Wheeler High School - Wheelerite Yearbook (North Stonington, CT)

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The XVHEELERVI F Page 'N ne Class Wlll We the Class of 1942 belng of sound mmd and body wlth facultles only shght ly lmpalfed by our arduous four years at Wheeler School do vuth mallce toward none and charlty for some make our La t W1ll and Testament bequeathmg to our surylyors those cherished IJOSSCSSIOI yy h1ch haye made us the enyy of less fa ored underclassmen To Wlt fand to Wool To the Trustees of Wheeler School thf Class of 1942 w1th deep serlousness and genulne appreclatlon leaves 1ts heartfelt thank you' We have through the years been consclous of the debt vue one to you and the founders of our school To the Faculty who through four ex haustlng years has tr1ed to lead push and pull us along learnlngs rough road vue g1V6 and bequeath our underclassmen hoplng that they may reahze sooner than we d1d how much they one to those whose patlence and W1Sd0Yf1 brought us to our Commencement To the Junlors we leaye the almost 1m posslble task of folloyymg 1n our footsteps emulatmg our example of lndustry and achleyement Indlyldual bequests by the partles of th first part to partles of the second part are as follows 1 I Wllllam Barker leaye my prlma donna temperament my Camay complex lon and my long dark lashes to be d1v1dfd among all the underclass glrls 2 I Bud Eastland leaye my mechan 1cal abllxty and a few extra hght fuses to Alfred Croft so that he yy 1ll no longer bc under the necesslty of parklng at the slde of the road at mght fAnother good al1b1 exploded J 3 I Beryl Geer lease my naturally waxy halr and qulet a1r of I know more than I will tell to Margaret Jones 4 I Ward Gray fBert1el leaye mv sartorlal splendor my appearance of al ways belng about to dash off to a secret rendezyous my glamour 1n other words to GUZZI6 Croft 5 I Phyllls Jackson leaye reluctant ly my dally strolls w1th Kenneth Soren sen and my ylbrant personallty to Alfred Croft and Lee Gwyer durlng the gas ra t1on1ng 6 I Janet Mam m a fit of good h.1 mor lease my vylde eyed expresslon of mlsty wonder xx h1le dancing to Dorotly Sorensen 7 I Ralph Mam leave my braln brawn and stature to John Coon wno probably wont know what to do w1th lt all at once 8 I G rtrude Mame leaxe my buxom blond charm and good humor to Florence Caswell 9 I Dor1s Robert leave my pomp splendor and good nature to Beverly Mam of Church H111 Farm telephone 10 I Jack Sorensen leaye my Jltter bug technlque and aglllty as the high steppmg shortstop to George lVI1ner 11 I Margaret Umphlett leave mv Southern accent my pucklsh smlle and my erstwhlle honey ch1le to vyhoeye yy ants them 12 I James Wheeler leaxe my hany chest and athlet1c caper1ng on the dance floor to Freddle Gray who I hope w11l keep the former curled and the latter 11m er 13 I Hllda Wllklnson leaye my oe pendable good humor and chaperonage of llttle boys to Mary Mlner who vull I hope take partlcular care of Royce Gray 14 I James Palmer who somehow or other got out of place alphabetlcally I should be nearer Bud Eastland leave mv loy ely blond ha1r and a bottle of bleach 0 Eddle Dey The mult1pl1c1ty of other valuable po sesslons of the Class of 1942 must be d1s trrbuted at the d1scret1on of our execu tors Mrs Chambers and Mr Rayher who haye had ample opportunlty to appralse them In Testlmony Whereof we haye hereun to set our hand 1n sald North Stonmgton on th1s day the first of June ln the year 1942 A D WARD GRAY PHYLLIS JACKSON JAMES WHEELER 1 . T. . . l O , 1 V . . 9 v 9 ' . V. . . Y v. . ' 1 Y. . Y ' . . , . . I' I . . ' - 9 -5 - s 9 ' ! 9 ' ' I . 13 . ' ' 'I v ' 7 v - 1 V- L. . ' . . . . ' , ' ' 9 9 9 A ' 1 . , .V , . . H . V V , Y . . , . . , K ' . . . , e , '. I I K h 4 v . f - V . . I . ' 1 4 - r ' 9 9 ' 1 y 9 . , V . n , , - -n 9 ' 9 9 ' .L K - . 7 v 1 . S N A . . Y. v ' 9 9 . . A, , , - - ' 46 ' 77 v v- v 7 M , ,, - 1 v , , V u - ' 9 ' s . v . . . . y. . - - - 1 9 fy S . ' : b . . . V . - - . V 1 ' 9 a ' 1 1 ' 9 ' - ,L ' 1 V 9 - 4 . . Y - v . , . , . , . , . . I T v' 1 T . . . . l ' 1, . ' S- 1 7 ' - - 9 9 V . . . H . .K . - I ,, 1 v v 1 . , ., . . I . , .I V v . . ' 9 9 e ' br L , A. n ' ' 1 - V . Y Q . . . 9 v ' v L ' -9 . .W i . . , . . , . , c , , , ' u u

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The NVHEELERYI E Page Elex ell WARD GRAY Monk Ward prefers belng, cfllled Bertle whlch 15 short for hl second name Bertram He IS werl gay and carefree ln faet he IS newer serlous Ihough Ward IS verv self confldent lle has proved th lf sl hen he wfmts to do a thlng, he crm do ll well Hls f1YOI'lIC sports 'lre tennls 'md foothflll He hl not deelded lx ll It he ll lnts to he Xet but we 'lre sure th'lt ln whatex er fleld he ehoo e he wlll be 'ln 'luthorltl PHYLLIS JACKSON ll Phll whose 'lmbltlon It ls to teich lb one of our le'ldlng stu ents She IS very 'letlve ln 111 lxlnds of spolts Phll IS the Seeremrx of the Student Lounell H fllorlte pl Yllnffb 1re hlklng, re'ldlng, 1nd SlI1,,,lI1f llll WI l frlelld bemuse she hl suth l xlbrlllt persollllltl GERTRUDE MAINE ,.-. Dum' flew Jlffll hu llI?lilX hon I1 her genlus 'ls 'l xx rlter hx pu llshlng, The NK healer We Llx 'llld exeml wlttx poems She ls vers lndustrlous llld ITl'llxCs 'Ill of her own clothes Llfe vl ould be lerl dull nlthout people llke Gertrude qround to cheer up the more pellslxe txpe Her onll hobbx ls NIL lng and that ulll be 1 gfC'1I asset to her through llfe