Coe Brown Northwood Academy - Chronicle Yearbook (Northwood, NH)

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Article VI: I, Robert Magoon, do hereby will and bequeath, my ability to rile up the teachers, to John Leskowitz. Article VII: I, Arthur Slade, leave to that noble Captain of the Spanish Armada, Miss Ward, my inability to memorize. Article VIII: I, Doris Holmes, do hereby will and bequeath, my ability to get along with the World Problems and English books, to any future Senior who thinks they can do as well. Article IX: I, Gloria Twombly, do hereby will and bequeath, my ability to rush ahead and get my Bookkeeping done, and leave everybody else behind, to Phyllis Clark. Come on Phyllis, speed it up. Article X: I, Robert Wentworth, do hereby will and bequeath, my ability to come up with the wrong thing at the wrong time to David Short. Don’t get too discouraged David, better days are coming. Article XI: I, Anne Witham, do hereby will and bequeath, my job as typist for all the teachers to Roberta Wallace. Don’t work too hard, Roberta. Article XII: I, Edward Bryant, do hereby will and bequeath, my hot Mercury, to Richard Stevens, in hopes that you will use it to the best of your advan- tage. Some advantage, huh Dickie? Article XIII: I, Barbara Pender, do hereby will and bequeath, my ability to make noise and get into trouble to Marion Wheaton. I sure hope you make out better than I did. Article XIV: I, Barbara Corbett, do hereby will and bequeath, my ability to get along with Mrs. MacPherson, to Vincent Bane, in hopes that you will have better luck than I did. Article XV: I, John O’Connor, do hereby will and bequeath, my ability to sit quietly in English and World Problem Classes and listen to everything Mrs. Price says, to Lenny Burritt. I hope you learn as much as I did. Article XVI: I, Shirley Young, do hereby will and bequeath, my ability to get into trouble and talk my way out of it, to Carol Thiem. Hope you have as much fun as I did Carol. Article XVII: I, Albert Burtt, do hereby will and bequeath, the fourth lab chair in the

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In the Annual Woman’s Club Essay Contest we had Shirley Young, Dotty Holmes, and Arthur Slade as representatives from our class. Dotty got first prize, Arthur second, and Shirley honorable mention. We had a successful year in Prize Speaking. Anne Witham received first prize with her “Mary White.” Shirley Young got second with “Robert Frost’s Poems.” Soon after, we started working on graduation. It was announced that Albert Burtt was valedictorian and Dotty Holmes Salutatorian. For our Baccalaureate Service on June 3, and the Graduation Exercise on June 4, we chose Etta and Joyce Yeaton as our Marshalls. The evening of our graduation we had our Senior Reception. In our class trip we went to the White Mountains. We had a very en- joyable time. At the model assembly of the Council of Europe in Spaulding High School, our class was represented in the delegation from Denmark by Arthur Slade. CLASS WILL We the class of 1956, of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, being of al- most sound mind and body, do hereby promulgate this legal document to be our last will and testament. Article I: We, the Senior class, do hereby will and bequeath our bubbling persona- lities, good looks, and high intelligence ratings, to the Junior class, to help you through your Senior year. Article II: I, James Corbin, do hereby will and bequeath, my women Mildred Pec- tle and Eleanor Kelly to anyone who would appreciate them. Article III: I, Geraldine Twombly, do hereby will and bequeath, my tiny figure to George Witham. You know, George, small figures come in handy some- times. Article IV: I, Virginia Wood, do hereby will and bequeath, my ability to do things and not get caught to Gail Hoadly. I hope you make out as well as 1 did. Article V: I, Barbara DeMeritt, do hereby will and bequeath, my sweet disposition and complete tranquillity to Eleanor Kelley, and hope it will help you to avoid further scuffles in the girls’ room.

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second row, in the laboratory, to Frances McKenna, in hopes you have as much attention given to you during tests as I did. Article XVIII: I, Marcia Williams, do hereby will and bequeath, my curly hair and lady-like ways, to Etta Yeaton. I sure hope you make the best of them. Article XIX: I, Lorraine DeButts, do hereby will and bequeath, my 1940, two-tone chewy, that hasn’t got a muffler, to Kathleen Folsom. Now you can have a car of your own Kathleen, and won’t have to depend upon your fathers’ “yes” or “no”. Article XX: I, Reta Shepard, do hereby will and bequeath, the punch, ticket box money and the front seat of the High School bus to anybody who wants a free ride on the bus all year long. Article XXI: We, Virginia Wood, Lorraine DeButts, and Barbara Corbett, do hereby will and bequeath, our good manners and ability to work in office prac- tice, to Joyce and Etta Yeaton and Myrna Williams. Article XXII: We, Dotty Holmes and Gloria Twombly, do hereby will and bequeath, to the future senior classes our ability to sit and talk in the back of the room and still pass Mrs. Price’s quizzes. Article XXIII: We, Jack O’Connor, Robert Magoon, Spike Bryant, and Albert Burtt, do hereby will and bequeath to the next Chemistry class all our broken equipment, bad experiments, and acid eaten clothing in hopes that they can get in as much trouble and have as much fun as we did. Article XXIV: We, Reta Shepard and Anne Witham, do hereby will and bequeath, our ability to write notes back and forth right in front of Mrs. Price and get away with it, to anybody else who thinks they will be able to do the same. Article XXV: We, the senior class, leave our ability to get into trouble, all our accomp- lishments in our four years, and our kind attitudes toward our teachers and our school work, to those who follow in our footsteps. We also leave World Problems, and English classes in which to catch up on your sleep, homework and gossip. Given under our hand and seal this twenty-ninth day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and fifty-six. Signed, Frances Ellsworth Evelyn Ward Clifford Price Anne Witham Reta Shepard