Billerica Memorial High School - BMHS Yearbook (Billerica, MA)

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JANE LARSON Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Massachu- setts Music Festivai, 2; Orchestra, lee, 3, 4. Jane is a quiet, unassuming girl with a vein of humor running through her character. She is talented musically. Her ambition is to be as good a pianist as her classmate, Virginia Parker. You’ll have to go some, Jane, but we all wish you luck! JULIA LEAVITT Treasurer, 1; Basketball Man- ager, 4; Athletic Association Trea- surer, 4; Year Book Staff; Tri- Delta. Julia, better known as ‘‘Betty”, has an infectious smile and a keen sense of humor. Her conscientious- ness and her sunny disposition have won her many friends. Julia plans to become a stenographer. JEAN LIBBY Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Massachu- setts Music Festival, 2; Year Book Staff; Tri-Delta. Smiling, sincere, friendly, and understanding, Jean long will be remembered among her friends. She is. bound to succeed in her am- bition to “be a friend to all and an enemy to none.” RITA LORANGER Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Massachu- setts Music Festival, 2; Year Book Staff; Senior Play; Tri-Delta. Rita’s jolly nature, musical laugh, and sense of humor have made her well known and well liked by her classmates. Rita wants to be a church vocalist af- ter she graduates from Howe High. JEAN MacARTHUR Basketball, 4; Year Book Staff; Athletic Association Play, 3; Tri- Delta. “Jackie”, fun-loving and attrac- tive, has a winning personality. In sports, in social activities, and in studies, she ranks high. With her cheery smile and sincerity, Jackie is a friend worth having. 1939 YEAR 11 BOOK PRISCILLA MAYO Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Year Book Staff. “Prissie” is a quiet, persevering girl who mever starts anything she cannot finish. She wants to be an opera singer. May your life be a song, Priscilla! VIRGINIA MAYO Year Book Staff; Senior Play. “Ginny” is a quiet, dependable, serious-minded girl who wants to teach French. With her determin- ation and willingness to work, we are sure she will become whatever she starts out to be. EDWARD McCLOSKEY “Spike” wants to become a busi- ness man. His aspiration is to make a million dollars over a week-end. He loves bookkeeping, English, and history. With your ambition, “Mac,” you should really show the world what Billerica boys can do. DOROTHY MONGAN Although smali in stature, “Doffie’s” ability is not to be meas- ured in inches. She wants to be a governess, and her sincerity, faith- fulness, friendliness, and keen sense of humor will surely help her to succeed in her chosen field. JOHN MORRILL Glee Club, 1, 2. “Duke’s” sole ambition is to be a radio operator. He is a good engineer now, and he is studying his hardest to become a famous one. He has a severe dislike for the weaker sex. You'll 90 a long way, John! Just keep at it, and your name will be in history books.

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LORRAINE HASTINGS Glee Club, 2. Lorraine, known to her friends as “Lorry”, can always see the bright side of things. Her opti- mistic nature ought to help her hold her job when she becomes a secretary. WILLIAM HIGGINS Football, 3. “Billy” is the quietest person in the Senior Class, but he really ean be humorous when he wants to be. He is a good football play- er. His ambition is to play for the New York Giants. He is rather shy with the girls, but per- haps such shyness is a virtue. ETHEL HODGDON Secretary, 2, 3; Athletic Asso- ciation Vice-president, 4; Year Book Staff; Senior Play; Tri-Delta Vice-president. Ethel (“Hodgie”) will long be remembered by her classmates for her friendliness and her unselfish work for the good of the class. She wants to be a receptionist. LILLIAN HORMAN Basketball, 1, 2, 3, 4; Tri-Delta President. Lillian, known as “Lil” or “Red” by her friends, is a great basket- ball enthusiast. She was a mem- ber of the championship girls’ team of 7388 and was the league’s high scorer. Lil’s hobby is sew- ing. Her aspiration has always been to play the bazooka. Lil’s ambition is to become a nurse af- ter training at Tewksbury. DOROTHY JENKINS Tri-Delta. Friendly, genial, good-humored, “Dot” goes about her way with- out interfering with other people’s affairs. She has been a brighten- ing influence of our class for many years. HOWE HIGH SCHOOL MARY KELEHER Year Book Staff; Tri-Delta Treasurer. Mary’s sunny disposition, de- pendability, and fun-loving nature insure her success and happiness. Her cheerfulness and her winning personality have made her very popular. GENEVIEVE KENNEDY Genevieve is a quiet and con- scientious student with a cheery smile and a pleasing and unassum- ing manner. Her ambition is to be a nurse. We’ll remember you, Nurse, when we are ill! ELEANOR KING Year Book Staff Editor-in-Chief; Senior Play; Radio Play, 2. Eleanor is sweet, unassuming, and cheery,—always ready to be helpful. ‘Ellie’ says that she wants to reach the tremendous height of five feet, but any one who has as many things in her favor as she has, should worry about her stature! ! ! CHARLOTTE KITCHEN Newspaper Staff, 4; Year Book Staff; Senior Play; Tri-Delta. Cheerful, humorous, fun-loving, friendly,—Charlotte has won a place in the hearts of her class- mates. She wants to succeed in life, and with her characteristics, she surely stands a good chance to! MARJORIE KITCHEN Humorous and mischievous, Mar- jorie, like her sister Charlotte, has won a place in the hearts of her fellow classmates. She will never be forgotten. Marjorie wants to be a nurse. ,

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KATHLEEN MURPHY Kathleen will be remembered for her merry dlue eyes and her infectious smile. Friendly, consci- entious and sincere, she is bound to succeed in her chosen field,— stenography. DAVID NOONAN Year Book Staff; Sportsmanship Brotherhood, 3, “Dave” is the class sheik. He is an attractive person, and the girls know it. He wants to become a successful business man. You have the ability, “Dave”. Keep up the good work, and you will find that some day you will come out on top! JUNE OGDEN June’s cheery smile, sense of humor, understanding, and com- mon sense will be sure to spell success for her as a, nurse. DONALD PALMER Year Book Staff Business Man- ager. With his fun-loving, amiable na- ture, “Mack” is one of the most popular boys of the class. He stands forth (with the aid of his red shirt) from the more moderate members of the class. ‘Mack’s” ambition is to get the class of 1939 at least as far as New York on our class trip, and knowing him as we do, we might just as well consider ourselves there now! ROBERT PARKER Class Essayist; Year Book Staff Associate Editor; Senior Play; Baseball, 4. “Ribby” is a wittv and intelli- gent fellow whose ambition is to become a professor of English. With high marks in all his sub- jects, “Ribby” has an excellent chance of getting at the “head” of an English class. EMG MY, Nati eo ah 12 SCHOOL VIRGINIA PARKER Class Essayist; Vice-president, 2; Glee Club, 1, 2, 4; Massachusetts Music Festival, 2; Orchestra, 1, 2, 4; Year Book Staff; Radio Play, 1. “Ginger” will long be remem- bered by her friends for her scin- tillating personality, twinkling eyes, and vivacious smile, and for her determination to graduate in three years. Her talent as a pianist, her versatility, and her scholastic ability have enabled her to make a complete success of her high school career. MARY PASHO Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Massachu- setts Music Festival, 2. Mary, apparently quiet and se- rious-minded, has an underlying sense of humor that breaks forth to the surface at unexpected times. Mary’s ambition is to become a dietician. DELORES POIRIER Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 4; Massachu- setts Music Festival, 2; Operetta, 1; Tri-Delta. “Tootsie” is one of the most popular girls in the class. She has a pleasant smile and a mischievous light in her brown eyes. Her am- bition is to become a costume de- signer, and we know that this am- bition will soon become a reality. JOSEPHINE POMANACKI Newspaper Staff, 4; Year Book Staff; Radio Play, 2. “Jo” has a manner, which, though calm and retiring, is none the less winning. Her quiet dig- nity conceals a striking sense of humor. With a perfect scholastic record behind her sincerity and her determination, “Jo” will be sure to succeed in attaining one of her ambitions: to be a journalist or to be an accordionist. DORIS QUINN Vice-president, 1, 2; Year Book Staff; Tri-Delta. One may find in Doris a perfect example of what tne well-dressed school girl should wear. Her am- bition, we understand, is to be- come a private secretary. We know that Doris, with her winning smile and her pleasing personality, will find success.