Scranton Central HS 1958 Yearbook (Scranton, PA) - Full Access

We had wonderful time together Beth. ~1orton meant e' erythin~ to mt'. I'll ne,·er foraet how mi erable I wa wh n he wa killed. I didn't want to li,·e. I wantt'd to b rip;ht with him." I ''a fa cinat d. ··But don't you till mi him terribly?" "Of cour e. I mi him but I've learn d to li,·e "ithout him. I've had to. I couldn't pend the r t of my life mourning. Life i too preci– ous." ·I . ee" I aid. And I did. It wa time for m to aet ba k to make lun h for my fath r. •· .om af{ain. and "e'll talk, B th. ext tim about you." '"Oh. I will. I will. Thank you." Halfway down the hill, I turned around. he once again looked ad and lonely. I would com to e her often, and tomorrow I would bring her orne fre h bread. h rai ed her hand and wa,ed. I waved back and tarted running, yelling, ··Thank you ... thank you . . thank you ..." What a wonderful old woman," I thought. ·'What a wonderful life!" Soliloquy Elaine Bi11ik '59 Lying in the tiline of th dark .. . . peace, Bl ed with the fulfillm nt of a day .... contentment, ati fi d with time well pent ..... pride, Confident of a beautiful tomor- row ..... hope. J NE, 1958 One Rebel Too Many Abu e of power can turn even a man's best friends against him. John .\Ja,chaloni, '58 H IGH in the tower of the gloomy itadel that overlooked the . leeping outh Ameri an town. a lone light burned. Juan lvarez, th p;rcat di tator wa worried. At hi be t ince hi army had e tabli hed the n w re~ime, Alvarez tood proudly. r pi ndent in hi military uniform and re iv d the applau e of the peopl . But now the e am people had tired of El Pre idente. and th re were murmur of re\ olt. Th door to Alvar z' room opened. Field Mar hall ~I iguel an– chez. who had led the army of re,o– lution "hi h e tabli.hed Alvarez a dictator, entered. He wa Alvarez' mo t tru ted officer and friend. an– chez poke, ..Excellency, don't worry o much. I. too have heard of the rebel and the are only a mall force." ..True," an wer d • h ·arez, ..but they gain n w follower e\·ery day. \ e mu t de troy the e enemie of the regime. Miguel, take your force and liquidate all who oppo e me.'' Ieney," he troop have en mie ." houted, ea ily ..my uperb cru hed our But lvarez, drunk with pow r and cra;red with fear creamed ··Kill them al1! Go out in to the mountain and d troy ever ·one who oppo e u ." an hez pleaded, ··But, Excellen– ). our people [i,·e there. I can't p r ecute our relative and friend ." ··Do a I ay!" cream d the mad– dened di tator. anchez tumbled out of th room mumbling, ..Our people. our people." A ·econd reign of terror truck the mall country. anchez till did the dictator' biddina but wa ickened by thi r peated campai n. H aw the ruthle army terrorize the imple mountain people who were hi fri nd . anchez again returned to the citadel. At fir t he had fought for him eH. but the en ele brutality nau eated him. He threw op n the door and tormed into the dictator' ··y · , Excell ncy! I hall tak m) office. b t force and cru h all re i tance. In two w k , the reaime will again be afe." The dictator' weB-trained force tart d fir t in the capital. All who had aid anythin again t the aov– ernment were either impri oned or liquidated. \\'hen a group of pea ant openly dar d to re i t anchez' force , the e well-equipped mere na– rie and thu a il) cru hed the ill– equipped but hard-fighting farmer . After a hort but bloody reign of terror, Field :Mar hall anchez re– ported to Dictator Alvarez. '·Excel- Alvarez wa hi old elf a ain. milingly h ~reeted hi victoriou Field :\1ar hall ..Good w o r k, figu 1! Thank to you, our regime 1. afe. You have de troyed all my enemie ." ·· o, Ex ellency." hi ed anche7, ..one reb 1 e cap d u . ' anchez dre\\ hi pi to] and pointed it toward Ah-arez. . he queezed the trigger anchez murmured, ..You .,.,·ent too far thi time, Excellency." \\'ith one hot, the government of thi mall trife-torn country again hanged hand . 23