Abbey School - Evergreen Yearbook (Simsbury, CT)

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Dani will anh Uratamrnt pf thr Gllaaa nf 1548 We, the Class of 1948, of The Abbey School, The Town of Simsbury, in the State of Connecticut, beinfg of unsound mind and about to face the destinies of life, do hereby, make, declare, an publish this, our Last Will and Testament. U F irst-To Mr. Whittey, our Headmaster, we express much gratitude and sincere appre- ciation for his guiding hand during our years here at The Abbey. Second-To the Faculty we give thanks for the patience and understanding and their unstinting aid. Third-To the Lower Classmen we leave our best wishes and hope that they follow the example we have tried to set. Fourth-We do hereby declare our individual bequests: SENIOR HOUSE . . . . . .... Leaves peace and quiet and a dog to Mr. Howard Allen ............. Barry ........... Adeckofcards HisspeedtoFran Craemer Butler . . . .... The power to study to Kaesmann Cieri ...... .............. H is poise to Mort Connolly .... .......................... L EAVES Cross ..... .... H is address book to the Class UL '49 Donohue .... .............. S ixty pounds to VanBi ber Dunphy ..... . . . His way with women to Mr. Hanrahan Garvey ....... .... H is watchcap to Wentworth Hamilton Geetersloh .... .... A t least his shoes to the punter ol '49 Cilhooly .... ....... H is frigid room to some Es imo Head ..... .... H is weekend passes to McDonough Hickey .... .... ......... H is coke machine to Ed Foley Hoyt ...... .................. T hat marriage certificate to Mr. Sceery Johnston .... ....................................... A smile for Kelley Ioyce ..... Original blueprint of Simsbury National Bank to Anderson Kane .... ................ H is Sears Roebuck license to Patty Whittey Leary ..... .................... T he sombrero-magnificov to Timm LeRoy ........ ................ A comb for M cGrath McCormick .... An electric bell for Mr. Whittey Milliott ..... ................. B rother Donald Mur hy ....... ............ A Sandwich for Dusty Nicoletti, F. . . . .... A full beard to Miles O'Connor Nicoletti, P. .... The key to Mr. Carneyis heart O'Hare ...... ............ H is quiet manner to Kelley O'Neill .... ......................... A Hudson taxi Phelan .... .... A fondness for rules to future boarders Pieper .................. A uniform to be filled Raneri ...... ................ A uniform to be filled Reichold .... .......... H is English notes for LaMarre Santorso ..... . . . Those sun glasses for Dennis McCarthy Scott ...... ........ S ome passing technique for Gafney Simeone ..... .... A padded cell at Wesleyan to Wes eyan Suits ...... ............ H is excuses to Ierard Carne Sullivan . . . ................. His jolly smile to Bill Wight ..... .. . His Model An to Chopper', Koriskz Wood ....... ................................... H is ad-libs to the mild and meek Woodhouse Some footage for Pedro Wutsch .... 'the' for thinner slices of baloney

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llllll J .L CLASS OF 1951 Seated: Kennedy, Baum, YVelsh Standing: O'Conner, O'Callaghan, Kelley, Gaffney, Milliott, D LOVVER SCHOOL Seated: Carney, Bosch Standing: VanBibber, Peter Brown, Mulcahy, Philip Brown X .lx l Z l , v K Ax 3 v 1 . X y , f .15 , ,Vg 433 ,I

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a ATHLETICS EDWARD CHOPPER KORISKY, B.S., M.A. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Coach Ed Chopper', Korisky is not only the Director of Athletics here at Abbey, but is also the football and baseball coach. Mr. Korisky is a native of Hartford, and has made the city very proud of him. In 1935 Chopper', Was elected All-District Center when he played for the Bulkeley High School. In Villanova College he played first string center for three years, playing under the famed Clipper Smith, now coach of the Boston Yanks. At Villanova he was voted the Most Valuable Playeri' award, and in 1941 he was elected as the Associated Press All-American Center. In 1944 he played center for the Boston Yanks, and signed with the Los Angeles Dons in 1945. Coach Korisky Qstill recovering from three major operations performed on him within the past yearj at present is the Instructor of Biology as well as Director of Athletics here at The Abbey. This is his third year of coaching, and last year he had an undefeated season here at Abbey.