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

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ski, doctor of ancient languages, Gloria Crowley, head of the calculus de- partment, Ioanne Gibbons, Mrs. Dooley's apprentice in IV D. Upon leaving the school, Clint greets Harold Towle, janitor, waxing the highly polished marble stairs. janitor Towle directs our hero to the Robert l. Livingston Hospital, world famous for its physical therapy department, under the expert supervision of Dr. Ioan Donovan. Entering, he is greeted by Annette Lambert, the receptionist, who, in turn, shows him-Nancy Todd, who, at the switchboard, is trying desperately to locate Dr. Robert Livingston and his assistant, Dr. Thomas A. Condon, whose skill is needed in surgery. Betty Lou Brown, the energetic little fifty-twoer. is seen dashing to the nurses' quarters to post the night schedule: lacquelyn Allan, men's ward, Ann Devine, childrens ward, Barbara Armstrong, maternity ward, Ioan Martell, desk duty, Dorothy Schaier and Shirley Hoban, Psycho ward. From Annette, our capable receptionist, Clint learns a few pertinent facts about the more important patients here in the hospital. Mary Iormes, prima donna of the New York Metropolitan Opera, is here awaiting a laryngotomy. Muriel Ward is a patient in the maternity ward. She has Barbara Francis Nickerson and Sylvia Mitchell Smythe keeping her company. Leaving by the rear exit, Clint comes upon Bruce McQuaid, the dirty diaper collector, Kenneth Greathead, the caretaker, and Richard George, driver, with his bride, Barbara Barnard, the ambulance interne, accompanying him on all his calls. The ambulance chaser - a grim looking man - dashes out, exclaiming, Oh, joy, another customer! lt is, of course, the hospital morgue's custodian, jack Perry. Unfortunately, for lack, however, this patient, Thomas fTeethJ Tscherch, is not yet dead. He is just a little mangled from an automobile accident involving William Hot Rod Cooper and novelist Marjorie Pohl. Clint, inquisitive as to the cause of the accident, rushes to the scene of the catastrophe and finds on duty there several police officers, members of his graduating class. The squad consists of Chief Robert Burke, Patrolmen Ken Kelly, Vincent De Morris, and Arthur Pickering. Chief Burke suggests that Clint accompany them back to the station, where Sergeants Dorothy Keefe and Doris Hugo, of the Women's Division, were on duty. As they enter, Detectives john Harring and Paul Waitkus are leaving to follow up a tip on a narcotics ring. Learning that the Fire Department is next door, Clint excuses himself and continues his tour. At the Firehouse were Captain Nickerson, William Hamilton, and Raymond Gauthier. They had just returned from a fire at the Billerica Smoke Signal, Billerica's version of the New York Times. The staff of the Smoke Signal consists primarily of Howe graduates: Donald Wentworth, sports editor, Rosemarie Padula, financial editor, Vir- ginia Corbett, society editor, Barbara Nicholson, photographer, and Carolyn Melendy and Patricia Gasser, the efficient linotypists. The fire, which for- tunately was a minor one, was caused by the hot pictures taken by Bar- by Nicholson of the colossal robbery of the l953 Class Funds. Clint. after meeting the entire staff, goes to the airport with the society editor, Virginia Corbett, who is to meet the incoming flight on which Mrs. Charles Condon, the former Sandra O'Connell, was a passenger. At the air- port Clint sees the chief dispatcher, james Calder, talking over the next flight with one of his pilots, Sue Hunt, the first woman airline pilot in history. ln the outer office are Louise Hennessey and Carol 14 3. Fitzpatrick, airline hostesses, - T going over the list of pas- , sengers on the flight to the A G naval station at the Great X Lakes. Some of the more I familiar ones are Lieutenant Q E fx Lester Cameron, William X if ,Ht j Scott, chief of the frogmen - jf, . division, Sonny DeMaggio, Mc ' X1 Claude Roberts, and a non , 1-' f- t graduate member of the 6 .. 0 ' class, Tony Mazzeo.

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CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and TWO: I, Mary St. Hilaire, would leave my holey sneakers, but my sister wants them. CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and THREE: I, Eleanor Sullivan, leave my extra points to Bob Davidson, in order that he may graduate. CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and FOUR: I, Nancy Todd, leave CI hopel. CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and FIVE: I, Harold Towle, leave Mrs. Dooley to future Howe seniors. CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and SIX: I, Thomas Tscherch, refuse to leave with long curly hair. CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and SEVEN: I, Barbara Tribuna, leave my curls to Mr. Locke. CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and EIGHT: I, Lois Turnbull, leave my hook shot to Ann Kilmartin. CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and NINE: I, Shirley Virgin, leave with my heart getting Calder and Calder. CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and TEN: I, Paul Waitkus, leave my weekly essays and English projects to Donet Allard. CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and ELEVEN: I, Virginia Walsh, leave my size 4V2 shoe to Iudy Myles. CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and TWELVE: I, Muriel Ward, leave Eddie's curly hair to the envy of all the girls at Howe. CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and THIRTEEN: I, Donald Wentworth, leave my football shoes to Otis Tholander. CLAUSE ONE HUNDRED and FOURTEEN: I, Claire Wilson, leave my bashful ways and expressions to Ann Sawyer. In testimony whereof we hereunto set our hand, and in the presence of Witnesses do declare this document to be our last will this twentieth day of Iune in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two. BRENDA SAVAGE SYLVIA SALISBURY SHIRLEY HOBAN CATHERINE BUSSEY On this twentieth day of Iune, 1952, A.D., members of the Class of SZ, Howe High School of Billerica, Massachusetts, did sign the above document in our presence, and did declare it their last will. Thereafter, we four, in their presence, and in the presence of each other, hereto affix our names. ROBERT BURKE, Chairman RICHARD DEMPSEY ROBERT DAVIS CLINT INGRAHAM l eCl,l'Yl of fke gllflllne The annual classic, the Thanksgiving Day football game at the Memorial Field, is well under way. After a scoreless first half for both Howe and Chelmsford, Howe has finally broken the ice and scored - three times, As a result of this nineteen to nothing lead Howe has over its opponent, Coach Chuck Lampson elects to remove one of his first string line-men and sends in Clint Ingraham. Clint springs from the bench, and in his rush to the field of play he trips over the water-bucket and strikes his head on the frozen ground. While in a state of unconsciousness, he dreams of what is waiting for him and his fellow classmates of 52 in the not so distant future. As we tour the inevitable future, via Clint's dream, we realize it has been ten years since we left dear Howe High School. The first thing that attracts our dreamer's attention is the new Howe High. Doorman Tucker Mahoney, resplendent in his green and silver braid, opens the wide glass door to the vestibule beyond which is the spacious outer office, where Mary Barretto, the principal's secretary, is busily typing. In the inner office Principal Iames Fournier and Vice-Principal Robert Davis are seated before the vast television screen, which is channeled to Room 205, where Miss Ann DeBenedictis and her French III class are practicing French Christmas carols. Clint learns that some of the graduates of H525 are faculty members here: Richar Barrington, biology teacher, Margur- 645' , ite Baraldi and Richard Myles, physi- Ai e cal education instructors, Helen Keri- 7 0 van, shorthand teacher, lane Ensor, W'--1 reading specialist, Charlotte Oskow- .,-1.--4' .lair

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The inbound flight arrives, and on it are Mrs. Condon, her maid, Betty O'Day, and several other passengers. Clint immediately recognizes a burly soldier - Harry Morgan, recent recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Escorting Harry are several girls, Carol Rogers, Claire Wilson, Nancy Mallard, Lorraine Pauline, and Alice Newcomb, the Presidents personal representatives, who are homeward bound for a well deserved vacation. Wilted by her iourney, Claire Wilson asks Clint to escort her to the Band Beauty Salon, owned and operated by Nancy Barton and Iackie Blake. At the salon they meet Brenda Savage, who is having her hair done for her next fashion show, Phyllis Moore, Carolyn McElhiney, Mrs. Iames Calder - formerly Shirley Virgin of secretarial fame, and Ieanne Simpson, whom we know better as Ieanne Chandler. Two of the operators here are Lois Turnbull and Helen Moran, designers of the latest Oompa Oolala hairdo. Leaving the beauty shop with Mrs. Simp- Al son and her six children, Clint goes to the 4 i Grossman Lumber Yard, under the manage- 4' ment of her husband, Mr. Donald Simpson. gd ln his employment Don has Rosemary Q' Bouley, his secretary, Catherine Bussey, the N ', cashier, Edward Hoganson, Norman Silva, 5 5 and Robert Ialbert - the truck drivers. Talking with Donald is a very distin- guished gentleman, who is introduced to - f' Clint as the Mayor of Billerica, the honor- Q able William Mahoney. When told that Clint is touring his home town, Mayor Ma- Q honey invites him to visit his private busi- ness concern. Clint accepts this invitation and is chauffeured to an establishment called the Billerica Beer Bottling Co-opera- T tive. Among the many secretaries in the plush-lined office are Mary St. Hilaire, Vir- ? Y- W ginia Beaulieu, and Barbara Hoganson. In 'Q' 'l U the side office is Richard Dempsey, treas- A urer, talking to Virginia Walsh, the mayor's private secretary, who, it is said, has palpitations whenever his honor dic- tates to her. Clint then continues his tour of the plant and meets Paul Power and Iames Leahy, distillers, and Albert Reslow, the watchman. Afterwards, Clint goes up town to cash a traveler's check. On his way he notices a paper shop next to the post office and decides to cash it in there. In the shop are the owner, Meriel Fish, and her helper, Alice Shaw, who tell Clint that they are unable to cash it, Passing the post office on the way to the bank, he sees Sylvia Salisbury and Postmaster Iames Boyle sorting mail here in the post office. At the bank the tellers, Eleanor Sullivan and Clara Scorgie, send Clint to the treasurer, Melodie Rogers, who, in turn, sends him to President Louis Sponagle. The president of the bank finally authorizes the cashing of the check. Leavina the bank. Clint discovers he has no cigarettes and goes into a store to buy some. Here are Buddy Abbott, the millionaire butcher, Bev- erly Broadbent, cashier, and a flock of clerks: Barbara Goodwin, Ida Kemp- ton, Richard McLaughlin, Doris Saunders, and Barbara Tribuna. The only other customers are Iosephine Lovette and Miriam Moakley, who are both trying to buy meat from the butcher on the installment plan. Emerging from the store with his cigarettes in his hand, he sees another of his former class- mates on the other side of the street. ln his rush to greet her, Genevieve Caulfield, he trips over the curbing and hits his head, which seems to be a vulnerable spot, and knocks himself out again. He is next awakened by voices and 1 by someone rubbing his forehead. ' When fully conscious, Clint realizes B where he is and what has happened. Maybe he didn't get to play in the '1 traditional Thanksgiving Day game, but he was still one up on the rest of x us. Like Macbeth, he knew what the future had in store for all of us. L QQ Q- ..- ,lf in .ii