Dr. Von Braun
launched another
thirty pound
Explorer into
space on March
26
Big Creek High
School had been
placed on a
football
suspension for the
1958 season
according to Mr.
Trune
Mr. Turner
announced that
because of
Sputnik, and the
worry of bad
education, all of
our classes would
be harder
After Mr. Turner
read a short
poem, called
Invictus, all the
students started
to leave. While
leaving Sonny
noticed that
Dorothy was
sobbing and he
wanted to
comfort her.
Buck a football
player would not
be able to get a
football
scholarship
because of the
suspension. He
would have to go
down to the coal
mines. Though he
did not want to,
he wanted to go
to college.
After the bell
rang Sonny
noticed that
Dorothy was still
sobbing and that
she went straight
out of class to
Vernon
Holbrook, a
senior linebacker.
Homer told Jim
that he will go to
college and he
would pay for it.
Jim then goes on
to say that he
wanted to play
college football,
and that the
college teams
would now never
notice him. He
also blamed it all
on Homer.
Sonny asked Mr.
Ferro for some
tin. Mr. Ferro
said that he had
some this
morning and that
he would have to
trade something
for it. Sonny
didn’t have
anything to trade
though.
Reverend
Richard had the
tin from Mr.
Ferro for
shingles.
Reverend
Richard said that
if he had shingles
he wouldn’t have
to us the tin ,but
Emmett Jones
does.
Sonny Was now
starting to learn
how too trade
Coalwood style
which would
most likely
benefit him in
the long run.
Emmett Jones
had plenty of
shingles but the
only way Sonny
could have them
was if he got
planting dirt
from Big Branch
, to make
Emmett Jones
flowers glorious.
After they got
the shingles from
Emmett Jones
and then traded
the shingles for
the tin from
Reverend
Richard they
drew a plan for
their blockhouse
on scrap paper.
After spending a
whole day on the
blockhouse,
Sonnies mom
said that
Quentin was too
tired to go home
so she made
Sonny sleep on
the couch and
Quentin sleep in
Sonnies bed.
Sonnies
enthusiasum
took Homer off
guard. Homer
said don’t geet
out of contro
now.
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