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

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JAMES VIRGIN Sam july 17 EDWARD VOTOUR Ted Marci: 18 Pfl Peers: Registry offlcials. Chief Deliglalx P.A.D. Tests. F.1zmi1e lllfmwys Hampton Beach. Ar11z111e.f.' Science Clubg Bleacher Fund Drive. CAROLE XVAITKUS Carole Augusl 2 Pu Peere: Getting nothing done at cheering practice. Chief DE!Igl7l.' Dating Nick. F.1mr1fe Memory: Summer of '56. Arlizizzers Basketball 1, 2g Cheerleading 2, 3, 43 Captain 41 Bleacher Fund Driveg junior and Senior Prom Committeesg junior Prom Attend- antg Tri-Deltag Newspaper Staffg Yearbook Staffg G.A.A. Vice-President 3g President 4. BEVERLY WATERS Bez ' December 28 Pez Peere: '56 Pontiacs. Cli7lPf Delzgbff Dates with George. Frzzwrjle A1elllfU'j.' junior Prom '56. Ar1i1'i1ie,t.' Newspaper Staff 3, 43 Tri-Deltag Year- book Staff: Freshman and Sophomore Dance Committeesg Bleacher Fund Driveg G.A.A. LORETTA WATSON Laurie Iune 10 Pe! Peere: People who don't like to dance. Chief Deligbl: Roller skating. F.1z'm'i1e Memm'y.' junior-Senior Prom. Ar1iz'i1ie.f: Senior Prom Committeeg Newspaper Staff 45 Tri-Deltag Yearbook Staff.

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T' ' te' ELOISE TAVARES Smilie September 13 Pei Peezie: Nicknames. Chief Delighl: Driving. Fazforize Memory: Summer of '56. Arlizfiiier' junior and Senior Prom Committeesg Yearbook Staffg Tri-Deltag G.A.A. THERESA TEMPLE Terry September Z4 Pei Peezfez People who are late. Chief Delight: Winning an argument. Favorite Memory: Freshman dance. Artizfiziefx Science Club 2g Tri-Deltag Newspaper Staff 43 Softball I, 23 Field Hockey 23 junior Prom Committee. MARION ELIZABETH THOLANDER M. T. Iuly 19 Pez Peezfe: Know-it-alls. Chief Delighl: Dancing. Fizzioriie Memory: My four years of high school. Arlizfiiiei: Tri-Delta Activity Chairmang Spanish Club 33 Art Club 33 Newspaper Staff 3, 43 Senior Class Activity Manager3 junior and Senior Prom Committeesg Basketball 43 Year- book Staffg G.A.A. EDNA THORNTON Ed August 4 Pet Peezfe: Limited hours, Chief Delighl: Eating. Fiizforile Memory: All Starettes. Arlizfiliei: junior and Senior Prom Committeesg Tri- Delta3 Majorette 2, 3, 4g Newspaper Staff 43 Yearbook Staff. ix .9 .N r RENA STETSON Rena December 16 Pez Peeve: Spanish III. Chief Delighl: Music. Fuzforile Memory: Sundays. Arlfziiliei: Art Clubs Spanish Club 33 Tri-Delta3 Chorus. RALPH STOKER Bill August 18 Pez Peeve: Getting home early. Chief Delight: Staying out late. Frworize Memory: Thanksgiving '55, Artiziiiieix Baseball 1, 2, 3. Q Q EH ,arf TSX. if . ' ' 'S SI ' 5 .I 5 ' in DIANA TORIELLI rrneen May 4 Pez Peezfe: Miss Hoods famous demerit system. Chief Delighl: Lots of week-end activities. Favorite Memory: Week-end at West Point. Arliifiiier: Freshman and Sophomore Dance Com- mittees3 junior and Senior Prom Committees3 Tri Delta Vice-Presidentg Yearbook Staffg G.A.A. ALICE TURNBULL Al Marrh 3 Pel Peeve: Waiting. Chief Delight: Vacations. Favorite Memory: November, 1955. Arlizfifies: Yearbook Staff3 Tri-Delta33 Art Club 33 junior and Senior Prom Committeesg Freshman and Sophomore Dance Committeesg G.A.A.

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Ca... As we work on THE TOTEM, making it ready to go to print, and while we eagerly prepare for our senior prom, we realize how near graduation really is. This realization causes us to indulge in a good deal of reminiscing. Do you remember our first day at high school? We, as freshmen, felt very important, yet .we eyed the seniors with awe and respect. That was Mr. Adams' first year at the high school too, and he, like us, was trying to acclimate himself to the high school routine. The morning session was new to us because, in junior high, we had become accus- tomed to attending school in the afternoon part of the double session. Now we were there from eight o'clock until twelve-forty. It was hard to have to get up so much earlier in the morning, but it was wonderful to have the afternoons free for work, play or sports. When it came time to elect class officers we thought very carefully before choosing. George Nickerson, Charles Panas, jean Porter, and Janis Ericson were our final choice. Our class was so large that it was impossible to make all our decisions in class meeting. So we elected homeroom repre- sentatives to speak for us at executive sessions. Right after the midjear we started to plan our hrst high school dance, Platter Parade. It was held on March 26, 1954, with Bob Perry and Ugo San Antonio as disc jockeys. Remember the fun of decorating? Hanging over the balcony to fasten streamers, carrying ladders, making paper records for favors? The dance proved to be a big success thanks, to a great extent, to Miss Day, our hard- working class advisor. Wfhen we returned to Howe High in 1954 as sophomores, with Miss Day still our advisor, we proceeded to elect new class oflicers and homeroom representatives. When the votes were tallied, we found that George Nickerson, Vernon Martin, Bar- bara Redden, and Miriam Buono had been elected. Because our record hop was to be held on December 11, we started planning for it right away. Choosing jingle Bell Ball as the name, we decorated the Maurice A. Buck Auditorium with red, white, and green streamers and a huge Christmas tree in full array of delicately shaped baubles, bright lights, and glittering tinsel. Miss Day was once again sponsor of a profitable and fun-packed event. During our sophomore and most of our junior years we were relieved of dentention tickets. They iafoz were replaced by demerit tickets. fYou just can't get entirely away from ticketsj However, most of us found the new demerit system just and felt that, in time, it would do a lot to improve the school. There was a challenge in trying to keep our records free of demerits. That year was Billerica's three hundredth anni- versary, and a week was set aside for a gala cele- bration. Parades, plays, banquets, visits to historical homes, and square dances highlighted the Ter- centenary celebration. Of course we all took part in the various events, and we fully enjoyed the day off from school which the celebration brought us. In May of our sophomore year we learned, much to our distress, that it was to be Miss Day's last year as our class advisor. She was going to North Andover to teach, and although we were happy for her because she was improving her fortune, we were also sad at losing her as we gave her a small fare- well party. The month of September in 1955 arrived, and we expected to begin our junior year in our new high school. But the building was not ready, and we were granted a three weeks' reprieve. Eventu- ally, however, the workmen withdrew, and we con- vened. There was a big difference between life at the old Howe High and that at the new Billerica Memorial. We had a public address system, which seemed a marvel at first, but now, an old story, seems some- what of a nuisance. There were three lunch periods with music and dancing to help us enjoy our lunches. There were new teachers, and most drastic change of all, no more double sessions. We now devoted full time to getting educated. For several weeks, while traveling from class to class we saw workmen installing last minute fixtures, planting shrubs, or painting numbers on doors. The second floor was set aside for the very im- portant junior homerooms, and as juniors we were allotted two class advisors, Mrs. Messer and Mr. Sangermano. At the very first meeting the newly elected ofhcers, Arthur Roach, Frank Rosander, Bar- bara Redden, and Miriam Buono, began to get acquainted with our new advisors, and as time went by we all realized how lucky we were to have both of them to guide us so patiently and cheerfully through our last two years of high school life. In November we began what turned out to be quite an undertaking, the selection of a design for our