Templeton High School - Class Book Yearbook (Baldwinville, MA)

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TEMPLETON TEMPTER 31 Mr. Russo: What made it stay on top of the water? Webber: Because it Boats. Customer: What leather makes, the best shoes? ' Salesman: I don't know, but banana skins make the best slippers. -1 Why can you never expect ea fisherman to be generous? Because his business makes him sell fish lselfishl. - Mr. R.: Let's go to California in our fliv- ver. . Mrs. R.: It's too far. . Mr. R.: Why so? These peaches came all the way from California in a tin can. Literature might have been different if: 1. Cleopatra had worn long skirts. 2. Caesar had recovered after having been put on the spot. 3. Shakespeare had married a woman his own age. 4. King Arthur had found the Holy Grail. 5. Queen Elizabeth had Walked through the mud iinstead of soiling Raleigh's coat.l 6. Napoleon had had a plane and a pilot for a non-stop-flight from St. Helena to Paris. 7. Rudyard Kipling hadn't been so enthu- siastic in his praise of the American girl. 8. If William Shakespeare had never been born. ' E. s. s. Alumni Notes CLASS OF4 1930 R - Frank Conti is attending the N. E. School of Accounting, Worcester. Clarence Dobson and Bernard Rubino are attending Vermont University. Yvonne Moreau is taking a course at Fitch- burg Normal. R. Lincoln Stone is attending Worcester Polytechnical Institute. Alsander Lufkin is working in East Orange, New Jersey. Raymond Gautreau is employed by the Florence Stove Company, Gardner. . Paul Kauppinen is attending Cushing Academy, Ashburnham. A' ' Arthur Rich is attending Worcester Boys Trade School. William Ronnie is at home. Milton Turney is employed in Connecticut. Clifford Webber is taking a P. G. course at Templeton High School. Hannes Matilainen is at home. John Yurkus is at home. Helen Fliss and Marjorie Pervier are taking courses at the Gardner School of Commerce. Mildred Jones is at home. Celia Kozloski is employed in Greenfield. Elizabeth Ladeau is employed in the Haw- ley's Insurance oflice. Gaynell Mellon is employed as bookkeeper at the Waite Chair Shop. Alice Miller is at home. Genevieve Moreau is a clerk at Allen Drug Store. Catherine Sanders is working in Florida. Madalyn Saveall is a telephone operator at Baldwinsville. Vieno Seppelin is employed in New York. Mildred Stevens is at home. - Gertrude Shepardson is attending Boston University. Toini Walinen is working in New York. E. S. '31

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s. 30 TEMPLETON TEMPTER Jokes Oh, Dibbyg screamed Katy who was driv- ing the car, the Ford is running away! 'fCan't you stop it? asked the worried Dibby. ' No. . Well, then see if you can't hit something cheap. What letter comes after 'h'? demanded Miss Guard of Tourtellot. I.don't know, was the reply. Well, what have I on each side of my nose? A Looks like powder, replied Tourtellot. Buddy Saveall: I knew you -were coming tonight. Eloise's Beau: Who told you? Buddy Saveall: Nobody told me, but I saw my sister take your picture out of the bureau drawer and put it on the piano. First Freshman: Have you heard the Scotch football yell? Second Freshman: What is lt? First Freshman: Get that quarterback! Get that quarterback! A small boy picked up a purring cat and exclaimed, Oh, brother, that cat has his mo- tor on. , One day Anna said: Mother, I want to go out to catch butteriiiesf' What do you want to do with the butterflies? asked the moth- er. I want to pick out the flies and eat the butter, Anna replied. ' Patient: I. called to see if the doctor couldn't give me something for my tonsilsf' Nurse: 'fSorry, sir, but the doctor never buys tonsi1s. Teacher: If the earth travels around the sun, Fred, what travels around the earth? Fred: Tramps I A few days ago there was company in a certain household in East Templeton. The visitor was discussinga girl of sixteen and said, Are you on the second Honor Roll in high school? Ha, ha, ha, laughed her brother, why she ain't even on the Hrst one yet. Mother told us to be good while she dressed the turkey for the dinner. Sister aged four said, Mama, put my best hat and coat on it. Studying connotations in senior English, Miss Giles gave us Dreamy Eyes. Oh Gee , said Bicknell, I could write a paragraph on that! Say, did you hear about the iight on the bus last night? No, tell us. The driver punched two tickets! Musician: I know a girl who plays piano by the ear. Non-Musician: That's nothing, I know a man who flddles with his whiskers. Some men thirst after fame, some after love, and some after money. I know something that all thirst after. Whatis that? P Salted almonds. I ' Mother: Come, Bobby, and kiss Aunt Martha. Bobby: Why, ma, I'haven't done nothing. Pat: Ml. Mike, do you believe in here- after? Mike: Yes, I do. V Pat: Well, Mr. Mike, do you remember that 32.00 you borrowed last week? Mike: Uh, Uh. Pat: Well, that's what I'm here-after. Teacher: Use the word Egypt in a sen- tence. Pupil: I paid a grocer and he gave me the change but E-gypt me. Teacher: Robert, I saw you put a package of cigarettes in your pocket. Give them to me at once. Bobby: Here y'are, Miss Grimm. I'd have oifered 'em to you before only I didn't know you smoked. ' In English Grammar Class- Teacher: What are brackets used for? Pupil: To hold up shelves. .

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32 'I'l'1MPLE'I'ON TEMPTER Exchanges We have the following school papers with us and we wish to comment: '.'The Argus , Gardner High School, Gardner, Mass.-Your magazine is a great success! Your stories are very amusing and Well-writ- ten and deserve to be complimented. Your literary department is fine and your jokes are great. Q The Little Red Schoolhouse, Athol High School, Athol, Mass.-Your weekly paper con- tains many interesting articles of both school and national news. It is interesting to know that you have an annual Prize Speaking Con- test. Your jokes are present ln quantity and quality, but where are your illustrations? Al- low me- ' Student iduring a quizl: Can we figure on the back of our paper? Teacher: Yes, on the back, in the margin or in your head-anywhere that there's a va- cant space. Red and Gray , Fitchburg High School, Fitchburg, Mass.-You have a fine magazine, including many good original jokes, and par- ticularly well-versed editorials and essays. We would like more short stories. Your illustra- tions are clever and show talent. A Justice without wisdom is impossible. - Froude. The Clarion , Arlington High School, Ar- lington, Mass.-Your paper is certainly some- thing to be proud of. Your Literary and Poe- try departments are exceptional. Your Re- views are both interesting and educational. The Diarist is an enviable idea. We con- gratulate you on things like this- A Day Dreams Have you ever in the warm still summer Sat and dreamed the day away? Or built fine castles in the air When you should have been at play? And you wouldn't-not for anyone- Have breathed them to a soul: But you wove them all together 'Til they made a perfect whole? A. L. B. '31 F inis Our little book is now complete, We hope you think it can't be beat, And if you do, we know you've won From the columns lots of fun. We have a few essays, stories and jokes Which should please all the folks, Together with our editorials and the rest. We have tried to do and make them the best. The contributions we adore And will remember forever more. And now we wish to revlew - Our regret to say adieu. E. J. '31