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

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( loAA iBaUoi JOHN NEWMAN Best-dressed Boy ETHEL PERRY Dream (Jirl RALPH SPINNEY Dream Boy JUNE MARGESON RAYMOND LINCOLN Class Actress Class Actor WARREN JENKINS Class Hep-Cat EVELYN REDDEN LAWRENCE McCLUSKEY Teacher’s Pet Class Poet RITA HALEY Class Worker ALYCE BALLOU Most Gullible JANE BOCKO Quietest Member GLORIA JOHNSTON Class Flirt MARIE COOK Class Linguist RUTH BROUILLETTE WILLARD MATTHEWS Most Mischievous Class Heartbreaker KATHLEEN SIPPRELL Prettiest Girl PAUL WELLS Best-looking Boy CAROLYN GROSS Most Promising Girl HARRY WRIGHT Most Promising Boy RALPH BRIGHAM Class Humorist EDITH BENT Most Popular Girl IRVING CLARK Most Popular Boy WALTER McCUSKER Boy Athlete IRENE DOLAN Girl Athlete JANE DOUGLAS Best-dressed Girl

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HOWE HIGH YEARBOOK Carolyn Gross, Editor-in-Chief IjsjcUibook Sia EDITORIAL BOARD Yearbook Adviser Associate Editors Sports Editors Subscription Managers Business Manager Assistant Business Managers Class Histonan Mary H. O’Neill Jane Douglas, Marie Cook Irving Clark, Willard Matthews Barbara Freeman, June Margeson Rita Haley Henry Casey, Ruth Brouillette Walter McCusker Candid Camera Shots George Graham, Joseph Hennessey, Marcella DiPema BUSINESS STAFF Ralph Brigham Willard Matthews Donald Pickering Esther Slocomb Kathleen Hennessey Theresa Kulski Robert Schult Barbara Tintle Lillian Verheyen Mildred Kondzelia Jeanne Lavalle Walter McCusker Edna McDewell Dorothy Reagan Freida Zawisa John Newman Raymond Lincoln Warren Jenkins WRITE-UP COMMITTEE Edith Bent Patricia Brennan Kathleen Sipprell Laura Boyland Pauline Kilmartin Evelyn Redden Charlotte Lee WILL COMMITTEE Shirley Condon Dorothy Franz Lawrence McCluskey Ann Meserve Paul Wells Ralph Spinney Alice Ballou TYPISTS Gloria Johnston Shirley Barrett Mary Burke Irene Dolan Elsie Flaherty Priscilla Clark PROPHECY COMMITTEE Harry Wright George Graham Jean True John Newman Leo Plourde ART COMMITTEE Ethel Perry Shirley Tower — 15 —

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r HOWE HIGH YEARBOOK ( loAi dihJtohij. In the year 1940, a group of young, green, but self- assured freshmen entered upon the playing field to represent the class of ’44. Although small in number, they were sure they would cross the final goal of gradu- ation with ease. Richard Finnagan, Jane Bocko, Jack Horan, Bruce Lloyd, and Miss Rita McLaughlin were chosen to lead the team down the field toward the goal. The first attempt at carrying the ball was a dance on Valentine’s Day. It was a huge success and was soon followed by an off tackle play to Canobie Lake, which was enjoyed by everyone as the first period ended. As the second period began, new officers were elected to lead us farther down the field. Dick Finnagan, Edith Bent, John Newman, and Walter McCusker, with Coach Rita McLaughlin, found the ball resting on the twenty-five yard line and undertook the task of bringing the ball farther down the field. A Hallowe’en Party pass was thrown and completed for a good gain to the thirty-yard line; the next attempt at a reverse play to Canobie Lake was stopped for no gain, because of the war. Substitutes were now put into the game to try to bring the ball down the field closer to the goal. Walter McCusker, Evelyn Redden, Edith Bent and Ralph Spinney, with Coach McLaughlin, huddled together to try to get the best play. The Junior Prom pass was chosen, and it netted us twenty-five more yards as the period came to a close. As the fourth period started, we had brought the ball seventy-five yards down the field to the twenty-five. The same leaders were chosen to lead us over the last lap of the journey. Endeavoring to call the right play, the leaders chose a hip-o-dipper play, “Tommy,” which brought us ovei the goal line as well as financing the team through the year. The Tri-Delta girls’ cheering section, a traditional club, headed by June Marge- son, P. Jacobs, S. Condon, K. Sipprell, and Miss Marjorie Shaw helped out immensely in the last period. The traditional yearbook, with the pictures of the team and its ac- tivities, was produced with the untiring efforts of Miss Mary O’Neill. After a successful game, everyone is anticipating graduation, banquet, and reception exercises to celebrate his hard earned victory. Walter McCusker, ’44 — 17 —