Piedmont High School - Tris Yearbook (Piedmont, WV)

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I el Lammel SOII, We hear that one of the Cherry brothers has a crush on Eva Abram- but which one is it? Well, we'll leave that for you to decide. Oh that I were what I would be, When I should be what I am not: But what I am, that I must be, And what I would be I cannot. Mr. Knode: Do you sleep with your window open ? Eldred Green: Naw, just my mouth. I shall now tickle the ivories, said the dude as he fingered a toothpick. She's always making a scene some place. n Who? That leading lady in the new play. When in Rome, order spaghetti. Barber: Sir, you are next. These ladies came in after you did. Customer: Go ahead with them. I'll wait. They are my daughter, my wife and my mother. Pop! said the weasel as he watched the little boy touch a match to the firecracker. Once upon a time a husband dared to touch the guest towel. He: Could I see you across the street, lady ? Lady: If you can't, you should see an occulistf' First Dumbbell: I see that 'Playing With Souls' is on at the movies to-night. Second Dumbbell: Yes, that's 'The Shoemakers' Holiday,' isn't it? Jill or gill, it takes Jack. What is your favorite perfume? Brandy. Senior: Well, and how did you find the initiation ? Freshie: Didn't have to find it. I just stooped over and there it Was. Lad: Pa, the cat's eaten the canary. Page one hundred five

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l ia RHS . , Mimi I I- l and take it out twice. Evers S.: Have you ever met a man whose touch seemed to thrill every fiber of your being? Sue F.: Oh yes, once-a dentist. Gladys D.: Do you have family prayer at your house every morn- ing? Elizabeth W.: No, only at night. We ain't afraid in the daytime. It is rumored that Olga Johnson has a case on Joe Tibbets. She denies it, but actions speak plainer than words. Oh, the lightning bug is brilliant, But he hasn't any mind: He wanders through creation, With his headlight on behind. Wanted to know who knocked the piece of plaster off the wall at the lower end of the gym. For information see Sue Fredlock. Thelma S. wants to inform Gertrude Dancer that she has already cap- tured Robert Wrightson. Louise D.: Mr, Rhodes, so you want me YM Mr. Rhodes: That's a rather personal question. This isn't leap year. The people at Bayard say Eva is a star. Eva says: I may be, but I never shine. Horace R. was writing a letter in bookkeeping class. It started this way: Piedmont, W. Va., March 4, 1926. Dear Kate: We wonder which one he meant. - Edith Adams in study hall: Mr. Knode, have you gone home yet? A girl in P. H. S. said she wanted to cut some pictures out of the Mess Kit. We wonder who she is. What is: A Repert Negards Spiggedy. Page one hundred four

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1 .. . , , . fell 1926 i WHS Dad: Ah, I always did claim that cat had a taste for music. There was a girl in Piedmont High once, Who was so very bright: She couldn't get it dark enough To go to sleep at night. If a student stumbled over a stone would it be called a geology trip? Say Sambo, why don't you buy your little boy an encyclopedia? I should say not. Let him learn to walk the walk I did. She: Why do you have so many wrinkles in your forehead ? He: I used to drink out of a saucer when I was a baby. Guest: Waiter, there is a fiy in my ice cream. Waiter: Let him freeze and teach him a lesson. The little in the soup last night. rascal Fair one, you are the inspiration of my best compositions. And what do you write, my hero? Jokes. Jones: Is your son home for a vacation?,' Brown: I guess so. I can't find any of my shirts. Then the signature is a forgery. Well, I copied it as close as I could. Lola H.: Are you driving your car with last year's license ? James L.: No, you saphead, with gasoline? Billy B.: Will you let me kiss you? Louise D.: Well, I won't let you, but I can't stop you. Sally : I don't love Peggy any more. Ritchie : Have a quarrel? Sally : No, I broke my arm. Editor: Your so-called poetry is just an escape of gas. Poet: Something must be wrong with the meter. Pauline S.: I say, Malcolm, will you drive me all around town ? Malcolm K.: Yes, if I can get a harness to iit you. Page one hundred six