Putnam High School - Clipper Yearbook (Putnam, CT)

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cony, looking up dreamy-eyed at a brown haired lass. The vision is coming closer. I see now the two are Joe Bonin and Vera McGovern. June: I have a question I wish you would solve for me. Crystal Gazer: Whatis your question? June: I should like to know which boy and girl in our graduating class are the most courteous? Crystal Gazer: My crystal ball is very un- certain about this question. I see a number of boys and girls milling about, but now two are coming closer, In a moment I shall be able to tell you who they are. Oh yes! Now I see. The girl is Gertrude Baker, and the boy is Paul Medbury. Charles: I, too, have a rather difficult question to ask of you. Crystal Gazer: I will do my best to help you. What is your question? Charles: I am interested in knowing what boy and girl have the best dispositions in our senior class. Crystal Gazer: My-lVIy- these questions are getting harder and harder to answer, but I'll do my best. Again my crystal ball is in an awful fog. Goodness gracious! There are several boys and girls on a big round table. The table is spinning faster and faster-everyone is tumbling off. Wait a minute-two are left. The girl is Roxanne Byrnes, and the boy, Stanley Sheldon. Russell: I have another question to ask of you. Crystal Gazer: All right-What is it? I hope it is easier to answer than the last ones. Russell: I want to know which boy and girl in the senior class have the cutest noses. Crystal Gazer: Land sakes-where do you children dig up such questions? Goodness, everyone has a nose: some are big, some are small, some are Hat, but maybe my crystal ball can pick the two cutest in your class. Oh dear! What are these things floating around in my crystal ball? Noses! Noses! Noses! But where are the faces they should be on! Here come two now. The first is a boy-Charles Ayers, and the second, a girl-Mabel Slye. Peter: I have another question to ask. if I may. Now what boy and girl in my class have the prettiest hair? Crystal Gazer: Another hard question to answer, but I know my crystal ball will not let me down. Now let me see. What are all these black, brown, and blonde fibers Hoating around in my crystal ball? Oh yes! It's hair. Yards and yards of it. Now two figures appear. The boy is Jean Vadnais and the girl, Shirley Bradway. Charles: Tell me the girl and boy who have the best personalities. Crystal Gazer: Well, let me see now. This isn't too hard. I would say it was for the girls, Evelyn Courtemanche and for the boys, Joe Bonin. Evelyn: I have a difiicult problem for you to solve, too. Crystal Gazer: Well, what is it? I'm sure the crystal ball can help you. Evelyn: I want to know the boy and girl in our graduating class who have the best complexions. Crystal Gazer: Oh, my! You sure have a prob- lem. Let me see, now, what my crystal ball has to offer. I see a garden of beauti- ful flowers-all kinds and colors. Oh, yes! Here is your answer. Peering from behind a beautiful tea-rose bush is Constance Johnson and right beside her is Roger La- Jeunesse, holding a big bouquet of forget- me-nots. June: I, too, have a very hard problem to solve-one of the hardest there is. Crystal Gazer: They are all hard enough for meg so speak up. June: I want to know the handsomest boy and prettiest girl in the class of '48. Crystal Gazer: Now this is going to take some serious thought. In my crystal ball I see many boys and girls walking arm in arm. What a beautiful sight! Oh! They are hav- ing a beauty contest of their own. They have chosen the winners--the girl, Con- stance Johnson, and the boy, Peter Serafin. Russell: I have a question I should like answered. Crystal Gazer: What is it? Russell: Tell rne the best musician or singer in the graduating class. Crystal Gazer: Where do you children get all these questions? I hope my crystal ball can help me. Oh! what have we here? A

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operative effort as a class, and our last day as students of Putnam High School. In April, preparations were complete for our Washington trip for which we had planned all the year. We made a Wonderful five days' trip, two days travelling and three days in Wash- ington. We visited the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, the .'Washington Monument, the Naval Academy at Annapolis, the Capital, and many other interesting, historical, and beauti- ful buildings. We returned and settled down to the hard work of preparing for graduation. This ended our four years at Putnam High as well as our Senior year. We made a great many friends and spent four very happy years in Putnam High School, ROXANNE BYRNES CELIA HARRIS BARTLEY BLASETTI CLARENCE WHITTEIVIORE STANLEY SHELDON Class History Committee --- ? CLASS S'l'A'l'lSTlCS Crystal Gazer: Mabel Slye Characters: June Page Evelyn Courtemanche Charles Ayers Peter Serafin Russell Burgess Scene: Crystal Gazer's Palace Crystal Gazer: I wonder what all that noise is? I might as well take a look. Oh dear! More school kids. I wonder what they could be looking for. They must want to know about their wives and husbands of the future. This generation is certainly a problem. They seem to know everything. Well, here goes: Everybody: Hello! Good-afternoon. Crystal Gazer: What can I do for you? Evelyn: How much do you charge to tell about the future? Crystal Gazer: For you children, I'm sure money isn't any object. June: We have a few problems, We want to Hnd out a few things about our class day exercis-es. Could you tell us a few statistics about the class of '48? First who are the boy and girl who you think are the most likely to succeed? Crystal Gazer: Please-all concentrate. All be quiet--crystal ball-tell me who are the most likely to succeed in the senior class of Putnam High School. I think th-e most likely to succeed are, for the boys, Robert Lurieg and for the girls, Gertrude Baker. Cha1'les: I'm interested in knowing who are the most popular. Crystal Gazer: Now let me see. It is a very hard decision. I believe it will be for the girls, Gertrude Baker and for the boys, Peter Serafin. Russell: I should like to know who should be chosen for the best dressed. Crystal Gazer: Letls see-this is going to take a little more concentration. It's becoming clear now. The crystal ball informs me that it is for the boys, Paul Medbury and for the girls, Constance Johnson. Peter: I came to ask about the best dancers of our class. Crystal Gazer: The fog is clearing up. IWhat's this I see-two frogs hopping at the bot- tom of this ball. Why, there are two dancers, Leon Gothreau and Margaret Leasca. Evelyn: I have a big problem to ask the crystal ball. Who do you think the best actress and actor are? Crystal Gazer: As I gaze into my crystal ball, I see a beautiful stage set in gorgeous colors. The play is Romeo and Julietf, I see a young man standing under a bal-

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flock of beautiful birds having a concert. On the highest branch are the stars of the affair-from a distance they look like a pair of beautiful love birds, but no, they are Paul Rodensky and Dorothy Daniel- son. Peter: I want to know the most talkative boy and girl in our class. Crystal Gazer: Oh-that will be easy. I see in my crystal ball a man and his wife having a family argument about her ex- travagance. They are Vera McGovern and Stanley Sheldon. Evelyn: I also have a question to ask. Crystal Gazer: All right go ahead. I'll help you if I can. Evelyn: Name the two best athletes in the Senior class. Crystal Gazer: Oh dear! That is going to be hard, but here goes, I see two objects in my crystal ball, but they are not clear enough to see what they are. Oh, yes! Now I begin to see: there are two people jump- ing rope on a velvet carpet. They are Peter Serafin and Loretta Boudreau. Charles: I want you to tell me who the neat- est boy and girl are in the class. Crystal Gazer: I guess this is one of the hard- est questions of all: everyone in the class is always neat, but maybe my crystal can pick the two neatest for you. I see now the beautiful Easter Parade on Park Avenue. Heading the parade are Gertrude Baker and Paul Medbury. Russell: Now I want to know the wittiest boy and girl in our senior class. Crystal Gazer: Oh dear! What a question. Well-my crystal is quite clear this time. I see a large banquet table set in beauti- ful array. Everyone is telling jokes and having lots of fun. At the head of the table are Dick Perrin and Ann McKenna. Une: I think this is the last question for you, Crystal Gazer. Crystal Gazer: I hope so. I'm getting weary. June: Tell me the boy and the girl with the prettiest eyes. Crystal Gazer: For goodness sakes! Were are all these questions coming from? Gazing in my crystal ball, I see a group of people at a party. They are playing wink-the two having the most fun are Paul Med- bury and Ann McKenna. Peter: Oh! I forgot there is just one more. Crystal Gazer: All right, let's have it. Peter: Tell me who is the boy who is 18, 5 ft. 11 in., has size 916 shoe, blue eyes, and brown hair, and tell me the girl who is 17, 5 ft. 4 in., has a size 7 shoe, blue eyes and brown hair. Crystal Gazer: Why, that is the average Senior, boy and girl. Charles: Well, I believe that completes our list of questions. As the treasurer of this committee, I will now cross your palm with silver and we will say good-by with our sincere thanks.