Anson Academy - Anchor Yearbook (North Anson, ME)

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luv Pete, driving through Portland: Whops, bet- ter stop for this red light. Iohnz Why bother: you have gone through three already. Miss Durgin, explaining the difference be- tween a wolf and a dog: She said that a wolf's rear was lower than its shoulders. Colby Hilton: So is mine. Miss Durgin, telling in English class that if an oflicer hit a buck private he would be broke. Ralph Manzer: He must have hit him pretty hard. Eldon: Why did the moron take his knee cap 05 Betty: I don't know. Why? Eldon: To see if there was any beer in the joint. P Gene: How many subjects are you carrying now, Ioe? Ioe: Carrying one and dragging three. Tim: What would Christopher Columbus be doing now if he were alive? Dick: Drawing the old age pension. Milton, after waiting an hour for some beef steak which he ordered, rose from his seat and 1 JOKES shouted: Knock a horn off that steer and send it out here. Pete, dropping a broken marble table top which made an awful clatter, was suddenly stopped by a waitress, and she said: All right -All right. Pete: lt ain't all right, it needs to be fixed. What did Dick Whitaker say to Skilly on New Year's Eve? Ans.-Hold me up, I am plastered. Ioe, always coming home drunk, was stopped one night at his doorstep by a strange figure. It was his wife in a sheet. She hollered at him and said: Boo, I am the devil. He straightened up and said: Come right in, I married your sister. Skilly: I heard that they were coming after you. Dick: Who? Skilly: Squirrel, they say you're nuts. Eldon making up a poem for English was read in class. It went like this: I had an awl, I stuck it in the wall, That's all, Page Thirty-one

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Mr. Iones piled in beside the salesman. He grabbed the steering wheel and said, Get up, but nothing happened. Mr. Iones looked angrily at the salesman and said, What kind of a thing is this anyway? lt's as balky as a mule. The salesman then showed him how to make it go. Mr. Iones put his foot on the starter and started the noisy contraption, then he pushed the foot peddles and off they went, but not down the road. They took off across the Field over rock piles and headed for Ned VVhite's pig pen. lust before they hit the pen the salesman tried to jump and leave it, but he caught his pant leg on the back fender and went dragging along behind, right through the mud and over the rocks. ' Half the time Mr. Iones was sitting on the seat and the other half in the air. They were now headed across Ben Taylor's pasture toward Ben's hen house with the sales- man still dragging behind. In a few moments hens were Hying in all directions, trying to get out of Mr. Iones' way before he went through the hen house like a tornado. The last anyone saw of them they were out in the desert still going with the salesman drag- ging behind and the front covered with hen feathers, lumber, and every other thing you can think of. A year later there were still ads in the daily papers asking for a new husband for Mrs. Iones, and another ad for a new salesman for the Ford Co. Eldon McLean '48 Page Thirty

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Senior Play Front row, left to right: Mr. Abbott lCoaehJ, Sadie Lightbody, Iva Moulton, Mary Jacques, Barbara Judkins, Lucile Berry, Eleanor Ketchum. Second row: James Farley, Eldon McLean, Merle Skillings, Hilda Walker, Ruth Newell, Richard Whitaker, Ralph Manzer. CAST OF CHARACTERS Ethel Matthews: An attractive woman of forty who looks younger than she is, thanks to a fine complexion and an athletic figure Barbara Judkins Mrs. McNeil: A vigorous woman of sixty-five who resents old age sufiiciently to bark noisily in its face ...... Eleanor Ketchum .lim Matthews: A nice looking man, and tall, well-built, with dark hair that is growing a bit thin ............... Richard Whitaker Mattie: A good cook but unversed in the delicacies of the art of eating . Lucile Berry Kay: A pretty, dark-haired girl of sixteen Mary Jacques Toni: A year and a half older than his sister, well-built, well-dressed and attractive .... . ...........................James Farley Jerry: A handsome boy with an infectious smile ..................... Ralph Manzer Sue: A pretty little blonde, sophisticated and sure of her charms .,.... Sadie Lightbody Peggy: Likeable, sympathetic, but honest to a fault ..............,...... Iva Moulton Speed: Freekles, a perpetual grin and a quick wit .................. Eldon McLean Mrs. Forsyte: An effusive and assertive matron of about fifty ...... Hilda Walker Carlton Craig: An artist, in his early forties. Page Thirty-two Tall, slim and very handsome, he speaks with a touch of English accent ..... , .... Merle Skillings The Matthews family are spending the sum- mer in the mountains. lithel. mother of the family, and Grandma 'i McNeil. are aroused at two o'clock on Saturday night to answer the phone. lfthel's daughter. Kay. has been hurt in an automobile accident with Ierry Bradford. lim comes in and further excites his wife hy announcing that he must leave on a business trip the next day. VVhilc waiting for the young people, Grandma reads the local paper and finds Kay and Ierry listed in the marriage licenses. lioth parents are greatly excited. The young- sters come in and say they are not seriously hurt. and had taken out the license to win a lwetl VVhen lim arrives. his iaith in his wife is shaken. things almost reach the point of tragedy. The ehildrenis friends are present and lithel's reputation hangs in tht- balance until Grandma saves the situation by some elexer lying.