Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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flatter hlm a llttle and look very WISC after that I saw Mr Fleld qulte often ln fact so often that my grades started downward and I recelved a sllp Nevertheless I was happy for Junlus and I had planned the future together Deah' deah' How dramatlcl mterrupted Bess Now do you want to hear th1s'7 Well be qulet then reprlmanded Bertle As I was say1ng Mr Ilelds and I were engaged After he graduated he obtalned a pos1t1on IH the btate Agrxculture College and then when I graduated we were marrled and have llved on the farm ever smce And I should 1udge that you ve ln ed happlly ever s1nce'7 zdded Mar garet Yes retorted Bertle and we keep house Wlth a Ford because Junlus can t get around very well slnce he has become so corpulent Why don t you say fat and be done with It '7 suggested Betty Now glrls let s hear Bobble s tale of woe? plped up Bess who had suddenly awakened from her day dream of John and the chlldren You have all had such wonderful experlences I hate to tell my meager my course at High I went to college and after four years of smlles and tears I fmally acqulred my long sought degree In the meantlme there had been several men that I llked very much but that s as far as It went for some one else managed them more tactfully than I d1d so there Went my men When I found that I was destlned to be a bachelor g1rl why then I was de termlned to make use of my educatlon so that s why Im teachmg ln thlg school But glrls there s a reason for all thlngs the reason that I asked all of you here tonlght IS slmply thls Margaret Thornton IS golng to re slgn for there IS a professor at Mount Warden Academy who had declded that he cannot teach wlthout expresslon and 1n order to obtaln a thorough course he must have me I but here Bobble was smothered w1th k1SS9S and now the Clan knew why she had made the 1nv1tat1on so urgent After several mmutes Bobble managed to say Betty get the choc olate on the top shelf of the closet' Bertle the mllk on the balcony Bllly you may make the fudge and we ll let Bess beat It lf she w1ll prom 1se not to splll It as she dld one nlght whlle gazlng at the moon It was as much your fault as mlne Bess retorted but no one heard her IH the rush after the fudge pans And then the Clan ate candy as IH days gone bv when they had planned thelr futures V G 15 . . . . 4. . , . . 1 ' 1 1 y 1 ' 1 . .., . , !? . 44 , ' an - , Cl ' D I ' ' Y! ' 7 A ' I 9 u ' H U , ' 41' , . . . , . . K P 1 ' 4 ' 1' H , . as ' s ' Y ' ,- H K L . v n I ' . KG 7, Al ' 77 li ' 1 7 ! 9 ' 7 7 ' 9? . . it 7 K 7 ' ' 77 KK ' Y ' 7 ,Y ' l 7 7 't ' ! li ' 7 va as va as , story, began Margaret, or Bobby, but here goes. When I completed ! 7 I - , , . , . , - , . - , , - . . , , . . . , .C ' 4 1 1 - , ' ! 7 Y 7 W' 9 9? 61 ' 7? ' , J W x ' cc H ' ' ' ' 66 ' Y! , Cl s. n , ' r 1 W K ' , D . , . 4 ' 7 9 ' - W ' , - k ' .v . . Y .... ,, . . , . . an , ' U . . , I , ' A. 3 ' 7 nn W 1 q, n

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man s heart IS v1a h1s stomach But g1rls that s not true I ve been Walt lng for ages Oh you have? 1nqu1red Bertle Yes be st1ll contmued Bllly and the best that I can do IS to keep a parrot that swears a lamp that smokes a dog that growls and a cat that stays out nlghts Here she was mterrupted by a klnd consolatlon accom panled by a frlendly thump on the shoulder Oh cheer up old chapplel We ll all be dead soon' After much argument Bertle and B1lly agreed to drop the sub1ect and Bllly contlnued Well you know I always played the part of a spmster 1n any theatrlcal performances and I guess that s why I am dubbed an old mald today Well you are none the worse off lnterrupted Bess Lynch who had marrled soon after graduatmg from Hlgh School I always 1mag1ned that lt would be perfectly glorlous to have a man well I stlll say that lt s nlce but well they can g1V9 you lots of worry Jack was always so klnd and attentlve durlng our courtshlp you knovs we went together three years but now he says huh ? when I ask for a new sult and SltS behlnd the news paper at breakfast and never calls me dearle unless others are present Well why dldn t you walt awh1le before embarking? mqulred mlsche yous Bert1e who llked to appear lmportant Wlll you be stlll ? Bess sarcastlcally mqulred I guess I m as happy as you are' Jack s a perfect old dear and I won t hear one word agamst hlm Just thlnk' He s takmg care of the chlldren wh1le I am fooling awav my tlme wlth you' And here Bess broke off and consoled herself by V1 clously punchlng the glowmg embers Betty Moss poured o1l on the troubled waters as had been customary 1n days gone by Bess don t show your temper we know you have It Calm yourself and for goodness sake don t put the fire out' Here Bllly suggested that Betty tell of her experlences wlth the heathen for Betty was a settlement worker There s not much to say answered calm and patlent Betty the loved one of the Clan Claude and I were marrled s1x years ago and we have been very happy he IS good and I know there IS no better man llvlng I say l1v1ng because well Sandy was kllled soon after our engagement was announced Now don t thlnk that I don t love Claude The heathen are nearly all ClVll1Z6d and oh glrls' I wlsh that you would learn to llke them as I do I m sure that you would not 1est so much 1f you could reallze thelr clrcumstances as I do Won t all of you come to the MISSIOH some Sunday afternoon ? I dldn t ask you about that commented Bllly I Sald about your self and the heathen meanlng your husband and chlldren here she stopped to dodge the plckle whlch Betty had been n1bbl1ng Margaret then suggested that Bertle or Helen Garnett tell them of her ups and downs mostly downs slnce Helen always S61Z8d an opportu n1ty to make a down or tackle a well most anythlng Aw now old Chapple you dont mean lt do you? glggled happy care free 'Bertle Well here goes my ups and downs would fill a thlr teen volume set of books but maybe a few of my experlences would prove mterestlng ready? No 1 I went to umverslty and there I met Mr Jumus Fleld I thought he was perfectly grand from the tlme I saw hlm make the first touch down of the season Later I was lntroduced to hlm at the Freshman Prom Of course I had sense enough to humor him a l1ttle , . . . , . , , . - 1 1 1 79 u 11 ' ' ' , . . u ' 77 - as - 11 ss ' 9 Y 7 A 1 1 1 . ,, . . . n L - ' 1 sc ' . - 1 1 ' 1 11 - u - 11 ' V 1 as ' 17 - , as - 1 . . . , AL - 77 cc 99 - 1 1 1 . . . U . . . . . . , . . 1' , - T , . ' Y .1 1 1 , , . . . . I L , K ' c ' 1 17 . , . U . , . . . ,, . . . 1 . ' ' v . . . r , . u - - 11 ' ' - u 1 I . . . . . . . . , 1 1 ' . . , . . . , . . . . . . ,, . I I 1 . ' sc 1 , ' . . , . 1 1 11 , . . , . u - 11 - - , I ac 1 79 ' 7 ! az 73 ax ' - . . , 1 ' 1 . . , , , . x 1 , n. 1 - 1 . 7 7 ' ' . . . . T ' v . , ' . . 11 ' sc - 1 ' 37 u - 39 ll ' . 1 1 ' - - 11 ac ' 11 1 1 1 1 ' . , . ' , . as - 1 - I7 - 1 1 1 - 1 4 - 11 cc - - n , 'T L A ' - A LL ' L - - 1 1

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