Gas City High School - Epoch Yearbook (Gas City, IN)

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JOKES XVhy haven't you mended the holes in these socks? he demanded. You didn't buy that fur coat I wanted, replied the wife. So I figured if you didn't give a wrap, I didnlt give a darn. sg :gf There was only one thing that kept me from go- ing to college, and that was high school. The fond mother, showing off her teen-age daugh- ter, suggested brightly: Say something in algebra for Mrs. Smith, darling. Ik Said one Englishman to another, If you looked at a postage stamp, how could you tell that we will never lose a war? I don't know. Because the king is on the side that doesn't get licked. sa .51 Said one cannibal to another cannibal after the jungle party dinner, I get so fed up with people sometimesf, Mother: f'Willie, set down and tell your sister a story. Willie: I can't sit down, I just told Daddy a story. Jack Eisenhart: I-Iow much for these collars?,' Man: Two for twenty-five cents. Jack E.: How much for one? Man: Fifteen centsf, jack E.: K'I'll take the other one. Did you hear about the moran who put his head in the oven because he wanted a baked bean? Mr. Hengstler: Honestly, now is this hair grower any good ? Barber: My dear sir, do you see this hair brush I'm using on your head? Until some of the hair grower was accidentally spilled on it last week, It was a ping pong paddlel' Mrs. Mosbaugh: It's scandalous for that farmer to charge us S10 for towing the car only three miles. Betty Lou Covalt: Never mind, dear he's earning it-I've got the breaks on. Elizabeth I-Iuman: I don't like these photographs. They don't do me justice. Photographer: Ujustice! Lady you don't want just- ice, you want mercy. A pilot, forced to abandon his plane, was parachut- ing down through space when he saw an old woman shooting up past him. Hey, ladyu he cried. Seen anything of a plane going down? Yes she called back. Seen anything of a gas stove going up? Voice on phone: Coming to the party, Paul? Paul C.: Fd love to come but I think I should stay home and help my dad with my home work. Yes, stamp collecting is educational,', said the mother to her visitor. For instance, where is I-Iungry, son? Two pages in front of Italy answered the boy, looking up from his albums Betty King: Jim's sister fell in a well! Marna Turner: Didn't he help her get out?,' Betty King: I-Iow could he be a brother and assist her too? Mr. Fredenberger: Explain this examination paper. Why do you have all your answers in quotation marks? Jake R.: Courtesy to Leon, seated to my left. The psychiatrist was testing the intelligence of a hopeful job applicant. What would happen if I cut off your ear? I couldn,t hear so well. And if I cut off your other ear? I couldn't see.', I-Iow come? Because my hat would fall over my eyes. Fishing stranger? No, just drowning worms! Joan Eubank: There were eight morons-do, re, fa, so, la, ti. do. Charlene Tyler: You left 'mil out. Joan E.: Sorry. Excuse me for forgetting youf'

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First Row: Left to right: Ronald Pattison, Allen Duckworth, jack Colescott, john Pattison, and Coach Fredenberger. Second Row: Jack MCI-lenry fStudent managerj Bill Harris, Bill Miller, John Maynard, Bob McClure, Bob Strausbaugh, and Jim Romine. THE VARSITY SQUAD The Gas City Tigers of 1947-48, finish- ing basketball for Gas City', in favor of Mississinewa next year, closed their record books with one of the most impressive seasons ever completed by Gas City. Topped only by a tough Converse team, midway in the season, and a red-hot Marion team in the finals of the sectional, they won 23 and lost 2. They successfully defended their Grant County Conference leadership and also Won again the annual Grant County Tourney, held at Memorial Coliseum, in Marion. They defeated their arch rival, Jefferson Township in the first game, and then pol- ished off Van Buren and Svvayzee in hard fought games to bring the trophy home. They amassed a total of 1025 points While limiting their opponents to 743. This gave them an average of 41 points, per game, while their opponents average was 29.7.