Putnam High School - Clipper Yearbook (Putnam, CT)

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2-I THE BJLUE AND WHITE being sane, sober, and of well-balanced minds, do give, make, and and bequeath the following bequests in this, our last will and test- ament, and hereby revoke all other wills previously made and executed by us. Martin Allen, alias Speed Demon, leaves his collection of speeding tickets to Denwood Chapin. A book entitled How to Spend Three Weeks Out of School by Appendix is left to the incoming Freshmen by Dorothy Andresco. Elaine Atkin wills her English Compositions to Charlie Ayres for familiarization with an English course given by Miss! Keith. Joan Baker bequeaths her quietness to her namesake, Marie Baker. Doris Benoit leaves to V. McGovern. her abundance of weight. George Blackmore leaves his ability to fly and his knowledge of Aeronautics to John Leader. Livewire Rose Bonosconi leaves her 110 volts A.C. to Carlene Goodworth. Gertrude Born leaves her left-handed ability to next year's baseball team and especially to the South Paw prospects. Each of the remaining classes will tend toward isolation as Lorraine Breault leaves to them her many individual characteristics. Catherine Cody generously leaves a week's pass at the Bradley Theatre to the President of the next Senior Class. R. McKenna will be the recipient of a book on How to Grow Tall Without Gaining Weight left her by Gertrude Cody. Doris Danielson bequeaths her transcribing ability to anyone who can use it. Patrick Donlon, Loopy Loop hurler, leaves his basketball talent to Walter Plantier. Marilyn Donovan wills 1947-48 permit to ride Howard's bike to Esther Puluso. Marion Ellsworth graciously bequeaths her pleasing personality to the Freshmen girls. Next year's seniors will have no trouble securing furniture for their play, as Fabiola DuBois is leaving them the key to the Putnam Furniture Company. Eunice Ethridge wills her franchise on the future Subway

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YEAR BOOK 1947 23 CLASS WILL CHARACTERS: Elaine Atkin Norman Sponcey Teresa Jodoin Paul LaBrec SCENE: State Capitol, Governor's Chamber. Norman-fReading from Newspaperj Atomic Bomb Explosion Proves Detrimental to Visiting P.H.S. Seniors. Oniy Four Survive. fShaking his headj Imagine, only four left ous of fifty-six. Elaine-fEnteringj Hi, Norman. Norman- Hello, Elaine. I sure wish those other two wauld hurry up and get here. Elaine- Maybe I'm dumb, but I still don't understand why we were all called to the Governor's Chamber todayf, Norman- Well, since 'Washington was blown up and we were the only survivors, they called us to the State Capitol to read the will of the late Senior Class. Elaine- Oh, I see. Teresa and Paul-fEnte'fingJ Hi, kids, sorry we're late. Elaine and Norman- I-Ii. Norman- You're not the only ones that are lateg that Governor was supposed to be here fifteen minutes ago. I Teresa- Anybody know why we're here? Norman- Do I have to go over that again? The Governor called us bere to read the class will, seeing that we're the only ones left in the Senior Class. Paul- That was something, wasn't it? But leave it to Albert Latici to sneak into the Atomic Energy Building and accidentally kick over one of those things. Elaine- Yes. he was always kicking about something im school. Teresa- As long as the Governor isn't here yet. let's run over this thing. f Elaine readsl We. the Senior Class of Putnam High School. of the City of Putnam. of the County of Windham, of the State of Connecticut in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, !

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YEAR BOOK 1947 za from Farrows Street to. Bullock Street to W. Maynard. Margaret Fallon leaves her two Q21 year lease on a Royal Type- writer to Rose DeSantis. Lucien Forcier wills his Paints and Brushes to N. Sandys. Theresa Gagne leaves the number 389-3 and also directions, 'lnot to ask for Sid. Muriel Green leaves her girlish figure to S. Angell. Irvin Hattin wills his peg tooth to E. Laurion. Teresa Jodoin leaves her thumb to her brother, Zeke, to assist him in hitch-hiking. Matthew Johnson bequeaths some of his height to Howie Donovan. Frances Kacerik leaves her stitches to the Football team. Jacqueline Kunitz leaves lher Sculling ability to Rheault. Albert Latici wills his old burnt cigars to R. Born. Paul LaBrec leaves his Gunning Ability to the Janitor to use on the incoming Freshmen. Germaine LeVesque thinks J . Vandi would appreciate some of her masculine athletic ability. To each of the Junior Cheer leaders Anita Loos leaves li little bit of her cheerleading talent. Ruth Lucier wills part of her sketching ability to J . Tetreault. Elizabeth Maher bequeaths her large supply of bubble gum to S. Dinsdale. To J . Bonin, Arthur Maloney leaves his hockey talent. Phyllis Newcombe wills some of her height and' one-half of her courteousness to S. Mullet. To E. Seyford, Laura Niles bequeaths her Parisian accent. John Norton wills his bashfulness to Hugo Laime. The dual seats in room three of Ethel and Patricia Page are left to the Lukander sisters. Jennie Pawluk bequeaths her dainty ways to D. Cheney. Glenn Peterson wills his library of hunting and fishing books to D. Gibson in hopes that he will make good use of them. To J . Wilde, Barbara Place leaves her ability to swing . R. Nelson is willed Barbara Richardson's small feet. David Ripley bequeaths his beloved Bostonian accent to R. DuBois. A