Sharon High School - Marsengold Yearbook (Sharon, MA)

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Harry James Gaffney leaves the mellow tones of his silent trumpet to XVhizze1' XVhite, another promising young man with a horn. William Buckland Gardner leaves Moulton's where, as you know, the clerks are always glad to see you. XVe can only hope that the drug business will hold out through the depression that is bound to follow. Peter Chamberlaine Hall leaves his inimitable squeak and locker room mirth to Cordon Brown. just skip the rest. John Bent Hemenway leaves his superabundance of vocabulary to Lawrence McGrath. Accompanying the bequest is a shiny, new edition of the VVebster- Merriam Dictionary. Mac will need it. Priscilla Howe leaves her blues singing to Pauline Chase. No one ever questioned that they both had the wherewithalg with the voice thrown in -well, Priscilla got excellent results. Barbara Emma Hughes leaves poor Mr. Pedley in the clutches of the junior misses-and we donit mean the dress department. John Frederick Landall leaves his acrobatic dancing skill to John Fitz- patrick: john, you know. had decided to join the tank corps. Florence Louise Lavezzo leaves her sunny disposition to Charlotte Hewitt. Best results, according to F lossie, may be obtained by imbibing large quantities at short intervals. Helmuth John Lehmbecker leaves his tinkering habits to Morris Shepard, who probably won't give a tinkeris da . . er ah . . . darn. John iVz'lliam McGrath leaves his flaming red hair to Richard Hampton so that he may continue to carry the torch for - P Right! Ellen Clara McNamara leaves her generous capacity for companionship to Virginia Brown. Give out with the umph, C-inf, Norma Emma Meister leaves her rackets, of which she had several, to some poor benighted junior -find one that isn't-may they do as welll Eleanor Priscilla Morse leaves her impressive following among the under- graduates and an ivory and cream covered volume entitled The Secret of a Beautiful Complexionf, If you really want to know, the secret is simply a pleasant, even temperament. Say thank you, Priscilla. David Arnold Nickerson leaves that suave, confident manner of his to James Keyes. So sorry hat no fit, but Jamesee do O. K. in other league. Frederick Christian Neithold, Ir. leaves his title of baron. with a full estate thrown in to anyone who is worthy of the title. What. no corners? Muriel Edith Ornell leaves. Wlhat else is there for her to do? Marion Elizabeth Plummer leaves her recently acquired junior to his grief and a certain moderately interested party, who has all the ear marks of a fierce competitor. Mary Marjorie Poirier leaves her quiet manner to Martha Jane Quimby, and if this doesn't do it, nothing can. Irving Bitson Post leaves for Boston University where. as we under- stand it he intends to attend an occasional Tennessee Fish Fry. Robert Norman Powers leaves his radical ideas and animadversions to Robert Lindberg. Poor Lindy. It shouldn't happen to a dog. Arthur XVe.sley Robinson leaves his sense of humor to lack Dutton, who page twenty-four

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Last Will and Testament KNOXV ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that on this eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine-hundred and forty-two, we. here- after to be known en masse as the senior class of Sharon High School, in the town of Sharon, the County of Norfolk, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. do herewith sign and deliver up for probate this, our last will and testament. revoking any and all other wills, testaments, and codicils hitherto made by us. Being in full control of our faculties, such as they may be, we do petition that the court name as executor to act without bond Lieutenant Frederick C. Wlard, U. S. Army, quondam Superintendent of the aforesaid school. KNOYV, THEN, ALL MEN THAT- George Henry Allen leaves to the senior-defeated junior boys his garage full of Packards. Happy Motoring! Gwendolyn Elaine Alley leaves her caustic gibes to that small-statured sharpy john Stone. Helen Caryl Andrews leaves her typical stevedore manners and rough- house tactics to stormy Shirley Scott. Ah there, Shirley! Edward Martin Berger leaves his athletic ability to Alvin Nickerson, who, we know. will carry on in the inimitable Berger way. He's taking all the rest of his talents with him. David lVinn Bishop leaves his astonishing versatility lit ranges from blondes to brunettesl to Ceorge Bailey. On your toes, Ieanne! Mary Esther Bremner leaves her inevitable corsages to Frances Hall to whom a rose by any other name would smell as sweetf, lPlug for Shakes- peare.7 Virginia Ann Bremner leaves a myriad of decidedly lonely nights to each and every junior girl. Catch up on your beauty sleep girls -if you can, under the Bremner system. Eleanor Harriet Cox leaves her army of admirers to Agnes Neithold whom, under the circumstances, we would advise to take a course in civilian defense. Eleanor Irene Fishman leaves her fiery outbursts of temperament to Mildred Rose. For your protection, Mildred, they seem to break out like measles during the season when the calla lilies are in bloom. CPaging Katie Hepbum.l Frank Antonine Fitzpatrick leaves a vear of the most exquisite grief to his presidential colleagues of next year. On the theory that no one would find any use for it any way, he's taking his middle name with him. Ruth Anne Flanagan leaves the undergraduates memories of her perfect diction and flawless voice floating through an auditorium of students silenced into breathlessness. Gertrude Eloise French leaves, and gentlemen, like it or not, this is her final word on the subject. Helen Cora Frisbee leaves the vulgar atmosphere of these baser climes for higher education in the college of Hard Knocks. Betty Jeanne Frye leaves Sharon High for Boston University in order to keep posted on the new and improved techniques of advanced educational theory. page twenty-three

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might try it for size as an aid to getting the point of certain remarks innocently directed toward him from time to time. Catherine Elizabeth Rockett leaves the girls' basketball team sadly in the lurch, together with a certain powerful attraction for a gentleman whom we are powerless to name. Roslyn Bernice Rodman leaves her oral reading ability to any junior girl that just has to talk. Now, girls, don't rush us. Sanford Prescott Rogers leaves his strong. silent manner to Sumner Muscles Aronson, who will do well to follow Sanls lead, at least as regards the silent part. Peter lllcrner Seihert leaves his skiing talent to Allan Davis. In all fairness he cannot be held responsible for an endowment not intended for him by nature. Pete has decided to take up telegraphyg that is, Morse code. John David Shyne leaves his driving ability to Peter Bolan. juniors are warned in advance, so please do not expect any sympathy from us. Helen Anne Stewart leaves. to the demoralization of our armed forces, three sailors for four soldiers. Don't tell it to the marines! Paul Honey Tanner bequeaths his middle name to Mary Saunders to make her even sweeter than she is. Irving Francis Traut leaves his Packard to the whole junior class, and believe me, the cute little tykes will fit. How about a substitute for gas, geniuses? Zoe Marjorie Traut leaves that ever-present wad of gum to the United States Rubber Co. YVhat on earth will be left for her to think about when sheis busy talking? Patricia Mauis Trunrly leaves a lingering look, lovingly to Yvonne Le- Tourneau, who. like Pat, has got her man. Herbert Anonymous Turclc, lr. leaves every girl in the high school gasping for air. Now that it can be told, the formula is very simple fellows: one bottle of peroxide and a set of curlers. Nicholas Angelo Vacca leaves his flying fingers to the aspiring under- graduate typists that they may make the keyboards ring as he does. John Frederick Van Vaerenwyclc leaves his mysterious knowledge and magic touch with the amplifier to Phil VVhitney. Off the record we feel reasonably sure that this job will be somewhat neglected by this budding mechanical genius in favor of a course in the proper understanding of the modern woman. Vain hope! Carlotta Mary Vitali leaves her eternally youthful spirit and celestial dis- position to Priscilla Sherwood, who, it is hoped, will inspire in the juniors at least a spark of wit in their early decadence. Helen Florence Voit leaves with her heart intact, as we all expected she would, she is still in search of a junior of the feminine persuasion who will carry the torch for the suffragettes, but then the junior girls don't seem to think they have any rights -women's or others, they're all the same to them. Ruth lVeir leaves her eternal smile to Valerie WVilliams, who would do well to remember that little girls are better seen than heard. lean Mary Wilson leaves, to be brutally frank, nothing but her grand page twenty-five