Venice High School - Venetian Yearbook (Venice, IL)

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T he Veneticm Zlnkw l I?u1nbell-XVliy didn't they play pinochle on Noah's ark to pass away the time . Bright One-Noah sat on the deck. She-Do you know what a dumhwaiter is? He-bure, an elevator to use in hotels, apartments, and so on. . She-I should say not. It's a man who asks a girl for a kiss and waits tor her to say yes. IYhy don't you pick up that note, asked a traveler in Germany, who saw a native drop 1,000 marks. e Ach! replied the German. Last week I stopped to pick up such a note and lost a suspender button. And you can't get a suspender button under 5,000 marks. If I cut a beaksteak in two, she asked, and then cut the halves in two, what do I get? I Quarters, answered a pupil. Good. And then again? Eighths. Correct. Again? Sixteenths. Exactly. And what then? Thirty-seconds. Now in half again? Hash. There was a girl named Irene She Wore crepe de chine, You could see more Irene, Than you could crepe de Chine. Look here, now, Harold, said a father to his little son, who was naughty, If you don't say your prayers you won't go to heavenf, Dad, I don't want to go to heavnf, sobbed the boy, NI want to go with you and mamma. Thomas-My father invented the spaghetti. Know where he got the idea? Carl-No. Thomas-From the noodle. Peg-What did she say? Mil-Have you wooden ears? , Peg--No, thank you! I have brass ears. Mil-Gee, it's hot. May I take off my sweater Peg-You may get economic consumption. I What is the best way to make a chicken lay? Cut it's head off. Edna-Gee, that guy's stingy. Irie has one-way pockets. Maude--Fish hooks in 'em, too, I suppose. 51

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Larue Baxter Gussie Cox .. . . .. Franklin Foley ......... Lambert Fechte ....... VVillian1 Hormann Austin Lewis ..... . . . . Leo Maher ...... Marvin Niles ..... . . . August Rhemus Anida Mae Thomas: The Venetian Class of '23 College ..................... . . . Decalb, lll. Asst. Manager Woolworth's .... ..... V enice Pattern Maker Apprentice .... Venice Craneman .......... ....... .... V e nice Baker Apprentice ......... .... V enice Washington U. .... Venice Clerk ............... .... V enice .Vocational School .... .... V enice McKendree College . .. .... Venice Home .............,. Madison Feature Venice High School without: Bob's popularity. Mil's pep. Perry's strength. Beany's inclustriousness. Bill's cuteness. Peg's shrieking. Edna's questions. Maude's love of geometry. Henry's snickers. Marionls bright remarks. Marvin's love of Caesar. Clinton's clever deductions. Corwin's sheiking ways. Magdalena's curt answers. Lilly's laughter. Anna's snappy actions. Lorena's literary capacity. Florence's earrings. Eugene's trying ways. Wesley's poetry. Ellen Usittin' in the corner. George Turner trying to see everything. Carl being mischievous. George Shaffner looking vvise. Mr. Pickens' frank criticism. Miss Alexancler's curls. Mr. Chester's photographic ability. Pearl's choking spells. Lilly Dorr's preoccupied air. Miss Pattiz's responsible gestures. Miss Burke's art grading. 50

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