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

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THE GOBBLER-1948 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Jack Kooistra is a vociferous Senator from Massachusetts and he makes it a point to veto every bill which President Consoli proposes. Maybe he is still thinking about Senior Social. Andy Alvino justs sits at home in his forty-room mansion and takes life easy while money keeps pouring in from his Texas oil wells. Cynthia Ebersbach and Janice Fessenden have a cute little interior decora¬ ting shop on Fifth Avenue. Bernadette Vose and Paul Adler are both very successful commercial artists. Bennie is art editor for Harper’s Bazaar and Paul is department chief at Walt Disney Studios. He has recently created a new character which is gaining world¬ wide popularity. Her name—Sadie Schlunk. Joan Driscoll, her smile still radiant even at the age of thirty-eight, is posing for tooth paste ads for a certain company whose co-owners are Kenneth Clark and Willis Hanscom. The slogan of the company is “Presenting the Smile Girl of the Month,” but Joan is so popular that so far no one else has had a chance. Grace Lambert is doing missionary work in China. Patricia Scanlon and Mary Shottes own a little sewing school for prospective brides. Virginia Gaudet is teaching Latin at Abbot Academy and Alva Eldridge is an international lecturer on aerodynamics. Bill Driscoll and Ed Farrell breed race horses down in Kentucky and they turn out the best thorough-breds in the country. They can thank Evie Mitchell for their prosperity. She not only runs the ranch, but also trains the horses her¬ self. Richard Gravel is a set designer and is working at M. G. M. Buddy Cyr is football coach at Duke University and John and William Mac- Cannell run a muscle-building school in Chicago. Gus Weigel is the wealthy owner of a sausage factory. His business is so successful that Squire’s Arlington is forced to close. Shirley Wilcox has been making concert tours in London, Vienna and Prague. Her vocal accompanist is the colorful coloratura, June Hamilton. Claire Kelleher, Jacqueline Lundgren and Barbara Marshall are all happily married and are still in North Andover. Gloria MacCoy and Margie Lee are airline hostesses for Pan American. Charlie Auer is a dental surgeon and Irene is his assistant. Mary Chamberlain and Dorothy Black have a beauty shop in Lawrence. These two are still inseparable friends. George Clasby, Bob Wilkinson and John Wolfenden own a model agency in New York. You never saw men more devoted to their work! Claire Canty and Lucy Gucciardi are nurses at Lawrence’s Old Folks’ Home. Marion Curley owns a hat shoppe in Boston and Barbara Cooney has an exclusive dress shop next door. Arthur Awley is conducting tours to Venus and Mars by rocket. Charlie Nicosia has the biggest chicken farm in New England and has just written a book entitled, “The Chicken and Me.” Archie Cousins and Bob Driscoll have joined their talents in the construction 29

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THE GOBBLER-1948 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL “I have been awaiting your arrival for a long, long time. I have here in this small chest everything that you will need. You may take it back home with you, but you must promise me not to open it until you have reached your own land. I have my reasons for requesting this. I must leave you now, but before I depart I would like to wish the members of your class the best of happiness and success.” —Well, since I am back home in North Andover, I guess it is all right to open the chest. Why, here is a long scroll inside and the date reads 1968. Look at this! Louise Consoli is the first woman President of the United States, and the two most outstanding members of her cabinet are June Schmott- lach, the first woman Secretary of State and Leon Wood, Secretary of Agri¬ culture. It also says that the country has never enjoyed such peace and harmony as under this new administration. Marie Galvagna, Phil Greenler and Richard Jordan, the most brilliant phys¬ icists of the century, have just discovered a new serum so complicated that they themselves can’t even find a use for it. Joe Guthrie and Pete White have established a chain of dancing schools all over the country and even in parts of Europe, Bernie Gosselin is their chief in¬ structor. Could their success be due to this fact? Mary Clare Hickey has been appointed Ambassador to France by President Consoli. Paris hasn’t been the same since the Ambassador landed. Joe Winning is a happily married man with five robust and energetic sons whom he sends out to work while he stays at home and enjoys life. Nancy Ballantyne and Ruth Turner have seen their dream come true in their newly-established Home for the Unfortunate Children of America. They have employed the services of Marie Broderick, a specialist in children’s dis¬ eases, and as nurses, Jessie Gucciardi, Elaine Champion and Nancy Connell. Barbara Gillespie is the world-famed connoisseur of cheese. Life Magazine has just featured her life story. Don Shackleton has his own shop in North Andover, making everything from hope chests to intricately-carved door knobs. Marion Etchells is a telephone operator in the never-ending Pentagon Build¬ ing in Washington. Eddie Brown has been trying for years to get Mr. Lee’s position as physical instructor and coach at the new Johnson High. Mr. Lee has finally accepted one of the repeated offers to coach the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame so that Eddie could take over at Johnson. Under the capable managerial abilities af John Dolan, the Boston Red Sox have won two successive World Series. Who needs Joe McCarthy!! Just take a look at how many girls have entered the secretarial field! Mar¬ garet Twomey is practically managing the McCarthy Clinic all by herself. Rose Torrisi is secretary to a famous playwright and does a little acting on the side, too. Viola Nicosia, Frances Ippolito and Laura Mangano run a fashionable bus¬ iness school in Boston, and Pat Currier and Muriel Schofield are secretaries to the Governor of Massachusetts. 28

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THE GOBBLER-1948 JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL of uppers and lowers for the “chopperless” people of the United States, and are known, by the way, as the False Teeth Kings of America. As Miss Cook would say, C’est fini. I guess that takes care of everyone but yours truly. Oh, wait a minute. Here is a postscript for me. “I couldn’t figure you out so you will have to wait twenty years to find out.” Signed, The Prophet. Respectfully submitted, Eleanor M. George DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN: The steam valve flew off in Room 18 during bookkeeping? Mr. Hayes made Joan Driscoll throw her gum away during chorus? We plotted “that point” in geometry? Miss Cook gave us a lesson on “removable layers?” Barbie Twomey had Davie Manahan for a lab partner in chemistry? We went to the Methuen football game in Pete’s truck? Joey Guthrie didn’t put his hand up to his nose when he made a speech? Jack Kooistra was interviewed for the Journal ? We had reports on historical novels in history? Joey Guthrie told Mr. Lee the difference between an old and a young woman? Santa Claus danced with Miss Neal? Joey was made an honorary cheer leader? Bill Driscoll stole the ball in our first football game and sparked us on to win? Miss Lee taught sophomore English? Kenny Clark answered a question in S. S. S.? Gus wasn’t arguing with Miss Bascom? Miss Chapman asked Room 11 to collect buttons for her? Marie Broderick told Miss C. that the largest diamond in the world was the baseball diamond? Phil Greenler danced one whole dance? Mr. Donovan forgot to come to English 4-3? Ginny Gaudet was the only girl in Senior Math? Phil Greenler was the only boy in Latin 3? We had veterans in our classes? Jackie Lundgren wore two different shoes by accident? Alva Eldridge poured acid into Howard Kinports’ pocket? Cynthia Ebersbach fell off her chair in Algebra 1-1? There was no “jug?” Margie Lee finally dropped French? There were no girls in Room 6? Mar gie Lee played her clarinet and Mary Clare played her violin in General Science 1-1? 80