Maycomb Tale
The highscool auditorium
After much discussion and hard work Maycomb's
most devoted ladies agreed that this year would be
different. This year it would not be a normal
Maycomb Halloween, this year Maycomb's high school
auditorium will be opened all night for all of Maycomb to
enjoy our many activities there.
Inside the high school auditorium there
will be games, prizes, and a pageant. All these things
are were thought of and produced from our own ladies of
Maycomb.
The games will include: apple bobbing, taffy
pulling, and pinning the tail on the donkey. A twenty five
cent prize will be given to the best Halloween costume
that was created by the wearer. And to end the night
Mrs. Grace Merriweather directed a pageant to celebrate
the holiday.
Maycomb's children will wear costumes of different
foods and recite lines to help spread the cheer. Mrs. Grace
Merriweather tells the Maycomb Tale, "I thought it would be
such an adorable pageant with all the kids participating and
dressed up as food!"
I guess all of Mayvomb will have to wait until
Halloween night to see if Mrs. Grace Merriweather is right.
Editorial
Heck Tate
Sheriff Heck Tate's story on how Bob Ewell
died by tripping over the oak tree root and stabbing himself
may be true, but as for me, I believe anything could've happened
that night. There is no evidence that supports Heck Tate's word and
and no witness to say there story, so why believe the story. I want proof,
it was dark that night, who's to say that Mrs. Helen Robinson didn't
come up behind poor Bob Ewell and murder him herself.
Also I never heard of any Ewell owning a kitchen knife
unless they got it from the dumpster. And why would Bob be walking
through the neighborhood with a kitchen knife in his hand. I
believe that old Heck Tate is covering for someone or who knows,
maybe for himself. And that person, that murder, can be
living among us right now as our neighbors or friends.
I believe it is the Sheriff's job to protect
our county, by making sure no harm or danger come to us.
But, by not arresting the killer when he knew who it was, he put
the whole county in danger. If he cannot put us out of harm's
way then maybe he shouldn't be the sheriff anymore.
We, of Maycomb's people, want to be protected. So, I think
I speak for everyone when I say I don't want a murder or
a lying sheriff living in our town.
Article By: William Billy
Letter to the Editor
Dear William Billy,
I believe you are completly mistaken 'bout Mr. Heck Tate.
He never done nothing to our county of Maycomb but
protect us and he will continue doing so. Mr. Heck Tate so
kind and brave he works for us eachday. So show some grattitude boy.
You oughta be ashamed of ya self, if I ever hear another word out
ya yapper, so help me I shall skin ya alive faster then you can apologize.
Sincerly,
Mrs. Maudie
Obituary to Mrs. Dubouse
Mrs. Dubose lived alone except for Jessie,
who helped her on whatever she needed. No citizen in
Maycomb could ever go around the town without passing
her house and surely enough she was there, sitting
on her wheelchair enjoying the view of our small town.
Mrs. Dubose was a dedicated and strong lady
before passing this spring. Even though her past was
not something she would approve of, her mind was set
on leaving the world without making anything easier for
herself.
Mrs. Dubose was ill. She had an illness that could
not be cure and that limited her life span. Dr. Reynolds
soon told her she only had a few months to live.
In her past, Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict.
Her doctor had put her on it for years. The drugs took
much of her pain away so that she wouldn't have to live
in agony, but she made it clear one day that she would
not die an addict.
Each day Mrs. Dubose took her medicine
later then the previous day. She was hoping to get
rid of her addiction or to make it less triumphant.
Each day she had a distraction or two
to keep her mind of the pain that she had to overcome
to accomplish her goal. For so many people, this pain would be
too much for them and they would succumb to taking the
pain killers, but Mrs. Dubose stuck to her goal.
On the night of her death she called Atticus Finch
to make her will and hours later she passed. Even though
her journey was difficult, she
accomplished her goal and was not an addict when
she died.
Written By: Jessie Spot
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Colored Section
was left all alone to care for herself and her children.
With no job or money to support herself she
needed something to help her on her way, and that's
when Mr. Link Deas came to her.
Mr. Link Deas felt very sorry for what happened
to Tom Robinson and he wanted to make sure she had
what she needed to keep moving on without him. With
that said, Miss Helen Robinson received a job from him
and started working immediately.
Work was not easy though, with her children at
home and her having to walk more than a mile each day, it was
certainly a struggle for her and her family, but Helen
did not complain.
Eventually though, Mr. Link Deas realized that Helen
was coming to work from the "wrong direction" and when he
finally got the reason out of her, she begged for him
to stay out of it.
The reason Miss Helen Robinson was walking
the "wrong direction" to work was because Bob Ewell, who recently
was in trial with Tom Robinson for the rape of his daughter,
had chunked at her last time she used the public roads.
Poor Miss Helen was now afraid to walk by their house
again.
A picture of Bob Ewell in court the day of the trial.
Mr. Link Deas, however, could not stay out of this.
He would not have one of his workers, being afraid to
come to work every morning. So, Mr. Link Deas walked
Miss Helen Robinson home that afternoon, the short way.
When he walked her back, everything was relatively
calm until they got to the gates of the Ewell home. "I remember
I told those Ewells that if I heard another peep from Helen
not being able to walk through that road again I would
put him in jail." Says Mr. Link Deas. "Then I just spat
in the dust and walked home, I thought
he wouldn't bother her again."
The next day, Helen Robinson took the short way
to work. She passed the Ewells' house and wasn't chunked
at. But after walking a few yards of the
property, she turned and saw Mr. Ewell walking up behind her.
"I remember, hearing foul words coming from him in a whisper."
Miss Helen tells the Maycomb Tale. "I was worried that he
would hurt me or if he was angry that I had told Mr. Link
Deas about the chunking, but
the whole time I was walking, he never got any closer to me,
he just stayed
the same distance. This though did not ease my concern."
When Helen Robinson got to Mr. Link Deas' home, Mr. Link Deas
warned Bob Ewell again. Though Bob Ewell denied doing anything to Helen,
Link Deas made it clear that all he had to do was make her afraid for
him to be sent to jail.
Helen reported no further assault to Link Deas and Bob
was not seen again stalking another lady, but the question
remains, when will he strike again?
Article by: Paola RIvera
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