PERSONALITY PARADE NO L5. TOMMY STOKES.

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 17, 9 October 1943, Page 9

PERSONALITY PARADE NO L 5. TOMMY STOKES.

by.

major sucker. o. b. e.

# ■ «TO!WY was born in welling - ton during the depression. Ow1 ing to the expense of product - ioh at the time his family decided to Purifies quantity for quality and the result was a particularly small baby no larger thfa n andd looking remarkably lik°a bottle of beer. * * WHEN he began to walk the doctor advised that he should live •in a' less windy town -than Wellington otherwise ho V certainly have been blown away, thoy shifted to nafcier. whore tom started school. * * IT was at t his time I that his family was pestered I. with circus managers who wished J to.add him to their exhibits. . i very wisely his parents refused to sell and it was not till/ ho camo, to the WORKS SERVICE that he had any taste of circus life, Ito sell it was not till esccome to the WORKS SERVICE that he had any taste of circus lifo« quite often now, whon ho is escorting the company’s , odd mechanical implements along now oalodonian roads,, the local people .j lean over thoir fences ohoorihg j whet they think is part of a ! circus. * * MOTOR cycles wore ‘ j his hobby but now i think ho ? ’questions the truth of the '’■■statement*that the happiest man is ho whoso hobby is his work. * * ALL through his lifo his - parents have attempted to build him up mentally and physically. loads of glucoso and glnxo wore dumped at thoir door, but all to no avail. tom's intemperance has undone all thoir good' works, -it. will givo thorn some dolight to know that ho is now on the ‘ wattr waggon.

+ ****** &***s *** * * ****** *** * * ** $ * # THE wise way to uso a saw was -he gist of a short locturo tho other day in tho bldg, section, ■figger. out tho speaker. # THERE is no truth in tho rumour that the beer issuo is for medicinal purposes - moro than a do© - art spoonful may bo taken throe -.3 times a week. # IF at a loss to distinguish cpl storey from cpl forguson try tho tremaining method. —————— —————— 11 ,, # 15 MENTAL PATIENTS AT WORK,PLEASE HUMOUR .a notice prominently 1 displayed at carpenters shop, we’ll try. * » 1 ‘ '' '' • “ ■

# WE don't see much of ian pears those nights. thio studying sure makes friondo go haywire. ho was a docent respectable chap till ho too up a.o.w.s, study * course. ** * NOW ho site up at nigh poring over goo-, metrical drawings and decimals.,.things that look most indoscnt. • >,

# OVERHEARD one morning whon OSM frod Kronast was’-’, rudely waking h.q.’s ” ... the natives round the so parts havo the right idea....don’t boliovo in waking a man. thoy day that whon a man’s abjo'cp his spirit is out walking and if he is wakonod tho spirit may not bo back. TIME FRED KNEW THAT .. ..ploaso note frodi editor. # SOT norm Stanley an easy winner in moustache growing marathon® sgt. gilooley made a mighty fine effort, but norm’s brush too goo? koop it up, old chap,. # HOUSIE housH bill bowldr knows his lino of sales talk; has now onlistod advertising and sign writing.' ...looks like aussio gray had a hand in the hoarding display. . # LATEST nows of ray barnaby io ho launches out into song writing; tent matos say his latest is dreadful., thoy oufcht to know, too bad tho radio is having that effect on him. ho was a docont sort of ..stick to writing pooms, my. # ” NIC " is good on tho ladder, his efforts tho other day sent all hands scattering, ”MY BONNY LIES OVER THE OCEAN " so say all of US.