Torrance High School - Torch Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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. WH We Ellliil QJRLDZLIIENZSFIIFU A w June Cheadle: Having overestimated my semester's supply of Wrigley's, I'll sell what's over and above at half price. Don't all speak at once, please! Nlildred Hol- land gets it for 15 cents. Dorothy Barrett: For months I've labo1'ed on the embroidery on this bed spread, but, after finishing it, I find that Bob doesn't like it. Who will buy this exquisite hand-made piece of art? Bill Lanz gives 32.00. Good. lldary Fiesel: I'll sell my ability of banging on the piano during gym classes and getting away with it to any hopeful musician. Dorothy Eshom bids 10 cents! O. K., Dot, but don't play any hymns, will you? Frank Russell: Fifty pounds of type metal! VVho wants this valuable relic? Joe Tavan gives 5 cents! Call for it with a wheel barrow later, Joe. Orville Hudson: A set of baby clothes my mother used to dress me in! The very thing for girls who still play with dolls. Who bids? Mary Hinman gives a penny! Wesley Strohl: No fastidious dresser will be without a chewing tobacco pouch. This one I have here is made of pure lamb's wool, handed down through generations. What am I bid? Alfred lVIintun' offers 15 cents. O. K. Gladys Adamsen: Who Wishes to learn to love Jim Nasium? I have the secret of winning its love. Who wants it? Myrtle Perkins bids 10 cents. You'll take gym every day now, I hope. lVIarjorie Yamamoto: Ever since the night of the carnival I've been Worrying about the unused egg shells left over from the annual booth. Won't anyone buy them from me, so I can stop worrying and catch up on some much-needed beauty sleep? I'll sell them at half price. George Lancaster gives 25 cents! They're yours, George, to crack on any teacher's head. Irene Burmeister: Here's something unusual. A tube of scarlet fever germs that Ilve saved over from my case. Save it till next year, and administer it to your consti- tution when flocks of tests come along. Then you're entitled to several weeks of vaca- tion. Who wants to run the risk of passing off to Hades? Richard Watson gives 20 cents for it. I-lurray for our side! Charles Ruppel: Oh! What a dilierence a dimple makes! Come on, you would- be sofa-hounds, how much can I get out of you for my captivating and seductive-even if I do say it myself-dimple? Clyde Bodley offers 18 cents. Okay, Clyde, you may have the girls falling for you yet-it's never too late to give up! Nyla Tansey: The art of applying cosmetics-it's all explained in this booklet I've compiled. What's the use of painting, if you can't look beautiful at the same time? All beauty questions from how to pluck eyebrows to how to cure wrinkles are answered in these few pages. Who wants a bargain? Dorothy Winchester gets it for her bid of 4- cents. Robert Huffman: I've taken the rattle out of my Baby Lincoln to give to any promising mechanic to play With. Imagine all the delight a person can get from it- just think of all the advantages. Paul Lessing, you seem to be pretty anxious back there. How much do you bid? 2 cents. The pleasure is all yours, keep the change. Louise Hilpert: Since I've been the only one in the class selling a senior sweater, everyone should appreciate my benevolence and offer a big price for the same. No rips, tears, or dirt spots on it-a perfectly good sweater. Glenn Tolson bids 3150! Have it stretched a little, Glen, maybe you might get into it if you tried hard enough. Joe Townsend: Who wants to buy Stella, the notorious female of our carnival? On account of my position at school, I have been able to keep her in my closet at home till today. VVho wants her as a solace in' old age? Elmer Riley is willing to give 50 cents! You're a good scout, Elmer! Are you sure you're not related? I21l

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I E!-El wanna :'l:uE:r.l::l-ul: but since it has been the means of breaking my heart, I'l1 sell it for anything. Who bids? Forest Pingel gives 20 cents. Sounds fishy, but I guess his intentions are good. Josephine Lupo: Pointers on how to translate Spanish. This should come in handy to students having difficulty in that particular language. Pay a good price and save yourself E's later on. Who bids? Grace Buck gives 10 cents. Alfred Pennington: A well-known horse laugh will be gone forever from the portals of this school if no one takes this chance of buying it. No need to describe its particularly appealing idiosyncrasies-everyone should recognize it who has ever been at aud calls. Any offers for the said natural gift? Let me have airg Toshiaki Sumi- naga is going to buy me out! 31.00. Too good, any way. Elwood Nahmens: No one has ever found out, but just the same I'1'n an agile terpsichorean artist. This trait will do me no good in my old age, so l'm leaving it to anyone who has gotten into the habit of swearing on a dance Hoor, provided he pays for it-I mean the dancing ability, not the swearing part. Frank Psaute bids 25 cents. It's worth more to you than that in the long run, Frank. Give me 50 cents. Eunice Tansey: lVIy curly locks have been the envy of many a student, and I'll will them away to anyone who pays the balance of the permanent. Who bids? John Young trades in his constitutional essay for them. Cheerio, Johnny! you will be a lady's man in no time. Robert Bartlett: Prospective Romeos, here is your chance. This past year, I've been busy writing a book on how to culminate a successful love affair, and now l'm ready to offer my supreme masterpiece. What am I bid? Ed Paramore bids one dollar! 'I'hat's a boon to ou1' cause. Vivian Daugherty: Having nothing worth while to offer, I leave my kid brother to any unsuspecting female who is willing to pay the price. Harlan Barrett: Boys experiencing a vicissitude in living habits will appreciate what I have here. A shaving set, together with directions how not to cut yourself. Bert Me1'rill bids 7 cents. Now, now, Bert, no need to blush about it. Fern Stevens: After ten weeks of research in the chemistry lab I have ultimately compounded a soothing salve for b1'oken hearts. Prudent administration of the same around the affected area will result in a sure recovery. It really works, as I've given it to suitors that I've rejectedi What am I- offered for this scientific product of mine? Stanley Creighton gives 10 cents. Ah! Stanley, maybe Loma will be sorry some day. Clifford Crane: Personality plus! Can anyone ask for more? I am selling my It to the one who speaks up first for it. John Di Massa bids a penny! CSomeone aside: Ignorance is bliss: 'tis folly to be wise. j H John Kolesar: A perfect replica of my now famous moustache. Paste it care- fully above the upper lip and you, too, will have something to boast of. Anyone buying it will have his facial beauty enhanced, as just that much territory will be veiled from the public view. Wliicli one of you sheiks want it? Ah! George Kyle. I knew you would buy it from me. Thatls ten cents to the good. Richard Waller: lVIy demerit slips will furnish a thrill to any angelic student, so I'm putting them up for sale, at the same time ridding myself of bad ear marks. Who will buy? lVIargaret Richhart gives 5 cents. Well, that's off my chest. Clifford Jarrett: A diabolical grin has been my monopoly for ages, and upon request I'm leaving it to an underclassman. Wilfred Tidland had already put in a bid for it for 25 cents, so it goes to him. Virginia Rowell: Going forth to serve the world, I shall have to put away all childish habits and delights, so am auctioning my favorite baby doll to the highest bidder, if only she will promise to treatit kindly. Millicent Lincoln gives her last nickel! So much for that, I20l

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