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

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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.

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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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The next stop is at the Governor's Mansion on Pollard Street. There we find His Excellency Robert Pacheco, present Governor of Massachusetts. Taking dictation is Thelma Hedberg, his confidential secretary. The next home we visit is that of the former Joan MacLellan, who is preparing an Italian spaghetti supper for the Secretaries’ Club. Those plan- ning to brave the feast are Emory Lebonville, Lauretta Lebonville, Loretta Lloyd, Betty O’Hara, Margaret O’Connell, and Florianna Potsus. Next door is the modernistic establishment—Mac’s Body and Fender Repair—where Betty (Cameron) Van Hillis is patiently waiting to have two bent fenders on her 1961 Cadillac straightened out by Proprietor Art MacIn- tosh. A few feet away in the same garage is Richard Loranger, still working on his famous ‘‘hot rod.’’ Outside, James Stirling industriously paints a u- nique “‘M”’ in the MacIntosh display sign; while Lola Thursby, chief account- ant, supervises the spelling of ‘‘Mac’’, not ““Mc’’. The census being finished and the alumni of Howe High having been thoroughly accounted for, we say goodbye to our jovial censustaker, who now retires in grateful anticipation of his long awaited vacation in Maine.