Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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Tin: SKXIOU YKAR HOOK 29 generously but unknowingly gave to the Westerly Wet-Wash Laundry recently. Item VI. The Class, through the agency of the Student Council, bequeath to Mr. Holder Lawson’s vacuum cleaner, that it may be easier for him to disencumber the floors of unnecessary paper, thumb-tacks, and other rubbish. Item VII. I, Thomas Wright, having been duly commissioned to draw up this will, do hereby confer the following personal belongings of the Class of 1930 upon members of the succeeding classes, hoping that they will be received in a submissive and appreciative spirit, and properly applied: I, Louise Cook, bequeath my obstreperous and stentorian voice to Rose Hoadley. I. Archina Fletcher, bequeath my “Speedy” equestrianism to Eleanor Scanlon. We, Laura Thompson, Wenonah Smith, and Beverly Crandall, confer our mouse-like silence between classes upon Frances Farn-ham, Elizabeth Mclnnes, and Violet Marra. I, Joseph Turrissi, leave my daily motto and theme song “It’s Better to Lie in Bed” to Julius Wein. WTe, Gerard Nardone and Fred DePietro, solemnly will our nonchalant, effortless manner of demonstrating the most obstruse geometrical propositions to Joseph Brown and Donald McKellar, who are in dire need of it. I, Albert Green, bequeath my inherited right, title, and interest in the battered school piano to Frances Cook, with instructions to treat the aforesaid cruelly-used article with all due respect and tenderness. We, Helen Doney and Vera Campbell, bequeath our nervousness and hesitancy in English class to Althea Nichols and Anna Fraquelli. I, Abraham Itchkawich, leave my occasional twenty-one-ply mustache, which has attracted so much feminine attention at various dances, to Harry Peckham. We, Freda Hannuksela, Ellen Sunderland, and Lillian Matson do will our pompous, haughty demeanor to Ruth Picard, Dot Ryan, and Katherine Blake. I, Frank Acolina, bequeath my reserved seat in the office to Burnie Stenhouse. We, Patsy Celestino, James Fiori, and Alphonse Gencarelli, hereby bestow our nickname “The Three Modern Musketeers” on Bud Christie, Spike Dolan, and Bob Carson. I, Fred Hill, bequeath my vagrant propensities in and out of school (noteworthy out) to Ned Tobin. I, Vero Morrone, leave my terpischorean dexterity on the dance floor to George Smith. We, Elisha Peckham, William Lawson, and Nelson Thorp, do

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2N THE SENIOR YEAH HOOK CLKSS WILL As attorney of the Class of 1930, it becomes my sorrowful aruF solemn duty to read officially the last will and testament of the beloved deceased. Though I can scarcely see the records for the-tears, I must proceed with the sad business. We, the Class of 1930, being of sound mind, teeth, and heart,, and being in full possession of a sane understanding and logic,. hereby, make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament, annulling and averring void all similar documents previously formed by us. Being of a magnanimous, megalo-maniacal, and munificent nature, we do hereby dispense with such multifarious possessions and effects as may be left after our passing from this world. Item I. We, the Class of 1930, bestow the following warnings: on the incoming Freshman Class: 1. Keep away from the horse fountain. 2. Never usurp the Seniors’ privilege of wearing hob-nailed' heels—you will attract too much attention. 3. Beware of Mr. Maxwell’s black cat; he is a ferocious beast and the quadruped has been known to frighten and molest even Seniors. 4. Do not be afraid of the skeleton in the Lecture Room and do not fail to write your initials on it; the faculty approves highly of the practice as being exceedingly commendable. Item II. To the Freshman Class we bequeath a complete understanding of Miss Mclntire’s wiles, traps, and ensnaring tactics—in geometry, and of Miss Sturtevant’s strange, bewildering manner of expounding irregular verbs and the like. Item III. Upon the Sophomore Class, we hereby confer our exemplary and eulogistical manner of conducting a Junior Prom. Item IV. To the Junior Class, who are in sore need of the following laudatory virtues, we bequeath our originality (?) and graftmanship. Item V. It is the will of the Class that Miss Ring be supplied with a brand-new, shiny curling-iron to replace the one that she

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30 Tin: SENIOR YEAR HOOK bequeath our adherence to each other, which has often proved disastrous, to Henry Stahle, Boutelle, and Joe Rose. I, Samuel Goldberg, do bestow half my towering form on Charles Lamb who is conspicuously lacking in that respect. We, Barbara Briggs and Douglas Barber, do confer our admiration for each other upon Elizabeth York and Donald Bonner. I. Jack Tobin, bequeath my high color, bashfulness, and trembling timidity in delivering addresses in Assembly, to Raymond Ingram. I, Reuben Deutsch, do will to Donald Faulkes my stupendous physical strength and my outstanding athletic prowess. I, John Prestini, do leave my reckless driving and my interest in a certain Junior, a real Ev-“Angeline,” to Arthur Lepper. I, Ruth Saunders, bequeath my innocent, unsophisticated manner, and my intense seriousness as regards school duties to Grace Bliven. I, William Durfee, do bestow my wan, delicate complexion and my frail, fragile, and frangible anatomy upon Jack Scanlon. I, Willard Hoxsie, do will that quivering, infirm article of doubtful powers of conveyance, which I term an “Oakland,” to Eleanor Hoxsie, in order that the aforesaid vehicle may be kept as a family heirloom. I, Thomas Wright, solemnly bequeath my ability in straddling the issue and in reducing assignments by persuasive argument to Heino Vega. I, James Federico, do will my unassuming, tranquil, and serene disposition to Ralph Undrum. We, Evelyn Bliven and Gertrude Solomon, bestow our enviable Honor Roll records upon Annette McCoy and Evelyn Dower. I, Minnie Felicetti, bequeath my famous giggle to Ellen Michie. I. William Cornforth, confer my excitable, vivacious, nervous manner, and my expeditious, sprightly, agile walk on Charles Crandall. We, the Class of 1930, direct that the surplus of our superior intelligence and the glory of our brilliant careers be collocated, reserved, and employed to defray the expense of a stately, ivory-inlaid mausoleum to our honorable memory—such mausoleum to be erected on the high bluffs in the rear of this institution of aggregated erudition. We hereby appoint Mr. Robert Valentine, our greatly beloved director of the science and art of rhythmic combination of tones, sole executor of this, our last will and testament. In witness whereof, we, the Class of 1930, the testators, have to this, our last, sole, and conclusive will and testament, set our hand and seal this twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty. Thomas A. Wright. Attorney at Law.