Humble Bee (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 01, No. 09, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1921 Page: 3 of 4
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The orchestra tuned up and gave
out some real music, and Chris-
tian, the violinist, played tricks
The
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our personal explanation as to
portionately.
Mr. Parker, who showed us a certain red-headed jitney driv-
four in the
Spring.
credit for that taam, but if I’m
7 out of 25! He must have been
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wit and ’umor.
&
impress upon you the fact that
those who tarred and feathered
it seems to us that Fran Fend-
lay might draw at least one car-
We hear as how A. A. (Traffic)
Persch is an authority on how to
make moonshine since he receiv-
ed an infallible recipe for same.
how the Eagle Works, got 19 out
of 25 at his first attempt.
turns out several every week in
the Engineering Department.
ma
A damn good Ford, for the shape
it’s in.”
cans up in the air.
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home three runs.
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T. H. H. improves worse!
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The baseball coach waxed peev-
- ish at us on account of our re-
mark last week about his absence
from the last game, declaring
worked in right field for the Gulf field men to contribute any stuff,
team against the Houston All'we’re going to regalelyou with
Stars and succeeded in driving some hot shots.
Agony” quartet, composed of
Halsey, Newkirk and the Salter
Has shock absorbers n’every-
thing,
Radiator busted—sure does leak; -
Differential dry, you can hear it
squeak.
Ten spokes missing, front all
bent;
Tires blown out, ain’t worth a
cent.
Got no speed, will run like the
deuce,
Burns either gas o r tobacco
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Mr. Hamilton’s trap shooting Three years old.
himself thusly: “I never get any shows wonderful improvement—
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Correct, Azell, old dear; cor-
rect, Azell.
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If the yard will develop some
more contributions like A Dud
and TNT, these colyums will be
glad to publish them and relieve
the strain on ye scribe’s cere-
brum. He gets a severe head-
ache each week trying to create
perienced a dull day. We were
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er from a nearby town were
justified in their act; or—oh,
there is such a variety of sub-
j-cts! But seeing as how all this
has filled up considerable space
already, we won’t talk about
anybody this time.
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HUMB L E bee
brothers of Goose Creek, sang a
few numbers. Halsey sang one
of his popular ball ids. Frank
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toon a month for the paper--he Tires alloff, been run on the rim—
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Athletic News
There was no ball game last
Sunday, and as a consequence,
nearly everyone in Baytywn ex-
at trapshooting during the week. the day of the fire upset two
Mr. T. R. Parker and T. E. Dris. carts and left them stranded near
coll were high men with 19. Tom the boiler house; or we could very
Griffin feH off to 16 and the other plausibly tell .you why the tennis
enthusiasts have fallen off pro- courts are too soft; or we could
why the man' who drove the
No marvelous scores were made Super’s car after hose carts on
The paper being hard up for - -
something to fill the colyums with and tunes on his fiddle,
represented at Goose Creek, how- this week, due to no ball game
ever, by Pitcher Brown, who and no efforts on the part of the
not on the job all the time I get off in the back yard throwing tin
panned.”
Now, we could write on any
Tennis is proving very popular number of subjects; for instance,
among the younger crowd and We could sound off concerning
the courts are filled every even- the. members of the band who
ing, although they are a trifle habitually fail to appear for
soft as yet. Mr. Abbott promises, practiceand who should be weed-
to have them worked up in gooded out from said organization; or
shape before long. > T"e could expound at length
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Vepreck starred on his jazz
"moosic."
The program closed with a
“feed” in Mess Hall No. 2, pre-
pared by H. J. Mitchell.
Pete Tyrrell, assisted by ‘Rody,’
assembled the program.
Nearly one hundred members
of the Club were present.
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In reply to a request for an ex-
planation as to why he should
have his Ford replaced. A. L.
Kleberg replied thns:
“Charged toBaytown on Novem-
ber 10th,
Been in the 1 epair shop every
since.
Old Ford car with piston rings,
Two rear wheels, one front ‘
spring;
Has no fenders, seat or plank,
But burns lots of gas, hard to
crank.
Carburetor busted half way thru,
Engine missing-hits on two—
And they’ve got a knock,
Has no horn and has no clock;
Has one headlight, but it has no
top.
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Newkirk, A. T. E. & Hamilton, T. H. Humble Bee (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 01, No. 09, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1921, newspaper, May 12, 1921; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1481737/m1/3/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.