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

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Tics, Wma Done by OO) AK PRUE ELIGS FOOTBALL Coach—Chester Ingraham Captain—Charles Howarth The Howe boys, piaying their first season on the new high school ath- letic field, did not have a particularly successful campaign. After out- playing Johnson, Howe lost her first game, 12-6. The Green handed Weston her only defeat of the year, a 7-0 loss. Howe dropped the Ames- bury game by a 26-0 loss, but returned to down Wilmington, 13-6. A powerful Methuen contingent took the Green, 28-0; and a classy Ipswich outfit ran over Howe for a 25-0 win. Riddled by ineligibility and injuries, the Billerica boys dropped the Tewksbury game, 7-0; but then returned the following week to down Dracut, 6-0. The Green lost the final game of the season to Chelmsford, 13-0. At the conclusion of the season, Captain Charlie Howarth was named guard and co-captain on the Lowell SUN All Suburban Team. Waller Finnagan, “Mike” Knowles, and ‘Spike’? Solomon were picked for the SUN’S second team. BOYS’ BASKETBALL Coach—James Twohig Captain—Waller Finnagan The Howe High boys did not have an outstanding basketball season. They won only two of their eight league games, and took one of their six non-league games. The boys in green and white, however, learned much basketball under the able coaching of Mr. Twohig, and a fine season is expected next year. The Johnson game that Howe won by a 6 to 5 margin is the lowest scoring game ever played in the league. Referee MacBeth said that it was probably a national low-score record. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Coach—Rose O’Neil Captain—Shirley Raymond Coach O’Neil’s Howe girls repeated their 1938 victory by taking the Merrimack Valley Suburban title for a second year running. The girls in green played good ball all the time. After dropping one of their eight league games and tying two, they were tied with Wilmington for first place. They easily downed the Wilmington girls in ja post-season game, and took the suburban crown. The Howe girls readily took all non-league opposition. In appreciation of their outstanding record, the girls were awarded jackets and basketball charms at the end of the season. Captain Shirley Ravmond was chosen as captain and guard on the Lowell SUN All Suburban Team, while Dot Ward and Doris Barnard were picked as All Suburban forward and guard respectively. BASEBALL ‘Coach—Royal Adams Captain—“Bud”’ Condon The Howe High nine, crippled by the loss of several players through graduation, and with several inexperienced men, has shown marked im- provement in every game to date. The “Little Green” of the suburban league may be relied upon to show plenty of spirit, and should win its share of games during the 1939 campaign. CHARLES HOWARTH, Sports Editor bo oO

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HOWE HIGH SCHOOL Eleanor King, that infinitesimal tid-bit, recently married a relative of James Twohig. Note: Height runs in his family. Mary Pasho has just opened another Mary Pastry Shoppe in her chain of stores. Her motto is ‘Quantity not Quality.” Esther Watson is on tour delivering her lecture: “The Restoration of Old Billerica.” Eileen Freeman is the most famous author in New England. Her parody of “Hamlet” is one of the best sellers. “Tootsie” Poirier has so many dogs that she has to sleep in the dog house and let them use the bedrooms in her mansion. “Shep” Field, banking magnate, manages to keep just ahead of Ches- ter Sandberg, the Certified Public Accountant. “Spud” Colgate is the popular heart-throb of the hills. Virginia Parker wished to be a concert pianist, but she is now a happy housewife without time even to play‘a lullaby to her eight little girls. Elaine Emerson is one of Billerica’s most prosperous nurses. She attributes her success to a smile of assurance which makes her male pa- tients say, “Oh, Nurse, I feel so safe now that you are here.” Stella Staskivicz wanted to see Eileen Ennion in the Paris Fashion Show so badly that she stowed away in a coal bin on a large freighter. Mary Dolan is running a Cupid’s Clinic at Howe High. Lorraine Hastings sits at home knitting, and wondering what new “case” may take her detective hubby from her. Shirley Raymond recently won the U. S. championship for women’s high jumping. Charlotte Kitchen has just been sued for libel. I had been watching these fellows intently for the last few minutes. I finally gained enough courage to speak to them. “You'll excuse me, sirs,’”’ I questioned, “if I should ask what you are doing? You see, I used to know some of the people of whom I heard you speaking.” “We are compiling a sort of survey of the class of ’39.” Suddenly the queer dizzy sensation came over me again. I opened my eyes to find myself lying on the cot where I had fallen. Afraid that I should forget what I had heard, I immediately sat down at a type- writer, and, with one finger, wrote the above—‘stuff.” CHARLOTTE KITCHEN, Chairman MORTON BENT RITA LORANGER ALBERT DAVID 24

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HOWE HIGH SCHOOL HUMOR He: “Do you dance?” She: “Oh I love to (too). He: “Well let’s do that instead.” Miss Osgood: “Tolutis, parse this sent- ence: ‘John married Jane.’ ” Tolutis: “ ‘John’ is a noun because it’s the name of something; ‘married’ js a con- junction because it joins ‘John’ and ‘Jane’; ‘Jane’ is a verb because she governs ‘John’.” ok Waiter: “What is your order, sir?” Forrest Blair: “A demi-tasse please.” Waiter: “And yours?” David Noonan: “The same as his with a cup of coffee.” K K Waitress in ice cream parlor: ‘Did you order this sundae, sir?’ Absent-minded Parker: “Goodness! Have I been here that long?” OR x “T’m no good unless I strike,” declared the match. “Yes, and every time you strike you lose your head,” complained the matchbox. E ae Neighbor: “They tell me your son is on the high school eleven.” Mrs. Finnagan proudly: “Yes, indeed!” Neighbor: “Do you know what posi- tion he plays?” Mrs. Finnagan: “I’m not sure, but I think he’s one of the drawbacks.” Kk Teacher: “If they speak Spanish in Spain, what do they speak in Alaska?” Snyder: “Elastic.” k Miss Osgood: “What did write?” i Chet Sandberg: “ ‘The Oddity’ and ‘The Idiot’.” Homer Miss Baker: “Were you late this morning ?” Edith Colgate: “No, the bell didn’t wait for me.” ee Mr. Adams: “Why do you persist in saying that lightning will never strike the front of a street car.” Bent: “Because the motorman is a non-conductor.” Sr Demonstrator (in factory): “This ma- chine can take the place of forty girls.” Youthful Worker: “Yeh, but who wants a date with a machine?” x ok Two halves make a whole and the full- back goes through. 26 Teacher (to little sophomore who is reading in class): “You didn’t express that mark at the end of the sentence! Try again!” Sophomore: “Oh! Why are you sad, little buttonhook ?” Miss Osgood: ‘“You’ve looked at his paper three times.” Bent: ‘Yes, ma’am. He’s a freshman an’ he don’t write very plain!” xk : Blanche Bocko: “Caesar must have been awfully strong.” Mrs. Sampson: “Why?” Blanche Bocko: “it says here: ‘Caesar pitched his camp across the river’.” School is a place That everyone fears, And isn’t it funny We go there for years. kK Miss Baker: “What is the meaning of ‘Domine’ ?” Pupil (distractedly): “Oh Lord!” Miss Baker: “Correct.” k John Ross: “Did you kill any moths with those moth-balls I gave you?” Gullage: ‘No, I tried for five hours, but I couldn’t hit one.” So Woollard: “Teacher told us to have the description of a caterpillar ready for tomorrow. Does anybody know the de- scription ?” Howarth: “Why, just tell her that it is an upholstered worm x Ox ” Miss Collier: “Field, wnat insect lives on the least food?” Field: “The moth. It eats holes.” ok Irate traffic officer (to Phil Scott who was driving along at 70): “Do you know how fast you’re driving?” Phil (lasping into customary answer given in English class): “It just slipped my mind.” Ss k We editors may dig and think Until our finger tips are sore; But somebody is sure to say, “Aw, I heard that joke before.” ae or 3 DORIS QUINN, Chairman MARY GRANFIELD DAVID NOONAN