Senior Class Sponsors Lauded for Long Service
Mrs. Roy Stephenson, senior class sponsor for many years, is praised as a "friend indeed" to the seniors as plans for a new home for the class of '38 proceed this summer. Miss Mary Billingsley, after teaching in Lewisville, earned esteem at Hope High. Miss Beryl Henry has led Hope High for years and remains a trusted adviser to students.
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Roy Stephenson
Mary Billingsley
Lewisville
Beryl Henry
Hope High School
Millionaire Declines to Bar Marital Match
A witty exchange unfolds as a wealthy father tells a hopeful suitor with a titled name but lacking cash that he has no objection to proposing. He notes he has educated his daughter to read newspapers and leaves the decision to her judgment, saying if she cannot say no she does not deserve better luck.
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Millonaire
Shoes fly at wedding in MacThistle joke anecdote
In a humorous exchange, MacThistle recalls nearly six dozen shoes hurled at his wedding prompting a friend to remark on the count. He jokes about opening the shoe cupboard to verify the tally while a balloon ascent is noted in a 1306 coronation context of Chinese emperor Fo-Kien.
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MacThistle
Fo-Kien
Teacher Tests Kindergartners Then Asks About Coin
A teacher places a half dollar on a desk and asks what it is. A student from the back row quickly answers tails, revealing a sharp classroom moment.
Travel groups in South Africa spend $400000 yearly to lure tourists
South Africa based travel organizations allocate about $400000 each year to promotional campaigns aimed at attracting tourists, reflecting ongoing efforts to boost international and domestic visitation and support the tourism sector's recovery and growth.
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South Africa
Not 50 Nutty
A fragment from a comic vignette set in an insane asylum where a man tells a visitor he is ninth in a joke about a meeting with a friend, followed by a sequence of punchlines from various girls labeled as Athletic, Chorus, Religious, Society, and College.
Golf instruction quip on lie and hole
A humorous exchange notes that progress in golf hinges on improving the lie early. The speaker asks Mr. Pierce about his last hole, and Pierce answers with a terse one.
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Mr. Pierce
Comic Exchange About Charity And Queen Elizabeth
A humorous vignette shows a hobo asking a student for change and a schoolboy noting a composition on Queen Elizabeth. The student directs the hobo across the street while the boy remarks Elizabeth as a great queen and a virgin in a confident, slightly cheeky line.
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Hobo
Queen Elizabeth
Voice Insurance Claim Sparks Rivalry Over Funds
A famous singer declares he insured his voice for £50,000 and questions why the money was not used for artistic purposes. His rival asks what became of the funds, revealing a public dispute over the insured asset.
Child’s Answer Highlights Family Duty The minister’s line prompts a laugh about obedience
A minister asks little Billy if he always does as his mother tells him. He replies that he does, and adds that his father does too, hinting at household authority in a humorous exchange.
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Little Billy
Forest Preserves Offer Food in Bad Times
A local exchange jokes that if trouble worsens they can eat their forest preserves. City Boy retorts that they can eat traffic jams, highlighting urban and rural contrasts in resource jokes.
First Barn Dance Is Great Success
The council sponsored barn dance for the three upper grades drew strong turnout. Students paid a dime for tickets, hay covered gym, lemonade barrel stood ready, nickelodeon and string band provided music. Nell Williams and Olin Jones won cake walk. Nell Williams and Ralph Hill won best dressed. Freeman Stone received a blanket from the student council, presented by Miss Henry. Hot dogs served mid event. success suggests annual return.
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Nickelodeon
Nell Williams
Olin Jones
Ralph Hill
Break at Dinner Over Weights Dispute With Grocer
A district engineer and his wife hosted dinner when a child cried from upstairs. A shopper complained to the grocer that four and a quarter pounds of apples were given for five pounds. The grocer defended that his scales are inspected and correct.
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Archie
James
Grandme laments changes in the younger generation
A narrator recalls Grandme lamenting modern youth. She notes that a strict mother only enforces rules when the traffic light turns green, highlighting generational tension and humor in everyday oversight.
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Grandme
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