My husband’s name is Franklyn Fuller Buell. His daddy’s name is Earnest Hall Buell, his daddy was a high school mathematics teacher in Connecticut during the 1930’s. He answered an ad to teach math at the Martha Berry School in Rome, Georgia. Who was Martha Berry? She was the daughter of a very rich Georgia person, and she felt sorry for the backwoods boys who were not getting schooling. So, she started an endeavor to interest the rich industrialists in starting a school for these boys. Mr. Buell was a fan of the Dodge automobile, he and his family thought it was the best motor car. One of the people Martha Berry interested in her school was Henry Ford. She coaxed him to come to Rome, Georgia, he did come by train and Mr. Buell drove Henry Ford around the campus in his Dodge car.

Jokes

What was the epitaph of the hypochondriac’s grave?

“See? I told you I was sick.”

The student asked the professor, “Is it difficult to become a professor?”

Professor: “No, you do it by degrees.”

The Greek man took his pants to the tailor and said, “Eumenides?”

The tailor said, “Euripides?”

Little Girl: “Mommy, you know that vase that’s been handed down generation to generation?”

Mommy: “Yes.”

Little girl: “This generation dropped it.”

Policeman to a little boy, “Is this your brother?”

Little boy: “Yes.”

Policeman: “He is kind of small, isn’t he?”

Little boy: “That’s because he’s my half-brother.”

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