Plainfield High School - Hermiad Yearbook (Central Village, CT)

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To David Covill, alias Skinhead, Beatriz Pedro leaves a small portion of her hair. To Ethel Reynolds, Alice Reynolds be- queaths her privilege for getting out of school at 2 o'clock. To Donald Johnson, Lucille Tetreault be- queaths her right to tease Miss Baro. We do declare this to be the last will and testament of the Class of 1949, of Plain- field High School of the city of Central Vil- lage of the town of Plainfield of the county of Windham of the State of Connecticut of the United States of America, and in Witness have hereunto set our hands and seals, this ninth day of April, 1949. William Bellavance George Csiper Signed, sealed, and declared to be the last will and testament of the above named Class of 1949, Plainfield High School, in the presence of us, who in their presence and at their request, and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. Ima Schmoo Nature Boy A1 Capp -301

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their love of eggs, but have decided to keep the chickens . To Darlene Szeredy, Patricia Burton be- queaths her title of best looking of her class. P To Mary Nyszczy, Mary Butler bequeaths her manual on How To Release Unwilling Victims Locked in Closets. To Joseph Poremba, Howard Curry leaves his off-again on-again Groucho Marx soup- strainer. To Barbara Oates, Patricia Coffey wills her hobnail shoes that enabled her to reach the Coffey Grounds intact. To Ella Devolve, Lorraine Desaulniers be- queaths her attraction and loyalty to one mature beau. To next year's football manager, Law- rence Despathy leaves his privilege of for- getting the uniforms. To Frances Ravenelle, Pauline Ducat wills her adventures in a Kaiser on moonlight nights. To Pop Seney, Fred Dorr leaves his posi- tion as right guard on the football squad. To Alice Piolunek, Barbara Frink leaves her seat in the social corner of study hall to review Friday night adventures but in- sists on keeping her partner in the square dance set. To Patricia Haskell, Ruth Gallup be- queaths her ability to side-track issues in Current Problems. To Bobby Young, Henry Fillmore leaves his knack for getting a rise out of the cheerleaders. To Jean Paul Chabot, Alyce Gannon be- queaths her talent for getting every Fri- day off. To the town of Plainfield, Luc Gregoire wills his Rototiller, so Luc can get some sleep nights. To Lynn Campbell, Norma Gondela leaves her ability to keep her deep dark past a deep dark secret. To Bobby Knight, Jeannette Grenier be- queaths her love for living. Be careful, Bob- by, don't burn the candle at both ends. To the boys of Killingly High, Bob Gulino bequeaths his pessimistic attitude. To any boy who can capture the title, Bob Brodeur bequeaths his Oscar for being the idol of the Sophomore class. To Niece Claire Janetatos, aunty Lillian Grochkey leaves her season ticket to the Polish National Home. To any Junior with a rugged constitution, William Congdon, our gentleman farmer, bequeaths his good looks and ability to juggle figures. To all the underclassmen, Alice Harton leaves her Vera Ellen Technique . To Louisa Abadia, Mildred Ihloff leaves her fondness for the opposite sex. To Fred Baldwin, James Hawkins leaves his fondness for Harry James with this warning, He never attained his laurels by leaving his instrument at home. To Shirley Arcand, Lucille Jette leaves her ladylike ways and tact. To next year's Magazine Campaigners, Mary Lasnier leaves her power to talk any- body into anything at any time. To William Szeredy, Donald Holt wills his cherished captain stars. To Mr. Foy's Freshmen classes, Emily Lathrop wills her knowledge. To whoever acquires the student council post at the back of study hall, Pauline Marchesseault leaves the battle of keeping the Senior wise-guys from walking in back- wards to avoid going to the front door. To next year's A. A. Secretary, Phyllis Marchesseault bequeaths her troubles for keeping the A. A. records. To Michael Garvey, Donald Kivela leaves his blond hair. To Margaret Campbell, Pauline Martel bequeaths her in the swim capacity at the Town Hall swimming pool. To Patricia Rabbitt, Margaret McGee leaves her basketball skill. To George Dropo, David Osiper wills his high scoring both in basketball and in love. To Barbara Kelleher, Lauretta Messier bequeaths her ambitious nature. To Paul Ray, George Osiper leaves the best seat in the house as tirnekeeper at the basketball games. To all the girls in study hall, Bernice Mil- ler leaves her big desk mirror. To Vern Collins, Richard Rossi wills his used Toni Home permanent. To Patricia Lynch, Mae Nichols leaves the right to run up and down the one street in Sterling. To Gerald Carroll, Paul Salois bequeaths his shyness. To any one with the time and connec- tions, Lorraine Marcoux leaves -her love to spend weekends out of town. To Betty Stubbings, Phyllis Oates wills her luck at drawing the seat near the best- looking boys in study hall. To Roger Marchesseault, Edmond Seney bequeaths his right and privilege of being class president for four years. p 29-

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- CLASS PROPHECY - THE CLASS OF! '49 IN '59 Scene I: La Guardia Field Time: Early morning of June 21, 1959 Characters: Two people, heads bent over newspapers, are walking toward each other. A collision is inevitable. Crash! Fred: Oh, I'm sorry! Freddy: That's all right, s1r...FRED DORR! How are you? What are you doing these days? How's the old Alma Mater? Where are you going? Are we taking the same plane? Fred: Take it easy, Freddy! You haven't changed a bit. As for your questions - I'm fine: I'm working: I'm going home. And, if you are, too, we're taking the same plane. Freddy: Wonderful! Say, how's your great pro- ject coming along? Fred: How did you know about it? Freddy: Why, right here in my newspaper it says: 'Mr. Frederick Dorr, noted engineer, and Mr. Donald Kivela, brilliant mechanic, supervise trans- porting of Colosseum from Rome to Wauster Moon- eco Central Plains'. Fred: Didn't realize I was famous! Don is still in Rome taking care of a few last-minute details... Say, Freddy, what do you think of your old home town now? Freddy: Well, let me tell you, I never expected to see Wauregan, Sterling, Moosup, Oneco, Central Village and Plainfield merged into one great metrop- olis. Why, people are even calling it 'the horn of plenty' city! Fred: Well, it is. You haven't been home for the past ten years, so you can't realize what a land of opportunity it actually is! You're the only one in our class that has found a job away from home. Everyone else is busy building the town. Freddy: Fred, when we get home, will you show me around? tlfredz Sure will. By the way, are you married ye . Freddy: No. I'm not. I've been too busy following my career. Fred: What career? Freddy: I've been teaching slow speech and perfect elocution to the natives of South Africa. Fred: Oh, boy! You-our class chatterbox- teaching slow speech! That's really rich! Freddy: Don't laugh, you hyena! Fred: What a- Hey, here comes our plane. Freddy: Let's go. Scene II: The Wauster Wing , one of the Central Plains' airliners. Time: Ten minutes later. Characters: Same as before. Fred: I think we're going to have a storm. But good old Lauretta will bring us through. Freddy: Who? Fred: Lauretta Messier, that's who. The Waus- ter Wing is the only transcontinental plane that can boast of a Woman pilot. Freddy: Heavens, look at how short our steward- ess is! Fred: Naturally, that's Pat Coffey. Freddy: She certainly is busy taking care of that frightened passenger. I think I'll read the MOONECO TIMES. It must be a good newspaper to reach as far as New York. Fred: The editor, Emily Lathrop, would appre- ciate that statement. Freddy: Talk about headlines! Listen! 'NORMAN JODOIN ACCLAIMED AS TOP CHICKEN SPEC- IALIST, MARY LASNIER MAKES GOOD HER BOAST AND SELLS REFRIGERATOR TO ESKIMO, LORRAINE MARCOUX NAMED HAIR STYLIST FOR THE J. H. STUDIOSK Who's J . H.? Fred: James Hawkins, of course. He's starring Pauline Martel and Richard Rossi in his next film. Pauline is going to portray a loveslck teenager and Ross is playing the part of her dashing lover. Freddy: Say, what happened to Henry Fillmore and Bernice Miller? Fred: They're married and are now living on a farm. Henry is a politician, fighting for the re- peal of the Woman Suffrage Act. Freddy: Oh! Oh! Fasten your safety belt, Fred. I think we're home. I'm certainly in a hurry to see the old home town. Look, a skyscraper! Fred: Sure, Bob Gulino's building them all over the place. He even built one with dirt floors and walls so that Bill Congdon could still have his farm. Bi1l's vegetables are wonderful, especially for people with lumbago. You can pick tomatoes off the wall without even bending over. Norma Gondela is Bill's chief bug exterminator. Freddy: You mean Norma is chasing beetles? . . . Oh, we've landed. Fred: Be careful of the step. Here we are in Wauster Mooneco Central Plains. What do you think of it? Freddy: It looks marvelous. You'd never guess this part of it was once Sterling. Fred: This is the section known as Chinatown. We can take one of Louis Arsenau1t's rickshaws to Main Street. Freddy: Rickshaw ! ? ! Fred: Sure, remember how the bus used to run only twice a day to Sterling? Well, now Louis makes as many as forty trips a day. He says his business is a gold mine. Freddy: Let's take this orange and black one that's coming. Fred: Main Street, please. Freddy: This is ni- look out! For goodness' sake, we almost ran over that streetcleaner. Hey, he looks like Beau Beauregard. It isl! Fred: Let's plan our course. First, we'll go to the Capitol. Freddy: Who do we know there? Fred: Why, three of our classmates hold office there. Beatriz Pedro has put her knowledge of poll- tics to work and is serving her second term as Mayor. Paul Salois, the celebrated economist, is her finan- cial advisor. Freddy: That's only two. I thought you said there were threefi Fred: Can't you guess? With all his experience, Waxy Despathy naturally was appointed head jan- itor. Just last week Mayor Pedro awarded him a citation because the corridor floors were so well waxed that fifteen Lobbyists fell and are now in the Jette General Hospital. Freddy: Jette? Jette? That sounds familiar. Not Lulu? . .. 31-