Old Lyme High School - Lymen Yearbook (Old Lyme, CT)

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Upon retrospectxon I found the person of Dnck Lee to be ommously mrsstng and on mquxry learned that Dnck had bought out half mterest rn the Barnum Barley Cxrcus Oh well handsome Rxchard always yowed that lf he couldn t run a ranch he would do the next best thtng to It Haymg accounted for most of my old class mates I was bound I should determme the where abouts of Bllly Bugbee Edy the Grnifxth Maryorxe Peck and Genevreve Frrgeleskx After many fruntless mquxrres I finally learned that Bxlly IS PROPHECY ON In the year 1930 I made a trxp to the natlon s capital xncludmg a v1s1t to the Senate There I found a heated debate bemg staged be tween Senator Longnose from Calnfornra and a Senator Brown from New York There was somethmg famnlrar 1n that and I tell you gen tlemen that remmded me of a hxgh school class mate Randy Brown The debate was now a roachm the fever 8 pomt Mr Brown advocated a plan whereby the future eneratnons could be s ared the mlsfortune S of txre ratnonmg Accordmg to Senator Brown xt resolved around thts xngennous plan of action to replace the automobrle wxth the horse ln an Edie IS atured ln the splendid white regalla of the Red Cross nurse on duty ln Hawau Genny ns busy poundmg the keys for some executxve ln Chncago and Marge IS cursrng her husband for not havmg donned a tle before commencnng dmner after a trresome day s work on thenr Vermont farm Sloan Well mdeed that ts a full report Broun Yes Sloan a full report and a gratn fymg one But such polgnant memorxes of my youth when I had all my haxr has surely gotten me down Im off for a week at Warm Sprmgs' THE PROPHET swer to the mqunry as to what horses have that cars haven t Mr Brown flew mto a verbal rage declarmg that xt :sn t a questnon of what a horse has that a car has not but rather what a horse does not have that a car has Senator Brown elab orated on the ponnt that nf horses supplant cars there wrll be no necessnty for txres rf there IS no necessxty for txres there wrll be no necessrty for ratronmg Senator Brown s address was so con vmcmg that the Senate rmmedrately passed the proposal and thanks to Mr Brown there wxll be no more automobxles but rather we shall revert to the old horse and carnage VIRGINIA HAVENS . . . , . . . as V . Y . . . , - . . i , v , . . . , . . l -' , I , I . ' , l x 9 a .' , . - 1 . Y 7 V . , . . , 7 V. . .. , Y V actively engaged as a professional photographcrg RANDOLPH BROWN. - . . , . . 3 . , . . . . t . , . . , 1 a , . . . . ,, . ' I . , V , ' V. . . . . . ! !! ' ' , ' 1 V 1 V. a 9 , , , . . . , i l . . V 7 ' 7 . I ' 0 9 1 7 - , I

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CLASS PROPHECY Scene Census O ce Washzngton D C 1950 Tuo o :mls are talkzng to one another Sloan Well Brown how dld you fare today Broun Pretty good Sloan but a tough day tough-coyered the Old Lyme area Sloan Good' ls your report complete and ac curate? Broun As well as can be expected Sloan Lets have lf Broun Well tt seemed good to renew old ac quamtances I went to school wtth most of these people you know I remember ean DeWolf Jeanne vuth the lnght brown hanr we used to call her ean vowed she would dle an old mard yet I vrsrted her today and found her surrounded by several offsprmg accompanxed by a docile man she called her husband I couldn t quite understand why she never married Tom Bonettr I went to the old residence of Charles Appleby I learned hes a blg shot lawyer rn New York Cnty He handled an outstandmg case just the other day Of all the possrbrlmes for a clnent Shnrley Larson a real prrma donna was the de fendant Shirley was so nmpressed by Mr Apple by s skxll that they haye eloped Doug Bramble of all thmgs has bought out all the property rnghts of Library Lane and has an lmmense chxcken farm Doug was such a fowl creature anyway Of course there can be no doubt as to who his yufc IS Helen Bull by all means After seyeral calls I yyent to the drug store badly m need of a sedatnye In a few moments I declded I would need another for through the door came four husky young men m auators regalna jack Spears jlcl-t Barley Wlalt Dean and Vs'alt Mazer After the usual remtmscences I queued them as to what they were domg for a lrvelxhood and found that the four of them have formed a prtvate alrcraft corporation or at least a reasonable facsxmxle of one Mr Spelrs acts m the engtneernng capacxty and desxgns the planes Walt Mazer llres them over to England where the war IS stnll progresslng at fever pntch Mr Barley acts as Walts chief mechamc and Walt Dean heads the ground crew Incxdentally jack Spenrs has reverted back to an old tlme flame and ns mar rted to Paula Zimmerman Eventually I returned to my work and peered rn at the local beauty shop as I went by It ns under the capable management of Grnny Havens who was then operating on Miss Eleanor May nard on leave of absence from Hollywood where she has been makmg one htt prcture after another Ellxe s been marrled three txmes She always took prxde rn belng able to count ten anyway Contmunng on my way I was startled by a ter rrfrc clatter and lookmg up I saw George Kmg nn the cab of an enormous cross country tranler truck Dorxs Kotzan hrs blushmg brxde of sxx months perched upon the seat was takmg a joy ride with htm I stopped rn at the nearest A 8t P store for a can of tobacco and was confronted by a tall lanky gentleman jnm Noyes makmg the rounds of his large cham store system Asklng jxm what had become of Sammy Green I learned that Sam was dtstmgulshxng hxmself ln the Ambulance Corps overseas and was already the recrpxent of two drstnnguxshed service medals Furthermg my mquest I found that Barbara Monroe was playing housewxfe to Leon Machntk and was qunte thrrlled over tts mtrxcacxes Chnck Wood and Tommy Bonettx are lncreasmg thetr mcomes by then: mgenunty at the plant of Pratt 84 Whxtney -' m ,v 1 1 ' 'I ' V M . l ' .. , , - , ,Q ' . , V 'l 9 9 ,Q ' ' v I D . D 3 1 9 9 . - . ' v ' 1 V '. , ' , - ' ' - , , i . J Tu - r- 8 8 1 ' ,I ' , , . . I s q , , , . . . , I . v ' Charlie has outgrown Old Lyme, though, I guess. . . . ' , 1 1 ! . . . . . ' . 7 . I . . . , . . . , 7 S v 3 ' . . . 7 V ' I - 9 ' 7 . . 7 . . - . Y 9 I Y. Y . s - Q I . , . V. . It 1 1 V , . . I 5 I K y , . y . K I I I . , ' I , 7 I ,' , Y . . . . . ' , . t H - , 1 , . , , . . . . I

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the class of 42 of the Old Lyme Hngh School of the Town of Lyme County of New London State of Connectncut bemg near legal age and of approxrmately sound mmd and mem ory do make publxsh and declare thus our LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT hereby revoklng and annulllng any and all Wlll or Wllls by us made heretofore ITEM I We dnrect that all our just debts and funeral expenses be pald out of our estate as soon as possnble after our decease ITEM II I Shirley Larson leaye my cheer leadmg ab1l1ty to ean Rasmussen Jack Baxley leave my five dates ln Saybrook to Allan Plxmpton Charles Appleby leave my vast knowledge to Howard Hammerley Wrlllam Bugbee leave my class rmg to Kath always remember me Walter Mazer smce I am gomg mto the A1r Corps and vynll haye no further use for my car do bequeath my tnres to Bob McLean so he w1ll be able to see Nancy nn Washlngton ack Spelrs leave my 403 pomts scored nn bas ketball to the entnre team rn case they need them Marjorxe Peck leave my musxcal talent to Ever ett Bonfoey Vlrgmra Havens leave B111 Brown and B111 Bates broken hearted Thomas Bonettx leave my curly haxr to Mr Thorp upon request Rrchard Lee leave my boots and saddle to Hat Rand who undoubtedly will fmd use for them ln the near future Genevneve Fu-geleskn bequeath my stentorxan volce to Malcolm Bramble assuming that as Presxdent of the Student Councrl he wrll need lf Helen Bull leave my knlttmg abllxty to Anna Stanton to make her Army boy frxend happxer I Douglas Bramble leave my knowledge of the New York Grants to Henry Muller wxth the hope that xn years to come he too w1ll become a Grant fan Edy the Gnfhth leave my boy friend Leo from XVaterbury to Mary o Rice who may begin where I left off Randy Brown leave the school wlth a srgh of relnef and a sigh of regret Eleanor Maynard lease my gray slacks to Hovs ard Crook Barbara Monroe leave my gas statnon to joe McKernan George Kmg leave my 27 Whlppet to Old Ly me Hxgh School to be used only ln case of flre alarms ln whnch case Mike Traskos shall be the drxver nmmy Noyes leave my long legs to Bnlly Bo nettn nn order that he mnght dance wnth the high school g1rls more gracefully Sammy Green leave my hunting lncenses to Dons Kotzan m the hope that she wnll come a gunning for me Vernon Wood leave my bxcycle to Betty M11 ler who probably w1l1 make use of II away up there 1n Hamburg jean DeWolf leave my glasses I never wear to jean Brodeur ln order that she mxght find her many lost artlcles more easnly ITEM III We the Senlor Class of 1942 leave the faculty minus twenty three worrles and head aches IN WITNESS WHEREOE we have hereunto set our hand to thls our Last Wrll and Testament at Old Lyme Hlgh School Old Lyme Connectlcut thls fifth day of June A D 1942 SENIOR CLASS OF 42 The foregoxng instrument was slgned by the sand Senxor Class of 42 nn our presence and by them publlshed and declared as and for thelr LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT GEORGE KING JAMES NOYES s y . I 9 9 ' 7 7 9 Q 7 , I, I I , . Y I , . ' 1 ,I 1 9 9 . ' I I I9 V 1 I - I, , V V v- . 1, , If I 7 y l n I 9 ' 1 4 n , 7 ! Y ' n I, J' t . , . I ' I, , ' . . I . . Is n y ' ' I, 1 , 1 U - 1, y ' ' - leen Long, IH the hope that through rt she wrll , , ' ' I, , . . . . I, , . . ' V V f Z . , , . - . . n 7 I, J , . - , ' . - I, . . , . . I, . . . , . . . . - 1 ' ' . , n o l 1, , ' . , 9 - 1 ' I, ' , , . . Y . L . . ., , 4 , . Y I, , . . . . Y 7 3 3