West Salem High School - Hi Lite Yearbook (West Salem, IL)

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JOKES I shall now illustrate what I have in mind, said Mr. Fehrenbacher as he erased the board. Mr. Johnson had a little car He couldn’t find a buyer All because the little car Didn’t have a tire. Neighbor, “I heard your kid bawling last night.” Mr. Brandt. “Yes, after four bawls he got his base warmed.” There are to me, two kinds of guys And only two that I despise The first I’d really like to slam Is the one that copies my exam The other is the dirty skunk Who covers his paper and lets me flunk. A pretty girl is like a hinge—something to adore. Nile, “Daniel, you’ve got a head like an imbecile.’' Daniel, “Good, We can both wear the same hat.” 1900—Wife darns husband’s socks. 1943—Wife socks darn husband. Don Johnson, “You’re afraid to fight that’s what it is.” Wilfred Baker, “No, I’m not but my mother will give me another whipping when I get home.” Don J., How will she know it?” Wilfred B., “She’ll see the doctor go to your house.” ETIQUETTE A Freshman takes a girl’s books and offers her seat. A Sophomore offers his seat to the girl. A Junior offers to take the girl’s books. A Senior gives his books to the girl and asks her to give him her seat. Mr. Betebenner asked the class, “With what remarkable weapon did Samson slay the Philistines? For a while there was no answer. Mr. Betebenner, to revive the pupil’s memory, com- menced tapping his jaw with the tip of his finger, at the same time saying, “What’s this —What’s this? Quick as a thought Lee Lemke replied. “The jawbone of an ass, sir.” Some women have the same influence on a man as a railroad crossing—you stop, you look, and after you marry, you listen.

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Daniel: “Will you loan me ten dollars for a month, old boy?” Delbert: “What would a month old boy do with ten dollars?” Carl Johnson: “Dad can you write your name without looking?” Mr. Johnson: “Why yes.” Carl: “Then sign my report card.” Mr. Johnson: How’ti you get along with your wife in that fight the other night?” Mr. Brandt: “Aw, she came crawling to me on her knees.” Mr. Johnson: “Yeah, what did she say?” Mr. Brandt: “Come out from under the bed, you coward.” No Acrobat— Mother Nature is a remarkable woman, but she still can’t jump from summer to winter without fall, nor from winter to summer without a spring. Nile: “Did any man ever kiss you before I did?” Laurene: “Yes, dear.” Nile: “Tell me his name, that I may thrash him.” Laurene: I’m afraid, dear, that he might be too many for you.”