Canton High School - Echo Yearbook (Canton, MA)

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28 THE E'C'HtO Mary Johnson's knowledge of swing to Martha Adams. Paul Kelleher's Shovel, which was recentlv received from Anthony Pavidis, to Donald Seaman. K Loren Kelly's ability to get around to Bernard Fallon. Madeline Lowry's fiirtatious manner to Rita Johnson. Duncan MacKiernan's serious manner to Jackie Reardon. Dorothy MacDermott's knowledge of night life to Sylvia Lehto. Ruth MacDougall',s place in Glee Club to Alice Jivelegian. Richard MacLeod's well-combed hair to Louis LaBombard. William Milligants stool at Neponset Valley to Hollis Dings. Eleanor Morrell's singing ability to next year's Glee Club, Richard Morrison's place as Miss Ahearn's right-hand man to Ermes Cametti. Rose Murphy's famous blush to Esther Anderson. Anthony Pavadore's night owl life to Paul Ronayne. Carmino Pocaro's ability in cooking class to Charlie Tolias. Gloria Pozzo's cury locks to Rosamond Rumrey. Dorothy Priluck's widow's peak to Vivian Gilmore. Albert Reynold's skill on the golf course to Joe Conlon. Anne Rumrey's love of aeroplanes to Elizabeth Dallahan. Caroline Sawyer's position in the 5 Sz 10 to Louise Davenport. June Sawyerfs surplus height to Doris Tracy. Kay Sullivan's jolly nature to Clarissa Shaw. I John Copley leaves the road to Sharon to no one: he intends to use it. Richard Sarra's bone clip to Euro Mazzone. Auldice Wilson's knack of handling the sophomore boys to Amy Mann. Arthur Sweetman's perfect punch to John Wilson. Joan Pesaturo's perfect jitterbugging to Annamae Bailey. Dorothy Guerrin's corridor period to Phyllis Jones. Eliabzeth Shannon's mischievous ways to Alma Iaretti. Mary Sheehan's helpful manner to Doris Josephson. Robert Woodman's way with the chickens to Eddie Estey. Jean Strickland's seat on the sidelines to Wanda Pavidis, Joseph Veiga's industriousness to Joe Thompson. Marcella Ulman's cheerful smile to anyone who needs it. Ruth Waterfield's bowling score to Marjorie Chaise. Arnold Eardley's charming accent to John Dalton. Thomas Whitty's football captaincy to Red Jones. Eddie Power's roller-skates to Walter Poore. Bernard Whidden's knowledge of night life to George Titus. Anne Ronayne's happy smile to Virginia McKay. Anna McGrath's happy personality to Martha Adams. Phyllis Lowry's talkative Ways to Betty Griflin. Fourth: To the faculty, we wish to say, Thank you, for their kind and unselfish assistance during our four years at Canton High. In Witness whereof the foregoing instrument was signed and sealed by the said members of the Class of '40 and by them published and de- clared as and for their last will and testament, and. at their request and in their presence, we hereunto aflix our signatures as attorneys for said class at Canton, Massachusetts, this sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty. Jean Strickland James Brown Attorneys-at-Law.

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T H E' E' C H O gg 27 Honors for being the most athletic went to Kay Sullivan and Hacker Whitty with Ruth Waterfield and Dick McLeod coming in a close second. Usually English has been voted the pet hate of every class, but our class has to be different - so English has been unanimously selected as the favorite subject of our class. Glenn Miller is still the favorite orchestra and in a few minutes you will hear their melodious tunes. Of course, the dancing will be led by Dot Guerrin, Billy Adams, May Galligan and Tony Ammendolia, the dancers of our class. 1 think we'd better close the Echo of 1940 and listen to what Barbara Stanwyck and Mickey Rooney, the class's favorite movie actress and actor, have to say. They were only too glad to be present at our reunion! I l After all, most of the other speakers were as boring as usual, so we're glad Mary Sheehan, Hacker Whitty and Duncan MacKiernan, those clever people of our class, remembered to bring their 1940 Echo with them. Time to go home so soon? Well, here's hoping we have another reunion next year, 1946. Mary Johnson Mary Sheehan Glass will ln accordance with the wishes of the members of this Class of 1940 of Canton High School, we give to you now their last desires for the disposal of their personal and cherished properties, in a document which reads as follows: We, the Class of 1940 of Canton High School, being of sound mind and memory do make this our last will and testament in the manner fol- lowing, this is to say: First: To Mr. Anketell, the Class of '40 extends their great appre- ciation for his guidance and understanding during our stay here and also wishes him success in all his future activities. Second: To the Class of '41 we bequeath our deepest respect for Mrs. Dana's Black Mark System and her cheerful cooperation in all the activities of the class in the coming year. Third: The individual members make the following bequests: William Adams' caddying position to Billy Hibbard. Esther Adams' red hair to anyone who wants it. James Browns' height to Joe Buckley. James Burgun's monocle to Donald Cobb. Frank Carpenter's nonsensical line to Robert Pesaturo. Alfred Crowd's position on trafiic to Lawton Dings. Rosa Dardano's place on High Honors to Frannie Morrell. Yvonne Fitzpatrick's melodious voice to Mabel Stone. I Ethel Gelpke's way 'with the alumnae to the incoming freshman girls. John Graham's way with the girls to Laurentz Marsters. Anthony Ammendolia's ability at rug-cutting to Parker Dodge. James Farrell's happy-go-lucky manner to Albert Dardano. Marionne Flower's acting ability to next year's Dramatic Club. Mary Galligan's fellows in Norwood to her sister Francesg just to keep them in the family. Dorothy Gibson's shyness to Marion Kaufman. Ruth Graham's position at the Strand Theatre to Louise Stuart. Thomas Griflin's physique to the Gelpke twins. Olive Griflin's fair complexion to Helen Garland. Joseph Hallett's calling card for Ponkapoag Way to Peanuts Powers. Everett Harlfinger's seat at the Old Howard to Milton Falls. Natalie Haynes' ability to get out of mud puddles to June Guild. Ruth Hiltz's quiet attitude to the incoming freshmen.

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29 gg gg ,H E C Hg0gg gg A Qlass 'Prophecy A hush fell over the talkative, turbulent grouphas an elderlY. W0m1m rose to speak. Even now, thirty years after the hrst banquet 111 1940, she carried herself with the same dignity and bearing of the teacher whose gracious manner and wisdom inspired us to climb to the highest rung of the ladder of success. Introductions were unnecessary, for each and every member of the former class of '40 had immediately recognized her as Mrs. Dana. ' 1 As I gaze around the room, she began, it isn't difficult to recognize you. The years have changed youg time has given you experience, pa- tience, and understanding, but to me you are still the happy-go-lucky youth of '4O. I think it would be 11ice to discover what each of you has been doing since graduation. She turned- to the rather serious-faced boy on her left, whose glamour boy personality might have won him fame as a screen star, if he had not let his intense, profound fascination' for history domineer his life and turn him to another road of success. As he rose to speak Mrs. Dana threw an electric switch. As each person present at the banquet rose at his place, a few flashes of important in- cidents in his life passed in review on a screen before us. This new type of vision machine was the invention of Dunk Mackiernan, the scientist of our class, whose life had bee11 spent delving into the mechanisms of all kinds of such machines. lNow to get back to the fellow who rose to speak.l On to the screen came a picture of Harvard College, followed by pictures of the history classes, Suddenly a familiar face beamed out and we realized that it was Professor Brown - Jimmy to us! After this there was a picture of Jimmy - who was still a bachelor - walking with his favorite girl, June Sawyer. June, it seems, was working i11 Mr. Anketell's office in place of Miss Ahearn, wl1o had just resigned. After Jimmy had finished his speech a11d sat down, a tall girl started from her chair. For a Willie we were puzzled as to what the picture on the screen meant. i It was merely a picture of a masked man o11 a white horse - and the victrola on the machine chanted the overture to William Tell. Then we remembered that Rosa Dardano had obtained a job on the radio in an indirect manner by singing the Lone Ranger's Chant - H1-O-SIIVQFI .The.tall, bashful president of our class got up next. Pictures of engineering school and honors won by him, followed by a wedding sce11e with orange blossoms and strains of Lohengrin appeared on the screen. iA bealutiirul girl was marchving down the altar to meet Buddy. A closer ooi s .owed that the girl was the famed artist, whose drawings were 111 every magazine throughout the country, Gloria Pozzo, Buddy told us filet gfhf?V YVGVQ Verv happy' together in their modernistic ho11se which he nad built ,lust recently. When one of our ex-football heroes arose to speak, a picture of hun- dreds of thousands of pennies and picture of a girl came on. We realized that it signified that Harlhnger at last had saved enough money to marry his dream-girl! Next followed pictures of airplanes, a crack-up, and a 11ew high school, as another girl arose. Anne, it seems, had opened an aviation school. One day she had swooped down a little too close to mother earth klllfl had clipped off' a hunk ol' Canton lligh. People always claimed it was not an accident - but it was a good way of getting a new school -- anyhow! Dick Morrison slowly got 11p from his chair. l'ictures ol' a blue swan and three or four girls appeared before us. Dick had opened a new night cl11b in Canton The Blue Swan, with Mary Calligan as bouncer, Olive Criffiii as hostess. and Madeline Lowry as the flirtatious liat-check girl.