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

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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.

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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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FAREWELL EDITION NO REFUNDS ON TH E FALSE Pneolcnons Volume XXXZ , No. 324I FLAGPOLE SITTER FOR YANKEES Dick Vroome started his ninth week as a Hag pole sitter to ex- press his feelings against the current losing streak of the New York Yankees. His only contact with the events going on is with his go-between Red Palmer. Red brings him his food, mail and baseball results every day. Dick says he is completely content on his perch although it is a little wet when it rains. He resolves to remain on the pole until the Yan- kees are in first place again. They are now in third place but they're slowly climbing to first place. NOVELIST DOES IT AGAIN Another novel has been written by Miss Nancy lhnken, entitled FOREVER ROSEMARY. The hook has been dedicated to Miss Rosemary Lombardo who has typed the complete manuscript in three hours, fourteen days. TRIP TO UNKNOWN PLANET SCHEDULED Miss Ann Hemming and Miss Eleanor Wegener are soliciting persons interested in explor- ing the unknown. They plan to discover an unknown planet be- tween earth and Venus. Its where- abouts they cannot yet determine, due to the inefficiency of their materials valued at over two bil- lion dollars. Two of their co-workers, Misses Ellen Muoio and Dorothy Tanner, have been making startling dis- coveries about the Milky-Way. One evening when they were star- gazing they discovered that the milk had gone sour. Miss Marion Minarik has discovered that the stars are not all white but change color as you look at them. She has noticed after ten years now that many are blue, green and even red in color. FIRST WOMAN HOT-ROD RACER Miss Virginia Tromba, a for- mer T.H.S. student, rode Car 41 to victory in the July 4th classic. She had to out-race fifty other male contenders to capture the trophy and the 510,000 purse. Ginny narrowly missed crashing into the wall at least ten times but fortunately missed each time. When asked for a comment after the race was over, Ginny said that now she is free to start on her life-long ambition. This is to circumscribe the globe in her racing car. She will start on it to- morrow and we wish her good luck. CIRCUS CASUALTY Another terrible accident oc- curred last week in the circus. One of the great jugglers, Lois Fifi Alexander, from that great juggling team, Fifi and Mimi, was seriously injured. It seems that Daniel Green, the handy boy, mixed a hard ball in with the soft balls. This ball in some strange manner hit Fifi on the head. She is still unconscious and is fortu- nate enough to have the famed Nurse Jean O'Brien hold ice cubes on the bump. In answer to our inquiry about her present condition, Nurse O'Brien said, She's out cold. Joan Femenella, whose professional name is Mi- mi, has no comment to make at this time. MISSING PERSONS The renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Marion Keber, has now been missing for ten days down in the hills of Kentucky. Two days ago Gloria Teixuro and Betty Pol- hemus, famed aviatrixes, left New York in search of Dr. Keber. Miss Teixuro landed safely in a Kentucky air field but as yet Miss Polhemus has not been heard from. It is believed that she crashed into the top of Old Smokey. All these reports are un- comfirmed. SEARCH FOR LOST EXPLORER Michael Danielson, the second Frank Buck, has been lost for over three months in the dense jungles of South Africa. A searching party composed of sev- eral of Mr. D.'s friends was or- ganized by Robert Biller. The party has started to look for Mike in the Sahara Desert. Mr. B. said, Well, you know Mike! He's liable to turn up any place. - ENGAGEMENT ' ANNOUNCED Miss Phyllis Davidson has an- nounced her betrothal and forth- coming marriage to Howard Herbert. The couple have been going steady for over ten years now and have finally decided that they were made for each other. CELEBRITIES MINGLE IN FORM- ALLY Sir David Waltz Cof the fChis- holm Waltz'sJ entertained many of the celebrated aristocrats of New York at his Long Acre Es- tate. Among them was the noted Miss Belle Seguine. While there she was wined and dined fat her preference.l Also seen there was Robert Washington, the well-known au- thor and playwright. Playboy Stephen Timari was glimpsed Hitting in and out with a luscious brownette on his arm. Later it was disclosed that this brownette was none other than M.G.M. Star Miss Betty Ross. MODEL CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY Miss Kay Birmingham, the fa- mous model from the Leta Diehl Modeling Studio, has just cele- brated her first anniversary as a model. Miss Birmingham plans on working for another year be- fore celebrating her second anni- versary.