North Andover High School - Knight Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Frank “Hockey” Hill leaves his ability to handle a hockey stick to George Mattheson. Ruth Derby donates her acting ability to Betty May, and she passes down her sophisticated airs to Doris Gustafson. Benny Isherwood leaves Lillian Burns in the direct supervision of her sister Helen. Ruth Curley, the girl who goes home with the rising sun, leaves the sun shining in the eyes of June Crossman. Walter Kozlowski bequeaths his fishing net to Vito Melnikas. Rosamond Coughlin leaves her ability to break hearts to Dorothea Costello. Americ Lanni leaves his gift of gab to Salvatore Messina. Ruby Cochrane leaves the West Boxford moon setting in the eyes of Elinor Cole. George Martin wills his ability to conquer beauties to Robert Cunningham. Virginia Carvell leaves a bit of her knowledge to Isabel R abs. Thomas McCubbin leaves his pleasing ways to John Roche and his mid¬ night oil to Bucky Doherty. Hilda Binns leaves her flufify blond hair to Virginia Wentworth. Brian McKiernan leaves his perpendicular pronoun “I” along with his act¬ ing ability to George Porteck. He also leaves a few words that Webster never heard of to James Flanagan. Helene Richards leaves her loneliness in the fourth year math class to Dorothy Dainowski. John MeLay, the rainbow of our class, leaves some of his clothes to David Provencher to wear on cloudy days. He also wills his German vocabulary (which consists of about five words) to Robert Hall. Mary Peel, that small girl with a big heart, leaves her kindness to Mildred Margerison. Robert Miller transfers his comprehensive vocabulary to Peter Ritchie. Lois Pitkin donates some of her masterpieces of art drawn during classes to Doris Robertson. Ralph Pratt leaves his chemistry enthusiasm to Albert Hebb. Phyllis Killam leaves her happy-go-lucky attitude along with her keen eye for an ex-Johnsonite to Anna Mackie. James Shaw leaves his discouraged effort to capture a senior girl to Arthur Currier, saying, “Here’s hoping you have better luck than I did, Currier.” Fie also renders a couple of inches to Billy Mackie. Irene Byrom leaves her yearning for a handsome he-man to Ruth Wheeler. James Stewart leaves the thick fog existing between him and the world around him to Eugene Ruess. Norma Morton and Helen Murphy leave their hearty friendship to Ruth Stevenson and Mary Dineen. Frank Thompson, the physicist of our class, leaves his fond affection tor the subject to that chemistry genius, “Pete” Viger. Evelyn Koenig leaves her glamorous appearance to Grace Driscoll. Robert Turner leaves his remedy on how to get around to James Winning. Elizabeth Hodge leaves a pair of shoes that have become dusty from follow¬ ing that West Boxford flash, to Kitty Wainwright so as to enable her to keep on the trail of that well known red head. Winifred Temple leaves her peculiar ways to Harriet McQuestion. Marguerite Keating leaves her dainty feet to that junior girl whose feet seem to be itchy on a dance floor, Agnes McNab. Lillian Maker leaves her athletic talent to Mary DeNault. Claire Doherty willingly wills a few of her escorts to whoever wants them. 26

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1 9 39 YEAR BOOK CLASS WILL cranium, here on this sixth day of June bequeath to the well deserving Juniors the answer of how to get along with the sweat of the teachers’ brows. Petition Pete Amshey donates muscles in his toes from hiking to the homes of his various girl friends, to Plarry Bunker. Virginia Woodhouse leaves her Mae West figure to Elsie Lundquist. Romeo Robert Ayer leaves his unfinished romance to Turk Giragosian. Ruth Whittaker leaves her charm to Lillian Polichnowski. Arthur Banker leaves his athletic ability to Alexander Hay. Nellie Summers leaves Grants’ special robin-red nail polish to Rita Camire. Henry Bonnie leaves his ability to growl in the faces of the teachers to John Lamprey, who is seen but seldom heard. Betty Roberts leaves her motto, “It isn’t late until twelve and then it’s still early,” to Mary Carey. Kenneth Brierley leaves his Robert Taylor profile to Richard Smith. Ruth Richardson leaves her cheerfulness to Hazel Morse. Gerald Callahan leaves a few pounds of extra luggage to Joseph Flanagan, and his size fourteen shoes to William Donahue. Barbara McHale leaves her petiteness to Frances Martin, and her skill at jiving to Lottie Huminick. John Campbell leaves his masculine build to John Casserly. Frances McRobbie leaves her aptitude for capturing hearts to Eva Hoel. Kenneth Dill, that home run second baseman, leaves his talent to that “Vince DiMaggio” of the Junior class, Jack Lanni. Mary McCallion leaves many a thrilling ride through the winding roads of W est Boxford to Marcia Barker. Bob Downing leaves the Junior girl for whom he has a definite longing under the careful supervision of that super-colossal athlete, Red Greenwood. Helen McEvoy leaves her easy recipe for making friends to Betty James. Robert Farrell, the jitterbug of the Senior class, leaves his dangling feet to Joe Provencher. Sarah Lewis wills a little advice on how to be quiet to Peggy McKinnon. Charles Foster, the proud possessor of those royal chariots, leaves a few of his troubles to a new possessor of the same variety, Philip Miller. Helen Greenler leaves her baby-blue eyes to Doris Rea with the advice, “Stay as sweet as you are.” Ernest Fionte, the boy who says a lot in a few words, leaves his great asset to Pat Kennedy who doesn’t say much in a great many words. Pauline Frisbee leaves a few of her skirts to Louise Detora. Edward Garvey leaves the heart of a Sophomore girl in the hands of Joe Saunders. Esther Forgetta leaves her strict regime to Frances Coppinger. No bpys, no noise, and lights out at 9:00, Fran. Allen Gesing leaves his rippling rhythm to David Ritchie. Rita Fogarty leaves her quiet, dignified manner to Florence Petteruto. Charles Gillespie, that handsome brute who never looks twice at a woman (they all look at him,) leaves his ability to slay them to John Jackson. Barbara Dillon, the girl who probably doesn’t know one boy from another, leaves her attitude toward boys to Marguerite Kenyon. the one and only class of 1939 that have sat back and watched the friendly faculty all but do the “highland fling” in order to penetrate the extra hard she ' ll that covers the whitish mass in the well known 25

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1939 YEAR BOOK James Nutter, the freshman thriller, leaves a few of his undergraduate girl friends to John Casale. George Page leaves a few of his toys to Clifton Stone, and his ability to get called down by Miss Cook to Joe Jacobs. Mae Barnes leaves her Saturday night jazz session at the Crystal Ballroom to Dirothy Kreusel. Shirley Nussbaum leaves some of her manners along with a little of her reserve to Eleanor Valpey. James Yule leaves his heart to Janet Kershaw. He also donates those un- forgetable crutches to the pilot if the 19.39 football team, John Ranfone, just in case somebody like Turk gets a Charlie horse. Genevieve Kane leaves her daily jaunts to her residence in South Lawrence to anyone who likes to hike. Cecelia Gulanowski, the girl who gets along with anybody, leaves this ability to Kathleen Long. Ida Narushof leaves her height to the dear old halls of Johnson. Phil Young, our speed demon who can scrape hub caps with oncoming cars, leaves this ability to Robert Miller. He also bequeaths to Phil Kelley his technique in doing a hundred yard dash in ten seconds. Having hereby come to a conclusion, I have decided to give those worthy Juniors a fair chance, seeing that they are ignorant enough to accept such offers, and am anxiously affixing my signature to this most worthy and legal document. On this sixth day and hour of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, I hereby leave this valuable manuscript to our beloved successors. WILLIAM DRISCOLL CLASS PROPHECY THE WORLD OF TOMORROW Your Phophet Interviewed (Special article by the Alumni Editor of the 1950 “Journal”) ORD was slipped to me that our illustrious alumnus, the Right Honor¬ able Brian McKiernan, prophet and writer, was sailing for Europe on the French Liner. I hastened to the boat. He proved a veritable mine of information. He knew so much about the men and women who had attended Johnson in the good old days of long ago that I pleaded with our editor for a special alumni issue. Since funds were as usual unavailable, I contented myself with this 1939 roll call. Garvey, Gillespie, and Callahan— renting stalls on the Brooklyn Bridge to the Aztecs for the World’s Fair held eleven years ago. Tom Pendlebury and Americ Lanni— selling gasoline, three parts water, one part kerosene, and a sixteenth part gas (just enough to give it an odor.) McLay— proprietor of McLay’s Multichromatic Men’s Store. Amshey, Foster, and Driscoll-— representatives for “The Night Owl’s Es¬ cort Service.” (Your prophet noted a battered Chevrolet coupe parked outside the office, existing in a state of suspended animation or defying Newton’s law of gravity, and thus still extant.) Mary MeCallion— secretary to aforesaid Demosthenes. 27