Plainview High School - Plain View Yearbook (Plainview, TX)

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I fl -1. fkLJ i . ready to overhaul me with a monkey wrench when he recognized me. He was none other than NVeldon Garner. I was surprised to learn that he had married Lois Lipscomb, a member oi' the class, and that her lighting weight was three hundred and twenty-five pounds. I knew that it' he could take a small girl like Lois and fatten her into such proportions, he would, no doubt, have great success at his present occupation. I gave VVeldon the remains of my car and the price ol' a new Ford truck and we parted, hoping to meet again, but not in the same manner. The girls are very hard to l'ind for most ot them have changed their names at least once, while others like Jessie Lea Mauk have married and divorced their husbands from five to seven times. I met several of the class at a street carnival where J. C. Boyd took up tickets on the merry-go-round, Raymond Marquis was the human skeleton in a side show and Vvilliam Pinkerton was oi'- fering one dollar a minute to anyone who could stay in the ring with him. I asked William il' he knew where Frank Barnes was and he said that he thought everybody knew: he occupies cell number I4 at th-e asylum at Terrell. Hard study wrecked his master mind. He thinks he is Nero and plays his fiddle every time he hears the fire whistle. None of the old students I have seen amount to much except one, and that is in size only. l believe that this condition is a re- sult oi' the severe sand storms and lack of rain in the spring of l925, it' I have interpreted correctly the dissertation given me by the eminent Dr. Charles WVright who said he made a protracted study of the condtions on his trip to Europe the summer following his brain storm brought on by worry during the fatal month before his departure from P. H. S. I'll call on you on my way back and tell you about the rest of the 'gangi Goodbye. -CLASS PROPHET. Twenty mn'

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MAY 15, 1940 'Ni' One evening after a hard day's work as I was walking home 1 saw a fine car stop in front of my house. I could not imagine who the owner was, so was surprised to find that it was Elmer Cleavinger, an old schoolmate. VVe soon began to talk about our 1'ormer class- mates, many of Whom we had not seen for years. Elmer had become immensely wealth when oil was found on his sheep ranch, and had de- cided to spend several months visiting the members of the class ot '25, if he could learn their addresses The first one I had the pleasure of meeting, said Elmer, was Sam Barton. He was engaged in the very difficult task of shoeing a locoed mule and was in no humor to meet anyone so I drove on. I was becoming thirsty so decided to go to a confectionery to quench my thirst, but, before arriving, I met Alcott Kirk Whom I asked to have a drink with me. He objected on the grounds that he had something better and insisted that I drink with him. I did and found that., like Sam Barton, he was also handling something with it kick. He told me that I would find Robert Tull and Lyle Thomas working together for the Santa Fe. I made the mistake, however, of visiting them during working hours, so had not talked to them long when the section boss Hballedl' me out for interfering with his men. I was having a mighty hard time seeing the boys so decided to call on some of the girls. I happened to know where one ot them lived and as I was driving down the road, thinking of the days spent in P. H. S. and not realizing that I was on the left side of the road, I ran headlong into a truck loaded with barrels of slop. The driver, a bearded, hard-looking hog raiser, called me some ugly names and was getting I vw enty eight

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Thirty OVERHEARD AT THE STUDY HALL DOOR DURING A SENIOR CLASS. MEEETING. Say, Mr. P1'esident, if you donit call this meeting to order pretty quick, I'm going home. I can't stay here all day? tLaughing and talking still continuesj Order, order, this meeting was called to select the class 1'ings. Has anyone anything to say regarding them before we call the salesman? Well, I say we should patronize our home merchants. Oh, go on-why should we? Well, we voted for home goods' if it suits and is cheap enough, so let us see everyo11e's. Aw, we never did any such thingf' Question, question. That's right, I say that we buy the best priced and still the best shiners.', VVell, let's don't have onyxfpwears oft too easy. Nor green gold--looks like brassf' And white gold looks like quicksilver, with most of the gloss gone. Order, order. Say, some oi' you keep still. , Mr. Greene, you may now show your rings. Aw, that won't last. That ring's too coarse looking-might do l'or a boyf' Heavy-whee! 'i Now this ring is not soldered and will last a long time while the ring you are holding, young lady, would not last any time, then, too, think ol' the reasonable price of the better ring. Well, of course, anybody could tell that by just looking. VVhat's the difference? They look alike to me. VVell, Mr. President, may I have the floor? 'tYes, come to the front so they can hear you? I move that wel give all the jew-elers of the town a fair chance -let them all be here at the same time. Second the motion. Aw, bosch! They wouldn't come-let's get this one here. Quiet, please, the motion has been made and seconded that we invite all of the jewelers of the town to come at the same time and show their rings. VVe will vote by ballot. CLaughter and talking.J Order, The result ot the ballot is twenty-two in favor and ten against-some of you did not vote. But anyway the motion is carried. Mr. Greene could you return on next Monday, we will then have the other jewelers here. We can't---- it ii Aw. shut up. Well, I've got to go-I make a motion we adjourn? Well, go nobody'll miss youf' Aw, sit down there's a motion in order now. 'WVhat is it? That we adjournf' Second the motion that W-e go home. Motion has been made and seconded that we adjourn. All in favor may leave. ' Great stampede for the door.