Putnam High School - Clipper Yearbook (Putnam, CT)

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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.

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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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Roy Nutter leaves his brush cut to Walter McNally. Esther Smith leaves her ready answer for every question to that quiet little Priscilla Aubin. Wilfred Maynard leaves his control over women to Stanley Mullet. Shirley Roy: Victor Janzyk wills some of his loudness to John Macdonaldf' A. Tetreault: l'm not sure anyone would want that sort of loudnessf' W. Plantier: Oh, I think Macdonald can take care of that, so let's not argue over it. S. Roy: Roger Lajeunesse leaves his com- plexion to Barbara Bonneville. Charles Ayers leaves his baseball ability to Ron- nie Lowe. Susan Rogers wills her variety of hair-do's to Nancy Buck. Jack Frost leaves his dates with Mary Ryan to his brother who will carry on next year. R. Harris wills his shoes to Jimmy Alvord. L. Gothreau wills his dancing ability to Hugo Laime. W. Plantier: Hugo certainly can use it. S. Roy: That's all I have down for yester- day's dictation, sir. M, Maki: All right, thank you, Miss Roy. Do you have time to type some of that now? S. Roy: Yes, I have. I'll start on it right awayf, M. Maki: That would be very nice. Would you please ask Miss Smith, our file clerk, to bring in from the files the part of the will that is typed? fEnter E. Smith with remainder of will all typed-J W. Plantier: Miss Smith, would you be kind enough to read the remainder of the will and testament of the Class of '48? E. Smith: Yes, certainly. Richard Beaudet leaves his curly hair to Buddy Godley. Ann McKenna leaves six inches of her tallness to Beany', Chenail, which would have otherwise made it impossible for her to enter nursing school. Walter Plantier leaves his backfield ability on the gridiron to Bobby A.tkins. Mabel Slye leaves her red hair to Calvin Gudmunsonf' Vadnais: Hey, wait a minute, Calvin's al- ready got red hair. A. Tetreault: Yes, but we thought he might like a darker shade because his is very bright and then, at a distance, we could tell him apart from his twin brother. J. Vadnais: Okay.', E. Smith: Robert Bovia leaves his driver's license to anyone who wants to take a chance with it. June Page leaves her map of Dayville to anyone who will need it. Bart Blasetti l-eaves basketball jersey to John Mansfield. Loretta Tetreault leaves her talking ability to Marjorie Byers. Ro- bert Perrin wills his old-rose colored sox to Archie Bourque. Edward Pitkin leaves his trumpet to Alphonse Mayhew. Dorothy Danielson leaves her voice to next year's Glee Club. J. Vadnais: Let's hope it encourages more students of Putnam High to join the Glee Club. E. Smith: Roxanne Byrnes leaves her knit- ting ability to anyone who can knit a sweater within three years' time. Evelyn Courtemanche wills her ability to do cartwheels to all, not just one, but all, the Junior cheerleaders. Shirley Roy leaves her nice teeth as an extra set for Harrison Gibson when he Wears his out by chewing gum. Russell Burgess wills his basketball ability to Joe Vandi. Elvira McGovern is leaving her speedy walk, which she has used frequently in catching her train and her boy friend, to H-elen Winslow. Jean Vadnais leaves his seat in Room 3 to Tommy Rondeau. J. Vadnais: Well, I don't know that Tommy would like that seat. It's very close to the front desk. In fact, too close. He'll have to be very careful about what he does. W. Plantier: You'd better leave it to him. He'll probably be put there anyway. E. Smith: Marguerite Leasca leaves her philo- sophy of life to Susan Angell. Mary Maki leaves her parking place in the school yard, where she installs her blue car, to Paul Richards. Peter Seraiin wills his manly physique to Howard Donovan. Shirley Bradway leaves part of her ce- ment business to Dolores LaPierre. Lucy Regas leaves the corner booth down at the Crown to anyone who wants a quiet place to think. Gertrude Baker leaves her quietness to her sister, Marie. Ernest Laurion leaves his ability to tie a windsor knot to Robert DeSantis. Connie Johnson leaves her high-pitched voice to Ann Wade. Ernest Chapdelaine leaves his French to Hugh Wilde. Robert Lurie leaves his cheer to Stoyan Rosenthal. The senior class as a whole leaves to the