Citrus Union High School - La Palma Yearbook (Glendora, CA)

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Sunday morning found little llflills Beardsley all washed and combed for Sunday school. His father had just brought in the unfortunate chicken, which had been killed for Sunday dinner. It was hanging, headless and bloody, in the back kitchen, when lVIills went out for a final drink preparatory to departure. He rushed back into the living room, breathless with news, and frantically called his mother, 'lNfIama, mama! Come and look at the broken chicken. as if 9K- Marvin always liked to serve refreshments when callers came to their house, and one day the following episode took place: Mrs. lyiiller had baked cup-cakes and some were a little browner than others. A lady and her small daughter came to call and Marvin gave her a cup-cake and kept the brownest one for himself. After a moment he said, I kept the ripest one, and gave Lillian the other. BK SK 'BF This little incident is told of Hazel Moore. Dale Qher brotherj- Hazel has got the 'hecoughs'l Hazel- I hain't neither. Dale- Yes you haveg you just ask mama if vou haven't got the 'hecoughs'. Hazel Cvery indignantlyj- Well, I hain't because I ain't no he-e-e-e. if -JIS ik- Mildred Fisk has been remembered more by her actions than by her words. Her inordinate fondness for cheese stands out very distinctly in her grandmother's memoiy. ln fact, on one of her birthdays, she found a large package of cheese appropriately wrapped up and placed beside her plate. Doris Farren, way back in VVarwickshire, England, was quite an epicure when it came to things to eat and drink. At four years, she ate a whole cupful of meat drippings which her mother had set aside to cool and, a few days later, when the doctor was paying a professional visit to her sick sister, Doris gave him some excellent advice, for one of her tender age. Can the little girl think of anything she would like to eatin he solicitously asked the sick child, whose appetite needed coaxing, Ch, l know jus' what she likes. Div her a drop of whisky in an egg-cup, promptly suggested Doris. England did not have an eighteenth amendment. -X Q16 ik Elizabeth lyliller displayed at an early age her fondness for dramatics, one of her favorite games being to assume the role of a formal caller, with her mother as hostess. On such occasion she appeared with a bandaged finger and when conversa- tion began to lag she said to her hostess, Ask me what is the matter with my finger. VVhat is the matter with your finger, Miss Miller? her hostess-mother asked. Oh, I hurt it on a bee, was the lofty reply. sr as an Arthur Boye was out walking with his parents. He kept looking back and watching the moon, which was in its first quarter. After a while he said, Oh, the moon's a banana and it's followin' us. -JE BK- 915 VVhen Emma Spiker was about two years old her mother had been away and was coming home on the train. Emma and her father had driven to the station and, while waiting for the train, Mr. Spiker remarked about the moon being a half moon. It brought the following remark from Emma: I wonder who broke the moon. Twenty-foe

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FAMOUS SAYINGS OF FAMOUS FOLKS fThese -remarks were made about twelve years ago, but have been considered clever enough to printj. While watching his father clean a gun, which he was holding pointed into the air, Delmar said, Oh, don't hold it that way, it might go off and come down and shoot us. il! ik 916 Jimmy was walking along the street with his mother when they met a neighbor. He spoke to lVIrs. Hall but did not speak to Jimmy. After the neighbor went on, Jimmy said, I guess he didn't see meg he must have thought I stayed at home. GE Sli SK- ' Fred yvas standing beside his mother in church while the congregation was stand- ing and singing Standing on the Promises of Godf' Fred noticed a lady sitting down and he said, Oh she's sitting on her promises. HE ik 916 ' Juanita evidently thought all moles were caught with traps. On noticing a mole on her mother's face, she exclaimed, Oh let's set '1 trap and catch it! HS Bk BK- Mildred was kissing her mother and her mother asked her where she got her kisses, at which lldildred replied, At the butcher shot. How much did you pay for them ? asked her mother. Fee dolla's, was the reply. as sf as Rollin, aged four, had been naughty, but since it was his first' offense his wise mother merely said, Mother will have to spank you next time that happens. Her son's face lightened up, You couldn't spank me now, anyhow, 'cause I'se scttin' flown. ik- it ik' Julia Greninger's mother had brought some pansy seeds home from San Francisco and little Julia had watched her plant them that morning. An hour later, Julia ap- peared at the kitchen door and asked if she might pick just one pansy. Her mother explained that they had not come up yet and that she would have to run away and play and be contented to wait for them to grow. Thirty minutes later, an angry little girl again appeared, saying that the pansies weren't any good at all, because they hadn't come up. 'Bit 55 '36 Amanda had established a close association, in her five-year-old brain, between stars, heaven and death. One day she threw a rock at her older sister at which the latter said, Oh, mama. Amanda hit me so hard that I see stars. Ullflaybe they are the ones up in the skyf' sobbed the frightened Amanda. it it it lVIrs. Rush, on returning from town one evening, was encountered by her three- year-old daughter, Violet, who, while she was carefully examining the parcels ex- claimed, lVIama, what are you going to do with all of dese eggs? 'Tm going to set them under old 'Biddy' and then she will'hatch some little baby chicks for us, was the reply. Tfhree days later, as Mrs. Rush was returning from the barn, she heard Biddy making a terrible fuss. She ran over to the hen house and there stood Violet poking a hole in every egg with a pitchfork. Violet! What on earth are you doing? I'se just helping dese chickens to hatch, was the innocent reply. Twenty-four

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One time, when Doris was about five years old, she and her mother were attend- ing a picture show. Doris was sitting down near the front and her mother was sit- ting near the back of the room. A picture of a man loving a girl was flashed on the screen. Doris' sense of propriety being shocked, she called to her mother, causing the audience to laugh, Oh, lllamma, he's lovin' her right before people. Upon being asked what her name was,- little Leota Smith replied, My name is KOttie Mish'. Carmen Rodriguez's mother being ill in Los Angeles complicated the task of the editor. Fathers do not make a point of remembering the clever little remarks of their children. However, her father assures us that one of her first words was Gam, always accented with eloquent Hourishes by her small hands. a as as lVIabel's father brought in a squirrel, after asking if it was good to eat and vari- ous other questions, she inquired, Dad, when are you going to peel the squirrel ? - as ae vt Emma Reynard, at the age when kiddies learn by imitation, was starting to go up stairs one day and she started to make the remark, Pm going up--. Some one came up behind her and said, Boo. For some time after this, on going up stairs Emma remarked, 'Tm going up boo. at as ae Whenever Perry's mother tried to get him to put a clean dress on, his answer would be, Aw, mamma, what's the use, l'll go right baclcout doors and get it dirty again. vt ae as Between the ages of two and three years, Art Dunlap was frequently asked his age. The reply was, l'll be tree years old October ta'terd. ik -If ik ' One lldonday morning when Mrs. Armstrong made the remark that she could not wash, Reuben piped up with, Well, mamma, why don't you iron today and wash tomorrowm Helen evidently had very little knowledge of cats, fc-r at one time while the cat was sleeping in front of the stove she called to her grandmother in an excited little voice, Come gran'ma quick, the cat's a-boilin'. ii? ik SK Glenny's invariable remark as soon as he got to the table was, I wanna poon, I wanna poon. It seems he started off rather young in that profession. -SIE ik GE Dilys was sitting on the minister's lap and he was telling her he had a little girl just like her at home with red hair. Dilys had some little pet lambs and her first re- mark was , Oh, I'll dive her on one of my little lambs, and won't she be cute then? -X HF -X In spite of almost superhuman efforts on the part of the editor and associate editor, two illustrious seniors must go down unrecorded in this space. We refer to George Dingle and Lois Ulrey, both of whom are never at a loss for words now. It seems that their childhood was marked by a discreet silence. I Twenty-.fix