Gouverneur High School - Deanonian Yearbook (Gouverneur, NY)

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“He is great who confers the most benefits.’’—Emerson. Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1938 23. I. Oletha Goodison, do bequeath my agreeable disposition to Victor LaDuke. 24. I, Mary Johnson, do bequeath my sweetness to Ruth Price. 25. I, Leona Lee, do bequeath my efforts for pulls with the teachers to Murray Thomas. 26. I, Janet Myers, do bequeath my love for art and artists to Marjorie Smith. 27. , Helen Sheen, do bequeath my blonde hair to Bea Kelley, but my charms I take with me to use in the future, on Dick. 28. I, Robert Tremlett, do bequeath my poker chips to Robert Yerdon. 29. I, Marjorie Whitmore, do bequeath my place in Gordon’s truck to Elaine Lockie. 30. I, Edna Blanchard, do bequeath my demureness to Alice Brown. 31. I, Eileen Carroll, do bequeath my inability to distinguish between cheese- (makers) and Hay to Julia Dodds. 32. I, Helen Dusharm, do bequeath my timidity to Fred Barr. 33. I, Blanche Hardy, do bequeath my DeKalb boy-friends to Jessie MacTurk. 34. I, Victor Judge, do bequeath my secret of a quiet life to Keith Goodnough. 35. , Eleanor Link, do bequeath my pep to Norman Drummond. 36. I, Maryann Nezvell, do bequeath my ability to get help in my school work to Velma Stammer. 37. , Milton Spaulding, do bequeath my high marks to Mark Moore. 38. 1, Mary Turnbull, do bequeath my love for Irving Weatherup to Jane Collins. 39. 1, Robert Bockus, do bequeath my ability to drum on anything to Betty Popple. 40. I, Rebah Clark, do bequeath my interest in Kaplan’s store to Bette Wilson. 41. I, Clarence Evans, do bequeath my skill at solving puzzles to Leon Reed. 42. , Martin Hassett, do bequeath my magnetic personality to Delbert McClear. 43. I, Ada Bradbury, do bequeath my skill at playing baseball to Elizabeth Lee. 44. I, Nellie Brown, do bequeath my musical inclinations and my alibis to Harlan Goodnough. 45. 1, Evelyn Dain, regretfully but confidently do bequeath “Herbie” to anyone who can get him. 46. I, Audrey Freeman, do bequeath my studiousness to Dick MacTurk. 47. I, William Bresee, do bequeath my many girl-friends to Nathan Shippee. 48. I, Mary Conklin, do bequeath my self-possession to Esther Pernice. 49. I, Marjorie Enslow, do bequeath my love for a certain Harrisville boy to Helen Jennings. 50. I, James Hull, do bequeath my generosity to Donald Pete. 51. I, Clifford Kitts, do bequeath my dark-room technique to Louis Boulet. 52. I, Eugene McGuinness, do bequeath my fast ways to Richard Stone. 53- A Vivian Richardson, do bequeath my habit of preparing mv lessons to John McGill. 54. I, Bette Steele, do bequeath my state trooper complex to Eleanor Christian. 35. , Ruth Wood, do bequeath my ability to get along with blondes to Rae Boscoe. 56. I, Helen Cobey, do bequeath my quietness to Theodore Constantikes. Page Twenty-seven

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 Behold, of what delusive worth, the bubbles we pursue on earth. —Longfellow. Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1938 We, the Class of 1938 of Gouverneur High School, in the County of St. Lawrence, in the State of New York, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament. We give and bequeath the following: First —To Mr. Brown and the Faculty: Our sincere appreciation of their efforts to make our four years in high school the happiest and most profitable time of our lives. Second—To our loyal Advisers: Our thanks for a joyous and prosperous senior year. Third —To the Juniors: Our surplus weight, brains, etc. Fourth—To the entire Student Body: Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Fifth —Personal Bequests— 1. I, Jean Allen, do bequeath my good manners and gentle voice to Richard Halford. 2. I, June Burge, do bequeath my faithfulness to Don, to Claire Parker. 3. 1, Marie Davidson, do bequeath my various coiffures and dancing skill to Marjorie Mullin. 4. J, Lillian Hymers, do bequeath my ability to keep my weight down to Bill Griffith. 5. , Emerson King, do bequeath my aptness for breaking windows to Bill Gruneisen. 6. I, Janet I aidlaw, do bequeath Rae Boscoe to Ruth Streeter. 7. I, Gordon McPherson, do bequeath my Janet to Scott Brown, Jr. 8. I, William Reynolds, do bequeath my unruly hair to Francis Patterson. 9. I, Blanche Sullivan, do bequeath my dimples and blushes to Alice Phillips. 10. I, Alger Whitmore, do bequeath my smiles to Claude Jeffers. 11. I, Ruth Austin, do bequeath my happy week-ends in Hermon to Robert Serviss. 12. I, Herbert Bush, do bequeath my mattress-club to Miss Scott. 13. I, Dorothy Dodds, do bequeath my dates with “Grand Union” butchers to Barbara VanSlyke. 14. I, Dorothy Gillette, do bequeath my dislike for Campbell’s Soup to Leland Luenberger. 15. I, Eleanor Ingram, do bequeath my gossip to Margaret Ulrich. 16. I, Hazel J.aivton, do bequeath my success in getting excused from gym to Ruth Reddick. 17. I, Michael Jurkovich, do bequeath my wisdom teeth to Donald McDonald. 18. I, Robert Taylor, do bequeath my seriousness and ambition to Toby Tyler. 19. I, Eleanor Wells, do bequeath my loyalty to one boy, to Lois Campbell, so that she’ll make up her mind. 20. I, Herbert Bartholomew, do bequeath my speed (?) to anyone who can increase it. 21. 1, Eleanor Campbell, do bequeath my perseverance in pursuing the stronger sex to Marion Davis. 22. I, Francis DuPont, do bequeath my Sylvia Lake dates to Walter Randall. Page Twenty-six

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 Gifts should prove their use. —Browning. Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1938 57. I, Robert Cushman, do bequeath my brilliance in geometry class to Vern Orford. 58. I, I Veld on Foy, do bequeath my flat tires to Junior Mark wick. 59. 1. Clifford Hay, do bequeath my knowledge ot traffic laws to Mac Evans. 60. I, Barbara Hosmer, do bequeath my Indiana correspondence to Bernice Crawford. 61. . Eleanor Kaplan, do bequeath my infectious laughter to Norma McGrath. 62. . Elizabeth Kerwin, do bequeath my school-girl complexion to Betty Drumb. 63. , Doris Kenyon, do bequeath my ability to skip school to Betty Davis. 64. I, Carolyn Pickcrt, do bequeath my appreciation of music and the Theatre (Grill) to Sylvia Thomas. 65. I, Milton Nichols, do bequeath my “promptness” to Grant Austin. 66. I, Roy Randall, do bequeath my knowledge of bookkeeping to Phillip Pernice. 67. I. Paid Markwick, do bequeath my ability (?) to do my daily lessons to Carl Moore. 68. I, IVard Sprague, do bequeath my preference for blondes to John Sitts. 69. . Hilda Walrath, do bequeath my yarns and many secrets to Marjorie Thompson. 70. , Frieda McCullough, do bequeath my appetite to Juanita Holland in hope that it will do as much for her as it has done for me. 71. I, Donald McDermott, do bequeath my sour notes to Scott Brown’s orchestra. 72. . Edna Clark, do bequeath my poise and seriousness to Helena Fuller. 73. I. Leslie Woodward, do bequeath my accidents 10 Herschel Richardson. 74. I, Macbclle McKinney, do bequeath my red hair and freckles to Gladys Fensten. 75. I, Bubs Gardner, do bequeath my dependability to Nadine Clark. 76. I, Kenneth Kinney, do bequeath my athletic prowess to Stanley Fortune. 77. I, Hilliard Seaker, do bequeath my last minute dance invitations to Helen McNeill. 78. I. Gerald Sprague, do bequeath my experiences as a knight of the road to Douglas Dodds. 79. I, Marion Storie, do bequeath my Senior Pictures to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 80. I, Dorothy Mullin, do bequeath my conflict between romance and duty to Ann Gates. 81. I, Richard VanNorton. do bequeath my comic cartoons to Catherine Gallagher- 82. . Marian Walworth, do bequeath my dramatic aspirations to Carl Thompson. 83. I, Irving Weatherup, do bequeath my continental mannerisms (if that is what they are) to Erton Sipher. 84. I, Richard Witters, do bequeath my chest expansion to Cresson Brouse. 85. I. Francis Stone, do bequeath my seven C’s to Clarine Evans. In witness whereof, we set our hand and seal on this twenty-seventh day of June, anno Domini, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight. The Class of 1938. Witnesses: Iris Scruton Stephen Donahue Page Twenty-eight