Martin Boots Junior High School - Sketch Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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25 THE SKETCI-I Jokes Clerk: These are especially strong shirts Madam. They simply laugh at the laundry. Customer: I know that kindg I had some which came back with their sides split. Whatever trouble Adam had No man in days of yore, Could say, when he told a joke I've heard that one before. Mr. Hooker QLecturing to a studentj : And in the future see that you stay out of bad company. Lester Derrick: All right Mr. Hooker, you won't see me here again. Norma Vossler: I'm trying my best to get ahead. Josephine Yarger: That's fine, keep it up, you surely need one. Barbara Merritt: jimmy Michos is just a prince of a fellow. Betty McKeown: Yes, I've often wanted to crown him. .T- George Rhetts: Where are you going with that shovel? Joe Frei: I'm going to bury my past. George Rhetts: Man, you need a steam shovel. She chewed a hot dog sandwich And rolled her eyes above She ate a half a dozen more And died of puppy love. Karl Vaughn: I was in the hospital 6 months. Roy Vogel: Pretty sick? Karl Vaughn: No, pretty nurse. Heard in English class-Miss Curtis: Kenneth, what is a synonym? Kenneth Dunn: A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one. Shirley Laskey: I guess love making is just the same as it always was. Alfred Gore: How do you know that? Shirley Laskey: I've just been reading about a Greek maiden who sat and listened to a lyre all the evening. Sir, the enemy is before us as thick as peas! All right, shell them! commanded the general.

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THE SKETCH 25 His name is Stanley Cofman, Of wisdom be has none, But when it comes to a curly mane, He's not to be outdone. With this verse, I wish to introduce to you, Stanley Coffman, popular 9A. He is fifteen years old, quite tall, with blonde hair and blue eyes. His favorite movie star is Mickey Rooney, whom HE thinks he resembles. His favorite sport is baseball. For a book he chooses Ramona fTch! Teh! I didn't know he was so romantic!j In the line of food he likes butterscotch pie, cherries and hamburgers. I bet he's had many a nightmare if he ate that mixtuire all at one meal. His pet peeve is fsh-h-h-h donit tell Miss Waltersj Literature. Stanley, now aren't you ashamed of yourself? He has no special ambitions for the future because of his motto: Let tomorrow take care of itself. JEAN POWELL, 8A May I introduce Jean Powell to you? She is, as that familiar saying goes, tall, dark, and handsome. She has dark brown hair, big brown eyes and olive brown skin. Her favorite sport is horseback riding, and she in- dulges in that almost every Saturday morning. The qualities she admires most in boys are: They must be neat, have good taste in clothes, be interest- ing talkers, and be quite rali. Jack Sutter and Don Earnhart are the lucky boys on her list of special friends. Richard Greene and Ann Sheridan have top place on her list of favorite movie stars. She likes cocoanut pie, steak and French Fries. She has no special ambition in life, but We know she'll succeed. BOB HEMMICK, 9B Ladies and Gentlemen-in this corner we have Mr. Robert Hemmick, one of M. B.'s star athletes. Bob is a 9B, 14 years old, quite tall, and has dark brown wavy hair. He is his teacher's pride and joyv As you have already guessed, his hobby is sports, especially basketball. And can he play! Girls, sit up and take notice! He doesnit like a lot of lipstick, he likes blondes, and they MUST have personality plus. Sh-h-h-h! I'll tell you a secret. He has TWO girls friends. Mary Ellen Swaney and Carolyn Garth- wait are the lucky ones. I don't blame you, Bob, for liking them both, they're awfully nice girls. He is another one of those fried chickenn fans and for dessert he prefers strawberry Jello. Doesn't that make your mouth water? He doesn't know what he wants to be when he grows up, but we're hoping for the best.

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THE SKETCHS 27 Winners of '39 Sweetest Seven ...,, ..e,....ee....,,,.. .... P 3 tty Millet' Energetic Eight ....,, ..... J oe Wolf Nicest Nine ...,e,.e,,. .... P atty Camp Most Courteous Student ,.,e ..,. M errel Coilin Best Sport .r.r...,,...,,...,,..r.....,...,....,,..... Merrel Coffin When Patty Miller heard that she was the Sweetest Seven she smiled her most Winsome smile and said, Oh! I'm so thrilled! In 1943 I'm going to buy a football and be the 'Ecstatic Eleven,. As soon as joe Wolf was told that he had been elected Energetic Eight he shifted his weight to the other shoulder blade. S'fine, he burbled. Wake me up m-m-m-m-mn-ugh. When told that she had been elected the Nicest Nine Pat Camp warbled the line, Do you really mean it? and upon being reassured, hap- pily retired to the music room, where she ascended the scale of G and rode off in all directions caroling Take me out to the ball game. Now I can play the Yankees! When your Sketch representative told Merrel Coffin that he had been chosen Most Courteous Student he bowed politely and solemnly stated, Virtue is its own reward. I never heave a brick at my mother to any great extent and not for days have I kicked a baby without first taking off my shoe. Merrel Collin, on being informed that he had also won the title of the School's Best Sport, immediately blew out the match which he was hold- ing to another fellow's foot, and with a murmured apology whipped out his shoe strings. Your feet, said he, will cool off better if your shoes are loose. Tut! Tut! No. thanks. THE EDITOR,S PICKLEMENT Getting out a magazine is no picnic. If we print jokes, folks say we're silly. If we don't they say we're too serious. If we publish original matter, they say we lack variety. If we publish things from other papers, we are too lazy to write. If we don't print contribuutions, We don't show proper appreciation. If We do print them, the paper is filled with junk. . Like as not, some other fellow will say we swiped this from another magazine. So we did.