Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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THE MA 1938 the names of Dr. Everett Colburn, and Miss Muriel Letarte, superintendent of nurses. Ap- proaching the clerk’s desk are two visitors. Yes, no other than those two inseparables, Grace Lavell and Mildred Langlais, both of whom teach school just outside Washington. They are given permission to go into the wards, and I see them stopping frequently to chat with some of the trim and smiling nurses—Mary MacPhee, Anna McCaffrey, Eileen McCann, Barbara Maston, and Thelma Methe.”’ “Our class boasted of some real nature lovers, you know, the John Burroughs type. How about them?”’ “Away we go from the beautiful city of Washington but to an equally beautiful place four hundred miles north. Up in the Catskills I see a jolly group of our old friends—Beatrice Murray, Anna Langley, Angelina Lanza, and Betsy Morrill. Every year these school teachers spend their vacation in this beautiful mountain retreat. They have just returned from an all day mountain climb with Robert Lawler, Mirror Lake Lodge owner and expert mountain climber. How happy they all look, sitting before the open fire-place, in the rustic atmosphere of this beautiful pine- scented lodge!”’ “Say no more, Don, or I'll be tempted to desert you and take the next train north myself.” “Just as you say, Eddie. Anything to please the president of good old ’38. I hardly think our class picture would be complete without including Virginia Smith, Irene Smith, Lena Valeri, Elizabeth Woodsmall, and Ida Zickell. I see them all in positions of responsibility — some in the school room, others in schoo! offices and business offices. “T say, Eddie, here’s a chance for you to concentrate your vision. Observe the two young ladies being seated at the next table. Surely you remember Barbara Lancey and Inez MacDonald. They’re social service workers now, here in the big City.” “T move, Mr. Lawton, that without further delay we ask permission to join the young ladies and offer a toast to all of our old classmates that I: have seen through your eyes tonight.” ‘Agreed! a toast for the health, happiness, and prosperity of the class of 1938.” WW io Se ihonmerhe Faculty Miss Lillian M. Dole is a native of West Medford, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Tufts where she received her A. B. degree. She teaches citizenship and business English in this school. During her leisure hours—especially in summer—she enjoys swimming, which is her favorite hobby. Mrs. Miriam Lucille Bucknell, whose native town is Watermill, Maine, is the French teacher in this school. She has also taught English, German, and history. She attended high school in Portland, Maine. Later she attended Bates College, Maine, where she received her A. B. degree and Boston University, from which she received her M. A. degree. She is also a special graduate of the Sorbonne in Paris. Her hobbies include swimming, talking French, hair dressing, and listening to Hawaiian music. Her ambitions are many, some of which are to make people happy and promote peace; to have a doctorate degree from the Sorbonne; and to have all her students succeed in college. Mr. Everett C. Donnelly, teacher of geography and U.S. history, has an A. B. degree from Holy Cross College. He also has an A. M. degree from Clark University. His hobby is golf. 2K 5 oa Se ak Sh RAN = eek ae Be Mrs. Elizabeth C. Morrill is a native of Leominster and has taught English, zoology, and botany in various schools. She is a graduate of Vassar and has her A. B. degree from there. 28

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THE 1938 MA “‘We had some mechanically inclined young men in our class, Don. What are they doing?” “Rugg and Todd are civil engineers. Right here in New York in what will soon be a great memorial park, I see two familiar figures, Bill Palmer and Harold Mosher, both landscape gar den- ers. Palmer has just inspected some fine maple trees, and Mosher is very busy planning the Washington Memorial Garden. “Crash! Bing! Bang! An accident. Here comes the ambulance, driven by Bruce Blood. Adrien Lemire and Floyd Hendricks, hospital attaches, are putting the victims in the ambulance. They are off to the hospital. Eleanora Bizzarri, Claire Carter, and Lucy Mercier, the surgical doctors, are fixing the wounds. The following nurses are assisting them: Bernice Cocci, Ruth Demars, Shirley Dietz, Violet Edmand, Priscilla Nickerson, and Enith Blodget.’ “Say, Don, how about taking me to Hollywood. I’m sure some of our old friends are there.” “OQ. K., Eddie. Georgie Lavoie and Edwin Rogers will fly us over in their plane with Gertrude Person, stewardess, looking out for our every comfort. Say, Eddie, some of the passengers look rather familiar. Over there behind that beard is Doc Bicknell, star forward for the House of David basketball team; Eleanor Davis, illustrator for Harper’s Bazaar is also aboard. Well, we’re landing, Eddie. Look at the mob at the airport. This is certainly a busy place.” “See anybody we know?” “Tet me see, there’s Janet Lehman, Helen Olsen, Dorothy Nolan, Florence Willard, and Lillian Verge. These girls are training to be stewardesses. Arlene Rydberg is training them.” ‘“‘Are a ny members of our class in any shows out here, Don?”’ “Yes, ‘The Follies Gallante’ is using some of the girls from L. H. S. ’38. Among the hot- footers are Dot Floyd, Mary Flanagan, Bertha Edstrom, Beverly Johnson, and Giacomina Iacaboni. Proietti and Landon are playing leads in the show. “Say, Eddie, there’s an imposing looking building next to the theatre where our old friends are playing. Let me see, what is it, anyway? Oh, yes, that’s Charlie Remy’s tap-dancing school. The rhythm teachers are Angelina Celli, Lucille Lafrance, Christian Hazard, and Janet Leeman.” “You know, Don, I often wonder what became of all those girls who had aspirations to become teachers.” “Well, the names of Wariger, Hayes, Hastings, Hartwell, and Kelley are familiar ones in good old Leominster High. Hester Kern is running a kindergarten in Lowell. And speaking of Lowell, do you know, Eddie, that Ruth Craigue is running the Fineats Cafe in that city? Firmani, her expert chef, is the one who concocts the savory dishes that have made this cafe so popular.” “T have often wondered, too, whether any of our class turned out to be athletes. We had some pretty good ones back in 38.” “Well, Rehor and Basque are well-known in the Tennis World. They have just won the doubles championship. Robinson and Lacombe, the judges, said that they never saw such a wonderful display of teamwork before. “Bill Bresnahan is the spark plug of the fastest ‘pro’ football team in the country, ‘The Shrivelers.’ “Mary Bird is off to the Olympics to take part in the women’s swimming races. She has already won many prizes and I know she’ll win in this race, too. “Say, Eddie, I can hear with my mental ear as well as I can see with my mental eye. And right now I hear music. What is it? To be sure, it’s the sweet melodious plinks of Girouard’s guitar. It was Spadafore’s idea to give music with service at his Gulf Gasoline Shoppe. Marjorie Ellis with her Supercharged ‘Willy’ is taking advantage of this musical service. Tsh! Tsh! Such ideas!” “Hine work so far, Don, I wonder if your sixth sense can impart the whereabouts of any more of our classmates.”’ “To do this I must take you with my mental eye to the Washington Memorial Hospital. This beautiful big hospital is a busy place. Hello, there’s the first familiar face. Postman Ray Descoteaux is entering with the mail. As he deposits the pack of letters, I notice again and again 27

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THE MA She also studied at Woods Hole Biology Laboratory and the Women’s College at Newark, Dela- ware. Her hobby is reading. Her ambition is to visit the places famous in English literature. Miss Ruth F. Weckbacher is a native of Canton, Massachusetts. She teaches German and French and has received her A. B. degree from Boston University, College of Liberal Arts. Her hobby is sports of all kinds. Miss Frances L. Lockey, a native of this city, is the dean of girls and also the Latin teacher at the Leominster High School. She is a graduate of Smith College, where she received her A. B. degree. She was also a student of the Harvard Graduate School where she received her Master of Education Degree. Her hobby, which is a very enjoyable one, is taking automobile trips. Mr. John H. Coburn, another native of this fair city of ours, is the teacher of mathematics and assistant principal at this school. He is a graduate of Harvard, where he received his A. B. degree. He also attended the Boston University Law School, where he received the degree L. L. B. His hobby is gardening. His ambition, a most worthwhile one, is to do his part to make this school bigger and better, and he is certainly doing so. Mr. Stanley Burnham is a native of the city of Gloucester. He is a graduate of Harvard, where he received his A. B. degree. He teaches U. 8S. history and problems in democracy. His favorite hobby, among many others, is golf. His ambition, one which all of us should strive for, is to be of use to others during his life. Mrs. Martha A. Draper, our present physical training instructor for girls, is a native of Beverly, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of the Posse-Nissen School of Physical Education. Her hobby is knitting. CE Bene ame ese hoe ee Sake eRe ck: rik Miss Blanche M. Jobes, a native of Leominster, attended the Fitchburg Business College. She is a teacher of bookkeeping, typewriting, and arithmetic and has taught a class in business at Boston University. She has attained her ambition, that of being a teacher. Her hobby is gardening. Mr. J. Richard Sutcliffe, our newly appointed band master, is a native of North Andover, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and has received his B. 8. M. degree. His hobby, which is a rather odd one, is to repair machinery. His ambition is to make the Leominster High School band a state champion one. P.S. Another great ambition of his is to make a man out of Mitchell, a rather prominent senior at this school. Mr. Elmer J. Bucknell teaches physics and chemistry in this school. He received his B. S. degree from Syracuse University and an Ed. M. from Harvard. His hobby is farming. His ambition is a great one—to be the greatest teacher of science in the world. seers Woke Uae sk oka sk. © eis Rk Mr. Daniel Darney is the director of manual arts in the grade and in the junior and senior schools. He teaches both free-hand and mechanical drawing. He is a graduate of the Massa- chusetts School of Art and has taken summer courses at New York University, Columbia, and the Berkshire Summer School of Art. His hobby is to study the different people all over the world. His ambition is to put the Leominster Manual Arts Department on the educational map of the country. 1938