Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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he shortage of manpower is a national concern. This past year many of you have willingly and very capably contribut ed much to alleviate this situation. It is obvious that conducting this war to a successful conclusion will necessitate not only accumulating each ounce of raw material that can be located or salvaged but the judicious management of all human resources. Materials cannot be wasted by unqualified individuals awkwardly doing jobs for which they are not fitted. The armed services, production lines, private industry and business as a whole require men and women with ability, imagination, determination, resourcefulness and energy. Slightly more than a decade ago, graduates, as you are now, were shunted in the background, discouraged and made to feel unnecessary, but you today arc the country’s greatest asset. Decisions must be made, and it is essential that they be based on considered judgment with primary emphasis on the contribution that each of you can make to the war effort. Our country has already selected some of you for pilot training, others will be selected as bombardiers, mechanics, and all other specialists needed to win the war. From others we must provide scientists, engineers, inventors, professional services of all types needed in the post-war period. For some of you two plans will be necessary, one for the war years and the other for the post-war period. You, together with other graduates, comprise the nation’s greatest, most precious resource and the talent that will be required during the critical years of war and of the reconstruction that must inevitably follow. “Great deeds are not performed by strength alone, but by perseverance.”—Dr. S. Johnson

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Dedication . . . To George Higginbottom, our friend and principal, we the class of 1944 respectfully dedicate this Yearbook, in appreciation of his interest and guidance in our problems and activities throughout the year.

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 3b Verna B. Ames Dorothy AT. Anderson William Bettencourt Mildred Blcnnerhassct Arthur N. Boudreau Helen E. Bridey Barbara O. Brown Josephine M. Calderara B. Alberta Cleary Carmel R. Cleary Albert Clish Leslie W. Crowson Eva P. Davis Catherine Curran Dennis M. Louise Dorntee Michael J. Egan B. Carson French Alfred F. Gay Elizabeth A. Gould Martha L. Hanf George Higginbottom Evelyn Hornsey Melissa B. Howarth Joseph D. Hughes Myra M. Hutchinson Fredna T. Irvine David C. Jacobs Joseph F. Kolouch Robert W. Leonard Ralph Libby Miriam Loring Anne M. Loya Edmund M. MacCloskcy Prudence I. Mathews Katherine R. McKenna Charles M. Meyers Donald Moore William S. Nagle Evelyn R. Noreen Albert Orton Wilfred E. Paro Grace A. Richmond Louise Shanlev Mildred F. Shedd Walter Smith Marion B. Steuerwald Elizabeth Stevens M. Lois Stone Ethel F. Swan Meldon Wenner Ruth 1. Woodruff [8]