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TH r-* r* OFFICE OV/l By "''U ■ carrying around?" Mrs. F, L. Rollins 'Mrs, John F, Schenck Jr., our presi dent, has his troubles too. . His wife going / (>/ through his pockets before sending his j 7 suits to the dry' cleaners, found a card with "Alice Gray, Chelsea-A-421". She-pro ceeded to confront him with this card, saying, "And who is this hussy whose card you are Mr. Schenck smiled and s;l d, "You jealous thing; haven*t you heard of Alicc Gray, just a race horse on whom I*ve made a couple of winnings". His wife considered that thoughtfully, A few days later she met him" at the door with a steely glitter in her eyes. He sensed at once'something was wrong, and asked, "VJhats the matter, my dear?" Mrs. Schenck replied, "Oh nothing, nothing at all, just that your racehorse called'you this afternoon," Tom London, one of our colored boys, relates a story of a colored Baptist preach er of the "Possum Trot" Baptist Church, The Rev. Erastus Ebenezcr Hesekiah Buttenvorth Suffersniper v^o was giving a speech of welcome to all the new church members, so as ' to raise a certain amount of money. Brother Suffersniper began: "Brethem and sisters, jrou are as welcome as the flowers in May,'as v/elcome as the sunshine after a stom, as welcome as a big red juicy watermellon, as v^elcome as the departure'of a mother-in- law, as vjelcome as a plate of fried chicken is to a Methodist preacher. Brethren, pass the collection basket," Ruby Mae Carpenter teaching her Sunday School class of Junior girls last Sunday asked them the question, "V/ith what weapon did Samson kill so many Philistines?" The girls hesitated, so to he]p them out Ruby pointed to her jaw pjid said, "Vftiat is this”? One little girl piped up, "Oh, I know. Miss Ruby, It*s the jawbone of an ass". As you Imow, Hunt’s Bus is crowded to the limit these days. One Saturday it was more crowded than usual all standing jammed together. Jim Osborne and Pearl Sweezie had barely standing room. It seems that Pearl had heard of pick-pockets and had all her pockets sewed and pinned up. In the scramble to get her change out of her pockets to pay her fare she was having an awful time, 'Finally Jim Osborne said "Please, let me pay your fare", "Nothing doing^ said Pearl, "I have a quarter somewhere", "I*m sure you have", replied Jim, "but l*d still like to pay your fare - you*ve unbuttoned my suspenders three times ali\3ady". Its been told that many years ago, "‘nie Cleveikind Star" got an item of a public auction pmd a wedding announcement slightly mixed, which read as follows: William Brown the only son of Mr, and Mrs, James Brown and Lucy Anderson, were disposed of at a public auction at my farm, one mile erst. In the presence of 75 guests including 2 mules and 12 head of cattle. Rev, Jenkins tied the nuptial knot for the parties averaging 1250 lbs, on hoof. The beautii'ul home of the-bride was decorated with one sulky rake, one feed-grinder and two sets of harness. Just before the ceremony was performed, Mendelsohnis wedding march was rendered by 1 milch cow and one Jersey cow, who ca^rried a bunch of roses in her hand rjnd was very beautifully dressed in one light spring wagon, two crates of apples and three racks of hay trimmed with 100 bushels of spuds. The bridal couple left on an extended trip, - All names and places used in this article are purely fictitious; any similarity is merely on purpose.
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