Piedmont High School - Tris Yearbook (Piedmont, WV)

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Famous Bedtime Stories Three-thirty, Oh dad, your watch must be wrong. Well, we had wal flat tire--, John, I hear a noise downstairs---, You know I never look at another wonnam--- Yes mother, he's putting on this coat now--- Gosh, no, you've got the wrong number-, There, now you've waked the baby--, At the club, of course, where else oould I be? You are the most su- spicious womani-, lKMe-Owii-T 39 KK If CK IK H Murderer Wanted Well, he said, scratching his head, it's better'n nothing. Anylhow I'm going in and ask for the job. Boss fconsidering the ,applicantbz What time is your gnandmother to be buried ? D Boy fabsent mindedlyj : We're supposed to kick off at three-thirty, sir. Mr. Rhodes fin Englishj : What do the two words, 'Post Script' mean? Bruce D. fjust waking upl : Adeline, just Adeline. Mr. Rhodes: Correct P. S. means add a line. Sue Fredlock to Marie Walsh: If brains were cloth you Wouldnlt hiawe enough to make a flee a pair of leggingsf' Love's Labor Lost. Playing la hand orgian in front of a deaf and dumb asylum. Affectionate pie-The upper named lower crusts are dead stuck ou each other. Mary Butler: Speaking of small babies, my father only weighed ft-hree pounds at birth. Lucy Harlowe: And did he live ? A little bee sat on a tree, and then he sat on me, Oh Gee. Eva Abramson was 'unable to oome to school last week on aocount of the heavy snow. fall which measured four feet. Norman Hofiau flocking at the skulls in Mr. Denny's roomj : Wonder Page one hundred twenty-thrfe ...- A WX.. wi. -f. f1-lr-422 . ' '

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Pap: I've jusrt had breakfast. Officer makes note of confession on his cuff and samples fruit jar. He passes ofut. One of the Lictor Bearers dlrinks the remainder of the licker and smlacks his lips. He lights a cigarette and bursfts into flames. The as- bestos curtain catches fire. Roof and side walls next and audience ignfites while the orchestra plays Nero's version of tmhe Roman Nartional Anthem. Theatre falls. Act 2 will be played when the theatre fits rebuilt. INFORMATION BUREAU by I. Knowitall Q. How many games has the girls' basket ball team won? Bruce Dunn. A. All th-ose they haven't lost. Count that lup. Q. Who told Horace Richards thlat he was a good 'basket ball player? Orville Yokum. ' A. That fellow is as hard to find as an escaped convict from Sing Sing. Q. Is there any chance off Mary Powers getting married? Morris H. A. Not unless she puts an ad in a matrimonial paper and then the case is doubtful. Q. Is there any chnannce of my getting to play on the first team ? Adolph Abramson. A. Not unless you go back to the Sopbhomore Class. Q. Who told Natalie DiBitet'to that she was cute ? Melvin S. A. Nobody, you can see it with one eye. Q. When is a clock on the stairs dangerosus? Herbert Mullan. A. When it runs down and strikes one. Q. What's all over this house? Picky Boon. A. The rooff. Q. Why is a sltick of candy like a horse? Bus Whisner. A. Beoaluse the more you lick it fthe faster it goes. Q. Who told Catherine Conners she was good looking? Vida Largent. A. That person is as hard to find as snow shoes in Africa. Q. Why did Ethel Wilderman get off at the Junction? Nellie LaRue. A. Because there was nothing left on the train. Q. Why is Tiny like a music box? Picky Boon. A. Because she's full of airs. Q. Which is the flavorilte word with women? John Crist. A. The last one. Q. Why is a coward like a leaky ibarrel? Enid Ours. A. Because they both run. g Page one hundred twenty-tue -Q.. ., ..,

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' IGH cuooi. what they will do with those skulls ? Clyde Marker: Make noodle soup, I guessf' A poor old Woman decrepit and gray, Was bent with the -chill of the winter's day. The streets were full of snow and sleet And the Woman's shoes were filled with feet! 7 Insurance Man: Were you ever in the hospital ? Mr. Jones: Yes, once. Insurance Man: What for ? Mr. Jones: To see my aunt. Jack: Do you ride in the open ? Doris: Well, I haven't hit the saddle very often. We heard recently of ia poet who Wrote about the window in his soul and we wondered if he was any relation tothe guy who had a pane in his stomach. Teacher: Take this sentence, 'Tuaike the cow out of this 1ot.' What mood ? Johnny: The cow. One bright little freshman at college who wrote home that he had three cuts, received ial first aid outfit on return mail. Sunday School Teacher: Doesn't your father say anything before meals ? Boy: Sure. He says, 'sop your bread in the gravy for butter costs like sam hill! , A high school teacher wrote on the blackboard, pleas-e Wash, and the janitor took his bath before Saturday. Miss Slow: Mary, tell Bob, I'm ready now. Mary, returning: Please mam, he .says you'l1 have to Wait until he shavesf' Mrs. Skidmore: That boy had no business kissing you. Mildred: But mother, that was not business, that was pleasure. Mr. Rhodes: A fool can ask more questions than a Wise man can answer. Oatherine Spangler: Say, Mr. Rhodes, is that why I flunked ? Wanted to know who Fuzzy Top is, for infformation .see the Funny Flour. Mildred Lewis says a hypocrite is a girl who goes to school with a. Page one hundred tfwenty-four Jia- . 7 , M rt V . 'M' f' ' .e' l...uFi.S1-e-s F