The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1947 Page: 2 of 4
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PAGE TWO
THE WESTERNER WORLD
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1947
JOIN the PARADE Y Y
If Every One
The following poem, entitled “If
Every one’’, was clipped from the
(‘Womans Angle” of the LUB-
BOCK AVALANCHE JOURNAL.
If every one who drives a car
could lie a month in bed,
With broken bones and stiched-up
wounds, or fractures of the head,
And there endure the agonies
that many) people do,
They’d never need preach safety
anymore to me or you.
If every one could stand beside
the bed of some close friend,
And hear the doctor say “no hope”
before the fatal end,
And see him there unconcsious,
never knowing what took place,
The laws and rules of traffic I
am sure we’d soon embrace. .
If every one could meet the wife
and children left behind,
And step into the darkened home
where once the sunlight shined,
And look upon “The Vacant
Chair” where Daddy used to sit,
I'm sure each reckless driver
would be forced to think a bit.
If every one would realize
pedestrains
on the street,
Have just as much the right-of
way
as those upon the seat,
And train their eyes for children
who
run recklessly at play,
This steady toll of human lives
would drop from, day to day.
If every one would check his car
before he takes a trip,
For tires worn, loose steering
wheels and brakes that fail to
grip,
And pay attention to his lights
while driving roads at night,
Another score for safety could
be chalked up in the fight.
If every one who drives a car
would heed the danger signs,
Placed by the highway engineers,
who also marked the lines
To keep the traffic in the lane
and give it propper space,
The accidents we read about
could not have taken place.
And last, if he who takes the
wheel would say a little prayer,
And keep in mind those in the
car depending on his care,
And maybe a vow and pledge
himself
to never take a chance,
The .great crusade for safety
'The'n would suddenly advance.
Oh My Aching,Breaking Back!
Just Had A Reducing Treatment
by Janet Crandall
Have you had a reducing treat-
ment lately? I have, and oh my ach-
ing back!
To start at the beginning—Since
my family has just amoved to Lub-
bock, we received a Welcome book
which had many free coupons for
such things as bread, car lubri-
cation, two dinners, one complimen-
tary ambulance service, credit on a
rug cleaning order, and a free red-
ucing treatment.
Fully realizing this treatment was
to be free, that I am none too thin,
and that my experiences might make
a good article, I sacrificed all and
consented to the following ordeal.
When I opened the door to the re-
ducing salon, I was greeted by a
cherry suiile and greeting. When it
came my turn, I was pleased that I
wouldn’t have to disrobe. I had got-
ten the idea that one had to be in his
birthday suit before reducing exer-
cises were performed.
The first cubby hole was named
Spark Plug. (All booths are named
after horses because some genius
thought the stuff was like horse-
back riding.) First thing I did have
to do was lie down on my back with
my feet propped up. Then the con-
traption began gunghmm, gunghmm,
gunghmm. The attendant old me
to relax and even go to sleep if I
wanted to.
I thought, “Me sleep? When my
necessary organs are being pushed
around like mad? Ha!”
The thing made my hips go about
an inch one way and then come back
an inch. It made my insides jump
around like Mexican jumping beans.
The only reason I didn't fall off my
“rag” was that the attendant put
a fifteen pound bag On my stomach,
and it held me down to a certain
extent.
Now it was time to go into the
Seabiscuit booth, ana she told me
that five minutes on this was equiv-
alent to^ five miles of horseback
riding. Then it started; zmm, zomm,
zimm. I felt as though I were really
on a horse. How realistic! By this
time I w^s beginning to feel a mite
thinner and lighter.
The next cell was called Whirl-
away, and that’s exactly what it
did; whirl away. This machine made
one hip go up and the other go down
and vice versa. I lifted my head to
watch this transaction, but it made
me dizzy to watch.
After all this my forty-minute
escapade was over. When walking
home, I bought a banana nut ice
cream cone and gained back my lost
weight and inches.
ft
Around The Corral
with Lipshy
Howdy Neighbor
Don’t you think that during pep
rallies when we have visitors from
the rival school, we should at least
ask them to stand so that we can
extend to them a hand of welcome?
Anniversary
Exactly one year and eight months
ago Sybil Lea and Bill Echols start-
ed going steady. That’s an accom-
plishment! Any couple who boasts
a longer record .than that, please
let us know about it.
Confusing
Allan Rosen is positively a scream
in the Latin 21 class. Aslced" to use
“undulating”, which means waving
as a flag waves, in a sentence Allan
paid, “The girls undulated their
hair.”
Majorettes
Those of you who went to the
North Side game noticed those
talented baton twirlers. Girls out
there on the field at the half are a
welcome sight, and they can really
handle those batons.
Bashful
Why does Ted Wallace have to be
so shy? On our ten fingers and
twelve toes we can’t count the girls
who would like to have a date with
him.
Love Stuff
Yvonne Hallmark and Richard
Herschenroeder have been going
together. You know Rich’s name
is so long that they could only
get half of it printed on the West-
erner line-up of the programs at
last week’s game.
Amazing
A few weeks ago we reported
that Bob Miller hadn’t had a date
since the eighth grade. But while
he was in Austin last week for an
annual worker’s convention, he
broke that record. One dozen roses
to the girl!
We were all saddened to learn of
the death of Margaret Wilson’s
mother. May we offer our condo-
lences.
O’Juun JAt
•A
BitiS-actAd
by Betty Formby
Howdy Again!—Well here goes—
Suitor: “Darling, how can I
leave you?
Father: (Shouting downstairs)
“Bus, trolley, train, or taxi.”
The Merionite
In “ye ole pub office” there is a
little brown -box on the door. All
of you know some news and gos-
sip and cute class happenings. So
please help me to make this your
column too. Write down what you
want to and we will put it in some-
where, if you all will drop it in the
box. Also send in some song dedi-
cations please.
Here are some now. How’s about
“Star Dust” for Iva and Decker . .
. . . also Ginny and Bill., For Betty
Brown, Ann Edwards, Sally Gamber,
Ted Wallace, and Ronnie Smith.
Then there might be “I’m So Right
Tonight” for Jack Crandall and
Rossi Stiles, also Leroy and Nelda,
and for Nancy Herrington and Larry
LaRoe. Now “Westerner Call to Loy-
alty” to all the swell Westerners
of L.H.S. from Yours Truly.
Seniors Look Forward
To School Activities
Of Their Last Year
Senior picnic, Kid day, and Senior
banquet; those were the answers
given when a survey was made a-
mong the seniors to find out what
they would look forward to the most
during their senior year.
iMeradith Smith stated that she
was looking forward to Lubbock’s
winning state in football and basket-
ball while Nancy Boswell’s only de-
sire was to defeat the Amarillo
Sandies in football.
Dorrance Guy’s and Arlen Trice’s
only thoughts were of “getting out,”
and Ray Chappelle said he was look-
ing forward to walking down the
aisle on graduation night.
Gilbert Mauldin is wishing for
Kid day to hurry and come around
so he can act as he always wanted to
since he has been in high school.
Betty Corcorran is hoping for a
Westerner Round-Up day that will
be the talk of the whole state, and
Elsie Holzapfel is looking forward
to a big parade on that day.
James Wilson wants to “hurry
up and get” his senior ring so he
can s&ow that he will soon be a
graduate from Lubbock High school.
Bruce Brown said that he was
looking forward to his many more
happy years in high school, while
Lunita Hindman hopes to find the
teachers as “swell” in Tech as they
are in L.H.S.
Jerry Nislar hopes that the senior
picnic will go somewhere other than
Buffalo.
Gilbert Tatum, a new student in
L.H.S., said that he thought that
the Senior banquet would be the
most interesting activity during his
senior year.
Bangs, Longer Skirts
In New Fashion Parade
“I will not wear my skirts that
long—why, I’d look like my grand-
mother!” “Oh, I think the new
length is perfectly adorable!”
The new skirt length serins to be
the most talked about issue at the
present. But no matter how long
women are wearing their dresses,
the girls of L.H.S. have dropped
the length of their skirts only about
an inch or two. Skirls are tighter
and have straight lines with splits
either on both sides or one split at
the front. Have you noticed Car-
melita Voegeli’s brown one?
The old stand-bys, sweaters, are
back again this year. The sloppy-jo
is not quite as popular as last fall,
but instead sweaters are being
worn to fit. The ever popular Car-
digan has returned with ever so
many soft, pastel colors.
The simple, cotton sports blouse
is popular with many; however, it
is being dressed up with various
colored ribbons at the neckline.
Bapgs may be what mother wore,
but daughter has taken up the style
and this modified style of hair-cut-
ting is still popular with L.H.S.
Sheila Jondahl still wears bangs
and also cute new-comer Joan Kid-
well wears them. More and more
L. H. S. girls are pulling their hair
back and wearing it away from the
head. Barrettes are here again and
some of the cutest ones yet are the
silver and gold. Glynna Adams
wears a cute, rectangle barrette.
Had you noticed?
U/Mic Assembly Speaker by Dirk West
£e<m Qarmot dtay, 5i;
Uo-ull &a y.au dtpM 5i?
“I” please!
Leon Hill can’t say his last name.
That fact often creates very amusr
ing situations. Only last week he
took the family cleaning to the
tailors.
“Your name please,” asked the
girl who accepted the' bundle of
clothing.
“Leon Hill.”
“Pardon me, Leon who?”
“Leon Hill.”
After asking the third time the
clerk determined to get the name
without asking again. She smilingly
asked, “Do you spell that with an A
or an E?”
Editor’s note. — You may think
that Leon might be offended by this
story, but we assure you that he
won’t be. He wrote it himself!
Are you a good eavesdropper? Do
you have party-line technique? O.K.,
so you aren’t so good—well prepare
yourself because here comes your
first lesson. v
First of all, the long talk i s
simply not recomended for party
lines. When you’re making a call
state your business promptly. Don’t
keep your victim posted. Be in the
know and know when to stop.
Secondly, when you pickup the
receiver take time to listen and see
if there is anyone talkin. If not—
go ahead and dial your number. If
there is—well gee, who’ll know you
ever listened anyway. Here’s where
the technique of eavesdropping
colmjes in. Hold your hand closely
over the mouth piece so that no one
will hear the radio or the vacuum
cleaner that is blastin full force.
Courtesy is a requirement over the
phone just as it is in ordinary con-
versation. In a recent across-the nat-
ion survey it was revealed 'that 99
percent of all telephone conversa-
tions began with the simple word
“I”. Give your listener a chance to
talk for himself. He probably enjoys
it more than you do.
Be considerate of those on your
party line and by all means don’t
be a “line hog” and set out for
three-and four hour sessions. Rem-
ember party lines do come in handy
when you’re eager to learn the latest
gossip.
If these tips have failed to find
their point, the moral for this story
is: It’s easier to talk face to face to
the person to whom you want to
speak than to battle with party-line
situations.
Birthday
Happy Birthday! All of you! That
is—all of you who are blessed with
October birthdays.
Five students are having birth-
days during this next week, and
here’s wishing each one of you a
happy, happy birthday.
James R. Paul, October 4; Jimmy
Sexton, 4; Barbara Bantz, 5; Bev-
erly Wheller, 5; Barbara Sims, 5;
Dan Davis, 5; Eva Gina Richardson,
6; Jan Dorn, 8; Morris Turner, 8;
James Norcross, 10; John Norcross,
10; Gennelle Harris, 10.
Here’s hoping that in the year to
come your “growing pains” don’t
get you down.
The Westerner World
STAFF
Co-editors -------- Carolyn Lipshy and
Dan Davis
Sports editor ........__ Marlin Smith
Art editor -------------------- Bob Duff
Photographer ------------ Robert Miller
Business manager ....... Betty Formby
Bookeeper ---------- Billie Jean Morris
Circulation managers----Sheila Jondahl
and Jamie Hinson
Adviser —------------ Mrs. Dick Cozby
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The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1947, newspaper, October 3, 1947; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth662565/m1/2/?q=%22Places+-+United+States+-+Texas+-+Lubbock+County+-+Lubbock%22: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lubbock High School.