Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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| Last Will and Testament of the Class of £50; We, the graduating class of 1937, realizing the great loss the remaining students, the faculty members, and the school will suffer on June 23, have decided, in full generosity of heart, to re- linguish to them some of the better, worse, and indifferent of our our characteristics. We hope that they will benefit from them, putting them to the best use in order that they may follow the trail which we have blazed in our years here. Being of sane mind, in good humor, and hop- ing the reader will be the same, we have made and compiled the list as follows: Basil Altobelli, a deep thinker, bestows that same quality upon Vincent Biscelgia. Geraldine Amorosi leaves the ability to hold her chin up to Dot Martin. Lester Anderson leaves his Speech Club roles to Henry Dunwoody. Phyllis Andrews bequeaths her swagger to Milly Gillis. Roger Angelini leaves his dancing ability to Dot Floyd. Alice Arbo leaves an invitation to visit Sterling to her friends. Gertrude Arsenault leaves her height to Toni Bartoni. Geraldine Babbit leaves her sophistication to Anita Pizzutti. Dorothy Bachand leaves a pair of snowy-white white shoes. George Baldwin leaves his paper route to Tommy Houde. Doris Barrett leaves her place on the honor roll to Gloria Kay. Allesandro Bartimo leaves his two guns to ““Cowboy”’ Angelini. Robert Bartlett leaves a big laugh to Mr. Rogers. Lina Beaudette leaves her ability in French to Margaret Benoit. Jack Bell, the boy scientist, leaves that role to Fred Houde. John Benson leaves his decorating skill to Eleanor Davis. Joseph Bergeron leaves a natty sweater to Bill Bennett. Chester Blodget leaves his basketball scoring to Chubby Duval. Raymond Bresnahan leaves his position as tackle to Barney Ward. Robert Briscoe leaves his bashfulness to Elmer Murray. Pierino Capone bequeaths his ability as a working man to John Mella. Emil Caron leaves his typing ability to Rolph Phelphs. Florence Cavanaugh leaves a strong right arm in hockey to Beatrice Murray. Barbara Chesbrough wills her happy thoughts to ‘““Happy”’ Foster. Louis Christoforo leaves Phyllis minus an escort to and from school. Arthur Church leaves his flaming locks to Kileen McCann. Kileen Coleman bequeaths her knitting to Marcia Hayes. Laurie Cormier leaves his ability as a statesman to Edward Garritty. Lea Cormier leaves a bottle of Welch’s Grape Juice to Kathryn Boynton. Aldrich Cousins wills his quietness to the noisy children in Room 9. Selma David wills her detective stories to L. H. 8. Robert DeBettencourt bequeaths his nickname to Freddie St. Cyr. John DeCarolis wills his brain work to Wallace MacKinnon. Victoria DiMassa leaves her best wishes to her sister. Betty Draffin leaves her sweet personality to Betsy Morrill. Betsy Drenova leaves her superb memory to Harriet Cook. Jane Drury gives a big cheer to the Junior cheer leaders. Gladys Duplease bequeaths her willing disposition to Charlene Wariger. Alice Emery leaves a large vocabulary to astound you. Robert Erdmann leaves his wagging tongue to Judson Richardson. Loretta Fife leaves a great big smile to Arline Rydberg. [ 31 ]

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Spring arrived and with it baseball and track. In both of these we were well-represented. Again the girls showed some action by forming volley ball teams and starting with renewed vigor a tennis team, made up mainly of sophomores. After what seemed three years instead of one, June rolled around to put the lucky ones safe at last in the junior class. We had climbed out of the ranks of the “wise fools.”’ The Seniors sneered, “‘O Junior!”’, but we didn’t mind. We elected the following class officers: president, Edward Killelea; vice-president, Mary Killelea; secretary, Alfred Fournier; treasurer, Winifred Mager. A member of our class, Janet Harrington, led our band during the football season and was followed by our cheer leaders. On the squad we could easily make out a few of our heroes: Blod- get, Bresnahan, Fournier, LaPierre, Torcoletti, Lanza, Cormier, Mason, Petricca, Fiffy, H. Horwitch, and Rodriquenz. We also had some eminent orators. Sally David and Edward Killelea were our representa- tives in the Better Speech Contest. The year sped on and we saw our basketball heroes: Blodget, Fournier, Grinkas, Lanza, Bartlett, and DeBettencourt fighting for the L. H. S. We still retain memories of that glroious junior prom held on Feb. 14. Sapristi! Vioci Perrichon! However, here comes Le Commandant (Laserte), with his domestique (Cormier), to challenge Perrichon (Durand), to a duel. L’Aubergiste (LaPierre) is grinning behind his bar. ‘‘Perrichon’”’ was a huge success due to the joint and unselfish ef- forts of Mrs. Bucknell, Mr. Joyce, and the Cercle Francais. In spite of our very fine actors, we lost the Inter-Class Play Contest on April 29, 1986, when we produced “‘Station Y Y Y Y.” Some of our honor classmates were ushers at both the graduation and reception of the class of 1936. We were LORDLY SENIORS! When the football season came on, we had an opportunity to prove how big we were. Such veterans as Bresnahan, DeBettencourt, Rodriquenz, Harring- ton, Blodget, LaPierre, Fournier, Torcoletti, Ward, Mason, Cormier, Lanza, and Killelea were back to help Leominster carry on a successful year. Aline Grenache was chosen the new senior cheer leader. Our election of class officers was held, the results of which were: president, Laurie Cormier; vice-president, Mary Killelea; secretary, Alfred Fournier; treasurer, Winifred Mager. Our candidates in the Better Speech Contest were Aaron Viall and Lawrence Mitchell. The master of ceremonies was the genial and eloquent Martin White. On January 8, we held our senior promenade. It was the biggest financial success in late years. Again the basketball season was on. Our hoopsters included Blodget, Grinkas, Harring- ton, Lanza, Bartlett, DeBettencourt. The cast for the senior presentation, ‘‘Babbit’s Boy,’ in the second annual Inter-Class Play Contest was an able one and was comprised of R. Laserte, E. Zickell, H. Porter, L. Ander- son, E. Coleman, and R. Hobbs. Our senior play, ‘‘Pride and Prejudice’”’ was presented before a large and appreciative audi- ence, and again the cast and all the committees should be commended. On the diamond and track we saw many heroes of our class. Senior girls worked during the year with basketball, field hockey, tennis, track, volley ball, and badminton. June 23, our graduation day, rolled around all too fast and caused us to bid fond adieu to Leominster High School. JANE DRURY, Chairman, LUCILLE HEUSTIS, ROBERT LASERTE, CATHERINE ROCK. |

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Josephine Fini leaves her ability to roll her eyes to Milly Lane. George Flathers bequeaths a freckle to Jack Yager. Anna Florio leaves her breezy air of good cheer to Creeky Gurney. Esther Fluet leaves a certain Junior lad carrying someone else’s books. Alfred Fournier leaves his fighting school spirit to Bill Beaudoin. Arthur Fournier leaves his pessimistic moods to Elson Race. Cecil Francis leaves a pair of old mittens to next year’s linesman. Ilse Fricke leaves a good luck charm to Ruby Green. Lucy Gentile leaves a fashion plate to Glenda Caswell. Louis George leaves a messenger boy position to Lauri Isomaki. Francis Gettins leaves a B. X. X. to George Lundigan. Rachel Gillis leaves her bright eyes to Rachel Mercier. Evelyn Girouard leaves her cafeteria position to Janet Leeman. Norman Girouard leaves a heart beat to many a fluttering Junior lass. Aline Grenache leaves her megaphone to Ruthie Sambito. Joseph Grinkas bequeaths to Stuart Bicknell a dilapidated basketball. Janet Harrington bestows her shining baton on Tony Lanza. Robert Harrington leaves his 8. A. to Ken Wiley. Hope Harrison wills a song book to Mary DiMassa. Doris Hart wills her air of languor to Dot Hopkins. Fred Hastings donates a special couch to sleepy scholars. Helen Hayes leaves her ability as a goalkeeper to Natalie Wheeler. Norma Hayford leaves her indifference to Connie Curtis. Prescott Henriques leaves his dimples to Donald Vorse. Lucille Heustis leaves a tight rope and a net to Lorraine Richardson. Nina Hicks wills her knitting basket to Barbara Maston. Rowland Hill leaves his role as Romeo to Vincent Bartimo. Rosina Hobbs leaves a map to L. H.S. and vicinity to Skippy. Harry Horwitch leaves a leaky fountain pen to anyone who'll take it. Philip Horwitch bequeaths his joke book to Jacob Portney. Robert Howe leaves tardy slips to late comers. Baltrus Jancaitus leaves the Gettysburg Address to L. H. S. Gerda Johnson leaves a car ticket to Fitchburg to Marjorie Hallett. Mabel Johnson leaves her smile to Doris Neverett. Marion Johnson leaves her stream lines to Kay Smith. Miriam Johnson leaves a pair of overalls to Beverly Johnson. Madeline Kane leaves her ability to hold her man to Ruthie Gage. Helen Kershaw leaves her personality to Natalie Holden. Warren Kibler leaves on odorous pipe to George Peck. Edward Killelea leaves cartoons on scrap paper to L. H. S. Mary Killelea leaves a bit of her smoothness to Natalie Harrison. Stephen Kimball leaves a few passes to the Rialto. Margaret King leaves some of her height to her pal, Dolly Duval. Clifford Kingsbury leaves his smile to Nicky Despotopolus. Francis Lambert leaves some news to pep up the dying ‘‘Tatler.”’ Robert Lamothe leaves his pamphlet ‘‘Dancing in Ten Easy Lessons” to John Letters. Anna Langley leaves the patent on her stride to Claire Carter. Angelo Lanza leaves a tiptoe ballet to appreciative audiences. Paul LaPierre leaves a demonstration of a manly swagger. Robert Laserte leaves his fiery temper to surprise the audience. [ 32 ]