Katonah High School - John Jay Yearbook (Katonah, NY)

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Class Will We the class of 1940, being of sound mind and body do declare this to be its last will and testament and hereby bequeath the following: Jettie Allee leaves her knowledge of beauty culture to a certain sophomore. 'Nuff said. Walter Amey bequeaths his inventions to the sophomores. They'll need them for a prom next year. Dick Barrett wills his leanness to Allan Mayer to help put him in better form. Ernest Barteaux bequeaths his car to anybody who can drive it. Mae Barteaux wills her coquettish ways to Thelma Bathrick. See what you can do with them, Thelma. Eleanor Beers leaves her poetic ability to Lindsay Northam. Here's your chance, Whiz- zer , to write some love lyrics to a certain junior. Pompei Bernardo bequeaths his many scout achievements to Frank Conwell. William Blackley wills his athletic ability to Ronald Martin. He might turn out to be the star of '41, Rachael Bolmer leaves her string of admirers to Marjory Bank. Hope you enjoy them, Marjory. Dorothy Bouton wills her bashfulness to Richard McNally, the chatterbox of K. H. S. Margaret Busch bequeaths all her brains to the juniors. They need them. George Davis leaves his mannerly way to Robert Dibble who could certainly use it. Bob Fowler wills his stately walk to Paul Forbes whose cowboy stride has distinguished him in the K. H. S. Band. Daryl Ganung bequeaths Yahoodie to the Freshmen. They're so ignorant they don't even know who Yahoodie is. Victoria Gerardi wills her diet to Elsie Knapp. Philip Green leaves his dark red hair to Laurel Bennett. We don't think she needs it, but we just can't give it to anyone else. Stanley Grierson wills his snakes to anybody that will take them. Don't all speak at once. Edith Gundolii bequeaths her timid vocal chords to Margaret Miller. Need we explain? Josephine Gundolfi leaves her ankle bracelet to Beth Ferguson. It might flt. Jacqueline Hanley wills her charming personality to Stephen McGrath.

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Another interesting marriage was of' Walker Phinney and Edith Gundolfi. Phin- ney runs a laundry in New York, and believe me he's far from being washed up. Italked to Bob Fowler, and it was interesting to find that he is a tap dancer. He has played in several moving pictures and has danced on the stage in New York. The biggest surprise of all, I think though was finding out about Eleanor Beers, and Bill Blackley. Eleanor Beers works for the National Broadcasting Company as a professional screamer on a mystery program. Bill Blackley, who hides under the name of Maybelle , is a world famous designer for women's clothes. How times change. My! My! Later, I met three very beautiful women, and I was very pleased to find them to be Florence Watts, Claudia Stone, and Josephine Gundolfi. These girls are run- ning a beauty shop in New York under the name of Stone, Gundolfi and Watts, Beauty Experts. The girls were certainly fine examples of their enterprising business. Several persons in the party had slight injuries, but luckily we had a nurse among us. Jettie Allee was her name, and she had been working in the Los Angeles Hospital for some time. Suddenly, down at the beach there was a big commotion. A large crowd of people were dragging a limp form out of the water. I heard some one yell. Holy smokes! It's Yahoodie! When the bedraggled figure was finally dried out, we all recognized Daryl Ganung. Yes, sure enough, Yahoodie was none other than Daryl Ganung! At the sound of Dary1's name, Victoria Gerardi gasped, and ran over to him. My darling long-lost husband, she gasped. I've found you at last! Several days later we heard a rescue plane fly over, and after seeing our frantic signals, it landed. Who should step out of the cockpit, but Philip Green? We had a long talk together, and I found out that Phil was now a famous pilot. Later, he flew back to get a Coast Guard boat to take us back to land. Incident- ally, the captain of that boat was tall, handsome George Roman. It was a joyous occasion when our boat finally docked in New York. Madly, we raced down the gang plank to get our feet on home territory once more. But some one stopped us. There, standing on a soap box, surrounded by a huge crowd-three people in all, stood a man with disheveled hair, who was waving his arms and screaming at the top of his lungs. His radical, bellowing voice sounded like the old Katonah fire horn. In- stantly, we all recognized Edward Lucas, the demon of larnyx. Yes, the party was now complete, and as I parted from my old schoolmates, I must admit there were tears in my eyes. ROY O'MARA V wr! ',iu'i -H lcW'5' y ...ll gg. L?2'7iW'4r- : lix'3'l'A l,x9 ks -'F y pf, , K

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Bruce Helmes, the economist, bequeaths his ability fand what abilitylj to get money from the public to all others in K. H. S. who have to publish a yearbook. Bradford Horton wills his boisterous voice to Josephine Marotta. Now, maybe, we'll be able to hear you, Jo. Bob Johnson leaves detention-at last. Bertil Kallback leaves Denise to walk through the halls, alone, he hopes. Sam Levey leaves his sense of humor. Don't you think he ought to? Edward Lucas leaves his little brother quite a record to live up to. Betty Malay leaves her giggle to Margaret Miller. With this added to her own, Margaret will certainly make herself heard next year. Bill Martin wills his naivete to Rosalyn Slote whose sophisticated manner has irked us. Robert Mandia bequeaths his knowledge of history to Harry Robertson. Need we say more? Anna Morabito and Ruth Santore, both bequeath their unsanctioned tardiness to Barbara Miller. Gilbert Oberle wills his solemn face to Kenny McFarlane wishing he would wipe the silly grin from his face. Roy 0'Mara leaves the expression, When I was in California, to anyone who wants it. Walker Phinney bequeaths his ability to tease the girls to Paul Pederson who doesn't seem to notice them. Elizabeth Pronay wills her ability in basketball to Grace Peerless who, we hope, will finally make a basket. Robert Reynolds leaves his quiet manner to Harry Van Allen whose impersonations of Gildersleeve have driven us to a state of desperation. George Roman wills his good-naturedness to Billy Hayes who is always complaining. James Scallon bequeaths his belligerent attitude to the peaceful little 8th graders, our next year's freshmen. Claudia Stone wills her baton to Pauline MacDonald. Now she can become graceful. Ethel Taggart leaves all her athletic achievements to Doris Moore. Richard Twidy bequeaths his height to Charlie O'Leary. Do you think you can use it, Charlie? Dorothy Waite wills her shyness of the boys to Jeanne Barry, the school flirt. Florence Watts leaves her seat in the senior room to George Pough. Arthur Weeks wills his trombone to Joe Lucas. Now he'll have some place to blow his hot air. Signed: CLASS OF 1940