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

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HOWE HIGH YEARB OOK 7. STONEHAM 27 HOWE 6 Stoneham’s nifty forward pass offense ex- ploded in Howe’s face as the “Green and White” visited Stoneham, and were badly beaten. 8. HOWE 6 CHELMSFORD 0 The turkey day tilt, an annual affair, found a large following present for both teams. The last game of the season and a thriller! The game re- mained a 0-0 tie until the last few seconds to play, when a story book ending took place ; and Howe scored to win the event. Howe had many more first downs than their opponent, but the game was too close for comfort. 1. W. McCusker 2. L. McCluskey 3. R. Lincoln 4. P. Wells 5. F. Glavine 6. Capt. I. Clark 7. Coach W. O’Neill 8. Capt. W. Matthews 9. C. Wentworth 10. J. Glavine 11. C. Stowe 12. E. Gibb 13. W. Jenkins

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HOWE HIGH YEARBOOK Jka J ooiJ}cdl Jsiam Early in the fall of 1943, the chances of having a football team looked doubtful because of the loss of Coach “Chuck” Lampson and Assistant Coach Geoi-ge Carnie to Uncle Sam’s armed forces. The spirit among the boys was such that they practiced without coaching or equipment on the sand lot behind the Old Howe School. The coaching problem was solved when Mr. Chittim turned up with Coach Bill O’Neill, formerly of Holy Cross. Because of the difficulty in finding a coach, the Weston tilt was cancelled. The “Green and White” got off to a good start by being undefeated and unscored upon for four consecutive games. What looked like a good season was broken up by a little bad luck when Howe suffered three con- secutive defeats. 1. HOWE 41 TEWKSBURY 0 In the first tilt of the season, Howe was in full trim and poured over the slightly stunned Tewksbury team. The score was due mostly to the accurate pass offense. Coach Bill O’Neill was pleased with the results of his coaching. 2. HOWE 0 PINKERTON 0 The Howe gridsters continued their snappy passes. They held a powerful Pinkerton eleven to a scoreless tie. The heavily favored Pinkerton squad came to Billerica expecting to gain an easy victory but were outfought all the way by the scrappy “Green and White” combination. 3. HOWE 19 WILMINGTON 0 The Howe High eleven entered the gridiron for its third game with Wilmington. From start to finish, the game was fast and furious ; but the “Green and White” came out on top again. Although Wilmington felt that they had a “moral victory” because our boys were rough, we feel that it was a deserving outcome. 4. HOWE 14 LEXINGTON 0 The Howe eleven entered enemy territory for the first time as they visited the Lexington gridiron. Again our eleven came out on top. 5. CONCORD 6 HOWE 0 After four consecutive wins, the “Green and White” played host to a scrappy Red and White combination. This turned out to be their first defeat, as Concord scored in the first few plays. 6. ST. JOHN’S 12 HOWE 6 A trip to Danvers and another defeat for the Howe Club ! We might add the coach was not pleased, and the boys got down to real work the next week. — 28 —

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HOWE HIGH YEARBOOK V-I-C-T-O-R-Y ! V-I-C-T-O-R-Y ! That’s how you spell it! Here’s how you yell it ! Victory! Victory! Yah! This year at Howe’s football games, the enthusiastic crowd was led in songs and cheers by twelve peppy girls in flashing uniforms of green corduroy skirts or slacks and white sweaters with the letter H. The cheerleaders, Dorothy Reagan, Irene Dolan, Edith Bent, Gloria Johnston, Claire Wentworth, Amelia Marynowski, Virginia Brouillard, Ethel Newman, Barbara Tintle, Alice Ballou, Helen Tintle, and Pauline Kilmartin, were under the supervision of Miss Marjorie Shaw, whose endeavors and co-operation aided the girls in their successful dance in the early fall. The proceeds from this dance were used to purchase uniforms for the cheerleaders. At the rally previous to the Thanksgiving Day Game, the cheerleaders were escorted by the football boys into the auditorium, where they led the student body in cheers and songs for the team and Coach O’Neill. At this time, many new songs and cheers were presented to the students. Among these were songs that had been entered into the sophomore song contest. These girls, the largest and liveliest group of cheerleaders that the school has ever had, cheered our team on to many victories when defeat seemed almost inevitable. — 30 —