Piedmont High School - Tris Yearbook (Piedmont, WV)

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fel rl We editors may tug and toil Until our finger tips are sore, Yet some poor fish is sure to say, I've heard that joke before. John Crist to Horace Richards at Petersburg: What'l1 I do ? Sue Fredlock: They tell me you love music. Clyde Marker: Yes, but keep on playing. Did Morris Holland and John Crist take Debby Ord and Garlic Ours to a party at Davis ? 'Z ? Wife fReading newspaperh : It says here that men grow bald be- cause of the intense activity of their brain. Hubby: Exactly, and women have no whiskers because of the in- tense activity of their chins. . An Irishman journeying along a lonely road was stopped by a high- wayman Who, displaying a revolver, demanded: Your money-or your life. The Irishman, trembling from head to foot, exclaimed: Take me life, take me lifeg I'm saving me money for me old age. , .1 y . - How is it young man, that I find you kissing my daughter? How is it, I ask you ? Young Man: Oh, it's great, it's great. The Garden of '25 : Norman Hoffa-The Sunflower. Norman J enkins-The Climbing Morning Glory. Mary Powers-The Drooping Pansy. Marguerite J ohnson-The Blushing Rose. Enid Ours-The Resolute Hollyhock. Debby Ord and John Crist-Fragile Violets. Sarah Crist--The Firm Dahlia. Ruth Turner and Dessie Fox-The Hardy Asters. Pauline Tucci-The Beautiful Lily. Ethel White-The Marigold. Clyde Marker--The Fragrant Sweet William. Eugene Paxton-The Daisy. Russell DeVore-The Handsome Rhododendron. Morris Holland-The Sturdy Magnolia. Page ninety-:wen

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,ff ' lvl ml George Washington married Mary Curtis and in due time became the father of his country. Sixty gallons makes one hedgehog. Georgia was founded by people who had been executed. A mountain range is a large cook stove. Achilles was dipped in the river Styx to make him normal. Pompeii was destroyed from an eruption of saliva from the Vatican. Typhoid fever is prevented by fascination. ' Mr. Knode in Chemistry: Under what combination is gold most quickly released? Norman Hoffa: Marriage. Here is the Latest in Comparisons: 1. Wild as a temper in a telephone booth. 2. About as funny as sleeping with a roet dog in a swamp. 3. She looked like a garden after an early frost. 4. Domestic as a plate. 5. A voice like a soprano hyenaf' 6. A laugh like a squadron of cavalry crossing a tin bridge. 7. About as much chance as a blind man following a green line. 8. Young as the waves. 9. She seemed to be swathed in a soft radianor, the same as you detect in the middle bulb of a radio set. 10. About as apparent as a microbe's eyebrow. 11. Knocked him so flat you could play him on a Victrola. 12. Doesn't dominate any more than a wart on a pickle. 13. As idle as a horse doctor in Detroit. Passenger: Conductor, the fellow opposite is a lunatic. He's scaring my wife. Seems to think he's Napoleon. - Conductor: I'll attend to him. Shouts: Next Station Waterloo. Waiter: Everything cooked to please you, sir ? Patron: Yes, all but the bill. Just take it back and tell them to boil it down a little. What you doing now, Bill ? 'Tm plant manager for old Skidrox. Plant manager! Vlfhat do you have to do ? Water the geraniumsf' Page ninety-six

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new Things that never happen: John Crist-Alone. Horace Richards-Saying something. Debby Ord and Enid Ours-On time. Mary Hamilton Spencer-Dancing. Marie Walsh-Silent. Norman J enkins-Loafing. Mary Powers-Acting bashful. Morris Holland--Not thinking of Enid. Harold Kight-Not powdered. Russell DeVore-Not singing. Thelma Schoppert-Not looking at Clyde. Eugene Paxton-Studying. Headline: Lightning knocks man out of bed. We suppose he said: All right, dear, I'll get right up. Mr. Knode: Why must we be careful to keep our homes neat and clean ? Virginia Hutchinson: Because company may walk in at any mo- ment. A wild-eyed citizen rushed into a hardware store and called for twenty- five cents worth of carbolic acid. The clerk held back a yawn and replied: We have no carbolic acid, but we carry a fine line of razors, ropes, hatchets, shotguns and revolversf' Sally Sullivan: I'd like to offer you a cigarette, but- Gladys Gross: Don't botherg I never smoke cigarette butts. Enid Ours: I do love the great open places. Hump Paxton fsarcasticallyl : I suppose that explains Why you had your arm around Morris' head last night. Young man, said the irate gentleman at the lunch counter to the youth who was inhaling his soup with a gurgling sound and splashing it about the while, what are you, a Colorado Geyser ? NaW, replied the soup juggler, 'Tm a Freshman. Young wife: If this is an all wool rug, why is it labeled cotton ? Clerk Qconfldentallyl : That, madam, is to deceive the moths. Mr. Knode in Biology class: 'Tm going to dismiss you ten minutes early to-day. Please go out quietly so as not to wake the other classes. Some girls are like ocean liners. It takes a little tug to get them started. Page ninety-eight