DEALER

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"Dm

I should he practicing so Ican ,?o to the big leagues and rescue you from

this drudgery.'"

The National

FUTURE FARMER

also voted the American League's

Most

Valuable Player in 1956. It was be- lieved by

many

that he would be the one to finally break Babe Ruth's record of 60

home

runs in one season. In fact,

Mickey was ahead of Ruth's 1927 pace during most of the season.

Mickey Mantle has not only excelled at hitting but is considered one of the best center fielders in the league.

He

is

exceptionally fast and has a strong throwing arm. Last year his fielding percentage was .990. During the five years in the majors, his fielding average has never dropped below .963.

He

has been elected the

American

League en- try in the All-Star

game

forthelast four yearsand hascompileda combined .294 batting average with two

home

runs.

One

of the most feared hitters in the league, he can bat from either side of the plate.

Although

Mickey

has never quite filled the shoesof JoeDiMaggio, he has

all the tools needed. According to

Yankee Manager

Casey Stengel, "he can do

more

things better than anybody

else in thegame."

Many

of theexperts believe that barring a recurrence of old leg injuries,

Mickey

will go on to write

many more

entries into the record books.

They

also believe that

Mickey

Mantle is theplayer inthe majors today that has the best chance of breaking Babe Ruth's

home

run record.

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—

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The ^Firsf One Doesn'f Have A ^Chahce/

"Say, Willie, you folks .see a big red Irciclor whizz by?"

Dad

to lad: "Well, son, you're right.

This old report cardof mine you found

in the attic isn't any heller than yours.

I guess the only fair thing to do is give you what

my

father gave to me."

James E. Sullivan Albany, Oregon

The

Sunday school teacher was re- viewing a lesson.

"Who

led the children of Israel outof Egypt?"

There was no answer, so she pointed

to a little boy at the back of the

room

and asked him.

he said timidly, "ire last week from Afis-

"It wasn't nw, just

moved

here souri."

Harrv A. Petermann R. R. 2 Stillwater, Okhdionui

As

a creaking buggy drawn by a

swaybackcd horse approached a 20 m.p.h. speed zone, the driver was heard to say.

"You

handle the reins, ma. I'll

lake the whip and we'll see if we ciui

make

it."

Delbert Friesen Bo.x 206

Hanimon. Oklahoma

Mother missed the eggs from under the turkey hen and asked little Bill if

he

knew

what had

become

of them.

"Sure, ^I know," said Bill. "/put them

in thedoghouse.

We

wantpuppies, not turkeys.'"

Guy

Lee

Long

Bulls Gap, Tennessee Route I

Teenager (as the radio ground out the final notes of the latest bit of swing): "Did you ever hear anything so wonder!id?"

Father: Only once

— _when

_a truck loaded with empty milk cans hit a freight car filU ^{! '\}ith ducks."

Leslie Fisher Sumner, Michigan

A

^small Pennsylvania boy,

who

later

became

a very successful businessman, once asked a neighbor farmer the price of a big melon.

"That's forty cents," said the farmer.

"/ haveonly fourcents," the boytold him.

"Well." smiled the farmer, and winked at his hired hand as he pointed to a small and green melon,

"how

about that one?"

"Fine I'll lake it," the boy said, "but don't cut it off the vineyet. Til call for

it in a few weeks."

Gary

Broyles

Box

422 Hinlon.

Oklahoma

Tell your

comnumity

about the f-FA

EVERY DAY

^with Official

FFA

Calendars. (They're in full color, and your Advisor has sam- plesand complete instructions.) It's

simple to do . . . and you'll

make some

ntoney. loo.

Prospective father-in-law to his daughter's young

man: "And

what are your prospects?"

Young

man: "Oh. pretty good!

Unless your daughter has misled me."

Frank A. Geiser

R

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Apple Creek, Ohio

A

^big Texas oilman went to his den-

tist. After examining his teeth care-

fully, the dentist told him they were perfect, that he didn't find one cavity.

The

oilman replied, "Well, Doc. drill

anyway, I feel lucky today."

Charles Bunnell Route 4,

Box

162 Richton, Mississippi Prison

Warden:

"I've had charge _of this prison for ten years, and we're going to celebrate. H'hal kind of parly do you boys suggest?"

Prisoners:

"Open

house."

Ted Geno

RR

2 Herperia, Michigan

(Jiarlie, the

Green Hand

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