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

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THE SKETCH 37 8th Grade Chit-Chat There is one in every class, for instance Jimmy Parsons in 8A1. One Wl'1at????? Vfhat is this we hear about Stephen France inquiring how he could get a date with Ellen Freel? We see Max Horn with Winifred Gilmore lately. What's this all about Max? How will Bobby Braunlin get any fun out of life when the govern- ment requisitions rubber heels? Creeping up behind girls is all rightg but he will have trouble with those noisy leather heels.. Patty Pickens says 'QI don't see why he doesn't come to see me any more. We don't either Patty. Jack Harreld should join a ladies gossip club. He is always arguing with the teachers. ' We wonder why Billy Runyon doesn't get a steady. He keeps all the girls in suspense. Hint. Hint. We find Howard Fink skillful in many things. We find him very good at drawing cartoons. We hear Miss Sturgis is giving her General Language classes singing. Mainly, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. All men are fools who fall for dames says Richard Motsinger. What about the notes you have been sending to Joanne Robb? We hear that Dorothy Cougill is fond of a boy over at High School. I wonder who it could be? Charlotte Curran is just another red head, but some-one doesn't think so. We hear Mary Lou Beshore is taking ballet. Keep it up Mary Lou. It seems as though that handsome Dick Dessing is losing his technique. What's wrong Dick? Marcia Draudt seems to be fond of a boy at Washington School. Why not let us in on the secret Marcia? Ronnie Bollett still has hopes that he will grow just a wee bit taller so he will fit into Donna Crisler's environment. Richard Rauch is continually rolling his eyes around at the girls. She will be a lucky girl when he finally gets them set. Don't be surprised if you see Xen Lemon, and Fred Shinault still walk- ing down the halls with 8th grade books under their arms. They stayed because they were mid termers??? It's too bad there is no method of growing tall quickly. Walton Ball Wants to be che tallest 8th grader so badly. Eldon Smith fso he saysj is all alone in this great big world. There's your chance girls. Maybe if Calvin Osborn had eyes in the back of his head, the teachers could save their breath. They wouldn't have to tell him to turn around. We certainly are glad the craze for white rats has passed. How about it Billy Barley?

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36 THE SKETCH Gossip, 7th Grade There is a cute new 7A-1 basketball player whose name is Clyde Green. Clump! Clump! Clump! won't those clodhoppers that boys are now wearing ever go out of fashion. I certainly wish so! I wonder what Miss Curtis meant the other day in Sth period study hall when she told Frank Smith and Jimmy Babb they were flirting with a 10th period? It seems that Roberta Fryer and Patty Gilmore have not had fight for two whole days--Believe it or not! Donna Crisler seems to be fighting a hard battle against Claudia Phillips over Bill Runyon. Is Donna so far the winner? It certainly looks like it. Bill Raabe really shouldn,t make eyes at girls during 7th period Lit. class. Really Bill!?!? Bill Earnhart and Donna Hatton certainly have a wonderful time dur- ing home room period. Dahl Bonta wanted his name in this column, well how does it look, Gus? A cute little dark haired girl seems to think a cute little boy by the name of Donald Powell is just a doll. I want to put a good word in for the 7th grade basketball team. Good work boys! Jimmy Claxon and Kenneth Brown certainly can talk. Don't you think so MR. CAMPBELL? Jeany Denton has the prettiest brown eyes. Hasn't she boys? Mrs. Curless must have a pet by the name of Bud Buck. She keeps him in every night-O'boy Bud. Marcia Murrell-Don't you have a boy friend??? It seems that Schlegel Wallace likes to mark on other peoples art packets-Really? I wonder why Jack Gray wishes his home room was in the basement? As if we didn't know. Jimmy Watson uses X for the answers in arithmetic because it is the unknown quantity. Most girls in the seventh grade should work in a china factory because they always are painting their mugs. Miss Modlin found on one test paper, A polygon is a dead parrot. Bill Earnhart, when asked by Mrs. Curless What is poetry? replied, Poetry is when every line begins with a capital letter. I hear Dale Winder is heart-broken over Betty Daugherty moving away. I also hear that he has been making eyes at the new girl, Dixie Dovin. fAin't love grand?j Robert Anderson has quite a crush on Mary Sue Lavengood, come, come, Anderson tell us all about it. I found out by snooping around that Barbara Scott is moving to Alexandria. Won't the halls be quiet now? What was on that little slip of paper that Eugene Gray handed to Miriam McGuire? It couldn't have said E. G. 86 M. M. for could it?J Bob Showalter was seen following some girls home from the show. His only excuse was, I wanted to see if you were following them.

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33 THE SKETCH 9th Grade News We want to take time and space to thank Miss Hall, Mrs. Anderson, Mr. Milhon and all of the teachers of Martin Boots for their kindness throughout the year. Looking back to the mid-termers who graduated we find that Violet Anderson and John Jones received the American Legion Awards. I am told the students of Martin Boots have bought a great number of Defense Stamps. We must keep up the good work in order to keep our freedom. There have been quite a number of cases of measles going around in Martin Boots. Many students were sent home to spend that long vacation of seven days. It seems as if Barbara Pence and Donna McGriff ought to be great musicians, judging from the fnotesj they write. Whistler's mother has a new rival since Mr. Campbell posed for the ninth grade art class. I wonder why the girls of Martin Boots aren't better in History. Most of them have fdatesj on their minds all the time. The government's worries about the rubber shortage would be over if they would buy Mary jo Lett a combination lock. Think of all the rubber shoe heels she uses going back home after her locker key every morning. Jim Sanders went to the office to get an absence slip but found he was not absentg just absent minded. What will Martin Boots do after our most perfect couple has left, Mary Lee Schultz and DeMoine Frye? Does anyone know who Becky Connelly's heartbeat is? She hasn't had any one on her hook since E. J. Dayne Bonta please tell which it is-Shirley Crisler, Dorothy Cougill, Charlotte Curran, or Ellen Freel. I hear Dick Runyon has been coming over here at noon for quite a while. Pat Clark, could you by chance tell us why? Do those sweet little smiles and notes Robert Chenoweth gives Carol Chamberlin mean anything? All the girls are asking why Paul Smith is so hard to get. Wake up Paul and get yourself a lady friend. What happened to Barbara Nicholls and Bill Coffman? Are you through with the boys, Barbara? Katie Thomas, what is this we hear about you going out with that high school boy? Warning boys, Louise Smith is out to find herself a boy friend. Calling Fred Shinault, calling Fred Shinault, be on the lookout for all girls. They seem to be swarming after you. It seems as though Joan Smith is having competition. Barbara Pence is after Bob Blacker also. Hopkins and lipstick don't mix so well this year, so the 9A girls tell me. Violet Stewart, what's that we hear about you trying to get your big sister's boy friends?