Winthrop High School - Winthrop Winner Yearbook (Winthrop, ME)

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52 WINTHROP VVINNER In the history class the other day Hewett couldn't name more than sixteen presidents of the thirty-two presidents of the United States and that riled the teacher. Why Mr. Hewettj' said Mr. Ingalls, Vlfhen I was as old as you I could name every one of the presidents. Yeah, teacher, but there wasn't nearly so many of 'em then. Definition of school-52 hours of agony. This year-Miss Tapley bought an alarm clock to wake up her typing stu- dents. Principal - Qin assemblyj 2 A' Now I want you students to be so quiet you can hear a pin dropfl Freshman voice: Let'er drop. Miss Frost: Uliver, define the word puncture. O. Jackson: A puncture is a hole in a tire, usually found a great distance from a garage. Mr. Ingalls: Can anyone tell me what happened after Napoleon mustered his army ?'l G. Shute: Yes Sir, he peppered the enemy and took the cidadel by assult. Mr. Ingalls: Sit down my lad, I'll have no sauce from you ? Ingalls: Can you give me an ex- ample of wasted energy? O. Baltic: Yes sir, telling a hair- raising story to a baldheaded man. Pa, said johnny, looking up from his composition, is waterworks all one word or do you spell it with a hydrant ? Miss Frost: Has this dog a good pedigree P Salesman: Say, if he could talk, he wouldn't speak to either of us.', Mason took his aunt Though wintry was the breeze. He put her in the rumble seat, To watch his anti-freeze. R. House: Never despair. Some- where above the clouds the sun is shin- ing. I. Fleury: Yes, and somewhere be- low the sea tl1ere's solid bottom, but that doesn't help a man when he falls over- board. L. Fowle ' 'X 'Xnd what's your name my good man F Prisoner L. Fowle: Prisoner namefl 4, U 9142. Is that your real name ? Naw, dat's me pen- A Scotchman was stripping wallpaper from the walls of his house when a friend called to see him. ' YVell, Sandy, said the visitor, are ye goin! to have new paper? Na, na, replied Sandy. .'Xh'm just movin' into another house. Kus: And for B o n n i e Annie Laurie, I'd lay me down and die! Maxwell: QRisingj, Is Miss Laurie in the audience P H. Smith: Miss Tapley, Is the ex- ercise you gave us for tomorrow hard? In other words would it take more than one period to do it in ? Miss Tapley: Youlll be able to do it in one period if you use your head. H. Smith: Then I guess I'll use two periods. Miss Frost: This is the worst com- position in the class - I'm going to write your father about this. W. Wells: I don't care if you do because he wrote it. J Bow legs are few and far between.

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XYINTHROP HIGH SCHOOL 51 ::::Q-::--0:: : ::::-: : :Q: : :QQQQQ Qggqv , - --Q- L Wo..-, v Y- -vv-, -Q-sf-q.c,.,.:. ODDS AND ENDS . . S0112 HitS How You Going To Keep Him Am I In Love H Helen Diamond Down On the Farm Mr. Rowe I,d Love To Play A Love Scene U Mae Prescott All You Waiit To Do Is Dance I' Virginia Rourke You're Gonna Wake Up Some Day H Paul Gould I'm just A Country Boy At Heart 'A Eddie Hamblin Ten O'Clock Town U Winthrop, Maine To-day I Am A Man 'I Henry Deblois Down With Love Katherine Manter There's Only One Girl Like You H Alida Bowens My Secret Love Affair Anita Dostie The Lady Who Couldn't Be Kissed Florence Stinchfield I Want A New Romance Lottie Wentworth High, Wide and Handsome Flora Richards Save A Little Love For Daddy Helen Smith I Stumbled Over Love VVarren Wells Nice Work If You Can Get It H Stanley Kus Toy Town Band Orchestra Listen My Children And You Shall Hear H Mr. Laplant Youyre Here, You're There 3' Windy Towns I'm Hittin, The High Spots U Donald Norcross Will You Chick Cobb Can I Forget You U Carl Lowden How Could You H Miss Tapley The Moon Got In My Eyes 'I Miss Frost VVhat A Dummy Love I-Ias Made Of Me H Mr. Ingalls Youyre Looking For Romance U Alfred Maxwell Get Along Little Dog Edward Davis You've Got Something There Sophie Ozog I've Got My Heart Set on You Rachel Kinney This Is Gonna Be My Lucky Sum- mer Ruth House 'K More Power to You H I George Stetson Me, Myself and I Lawrence Irvin 'A Down with Love U john Hinkley The Things I Want Annie Adams K' The Girl You Used To Be Irene Fleury If It's the Last Thing I Do Helen Buzzell If I Can Count On You Elsie Bates if cc Remember Me Leonard Gaylord Life of The Party U Rosa Bruneau Schooling isnit necessary to success. You can quit early, as Edison did, and study at home for 68 years. D. Norcross: Out in the country, where I spent my vacation they gave me one of those three season bedsf' NV. Towns: 'K Never heard of them. D. Norcross: No springs! Begger: QAfter knocking at house doorj: If you please lady, I lost my right legf, Wfoman of the House: XVell, it ainlt heref, City Boy: Father come here a min- utef' Father: XVhat do you want son? City boy: QPointing to empty milk cansj. Look at the cowis nestf,

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WINTHROP HIGH SCHOOL 53 H My little brother has learned an aw- ful lot about kissing from going to the movies. You mean the pictures he sees are so daring ? No, I mean the couples he sees around him are so daringf, L. Mason: I'm the fastest man in the world I' E. Smith: I' How's that ? Mason: Time flies, doesn't it, well. I beat time ! More at the Source Mrs. Brown: 'K Theres not a boy in this town as clever as our Jack, Mrs. Black: 'K How is that? Mrs. Brown: Look at these two chairs. jack made them out of his own head and he had wood enought left to make an armchairfy ' A Challenge Laugh that off, said the fat man's wife as she sewed his vest buttons on with wiref' Not the Bank An elderly lady, afraid of passing her destination, poked the conductor with her umbrella, H Is that the First National Bank ? she asked. No, mum,'i replied the conductor, themis my ribs!'l It's nothing much to think of-but every now and then, I wonder where M. Gandhi carries his fountain pen. In a game itys grit, but in spinach itis terrible. Healey: W'hat kind of a car do you have ? G. Shute: A runaboutf' Healey: A runaboutf, Shute: 'K Yes, itlll run about a block and then stopf, Miss Frost: Fools ask questions wise men can't answer. ' Lincoln: Y e ah , that's why I ilunked my last exam. that if all students who were placed end to end, they would be much more comfortable. VV e believe sleep in class Prof. Bore: f'If I have talked too long it's because I forgot my watch and there is no clock in this hall. Student Body: Theres a calendar behind youfl B. Reynolds: 'I It takes three genera- tions to make a gentleman. S. Rourke: Your grandson will be all right then!'i Don't Pour Over This H. Diamond: 'I W'hat is worse than to rain cats and dogs P E. Bates: To hail street cars. Bargains Mother: Kenneth, how is it that you have lower marks in January than in December. K. Higgins: Oh, everything is marked down after the holidaysfi Epitaph to a Reckless Driver Here lies one Alexander Gray, ' Who died while taking the right-of-way, He thought he was right, as he sped along, But he' just as dead as if he were wrong. I know a chap whois twice as partic- ular about his business suit as he is about his evening clothesf, Thatis strange, isn't it ?,' No, you see heis a deep-sea diverf' Present day civilization might be de- fined as the present generations settling the last generations debts by issuing bonds for the next generation to pay.