Port Byron High School - Echo Yearbook (Port Byron, IL)

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N 1 x l I Lloyd! NShe's pretty as a picture.M Bob Vi HY:ah, nice frame.H y . Joan Q: NDo you think late hours are bad for one?H Don Fa HYes, but they're all right for two.n HI know l'm not really much to look at,H admitted the fiance. UOh well,' philosophized his bride-to-be, Hyou'll be at the office most of the tima.U Papa entered the living room of his house and discovered Rich ard prooosing to his daughter. HHsy,l11Sren youln shouted the irate father threateningly. nI'lliteaeh you to make love to my daushterfu NI wish you Wouldr I'n.rot naking'much hoadnayfu ' U in Hlovelmuy be blind,H says Bob Wainwright, Hbut it sure finds l it way around in the dark.H Dec Si MI know, Hom, we promised to married. But along came this vacant our lest chanca.U .1 Two kindergarten children with movie heardiconversingr nHow do you like your new daddy?N Hon, he's finegu HI thought so too--we had him last y l , Rogerivz Vere you really interested wait another year to get apartment and it may be folk for parents were ar.u in marrying a gir1?n Ed S:j NSure, why not? Girls make better wives than anybody N Earl B: iUThat gal sure makes me tiredfn Don F3 Uwell, stop chasing her then.N Y Bob ci NGosh,'honeyf if I'd have known these train lights Q would be off so long, I would have kissed you.' NancyQS: UGce, wasn't that you?n Barbzl uDoes the moon influence the tide?n Don: ynl wouldn't know, but it sure influences the untied4H The average girl would rather have beauty than brains because she knows the average man can see much better than he can think Waltz! nBut I asked you, dearest5 to cret for the present.U Bev: HI couldn't help it. reason I wasn't Married was so I up and told her you had,U keep our engagement a se That hateful old gossip said the because no fool had proposed to me

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IEHIETFNUUW An old man from an isolated community died recently. He saw an automobile for the first time. Trouble was---he didn't see it soon enough. A woman hurrying home from shopping lost her balance and fell into a garbage can. cans Very wasteful. A Chinaman passing by remarked, HAmeli- That woman good for ten years yet.N Butch to Crutchf WHow old are you?n HI don't know exactly-- seven or eight, I guess.U HDo you dream of women?' HNo.n WYou're seven, then. I'm eight.H This spring is going to be hard on the birds who want to come back North to their old nests---people are living in them. A little girl seeing names like HMy Sinn and HSurrenderU on perfume bottles asked, HDon't you have anything for a begin- ner?ll It was one of mother's hectic days. Her small son, who had been playing outside, came in with his pants torn. UYou go right in, remove those pants, and start mending them your- self,u she ordered. was getting along. and the door to the She called down the running around down was the deep-voiced gas meter.u A farmer in need of Some time later she went to see how he The torn pants were lying across a chair, cellar, usually kept closed, was open. stairs, loudly and sternly: HAre you there without your pants on?H UNo, ma'amU reply, HI'm just down here reading your extra hands at haying time finally asked Muggs Warren, a Rapids City character, to help him out. HWhat'll you pay,W asked Muggs. HI'1l pay what you're worthn said the farmer. Muggs scratched his head a minute, than said, nI'll be derned if I'l1 work fer nothinln e A woman at the bar turned to the man beside her and said: nYou're the drunkest man I've ever seen.n To which, he re- plied: nAnd you're the ugliest woman I've ever seen.N HI guess that makes it even,U said the woman. HI don't think so,U retorted the man, Wtomorrow, l'1l be sober.n

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Wiv- ,----.. . As the newly-married couple walked by the seashore, the young man recited poetry to his bride. blue ocean, roll.n URoll on, thou deep and dark HOh, Rusty,N said Dee S, Naren't you wonderful! It's doing itln Ben: UWill you marry me?U Mary: UI will never marry.H Ben: nThat's what they all say, but they're still building schoolhouses.N Agmodern-girl doesn't chase a man. But then a mousetrap does- n't chase a mouse, either. UFather can my boy-friend take the place of your business S partner who died this morning?n HIt's okay with me. See if you can arrange it with the under- taker.U Alan Dick Alan Sue: Bob: Sue: Bob: Sue: Bob: Joan A: NYep, the engagement is off: she won't marry me.U S: UDid you tell her about your rich uncle?H A: nYeah, now she's my aunt HDo you love me alone?W NYes, dear.H UWill you always be true to UYes, dear.N nThen let's elope tonight.U NI can't dear--I gotta date E: WI hear the Police Chief Pat W: WI should think he would- They say the Sergeant married her ' a million. Flip says he'd have married her no matter who left it to her. ' UHello, Mildred. Would you like to go to the prom with me?H NYes, I'd love to. Who's calling H 0 me?N with Mary.N is going to stop necking.U a man of his ageln because her uncle left her please?H Dewey: nDarling, how can I ever leave you?W Father Cshouting downstairsl: -NBus, trolley, train, or taxi.W Dad: NDid you have the car out last night, son?u Marvin: NYes, Dad, I took some of the boys to the high school Dad: Wwell, tell the boys I found one of their little hankies in the back seat.n .Il e kiss, little girl.W Blair: NI'll give you a dime for Joyce: uShucks, I can make more than that taking castor o1l.n