Gouverneur High School - Deanonian Yearbook (Gouverneur, NY)

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CLASS OF 1943 Prospectus on Sense Common and Non [mosdy non] P Being the record of how the Class of 1943 did not distinguish itself in the War-to-Extinguish-Westerns- in-Favor-of-Mickey Mouse. Recorder without punctuation - Helena Wainwright Recorder of punctuation marks - Bertha Kaplan

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'jEast pltll mxb of iht (Class of 1043 Joyce Hockey leaves her part in Jumpin’ Jives to Harriet Ruderman, who can take two parts as easily as one. Earl Jeffers would leave his dimples if he could. Donald Jefferson left his English Regents as long as he could. Douglas Jemery bequeathes his love for Barbara Lepper to the boys on the Hailesboro bus. Bertha Kaplan leaves the American Legion to the veterans. Howard Kelly leaves his seat in History class as a memorial to himself. Orela Kenyon bequeathes his long list of excuses for absence to Carlton Toomey. Lawrence Lavoie leaves all his classes quieter. Jean LaBow 1 Hilton LaBow I 'eave problem of being told apart by the teachers to A. and M. Seavey. Barbara Leake leaves her chemistry book in the incinerator. Eula McIntosh bequeathes her hill-billy grand opera to Lily Pons. Retha McIntosh leaves her petite stature to Jean Wood. DeEtta Matthews leaves her school-day memories to Mary Davidson and Fred Venton. Evelyn Matthews leaves her bright smile to Alice Stevens. George Morgan leaves his magnetic attraction for girls to Bob Boscoe. Barbara Mudgett leaves her rosy cheeks to Peggy Taylor. Charlotte Me Adam leaves for the altar. Jean McCarthy leaves her Irish shillalah to the faculty. Rosemary McCoy leaves her ah’s and uh’s to the Public Speaking class. Otis Needle presents his physical powers to the army. Wend el Peterson leaves his red hair to Marjorie Call. Patricia Post leaves her short, curly hair to Geraldine Downing. Tacile Post leaves her fallen arches to Stanley Paquette. Ethel Provost leaves her noon-hour history sessions to Patrycia Crowner. John Rouse makes the supreme sacrifice by leaving brother Henry to Georgie Graham. Beverly Schell leaves her blank look to haunt Miss Herring. Mary Scott bequeathes her job as somebody’s maid in plays to Dorothy Janack. Prances Simons leaves the Deltas to Bob McNeill. Elon Sipher leaves and is darn glad of it. Carl Streeter left to cultivate his victory garden. Betty Torrey leaves the newspaper to Helen Glazier. Margaret Towlson donates her freckles to Francis Evans. Robert Valle bequeathes his romantic ideas to the younger generation. Robert VanSchaick leaves his willingness to do odd jobs to Jack Lambton. Barton VanSlyke leaves his shapely legs to the G. H. S. girls who can use them. Helena Wainwright leaves some more Wainwrights coming up. Elaine Whitford leaves Balmat in charge of Nancy Burns. Lucy Wilson leaves her athletic ability to Jane Hopper. Lena Wranesh leaves her novel gait to the kids who have to travel the Hailesboro Turnpike. Carlton Yerdon leaves his trap drums to Huck Austin. In witness whereof, we set our hand and seal on this twenty-second day of June, nineteen hundred and forty-three. THE CLASS OF 1943. Witnesses: Lyman Manser, Elaine Boscoe. Page Eighteen

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Promotions — Citations WILLIAM FOSTER The only man to rise from private to commander-in-chief in one jump, was pro- moted to this rank by his classmates from force of habit. ALYCE BARKER Lt. Barker has been promoted as the new majorette of the U. S. Marine Corps Band. Each day she leads her band through Bev- erly Hills in hopes that the great producer, Robert VanSchaick, will give her a bit part in his next musical. GINGER BAME Miss Bame, because of her ability to con- vey all news without the slightest delay, has been commissioned to the post of Com- mander-in-Chief of all propaganda. BARBARA MUDGETT Barbara has been recommended for the I-Did-My-Best-But-It-Wasn’t-Enough Medal by Flight Sergeant Earl Jeffers. Sergeant Jeffers stated that without Miss Mudgett’s flashing cheeks as beacon lights, he and his squadron could never have reached ground in safety. ROBERT APPLEBY Appleby, who was once Admiral Brown’s finest deck swabber, has been demoted be- cause of his inability to swab the decks in the prescribed manner. His buddies are patiently reading to Appleby The Funda- mentals of Deck Swabbing, the newest au- thority on the subject. This book was writ- ten by DeEtta Matthews, a WAVE. Alberta FOWLER Retha McINTOSH Thomas ANDREWS Harriet GILBERT Mable BLACKBURN William FULLER These people were cited for rendering distinguished, if exhausting, service to the armed forces by shoveling all the snow off the Aleutian Islands with teaspoons. They were chosen for this service by General Charles Dunkelberg because of their exper- ience in shoveling the back roads of St. Lawrence County. Corporal, later Colonel Andrews, with characteristic ingenuity, copied a vacuum cleaner from his Fundamentals of Mechan- ics, but it sucked him in, causing severe abrasions. Barbara LEAKE Norenne FOWLER These girls have received the Exstinguist- ed Order of the Broken Heart for sitting on the bottom of the ocean and (with their sweet music) luring enemy submarines with- in range of Carl Streeter’s squirt gun. The Amazon Brigade+ Captain Lucell Doesharm Mary Drowning, the rugged gal from the interior, has just made a new man-killing food from potassium and raw wildcat meat. She says it does the work of six of her friends. Hairbreadth Besaw, alias musclebound Hatty, has received a reward for her cap- ture of thirty of women’s most dangerous enemies. The award came from the Sagdad Institution of Military Degeneracy. Louisa Cowlock has just returned from the wars. She fought on the Knock-down Carry-away front. Charlotte McEve was arrested yesterday for clubbing her husband with intent not to kill. Her bail is set at 1 00 rocks of not less than two pounds each. I’m Lame Whitford was made incompe- tent early this morning when she was flat- tened by a tree trunk wielded by Tiny Hall, her closest friendly enemy. For such care- lessness I’m Lame was suspended from a high tree. Sophia Can’t-Stand-It’s pet leopard mawled one of women’s most dangerous enemies two days ago. It was necessary to put the poor man out of his misery. The increased number of the enemy in the lower caverns of our city is becoming a great menace to our security. Moitle Bre- sett is firmly convinced that the only way to be assured of security in the future is completely to exterminate the vermin. Lucy Wilson, head of the Independent Party, is firmly convinced that the Enemy should be left alone. Oh, well! She is young and fool- ish and will soon get these radical ideas out of her head. Evelyn Mathewselah and Ruth Drmbbeat favor a return to civilization but no one listens to them. +Fuller Explanation Department Amazon Brigade — a brigade of women fighters lost in the Amazon jungle who are waging a private war against mankind. The Post Exchange Owned, operated and run into the ground by Pat and Tacile Post. “We take no responsibility for financial, physical or mental losses suffered within a radius of 3 miles.”