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

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THE GOBBLER-1945 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Rita Connors has a job in Hainsworth’s Insurance Office. Pat Walsh is now Pat Batts. Ruth Adams took over Mrs. Richards’ job as Mr. Hayes’ private secretary. Bette Lewis is editing her own paper, “Bette’s Bugle.’’ John Pitman is its business manager. Mary Rivet and Irene Costello are nurses at the Law¬ rence General. Margaret Dill is an actress on Broadway in New York. Shirley Britton and Shirley Driscoll have ta ken over “The Den,” and have changed its name to “The Beauty Shop,” a very appropriate name, I should say. Therese Enaire is a waitress over at the Puritan. Shirley Bauchman is a stenographer in Boston and so is Phyllis Brown. Anna Greenwood is a drum majorette in the WAC band. Jackie McGuire is a pianist in the “All Girl Orchestra.” That takes in about all the class. Certainly the class of 1945 has made an impression on the world, and a de¬ pression on Johnson. However, the school has improved remarkably since we left. The cafeteria, believe it or not, has very good ice cubes now! The gym doesn’t have to be abandoned every time it rains. Little improvements here and there are constantly improving the school. Our class has achieved colossal prominence in this ever-busy post-war world. Respectfully submitted, William A. Finneran CLASS WILL Any resemblance to persons living or dead in this will to the coming Senior Class is not accidental. First of all, Jack Sullivan leaves his football captainship to Nickie Evangelos and John Wilkinson. He also leaves his tactics with women, but you two are A-l already anyway. Our thrill, thrill boy, Arnold Wilcox, leaves his poetry reading and love for English to Bill Driscoll and everyone else who can read it as well as Arnold. Our reckless, bubbling Senior Jumping Jack, Helen Turner, leaves her un¬ ending vitality to Kay Roche. Carl Schofield is leaving that adding machine he carries between his shoul¬ ders to Warren Chadwick and Arthur Drummond. Can you use it, boys? Pat Walsh wills her gracefulness and ability to hook a man to Martha Glidden. Roger Smith, nicknamed Encyclopedia Rog, leaves his outstanding ability to learn to Carmelo Mangano and Warren Finn. But Roger still has plenty left. Margaret Dill leaves her license and rules for driving “In Three Easy Les¬ sons” to Elsie Miller. Margaret also leaves her car for practice, Elsie. Eddie Bardsley’s talent for composing music and extra talent for beating the bass drum in the band is left to Gardner Cook. Howie Doherty will hold the bass drum. 27

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THE GOBBLER-1945 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Filetti’s Pool Parlor, and has enlarged it immensely. Clif Milne has acquired “The North Andover Taxi,” and has a reputation for splashing elderly ladies on rainy days. Archie Cousins is running a dog farm and taking violin lessons on the side. Tom Crabtree has taken over the chicken factory on Green Street. Fred Messina has gone back to Italy to develop further improvements on his various inventions. Fred always said that he could work best on his home grounds. Horace Hebb, “The Flying Dutchman,” is the champion wrestler of Essex County, and is managing an acre and a half farm on the side. Clayton Crotch and Ben Hollins are photographing artistic models in their studio. They put Plouf out of business. Lloyd Bauchman and David Pickles are still in the navy. They signed up for ten years by mistake. By the way, Lloyd got his curls cut. Can you imagine that! Bill McEvoy is apprenticing under Mr. Lee to become a baseball coach. A1 Knuepfer is Faculty Manager at Johnson. Dave Manahan is going to the University of Maine. Jackie Canty has a job in the Puritan. He stood in front of it for so long they decided to give him a job there, so he wouldn’t be cold in winter. Carl Schofield and Eddie Bardsley have only five minutes to go to finish their grand finale of their new musical masterpiece. Roger Smith is now asking the questions on “Information Please.” He answered all the questions when he was on the board of experts, and the people asked that he be removed because they weren’t getting any new encyclopedias. Gene Bohn- wagner is running the farm down on Innis Street. Henry Enaire is employed up at the North Andover Airdrome, and Ed Cunningham is a pilot on one of the big transports. Hazel Wood is a hostess on a transport. She is using her knowl¬ edge of pre-flight to good advantage. I just finished that last sentence when Stewart pulled sixteen pennies out of his pocket and threw them into the air. John told him he shouldn’t do that because it bothers the people around him. As George was busily picking them up, I continued my story. Claire Doran runs a dress shop on Essex Street, and Bobbie Hutton models her new dresses. Rita Malek is now a registered nurse. Lois Valpey teaches Junior Social Science at Johnson, and Betty Morton teaches English there. Betty has a very good reputation as a wonderful disciplinarian. Helen Turner and Lorraine “Flo” Lewis are nurses at the children’s hospital in Boston. Flo is also happily married. Mary Werenchuk and Lil Balavich are modeling bath¬ ing suits in New York. In the off season they are secretaries for big business men on Wall Street. Jeannette Rea is still down on the farm. She also poses for Drene Shampoo Ads because of her beautiful blond hair. Shirley White is a torch singer at the Latin Quarter. Dot McDowell is appearing in Earl Carrol’s Vanities of 1955 as a tap dancer. June Chamberlin is a hairdresser, and runs the shop at the corner of First and Main Street. Mary Driscoll is a chemist in a hospital in Boston. I remember how Miss Chapman always used to rema rk how smart Mary was in Chemistry. Fay Vincent and Helen Calder are working in Kresge’s five and ten. Charlotte Lewis is still down on the farm—just a home town girl! Betty Holdsworth is still residing at 219 Sutton Street. Ethel Raitt is working in the Osgood, and Betty Riedel has an office job at Davis and Furber. 26

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THE GOBBLER-1945 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Therese Enaire leaves her towering height to Carol Berry, also her spike heels. Our ever-babbling “Put a Nickle In It” Stewart Wilson leaves his well- polished tonsils to Eddie Pevine and Larry Walker. Lord knows, he has enough gab for two. “ Journal ” and “ Gobbler ” Editor, Bette Lewis, leaves her place of superior standing to June Davis. Her accomplishments were many. Carry on, June. Superman, but well-mannered gentleman and lover of Senior Social Science, John Wood, leaves his S. S. S. notebook to Freddie White. Please handle it gently. Jane Loring leaves her adorable profile and her books on “How To Hold One Man So Long” to Audrey Ferrin. But does Audrey need it??? Lloyd Bauchman leaves his large economy size bottle of hair slicker to Jerry Kent. Scissors would do a neater job, so Vincent Ippolito can do the honors. Anna Greenwood leaves her delightful “Mum—AH’s” while reciting to Jean Gurdy. She does it in such a cute way, Jean. Dave Pickles, Benny Hollins, Tom Crabtree and Phil Rugh leave all their K. P. duties to you fellows entering the service, and believe me, they are plen¬ tiful. Ethel Raitt leaves her understanding of others’ problems to Eleanor Finn. Just call her Mrs. Anthony. t Henry Enaire leaves his Tarzan build to that girl-killer “Petit” Bill Gosselin. (Can’t you see Bill swinging through the trees in a leopard skin?) One of our basketball stars, Irene Costello, leaves her talent for baffling opposite players, and sometimes even the referee, with her quick moves, to Gloria Bottai. With Irene’s addition, Gloria will be a super-woman this coming year. Eugene Bohnwagner leaves his love for Senior Business Training and his many books on “How to Get Out of Home Work in Ten Easy Lessons” to Oscar Soucy and Bill Wilson. Or have you already learned this lesson, boys? Good nature and friendliness are left by Mary Driscoll to June Ingram and Shirley Kelly, but not her days she got put out of E. and M. Remember, Mary? Betty Morton has decided not to will away any of her extra brains, but her peaches and cream complexion goes to Blanche Turner. (Although Blanche has both already.) Our one and only Billy Finneran leaves his freckles and red hair, and Van Johnson appeal with women, to Eddie Mooradkanian. Also his dreadful dull ties. Fran Donnelly, voted our cutest girl, leaves her appealing smile to Rita Mulcahey and Rita Nicetta. The fellows like it girls, at least Freddie does. Dave Manahan leaves his book of “Etiquette,” secured from his girl at the library, to Eddie Hamel. But not the girl too, Eddie. George Tardiff wills his ability to tell correct time from “12 o’clock mid¬ night” on, to Bob Smith and Phil Long, just so you boys can get home earlier nights. 28