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

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HOWE HIGH YEARBOOK FORTY-FIFTH : I, John Newman, leave my technique of skipping- school to Arnold Brown. FORTY-SIXTH; I, Charlotte Nussey, leave my quiet life at Howe to Harris Crouse. FORTY-SEVENTH: I, Ethel Perry, leave my olive complexion to Louise Turner should she wish to look like Merle Oberon. FORTY-EIGHTH ; I, Doris Phinney, leave. FORTY-NINTH : I, Donald Pickering, leave my witty remarks to Dryden. FIFTIETH ; I, Leo Plourde, leave fond memories of past football games. FIFTY-FIRST: I, Virginia Radcliff, leave my height to Landry. FIFTY-SECOND ; I, Dorothy Reagan, leave my charming smile to Claire Wentworth. FIFTY-THIRD : I, Evelyn Redden, leave my placidity to Janet McColough. FIFTY-FOURTH: I, Ralph Schult, leave to follow in my brother’s footsteps. FIFTY-P ' ' IFTH : I, Kathleen Sipprell, leave my sophistication to Dora Russell, a shy little sophomore. FIFTY-SIXTH : I, Esther Slocomb, leave my domestic propensities to “Ginny” Brouillard. FIFTY-SEVENTH : I, Ralph Spinney, leave with the rest of the class, American Literature, forever. FIFTY-EIGHTH : I, Barbara Tintle, leave my basketball uniform to Betty Leavitt. FIFTY-NINTH: I, Shirley Tower, leave my fingernails to anyone desiring protection. SIXTIETH : I, Jean True, leave high school after four successful years of it. SIXTY-FIRST: I, Lillian Verheyen, leave my office technique to Nancy Lunt. SIXTY-SECOND : I, Paul Wells, leave my position as center for Howe to Bud Stowe. SIXTY-THIRD : I, Harry Wright, leave economics. SIXTY-FOURTH : I, Frieda Zawisa, leave my stenography notes to Harry Henry, who aspires to be one of Howe’s faculty members. The foregoing instrument, consisting of three (3) pages, is in the year nineteen hundred and forty-four, by the said class of 1944 signed, sealed, and declared to us and each of us to be the last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at their request and in their presence, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto. CLASS OF 1944 Shirley Condon Dorothy Franz Lawrence McCluskey Ann Meserve Paul Wells Ralph Spinney — 20 —

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HOWE HIGH YEARBOOK TWENTIETH : I, Barbara Freeman, leave nine inches of my 5 feet nine inches to Anna McCusker. TWENTY-FIRST: I, George Graham, leave my scientific ability to Richard Bohannon. TWENTY-SECOND : I, Carolyn Gross, leave my quest for knowl- edge to Norman Gratton. TWENTY-THIRD : I, Rita Haley, leave my job as business manager to Ned Wells. TWENTY-FOURTH : I, Joseph Hennessey, leave my vocabulary notebook to Billy Landry, to save him the trouble of copying. TWENTY-FIFTH: I, Kathleen Hennessey, leave my seat in Room 21 to Barbara Franz. TWENTY-SIXTH : I, Marie Indilla, leave my shorthand equipment to all who have the temerity to elect shorthand. TWENTY-SEVENTH : I, Pauline Jacobs, leave my job as Tri-Delta treasurer to Phyllis Wilson, ace bookkeeping student. TWENTY-EIGHTH : I, Warren Jenkins, leave many detention slips behind, in thoughtful memory. TWENTY-NINTH : I, Gloria Johnston, leave my “technique’ to Muriel Turner. THIRTIETH: I, Pauline Kilmartin, leave my flaming red hair to someone who has the freckles to go with it. THIRTY-FIRST : I, Mildred Kondziela, leave my wardrobe to under- classmen for special dates. THIRTY-SECOND: I, Theresa Kulski, leave my skill at typewriting to any prospective typist. THIRTY-THIRD: I, Jeanne Lavalle, leave Howe High forever. THIRTY-FOURTH: I, Charlotte Lee, leave my coyness to Carol Peterson. THIRTY-FIFTH : I, Raymond Lincoln, leave one flannel nightshirt to anyone who can get used to wearing it. THIRTY-SIXTH : I, Lawrence McCluskey, leave my canary like voice to Miss Baker when she is trying to quiet Room 21. THIRTY-SEVENTH : I, Margaret Loranger, leave my cheeiy dis- position to Alfred Gladstone. THIRTY-EIGHTH: I, Walter McCusker, leave the best play Howe has (41 right) to Francis Glavine for future use. THIRTY-NINTH : I, Edna McDewell, leave my roller skating ability to all beginners. FORTIETH: I, June Margeson, leave my knowledge of hockey strategy to Miss O’Neill. FORTY-FIRST: I, Louise Matthews, leave the many “chills” of riding a bicycle to school on cold mornings. FORTY-SECOND: I, Willard Matthews, leave my curly locks to Miss O’Neill, who is always raving about them. FORTY-THIRD : I, Ann Meserve, leave my quiet manner of talk- ing to Miss Wain, (especially at the football games). FORTY-FOURTH : I, Ethel Newman, leave my Newman giggle to Mary O’Neill, ’47. — 19 —

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HOWE HIGH YEARBOOK (pAopJtjdk (pamn “Not a soul down on the corner — ” How true these words ring out! One may go down ’most any time, And find no one about. But let us go in fancy now To good old Spinney’s store; The gang was there ; — ’twas easy then To learn Howe’s 44’s lore. Behind the well stocked counter of Pharmacy De Luxe, Spinney, Inc., stands Ralph himself, surrounded by the usual drug store crowd. Ralph’s benign countenance bespeaks the healthful effects of multi-sodas and frappes as he sets the stage for the inception of the nightly gossip session. His pride in The Stage Door Canteen at the Town Hall knows no bounds as he praises the efforts of the townspeople for their generous co-operation and support. In fact, since the opening of the Canteen, he has been Billerica’s number one citizen ; and so to him we turn to hear the latest of that peppy class which left Howe in the June of ’44. “Taffy” Dolan is to do her roller skating act at the Canteen; and Edith Bent, Taffy’s friend and manager, is also a familiar figure at the Canteen. Charlotte Nussey, comedienne at the Canteen, gave the boys a treat by bringing back some rare insects from her African tour. They are commonly known as jitterbugs. Ray Lincoln occasionally condescends to do a bit of acting here. He has established a record of five hundred consecutive performances of “Tommy” on Broadway. Ralph Brigham, who is now in the Marines, attributes most of his success to his uniform. Who is she, Ralph? Mary Burke and Shirley Barrett are proprietors of Burke and Barrett’s Slenderizing Salon. They are patronized by such well known personalities as Rita Haley and Ethel Newman, chorus girls in a famous night spot as well as at the Canteen. Laura Boy land, another graduate of ’44, is the extremely efficient secretary of Harry Wright, owner and manager of Wright’s Super Filling Station. Irving Clark, sergeant in the Army, is using his manly strength and physical fitness to mas- ter the privates. He’s succeeding admirably. Gloria Johnston, wife of a Navy man, leads the grand march each night at the Canteen ; she is an excellent drum majorette, but that’s “old stuff” to her. Freida Zawisa, now happily married to a sailor, is one of the senior hostesses at the Canteen. — 21 —