Waldoboro High School - Medomak Breeze Yearbook (Waldoboro, ME)

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22 MEDOMAK BREEZE began his father slowly, Billy, I'm afraid you Won't be able to play base- ball on the lot with the kids any- more? But Dad , said Billy , if it's because of my leg, why it hardly even hurts. Then his dad said, Billy, you won't be able to play base- ball again because you haven't any left leg. The doctor tried to fix it but finally had to take it away. Well , said Billy after a moment's pause, It sure is a nice glove. Today if we go to the same lot on the same shady street in Greenville you will still hear the kids yelling. Today they're yelling because the captain of the baseball team has just made a home run. In fact you would- n't even know that both of Billy Winters legs aren't his own. Billy has a slight limp but that doesn't stop him from being the best baseman on the block. ' Connie Randolph A DOG STORY As I was standing on the sidewalk talking with a friend, I noticed a dog trying to butt into our conversation. He was whining and trying to say something. I asked my friend what was the matter with the dog, and he said, He wants a nickel. I told him I had been panhandled by all kinds of people but never by a dog. What does he want it for a cup of coffee? Won't a penny suit himnpii No, my friend said, He won't take a penny, so you had better give him a nickel. He won't let us alone until he gets it. I gave the dog a nickel, and he started down the street with it in his mouth, but then waited for me to follow, which I did. Shortly he stopped in front of the grocery. I opened the door for him and he walk- ed back to the meat counter. The butcher looked up and said, Oh, Oh, here's Billy, my customer. He wrapped up two wieners and gave the package to the dog, who dropped the nickel on the floor. We walked out, I not having said a word to anybody. When we got back to my friend, the dog dropped the package in front of me to unwrap for him, and in about two gulps the wieners were gone. Ronald Bowers EDUCATION PREPARES YOUTH FOR THE FUTURE School is no longer thought of as merely a place where boys and girls study difficult subjects, but rather it is a place where pupils are helped to find a good Way to live. They are helped to find out what they can do best in order to make a living. They are taught how to develop their per- sonality. Altogether Youth has taken a new aspect on school life, and instead of a drudgery it is turning into an en- joyment. Even if a person doesn't get a good position when he gets through school, he is usually glad that he went, and thinks of his school days as the happiest days of his life.

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24 MEDOMAK BREEZE The psychiatrist was testing the in- telligence of Buddy Odell for a dis- charge from the Army. A Doc: What would happen if I cut off your ear? Odell: I couldn't hear. Doc: And if I cut off the other ear? Odell: I couldn't see. - Doc: Why? Odell: Because my hat would fall over my eyes. at if -if Mr. Frabrizi: Helen, this essay on My Mother is just the same as your sister's. Helen Ralph: Yes, we have the same mother. 'k 'k it D. Winchenbach: Whenever I'm down in the dumps, I buy myself a new hat. W. Prock: Oh, so that's where you get them! if if if Mr. Peterson: Why don't you ans- wer me, Sukeforth? R. Sukeforth: HI did, I shook my head. Mr. Peterson: You don't expect me to hear it rattle way down here do you. 'A' i' if Mr. Doyle: fDuring study period, to R. Witham who was up back when he was supposed to be down frontjz Witham, what are you doing up in that neck of the woods? R. Witham: Cutting lumber. iii Chewing Gum - chewing D. Levensaler And the cud-chewing cow, Are somewhat alike, Yet diierent somehow. And what is the difference? I think I know now- It's that clear thoughtful look On the face of the cow. Mr. Marshall: What are the names of the bones in your hands? Keith Chase: Loaded dice. 'k ir -k Mr. Brown woke up in the middle of the night to find his wife weeping. Darling, he said, What's the mat- ter. I just had the most horrible dream, she replied. I thought I was walking down Main Street and I came to a big store with a sign on it saying: fHusbands For Sale! There were beautiful ones for a thousand dollars and very nice ones for as little as a hundred dollars. Did you see one that looked like me? asked Mr. Brown. Dozens of them, said his wife, starting to sob again, done up in bunches like asparagus, and selling for a nickel a bunch. if ir if It was on a sleigh ride. The cuddly sweet young thing heaved a deep sigh, for the benefit of the eligible young man at her side. What's the matter, Miss Smith- kins'? She managed an artistic catch in her throat. Nobody loves' me, and my hands are cold. Oh, that's all right, he comforted her. God loves you sit on your hands. ir -k -A' It was in a hotel dining room. The guest called out sharply, Waiter! Yes, sir. What's this? It's your soup, sir. Yes, but what kind of soup? It's bean soup, said the waiter with dignity. 'Tm not asking what it's been, lim asking what it is now! 'A' 'A' 'A' Maud, talking to Mable. Did you hear about the awful fright George got on his wedding day? Oh, yes! I was there. I saw her. - and you can