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

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THE GOBBLER-1947 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL picture of the Noted Wolf Hunters, Rich Shellnut and John Perley, announcing the opening of a chain of exclusive Hunting Lodges, located on the coast of California, where Rene Nocera has recently established a home for aging nurses. Down the street from this, is located the Fickenworth, Frechette, and Farrell Massaging and Reducing Parlor. Hearing the breakfast bell, I proceeded down the long carpeted hall, over Persian rugs made by the Wentworth-Curley Carpet Company, into the dining room where my breakfast was being served. Picking up my spoon, I noticed it was silver-plated by my old friends, the Bashaw-Doran Silver-Plating Company, and started to eat the delicious, nutritious Kent Kist Grapefruit, sent to me from Texas, where my former classmate, Marilyn Kent is now living. I started on my eggs next, produced on the Chadwick and Lovejoy Poultry Farm. Finish¬ ing my breakfast, I went to my room where my valet, Harold Dushame, was laying out my clothes for the day. My clothes were all labeled by the Giglio and Camasso Ship-Shape Clothing Stores. After getting dressed, I went to the garage and got into my Gordon Speed Wagon. My chauffeur, Warren Finn, drove me swiftly to the down-town area. On the way down I passed the spacious office of brilliant Doc Lambert. Near-by was the home of Reid Norris and the former Janet Smith, now Mrs. Norris. Jimmy McComish went speeding by me in his new Radar Car. I also noticed Agnes Doherty hurrying along to her secretarial job at the Torpey-Houde Foundation Company. I passed the high school where Barbara Stewart and Joyce Robinson are now teaching and where Harold Vincent has the coaching position. From there I went through the busi¬ ness section which has grown up considerably in the last ten years. George Stewart’s Fresh Fruit and Soft Drink Stand is now located where the well- remembered Filetti’s establishment was in the old days. Joan Littlefield and Denise Blanchette have a thriving beauty parlor business with Bob Wilson as head barber. Virginia Robinson and Fran Narushof are the owners of the former Magnolia Restaurant, now called the Sleepy Hollow Cafe. And so we come to the close of a short preview of the class of ’47 in the year ’57. Respectfully submitted, Rene and Vinnie Best Looking Girl . . Best Looking Boy . . Best Dressed Girl . . Best Dressed Boy . . Most Popular Girl . . Most Popular Boy Girl with Nicest Smile Boy with Nicest Smile Wittiest. Best Blusher .... CLASS BALLOT . Janet Smith .Robert Mitchell . Barbara Stewart .Harold Dushame .Joyce Gilman .Herbert Wild .Bunny Bashaw, Joyce Robinson .. Robert Blanchette .George Stewart .Barbara Campbell 26

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THE GOBBLER-1947 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Alice Tardiff, a shy miss, bequeaths her aloofness towards the opposite sex to Joyce Sterling. . . Poor Buddy! John Perley, our class farmer, leaves his farm implements and his S. S. S. knowledge to Charlie Nicosia. . . . Good farming! Mary Wentworth donates her smile, contagious as a yawn, to Pat Scanlon and Lucy Gucciardi. Hal Allison wills his Sinatra look to Bill Driscoll. Poor Dot! Joan Littlefield leaves her make-up kit and eyebrow plucker to Bernie Vose. Reid Norris passes on to Pete White his sailor suit, sea stories, and his whistle bait. . . You’ll make a handsome gob, Pete! Lou Lamprey willingly bestows her talent in tickling the ivories to Margie Lee. . . Now you have a pianist (?), Miss James. Marco Petteruto, our football whiz, parts with his ability on end around plays to Ken Howard. Bob Nicetta leaves his Cadillacs, Lincolns, but not any crummy Buicks, to Leon Wood. Now maybe you’ll be able to come to town more often. The originators of this epistle just leave town on the fastest milk train out of here. We remain ....?? Gilly and Dupe PROPHECY S UDDENLY aroused by the melodious peal of the alarm clock chimes, a specialty by the Nelson and O’Melia Clock Factory, I came to the full real¬ ization that this was June 20, 1957, just ten years since I graduated from Johnson High School. I stepped into my fuzzy-wuzzy bunny slippers, sold to me by Walter Kohl, ace salesman for the James and Connors Super Slipper Company. I slipped on my bathrobe, tailor-made by Patricia Moriarty and Alice Tardiff, and went to the door and picked up the North Andover Gazette, edited by Steve Doherty. I glanced at the front page and there in bold head¬ lines was the announcement of the opening of another Bob Jordan Radio Sta¬ tion, one of a large network. Sitting down, I turned on the radio for my favorite morning program featuring Goldy Gilman and Bob Mitchell, Vocalist. They are advertising for Foulds’ Bakeries, Inc. The program was interrupted by a bulletin, announced by Flash Dearden, that Jimmy Greenler, Bob Blanchette and Bill Carter, the three famous scientists, had finally found a way to square a circle. I returned to my paper before settling down to my breakfast, prepared by North Andover’s famous cook, Eddy Pevine, and served by my three maids, Marie Consoli, Barbara Gallant and Margaret Tullis. While reading the paper, my nails were being expertly manicured by Dolores Legare. There was an an¬ nouncement in the paper that startled me. Imagine! The romance between Louise Lamprey and Harold Allison has finally ended in marriage. There also was a picture of Barbara Campbell co-starring with Herb Wild in that current hit, “It Happened in North Andover,’’ featured attraction at the Petteruto-Gile Theater, located beside the Nicetta Construction Company. Near this was a 25

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THE GOBBLER-1947 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Heart Breaker. Most Original. Most High Hat. Most Entertaining. Class Baby. Least Punctual. Girl Who Has Done Most for J. H. S. Boy Who Has Done Most for J. H. S Best Girl Student. Best Boy Student. Hardest Worker. Best Actress. Best Actor. Best Girl Athlete. Best Boy Athlete. Girl Most Likely to Succeed . . . Boy Most Likely to Succeed . . . Peppiest. Class Flirt. Class Wolf. Most Studious. Most Talkative .. Most Dignified. Most Collegiate Girl. Most Collegiate Boy. Best Natured Boy. Best Natured Girl. Most Mischievous Boy. Most Mischievous Girl. Class Lady. Class Gentleman. Best Boy Dancer. Best Girl Dancer. Cutest Girl. Most Po pular Woman Teacher . . Most Popular Man Teacher . . . Favorite Movie Actress. Favorite Movie Actor. Best Movie of the Year. Favorite Meeting Place. Favorite Magazine. Favorite Dance of the Year .... Favorite Orchestra . Favorite Radio Band. Favorite Pastime. .Joyce Robinson . . . Ruthe Fickenworth .Marie Torpey .Dolores Legare .Walter Kohl .Harold Vincent .Joyce Gilman .Steve Doherty .... Barbara Campbell .James Greenler .Steve Doherty .Joyce Gilman .... Harold Dushame .... Denise Blanchette . Hal Vincent .... Barbara Campbell .James Greenler .Rita Farrell .Joyce Gilman .... Donald Dearden .James Greenler .Dolores Legare .Mary Frechette .Mary Frechette .... Robert Blanchette Stewart, Petteruto, Lambert .Bunny Bashaw .Don Dearden .Irene Nocera .Mary Frechette .Bob Blanchette . Hal Vincent .Joyce Robinson .Gloria Houde Miss Buckley, Miss Donlan .Mr. Donovan .June Ally son .Gregory Peck .“Jolson Story” .Crystal . Life . Prom .Roland Russell .Vaughn Monroe .Dancing 27