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

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Our next visit is to the Shack General Hospital. As we enter the building, we notice a plaque with the following personnel. Chief Surgeon Robert Howe Chief Laboratory Technictan Irwin Nichols Night Supervisor Patricia Brown Pediatrician Dorothy De Melin Supervisor of Men--tal Clinic Mary Fitzgerald Director of Physiotherapy John Silliker X-Ray Technician Jane Wansewicz Limb Surgeon Thomas Woods Dietician Patricia Gasser Children’s Supervisor Margaret Lacey We asked the receptionist, Miss Theresa Wilson, to direct us to the Maternity Ward. There we are met by Nurse Barbara Turner, carrying the hospital’s first set of triplets. “The proud mother and father are Louise (Camer- on) and Edward Owens. On leaving the hospital, we watch with anxiety while the ambulance pulls up and two shaky stretcher bearers, Paul Surette and George Scott, swiftly carry the limp form of Margaret Landry, who has just burst from excitement, into the hospital. As we go along, we decide to stop at Baroni’s Kennels, where Anita Lambert is busily defleaing Barbara Piirainen’s boxer.

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On the train, sitting in front of us, are none other than Jeanette and Thomas Leary struggling with their twins, who have just given a hot foot to the sedate scientist, Paul Johansen, who, until a moment ago, had been studying his notes in preparation for his scientific speech to be given that evening. As we pull into the East Billerica station, we notice Sushila and Randy Barbour engaged in a heated conversation with their talking dog, who seems to be putting up a good fight. Alighting from the train, we hail the nearest taxi; and we are care- fully driven to our destination by Bob Miller, who has finally retrieved his license from his old pal “‘Rudy”’. On our way, we pass the modern ranch house of Lorraine and Arthur Fillmore. Next, we see the familiar framework of the Pollard School; and if we had the time to enter, we might see Miss Judy Collins, the present pri ncipal, conducting classes. We now finally reach the center, where the traffic is being very effi- ciently directed by Sergeant Dick Belcher, who, as usual, is in complete control of the situation. We see him escort Mrs. Betty Ann MacPherson Up Snoot and her fifteen cats across the street, as they dash over to their favorite haunt, Clark’s hotdog stand, situated on the common. On the site of our old Town Hall is John Christianson’s home for played-out football players. Convalescing here are Donald Austin, Joe Don- ahue, George McGurn, and Harold Tomkins. It’s about time we thought of lunch, so we choose Ye Olde Monarch Diner, where Doris Bevis is acting as chief cook and bottle washer. As we sit down, we are immediately surrounded by three eager waitresses—Mary Daley, Lorraine Caissie, and Betty Mahoney. We ask if we may see their modern kitchen and are quickly admitted by the chef and connoisseur, David Riecks. While we are there, we notice the assistant dishwasher, William Matthews, who is muttering something about breaking the dishes before they're washed, not afterwards. After lunching, our efficient censustaker suggests that we return to work. Our first call is at Betty Hatzberger’s Cake Shoppe, where we meet her industrious sales promoter, Margaret Sweeney. As we leave the shop, we bump into Barbara Murray, just returning from her twenty mile hike in testing Hood’s rubber boots.

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Our next stop is at the home of Mr. Robert Keefe, the retired admiral, where Elaine Fredrickson is busily engaged in painting his portrait for the Navy Department. Billerica’s wealthy widow, Ruth Johnson, will be his tea guest later. We now stop for ice cream at Jolly Joan Jollimore’s Ice Cream Stand. Sitting at the counter is Beverly (Morris) Senna, who is anxiously awaiting her husband’s next leave. On our way out, we meet Laura Ablett, the effi- cient secretary for Richard Sawyer, whose band was recently rated tops by the Lorna Button Poll. John Cheney, we hear, is the famous trombone play- er for the same band. The next home we visit is that of Miss Anna Baraldi, now Sports Ed- itor of Billerica’s one and only ‘The Daily Blow.” After finishing our censustaking in Pinehurst, we head north on Bos- ton Road toward North Billerica. Our first stop is at the Bell Shops, managed by Joyce McAndrew. Washing the windows of the shop is Donald Barden, the capable window washer. Glancing at the display window, we see Dot Benson behind the counter as one of the efficient clerks. Here, too, are Roberta Pelletier, a cashier; Betty Mason, window display decorator; and Claire Coffey, idly modeling lounging pajamas. We notice two young ladies walking in to buy their wedding trousseau. They are Elizabeth Delarue and Mary Doherty. The next home we visit is that of Mrs. Catherine (Dwyer) Buckland, who has just returned from a cruise on the Concord River in her husband’s yacht, Catherine tells us about Gail Flint, now a missionary in South Africa. Jean (Frobese) Doe, who lives across the street from Catherine, is the newly appointed manager of the Dirty Sox. Her two children are being tu- tored by the smart young teacher, Miss Gwendolyn Groves. The next place of interest is the Howe Alumnae Beauty Salon, owned by Joan Saunders. Within the shop, Florence Shedd is industriously working to curl the hair of Joan Pasquale, the yodeling cowgirl from West Billerica. Ruth Twombly is applying a mud pack to the sophisticated countenance of Lillian Stuart, who is all the while trying to knit argyle stockings for Jack. Waiting for her appointment is Corinne Scaringi, conversing with Ambassador to England, Grant Whiteway, awaiting his turn for a manicure.