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

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HOWE HIGH YEARBOOK Louise Perkins does up-do's And pin curls, and such. The cream of society All favor her touch. Miss Belanger has had Very acute appendicitis. We couldn't prevent The occurrence to spite us. Hollywood has called Agnes Adams away- She's starring in Candlelight With Charles Boyer. Our lawyer, Janet Barton, Has just won her first case Of Home Sweet Homicide Vs. Arsenic and Old Lace. Ramona Brown Now works in town Setting the style For new evening gowns. Buddy Cushing is pushing A carriage of four, While his wife peddles brushes From door to door. Scoop Davis has gone To Brazil, to find out What Carmen Miranda Is talking about. Our inventor, Sir Giles, Discovered the atom Could be used to kill fleas, fThat is, if you had 'em.J Our dentist, Dr. Monagle, Gave us a great fright, Pulling out the left molar Instead of the right. Said Mortician Whiteway, With a ghoulish grin, Sorry, Sir, but we let No live people in. Joan Scanlon is seen On the silver screen, Where she's risen to be A movie queen. Mary Turco has recently Left to be A dress designer In Gay Pareef' If conditions are right, Miss Shaw and Doug Hall Will be working together In the best business of all. Kay Barnett has But one desire. She aspires for the solos In an all male choir. For Lois Muck This life is merry. She's a private Secretary. Sca1pel, nurse, Says Dr. Marshall, With a steady hand And face impartial. Lavalle and Dickey Are doing fine. Each is part owner Of a Scranton coal mine. Harry Henry now runs A day-nursery for tots. We knew he'd end up In a business of sorts. Dot Olivieri And Grace Martell Are studying the art Of keeping folks well. Mary O'Neill is the Girl with the grin She's such a good athlete- Too bad she's not twins. -23- Charles Randall is a farm boy And quite a good one, too. He can perform most any task You'd like to have him do. As an airline hostess, Barbara Gibbons did flop. She grounded the plane On its very first hop. Kelley and Waltz Have insurance to sell: If you don't pay your premiums Laurendeau sells brushes- A road salesman is he. He preys on poor housewives For his profits, you see. In the big business world Marilyn Gracie will stay. As a silent partner She makes very good pay. Roy Ouellette is a statesman. His delivery is rare. We never would challenge him- We just wouldn't dare. In all the leading magazines Miss Swanson's smiling vis a g e beams. The shampoo ads in which she stars Are next to those for Kaiser cars Ray Trainor has made himself a name In baseball, we all know. To see him knock a home run Is like a movie show. Bud Perry has gone To the South Pole to sell Cough syrup to seals Who are not barking well. We'd all like to be In Kay Perkins' shoes. She's a roving reporter On the Billerica News.

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HOWE HIGH YEARBOOK SEVENTY-SECCND: I, Vivian Virgin, leave my quiet ways to Cheesy Hughes. SEVENTY-THIRD: I, John Terris, leave my position on the football team to George Nickless. SEVENTY-FOURTH: I, Marion Watts, leave for Skippy Wright. SEVENTY-FIFTH: I, Raymond Trainor, leave my whiskers to Old Man Gracie. SEVENTY-SIXTH: I, Louisa Wiggins, leave chemistry in a state of confusion. SEVENTY-SEVENTH: I, Robe y, leave my backstage efficiency. SEVENTY-EIGHTH: I, Mary Meyers, leave my laugh to Laura Waitz. SEVENTY-NINTH: I, Paul Waitz, leave my curls to Ann Pelletier. In testimony whereof we hereunto set our hand and in the presence of three witnesses declare this to be our last will this twentieth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven. JOHN KNIGHT CHARLES GRAPPI On this twentieth day of June A.D. 1947, members of the Class of 1947 of the Howe High School, Billerica, Massachusetts, signed the foregoing instrument in our presence, declaring it to be their last will: and thereafter as witnesses thereof we three, at their request, in their presence, and in the presence of each other, hereto subscribe our names. WILFRED LAURENDEAU JOHN TERRIS CHARLES RANDALL ..,m Miss Tuttle is happy And modelling clothes. She has the equipment, As everyone knows. Betty Innis's future Is certainly clear. She's the mother of twins In her first married year. William Lee is a chemist. And the best in the land. He developed rock candy From granite and sand. Makepeace and MacDonald are engineers And both in the electrical held, it appears. Mr. Knight spends his time Just thinking up jokes, As he stands on the corner And talks to old soaks. -22- To the Panama jungles Miss Moss has departed. If the natives don't know it Their troubles have started. John Terris, we fear, Is a humorous case. To tell of his plight We would need much more space

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HOWE HIGH YEARBOOK Harris C1'ouse is content To inherit the farm. It seems he will live By the strength of his arm. Lloyd Crandall was made Highest judge in the land. All law-breakers now Must obey his command. George Strom writes the script For Bob Hope's show. If the censors aren't careful, There goes radio. Harvey Morris, we fear, Has met a sad fate. From city to city, He hitchhikes a freight. Dot Sands is a nurse, And her specialty cure Is a course for young men On the subject, L'Amour. In a fashionable nightclub On New York's Broadway, We find Peggy Glavineg fShe sleeps through the day.1 As a diplomat Mr. Bob Austin did flop. Now he waits on the counter Of a Boston fish shop. Edward Morrison, Esq.- Attorney-at-law. Show me your contract, And I'll find a flawf, Advice to the Lovelorn Heads a newspaper column, And the name Mary Condon May be found at the bottom. A young lady dentist Is Miss Mary Meyers. She works on her patients With chisel and pliers. Fran Newman's job Is unique, we have heard. He acts as a stand-in For Mortimer Snerd. Willy Forbes runs a joke shop In the center of town. His pranks have attained World famous renown. Redman and Jacobs, Private escorts for hire- We'll even run out of gas Or get a flat tire. Scott is a jeweler, And the best that we've met. If you're buying a teaspoon, He'll sell you a set. Miss Marion Watts Now waits for the time When with a close friend She'll hear wedding chimes. As a singer, Miss Blair Is assured of great fame. We know at her best Sheill put Kate Smith to shame. Charles Grappi struck oil Out in his back yard. From then on, his rise To success was not hard. A dogcart that's run By Miss Smith and Miss Shedd Is having a time Keeping out of the red. Petersen and Emerson Have the lust to explore From the north to the south O'er the whole ocean's floor. Eileen Hurley's become A light-opera star. The sound of her voice Is known wide and far. -24- Rogers and Rose, Two accountants made good, Have established a firm That has certainly stood. Marilyn Connelly Is now giving courses On the training and riding Of all kinds of horses. Betty Murphy, a salesgirl One couldn't keep down, Takes charge of a store- The biggest in town. The Misses Virgin and Stuart, With notebooks in hand, Take dictation in court From a wit on the stand. Misses Gasser and Gullage Have opened a shop, Where they sell everything From a pin to a mop. She started as a salesgirl, Did Miss Betty Hartling. Her progress in business Has really been startling. Miss Faria, as a journalist, Made a name for herself. Her news makes the headlines- It's not left on the shelf. A sea widoW's life Dawn Tivey must suffer. We hear that her husband Is a seafaring duffer. We hear through some channels rEar Channels, that ish- That Louisa Wiggins Changed her name to his. My name's Stanley Hedberg, And I'll write my own verse. The future looks dark Without making it worse.