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

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42 THE SKETCH Seventh and Eighth Grade Basketball Team 7th GRADE TEAM Bottom Row-Bill Earnhart, Bill Raabe, Richard Weagley, Eugene Coffel, Bobby Hulley, Clyde Green, Richard Rauch, Billy Ellis. Sth GRADE TEAM Second Row--Bob Althouse, Fred Shinault, Dick Dessing, Billy Runyon, Donald Allen, Laverne Wiley, Mr. Campbell. Third Row-Kenny Manwell, Xen Lemon, Max Horn, Bob McCaiferty, Charles Tibbets. Extra-Curricular Activities Latin Contest Martin Boots sent Mary jo Lett and Martha Neal to the county Latin contest where Mary Jo placed second and Martha placed third. At the district contest at Muncie, Martha won first place which honor entitles her to compete in the state finals at Bloomington. Grchids to you, Miss Betzner, and your two able students. The Astonisher A school paper published once every six weeks was started last fall by a group of intrested students. Copies were sold by subscription or single copy. News of school interest was published as well as certain feature articles. Miss Daniels, the sponsor, and the entire staff are to be congrat- ulated on their initiative and fine work. The Chefs' Club The Chefs' Club is a cooking club for 7th grade boys who desire to learn how to cook some of the simple foods. The club meets every other Wednesday after school under the leadership of Miss Modlin. Supplies are bought from money collected from a cookie sale, and from all reports the result is very satisfactory.

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, THE SKETCI-I 41 Interesting Facts-continued from page 30 Iowa got its first pheasants by accident, a windstorm blew over pens and liberated about 2,000 of them near Cedar Falls. We know that Arizona's famous meteor crater was found at least 700 years ago, because there are trees growing inside the crater with many growth rings. Paul Revere, along with his many other trades, was also a dentist. japanese are not slant eyed. It is a fold of the upper lid known as the mongolian eyefold, which gives the appearance of slanting. Snow is colorless, not white. Its apparent whiteness is due to re- flection and refraction of light from the numerous surfaces of its crystals. A tornado usually lasts less than one minute in any one place. Population of Tibet has been estimated by different authorities at figures ranging from 700,000 to 6,000,000. A stream loaded with sediment will flow faster than one that is clean. Sediment represses the turbulence. Honeybees, during time of swarming, are full of honey and when in this condition ind it very hard to use stingers. One of the largest landslides in history wiped out a part of the town of Franls, Alberta, in 1903. Ninety million tons of rocks gave way and rushed down on the sleeping population at terrific speed, and a crew of miners, working in a shaft on the slopes, dug their way out after the slide had passed over. Roger Hornsby once hit a home run through a hole in the fence. Golfers at Pinehurst, N.C., adopted resolutions to aid national defense by losing fewer balls. It takes a sprinter a tenth of a second to start moving after the sound of the starter's gun. James Emery jr., Charleston, Mass., was the first man in the world to pay a telephone bill. 118771 . Mustard gas is a liquid. A U. S. postman is not required to deliver your mail of you have a vicious dog that is not kept under control. The plastic industry is not of recent origin, but dates back to 1867, when John Hyatt, Albany, N.Y., discovered cellulose nitrate and plasticized it by mixing with camphor. Eli Whitney was the father of mass production in America. In 1798, he took a government contract to manufacture rifles, and he made machine tools that turned out gun parts which for the first time, were interchang- eable. Wrought iron bombards, one of the early form of cannon, were set in the ground and could not be aimed. They were fired only once a day, being loaded at night, and stones were used for shot. In Egypt, camels coming to market are x-rayed since officials found half-pound cans of opium were being smuggled in their stomachs. Midgets have been found useful on airplane assembly jobs where certain operations call for work in spaces that are too small for normal sized mechanics.

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THE SKETCH 43 Things We Never Expect To See Someone not combing their hair in study hall. Gene Bruner and Clifford Nash not talking about some girl. Miss Sturgis without Miss Sinclair. Jimmy Finley and Floyd Gray the size of Paul Beard. Dayne Bonta Without his hair in his face. Lee Skinner without her exquisite vocabulary. Mr. Hopkins not complaining about the lipstick on girls. Margaret Brandon looking like her sister Lorene. De Moine Frye without Billy Bothwell. Jim May without his lessons. Jack Harreld not being comical. Rebecca Connelly without her Indian bracelets. Katie Thomas not talking about a certain person in High School Miss Howard in any color but red. Helen Hays without Bob McCaiferty. Miss Hall not losing her keys. An auditorium when the 8A and ninth grade go first. Miss French excusing people from study hall. Miss Betzner calling on a Latin student f???j with his lesson. Edwin Love not carrying around perfume bottles. james Beekman thinking about one girl for more than a week. A girl without at least one pair of Saddle Shoes. Jackie Saunders without Bonny Sheron-Vice-Versa. A long line not waiting to see Mrs. Anderson in the morning. James Sanders being at school early in the morning. Miss Daniels' home room not wining the basketball championship. Miss Miller without her gum. Billie Bundy singing tenor. Miss Scudder with an unruly study hall. Pat Hoover without her Baton Twirling ability. E. J. McGreevy signing his real name-Emitt joseph Paul Mc- Greevy Junior. Mrs. Anderson not willing to help. Mr. Hubbard without his coffee. Miss Bradford not having her students memorize the Gettys- burg address. Mr. Stafford strolling leisurely through the halls. The new 7B's late for classes. Mr. Campbell not having his mustach. Mr. Milhon calling Woodena Mills by her right name. The 7B's coming Up the Down stairs and Down the Up stairs. Mrs. Bowman not taking a student QPU out of class. I