Tottenville High School - Purple Parrot Yearbook (Staten Island, NY)

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I, Evelyn Green, will to my sister, Lorraine, the ability to leave home at 9:05 and still get to school on time as I have for the past four years. I, Barbara Hayes, hereby will to my beloved brother and sister, Rocky and Betsy, all the remaining years of high school to suffer through without me. I, Ann Hemming, will to Nancy Stieg and Peggy Deschaux the ability to stand on the corner and wait for the bus for one hour when there is snow on the ground. I, Richie Henry, will to Larry Sullivan and Rabbit,' Mayhew one less head to help them decide whether they should go to classes or take the day off. I, Howard Herbert, will to any trombone player the ability to play three parts at once and not get lost. I, Jane Jenkins, will to any freshman the honor and pleasure of being in Euterps for four years under Mrs. W'ilson,s direction without being kicked out. I, Joan Jenkins, will my sewing machine to any girl who can keep it under good control. I, Marion Keber, will to Carol Lehman my desk in Miss Meyer's class. She will find three wads of gum and an old newspaper. I, Stephen Kertesz, will to Andy and Don the ability to leave school with an honorable discharge. I,James Kirby, will to my sister Kathleen, the ability to get out of bed at 8:30, wake up at 8:55, and get to school on time. I, Joan Kubera, will to Dick McLaren a dictionary, so the words will be right the first time. Also, all my remaining paper bags. I, Andrew Kutko, will my desk and seat in 8-2 to anyone who can get as far as I did in high school to sit in it. I, Felix Lugo, will to my brother, Peter, the ability to get through high school without failing or getting left back. I, Clara Martyka, will to Gloria Bischoff, the pleasure of riding to school in the front seat of her uncle's truck. I, Miles McLeod, will to Jimmy and Calvin, the privilege of passing two terms of algebra in two years. I, Marion Minarik, will to my sister Harriet, Olin Blair. We, Frank Mooney and Oliver Simonsen, will to any ambitious fresh- man, the ability to stay up nights to see Dagmar on T.V., and still be wide awake for school the next day. I, Mabel Moore, will to Norman Gilby and Richard Backof, the ability to walk around the school without a pass fand get away with it.J I, Thomas Morrissey, leave QI hopej. I, Ellen Muoio, the last of the six Muoios, will to Peggy Dunlop and Marilyn Heerlein, the ability to get the 8 o'clock bus for IA, have Economics the 8th period, and still stay awake. I, Patrick Murphy, will my thanks and ratitude to the teachers through g 7 D whose efforts it was possible for me to graduate.

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Gfafsa -yanuary, 1951 I, Dick Ainsworth, will to the incoming Freshmen the ability to pass the Biology Regents without studying. We, Lois Alexander and Belle Seguine, leave to Shirley Matthes the ability to cope with Miss Muntz without our able support and, to our teachers, thanks for making it possible for us to have lunch together for the past three years. I, Thelma Andersen, will to my sister Dorene the privilege of graduating in 3-M years as I have done. I, Robert Biller, will to all future managers of the Collegiate Party the ability to keep all the members happy and still get some work done. I, Catherine Birmingham, will to anyone who wants it my lunch period in American History class. I I, Grace Brill, will to anyone who can find the patience, my seat at the desk in the library. I, Shirley Brower, will to all the incoming Freshmen the ability to have as many good times as I have had in T.H.S. We, Dorothy Bundesen and Betty Polhemus, will to Mr. Carroll office 226, after finding it quite useful for the past year and a half. I, Roger Busing, will to my brother Bob, all the friends and fun I leave behind. I, Robert Carlton, being of sound mind and body fso thatis a sound???j, leave to my niece, Pat Petty-one worn out Bunsen Burner Lighter at my table in Chem. Lab.-Boy did I have a hot time! I, Cliff Danielsen, will to any English 8 student, the ability to fool around in Miss Koetat's room, and get away with it. I, Michael Danielson, will to any fool who wants it, the job as Party Manager of Collegiate, and to my sister Holly, the good fortune to get Mr. Schwing as Grade Advisor. I, Phyllis Davidson, will to my sister Ginny, the good fortune of having as many wonderful friends and teachers as I had in Tottenville. I, Leta Diehl, will to my brother Robert, happiness in his remaining high school career. I, Shirley Ellis, will to lVIr. Fisler, a new secretary who will do as many things wrong as I have done and still laugh over it. I, Joan F emenella, will to my sister Pat all my worn-down pencils and old sten-books, and to my brother Richard, my old roller skates so he can catch the bus in the morning. I, Harold Fries, will to my brother Benjamin the fun and friends I had in Tottenville High School. We, Connie Gardner and Katherine Jacobsen will to Pam Nordgren, a new arrival from Florida, a spoke in our Big Wheel. I, Albert Genzlinger, will to Mr. Collins a box of cigars.

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I, Jean O,Brien, will to any incoming Freshman member of the band the corner in 119 that meant so much to me. I, Bob Odell, will Evelyn Folvig, the ability fand she has plenty of itj to get through four years of THS, and have as much fun as I did doing it. I, Gloria O'Keefe, will to my sister Loretta, a future freshman, locker 635. Also the ability to do what you feel like in First Aid and still get along with Miss Jorgensen. We, Anne Owen and Violet Kohn, do hereby will to any freshman, all the fun We had in the Collegiate Party. I, James Palmer, will to Bob Nielsen my Eco. teacher. Good Luck. I, Urban Pearson, will my troubles with Mrs. Drill to any one who is eligible. I, Eleanor Pellikan, will to Angela LaRosa and Barbara Corson, a happy and successful term so I may see them graduate together in June. I, Eugenia Prusak, will to my sister, Leonia, as much fun and success in her Senior Year of high school as I have had in mine. I, Betty Ross, will to my teachers the other half of the Boss family. They're worse than I am, if possible. I, Audrey Stryker, will to Lyn Daly as my twin brother Pete willed to me, the ability to have as much fun and friends in T.H.S. as I did. I, Dorothy Tanner, will to anyone who wants them, Mrs. Iieilly's ink eradicator, Miss Reuther's scissors and the bottom drawers of Mr. Schwing,s and Mr. Mattei's desks. I, Gloria Teixuro, will to all incoming freshmen, who are Dodger fans, the pleasure of having Miss Koetat for their English teacher. I, Steve Timari, do not leave my will to anyone because I don't think anyone deserves what I did. I, Virginia Tromba, will to the teachers of Tottenville I-Iigh School my sister and brother. Here is hoping that they have just as much fun as I did. Also to Leonia Prusak I leave all the luck in the world and hope that she can get along with some of the teachers I couldn't and still pass. I, Dick Vroome, will to the boys of the Pleasant Plains Hitchhiking Association my membership card and hope that they will use it as well as I did. I, Dave Walz, of insane mind, will to Jerry Bracken, George Conser and Charles Kurtz, a half a brain among them. I, Robert Washington, will my saxophone to anybody that likes to study hard. I, Anna Wasilchak, will to Ellen Tull my copy of Hamlet and my seat in Dr. Smith's English. I, Eleanor Wegener, will to any freshmen the ability to be as lucky as I have been not to be late nor absent for their four years in high school. I, Evelyn Zilke, will to my fellow classmates the fond memories of a wonderful senior year. To all my teachers, a grateful Thank you for their patient guidance in my four years at Tottenville High.