Johnson High School - Class Book Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL I with a cute pair of dimples. Fernley VVilcox leaves to joe Gaudette the advice- It wont hurt the grey matter to be used more than once. !George Banker leaves to XVilliam Holt his indifference to work of all kinds. ' Frank Korycki leaves his admiration for the fair sex to-james Har- greaves who is somewhat of a woman-hater himself, and his healthy out- ,door look to James Williams. ' LeRoy Duncan, having not yet decided whether or not to leave this in- stitution, the cares of the world being too heavy for his puny shoulders, leaves his favorite seat in the library to Horace Hyman: his ambition and el- oquent voice to Robert Galaher, and his favorite cereal for growing ,children to Douglas McCormack. Viola DeNault leaves a pair of shears to Mildred Dill, just in case she ever has to cut her hair which by the way is the envy of many of the per- manent wave addicts. Phyllis Keating leaves her preference for older type of men to Ruth Drummond. Ann Moore leaves her ability to get along with anyone and everyone to Rose McEvoy, who is a worthy successor. Lawrence Higginbottom leaves his ability to get along with all teachers to Robert Sanborn but advises him to take it easy because they all get fed up sooner or later with childish ways. Fred Phelan leaves his smoothness on the dance floor to Jackson Hayman. Oscar Richard leaves his fervent opinions on whether or not Johnson should have a prom to Gordon Thurlow. whom we have noticed also has a mind of his own. V Harry Cohen leaves his artistic soul to Mason Downing and his slightly radical ideas to VValter Frederick. ' Bruno Kasheta leaves his ability to bluff through many classes Qwith the help of willing friendsj to NValter Roberts. Evelyn Bunker leaves a kerosene lamp to Evelyn Clark so that when she stays up so late studying nights she may really be burning the midnight oil. Catherine Cunningham leaves her abundant crop of curly hair to Barbara Knowles, who seems to have trouble sometimes trying to decide just what to do with hers. Mary Greenler leaves Mary VVilcox some good advice on how to study, this method being tried and proven successful. If it doesn't work, Mary . we'l1 say that the Boxford air must have something to do with it. john Kane leaves to the entire Junior class his ingenuity and dramatic ability which enabled the Senior class to make a success of a Stunt Night ex- hibition which might have been a Hop otherwise. We, the Class of 1936, having thus bestowed many of our most prized possessions upon our humble successors, do fix our,wobbly signatures to this weighty document, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty six. Signed RITA M. RAND Witnesses: In behalf of the Class of 1936 EILEEN McALOON WILLIAM CALLAHAN 26

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g J0H1vs0N H1011 SCHO-OL, - was working for George Banker's All Around Taxi Service, whose slogan .was Pay before you ride. Alighting from the taxi at Mass. Ave., I decided to stroll up town. NValk- ing up Perry Street, I saw a husky fellow digging up a ,water main. Sweat was rolling down his face, but he seemed to work untiringly. As he stopped for a moment to wipe the sweat from his eyes, I found out he was Stephen Barbett. Inquiring of him if this was his regular job, I learned that he was just hardening up for his coming bout, which meant a chance for the world's heavy-weight wrestling title. Leaving Steve to his work, I leisurely strolled toward the Union School. Here I sa,w a fellow who was picking up papers which had been scattered around by the children. As he came near to me. I recognized Thomas Barron. In a short conversation which followed, he told me that he was the janitor of the school. Tom invited me to look the school over. As I walked down the corridor, I heard a familiar voice scolding a first grade pupil. Investigating I found the teacher was none other than Mildred Bara. I was also told that thc pupil whom she was scolding was the son of james Evangelos, who had married his high school girl-friend, Ruth Kershaw, and he was now the Athletic Di- rector at Johnson High, replacing Mr. Cavalieri who was now coaching at Holy Cross. I also learned that Henry Beanland, after graduating from school joined the Merchant Marine, and he had worked himself up from scrub boy to cabin boy, and was expecting a promotion any time. Leaving Tom to take care of the school, I decided to walk up Middlesex Street. As I turned the corner, I was knocked over by a dog. A lady began to apologize for the action of her dog. The lady to my surprise was VVinifred Perry. She told me she had inherited a fortune, and her daily work consisted of taking her dog for a walk. As I was leaving Miss Perry, I saw a fellow with a niilkman's outfit ap- proaching. At a distance I recognized Frank Korycki, who later told me that he was the supervisor at Glennie's. and that Horace Culpon was working there, but spent most of his time sampling ice-cream specials. Walking further, I came to a beauty parlor and there standing in the doorway were three ladies, whom I recognized as Ruth Dawson, Barbara Eagle and Rachel Dufton. From them I learned that they were given quite a lot of competition by Daniel Connelly, who was running a beauty parlor and barber shop, with the assistance of Marietta Hill. As I strolled farther up the street, I saw a fellow who was cleaning his suit after fixing a Hat. Seeing me he energetically began to give m'e a sales talk on brushes. At the sound of his voice, I recognized Roland Gesing who told me that he was District Manager for the Fuller Brush Company. I told ,Gesing that I was sight-seeing the town. He told me he was going to Johnson High and wanted me to accompany him. As I was refusing the ride, he dragged me into the car, so I couldn't disappoint him. On the way he stated that he was going to try to sell some brushes to his old pal Everett Bennett, who was now janitor of johnson High. I also learned that Carolyn Currier, Phillipa Marchese, Violet Turner and Arlene VValker were successful housewives, and he had succeeded in sel- ling them his wares. We soon stopped at the school. Gesing went looking for Bennett, and I strolled inside to the cafeteria. I heard familiar voices chatting. Stepping 28