Hancock Place High School - Momento Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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MiR. LinuhuxT.t: (displaying a large lamp shade she has just bought) Isn ' t it lovely, dear? Ivir, Lindhurst: (looking anything liut pleased) If you wear that to church tomorrcA you ' re going alone. Kick 0: Give me a match, v ill you, Vince? Vines W: Here you are. Vtj.c.k 0; Well can you beat that? I ' ve forgotten my cigarettes. Vince W: Too bad, give me back my match. Miss Meinernhagen: (In Geography class) V hy are the skies, over Now York clearer than the skies over London? Clarence Gray: I don ' t knov;, maybe it ' s because of the sky- scrapers. June H: I viant a little oven. Clerk: I ' m sorry lady, but the boss doesn ' t allow ' that kind of stuff during v-orking hours. Mr. Haumgartner: (angerly) I ' ll teach you to make love to my daughter. Ed. Van Mierlo: Did she suggest I need lessons. Nichols: Gee, its awfully late what will we say to the teacher? Chilton: Ohl we won ' t say much, just good morning ruld she ' ll say the rest. E. Johnson: Are you in the habit of speaking to women you don ' t know? Jim White: Sure, the ones I do know won ' t speal: to me. Needing some fluid for our cigarette lighter, we dropped in at the gas station, turned over our ration card and stopped to chew the fat a bit. The attendant said e funny thing had happened the other day. Some fellow named Kiefer, from Hancock High, came in with a wonderful solution for the gasoline shoitage. Yo ' .i cut down en the gasoline intake, he explained, that saves 20 . Ycu dor ' t make any quick starts which saves another 20 .. Yoi keep your speed under 30 miles which saves U0%, and you grease your pistons with goose fat, savJng C% more. The attendant made a quick count and found it added up to 110%. That makes 110%, he said. That ' s tiiR only trouble, ad .iitted Kiefer, My gas tank keeps overf lo .ing. C.P.O. D. V aeltermann: Hov. long have you been working at that job? A.£. J. Sutton: Just since you came down those stairs, sir.

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Margaret Chilton dreamed that a sinister but handsome, dark- haired man appeared at her bedside. Before she could protest, he yanked herefrom the satin covers and carried her tvuay to a luxurious- limousine ' waiting at- the door. Hurling her into the beck seat, he drove swiftly into the country, drawing up at last in a secluded, moon-flooded lane. The man turned and stared menacingly at Msrgaret. Y ' hat are you going to do now? she asked, quivering. How should I know he retorted, it ' s your dream. Tim Kempf, after graduating from school and working as a salesmen for a short time, was inducted into the army. An officer asked him if he wanted a commission. V here- lipon Tim answered, No, I ' m not a very good shot, I ' ll just take a straight salary. James Holllday, very enthusiastic about the army, joined before he became seventeen. Being in good with the sergeant, he tipped him off before inspection. He said, The General will ask you three questions; 1st, How old are you? Tell him 20. 2nd. How long have you been in the army? You say ' Sxx months. , a v, 3rd. He will ask who you like best, the sergeant cr the General and you say Both, sir. . 4. ,, -, Next morning at inspection the General grabbed Pvt. Hol- llday by the collar, saying, Kow old are you, Holliday? Eolliday very excitedly, Six months. How long have you been in the army? Twenty years Are you nuts or I Both, sir. Grace S.: Mother, is cofferdam a bad work? Mrs. Schicke: No, its perfectly all right, Grace: V ell, my teacher has a bad cold, and I hope s-hc ' 11 cofferdam head off. Gilbert 7aelterm.ann; Don ' t you wish you were a bird and could fly through the sky? , . Gilbert Johnson: No. I ' d rather be an elephant and squirt water through my nose. D. Moss: Can you tell me the difference betweai vision and sight? Neely: Sure, my girl is a vision and yours is a sight. Shirley Moser: We ' re going to give Boots a bridal shower. kn Y Z. Count me in ' . I ' ll bring the soap.

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Tt V3S the middle of summer and Vsrnon Browning was sitting on tlxt porch of h.s nouse. The boy wilting firiBllycouWn . -tend it a v lon-irr. I- ' e went upnteirs, took oi: hxs cic .nes -nrriiled ' -.be ■ ' .Sth tub with w-3v.r. Then he climbed up on ohe --cv, itand F-d . -d a ' tunoT v aa tU-e into Lhe tub. He broke ;r-ii rnd kroc ce . cug «11 hii f:: cut teeth. Le . - ec a a.n una hi crocked his n-.ccL v ice open. Ch, he saici , - est :- . . ow ridel - or i-[reckel (in his nice blue miiforia) Hello there, bab°. I lif -vo t I oPcn ou soncwhere before? V7. 3?Ln.-.-: . Don: Ch -.ielll i:7 a.tstake. Elama: B.: Do you allow your boyfriend to kiss you when your rharlotte ' r- ' ' ' io, if he can drive safely iwhile he is kissui- ae! he isn ' ? paying enough attention to the kiss.ng. - one tine Tin Kenpf put a nickel in s pay phone and didn.; t get his nuir ber. The nickel 1 ' ' ° ' ' , H ' ' L t ' ' v;hen ' s e n M r t p o-cerator and demanded his nickel back, , nen o.-e starred to speS hL name the following one-sided conversation ' - e M, yeh, S, no, not S. F, F, li- e in Phillip. IlilA he received the nickel back his name v- as spelled Kemps Pvt. Alfred Geisler: Gee this marching sure works up an appe- •t-it-P T ' m so hungrv I could eat horse. Serseait BezLS: Well ' that ' s what you are going to have m a few m iiUtes . Torrence: I heard he is so crazy he wants to buy up all the tcld mine 3 in California. I. Forsl);-- : ' , only I refused to sell. Ode to Dotty Kevills Those sly intlt. smiles and tha heart-melting looks. rPT- r further tiian night appear; Vrl -Tc a-mS it th3 Ohapp:e, che real one and only, Th5 I ' y f-icrl ho stcrds ir the rear. Coin u, to the pcli.e...an on the corner D En gel said vti-x u p j: , fer, Pcli r-man, did ycu see a l.ay .thou. a x.±