Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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MY HEADLIGHT BOUGHT a headllght a perfectly good headllght made of mckel and fashloned after the latest pattern Oswald the man who took care of my machlne when I was away seemed to have a great mterest ln the Cdl and dld all 1n hls pow er to make me satlsfled w1th xt You know he H1 gued you w1ll nex er know the 1oy of motorlng t1ll you r1de at nlght It IS the hnest sensat1on 1mag1nable to gllde swlftly and smoothly over th wlndmg country roads w1th a powerful llght to make the way clear H1s ilowlng language got the better of my ludgment and so I ordered a blg searchllght When the llght came Oswald admsted It properly and attached the prestolxte tank on the runnmg board The llght ltself was made of mckel It had a streamllme effect so much admlred by motorlsts I don t exactly understand what a streamlme effect 19 but Oswald Sald the llght had lt and I was glad It was 1n style All the other flttlngs of the car were brass Somehow the llght d1dn t look 1ust rlght We could have gllded lt but It was mckel and I pald more because of the mckel so we declded to let It alone Oswald told me that lf I had two llghts on the dashboard lust com mon o1l lamps made of mckel and on the same pattern as the blg llght that every thlng would harmomze So I got the two llttle o1l lamps made of mckel We dldnt need them at all for the blg llght was enough but the whole car looked better It was a llttle car lust a one cyhnder Cadll lac All lt was used for was to haul me to and from the mmes and occa slonally to take us r1d1ng on Sunday afternoons The upkeep was small Ils lwht welght was easy on the tlres and 1ts one cyllnder used a mlnlmum of gasollne Of course lt couldn t go fast or cllmb steep hllls We dldnt want It to do that We were used to It and were perfectly satlsfied For a whlle we emoyed our new llght It was very nlce to be sure but we grew tlred of r1d1ng at nlght All was well enough at mght when we d1d r1de for no one could see the llght ltQ6lf But 1n the daytlme lt looked as lf lt would overbalance the machlne It was entlrely out of proportlon wlth the rest of the equlpment Exen the three llghts d1d not do away Wlth the lncongrulty They made the car have a half equlpped look Brass and nlckel don t go well to gcther so I had all the brass trlmmmgs taken off and mckel plated I thought I was done then but the upholstery of the car was black Oswald told me that black upholstery dld not match mckel trlmmlngs so I had all of the perfectly good black leather taken off and French gray put on It looked hke a common lead color to me but Oswald called It French gray and sald that xt was styllsh Th1s new color was too llght because It caught dust and dlrt But we thought we would l1ke It after whlle and consequently trled to put up w1th If we were to have a car equlpped llke the new models we ought to do thc thlng up rlght so under Oswald s dlrectlon I had the llttle Cadlllac overhauled palnted French gray and put 1nto good order Oswald s1nce he had been worklng for me had saved qulte a llttle money and once told me when he found a good second hand car he would buy lt He knew the worth of a car and walted patxently for a bargaln Q0 as I took off the old p1eces of the car Oswald was always w1ll1ng to take them at a good dlscount for they would come 1n handy when he got hls machlne I I . , 7 ! I I , I I I I , . 7 1 . . I , I I I I ' . ' ' 5 .' , ,' ' II u 1 I I I I , ' H 7 Y v ' I ' 1 , . I' I' I' I' Q A Q y ' I r' ' , 79 5 a ' 1 Y' I I ' ' , D ' . 1 ' ' v I I . I I , I 1 I - C I . . . i A u L L I - I , I . w - , I I I I I r Y I I . K L , A, Y , I I . - v I I , II I H I . I . . Y . I . ' ' 9 9 I , I I V . . 1 I I I I ,--v I ' I , I I ,-'- ' , Y . . I . I . I , . . w I , I I -- , t . I . I ' K v . K ' . ' I ' 1 1 . 1 5 x A n I 9 ' 1. l v - . 1 1 I . I I . I I . ' I V I I I Y . . . I I Q I I I , I I I . . , . . . , I . I , I I I I U I . . . I I I I I , k . ' I 9 1 Y , k A u lx I I ki n . I . I . Q V x Q I I - - . , - . I I 73 , I kin AF ' I 4 I I I I I , I h I . I . . . I 1 . I I , I v I ' 9 ' V K I . . I I . . Y I I W . V I I . I I . 9 , . . Y W 1 K , x . . , . I . l . , I , I I I N . I . K , L I L , u A o - , I - . , . D . I, ' I' I , I I I V - Y I

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Mlss Broun' It was the Squue s YOICS Yea Wlll you come IH tor a mmute 7 MISS Prown followed Elwftbeth mto the house MISS I IOVSH I recelx ed 1 lettel hom VOLII cousm this mflllllllj., Slim told me all lbout th lt hat ride I h we vnonged Vou Ill thought lS xxcll as m deed and I beg your forgneness Of course I forgne you Sillllre Jones but you must haxe no LllHlltW tow 1rd mx cous1n because she xx as young and 6'lNllW 1Flllt16IlC6Cl If she h is told you all you knovs th It I gue he1 my colt 1nd h It to wen the lllglll on the h 1V11de After I h id promlsed her th xt I would not tell lnw ont th 11 lt was she wx ho had gone I would not bxelk mx promlse and theletole I had to bear the punlshment th tt r1ghttullv belonged to her But I am gl ad that her conaclence had troubled he1 I thlnk much more ot' he1 for m lk 1ng thls confesslon It would be useless ton mc to tell the lest ot thc Nt01W 1nd lt I stop now I le ue the 1mp1css1on wlth Nou th lt Ill s xx ell th tt ends xxcll K SOME SENIORS AS SEEN FROM THE STAGE Just Out of College Rax Carlson The Spenders Ralph Haley C len J lITllS0ll md Shlelds I lam A Modern Eve Eunlce llsher The L mgerbread Man John Johnson The Newlyweds Cnbson and NIRFIE Llttle Boy Blue Stanford Leffen Iumpmg Jup1te1 Ruth B1ttlCk The Chocolate Qoldler Buck NSWIJSILILI MISS Nobody trom at lrland Florence C 11 cs The bhepherd ot the Hllls I yron B uton The Ihrt Brllhant Brader Uncle Josh Sprucebx Mlke C lltner The College Wldovx Nma Stephenson Llttle Men Eul Mcl ull Due WIIILII und lute Nllllel The Merry Wldow Loulse Weln ut The Ne Q1 Do Well Maurlce Regan The Quaker Mdld Luc1lle Damels 'lhe Jolly Bachelors ieorge Buch in tn L ulxle D1l6Sb2lCll and Xlfl ed Dangerfield Mutt and Jett Jeannetta md I lrnex The Doll u Prmcess Kathery ne NIcKee The Sprlng Mald W1ll1e Munday A Prmce ot Tonlght X7lCt01' HlHtOH A Clrl of the Colden West Luclle Ixaw sel Brlght Eves Ohxe Fletchex The Traxellng Q zlesman W llter Coomel 'I he Sllm Prmcess Au Wxllace The Ulfl from Mumms Leah Robmson Q K 14 Cl ' , .7 v 9 ' ' 7 Y ' .., . t . . ll Y, . . H . . . l . , 1, fl' 'J A I , ll . . . . . . . 1 H 1. 1 1 2 ,. . . . A. A. . ,-I K - Y 1 1 2 2 1 .y ' . Z 1 1 1 T 1 1 A1 v 1 Zh' . ' v v 1 ,I , . . . . U ' Y 7 ' 1 - v x ' ' ' 9 1 V A Y n A ' ,E -V, K1 , C K1 K. 1 A1 .1 1 L. .71 . .1 2 K 1 1 , , ' Q 2 ' ' 2 2 2 ' If ' ' r l 1 . 1 v A V 4 Z. ' . 2 . ' 2 l c . ' 1 ' V 1 1 v v 0 I V . 1 1 1 ' 1 3 . - , c 1 . c 1 1 ' c . ' Z I ' ' 2 L . .' . Z V. . . Y ' Y. ,, . . . . A1 L1l1 ' 1 , 1 ,K1 ' 1 A. 1 1' 2 ' ' A. v v l w 1 1. V. v 4 KA I 1 v . 1 v Y' 'Z ' ' 3. . 1 1 2 . ' 1 ' . ' . 1 H. ., 14. U 1 . 1 1 1 . i - . . u 99 1 - ' - Q 1 1 . - ' , I 2 t , 2 . ' . ' kl ' I C I' rec es -Mlldrec rouch. ll 9? ' 'W' v ls , , n A, . U y in w- ' . 1 . . KC ' 77 u - - ,xx - ' P it u is L ' av U , X ,- Lt l v v ' 1 1 ,I i In I v x A V K C W . x JI I. 1 sm 1 - - ,H J , . . L D 4 . cm 4- - u - - n , n ' 1- . g' 1 1 . K6 ' V17 ' T1 V U ' H .. 5, , , ,.., , z.'. 1' . l c c 1 r 1 1 1 A . at Q V,' . v . 1 1 1 n C u n 9 1 vv I - I cs ' ' va ' - , li W YV? Y . . 'Y' I Y x Q r . T I c c , fc I . , 1 AV l Kt 'I' 1 I 1 ji Y c r 1 c lc 'V . KK ' N 1 w YV? ' , N C n A W A n U . . ,, . . H - . . ,, . . if ' Y Y? ' 7 1 ' I I . -- ' LI. . lm ' eu - v , ll :I ' I v VY 1 ' Y . K K n W K n .4 1 N - - 1 ,vs ,' , I L . . 1 E 1 . as v' ,H - 1 v a . - . . ,. ., .

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He waa '1 very obllglng fellow and alwaya had '1s I have s'11d a great 1nterest ln my atfalrs too great an lnterest I sometlmes thmk One day as he was washlng off the machlne he remarked Do you know I cant see the use 1n trymg to lmltate a new model wlth thls old wheelbarrow You Q1mply can t do It What I would do now lf It were mme would make lt look and run as good as any machlne ln town I don t c 1re lt lt doesn t look llke new I s 11d Wh It dlflerence does It make to me lt It 18 old style lt lt st1ll runs all I'lght9 I know how you look at It repl1ed Osw 1ld but mat thmk how peo ple would stare at you when you went rldmg along ln an up to d 1te car at le 1st to 1ll outward 1ppe1rances You could 1t you would put a new muf Her on lt to keep down the H0156 1nd you could buy 1 self st 1rter an elec IFIC horn a speedometel 1nd sever 1l other l1ttle LOIINEBIIIEIILQS lor two or three hundred dollars Why man why should I want to put even a hundred dollars on the old rellc when It Qults me yust IS It 1s'? I don t know what you would do lt for repl1ed Oswald but I am mat telhng you what I would do w1th It lt It were mme I would rlde down the street IH a be 1ut1tul mckel trlmmed c1r Wlth 1 mckel trlmmed WlY1dSh19ld and a mckel speedometer to reglster the mlles and 1 mckel t11ll1ght to ahow my number It would surely be styhsh there s no questlon about that At that I left hlm and went lnto the house Hls talk sounded pretty good but of course I d1dnt let hlm know It and at last I ordered most of the equlpment he had suggested Oswald bought all the old Qtutl I took oft at a very low figure In f1Ct I ne 1r1y g 1ve It 1w1y But when the ma chme w IS fixed up to su1t ex en Osw 11d I w 18 not qulte satlsfled Somehow I could not help envymg the r1ch people IH thelr new models and I trled to make myself belxef I needed one I qhouldn t haxe done thls but the more I tr1ed to keep from buymg one the more I wanted It and ln the end after much argument we declded to order '1 new Cadlllac of the latest deelgn The c1r1tself cost us qulte f1 l1ttle sum and w1th the frelght and equlp ment mcluded made the cost qulte 1bo1e wh It we h 1d evpected Oswald came over one day and IS the result ot h1s bargalnlng rode home 111 my old car Truly he had found hls 1deal ln bargams for he got the whole thlng new hghts and all for 1 small sum 1n comparlson to 1ts coat to me Strange to s1y I had nexer 1dm1red the old c1r so much as I dld when I watched It go out the g1te 1nd d1s1ppe1r down the street I must s1y I h 1ted to part w1th It Th1ngs went well enough for a month Every day I met Oswald golng to or from h1s home IH my l1ttle old c1r It was always chugglng along at the same old pace newer causlng hlm any anrclety or trouble I however thought that my repa1r bllls were much larger than they formerly were Tlres wore out much faster th 1n they had on the old car and they cost more It took three tlmes as much Oll and gasollne to run the new car I'h1s cost money and f1n1lly I reallzed that I had made a bad bargam One brlght Sunday afternoon we all went r1d1ng The b1g machlne could carry eo many more people that we alwaya had to take Qome of the Il9lg'hbOI'S along or they would feel sllghted But we dldn t mlnd that much because It cost 1ust IS much to c 1rry one as halt 1 dozen Well as I started out to sav we were out on the road about four mlles from town The day was xery hot So were we We were nearlng the top ot a h1ll when the A L g g A 1 ,cA c Ac , I 1 ' fl 10 4 r l 1 1 l 1 ' Y A c A, A , A A . , 1 1 ' ' 0 U I . . , . , . . , , 1 11 I , ' ,, U , l 1, . U ' .. , c A , A1 . c - H , ' H ' . 1. H ' ' - , A I , I A 1 .1 ' ' ' - -2 '. zs z 2 2' ' , ' - ' '1 1 1 4 1 '-1. - A ,c 1 A A c ,C . 1 'I 1 I . I V l i 1 h , A c A c - I '!! A. H 1 y 1 v 1 r 9 ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' 1 -1 '1 7' A A l CA An KK 7 ' Y! ' 1 Y- Cl ' 7 ' 1 A ' A 4 c , c A , - 1 .1 . 1 I 1 .D 1. ' A A A, L C ' V y 1 1 -1 ,1 1. 1 ,, 7 9 ' 1 ! ' A ' I 1 1 1 . I . 2 , 2 fa 2 z. ' - I I1 1 I V' 1 1 11 1 1 .1. gA A A 1 , 1A Ac A . 5 '! w .. , Y . . . - , Y f 1 9 1 c A A A 4 A ,c c ' . 1 I 1 l 1 Y I I , A L c c 4 1 X1 4 I 11 1 . .1 I 6. . c , :A A A , . , A, l 1 . I 1 1 ' 'N I 1 , A , c A A A A . . 6 sa, ' a z .' . ' Q ' 1 1 .11 1 1 C C AC C A - 3 sz z ' '. Aw I 1 Y L X AI A C 1 A A A c , A . I I. . 1 K 7 l ' 7 ' 1 V 1 1 u A A 1 , '1 ' 111 . 1 D 1 V .1 1 1 I I C - I . A A , c C A C C C A I A . 11 Y ' 1. Y . , I , . . , 1 1 11 1 I 11 .1 r 1 11 A A I A CA l A C 4 u ,CA A 1 Y l 1 A l, c A 1 -1 K., ' 1