Putnam High School - Clipper Yearbook (Putnam, CT)

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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.

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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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CLASS WILL SCENE: Office of Tetreault, Maki, :Sz Plantier, Lawyers. TIME: 9:30 a.m. Seated in the office are Alfred Tetreault and lVlary Maki. M. Maki: VVell, where's our partner, Mr. Plantier? It's 9:30 now, and he's not here yet. A. Tetreault: i'He should be here by now. He is supposed to bring Mr. Jean Vadnais, a representative of the Class of 1948 at Put- nam High School, with him.', QThe door opens and W. Plantier enters with J. Vadnaisj VV. Plantier: Good morning! Sorry I'm late, but we were detained by a traffic jam down on Main Street. Well, we can get going on the legacies now, but first, Mr. Vadnais, I should like to introduce you to my partners, Miss Maki and Mr. Te- treaultf' tThey shake handsj Maki: 'tHow do you do, Mr. Vadnaisf' M A. Tetreault: 'LHow do you do. J, Vadnais: I'rn glad to meet you, but let's skip the formalities and get down to busi- ness. This is not the only thing I have to do, you know. M, Maki: For Mr. Vadnais' benefit, I'll call in our stenographer, Miss Roy, and have her read from her dictation what we ac- complished yesterday. QShe rings a buzzer and Shirley Roy enters with her stenography book and pencil.j A. Tetreault: Miss Roy, will you please transcribe from your notes what we ac- complished yesterday on the legacies of the class of 1948?', S. Roy: 'AYes, sir. fShe begins to read from her notebookj. James Saitas leaves his beard to Robert Wade. Jean Nelson wishes to leave her position as helper in Mr. Langford's office to Estelle Lavallee. Paul Rod-ensky wills his English notebook to Leonard Frederich. J. Vadnais: Now just a minute, I object to that. As a representative of the class, I insist that Paul be allowed to leave it to W. someone who will need it more. Let's check over the marking sheets to see who does need itf' Plantier: Miss Roy, make a note of that for future referencef, M. Maki: Please continue, Miss Roy. S. Roy: Ramona Peppin leaves her comfort- able seat in history class to Joy Wilde with the hope that Joy may find an admirer as nice as the one Ramona had. QRichard Beaudetl. Stanley Sheldon wills his nose guard to Robert Keith. Theresa Leclair leaves her dainty ways to Jean La- Pearl. Walter Robbins wills his ability to solve physics problems to Kenneth His- cocks, Paul Medbury leaves his car to Bobby Bates. J. Vadnais: 'LWhy can't he leave it to Arnold Klemola who needs it more, because he lives so far out of town? W. Plantier: I think Bobby Bates can use it as well to take out all his girl friends. J. Vadnais: Yes, but if Klemola had a car A. S. maybe held have girl friends, too. Tetreault: A'All right, we'll change that. Miss Roy, please make that correction. Thank you. Roy: Jean Bonin leaves his part in the Senior play to Bill Kelleher. Loretta Bou- dreau leaves her interests in Danielson to Lena Peppin. Clarence Vifhittemore wills his speedball to Carl Erickson. Lucille Champeau leaves her speed in taking shorthand to Norman Lapointe. Celia Harris wills her ability to play the accord- ian to the orchestra of Putnam High School. Georgianna Proulx leaves hr abili- ty as a Grant's salesgirl to Alice Simonzi. Claire Rousseau leaves her great populari- ty to Pud Nelson. Thomas Davie leaves his kilt to Joy Nelson with the understand- ing that it cannot have the new look. Richard Nelson leaves his comic books to Denny Rafferty. Norman Whittemore wills his smile to Louis Erickson. J. Vadnais: '4Yes, I've noticed that smile, es- pecially when the girls go by.', S. Roy: Richard Perrin leaves his newspapers to Walter Golec. Alfred Tetreault wills his job in the A :Sz P to Richard Lizotte.