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

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30 THE SKETCH Interesting Facts Seventy per cent of the annual waterfowl crop is destroyed before it leaves the breeding grounds. The Amazon river system makes up about one-tenth of all the running water on the globe. The nearest relative of the diamond is greasy black graphite. The male rainbow trout builds his mate a nest of stone pebbles, carry- ing them to the building site in his mouth. Bark from California's giant red wood trees is being made into cloth. In the War Memorial, Melbourne, Australia, is the rock of remember- ances, and through a carefully computed hole in the roof, a ray of sun- light touches it at 11 a.m. each November 11. As smart as a fox, is an old saying, but the wily coyote is consider- ed smarter. A pair of beavers, in Banff, Canada, set up housekeeping in a sewer manhole. Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn was taken from life. His real name was Tom Blankenship, of Hannibal, Missouri. When the sun is low in the evening it is almost 95 million miles high. Vesta,', a holstein cow owned by the Nebraska school of agriculture, Curtis, Nebraska, produced enough milk last year to supply a child from birth to college age. Florida is now the world's largest producer of sponges. Alaska is nearer to Norway than it is to Tokyo, Japan. When Lou Boudreau, new manager of the Cleveland Indians, was born, Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, was S S years old. Snake-bite mortality rates in Brazil dropped from 90 per cent to 30 per cent after the institute of Sao Paulo taught Brazilians how to care for the wounds. At one time it was proposed to add a new stripe as well as a new star to the U. S. flag for each additional state, and for a while it did contain 15 stripes. japanese aviators are not the only flying snakes in Borneo. There is a poisonous snake that glides downward from trees in the manner of a flying squirrel. Only S0 years ago the U. S. Congress was appropriating money for fire-works to make it rain. In an air raid about 90 per cent of all bombing casualties are not caused by direct hits of the bombs, but by flying splinters, and debris. The human eye reaches its full size at about the age of ten years. In the Galapagos Islands, sea lions climb sloping tree trunks to lie in the sun. In a day of shopping, a person averages about eight miles of walking. Grapefruit get their name from the habit of growing in clusters like grapes. The sperm whale has a nose 12 feet long and 8 feet high. At one time it was believed that our blood vessels were filled with air. fContinued on page 411

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A S-iliif-?W?3 THE SKETCH 31 Jokes Mr. Weaver- Why is it so important never to lose your head in an attack? Bob Blacker- Well sir, because that would leave no place for the helmet. Seargent Detrick- Hey, Dick, did you take a shower? Dick Shippy- No! Why? Is there one missing? OHicer Malott fln charge of the rifle rangej- Hey, don't you know any better than to point an empty rifle at me. Recruit Finley- But, it isn't empty sir. It's loaded. Rookie Don Harrell- Hey, Sarge what's in my gravy? Seargent Hopkins- Don't ask me, pal. I don't know one insect from another. Instructor Jim May- Great Scott! The engine's missing and the pro- peller's snapped! Nervous Cadet Butterworth- Thank goodness! Now we can go down. Health Teacher- I had a little brother once who was 7 years old. One day he took his new sled out in the snow and caught pneumonia and died three days later. fTen seconds silence in the room.j Charles Tibbets fin rearj- Where's his new sled? George Osborn- My mother wants a pound of floor wax. Store Clerk- Sorry sonny, all we have is sealing wax. George Osborne- Don't be silllv, who'd want to wax a ceiling? Mary Lee Schultz- Hello, is this the cooking school? Voice- Yes, why? M. L. S.- Well, those biscuits you taught me how to makeg I don't think they're very good. Voice- Why not? M. L. S.- Well, five days ago my husband, DeMoine, ate six of them and just sat back and smiled. Voice- Smiled eh? M. L. S.- Yes and he's still sitting therw-smiling. Aviation note-We will believe aviation is really here when we see a two passenger plane fly with seven or eight school students in it. Jimmy Parsons- Wouldn't you like to be popular enough to have your face on a 1,000 dollar bill. J. Eldon Smith- Nope, I'd just like to be lucky enough to get my hands on one.