New Bedford Vocational High School - Mariner Yearbook (New Bedford, MA)

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Class Will Lend us your ears, my friends, as we, the class of 1940 of the New Bedford Vocational School, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of sound mind and memory, for the first time, so set down in writing our last will and testament, We bequeath the following: ' To Mr. Mackintosh we leave the hopes of another championship football team. To Miss Horne we leave pleasant memories of the class of 1940. To our class advisors, we leave our gratitude for their cooperation and help during our Senior year. To the Faculty, our sincere thanks and gratitude for their help and patience during our four years at Vocational. To the Juniors, we bequeath the honor of being Seniors and hope they will be successful. To the Sophomores, we leave the honor of running their first dance. To the Freshmen, wc bequeath the sound advice of keeping out of trouble and away from Mr. Whipplels office. Emily Albertini leaves her pleasant trips from Acushnet to her sister Doris. Antone Almeida leaves nothing, he's taking it all with him. Leo Alsis leaves his love for baseball statistics to Bill Hathaway. Marie Anesti leaves a bag of peanuts to Mr. Sears. Mary Araujo leaves with a sigh. Roger Atwood leaves his ability to sleep in class to any Junior who is tired. Frederick Barker leaves his enormous appetite for candy to his instructor, Mr. Everett Taber. Kathryn Balthazar leaves her ability to talk to Marjorie Blogg. Arthur Barrette leaves his piano legs to Al Rosario. john Baron leaves Mr. Mackintosh looking for a manager for his athletic squads. Mary Barros wills her giggles to Miss Kane. Mildred Beard leaves all the chairs in the girls' building to future graduates to catch their stockings on. Leona Bellotti leaves her standing place in front of school to Frances Barriteau. joseph Bielski leaves his bright blue eyes to any fellow who wishes to attract a girl. Adelaide Boino leaves her blushing to anyone who likes natural color. John Bollea bequeaths his nagging to John Sylvia. Roland Booth leaves his blond curly hair to the disappointment of a certain girl. Manuel Borges leaves his ability to sling a line to anyone who will listen to him. Maude Boyles leaves her chemistry book to Julia and Theresa. Robert Buckley leaves his parking space vacant. Antonio Carneiro leaves his jitterbugging to anyone who needs the exercise. Milton Carrier bequeaths his tremendous size to dimunitive Bettencourt of the carpenter shop. Manuel Chantre leaves for the die department in the Morse Twist Drill. Aurele Cournoyer bequeaths his personality smile to Fido Lajoie. William De Barros leaves his love for singing to anyone who likes to be happy. John Doran leaves Mr. Norton's room for the last time, but not to go to the oliice. -20-

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Ill Ill III III Ill m in in ul Ill We present -the history of the class of 1940! XVhen we linish we won't have to tell you how remarkable we are -you'll say it for usl lt was a beautiful day of September l930 when we, as freshmen, banded together at the Vocational portals, How sophisticated thc upper classmen seemed and how formidable the unknown corridors! As for the Machine Shop Annex, we girls were sure it Could not stay up without the support of the Yo- cational male spectators. Shy, timid and embarrassed we Hfreshies personilied the word Hinferiority complex. 'l'he boys were quiet and backward tbelieve it or notl and the girls awed and practically terror stricken. My, how times have changed .... Our sophomore year was better. Vl'e had learned our corridors, our teachers. and the fact that the Machine Shop Annex could remain upstanding without human support. 'l'hen came our junior year. Now we were somewhere. As a class we elected Donald Sylvia. president, Irene Lajoie. vice-presiclentg Rosalina Mello. secretary and Alfred Messier, treasurer. Generating a little pep we held a few dances, attended a roller skating party, and sponsored a Junior Prom which proved to be a huge success. After our vacation we returned joyously as full pledged seniors, Now. we were the ones that had acquired worldly poise and Don juan technique, This was our last year. our best year. and we hit the anvil hard, Donald Sylvia was again chosen presidentg Irene Lajoie, vice-presidentg Bertha Przybyszewska. secretary. and Arthur llarrette, treasurer. Our social activities included several dances, a roller skating party and a hay-ride which was proclaimed delightful by all who attended. We are one of the proudest graduating classes when it comes to athletic victories. Our baseball team had the distinction of winning the Bristol County title. Our powerful football team is the county, city and state champion in its class, and our basketball team has done a Splendid piece of work in securing such a large number of victories. Graduation Day will be the happiest day of our four years at Vocational. Although we shall receive our diplomas with joy tand thankfulnessl we shall regret parting with the kindness of the faculty and the good times we have had. iff Nosul was gentle, friendly and kind, Vl'ho'd get to school on the nick of time. It wouldn't be unusual if he came in late, We still can't figure why he didn't get the gate. -we

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Walter Draus leaves his ability as a good soccer player to Ellsworth Cunningham. Mary Duffy leaves nothing, she's taking it all with hcr Roland Durocher leaves his roof framing ability to that wild Irishman Joe 0'Brien. Norman Dutra leaves Mr. Norton with an improved vocabulary. Eva Fernandes wills the oii toned piano in the cafeteria to anyone who can play it. Silvino Finocchi leaves his quietness to Harvey Westgate. Judith Fonseca wills her chemistry book to Louise Ramos and HMay she profit as much as I. Raymond Forand leaves Mr. Holt with a package of T.N.T. George Fournier leaves his love for dancing to some Freshman who needs it. Aurelio F reitas leaves his tune up ability to Tommy Livesy. Rose Gamba leaves Doris Monty to walk clown the hill alone. Peter Giammalvo bequeaths the check room and all its profits to Go0fus Wilson. Malcolm Goodfellow leaves his ping-pong form to HVick DeTerra. Stanley Gorczyca leaves his ability to talk to anyone who will listen to him. Douglas Hardy leaves his love for Merrie-Old England to his friend Hitler. Florence Harju leaves school hoping to join Harold Philla. Andrew Haskell leaves, still hoping for that date with Eleanor Smith. Dorothy Hobson leaves her position as marshal to any Junior who thinks that shc is strict enough. Helen Hodziewich wishes she could leave elevators to all students of years to COITIC. Horace Humphrey leaves his diesel ability to Robert Thackeray. Milton Isherwood wills his last minute rush to class to Elton Cunningham. Virginia jaros is just going to leave. Thomas johnson leaves his kid brother to carry on for the Johnson family at Vocational. Maurice Kennedy leaves with his large 'tblue saucer eyes to the dis- appointment of all the girls. Albert Kingsley leaves for the cathedral in the pines. Gerhardt Kober leaves his love for an avenue stroll to any lonely heart. Casmir Koczera bequeaths his baseball ability to Chet Bobrowlecki. George Kougias leaves his love for discussing world affairs to Mr. Holt. Irene Lajoie. Mary Sullivan, Eileen Loveridge, Mary Howrihan and Kathryn Veary leave their place in front of the East door to any one who wants to make new acquaintances. Calvin Lake leaves his good looks to any junior. Lillian Larocque leaves 1-8 inch of her height to Grace Valentine. George Laube leaves his tiery red hair to the Power department to be used during a coal shortage. Lionel Lawrence leaves school after four years of hard work. Roland Lemaire leaves his great bulk to the future center on the football team. Herbert Lloyd leaves his position as captain of the soccer team to a player of equal ability. Francis Malonson leaves his carpentry ability to Casmir Makara because he canlt take it with him to Grants. Fred McNally, Edmund O'Gara and Edward Niemiec leave their favorite corner to anyone that wants to use it. 1211