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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l EJ I3 wanna rnlanlnsl-lllrr A SENIOR BEES Strike up the band for the Senior Bees, A diligent crowd they arep Their glance gives the Freshmen trembly knees When they see them from afar. The Sophomores pale and stand aside VVhen they hear our stalwart treadg The Juniors run their heads to hide, And quake with fear and dread. lVIrs. lVIorse is our faculty advisor, She doesn't eat so very much for lunchg But by diligent effort she tries to make wiser The following Senior Bee bunch. OUR Bio MoMiaNT -His name is Charlie Steiner, Too'rS - HFRENCHIEU- Bois - HUNCAN FRANK- IJuKiz - LiT'i'i.ii OSCAIl,, HIQIQCDZHT Bic: OSCAR - He isn't very tall: But, when it comes to dancing, He has it on them all. Toots Rowell is a Senior, She's the saxaphone in the bandg She hopes to grow much leaner- Give the little girl a big hand. Nine rahs for Frenchie Johnson, She's also in our roomy This girl was very retiring, But now her stock goes boom! Bob lVIclVIaster's now a Senior- He's had an awful bout, For the faculty kept getting meaner, And he can't quite figure it out. The quietest in our classroom Is dear old Uma Frankg His diet is of Spearmint gum, And we all think it rank. Earl Tavan's nickname is The Duke, He's tall, tailored, and tan- When he goes in for aviating He won't he an also ran. ' Al Penningtoifs anotherg The girls all think him cute. Wlieil he returns from winning games They all cry, Kiss me, Brute. The Fair Pauline is in our class About one day a week. When she returns to Redondo High YVe'll lose full many a sheik. Paul Welsch is our silent brother, His ancestry is Dutch. He isn't talking any more, But he talks just as much. i231