Concord High School - Bridge Yearbook (Concord, MA)

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,loan Kelley's confetti to Bucky McFarland. Donald Stowe s supply of girl friends to Otto Friedrich. Sigrun Hojem's escorts among underclassmen to their contem- poraries. Arline MHHt61',S interest in the U. S. Navy to any likely appli- cants. Warren Hansen's fair hair and complexion to John Parker. John Dunn's complacency on re- port card days to Frances Waite. Marion King's gay repartee to Betty Walker. Witnesses Gertrude H. Hideout Gertrude W. Dyer Mary G. Hartnett 21. Charlotte Rohan's Peter Pan collars to any unsophisticated freshman. 22. Theresa Sigmarfs 'sheightn to Frances Bretemps. 23. Kay Varleyis prowess in sports to any of our slow-moving fol- lowers. Given under oath and witnessed thereof we do hereby aftix our signa- tures on the 8th day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and forty-four. ELEANOR RIDER RITA COYNE Page Twenty-seven

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CLASS WILL We, the class of 1944, being of sound mind and body, do hereby he- queath the following possessions to our successors: ARTICLE I To the cafeteria, unbreakable milk bottles which will bounce back noise- lessly from the floor when dropped. ARTICLE II Our autographed textbooks to any class lacking in originality. ARTICLE III To the juniors, our merited title of sophisticated seniors and also, to each, a pair of roller-skates to help them travel our hallowed corridors with our speed. ARTICLE IV We leave the building to Mr. Ventig and the lawn to Mr. Lips. ARTICLE V To grumbling gym pupils on stormy days, we leave complete rainy weather outfits. ARTICLE VI To Mr. Smith, our gratitude for his sympathy in all our tribulations and moments of straing and to the faculty, ten years added to each of their lives to counteract the drain on their ener- gies made by us throughout our high school years. ARTICLE VII Our personal possessions are be- queathed to the following: 1. George Blair's reckless driving to George Denisevich. 2. David Anderson's casual attire to Jimmie Walker. 3. Addie Bensonis incessant chatter to Mary Shepard. 4. Neil Hoyt's figure to Johnny Palmer. 5. Bill Parker's success in football to Mikey Shea. 6. Claire .loyce's breezy manner to Elizabeth McBreen. 7. Albert Vanderhoofis reputation as a man of few words to the lo- quacious Stanley Place. 8. Martha Rotondo's intellectual curiosity to .loc Coffey. 9. Wally Peterson's acorn to any- one who can produce as large a crop. 10. The trophy bracelet willed to Connie Rice by Libby Sanborn is bequeathed to Margie Harmon. 11. Helen I-Iarrison's laugh to all serious-minded students. 12. Barbara Martell's unassuming personality to Pauline Joyce. 13. ,lean Andersorfs way with the boys to Eileen Rolfe. Page Twenty-six I

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CLASS PROPHECY At the Reunion of the Class of 1944, held at the palatial mansion of DONALD STOWE, multimillionaire magnate, Jean and I were amazed to see many of our classmates of whom we had heard little since our gradua- tion ten years hefore. His private sec- retary, ELEANOR MACKAY, was on the reception connnittee along with his business manager, RICHARD CAR-SKADEN, and his mine expert, GEORGE BURK. CHARLOTTE ROHAN, the head of Jordan Marsh's Department Store, made a dramatic entrance wearing a fuschia gown with a daring neckline designed by LESLIE BAYEUR, a well-known designer for the fashion- able dress salon run by MARGUER- ITE BARTOLOMEO and JUNE WINDHOL. XVALTER MACONE, who replaced Bob Coyne, drawing sports cartoons for tl1e Boston Post, came with JOHN DUNN, a world famous florist who had just produced a new rose named uThe Baron . JOHN MCPHILLIPS followed these two and was bursting with pride at his recent appointment as head of thc First National Stores in New England. TERESE MCKENNA, a teacher who replaced Miss Boynton at Con- cord High, ELEANOR RIDER, the side-splitting comedian of stage and screen, and KATHERINE VARLEY, the gymnastic teacher at Boston's largest high school, dropped in, chat- ting merrily about their work of the past ten years. ELISABETH TOYVLE, JEAN YVILKINS, and MARIAN BAKER, speeding east from their horse ranch in Arizona especially for the reunion, arrived at the same time as FRANK PARKER, newly elected President of the United States, who was accom- panied by DONALD RINALDO, am- bassador to Italy. JOAN KELLEY and PHYLLIS CARLSON, who had been on a sight- seeing tour on the XVest Coast and Mexico, flew in from California with FLORENCE AYERS, who is teaching the Hollywood stars how to keep their hair blond. VINCENT DEE, the author of the year's best seller, HHOW to Raise White Mice for Fun and Profit, brought a few of his pets to show us. CALVERT WILSON 'phoned that he and ALBERT COFFEY would be late because of an important conference at the NBC radio studio. ELIZABETH INGHAM rushed in, followed by her better-half, a Navy Commander, eager to see her old friends. Soon after, that second Frank Sinatra, JOHN LORING, ar- rived with CATHERINE MURPHY and EVA LANGILLE, who write syn- dicated articles on love and marriage, swooning at his heels. One of the big moments of the evening was the appearance of THERESA MCPHILLIPS, famous star of the Ziegfield Follies, with her skillful manager, WALLACE PE- TERSON, and her producer, THOMAS GILL. WILLIAM PARKER and PAS- QUALE ARENA entertained us with their popularswing hand, their torch singer, ADDIE BENSON, gave us a few renditions of songs popular when we went to school. We were surprised to see EVER- ETT DEXTER, who had been given up for dead while he was exploring in the jungles of Borneo. He brought SUZANNE SERVAIS, head of the W0mCl1,S Air Corps School, and her two chief instructors, MARION KING and CONNIE PAYNE. ANNA DISALVATORE and JULIA MAZZEO, co-heads of the famous model agency, were there showing their two glamorous models, CLAIRE MEADE and MARGARET CARSON, to the appreciative guests, while CHRISTINE MAKRYS and PRIS- CILLA MAGURE, owners of a fa- Page Twenty-eight