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

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With her eyes as big as saucers That always lead the boys astray We give these tinted spectacles To Miss Betty Malay. To our dynamo of energy, Brad Horton is his name, We give him this little easy chair In which he can remain. A book of real good humor Is just what Bruce Helmes lacks, To him we give this book on jokes To improve his own wise-cracks. To Miss Pronay, our glamour girl, Who goes down Bedford way We give this book of tickets. Now she can go every day. To handsome Roy O'Mara Whose name is in renown We give this Gable mustache So he can go to town. If Mr. Grierson and Mr. Weeks Will kindly step this way We'1l give them these little snakes To scare the girls away. A baseball bat may not be much, But it was the best we found For athletic Ethel To bat the ball around. To Richard Twidy Barrymore We give this make-up kit To help him in his stage career So he'll always be a hit. To match the bells she always wears Around her neck and arms, We give to Rae this little bell To add dignity to her charms. To Blackley and Johnson the class athletes, We present them these two tiny beds, For although they are fast on the athleti In classes they're just sleepy-heads. c field To tease all the girls is Phinney's delight, To pull all their curls 'till they scream, So to get back at him for all he has done We give him this vanishing cream. To good-natured Pompei Bernardo Whose wit is old in years, We proudly give this book of jokes To bring laughs instead of jeers. To demure and shy Dot Bouton Who is so wee and small, We give this little toy ladder So she can be seen by all. We couldn't find a clarinet That was cheap enough to buy But We did find this bazooka, Bertilg You might give this a try.

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Class Gifts To Mae Barteaux is given This shiny little spade . So when she visits Chubby His garden she can grade. To Sam, our future pilot, This parachute we give So when his motor starts to miss He'll have a chance to live. Dick Barrett likes to roll his cuffs And also likes to dance So to help him in this pastime, We give him these short pants. To Eleanor Beers, the quiet one, We give this megaphone To help her in her future years To magnify her tone. Claudia, you have quite a future Marriage-love-a home, However, you'll find these carrots helpful You can't live on love alone. To the sailor of the Senior Class George Roman is his name We give this little Coast-Guard boat In hope it'll bring him fame. For Daryl, who's always late to school A dependable alarm clock we bring So he'll jump out of bed and run down the stairs Whenever he hears it ring. Gilbert, your hair is quite a problem And we've had to search the town In order to find this bottle of glue To help you keep it down. To Jimmy, whose car is his whole life This box of bolts we spare, For everyone that drives a Ford Has to keep it in repair. To tiny Margaret Busch we give This whip so big and large So that when she is a teacher She'll be boss when she's in charge. To daredevil driver Lucas Whose luck is sometimes bad We give this little armored car To replace the one of his Dad. Marilyn Noe's father works very hard all day Directing traffic on the street and putting crooks away. This sign, we hope, will lessen the traffic by his door, For Noe's drive is always packed, by a dozen cars or more To play in class is Phil's delight To please him is our joy To him we give this baby's rattle For he's still a little boy.

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To pick a prize for humble Ruth Taxed hard upon our brain Till we found this little bumber shoot To protect her from the rain. To Anna Morabito who is Always late for class We give this pair of roller skatesg Now she can get there fast. Jettie Allee, our newcomer, Likes riding, we have found. To her we give this motorcycle So she can get around. To Ernest Barteaux we give this beret For to Paris he should go And show up the hard working artists there Cause for him art's not work, you know. To Jackie, the chatterbox, of the class We give this dictionary. In case she should ever run out of words She can find some more in a hurry. It's rumored round the senior class, In fact, around the school, That all that Walter Amey wants Is a set of garden tools, 1t's been quite a problem To find something for Dottie Waiteg So we finally bought her this lollypop, A reward for never being late. There's always one in every class, Who sets the styles for allg So to Bill Martin, we give This tie-advanced style for the fall. To get a tan and not a burn When bathing in the ocean We give this gift to Davisg 1t's a bottle of sun tan lotion. To sturdy Robert Reynolds Whom we have never seen dance, We give this course on how to Jive. Come on, girls, here's your chance! To demure and shy Victoria We'd like to hear her sing. So when she learns this book of hits We're sure her voice will ring. Gifts, presents and more gifts Her name has got us down But as a parting token to Florence Watts We give this modeling gown. A little glue is all Mandia needs To make him stick around. His constant trick of changing schools Might some day get him down. To the Gundolii sisters We think it is a pity For two girls to be so smallg So we thought we'd give these pair of stilts To try and make them tall. JACQUELINE HANLEY and GEORGE DAVIS