Duxbury High School - Partridge Yearbook (Duxbury, MA)

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Zulmira Fernandes whose ever ready grin and giggle has endeared her to us a.l, leaves that quality to Betty O'Neil and Janice Dyer. Per- sgnaily we wonder if they need this as much as muci.age or some sort of stick-um to keep them firmly in their seats during Study Hall. Helen Taylor, who believes that actions speak louder than words, wants Pat Shaw to fol-ow in her footsteps, and for that reason leaves her quie- mannerisms to her. We wonder why it is that Robert Herdman leaves to Norman Schaffer the fo.iow-ng recipe for obtaining a diploma: Work constantly, to your fullest capacity with no fooling around, and pay little or practically no attention to th-e oppos-te sex. hell Schaffer, we e..n dream, can't we? Marshall Freeman was indeed far-sighted when he left his quick wit and clever rejoinders to Roy Scho-pp. With Marshalls talents Roy should be really funny. Our class mechanic, John Aden, bequeatls to Melville Sfnnoit that alleged ability. It served as a usefu- alibi for John when he wanted to pass class projects in late. It may get you by Melville. Gladys Black leaves to anyone in charge of refreshments the correct way to corspire so that those in th-e kitch-tn wi-l be served first as well as last. It takes a good executive to plan as well as Gladys has always done. To Miss Downey, who in past years has received innumerable batons, we are going to be different. To you, who are comp.eting your forty-fifth year of teaching We leave our congratulations and admiration for all those years of servivce so conscientiously glvtn. May we all be as successful in our chosen field as you hav-e been in yours. - A motor scooter seems to be the most appropriate thing that we can leave Miss Johnson-one that has a litt.e side ear with ltuss Shirley's name on it, in order to eomp.y with the governments request to conserve on shoe leather, for those innume:ab-e trips to the office must definitely be hard on shoes. Fortunately we W-ere able to pull certain wires and with great difli- culty obtained a mammoth trai er to leave to Mr. Blakeman. We could tlrnl: of noilnng more fitting for him, for it has been a little difficult for him, and hard on the spixngs of his car to crowd the entire basketball team .1..c- nis car each night after practice. To Miss Brooks we leave sufficient black-out material to cover her classroom doors. 'ilhis, more than anything we can think of should relieve the traffic congestion caused by the High Schoo. boys congregating at that end ol' the corridor. A special license for transporting boys to East Bridgewater we be- queath to M.ss Pittman and to eac.1 boy she tal:-es a 550,000 Life Insurance Policy. 'ie Mr. Macember we leave 32.00 and a second-hand tire for his un- forgetable trip to Marshfield. The memory of a perfect history class we bequeath to Miss Manter. We know sh-e wil. never find our equal. To Miss Cornish we .eave a special decoder in case she has to read another class will written in the same kind of hand w.it.ng as 1.i.ne. To Mr. Smith we leave someone who is as hard a worker as Harriet McNeil to Le Editor-in-Chief. I am sure Mr. Smith appreciates this price- less oequeatli. l31l s

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CLASS WILL We, the class of 1942, having lived fully every hour of our last four years, pass on to the rest of the school certain techniques, qualities, and characteristics, which may be of questionab.e value, but which we have found surprisingly useful. Harriet McNeil, whose literary ability has been evident throughout all the issues of the Partridge leaves that ability to any up and coming young person, provided that person can, like Harriet, keep up her school work at the same time. To Miriam Arnold, Lettie LeCain leaves her smoothness in dancing. With this power, Red, you really should stop them cold. Lawrence Marshall has a hidden abi.ity that, like Harriet McNeil's, came into prominence this past year and it is to his broth-er that he leaves this ability, namely his technique for getting extra large scoops on his thirds Alfred should be quick to catch on. Eleanor Field, in making her last bequ-est, wishes to leave to the president of next year's senior class her never-ending giggle. It has livened up many a class meeting for us, and we feel sure the class of 1943 will need some such stimulant. Mona Scholpp's incredible talent for electrifying the boys should not be left to any one girl. It is very gratifying to us as a class to know that Mona is requesting that it be divided among every female in high school. Our only advice is for you gir-s to take it easy. Remember not all the boys are insulated. Opie B anchard, the previously shy, bashful type who suddenly blfs- somed out this year into another Casanova, wills and bequeaths that new found talent to John Williams. It is presumed that he feels that John can benefit li if. To Betty Hughes, Eleanor Raymond leaves her temperamental flare- up. 'lhat's all rignt, Betty, the boys like it, anyway. Tall, lanky Bob Bunten leaves to Billy Mosh-er a foot and a half, which he will never miss, and which should enable Billy to throw those balls flown thrs' gh the basket A pretty good idea, w-e ca.l it. Phoebe Shirley, our intellectual star, leaves her shining example to thc- rcsi C1 the sc.ico!. May they all adopt her motto- Hard work is the shortest way to success. W: a.l know that Shirley Shaw's ambition has been to be tall, dark, and glamorous. In this she has b-een most successful. We were not sur- prised to see that in her last will, she desired to pass on her formula for this achievement to Phyllis Mosher. Betty Green makes but one stipulation in her will, and that is that her thunder bo.t type of vitality and amazing ability go to Justine Delano. provided it keeps her from making those fairly regular trips to the office which Betty has found herself making. To the sophomore boys Bill Buckingham leaves his courteous man- ners, and his ease when conversing with the fairer sex. Can it be that Bill thinks they need any more polish? I Qld I

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To Mr. MacKenney we leave innumerable opportvnitifs to us' his proverbial saying, which unquestionably quiets down noisy Stilfly Hs s Twenty-five years from now conversing students will stil hear him ssy. Something is going to drop around here, and it isn't going to be a chocolate drop either. To Eleanor Hodgdon we leave an iron clad constitution to prevent her from sampling her own cooking. She probab y will appreciate this gift. To Miss Horton we leave a rolling pin that she can wield over study ha ls and later over her husband. From all appearances she wil. need no practice in the use of it. To Mr. Bradford we leave a little less vehemence in relating our abili- ties to other coaches about our pow-ers on th-e basketbel court. Mr. Brad- ford elaborated about our record so much that the other coaches fear-ed to play us. Unlike other wills that only become legal after death the makers of this document, the senior class, are not dying but are starting out cn 11 new journey, new experience, and a new life. We hope to be ab e to si:-1 the results of our various bequests. Being fair-y sound in mind and bod ', we do solemnly swear this to be our last will and testament, and we give our official seal to this paper on this nineteenth day of June in the 3-:ar of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-twc. The Class of 1939 GEORGE TERAVAINEN Attorney-at-Law Witnesses: TANGERINE SUPERMAN f GEN. MACARTHUR 3 rszi