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Friday, July 30, 1963  

Harmless Lunchtime Picnic Turns Into Wild Disaster! 

Article By: Lexie Nakamori  

WINDRIXVILLE, Oklahoma ­­     Three “superheroes” saved the       lives of five schoolchildren from a           burning church. Last Sunday,       several students, teachers, and       bystanders took watch as three         “Greasers” (as they call       themselves) ­­ Johnny Cade,       Ponyboy Curtis, and Dallas       Winston took action of rescuing five           kids, said to be eight years old or               younger, from an old, abandoned,       burning church on the top of Jay             Mountain. Sources say that the         church burned down merely just         because it was old. 

 

 Burning church on top Jay Mountain. 

Top tumblr posts. Digital image. Satansbarbiexoxo, n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2014 

 Curtis and Cade were the first             

one’s to enter the smouldering         church. They broke two windows to           get in and out of the church. As               Curtis and Cade went in, they           picked up the children one by one           heaving them out of the church.  

About 15 minutes after, the church             began crumbling slowly. A scared         Winston shouted inside to warn his           friends that the building was about           to collapse. Once Curtis heard         Winston’s call, he immediately       grabbed the last kid he found in             sight and rushed out of there. As             for Cade, he stated himself that he             couldn’t get out fast enough before           he heard a crack, and the sound of               timber slowly belted out. Cade was           right in the way of where the kindled               timber fell and unfortunately, it hit           him on his back.  After Curtis got out of the church,               

his jacket was on fire, but didn’t             seem to notice. Winston came to           Curtis’ side knowing the jacket was           on fire. Winston tried to help Curtis             by whacking off the smoke and           flames, but Curtis merely collapsed         on the floor from being whacked           too hard. We found later that day,             that the jacket that was on fire             saved his young life. 

 Agee, Larry. Sandy's Memphis, Tennessee. Digital image. N.p., 22 Oct. 1962. Web. 16 Sept. 2014 

 

 Hospital that Curtis, Cade, and Winston 

were held at.  Beaver, Logan. St. Clara's Hospital, Corner of Sixth and Maple Streets in the 1960s. Digital 

image. Hospitals, Past and Present. N.p., 1982. Web. 16 Sept. 2014 

 

As Curtis came to later that day,               he found himself in an ambulance.           that was taking him to the E.R. after               being badly burned. Jerry Wood, a         man that was staying with Curts the             whole time said, “That young kid is             a hero!”  

A couple days later, Curtis came             out of the hospital. However,         Winston and Cade were still being           treated for. Luckily after all the kids           were treated, none of the         schoolchildren were hurt or       pronounced dead. 

 Kentuky Fried 

Chicken. Digital 

image. Flickr. 

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15 Mar. 2009. 

Web.   16 Sept. 2014.