Piedmont High School - Tris Yearbook (Piedmont, WV)

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el - Nov. 18. I've been in P. H. S. four years and haven't got a man yet. How can I get one ? Nellie Keplinger. Answer: Grab one by the neck and hang on to him. Nov. 19. He who steals my purse steals trash. E. G. Nov. 20. ZVha1t?if Susie Cherry couldn't afford to keep a supply of gum on an . Nov. 24. Two more days until Turkey Day. Three cheers. Nov. 25. On to-morrow eat turkey, drink and be merry. Nov. 30. Lots of pupils tardy to-day. They say they have forgotten how to get up early, they had so many holidays. DECEMBER Dec. 1. We take a nap and the teachers wake us up. Dec. 2. Susie Cherry chews only one stick of gum to-day. Dec. 3. Eva is afraid she won't make 95 per cent. or above in everything We're with you, Eva. Dec. 4. Last day in the week. Isn't it a grand and glorious feelin'? Dec. 7. Sophomores have charge of chapel. Dec. 8. We predicted a cold winter. We always do. It always is anyhow Dec. 9. King Skidmore says: Old tires have punctuation marks. Dec. 10. Eddie Hines always leaves the door open because he says his father was a draftsman. Dec. 11. The laziest man on earth is the one who drinks salt water with his meals so he won't have to season his food. Dec. 12. Paul Thomas has mailed a letter to Santa Claus asking for a kid dy car and several other toys. Dec. 13. ?????? Dec. 14. Rev. Marsh gives us a talk on Obedience, but to our sorrow no period is omitted. He didn't talk long enough. Dec. 15. Can you imagine Sylvie Nazzario walking down the aisle with his arm around a girl? Dec. 16. Second game of the series with Bruce High. Hurrah, we play in the armory. Dec. 17. Olga Johnson's cry is: Oh, if I could only play basket ball. Dec. 18. Virginia Hutchinson and Louise Dixon try to carry on a deaf and dumb C?J conversation in Mr. Rhodes' study hall. Dec. 21 Captain Smith gave a talk of the victory over Allegany High Dec. 22. Here's luck to old P. H. S. to-night. We play Central at Lona comng. Dec. 23. Last day of school before Christmas holidays. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR Page sixty-seven

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l I l Oct. Virginia Hutchinson makes eyes at typewriter agent who comes to see Miss Miltenberger UD on business. Oct. Seniors hold chapel. Hurrah, one period omitted. Oct. Girls lead in payment of athletic dues. Aren't we proud? Oct. First basket ball practice for the girls is called. Oct. Sis Jenkins and Enid Ours find it hard to get out to school on time, after practice yesterday. Oct. HURRAH! We have a speaker. Mr. Gold gives us a fine talk on Preparedness Oct. Yorkists hold meeting to elect officers. Katherine Crawford has the pleasure of being president for first semester. Oct. Class basket ball teams are organized. Games will start on the first of November. Oct. SNOW. Those freshies are so green that they think they can go sled riding, when there is hardly an inch of snow. Some one better tell them better. Oct. One more week of grace. Exams start November 2nd, Some of the students are starting to study now. Oct. Horace Richards says the first adding machine he ever used was his ten fingers. Oct. Someone UD gave Virginia Fisher a double compact because she has a double chin. Oct. Harry McCulloh says to drink to him only with your eyes, but be sure that your eyecups are clean. Oct. One of the Seniors asked the Freshmen what they were trying to do, and they answered We are trying to get ahead. They surely need one. Oct. Literary as usual and nothing unusual happened. NOVEMBER Nov. Juniors have honor of holding chapel. Nov We will take the life of Shakespeare to-morrow. Come prepared. Nov Everybody busy at-NOTHING. Nov Bob Wrightson deserts his girl in Washington for Gertrude Dan- cer. Thrills. Nov Guess what's happened? You'll never know. Nov Gil Traveler, known as the cowboy preacher, gave a very in- teresting talk in chapel this morning. Nov Evers Smith says Do right and fear no many don't write and fear no woman. Nov Is Jimmie Lewis cute? Ask Louise Dixon or Lola Hardegan. Nov. J effy Baker says if education makes you refined, why is a college course? ? ? ? Give up? Nov. Unlucky 13. Nov. Sis Jenkins declares the Hebrews and Phoenicians were much different from the girls of to-day, because they never had dates. Page sixty-six

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I RHS 1926 X JANUARY Jan Back to school again. Everyone reports a delightful Christmas. Virginia F. looks as if she has gained about--pounds. Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan. Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan. Jan Feb Horace Richards hurt his knee at basket ball practice yesterday. We are delighted to see him out to school to-day. Eldred Green, who likes to meet the girls, is trying to catch a freshie. Mr. Rhodes says that he feels that something unusual is going to happen. Snow, and Mr. Neff says that it is no wonder, because the girls won a game last night. Freshies hold chapel. Ritchie tells of his trip to Petersburg, but he didn't say he was sorry that the girls were not along. Bus Baldwin declares that Marie Walsh is his LITTLE wild Ir- ish rose. While sled riding last night Beaty Anderson and Evers Smith collided with a concrete wall. Wonder what they were looking at? Looks bad, doesn't it? Freshies look greener than they really are because examinations start to-morrow. Examinations. Girls' basket ball team turned out in their new uniforms Satur- day night. More examinations. Last day of examinations. Aren't we glad? Beat BARTON is our cry. Did we beat Barton? I'll say we did-not. Harry McCulloh made a bet with Lola, Thelma and Louise. We wonder what it was. Mr. Neff announces that there is a song in the new song books that Mr. Rhodes will sing as a solo, some day. Our boys beat the so-called wonderful team of LaSalle from Cumberland. They made some threats, wonder if they will car- ry them out. That's One On Bill is to be presented at the Piedmont Opera House on February Sth. Sally as Battling Bennie, claims he is going to be the star. Louise Dixon has put up a lost, strayed and stolen ad. She has lost some points. ? ? ? ? Susie Cherry gave a reading in literary to-day, that she said she wrote herself. Sounded like it, too. FEBRUARY Who went home with Lola Hardegan after the game with Cen- tral last Saturday night? Better keep your eyes on Lola, Jim- mie. Page sixty-eight