Miscellaneous Notes - 1936
(pp. 57 - 75)
Bob Preston: "What have you been doing?"
John W.: "Taking part in a guessing contest."
Bob Preston: "But I thought you had a literature quiz?"
John W.: "I did."
R. Ledbetter: "What have automobiles done for the people?"
Mr. Deem: "They have helped a lot of people to see this world and the next."
Blest be the tie that binds
My collar to my shirt,
For underneath this silken band
Lies half an inch of dirt.
Bob Reed and Dorothy Galloway not together?
Herman Randall without a date?
Mr. George slicking his hair down?
Warren Elam with a date?
Homer Moore and Roy Ledbetter staying away from Spring Valley?
Marcella Martindale being as tall as Geneva Clemans?
Betty Swango staying at home every night?
Ruth Ellen Dennehy not talking much, especially in Study Hall?
Mr. Reed without a temper?
Earl Bartley not wisecracking?
Jim without Mary Jean?
C. Whittinton: "High school has made a man of me."
D. Sipe: "Where is he?"
Coach Orr: "We have too many Scotch athletes on the basketball team."
Bob Reed: "Who are they?"
Coach Orr: "The boys who won't loosen up their muscles."
Bill Burnett: "What kind of a car have you?"
Oscar Everhart: "Oh, a runabout. You know - run about a mile, then stop."
Jim Northup: "My watch is keeping better time since I put your photograph inside the case."
M.J. Townsley: "Oh, I see. You added another jewel."
Mr. Furst: "My boy, there is a reason for everything."
Ned Brown: "No sir, you forget the women."
Central: "Number please?"
Eugene Miller: "Number? Woman, I put in my nickel and I want my chewing gum."
Just after Miss Hanna left the room.
Russ Murry: "Where is Oregon (Ora-gone)?"
John Williamson: "Out the door."
Florence Ferguson: "One man dies in New York every minute."
Ferne Rose: "I'd like to see him."
Mrs. Wilson: "Chewing gum, Jeanette?"
Jeanette Neal: "No thanks, I have some of my own."
H. Benedict: "If you had five dollars in your pocket, what would you do?"
Bud Brewer: "I'd think I had somebody else's pants on."
Alma Brewer: "So you've landed a man at last?"
R.E. Dennehey "Yes, but you should have seen the ones that got away."
Virginia Townsley: "Is your new fellow a good one hand driver?"
Jeanne Dunevant: "Aw, he's not that slow. He takes a taxi and uses both hands."
Athletics may come, athletes may go;
And fade as in a dream.
The horsefly is the best of all;
He's always on the team.
Mrs. Robe: "Donald, do you know who's shooting those paper wads?"
Donald Ferguson: "No, but I think we ought to find out."
"All work and no play makes Jack a school teacher."
Parting advice, put a little water on the comb.
Lois Fisher: "Did you ever take chloroform?"
Almeda Harris: "No, who teaches it?"
Bob Reed: "How about some old-fashioned loving?"
Dorothy Galloway: "Come over some night and I'll introduce you to grandmother."
Harold Strowbridge took Alma Brewer to the theater for the first time. They arrived rather early and she was interested in everything about them.
Nudging Harold, she whispered: "What does the word 'asbestos' mean across the curtain?"
"Be quiet," said Harold, "and don't show your ignorance. That's Latin for 'welcome.'"
Geneva Clemans: "I don't like these pictures. The photographer didn't do me justice."
C. Whittington: "Woman, you don't want justice. What you want is mercy."
Donald Ferguson: "What do you expect to be when you become of age?"
Howard Finney: "Twenty-one."
Rebecca Galloway drove boldly past the stop light, when an officer appeared in sight. "Didn't you see that stop light?"
"Yes," she replied sweetly, "but I didn't see you."
Carl Wasner: "I just shot a dog."
Bob Dunevant: "Was he mad?"
Carl Wasner: "Well, he wasn't very well pleased."
John W.: "Taking part in a guessing contest."
Bob Preston: "But I thought you had a literature quiz?"
John W.: "I did."
R. Ledbetter: "What have automobiles done for the people?"
Mr. Deem: "They have helped a lot of people to see this world and the next."
Blest be the tie that binds
My collar to my shirt,
For underneath this silken band
Lies half an inch of dirt.
Can you imagine:
Harold Strowbridge never being tardy for school?Bob Reed and Dorothy Galloway not together?
Herman Randall without a date?
Mr. George slicking his hair down?
Warren Elam with a date?
Homer Moore and Roy Ledbetter staying away from Spring Valley?
Marcella Martindale being as tall as Geneva Clemans?
Betty Swango staying at home every night?
Ruth Ellen Dennehy not talking much, especially in Study Hall?
Mr. Reed without a temper?
Earl Bartley not wisecracking?
Jim without Mary Jean?
C. Whittinton: "High school has made a man of me."
D. Sipe: "Where is he?"
Coach Orr: "We have too many Scotch athletes on the basketball team."
Bob Reed: "Who are they?"
Coach Orr: "The boys who won't loosen up their muscles."
Bill Burnett: "What kind of a car have you?"
Oscar Everhart: "Oh, a runabout. You know - run about a mile, then stop."
Jim Northup: "My watch is keeping better time since I put your photograph inside the case."
M.J. Townsley: "Oh, I see. You added another jewel."
Mr. Furst: "My boy, there is a reason for everything."
Ned Brown: "No sir, you forget the women."
Central: "Number please?"
Eugene Miller: "Number? Woman, I put in my nickel and I want my chewing gum."
Just after Miss Hanna left the room.
Russ Murry: "Where is Oregon (Ora-gone)?"
John Williamson: "Out the door."
Florence Ferguson: "One man dies in New York every minute."
Ferne Rose: "I'd like to see him."
Mrs. Wilson: "Chewing gum, Jeanette?"
Jeanette Neal: "No thanks, I have some of my own."
H. Benedict: "If you had five dollars in your pocket, what would you do?"
Bud Brewer: "I'd think I had somebody else's pants on."
Alma Brewer: "So you've landed a man at last?"
R.E. Dennehey "Yes, but you should have seen the ones that got away."
Virginia Townsley: "Is your new fellow a good one hand driver?"
Jeanne Dunevant: "Aw, he's not that slow. He takes a taxi and uses both hands."
Athletics may come, athletes may go;
And fade as in a dream.
The horsefly is the best of all;
He's always on the team.
Mrs. Robe: "Donald, do you know who's shooting those paper wads?"
Donald Ferguson: "No, but I think we ought to find out."
"All work and no play makes Jack a school teacher."
Parting advice, put a little water on the comb.
Lois Fisher: "Did you ever take chloroform?"
Almeda Harris: "No, who teaches it?"
Bob Reed: "How about some old-fashioned loving?"
Dorothy Galloway: "Come over some night and I'll introduce you to grandmother."
Harold Strowbridge took Alma Brewer to the theater for the first time. They arrived rather early and she was interested in everything about them.
Nudging Harold, she whispered: "What does the word 'asbestos' mean across the curtain?"
"Be quiet," said Harold, "and don't show your ignorance. That's Latin for 'welcome.'"
Geneva Clemans: "I don't like these pictures. The photographer didn't do me justice."
C. Whittington: "Woman, you don't want justice. What you want is mercy."
Donald Ferguson: "What do you expect to be when you become of age?"
Howard Finney: "Twenty-one."
Rebecca Galloway drove boldly past the stop light, when an officer appeared in sight. "Didn't you see that stop light?"
"Yes," she replied sweetly, "but I didn't see you."
Carl Wasner: "I just shot a dog."
Bob Dunevant: "Was he mad?"
Carl Wasner: "Well, he wasn't very well pleased."