Cohoes High School - Cohisean Yearbook (Cohoes, NY)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1940 WE, the graduating class of 1940, COh, boy ! Leap Year lj tearfully and broken- heartedly announce our last Will and Testament before going forth into the cold, cruel world. To the dearly beloved lower classmen, we leave our memories and to a few fortunate young-unsf' we bequeath all our valuable Q?j possessions. To the future class president of 1941, we leave the remarkable leadership and pleasant disposition of our president, Dot Jamison. A To anyone guilty, we leave Tom Halloran's method of coming into Study Hall II after 8:30 without being seen. To the faculty, we leave the memory of one John Coonradt. To the future frosh, we leave Alice English's school bag to help them carry around all their books. To Gordon Nicholson, we will Peter Dahoda's deep voice. To Mr. Leo Heslin, the seniors leave a box of candy so that he may pay OH' two girls. To the forgetful members of Miss Ablett's history class, we hereby bequeath a newspaper. May they use it throughout 1941. To Scotty Pettigrew, Bud Kem leaves his overcoat. To Edgar Belleau, we leave Emmett Frament's curly hair. To Martha Howansky, Connie Berdar leaves her curlers. To Marion Ferris, we leave Catherine Straight's make-up kit. To some incoming freshman, Grace McGlynn leaves her personality. To Paul Castracane, Alvin Oliver Wendell Holmes Bullock leaves his poetic UQ genius. To Frances Twiss, we will Kay Doyle's short bob. To Paul Marra, John Spider Coonradt leaves his long legs. To Marie Landry, Betty Roberts leaves her long skirts. To Yike Kopsa, we will Zigmund Zeglen's bashfulness. To Milly Bullock, Eva Nystoriak leaves her long stockings. To Janet Bottum, Jane Blow 'emu Procak leaves her bugle. To Nick Cappabianca, Jack Clark Gable Taylor leaves his way with the wimmen. To Ruth Callaghan, Dora 'Tm from Missouri Derocher leaves her quibbling. To the lucky one, Mary Wager leaves f'Bucky Flavin. weRn E A' 7 A 4 i H if '

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D Maw e e up .Name Stella Kowalski Josephine Kupiec Irene La Fountaine Marion Lansing Helen Lasher Stephen Lublanecki Alberta MacArthur Elaine Mailloux Jean Markos George Marra Kathlyn Marra John McAleavy Mary McCarthy Matthew McCarthy Betty McCormick Grace McGlynn Thomas Miller Charles Moak Michael Mryczko Vincent Naumiec John Nickan George Normandin Eva Nystoriak Lois O'Toole Irene Pelton Wesley Pilling Madeline Potts Jane Procak Helen Pyska Herman Reepmeyer Marjorie Reeve Dorothy Renas Catherine Ridgeway Elizabeth Roberts Dorothy Robinson Jayne Roskamp Olga Saroka Charles Schenk ll-7 RUM ABCUT OUR Worst Crime bossing baby talk borrowing sisslins sneaking in nights chattering no sense of humor homework too quiet banjo player worrisome independent baby talk falling asleep perfect themes being ticklish popular with girls I. Barnes opening windows skipping school breaking rules raising eyebrows quietness wise cracking hay rides too dignified knowing shorthand heart breaker sisslins grinning history knowledge disturbing class wait for me talking to boys? being witty her homework quietness knowing everything Madeline Shaughnessy flirting Marjorie Sherwood Joseph Sklaryk Joseph Slater Francis Soulier Gaylord Starin Ann Stopera Catherine Straight Mary Sweda Edward Szostak John E. Taylor Jean Therrien Arthur Vallee Theresa Vautrin Mary Wager Frances Warzala William Waterhouse Frederick Weiler William Wolanin William Yurek Zigmund Zeglen William Zmud chewing gum dancing quietness quietness hello there talking of dates slsslins working flirting self-confidence talking rapidly giving Ev the air short skirts boys talking Student Council women admiring himself woman hater algebra breaking pencils Famous for skating jitterbugging talking hay rides skating blushing curly locks straight hair blushing cello player quietness bowling flirting football smile red hair nice disposition eyes playing violin watching sister good looks wavy hair being dependable dishwater coffee class room chats wise cracking doing homework Hirting fussing with hair long legs quietness noise maker holding hands intelligence lovely smile cheer leading cooking being smart good nature her wit athletics blushing uhuhn intelligence bugle playing selling generosity eating style shorthand skipping history C dancing flipping boys reciting law basketball jokes giggling muttering quietness picking up girls 19-41 CLASS Hobby Norm drum corp jumping telling jokes Lansing Park avoiding girls talking boys scrapbook dancing dancing doing homework talking M. Shaughnessy being original skating with Rabbi names on collar Ukes' club reading wolfing girls thinking dancing parties D. Vickers girls window shopping drum corp reading hay rides photography P. N. A. club boys reading singing acting caring for babies studies parties talking tennis liking Alice bowling arguing chemistry singing writing letters ' sports girls school absentee boys dancing smacking gum sports basketball dancing at Ukes' law smiling driving Destination head nurse violinist librarian head cook Army wife six footer missionary nurse librarian pharmacist secretary filibustering farmerette Russell Sage essayist nurse Pres. of something printer maestro have large family Navy who knows? C. H. S. librarian public speaker Mrs. Vickers horse doctor debutante opera singer bugle instructor stage hand nurse Sonja Henie II house wife teacher nurse movies babies' nurse hermit someplace with Mac gym teacher Fred Astaire II Walter Winchell II girl's house Dr. Pasteur II nurse stenographer wife dancing teacher city editor home maker figure skating singer unknown photographer letterman basketball pro. Robinhood law teacher mathematician baker Twenty-seven

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THE CLASS PROPHECY It was on the Nones of March, and I was promenading along Via Columbia with my bonus amicus, Connie Ciemiega, on my way to school. As we neared the approach, we recognized one of our fellow mates, Peter Dahoda, conversing with a foreign-looking fellow. We eavesdropped on their tete-a-tete and leamed that the odd-looking individual was none other than the oracle of Delphi. We listened attentively and before we knew it we were being taken twenty years into the dark and dreary future, for the oracle was predicting to our school chum the future of the class of '40. Well, this is what we overheard: Peter:-And the crystal ball tells you that Bud Kern wrestled his way up and is now a famous wrestler, does it? Oracle:-Yes, my bonus amicus, and that isn't all that it shows. Peter:-Well, do tell me and I'll jot it down on my book in shorthand. I think it's shorthand anyway. Oracle:-Very well, listen carefully. The crystal ball of knowledge tells me that Frank Bisnett plays the leading role in the Thin Man pictures. Emmett fDocj F rament is busy taking care of the sextuplets that he brought into this world. Charles Schenk is resigned to comforts of a home and a wife. janet Dzamba spends all her spare time writing an Advice to the Lovelorn column. Helen Kosko has taken the place of Miss Dotter in the library of the school and keeps close tabs on all her former school chums' children. Matthew McCarthy is an accomplished ballroom dancer. John fSpiderJ Coonradt makes his living as a professional ballet dancer. Irene Beaupre makes personal-appearance tours, lecturing on How to Win Friends and Influence People. Connie Berdar models stockings at an exclusive New York shoppe. Ettore Gradoni is the President of the U.S. CUnited Shrimp Co.j. Doris Bethel appears on the movie magazine covers displaying her dimples. And now, we come to youg you earn your daily bread as a beauty expert advising young women. Peter:-I think that's enough information, Oracle, and we'd better stop right there and come back to 1940, for I have an engagement with my tailor, and tonight I have a date to attend a dance. Thank you very much and I hope to see you twenty years from today. X Twenty-nm