Strasburg High School - Senoracle Yearbook (Strasburg, OH)

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I OKES Beg your pardon, but what is your name, sir? the hotel clerk asked Ramon Renner. Name! echoes the indignant Ramon, who had just signed the register, don't you see my signature there? Of course, answered the clerk. That's what aroused my curiosity. Tailor: When your father sent you for samples of cloth didn't he say what material he wanted? Small boy: I don't think it matters, sir. He wants to use them for pen-wipers. Marge: Fizz is such a dear! He is going to teach me to play cards so that I'l1 know all about it after we're married. Do: That,s nice. What game is he going to teach you? Marge: I think he called it solitaire. They're hidden sitting in the swing in the moon- light alone. No word broke the stillness for half an hour until- Suppose you had money, she said, what would you do? He drew out his chest in all the glory of young manhood, I'd travel. He felt her warm, young hand slide into his own. When he looked up, she had gone. In his hand was a nickel! I understand, said a young woman to another, that at your church you are having such small congregations. Is that true? Yes, answered the other girl, so small that every time the rector says 'Dearly Beloved' you feel as if you had received a proposal! Officer: Hey! Pull over to the curb, lady. Do you know that you were going 75? Hope: Isn't it marvelous! And I just learned to drive yesterday! And now, asked Mr. Pfeiffer, will anyone give me an example of an indirect tax, please? The dog tax, answered Jim Corell. Why do you term that an indirect tax? Because the dog doesn't pay it. u Mr. Schlemmer: Our John will be in the hospital a long time. Mrs. Schlemmer: Why, have you seen the doctor? Mr. Schlemmer: No, but I have seen his nurse. Reporter: To what do you attribute your great age? Grandpa: To the fact that I was born so long ago! ls your new horse a dray horse? asked the in- quisitive lady. lt's a brown horse-and cut out the baby talk! said Suchie. at u What's wrong, Paul? asked his wife. My razor, boomed the voice within the bathroom. lt doesn't cut at all! Donit be silly. Your beard can't be tougher than the linoleum-it cut that fine. . an Ted: Father, my Sunday School teacher said if I'm good I'1l go to Heaven. Mr. Lohrman: t'Well? Ted: Well, you said if I were good, I'd go to the circus. Now, I want to know who's telling the truth. If you try, to kiss me I'll call Mother. 'tWhat's the matter with your father? Oh, he isn't as deaf as mother is. u Richard doesn't love me any more, she sighed. Why, Dorothy, said her mother, I heard him say last night that you were one girl in a thousand. Yes,', said Dorothy, but he used to say I was one girl in a million. :S HIGHER EDUCATION 1Collected from school papersl Benjamin Franklin's father was a tallow chandelier. The ancient Greeks planted colonists for their food supply. Sir Walter Raleigh was once put out when a ser- vant found him with fire in his head. The heart is located on the west side of the body. The Romans were too thickly populated to be very confortable. Girl: My face is my fortune. Boy: Oh, so you're on relief. Bob Deibel: I keep all the money I earn under my mattress. Jarl McClure: Why do you keep it there? Bob: So I'll have something to retire on. -illianz We had our roof fixed and the carpenter didn't charge us anything. Rosemary: Why not? Lillian: Oh, he said it was on the house. It Happened at the Wentz on New Yea.r's Eve- How old are you? Lloyd's partner asked him. I've not told my age since I was 16, answered Lloyd. Oh, you'1l tell your secret some time, she said. Oh, no, answered Lloyd, I've kept it a whole year already. cc at June: Did you read in last night's paper about the little boy who found 251,000 sewed on the back of the dress of his grandmother who died? Juanita: Yes, that was a lot of money to leave behind, Wasn't it? Phyllis: Why, Cheese Miller, why do you have your socks on wrong-side out?,' Cheese: Oh, my feet got hot so I turned the hose on them. Martha Rose: I've worked this problem eight times, Mr. Jones. wir. Jones: Very good and thorough. Martha Rose: Here are my eight answers. Teacher Cduring a written English testi: Write a sentence with the word 'analysis' in it. Pupil's exam paper: The teacher told us to look up the word 'analysis' in the dictionary. Fat Schlemmer: That woman must be a mind reader. By just looking at me she could tell I had an operation for appendicitisf' Bud Johnson: What did she say? Fat: l:She said, 'That boy doesn't seem to be all t ere? Vita Smith Cto Mr. Pfeifferj: What is the capital of Alaska? Mr. Pfeiffer: Juneau. Vita: No, I don't know-I'm asking you. The Tigers were admiring the belt buckles which they had received as runners-up for District Champs. On the buckles were the letters HSAA CHigh School Atheltic Associationl. Lloyd Haas looked at his and said, Why. they spelled my name wrong. ,

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Siamese Twins Quartet',' Babe 'Tarzan' Reiger A Dam View Seniors as eighth graders Flea-is? 'Pop' Roby Free Wheeling llDot97 Three Musketeers Travelers Chug! Chug! Tourists Carol, Peg, Glenda, George, Bob 8a Lloydie at a tender age. Studying? 'The Senior Sextettev ffmuffr' Yum! Yum! KCRed!l

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Edgar Border Cto the salesmanj: I thought you said this suit would wear like iron. Salesman: Well, didn't it? Edgar: Too much so! It's getting rusty already. The Proper Spirit Mrs. McClure: What did the preacher say when you sent him the brandied peaches? Carliez He said he didn't care so much for the 'weaches as he did for the spirit in which they were sent. Bucky fto Idaj: She has the fatal gift of beauty. Ida: What makes you think so? Bucky: Such glorious hair and complexion. Ida: Oh, that isn't a gift. I was with her when she bought it. That Jones boy that used to work for you Wants me to hire him. Is he steady. You bet! If he were an steadier. he'd be motion- ess. Pete: Darling, hear my prayer. Do: Y-yes: pray for all you're worth, Pete, I hear mother coming downstairs. Mr. Pfeiffer: Who was Karl Marx' intimate friend in Socialism? Bud Johnson: Harpo or Groucho. In World History Class, Mr. Lohrman asked, How was King Philip put to death? Roy Howell: Someone must have killed him. Mr. Lohrman: What trouble did Jesse Owens get into after the Olympic Games? Lloyd Haas: He got married. Peg Dreher's telephone conversation- Number 111, please. Is this the railroad speaking? Mr. Pfeiffer: Name two types of law. Raino Renner: Those that are enforced and those that aren't. Rosseau's definition of sovereignty is: Sovereignty is indivisible, inalienable, infallible and supreme. Fat Schlemmer's version of it is: Sovereignty is indivisible, inalienable, inflammable and su- preme. Panther Eyes Hope Spidell nearly caused the death of a gentleman in Columbus by pantherizing him. Held by the love for somethingj in her beautiful eyes, he walked unaware in the path of an oncoming car-he was saved by the brakes. Mr. Pfeiffer: What are some of the farmer's econ- omic problems? Bud Johnson: Well- Mr. Pfeiffer: That's one. Now, continue. Mr. Baker: What does burnt wool smell like? Marge Hanner: BroWnish! Renner: I saw a good show last night-'The Plow and the Stars? Johnson: Oh, a double feature! Mr. Jones freadingb: What is so rare as a day in June? Jim Corell: Some days in March are pretty raw. Mr. Lohrman: What is the difference between Progress and Congress? Carl Doney: Pro and con. A Mr. Pfeiffer: Where are the rubber forests in Brazil? Roy Howell: In Argentina! Calvin: June, what's etiquette? June: It's saying, 'No, thank you,' when you want to hollar, Gimme? Blank Verse by Bob Heid I saw a man upon the stair And when I looked, he wasn't there: He wasn't there again today. Gee, how I wish he'd go away! A Chemisfs Point of View Fair Cleopatra, so they tell us cenhiries ago. Dissolved a pearl and drank it, her magnificence to show: But lo! it did not' serve to prove the glory of her state- It showed that vinegar dissolves calcium car- bonate. Old and New They used to turn the gas down low, So they could not be seen: But courtship in these modern days ls more like this, I ween: An auto in a country road, A broken-down-machine, A pair of occupants who then Turn down the gasoline. Why did John Schlemmer go home directly after physical education last Monday, March 29? John should perhaps wear a suit of armor to play basketball-that won't rip!!! Imagine-going to Washington and not even visit- ing the ' Capitol Building. That's what Peg and Ott did. She Had Felt It He: Did you ever know a moment when the very air throbbed with emotion? She: Yes, Yes! He: When your heart felt like a bird fluttering 'neath your hand? She: Yes, Yes! He fdrawing nearerjz When the whole world was centered so close to you that eyes looked into eyes and answered them? She fedging away from him and his eyesjz Yes, yes, I've known it -- I have. He Cmore and more ferventlyjz And into that mo- ment crowded years and years of suffocating intensity? She: Yes, yes, and its memory will live forever! He fmakes to take her in his armsjz And that mo- ment-that moment is- She: Was-you mean, was Saturday night when the score was tied and Haswell got a foul shot! In about ten minutes, the doctor pronounced him out of danger. We don't believe in kicking, It ain't apt to bring us peace, But the wheel that squeeks the loudest, Is the one that gets the greese. By-Haas 8: Heid '39 A good theme song for the SHS Skating Parties would be Pick yourself up, Dust yourself off, and start all over again.