Berwick High School - Navillus Yearbook (Berwick, ME)

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'I H In NAVILLUS hrgh school 9 Say thrs really rs a case We better rush thls character rlght over to Flora for a psy tho analvsrs On the wav to Flora Imgard s hosprtal for the feeble and feeble mrnded I learned that Pat Storer was prrncrpal of Berwrck Hrgh School and among other thrngs taught ballet dancrng and dramatrcs We also passed a xery norsv part of the cltv where I saw Leo Lrttle freld s D1 imond Prnt INrg,ht club the hottest spot rn the state' Also Irma Randall w as hrs star chorus glrl She had been exercrsrng for twentv years trymg to grow taller She had succeeded rn rddrng two rnches one on the heels of her shoes and the other one by w earrng, her harr rn an up do At last we came to Flora s hosprtal It was located rrght beslde the I' xergreen cemetery xerv convenlent As we were w rlkrng, down the hall who should we bump rnto but Nathanrel Grbbs What a prtv What a shame Ioor old Nat' Batty as -1 loon' When he saw us he put hrs thumbs rn hrs ear flapped h1s hands eros ed hrs es es and started srngrng, Better get Wrldroot cream orl Charlie It keeps your hur rn trrm Made wrth soothrng., lanolrn HY YA BALDY' Then he turned cartw heels all the wax down the hall untrl he was out or srgahf Phe nerct thlllg l knew I w rs lud on an opcratmga table w 1th Flora l 1rrg,ard rt the other end of a kmfe There s rust one more thrng I w ant to know I shouted Drd Roose xelt run for a fourth termq Bv CHARLII- LLASS WILL We the generous and retrrrng class of 1944 Town of Berwrck Count of York State of Marne berng sound of bodv alleged mmd and clear con screnced but rn new of p ist exam knowrng, full well the uncertarntres of thrs lrfe hereby decl ue thrs to be our last wrll and testament rn manner 'rnd form as follows Srnce through our skrllful and prudent plannrng we have newer rn curred anv debts what oever we h ue all our tangrble and rntangrble as sets to bequeath to those dearest and nearest of krn our underclassmen and a sotrfrtes FIRST We leaxe to one of our posterrty Ann Goodrrch Elarne Parker s capfrcrty to capture red heads to add to her collectron SFCOND Upon Everett Rendell we bestow Natalre Spence s schol arlv marks for the purpose of reducrng the requrred trme to graduate THIRD To Frankre Brrdges we devrse all Bobby Pray s well earned athletrc qualltres for x e fear that Irrankre mrght not be successful rn ac qurrrng them rn the next three years FOURTH Connre Eschmann s technrque of attractrng older men we rmpart to th rt lrttlt man hater Althea Brackett 1 w I-sIIsIIxI-XI-xnxIIQIIx.IsI-IIIsn-gI1xIvsI1xI1xIIsI-51-QI-xI.s.1s.IsIvgI-s.vsIrsa1Is1fs,vs Is ' 1 ' 1 I ' 1 ' I I I 1 I I I I y I - I 1' 1 7, I I I . N . , I ' N J I' I' , I . . I I , 5 I I Y Y Y I Y . . - I I I I t N I v s cc - ' H Y' I 1 I, ' 1 I' Z 5 7' ' , I I I I I 1I ' 1 1 I 1 1 ' I I' 1' I I I I I D I ' ' I I' 2 T 7 I , . 1 1 ,I - D L w I 1 I F I y 1 ' 4 Y 1 z ' 1' I I I I I I 1 1 . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 I 1. ' 7- 1 I 7' I Q , - . I 1 , , 1 1 ' I I ' ' 1 I ' I I I . L . , 3 1 1 ' 1 I ' . I Y I c I I I I H . . Q . f ' 9 v 1 v 6 I . 1' f I . K s non-a to o rc, ar le. It' ' ' l ' h l' Ch l' I I I , v A1 r ' y v 1 4 V Y v - Y ' I 1 - my r .1 V I A ' ,I I , 17 12 K1 2 ' I 3 I ' 1- I 1' I rl T ' 2 ' . ' ' 1. 61 7 ' ' v ' ' v Y ,Y ' fl ' W I ' I , I Q I ' 1 1 N 77 F ,1 I. 1 L L 1 1 1 ' l v . if , I I , , ' .Al T ' .. 1 v , K , v s I' , ' ' z I' 4, Y f ' - - I' D I V I 1 1 h v O I Y. . I , V . c I I 1 1 1 I c I . ' 1 1 . C ' 7 . - 9 ' v 1 5 I I ' ' ' N I, S , I 7 4 I - 1 1 I 1 I 1 I I V 1 ' 1 1 I I I I I , I 2 ' FI' ' 4 I I'. ' ' ' ' 1 a I , N u V 1 1 ' I c I . I ' 1 J . , , - I V I K1 L1 T . . I I v. , . ' I , V I I - I I . 1 I . , 1 11 I I , 1 I - . I , I . , I I ' 2 2 ' , .

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THE N AVILLUS I spent about an hour trylng to Hnd my way out of that place Durlng that tlme I learned that Margle and Carolxn had the most successful buslness 1n the c1tx and 300 men workmg ln thexr lower offices It was rumored that the txxo xx ould go up to the 120th floor where Connle Eschmann had her art Stlld1O and all three of them would make fudge and read movle magazmes Rather curlous I thought Id go up and lntroduce myself I rang the bell to thelr room and Connle came to the door She hadn t aged at all probablv because she dld not have to use her bralns qulte so much 1n her xvork Oh you ll do fine she sald and pulled me IH She told me to s1t doxxn a moment xx h1ch I d1d xxondermg what was the matter wlth her Whxle she xx as gone I notlced Iwalgle stretched out on a ILIXLITIOLIS d1van readmg Carolyn xx as makmg fudge on a portable stove Conme came back set up an easel canvas etc and started pamtlng m Ixe been huntmg for weeks for your shape of nose she told me I ll only keep xou a few mmutes Try1ng to keep up my end of the con xersat1on I asked her lf she did portralts excclusxxely Oh my heax ens no Th1s IS lust a l1ttle hobby of mme I never earned a cent th1s xxav I made my first thousand xxutlng h1stor1cal noxels of the last World Wfu World Wir II and mx nrst m1ll1on deslgnlng clothes War th it s r1ght there was a war goln f on but xx hy dld she spcal of It as though It xx ere all over? She answered mx questlon for me before I had a chance to ask It xxas really rather surprlslng the xxax It all tulned out xxasnt 1t' All the NAZIS commltted mass su1c1de and jumped IH the Rhine and Bobbv Prax flexx ox er Japan and somehoxx let a bomb fly too soon It exploded on the edge of the lsland and turned 1t completelv up slde doxxn Isn t It xvo derful hoxv It was dlscovered that the other Slde was s1mply laden xv1th l anana trees Oh xes vxonderful Istammered Then Marg1e Ilexx oxer to a telex1s1on radlo set saym Geo1g1a IS on in a few mlnutes Georgla 7 I asked Ye Georgla Dr1x as an old school chum of ours havent xol heard of her P She s the best blues slnger IH the land She has her oxxn p1Og'I'dH1 noxx She starred xx 1th Frank S1nat1a 1n a muslcal comedy b1t that vxas long tlme ago too bad he xx as kllled 111 a rlot What Frankle 18 dead' I crled At thls po1nt NI-1rg1e came for xxard Who are you? Me? Well I knoxv xvho xou are Fee xxhlz come to thmk of It who am I 7 I must haxe a name Ex erybodx has Iust then from down 1n the street there came band muslc Carolxn gr lbbed a, glant telescope and looked down YVell xvell a clrcus p xr ide' and look xvho s do1ng a ballet dance on horse back Natalle Spence' What ' I thought she was a trapeze artlst Margle exclalmed The l1st tlme I heard of her she xxas tralnmg elephants Connle put ln She certamlx does get around Then thex got back to me You vxere gomg to tell us xour name Margle lnslsted But trylng to change the sublect I asked what had hao pened to the old monument doxvn ln the square the old post ofhce and the s.avs4vsnsI-QI-xInx.a-sIvsIInQIIxIIs.IIgI-sIfg.Is.IIxIvs4IQ..-QI-xnxux.-xIIgIIxIIxIIx.IsIIIxI.- r . r A ' I 1 I I I' , ' y I I I I I uv, f 7' I I I 1 1 y- ' I I , 7' I I Y , . V K r I I', I' I T I I . , , I 7' , L I I' I I I' u 9 97 N ' ' ' , , I , I I 7 V I I Y I I , , I I I' I I , 1 T I I' , 'I I Y ' 7' I . I ' Y I I 1 K ' I K s -9 e u 9 v I , , rs I L I I , I as 7 , K .Yi ,, - I I ' ' I ' I ' I II' I I U I I I I , I . I I, I I I I , I V . V I V . . I 1 v I I I . I I I t I I I II I I' ' ' I ' I I I I I I I I I I c , Y I Y I . . I w ,, 2 , L I , I' 7 I I I I 7 I ' ,- II I I y- ' I I ' I I I I c I , I 5 I I I c x . I , I I' 7' 7 ' I S x V' If ' I I I H I I I I 'I' ,- II I ' I I I ' ' ' I I I, t I , I I I I N . V i u . I I E I I K I I I I l A , A I I I I I I I I I I I ' - T I . - 'I - Y V , . I I Il ' I' I IS Y sg I I I I ,I ,.I I Ia , , y 19 , I , 1 9 ' ' 1 ' I I I' I' - ' I' 0- U I ' ' I I I , I J, I . I ,, . I I If - I sv sc ' Q ' ' , 7 Y ' I , Ls s ' I - , '- ' 7 I' ' I I I . I I I I I I I I' ' I ' II' I I I I ,, . . I , c II I I 2 D Y' 1 I I U I I , ,, . . I Y I I , II I I I' I I 7' I , as v 4 v I ra ss - , v 'V . I I , D I 1' , ' ' ' I I I I I I I Y' , I I I N I I - I I' If I U' ' , II - I 7' 2 ' I I I ' I 2 2 I ' I ' ,- I I I ' . H - s K I I I 7' I I' ' I , ' I 2 I' r V H . . v ,I I I H I y , I I I , I L v as I I , y r h K1 Y ' V ,I I ' K I - I' I' I I 7' l I . , S A - I I , Y ,

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THE N AVILLUS FIFTH As an a1d IH playlng centel held we herebv grant Flora Llngard s helght to Elmer Marble SIXTH Be It known to all men that we do solemnly confer upon certa1n partlcularlv dense Freshmen of the Commerclal Arlthmetlc C lass the one and only great mathematlcal Hlllld th It of the genlus Arthur Ouellette of course SEVENTH That sweet d1spos1t1on of l'attV Storer s we lsslgn to a very needy and deserxlng 1nd1v1dual Gene Thom ls EIGHTH Carolyn Belanger s glfted talent Of that s what you call xtl for Slllglllg grand opera we construe upon Georgle P1ke NINTH We bequeath most heartlly Carley Guptlll s most QHVIOUS qualltw that of playlng the part of the great loxer on stage and off to of all people Pooch Gullesl TENTH To Florence Rlcker we gne th tt entlclng glggle of that charmlng llttle senlor m1ss Irma Randall so th it we may know by th sound when somethlng strlkes her funny ELEVENTH Slnce Margle Stllllngs has nothlng else to splre UD the only lfhlllg, we can leave 18 her surplus of h zppx go lucky ways VVh1Lll we w 1ll to anyone w ho IS ex er ln a down hearted mood TWELFTH Nat Glbbs danclng abxllty and b60'l11I1I1g., way Wlth women we permlt Norman Moulton to use for a three months free tr1a' and 1f they do not satlsfy h1m we glve h1m the llberty to pass them on to Rlchard MacDonald or some other worthy Freshman THIRTEEINTH Leo I lttlefield s wau halr and all that goes Wlth It we leave to one of the more studlous Freshmen w ho spends not fue but sax hours a day Ill school because of the added detent1on hour Bllly Wln s lp FOURTEFNTH To Imelyn Guptlll we giant Rlta If xchon s strong XOICG so that she may be heald w1th1n 1 radius of at least two feet FIFTEFNTH Upon lorralne Fall we bestow GQllFg,1d Drlvas sense of humor To our superlors we bequeath the fOIlOWlllf,, To Mr Beard our Superlntendent we leaxe 1 good lmpresslon of our Class or at least we hope we do To the School Board we leave more lelsure t1me as thex w1ll 1n the future hawe fewer problems due to the decrease of the bothersome clas o 944 To Mr Murphy we leave a nlte new shlny 1944 model Bulck to solxe all h1s transportatlon ploblems Thls IS to take the place of h1s 1901 Ply mouth To Mr Workman we leaxe a large s1ze bottle of W1IdYOOt han ton1c so that h1s ha1r may be well groomed at all tlmes and to prevent h1s be comlng bald ln later years To M1ss Decatur we leave a 1ar of pat1ence 1n case she should need some 1n coachlng another Senlor Play To IWISS Brennan we leave a stack of sympathy cards She must be heartbroken to thlnk that she never had us IH one of her classes vs,4us4ns.r-s41sIvsns,ns11s1v-gnxI-QI-sa-saann.Isnsnxa-s11s.1s.1s1vsnsI-x11x1-Q1-Q1-5 l Y . . Y. , . ' 1 v 1, . , . 1 ' 1 I 1 1 , I . . Y I. . . 1 L I I 1 I , 1 1 r r 3 l 2 ' 5' . 1 , I . . . . , . . I' I' I ' N I 1 I I V Y v 1 fl l D . 1 Y W D , c I . n v , 1 I I , 1 V I . f U I I I Q I I ' ' 1 1 1 1 , I . 0 1 . I Y l , Y 1 . , I I I I 7 Y -1.. , y y y . 1 1 , . . . . V I . . . . C r r r ' l 1 . . Y 1 1 I Y I Y 7' I I I , ' ' , I c V ' 9 1 . 1 . 1 Y I I I I D . I 7' TI I T I' I' 2 . ' 1 1 ' 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 ' . 7' ' I I I 1 V - 7' - ' t' ' L I , 1' 1 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 1 - I L , . . . v I . . T V . u o I t 1, ' - I I, V ' ' ' ' 1 1 1 , I I b I . v . , . . ' 1 1 1 1 1 . A A , Y v 1 ' 1 y 1 ' 1 I ' I I I I , K- 1 1 1 . 1 x ' , ' - ' I v I I , , V ' 1 ' ' ' Y r -- ' . '. ' 1 1 - J ' . 1 1 - - '1 7 1 1 1 1 ' ' I ' 1 4 1 1 - I c I I , . ' ' - v I 1 1 1 T , , J . A , I I I . I I c 7 TI . ' I V I . 'V 1 ' ' 1 1 c I I , ' T y 9 - ' 1 x ' 1 1 ' ' f ' A v K . 1 7 W I I 1 ' 1 1 1 Y ' 9 - I I ' I IN ' I I I '1 . 1 . 1 ' . , I U I 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 I I 1 ' 1 A I I . I I 1 v 7 1. . I . , . . . . V . w - - I , I . . . . H I I ' I . 1 1 I I N I . I 1 1 I 1 I I I I I .