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

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I, Shirley Matthes, will to all future American History One students the ability to pass the course and still have fun writing names in their books and dreaming during class time. Remember the object is to pass. I, Harry Kern, will to any Freshman the ability to chew gum in Miss Sklair's English class and not get caught. I, Steve Kertesz, will to the Baiggs the power to get out of school successfully. I, Shirley Kilkes, will to Gloria Fithian the corner of Amboy Road and Brehaut Avenue where we met every morning on the way to school. I, Dorothy Knudsen, will to all incoming freshmen the luck to have Miss Sklair, one of the finest teachers I have ever met, of English. I, John Kurowski, will to all Mount Loretto students the ability to do well in T.H.S. and graduate in four years. I, Angela La Rosa, will to Larry Wilson the ability to study, but still have lots of fun, and hurry to get out of high school. I, Ronald Larsen, will to the next drummer in the band my place in the drum section and all the wisecracks received in my three years there. I, Rosemary Lombardo, will to my sister, Joanne, the ability to pass all her subjects. I, John Lovas, will to my brother Bob a pack of Camels so that he may become a doctor. I, Carolyn Mason, will to my incoming freshman sister the ability to go through school the Way I did. I, Anthony Mazzella, will to any incoming freshman the ability to take all of Mr. Caballerols gab. I, John McCracken, will to my brother Tom, The Thing, so he can pass the Spanish Regents with a mark over 80. I, James McKay, being of a fairly sound mind, do hereby make my last will and testament to Skippy. I leave my seat in the 8th term register which I hope he'll occupy some day, to Dick I leave the Euterpian Society with all its fun and Mrs. Wilson's glare, to dear old T.H.S. I leave. I, Laura Moroni, will to Lois Hudson and Gerry Ozgar the ability to have all the good times in high school as I have had. Also to my many teach- ers very many thanks for their guidance and help that they have given me. I, Robert Nielsen, will to my brother Howard Nielsen the right to have Miss Sklair as an English teacher and pass. I, Janet Nielsen, will to my bosom pals Alice, Arlere, Leonia and Diane the ability to get through the rest of high school without me. fl know they can.J I, Peg Nielsen, will the study hall to Daisy Bodoky and my gym locker to Bubbles,' De Closs, Good Luck, Kids. I, Peggy O,Shea, will, to Olin Blair, Ed Powick, John Stauff, and Russel Lang, the ability to stay on their marshal posts for the remaining years in T.H.S.?

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C4144 -June, 1951 I, Harold Ahlin, will to some Freshman, the Radio Department of Room C11 and all unfinished Projects that go with it. I, Barbara Anderson, will to ,Iean Bridge and Lois Hudson, all the fun I had in the Cafeteria 5th period. I, Frank Aue, will to Joe Poalino, the power to have 10 terms of Machine Shop and still pass them all. I, Eileen Austin, will to Gerry Schaefer my standing room on the 116. 1, Joan Austin, leave Mr. Carroll to Gerry Schafer. And the rest of the men teachers to my sister, Margie and to Peggy Nielsen, Jr. I, Marilyn Bochilo, will to the secretaries in office 131 much use from the desk drawers. I, Mary Ellen Bochino, will the incoming Freshman to Miss Lisanti. I, Bill Bogaerts, do hereby will to Bert Morenz, two more years of play- ing snare drum in the T. H. S. Band, and to all mathematicians, the ability to understand Mr. Carroll. 1, Alan Bailey fbeing of sound mind and bodyj, will, to anyone foolish enough to accept it, my many incurred duties, responsibilities, privileges and old excused late passes. I, Peggie Dunlop, will to Mr. Halloran, my unusual Chemistry books and all the fun I had in Chemistry. I, Charles Haughton, will to Mrs. Wilson a trumpet section of little freshmen. I, Leona Haught, will to my sister ,Iane and Caroline Wertlirnuller, Mr. Estlow, my Reg. and American History teacher. May they enjoy him as much as I did fduring registerj . I, Calvin Brown, will to my two brothers, Teddy and Leslie the ability to go through school without all the trouble and misunderstanding with the teachers, that live had??? I, Ethel Brown, will to the remaining Six Saintsn Carlyn Young, E. C. Bischoff, Gail Woll, the honor of having Olin Blair pester the life out of you, while working in Oifice 125. I, Frederick Becker, will to my brother Thomas my favorite carving knife so he can carry on a tradition. I also will him my Coveralls so he can get them washed and mended so he can use them for four years. I, Richard Beck, will to any Mount Loretto student the ability to go through high school in four years. We, June Benedict and Bessie Sauss, leave to our sisters, Hope and Joyce and to our friend Bob Migley, the art of getting out of classes and not getting caught as we didn,t. 1, John Bensen, will to any freshman machinist the ability to sweat through a machine shop exam, and laugh when he hears his foul mark.

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I, Joan Parsons, will to Bob Arnold, the ability to lose his books during the term and then, at the last minute, find them, as I did. I, Richard Pecoraro, will to my brother and sister lots of luck during high school and after. I, Harold Pedersen, will leave, with pleasure. I, Alma Quigley, leave to anyone that might want them, my gym suit and sneakers. May they have all the fun I had wearing them. I, Carol Reis, being of reasonably sound mind and body, will to Ellen, ,lane and Franie, a delightful term in T.H.S. without me, to Miss Koetat a whole year without a Reis in Tottenville, and Dr. Smith--thanks for all the guidance and assistance she has given me in T.H.S. We, Pat Moran and Nancy Ryan, will, to Miss Lisanti, the ability to gain two secretaries that will work for her????? I, Robert Saberg, will to any Freshman the ability to pass 3 years of French and make a career of it as I did in becoming a chef in 'I'.I'I.S. flfhomme qui parle francais dans la cuisine quand 1,Faire la cuisine., I, .Ion Sem, will to my sister Anne Marie the pleasure of taking and passing Trigonometry with 9029. I, William Siersema, being of sound mind and body, will all my past debts incurred in the cafeteria to Gordan Jacobsen. I, Peggy Skinner, will to my sister Regina, my gym suit, which she Wore more than I did. I, Anastasia Smith, will to Nancy Cossean, a new buddy to walk to school with and to buy her an apple every day. I, Patricia Spratlin, will, to my brother Richard, the ability to work on the lab. squad just one term Without dropping something. I, Catherine Stafford, will to Dickie Deagan the ability to walk through the halls and not call anyone else. I, Ernie Stankovics, will to Yvonne Langford as many friends as I have had in Tottenville High. I, Ellen Tull, will to my little sister Carlyn the ability to understand and appreciate one of the sweetest teachers in the school, Miss Koegl . . . and to Barbara Sohn all my many college catalogues from which I chose Wagner, after much toil. I, Marilyn Unger, will to anyone the ability to do homework and to watch television at the same time. We, Elaria Sorby and Lauretta Wood, will to Carol Sorby and Arthur Wood, the ability to make and keep friends as we have in their four years in T.I'I.S. I, Joan Gunther, will to Miss Porter for English 2A and 3A, my brother I im, and incoming freshmen. Perhaps you can teach him to put in apos- trophies, too. I, Paul Geidel, will to Eugene Shea the 'gtorturel' of staying in high school another 6 months.