. fhis is one you most com-
monly sing,"Candy is dandy, but
exercise won't rot your teeth."
You may not be tactful, but you
save money.
AIREb (liar. 21 -Apr. 19) - Little Bo
Beep has lost her valentine and
doesn't know where to find him.
Bo she huffs and puffs and kills
the cupid.
TAURUb (Apr. 20-nay 20)-You think
of your lover every other d^yc
you'll have somethin^ to look for-
ward to. Try thinking of him
twice on balentines and your heart
will grow fonder.
oEninI (nay 21-June 21)-You really
love yourself! You buy a ticket
to the i.elon Vine assembly and sit
by yourself and hold hands with
yourself. Then you can buy a box
of candy and share it with your-
self. If you're lucky someday wh
when you pick up a mirror to wink
at yourself you'll freeze.
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