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Class Will Cont. Lucille Keller wills her politeness to Ima Hults. Joe Rottkamp wills his victory garden to John Entstrasser. Steve Smatiak gives the old oil to anyone that will listen. Ruth Hoffman gives her Spanish back to Mrs. Neuman. Marylee Caldwell leaves her boisterous- ness to Barbara Freir. Gerard Donlon leaves his beard to Charles Nelson. Agnes Gorney bequeaths her quietness to Grace Brown. Betty Herfort gives her eyes to Doris Ru- mens. Billy Janke gives his place in chemistry and trig to Albert Loeffler. Wilma Houlik wills her hockey technique to Dot Moss. Betty Jaolonsky wills her cheerleading pos- ition to Lena Ruggiero. Betty Luhring g.ves her kinship to half of Hicksville to Theresa Manelski, who is re- lated to the other half. Helen Marxen and June Geier bequeath their secretarial practice to Janet CampbelJ and Marie Cardella. Theresa Rottkamp and Viola Schneider will their friendship to Ann Pryde and “Bubsy” Hawkins. Gus Bahrenburg wills his Dutch accent to Ireland's Thomas Hennerty. Betty Baumack and Helen Benoit will their shyness to Veronica Gorney and Ther- esa Ellis. Virginia Hafner wills her bottle of per- oxide and a booklet on how to have beauti- ful hair to Jo Mueller. Carol Chittenden leaves her big red book to Gloria Toth. Audrey Christiansen wills her posture to Marie Laudan. Mildred Nelson leaves her intriguing smile to Jane Brown. John Deci leaves his farm experience to Paul Divan. William Gauck leaves “Suzy-Q , his car to Catherine Zieler. Gordon Watson leaves his school spirit to Peggy Petri. William Timoszuk leaves his wellbred man- ner to George Lubeck. The senior fellows on the Varsity team leave their places on the team to the up-and- coming J.V.’s Adeline Brigandi and Arline Dougherty will their close relationship to June Yates and Lily Klein. Virginia Betscha has consented to leave her date-book with Isobel McIntosh, to help her with her man problem. Irma Harter is passing her apple polishing technique to Dick Eisemann. Marge Adams leaves the COMET, after 1 Vfc years, to Dave Bengelsdorf. Grace Fippinger and Marcella Wesnofske are leaving their Oyster Bay addresses to Irene Andrews and Bea Eisemann. Cacie.ia Schwarz leaves her debating abil- ity to Norma Harms. Pnil Johndro and Thomas Watson leave their way with the women to Paul Oiynick and Tony Miraval. Jo Wysolovski leaves her gift of gab to Jean Raeburn. Catherine Finn gives her “Mickey to Nor- man Shore. Ann Schulz wills her dancing ability to Inge Meith. Doris Shepard wills her “place in the movies to Lana Turner. Eleanor Steinhauer and Eleanor Weyer will their love for sports to Miss Leddy ym classes. Annie Taormina gives “Red Leib to Anna Leitner. Frank Sticco and Richard Thompson yield their heart appeal to the poor boys left behind. Alma Supper bequeaths her’ art work to Blessing Carlson. Fay Sutter and Sophie Zalewski leave their English marks, vocabulary, and etc. to Sophie Zgliesky and Marion Miron. Kenneth Burgess leaves his basketball man- agership to Coach, who, we're sure, will take good care of it until next fall. I nominate and appoint Miss Mabel Farley and Mr. E. H. LeBarron executors of this my Ia t will and testament, and direct that no bond be required of them by reason of such appointment. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my bond and seal at my residence in Hicksville this day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty four. CLASS OF 1944 Class Prophecy Cont. Thomas Watson trembled his way through France recently—using only sign language. James Wesnofske's leg is still in a cast— jitterbugging too hard. Marcella Wesnofske hunts for movie houses showing “A Guy Named Joe. Eleanor Weyer runs Hicksville's first free Nurs n? Clinic. Esther Wilson almost mixed strychine with aspirin, but Beanie saved the day. Josephine Wysolovski doesn’t wTork in “Guck’s any more—she was too generous v. ith the whipped cream. Robert Youden spends his evenings at home. The walls are done in graph paper, and his living room has a “log table. John Zadrozny lost his morbid character. He's swoon king, now. Sophie Zalewski can always be found under a mountain of books. Stella Zgliesky still speaks up whenever she pleases—fearing neither man nor beast. As Cacielia and I parted, we felt we’d done a good job of covering the Class of 1944. We promised to get together again and compare notes.
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Class Prophecy Cont. Ruth Hoffman is F.D.R.’s secretary. Wilma Houlik finally found a diet she could stay on. Betty Jablonsky finally out distanced Har- mon, so now she can catch her breath. William Janke works hard every night helping Bill Jr. with his homework. Philip Johndro is the new manager of our bigger and better A P. Donald Kant finally wore that red shirt. After all that trouble, the only thing notice- able was his smile. George Karman is still the “ace” in any pack—wolf or otherwise. Lucille Keller reels off Spanish at an alarm- ing rate—but does “Jockey” understand it? Rachel Kendel is still bothered by those fellows from Westbury. Clifford Kraft gave up trying to thwart fate and went to work for the cheese com- pany. Doris Krummenacker is one of Powers’ up and coming models. Frank LaMarca made a fortune posing for the ads of a famous vitamin concern. George Lehmann has found a new type of hair curler—but what to do with a bald pate? Winifred Lehmann is one of the island’s leading physical ed. teachers. Eugene Levitt, who still can sell anything, is making heaps of money selling furs to South Sea Islanders. Elizebeth Luhring b counting that green stuff in the Bank of Westbury. I couldn’t go on—not being much on talk —but “Toots” came to my rescue. Ruth Madden”s inimitable laugh makes her one of our leading stage personalities. Shirley Maher gives professional twirling lessons, and several of her pupils have done Hicksville proud. Elsie Manilla made a career of riveting, and now she’s an expert on the shimmies. Helen Marxen is a secretary—and, what’s more, she likes it. Ruth Mayz was the first of the Class of ’44 to take the step. She’s Mrs. Lehmann now. Ann Miller is running a cab chain—the Little Skeets line. Joseph Natalie is an authority on all the books in the Public Library in New York. Mildred Nelson is the Jinx Falkenburg of this decade. Betty O’Neal is an authority on “dummies” —having worked on the yearbook. Michael Pastore is the football star of “The Giants.” Ann Patrizio is a judge on the State Wo- men’s Hockey Club. Ralph Pero is a famous lecturer. His fa- vorite topic is “The Importance of Prompt- ness.” Eleanor Riegelsberger recently astounded her friends by getting angry and staying that way. Joseph Rottkamp supplies all the potatoes for the U. S. govenrment. Theresa Rottkamp helps John Roberts Po- wers teach the importance of neatness. Camela Ruggiero is busy teaching little cheerleaders, football player , acd singers. Quite a family. Viola Schneider is Theresa’s sidekick yet and an efficient secretary. Anna Schulz is the Joan Davis of her gen- eration—with dancing added. John Schwamb has devised a new, -perman- ent red hair dye. I found out from Cacielia that She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Doris Shepard has a flock of sheep—the little lambs. Stephen Smatlak still has his arm in a sling. He must have tried it once too often. Gladys Smith was crowned the freckle queen at Atlantic City. Eleanor Steinhauer keeps her boss in stitches. Frank Sticco devised a machine for polish- ing apples—he learned the hard way. Patricia Stolz just emerged from lab. Mr. Horne finally let her out from a Friday night lab. Elsa Straub just passed with that happy settled look. Alma Supper has gained quite a -place in the commercial art world and in the hearts of several fellow workers. Fay Sutter is a recruiting agent for the Army Nurse Corps. Annie Taormina is an authority on the Good Neighbor policy. George Thomas is coaching Notre Dame— and Millie II. Richard Thompson broke down and made his first date recently. Irene Thorman can be seen with her “Horn.” William Timoszuk is a tough top sergeant in Uncle Sam”s Army. Melvin Voorhies is still tryipg to live up to Harmon’s record—in football and with the ladies. William Ward astounded even Grumman’s with his revolutionary ideas. Gordon Watson has enlarged Bohack’s to include both sides of the street—only he would think of that.
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