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

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JAMES STIRLING “Jim” “A car that won't go but gives with a buzz— All that he wants is a new car that does.” Activities: Newspaper 3; Boys’ Club. Memory: ‘‘Chuck’s’ collecting cigarettes. Ambition: To own a new car. LILLIAN STUART “Bunny” “Picture Lillian as a prim school “marm — Lots of knowledge and plenty of charm.” Activities: Class Treasurer 3,4; Junior Prom Committee; Junior Prom Queen’s Attendant; Tri- Delta; Yearbook Staff; Scholas- tic Review; Newspaper Staff 3; Senior Prom Committee. Memory: The laughs we enjoyed in Spanish II. Ambition: To be a good teacher. PAUL SURETTE “Slim” “Here is a boy whose taste runs to COKE— An eye for a girl, and an ear for a joke.” Activities: Newspaper Staff; Year- book Staff; Junior Prom Com- mittee; Boys’ Club. Memory: Oral vocabulary in Mrs. Dooley’s class. Ambition: Yo visit Arizona and to find a wife. MARGARET SWEENEY ‘Maggie’ “Here we are with —-worries and Woes. Tri-Delta comes and there she blows.” Activities: Tri-Delta president; Or- atorical Contest; Yearbook; Sen- ior Play Cast; Newspaper 3; Junior Prom Committee; Sen- ior Prom Committee; Gradua- tion Speaker. Memory: Canobie Lake. Ambition: To visit Hawaii. LOLA THURSBY “Little ol’ Lola has proved to be fun, But never leaves home with her work undone.” Activities: Tri-Delta; Yearbook Staff; Senior Play Committee. Memory: Mr. Burke’s ban on the seniors and the juniors. Ambition: To graduate with the class of 1951. HAROLD TOMKINS Harem “ ‘Harry’ ts our basketball thriller, Handsome gent and lady killer.” Activities: Baseball 2,3,4; Foot- ball 2,4; Basketball 2,3,4, Cap- tain 4; Class President 2: Jun- ior Prom Committee; Senior Play Committee; Yearbook Staff; Senior Prom Committee; Boys’ Club. Memory: Junior Prom. Ambition: To be Santa Claus and leave Coach Federico a basket- ball team. BARBARA TURNER “Batp ““Burp’s’ good humor and peppy cheers Will be remembered throughout the years.” Activities: Cheerleading 3,4; Tri- Delta; Junior Prom Committee; Yearbook Staff; History of Billerica. Memory: Chelmsford football game of °49. Ambition: To become a cadet nurse. RUTH TWOMBLY “Ruthie’’ “She goes to work, her tools in hand— Pen, pencil, eraser, and rubber band.”’ Activities: Newspaper Staff; Year- book Staff; Tri-Delta; Senior Prom Committee. Memory: Mr. Burke's ordering us from the auditorium. Ambition: To be a business ma- chine operator. JANE WANSEWICZ “Quiet and shy ts our classmate Jane. A secretarial position she'll sure- ly attain.” Activities: Tri-Delta; Yearbook Staff. Memory: Bookkeeping I with Miss Wood. Ambition: To become a medical secretary. GRANT WHITEWAY ““Boogar”’ “Six feet tall and a handsome man— Capture him, girls—that is, if you can.” Activities: Baseball 1; Basketball 1; Football 1,2,3,4, Manager 3; Junior Prom Committee; Senior Play Cast; Senior Play Com- mittee; Yearbook Staff; Senior Prom Committee; Boys’ Club. Memory: All the friends and the good times we have had together. Ambition: To see a senior boys’ club organized at Howe.

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DAVID RIECKS “‘Dave”’ “In our play, THE TRANSFER- RED GHOST, His excellent performance deserves a toast.” Activities: Orchestra 1,2,3,4; Glee Sinomie.s; senior Play Cast; Yearbook Staff, Editor; Senior Prom Committee; Boys’ Club; May Concert; Graduation Speaker. Memory: Senior Play Set. Ambition: To be an architect and make money. MARGARET RUMRILL Deg ? “Working this summer ‘Peg’ found quite a pleasure, Especially when Chuck was a part of the treasure.”’ Activities: Scholastic Review: Newspaper Staff, Newspaper Editor 4; Tri-Delta; Basketball Zora we Yeatbook, Staff; Co- Chairman write-ups; Junior Prom Committee; Junior Prom Queen’s Attendant; Senior Play Committee; Senior Prom Com- mittee; Graduation Speaker. Memory: Summer of 1950 at Rox- bury. Ambition: To receive my R. N. and M. H. degrees. JOAN SARGENT “Sargie’ “Our crystal ball doth never fal. Cause we know that Joante has found her male.’ Activities: Glee Club; Cheerlead- ing 3,4; Basketball 2,3; News- paper Staff 3; Junior Prom Committee; Senior Play Com- mittee; Yearbook Staff; Tri- Delta; Senior Prom Commit- tee; Senior Prom Queen’s At- tendant. Memory: My Junior Prom. Ambition: To be happy with a certain person. JOAN SAUNDERS “Joanie”’ “Joan has named her great ambi- tion, To train and work as a good beautician.”’ Activities: Junior Prom Commit- tee; Tri-Delta; Newspaper Staff Bi Memory: May 12, 1949. Ambition: To become a beautician. RICHARD SAWYER = Rich “When Richard ts playing, you'll probably be hearing The melodious strain of hts idol, George Shearing.” Activities: Yearbook Staff; Junior Prom Committee; Orchestra fee ora Caleen Cinb. alo2, 3% Boys’ Club. Memory: English with Mr. Fitz- patrick. Ambition: To be successful. CORINNE SCARINGI a Orticn “Friendliness has brought her fame. Scaringt to Hillis ts her aim.” Activities: Basketball 2,3,4; Cheer- leading Manager 4; Junior Prom Committee; Junior Prom Queen’s Attendant; Senior Play Committee; Yearbook Staff: Tri-Delta; Senior Prom Com- mittee. Memory: The Proms. Ambition: Yo enter: this “Frank” world. GECRGE SCOTT OCOLEg “A traveling boy, whose ambition we Rnow— But a visit to Russta—his answer iN @© ae Activities: Newspaper Staff; Junior Prom Committee; Boys’ Club. Memory: History class with ‘Sam- mie.” Ambition: To travel everywhere except in Russia. WILLIAM SHACK e Bille “One point in mind ts what he sees— To graduate from Howe with nothing but ‘B’s’.” Activities: Baseball 1,2; Football 2,3,4, Football Manager 4; Boys’ Club. Memory: Biology with Mr. Lynch. Ambition: To graduate. FLORENCE SHEDD low “Diamonds are a girl's best friend Is what ‘Flo’ thinks the latest trend.” Activities: Tri-Delta; Yearbook Staff; Newspaper Staff 3. Memory: My senior year. Ambition: To be a comptometer operator. JOHN SILLIKER Sill “To bind a book with his good points Could break a wall and stretch its joints.” Activities: Baseball 3,4; Basketball 3,4; Boys’ Club. Memory: Homeroom periods in 26, my sophomore year. Ambition: To own a big firm.

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THERESA WILSON Beierty Terry's’ got plenty of looks you Il agree. But she’s known for her charm and personality.” Activities: Senior Play Committee; Newspaper Staff; Yearbook Staff; Senior Prom Committee. Memory: Freshman dance in '49. Ambition: To be a medical secre- tary. eee LORNA BUTTON “Loch “A new girl, Lorna Button by name, Among her classmates has won piano fame.” Activities: Tri-Delta. Memory: Ice skating party, Ferry- way Green, Malden. Ambition: To become an author. ARTHUR MacINTOSH ““Mac”’ “In biology he’s at a loss, But in the Navy, he'll make a good boss.” Activities: Yearbook Staff; Boys’ Club. Memory: First period with Mr. Lynch. Ambition: To own my own body and fender shop. THOMAS WOODS ““Pee Wee’ ““Tommie’, we know, ts a likable fellow. His brain ts sharp, and his humor is mellow.’ Activities: Yearbook Staff: News- paper 3. Memory: Miss Wood's bookkeep- ing II class. Ambition: To become a C. P. A. LAURA ABLETT “Ollie”’ “Although ‘Ollie’ 1s new at Howe, She never yet has had a row.” Activities: Tri-Delta. Memory: My first date. Ambition: To be a nurse. BARBARA PIIRAINEN Bacor “Being new and knowing few, ‘Barb’ has shown what she can dows Activities: Tri-Delta. Memory: Paris High School. Ambition: To be a secretary. ROBERT KEEFE “Bob” “Here's a boy with never a ‘beef’. You know him of course, as, Robert (oh!) Keefe.” Activities: Newspaper Staff; Jun- ior Prom Committee; Boys’ Club. Memory: Mrs. Bergner’s history classes. Ambition: To graduate. Du Memoriam THOMAS LEARY Died as result of accident March 11, 1951