New Canaan High School - Per Annos Yearbook (New Canaan, CT)

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PERANNOS -1940 WILL OF THE CLASS OF 40 We the class of 1940 of New Canaan I-Ixgh School town of New Canaan County of Farrfleld State of Connectrcut berng of sound mmd Crf declara tnon makes us soj do hereby publrsh thrs our last wnll and testament Frrst We bequeath to the jumors the cherrshed trtle of Senrors wlth the hope that therr frnal year may be as enjoyable as ours Secondly We bequeath to the Sophomores the wxsh that they w1ll lmprove rn thelr positron as juniors Thrrdly To Mr Waldron we bequeath our best wxshes rn all he may undertake Fourthly We bequeath to the Faculty the hope that next year s classes wrll be more satrsfactory than this year s rn every manner Frfthly To Mrs Rhoads and Mr Mrller we be queath our smcere apprecxatlon for thexr efforts rn behalf of our class I Anthony Akromas leave my dnmples to janrce Butterworth I Emrl Annunzrato lease my chorce of theatre entertainment to Donald Morrison I Gabriel Barrales leave my gallantry to jack Apy I Carolyn Beardsley leave my ablllty as cheer leader to Celmda Trlley I Wrllram Beardsley leave my popularlty to Ar thur Lxttell I Lewrs Benko leave my athleuc abrlxty to Sxdney Yudaxn I Frank Blnss lease my love for chrldren to some home losmg unxor I Grace Bowen lease my stately posture to Marr lyn McKendry I Norma Bowler lease my athletxc abllrty to any one ssho wants rt I Mary Ann Bowles leasc my wmsome ways to ean Brossn I Vlrgmn Boss les leavt mv bag eyes to Thomas Srrxco We Dora anl Duns Iro ver lease our likeness to the Guxon tssmns I Betty Brow' rc c my hlushes to Gladys Perry ar y 4 1 ath my resersed seat ln de on 'c O t '1 er Petr. ease my slrck hair to Thomas B n I joseph Carter leave my dancmg feet to Jerome Srls erberg I Angle Cataldo leave my love for volley ball to Camella Dx Pannr I Trllxe Cataldo leave my love for gardenras to Margaret Doyle I Anna Cerretam lease my secretarral abxlrty to anyone who rs not subject to wrxter s cramps I Frank Cerullo leave my decoratmg abrlrty to Peter Schmrtt I Rose Chrappanelln lease my letters from abroad to the lrbrary I Antomette Conetta leave my self control to Lrl Iran Holden I Edmond Corr lease my Boom to George Bates I Phrlxppe DeBourbon leave my love of the lrme lrght to Arthur Lxttell I james Dean lease my lrsp to Rodney Conner I Donald DeForest leave my manly physxque to Patsy LaPech1a I Kenneth DeForest leave my tenms abnlrty to Thaddeus Thorne I Henry Dubay leave my helpful ways to Domn nrck Lombardo I Elsre Enqulst lease my stenographlc abrlrty to anyone who may need rt We Anna and Mary Fenrck leave our artrstrc talents to Stanley Tracy I Mrldred Frnney lease my Servrce Club jobs to sshoever has time to do them I Beale Foster bequeath my pleasmg personallty to Lester Gale I Vrvran Fuhrer leave my sense of humor to Elrzabeth Dubay I Mary Gagon lease my sewmg abllxty to Agnes Vrttr I Nancy Gannon leave my lxterary learnmg to jose Magee I Elnzabeth Gesualdr leave my cooking abrlrty to Irene Balough I Angela Grallo lease my drsposrtron to Domnnnca Soccl I Amory Halley leave my speed afoot to Thomas Cascnarn I Pearl Isaacs lease my make up klt to Shrrley Selleck I Wnllxam ones lease my shadow to Laurence Broadhurst 9 3 I I 1 7 1 7 Y ' 1 ' 1 1 ' L Y 7 ' ' 1 1 . . . . y , . . . , - 4 . . . Y 7 . . . y 1 1 . 1 1 ' ' : I .. .. ' ' ' 1 1 - 1 - . l . 1 1 ' V . Y 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 , . . V . -- , , 1 1 , . . V . . . I 1 ' 7 Y 1 1 ' I Q 1 1 ' ' ' 1 - 1 1 1 1 ' - 1 1 . V . 1 Y ' . Y. . J . , , Y .I . 1 9 ' , 1 ' I V . . . 1 . 1 7 ' V . ' I Y 1 ,ri I I el ' I 1 J . , , . . . Y I A . Y 1 4 , 1 . ., . V . 1 5 , '. 1 . ' . . ' I , 4 ,t Y 1 , ' . , Y. Q . . , , - , '., fgls' I . . . ' , A . . I, H r Bros-xr., nw te - , , ' ' . ,. ICDII .1 L 1 -.2 Iv ' L I . - . ,-' 1 ' ' ' ' 1 I, 'n Cullum, l I 1 ,I 1 1 .-s , II- 1.1.

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PERANNOS 1940 Oh here comes Frank Blrss the brg game hunter lollypop rn mouth sunflower rn hand and smrrk on puss Behrnd hrm trarls joe Carter recuperatrng from a jrtterbug contest wrth rcebag perrlously perched on dome In the wake of the shrp we glrmpse Betty Brown Olympic breast stroke champron takrng her darly exercrse Anna Carchra stewardess patrently holds her robe wartrng for her to emerge That great archrtect Grace Bowen constructer of doll houses looks on wrth superror amusement And see the hsh down there swrmmrng gracefully through the warm blue water Dont you recognrze Frank Cerullo the long stuprd prke and jrmmy Dean the swordfish7 And over there rn the drstance spoutrng wrth glee rs Kenny DeForest the baby pxnk whale That flash of lrght rs caused by joe Tomasellr the electrrc eel Among the guppres are Lrllran Warren the one wrth baby blue spots and ulra Sprnosa wrth brrllrant chartruese strrpes berng chased by Ruth Krng the truant ofhcer of thrs school of fish The Captarn Mrke Vrttr saunters out on deck followed by three of hrs satellrtes Donald DeForest the first mate Lewrs Benko hrs second mate and Peter Calrtrl cabrn boy Pete carefully carrres 1 prtcher of cold water whxch he now and then offers to the captarn Edmund Corr m a fit of frenzy sur reptrtrously slrps a drop of dye mto the water He s crazy for color' Our quartet of rnveterate honeymoon brrdge players Isrdora Ortrz Mary Prrone Ruth Sonn tag and Mary Lehotzky the habrtual klbrtzer are wranglmg over therr latest game Varney the sphrnx comes haughtrly mto the room Antornette Conetta frrst woman vrce presrdent recuperatmg from a strenu ous senate sessron meanders by smllrng broadly Sl Angelina Grallo and Ida Tangorra lookmg like babes rn the wood are searchrng earnestly for the beauty salon operated by Elrzabeth Gesualdr ohn Sokosh our purser takes them rn hand and drrects them to the swrmmmg pool What rs that farnt norse on B Deck? Why nts Robert Schmrtt the Pred Prper followed by qurte a crowd Margaret Qumn authorrty on Amerrcan Prob lems Marran Poole House keeper to Krng Ferdrnand Gordon ON1ell the Keeper of the Krngs canary s lettuce Charles Lapolla the flower fancrer wrth a dozen of hrs rare Orethoenpatolrprsts Phrlrppe de Bourbon of the de Bourbon Cherry Bomb Manufac tures Elsre Enqurst secretary toj P Morgan s cousin thrrce removed Eddre Karser the professronal fan mall wrrter Mark Totaro hrgh brow lecturer on totalrtarran governments Skippy Self noted eques trran Vrncent Vrttr archrtect who desrgned an art gallery and museum for Hrtlers parntmgs and Chamberlarns umbrellas Charles Wrmberley tap dancer rn a Broadway hut Vrvran Fuhrer the famous woman transport flrer Mrldred Frnney that excep :tonal woman who owns a strrng of 552 teashops and Mary Gagon who prefers berng called M as rt rs so orrgrnal and frts rn wrth her surrealrstrc poetry Everyone rs formmg behind the prper and are all marchrng off mto drnrng salon Oh yes' Here comes George Young to jorn them draggmg hrmself out of the brlge where he has been futrlely huntmg bad pennres George Young Chaxrman Frances Thomsen Betty Urban 1 1 1 , 7 7 - 1 , ,, .J , 1 1 , . , . 1 1 . - 1 1 , , , . . , - ' - ' 4 ' . 1 1 1 1 , , . . , . V ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 , 1 - - . . .. . , , 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 y . . 1 ' ' - 1 y 1 ' 1 , ' 1 , , - , J , , , - - - , , . . 1 1 ' . . , , . y 1 . 1 1 ' 5 - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 . . . . - .. .1 , . 1 , - 1 1 ' . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 . . . , 1 1 - , . 1 1 '

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PERANNOS 1940 I Edward Karser leave my yumpmg yrse to Prrs crlla Rowand I ames Kelley lease my oratorrcal abrllty to any one who can make use of rt I Ruth Krng lease my soft solce to Lorayne Benger I Anna Lapolla leave my porse to Barbara Cross I Charles Lapolla leave my management of sports to Robert Pauley I joseph Lapolla leave my polrteness to Marxlyn Proudman I Mary Lehotsky leave my smcerxty to jack Apy I Audrey Lllly leave my lose of Darren to Hosvard Zwart I Rrchard Martm leave my arguments rn the Executrse Commrttee of the Student Council to anyone who can take rt I Ruth McCreary leave my toothbrush to use at the next World s Farr l Munsey Mohnkern leave my management of the Courant to Patricia Runyon I Lrllran Moller leave my personalrty to Maryorne Wood I Carolrne Morrrson lease my reserved manner I Francis Neale lease my grft of gab to Ann Mead rn case she wants a lrttle double talk I Barbara Nolan lease my srcacrty to Margaret Doyle I Gordon O Nerll lease my grft of attractlng women to Warren Holt I Isrdora Ortrs leave my shyness to Edward Steele I joseph Patterson lease the Moonlight Melo drers to Rodney Connor rn hopes that next year they may rrs al Richard I-Ilmber We Mary Prrone Ruth Sonntag Marian Poole and Marran Varney leave our best ssrshes to N C H S I Cecelra Portwme lease my pleasmg smxle to Betty Sherssood I Vrrgrnla Proudman lease my fondness for boys to Mary Pearsall I Margaret umn lease my freckled countenance to ane Brshop I joseph Ready lease my lose of sports to Arthu Muller I Clarke Rockwell lease my musrcal talent to ane Norrrck I Dasrd St john leave my mathematrcal abrlrty to Frank Sokosh I Robert Schmrtt leave my cultured drctron to my brother Muhael I Sydney Self leave my flashy wardrobr to 'I .mm Burnap I ohn Sokosh lease my tromleore to Mrchael Schmrtt I ulra Spmosa leave my rasen tresses to Celmda Tnlley I john Steele leave my love of lrfe to Lester Gale I Ida Tangorra leave my charms to Bes erly Selleck I Frances Thomsen lease my self assurance to Marrlyn McKendry I Wmrfred Trlley leave my dramatrc abrlrty to Lola jane Powell I I-Iarold Trtus leave my matter of fact manner to ane Norrrck I joseph Tomasellr leave my sense of humor to ohn Sonntag I Mark Totaro lease my busmess lrke manner to the future advertrsrng managers of the yearbook I Betty Urban leave my socabulary to be dns trrbuted among the jumors I Thomas Valette lease my hrbrt of drssensron 1n Math to Arthur Mrller We Michael Mrchael I and V1ncentVrtt1 leave our athletic prowess to Mr Keyes to be used rn next I Rose Vrttr lease my fur coat to joy Costales I I-Irlton Walbel leave my mrschref making to jack Apy I Lrlllan Warren leave my grggles to Barbara Wagner I oy Wetterer leave my love of lrterature to jerome Srlverberg I Charles Wrmberley lease my hot musrc to Srdney Yudam I George Young lease my poetry to whoever wrll take the trme to read rt I Eleanor Macauley lease my cheerfulness to Frank Lato I Anna Carchra lease my quret ways to Madelme O Nerll In wrtness whereof we the Seniors seal this wrll and testament at the Senxor Hrgh School Town of New Canaan Thus 26th day of Aprrl rn the year of our Lord one thousand mne hundred and forty Slgned tn behalf of the graduatmg class of 1940 ames Kelley Davrd St ohn Wxtnessed by Irvmg K Reynolds A K Llttleheld 7 1 3 5 ' , ,j , ,, , I 1 I 7 7 Y Y , ' 7 Y ' v ' ' 1 f 9 v - s 1 - - - ' , . .. . I i ' ' Y I 1 1 ' ' 7 Y Y 7 S 7 Y I ' f v V T 14 '. 7 D ' ' Y 1 Y I . ' . , , .. 7 I ' . to jean Brown. years teams. , , , , . ' 3 D ' Y 'l I ' ! 7 Y Y ' A ,J , , ., . . I ' V 7 1 Y Y Y Y ' . . . . , , 7 1 ' ' Y 3 I I r ' ' ' , . , . ' 7 9 'S , Q , , . . , , v Y . I I V I x V ' 0 Y 1 I V 7 J v - 1 - 1 D h , I Q . . . Va