Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1939 volume:

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Why not fulfill that promise now when son or daughter is graduating. Make your appointment today. RECAPTURE FOR THE FUTURE THE MEMORY OF lol Ne we oe LL I AE IG) ek Se os Chase Studio 14 MONUMENT SQUARE LEOMINSTER TEL. 39-W “Always spend a little less than you earn,’ cautioned Benjamin Franklin. We go a step further and suggest opening a savings account with that ‘“‘little extra.”’ Systematic savings; though small, lay the foundation for a college education, for travel, for a home, or any one of a number of other worthy desires. SAVE NOW THE LEOMINSTER SAVINGS BANK 12 MAIN STREET TA MAGNET Commencement Number 1939. Home Room Endorsed by the Leominster Chamber of Commerce Editor—Margaret Pickford Will Nancy Mills, Chairman Dorothy Hirst Jane Lane Dorothy Church Lorraine Comeau, Chairman History Marjorie Killelea, Chairman Rita O’Mealey Emery Hanson Athletics Antoinette Lanza (Girls) Wilmot Weeks (Boys) Pictures Doro thy Martin, Chairman Evelyn Mager, Co-Chairman Assistants: Room 1—Jeanne Boyden Room 2—Yvonne Fife Room 3—Claire LaFray Room 4—Beverly Wilson Room A—John Ward Salvatore Novelli 39, Business Manager Club Reports Phyllis Hancock Business Board Prophecy Robert Bothwell William Gettens Wallace Cunningham Quotations Gloria Kay, Chairman Ruth Smith Jack Yager Jokes Rose Steinmetz, Chairman Dorothy Harris Class Roll and Ballot Marjorie Duval, Chairman Ruby Green Marguerite Benoit Nina Bisceglia Claire Bissonette Richard Arnold ’40, Assistant Business Manager Clarice Mercier 739, Advertising Manager Kathryn Welch ’39, Subscription Manager Charles Smith ’40 Marie Houde 740 Leon Vallee ’40 Lucia Piermarini ’40 Ruth Mahan ’41 Louise Casey Yvonne Fife Lois Kendall Ruth Smith Rita O’ Mealey Loretta Ballard I e oahe Literary Advertising Staff Phyllis Nolan ’39 George Douglas ’40 Maurice Perrault ’40 Mary Crain ’40 Subscription Staff Home Room Margaret Catto 7. Constance Hayes 8. Gladys Lavin 9. Nancy Nettel 10. Doris Thomas 11. Dorothy Beers Faculty Advisers Miss Mary E. Colley Evelyn Mager ’39 Louis Coeci 739 William DiNardo 740 R achel Miner ’39 Richard Arnold ’40 Home Room 12. Dorothy Carter 18. Louise Hubbard 14. Constance Gelinas 15. Rita Mercier 16. Louise Pickford 20. Jack Perreault Business Miss Mary Johnson THE MA 1939 John Ward Northeastern University “There is no great genius free from some tincture of madness.” Class President 3, 4; Home Room Chairman 2, 3, 4; Interclass Play Contest 2, 3; Better Speech Contest 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 8; Interclass Track 2, 3; Football 2, 3; Football Manager 2; Lunch Room Committee 3, 4; Senior Play 4; Commencement Issue Magnet 4; Blue Book 3, 4; Speech Club 2; Speaker at Graduation of Class ’38; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4. Dorothy Martin Secretarial School “A merry heart is a good medicine.” Basketball 2, 8; Hockey 2, 3; Badminton 3; Bowling 3; Home Room Officer 2, 8, 4; Speech Club Secretary 3, 4; Speech Club 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Usher, Graduation 8; Usher, Senior Reception 3; Magnet Staff 2, 3, 4; Interclass Play Contest 3; Prom Com- mittees 3, 4; Forensic League Speaking Tournament 3; Athletic Letter 3; Assemblies 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 4; Musical Concert 4; D. A. R. Pilgrimage 4; Honorary Member, Fortnightly Club 4; Library Board 4; Com- mencement Issue, Magnet 4; Senior Class Play 4; Class Vice-President 3, 4. Louis Cocci Undecided “Friends are what count.”’ Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Track 2, 3; Football 3, 4; Class Secretary 38, 4; Home Room Secretary 2, 3, 4; Magnet 4; Prom Committees 3, 4; Usher at Class of 738; Reception 3. Kathryn Welch Wilfred Academy “They who have light in themselves, will not revolve as satellites.” Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Class Officer 3, 4; Home Room Officer 3, 4; Magnet Subscription Agent 3; Magnet Subscription Manager 4; Honorary Member, Fort- nightly Club 4; Usher, Speech Contest 3; Usher, Gardner Game 4; Usher, Senior Reception 3; Prom Committees 3, 4; Thursday Morning Sings 3, 4; Senior Play 4. Donald Albrecht University of Maine “A boy’s will is the wind’s will.” Speech Club 3, 4; Glee Club 2; Interclass Basketball 2; Senior Reception 4; Senior Play 4; Interclass Play Contest 4. Juliette F. Allain Undecided “Sincerity is the best of virtues.” Agent, Magnet 2; Usher, Thanksgiving Football Game 3; Refreshment Committee, Senior Prom 4; Honor Roll 2, 8; Usher, Better Speech Contest 4; Glee Club 4; Basketball 2; Senior Play 4. Robert Anderson Worcester Trade School ‘ Never do today what you can tomorrow.” Magnet 2, 3; Blue Book 4; Football Ticket Committee 2, 3, 4: Lunchroom Cashier 3, 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll 2; Finals, Better Speech Contest 3; Senior Play 4; Basketball Manager 4. Ralph Anderson Undecided “Made up of wisdom and of fun.” Prom Committee 3; Blue Book 4; Ticket Committee Foot- ball and Basketball 3, 4; Track 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Class Numerals 4. . Beatrice Andrews Bay Path Secretarial School “Hyver judging is her eye.” Hockey 2, 3; Basketball 2, 3; Speech Club 2, 3; Usher, Inter- class Play 4; Home Room Officer 2; Baseball 3, 4; Volley Ball 4. MA THE 1939 Fred D. Andrews Undecided “My mind to me a kingdom is.” a. Anthony Angelini Northwestern University “Youth will have its swing.” Interclass Track 2, 3, 4; Inter- class Basketball 2, 3, 4; Inter- class Baseball 3, 4; Class Play 4; Assemblies 3, 4; Health Club 4; Prom Committee 3, 4. Joseph Auffrey Becker College “Men of few words are the best men.”’ Interclass Baseball 2, 3; Inter- class Basketball 2, 38; Prom Committee 38; Usher, Senior Graduation and Reception 3; Honor ollezsoe4 Vincent J. Bartimo Clark University “Be merry for life is short.” Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Tennis 3; Speech Club 3; Glee Club 3. Jane Beers Fitchburg Teacher’s College “The world steps to watch her pass.”’ Honor Rol] 2, 3; Senior Class Play 4; Home Room Officer 4; Committee for Interclass Play 3, 4; Glee Club 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Hockey 2, 38, 4; French Club 4; Track 2; Tennis 2, 3; Bad- minton 4; Speech Club 4; Blue Book 4; Magnet 2, 3; Prom Committee 3, 4; Usher, Thanks- giving Game 3; Usher, Interclass Play Contest 4. THE 1939 MA Marguerite C. Benoit University of North Carolina ‘“A twinkle in the eye all the day long.”’ Honor Roll 2, 4; French Club 2, 3, 4; French Club President 4; Speech Club 3, 4; Treasurer, Speech Club 4; Usher, Thanks- giving Game 3; Assemblies 3, 4; Commencement Issue, Magnet 4; Prom Committee 4; French Pageant 38; Senior Play 4; Hockey 2, 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Tennis 2; Usher, Interclass Play Contest 4; Waitress, Senior Luncheon 3; Badminton 3, 4; Sophomore Party Committee 4; Volley Bal) 4. Angelina Bilotta Undecided “To be virtous is to do gcod, and do it well.” Usher, Better Speech Contest 4; Refreshment Committee 4; Senior Prom 4; Honor Roll 4. Nina Marie Bisceglia Telephone Operator “Truth never grows old.” Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3; Honor Roll 3, 4; Assemblies 2, 3, 4; Fitchburg and Leomin- ster Annual Concert 2, 3, 4. Claire Bissonnette St. Vincent’s Hospital, Worcester “She plays to live, not living toe play.”’ French Club 38; French Pag- eants3smopeech Clubsezcmes: Assembly 3; Blue Book Agent 4; Commencement Issue, Magnet 4; Senior Play Committee 4; Wait- ress at Senior Luncheon 3; Usher, Thanksgiving Game 3; Program Girl, Football Games 4; Basketball 2, 38, 4; Hockey 2, 3; Tennis 2, 3, 4; Badminton 3, 4. Eleanor Bonville Becker College “Sweetness is better than riches.’’ Honor Roll 2, 3; Basketball 3, 4; Hockey 2; Usher, Thanks- giving Game 3; Usher at Senior Reception 3; Glee Club 4; Speech Club 4; Fortnightly Club; 4: Senior Prom Com= mittee 4. Arlene A. Boudreau Boston Children’s Hospital “A lover of virtue is loved by all.” Entered 3; Prom Committee 4: Usher, Parents’ Night 4; Winner Short Story Contest 3; French Club 3, 4; Assembly 3. Jeanne N. Boyden Worcester State Teachers’ College “She’s a good maid in thought, word, and deed.”’ Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Speech Club 2, 3, 4; Health Council 2; Secretary Health Council 2; Basketbal]] 2; Hockey 2; French Club 38, 4; French Pageant 3; Tennis 8; Interclass Play Con- test 2; Usher, Play Contest 3; Business Manager, Interclass Play Contest 4; Usher , Recep- tion 3; Usher, Fitchburg Game 3; Honorary Member, Fort- nightly Club 4; National Foren- sic League Contest 4; American Legion Oratorical Contest 4; Commencement Issue, Magnet 4; Senior Play Committee 4. Norma C. Brown Beckers College “Busy as the bees.”’ Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Hockey 2; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Speech Club 4; Blue Book 4; Fortnightly Club 4; Prom Committee 4; Usher, Senior Reception 8; Usher, Thanksgiving Game 8; Usher, Gardner Game 4. Robeit Bullard Tufts College “Tf it weren't for the farmers, the city folks would starve.” Honor Roll 3; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Bowling Club 2; Baseball 2, 38, 4; Interclass Baseball 2, 3, 4; Basketball 3; Interclass Basketball 2, 4; Usher, Graduation and Reception 3; Senior Play Committee 4. Claire Burns Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School ‘““A place in your memory is all that she claims.” Speech Club 2, 8, 4; Art Club 3, 4; Blue Book 3; School As- semblies 3, 4. Ruth Burridge University of Michigan School of Nursing ““None but herself can be her parallel.’”’ Entered 2 from Framingham —Prom Committee 4; Tennis 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Hockey 2, 4; Assistant Coach, Senior Class Play 4; Speech Club 4; Honor Roll 4; Usher, Thanks- giving Game 3; Volley Ball 4; Lunch Counter 2, 3, 4. Gertrude E. Buskey New England School of Art “She paints her thoughts on canvas.” ere Club, 2, 3, 4; Health Council 3; Magnet 3; Basketball 2; Decoration Committee for Junior and Senior Proms 3, 4; Winner of Poster Contest 2; Winner of Window Decoration Contest 2; Decoration Com- mittee for Dropback 2, 3, 4; Blue Book 3, 4; Chairman for Art Committee, Room I, 4; Publicity Committee, Interclass Plays; Usher, Thanksgiving Game 3; Decoration Committee, Cham- ber of Commerce 4. Rodrigo Caffoni Massachusetts Art School “°Tis quality not quantity that counts.” Track 2; Junior Prom Com- mittee 3; Senior Prom Com- mittee 4; Magnet Art Chairman 4; Interclass Track 2; Basketball Score Keeper 3; Football Score Keeper 3; Honor Roll 2. Antonio P. Caiazzi Undecided “Time is never heavy on his hands.” Honor Roll 2. Bernard Capone Post Graduate ‘Let the world slide. What care I?2”’ Football 2, 3, 4; Speech Club 2, 3; Glee Club 2; Interclass Baseball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Track 2, 3, 4; Interclass Basket- ball 2, 3, 4. MA THE 1939 Louise Casey Undecided “She lives to please.” Basketball 2, 3; Blue Book 8, 4; Magnet 4; Glee Club 2, 8, 4; Hockey 2, 3; Tennis 2, 3; Bad- minton 2; Prom Committee 3, 4; Usher, Thanksgiving Game 3; Usher, Interclass Play 3; Usher, Better Speech Contest 3, 4; Musical 3, 4; Production Senior Class Play 4; Art Club 3; Waitress, Senior Luncheon 4; Assembly 3; Speech Club 4. Dorothy H. Church Undecided “Her lovely laughter shows the world her happiness.” Magnet Staff 3, 4; Glee Club 38, 4; Speech Club 2, 3, 4; Art Club 4; Home Room Treasurer 4; Usher, Better Speech Contest 2; Basketball 2; Usher, Interclass Play Contest 2; Assembly 2, 3, 4; Reception Committee, Junior Prom 3; Decoration Committee, Senior Prom 4; Fitchburg and Leominster Concert 3, 4; Second Place in Dramatic Declamation 3; Senior Play 4; Waitress, Senior Luncheon 4. Grace Ciccone Business School “ High erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.” Junior Member, Fortnightly Club= 4: SHonormrolie2seo, (4: Senior Play 4; Interclass Play Contest 2, 3, 4; Usher, Gradua- tion 3; Usher, Reception 3; First Prize, Italian 3; Prom Commit- tee 4; Speech Club 3, 4; School Assemblies 3, 4. Ruth M. Coleman Leominster Hospital “Little said is soonest mended.” Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4; Speech Club 3, 4; Usher, Speech Contest 4; Usher, Senior Class Play 4; Lincoln Play 4. Lorraine Comeau Salter Secretarial School “For a good poet’s made as well as born.” Program Committee, French Club 4; Member French Club 8, 4; Thursday Morning Sings 2, 3; Prom Committee 4; Blue Book 4; Magnet 4; Assemblies 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Speech Club 8, 4; Honore ROlle2s- no e4 sem Usher, Graduation 3; Usher, Reception 3; Leominster and Fitchburg Joint Concert 3; Senior Play 4. THE 1939 MA Raymond Comeau Work “A man of action not of words.” Honor Roll 2, 38; Football Ticket Committee 3, 4; English History Play 3; Magnet 3; Usher, Graduation and Reception 3. Leo Comiskey Holy Cross “Happy, go lucky.” President, Speech Club 3; Member, Speech Club 2, 3, 4; Coach, Interclass Play Contest 2, 3, 4; Usher, Senior Reception 3; Home Room Chairman 2, 3; Prom Committees 3, 4; As- semblies 2, 3, 4; Track 2; Inter- class Track 2, 3; Interclass Basketball 3; Senior Play 4. Avery Cousins Dartmouth “My wealth is health and perfect ease.” Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Football 8, 4; Track 2; Basketball 3; Interclass Basketball 2, 4; Inter- class Meet Awards 2, 3; Usher, Graduation and Reception 3; French Pageant 3; Senior Play 4. Francis R. Crane Undecided “Big things come in small packages.” Assemblies 2, 38, 4; Senior Play 4; Tennis 3, 4; Speech Club 2, 3, 4; Blue Book 4; Bowling Club 3, 4; French Club 38. A. Wallace Cunningham University of North Carolina ‘““A cheery countenance hath he!’ Honor Roll 3, 4; Cheer Leader 3, 4; Speech Club 2, 3, 4; Bowl- ing Club 2, 3; Interclass Play 2, 4; Intermural Basketball 2, 3, 4; Intermural Baseball 2, 3, 4; Intermural Track 2, 4; Magnet Stilieec, oe Union mirom Decoration Committee 3; Senior Prom Reception Chairman 4; Blue Book Staff 3, 4; Usher, Reception 3; Usher, Graduation 3; Commencement Issue, Magnet 4; Senior Play 4; Decoration Committee, Graduation 3; Class Numerals 3; Special Assemblies 2, 3, 4; Home Room Officer 2, 3, Aw Uracks2. Alfred W. Davison Becker College “A man indeed!’ Interclass Basketball 2, 3; Eng lish Play 2. Arthur Joseph DeCarolis Cushing Academy “Skilled was he in sports and pastimes.” Football 2, 3, 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Baseball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Track 2, 8, 4; Senior Play 4; Health Club 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Julius Caesar Play 2. Louis De Pasquale Work He walketh in the sun.” Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Numerals 3, 4; Blue Book Typist 3, 4; Scoreboard 4; Football 2; Interclass Track 8; Usher at Graduation and Reception 3; Honor Roll 3; Interclass Base- ball 8; Junior Prom Commit- tee 3. Mary Di Massa Forsyth Dental School “That which is well done is twice done.”’ Honor Roll 2, 38; Vice-Presi- dent, Home Room 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3; Concert 8; Speech Club 2, 3, 4; Speech Club Com- mittee 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Thursday Morning Sing 2, 3; Office Girl 4; Basketball 2, 3; Tennis 2; Usher, Interclass Play Contest 2, 3. Louis Donais Holy Cross College “Hver hustling here and there.” Speech Club 2, 3; Glee Club 2; Art Club 2, 3; Senior Reception Committee 3; Prom Committee 3, 4; Assemblies 2, 3; Senior Play Committee 4. Loraine Drury Dental School “Her good deeds are many, Her faults—are there any?” Basketball 2; Hockey 2; Honor Roll 2; Health Council 2; Glee eee 4s Art Club 2, 3, 4; Subscription Manager, Senior Play 4; Hostess, Senior Play 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; A Capella Choir 4; Fitchburg and Leomin- Scere oinu. Concerts 2, 3, 4; Musical Assemblies 3, 4; Usher, Thanksgiving Game 4; Home Room Officer 4; Leominster Concert 4; Committee, False Fernando; Baseball 4. Marjorie Duval New England Conservatory of Music “She has sung her way into cur hearts.”’ Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3; Usher, Thanksgiving Game 2; Assemblies 2, 3, 4; Joint Con- certs 2, 3, 4; Commencement Issue, Magnet 4; French Club 3; French Pageant 3; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Senior Play Ticket - Manager 4; Home Room Officer 3; Basketba]Jl 2; Usher, Gardner Game 4; Hockey 2; Tennis 38, 4; Sophomore Party Commit- tee 2, 3. Robert Eaton Beckers’ College “He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.’’ Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4. Eleanor Farwell Salter Secretarial School “Wisdom goes not always by years.”’ Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Band 2; Magnet 2; Blue Book 3, 4; Honorary Member, Fortnightly Club 4; Usher, Graduation 3; Usher, Reception 3; Co-Chairman Decoration Committee Senior and Junior Proms; Football Program Com- mittee 4; Senior Play 4; Con- Celis 2; 3,4: Francis R. Farwell Civil Service “Directed might becomes useful power.” Football 3, 4; Baseball 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Senior Play 4; Prom Committees 3, 4; Interclass Baseball 3, 4; Sere Roll 2, 3; Class Numer- als 4. THE 1939 MA Yvonne Fife Undecided “She hates delay.” Basketba]l Captain 4; Basket- ball 2, 3, 4; Hockey Captain 4; Hockey? 2, 3) 4-7 rack) 2; Numerals 2; Tennis 2; Magnet Agent 4; Blue Book Typist 4; Junior and Senior Prom Decora- tion Committee 8, 4; Football Program Committee 4; Usher, Interclass Speech Contest 4; Captain Volley Ball 4; Volley Ball 4; Baseball 4; Letter 4. Lola Firmani Business College “The pace is got by running.” Honor Rol] 2, 3, 4; Basketball Captain 3; Basketball 2, 3, 4: Hockey 8, 4; Badminton 3; Speech Club 3, 4; Leominster High School Representative in American Legion Essay Contest 2; Prom Committee 3, 4; Publicity Committee, Interclass Play Contest 3; Senior Play 4; Honorary Member, Fortnightly Club 4; Usher, Reception 3; Cafeteria 4; Numerals 3; Letter 3; Volley Ball 4. Ruth Fischer Study Music “Words are wise men’s counters.” Honorary Member, Fortnight- ly Club 4; Speech Club 3, 4; Officer, Speech Club 4; Basket- ball 3; Usher, Speech Contest 3; Speech Contest 2; Play Contest 3; Senior Play 4; Thursday Morning Sings 2, 8, 4; Assem- blies 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll 2, 3: Magnet Staff 2; Blue Book 4; Ticket Taker, Play Contest 4; Prom Committees 3, 4. Roland Fontaine Undecided “Mirth and moticn prolong life.” Interclass Basketball 2; Bas- ketball 3. Deane Foster Bentley School of Accounting “The ship travels fastest whose course is straight.” Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Interclass track 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll 2;°3, 4: Bowling Club 2; Home Room Officer 2. 1939 THE MA Frank Foster Post Graduate ““ Never walk when you can ride.” Honor Roll 4; Blue Book Agent 4; Algebra II Prize 3; Traffic Committee 4; Home Room Officer 2; Interclass Basketball 2; Senior Class Play Committee4. Richard Fricke Worcester Trade “Not too serious, not tco gay, A good fellow in every way.” Football 2, 8, 4; Baseball 4; Track 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Baseball 2, 4; Interclass Track 2, 4; Home Room Officer 2. Dello B. Funari Undecided “Hurry never worries me.”’ Prom Committee 3, 4; Foot- ball Manager 2, 3, 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3; Interclass Base- ball 2, 3, 4; Senior Play Cast 4; Interclass Track 2, 3, 4. Benny Gargulinski Undecided “A good, substantial fellow im more ways than one.” Baseball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Baseball 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll 3; Usher, Graduation 38; Usher, Reception 3; Football 3; Prom Committee 3. Jeannette Gariepy Undecided “Better late than never.”’ Orchestra 4; Honor Roll 2, 3; Usher, Parent’s Night 4. 10 Robert Garrity Wentworth Institute “Happy as the day is long.” Left in 2; Returned in 4; Speech Club 2; Magnet 2; Inter- class Play 2; Glee Club 2; Inter- class Track 2, 4; Interclass Basketball 2; Blue Book 4; Senior Play 4; Prom Committee 4. Howard Genano Wentworth Institute “One slumber invites another.” Health Club 2, 3, 4; Bowling Club 2, 3, 4; Interclass Track 3, 4, Interclass' Baseball 3, 4; Interclass Basketball 3, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Senior Play 4. Gabriel P. Gentile Worcester Technology “Big things start from small ideas.”’ Honor Roll 2, 3; Interclass Basketball 2, 8; Speech Club 2; Prom Committee 3; Health Club 4; Glee Club 3. William Gettens Undecided “He has more wit in his head than Samson had in both his shoulders.” Track 2, 3, 4; Interclass Track 2, 3, 4; Blue Book 3, 4; Magnet Staff 3; Magnet Commencement Issue 4; Home Room Chairman 2; Home Room Secretary 4; Prom Committee 38; Senior Luncheon 38; Health Council 2, 3; Bowling Club 2, 4; Senior Play 4; Assembly 3. Edward Gillis Navy “Tt is a mark of wisdom to dislike folly.” Football 2, 3. Eva Glasheen Boston University ““A gay person never lacks company.” Speech Club 4; French Club 4; Blue Book 4; Bowling 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Home Room Officer 2,4; Prom Committees 4; Usher, at Reception 3; Honorary Junior Member of Fortnightly 4; Tennis 2; Senior Play 4; Usher, Inter- class Plays 4; Volley Ball 4; Thursday Morning Sing 3; Usher, Gardner Game 4. Janice Goodale St. Vincent’s Hospital “A willing hand to everyone who passes.” Hockey 2, 3, 4; Basketball 3; Badminton 3; Tennis 3; Health Council 4; Honor Roll 3, 4; Honorary Member, Fortnightly Club 4; Senior Prom Committee 4; Usher, Senior Reception 3; Senior Play 4; Volley Ball 4. Gertrude M. Gopfert Undecided “Though low in stature, her thoughts are high.”’ Hockey 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3; Volley Ball 2, 4; Interclass Play Usher 2; Basketball Cap- tain 2. Francis Gordon State Police “His winning ways are many.” Home Room Officer 2; Art Club 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Blue Book Staff 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Baseball 4; Interclass Base- ball-2; 3, 4; Interclass Track 2, 3, 4; Senior Play 4. Fred Gordon Northeastern University “The higher one rises, the farther ahead he sees.”’ Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll 2; Traffic Committee 4. 11 THE MA Paul Grammont Undecided “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” Junior Prom Committee 3; Senior Prom Committee 4; Inter- class Basketball 4. 1939 Ruby Green Secretarial School “True sincerity sends for no witness.” Honor Roll 3, 4; Honorary Junior Member Fortnightly Club 4; Usher, Graduation 3; Usher, Reception 38; Cheer Leader 3, 4; Program Girl 2; Usher, Thanks- giving Game 2; Prom Commit- tees 3, 4; Bowling Club 2, 3, 4; Vice-Chairman, Bowling Club 3, 4; Hockey 2, 3; Home Room Officer 2, 3; Glee Club 2; Track 4; Senior Play 4. Natalie F. Greeno New England School of Art “All happiness is in the mind.” Art Club 2; Prom Committee 3, 4; Senior Play. Marjotie L. Grossi Secretarial School “Friendships multiply joys.” Honor Rol] 2, 3; Speech Club 2, 8, 4; Interclass Play Contest 4; Usher, Senior Reception 3; TypewritingandShorthand Awards 4; Home Room Officer 2; Prom Committees 3, 4; Usher, Speech Contest 2; Thursday Sing 3; Speech Club Assemblies 4; Usher, Play Contest 2; Usher, Thanksgiving Game 3; Program Girl, Football Games 3. Theresa Haire Secretarial School ‘TA sweet, attractive kind of grace hath she.” Health Council 2; Honor Roll 2, 38; Usher, Reception 3; Senior Prom Committee 4; Chairman, Parents’ Night 4; Senior Play 4. THE 1939 MA Phyllis Hancock Fitchburg State Teachers College ‘All flowers are not in gardens.”’ Honor. Roll 2, 3, 4; Home Room Officer 2; Hockey 2, 8, 4; Tennis 2, 3; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 4; Volley Ball 4; Glee Club 8, 4; Music Assembly 4; Musica] Concerts 3, 4; “False Fernando” 4; Speech Club 4; Prom Committees 3, 4; Honor- ary Member, Fortnightly Club 4; Usher, Senior Reception 3; Usher, Senior Play 4; Com- mencement Issue, Magnet 4. Emery Hanson North Park College, Chicago, Ill. “Profits are the product of service.” Home Room Officer 2, 3, 4; Bowling Club 2, 38, 4; Honor Roll 2, 4; Commencement Issue, Magnet 4; Tennis 4; Senior Playas Fern Hardy Undecided “When fortune smiled, she took advantage.” Basketball 2, 3, 4; Basketball Captain 2, 4; French Club 3; French Club Assembly 38; Hockey 2; Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Leominster-Fitchburg Con- cert 2, 3, 4; Leominster Concert 2, 8; Committee, False Fernando 4; A Cappella Choir 4; Musical Assemblies 3, 4; Usher, Recep- tion 3; Volley Ball 4. Dorothy Harris Fitchburg S. Teachers College “Sweetest eyes were ever seen.’’ Glee Club 2, 3, 4; French Club 3, 4; Junior Fortnightly 4; Art Club 8; Blue Book Artist 4; A Cappella Choir 4; New England Music Festival Chorus 3, 4; Thursday Morning Sings 2, 3, 4; Assemblies 2, 8, 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Field Hockey 2; Usher, Graduation and Reception 3; Leominster and Fitchburg Joint Musicals 2, 3, 4; International Friendship Club 4; Prom Com- mittee 4; Subscription Manager, Senior Play 4; Hostess, Senior Play 4; Leominster Concert 2, 3. Grace Hart Elizabeth Ollis Beauty Academy “The magic of her face.” Speech Club 38, 4; Hockey 2, 3; Tennis 3; Program Committee, Football Games 4; Speech Club Choir 3; Basketbal] 2, 3; Volley Ball 4; Baseball 4; Committee, Junior Prom 38; Committee, Senior Prom 4. Mae Hartwell Leominster Hospital “The actions of the just, blossom.” Honor Roll 8, 4; Hockey 2; Magnet Agent’ 2; Blue Book Typist 3, 4; Honorary Fort- nightly Member 4; Glee Club 2, 4; Musical Concerts ae Usher, Gardner Game 4; Re- freshment Committee Senior Prom 4; Usher, 1938 Senior Reception 3; Make-up Manager, Senior Play 4; Volley Ball 4. George Hersey Navy “Success comes from doing, not dreaming.” Dorothy Hirst St. John’s Hospital “You have done a good day’s work.” Home Room Officer 3, 4; Honor Roll 2, 4; Hockey 2, 3; Tennis 2; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 4; Magnet 3, 4; Magnet Commencement Issue 4; Usher, Senior Play 4; Usher, Interclass Play Contest 3; Prom Commit- tees 8, 4; Usher, Senior Recep- tion 3; Health Council 2; Speech Club 3; Art Club 4; Basketball Captain 2; Usher, Gardner Game 3; Outdoor Club 2; Program Girl, Football Games 4. Paul Holzhauer Undecided ‘“‘ He seemeth wise, with whom all things strive.” Band 2; Junior Prom 3; Senior Play 4; Magnet 4; Bowling Club Secretary 4. Elizabeth I. Hood Undecided “She hath a smile for all occasions.” Bowling 2; Speech Club 2, 8, 4; Tennis 2, 3, 4; Hockey 273n4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4; Assemblies 2, 3; Thursday Morning Sing 2, 4; Prom Com- mittees 3,4;Publicity Committee, Interclass Play Contest 4; Senior Play 4; Joint Concertuiaae. Sophomore Party Committee 4; Honor Roll 3; Honorary Junior Member, Fortnightly Club 4; Track 4; Volley Ball 4; Base- ball 4. Dorothy A. Hopkins Northfield Seminary “When friends meet, hearts warm.”’ bangee2; Assembly 2, 3; French Club 4; Health Council 2; speech Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Usher, Interclass Play 2; Art Club 2, 3, 4; Senior Prom Committee 4; Junior Prom Committee 3; Joint Concert 3; Musical Concert 3; Tennis 3. Thomas Richard Houde Bentley’s Business College “ His choices are wise.” Interclass Track 2, 3, 4; Inter- class Basketball 2, 3; Tennis 3; Track Manager 3, 4; Reception Committee 2; Football 3; Prom Committee 3, 4. Robert H. James Business College “Hang sorrow; care will kill a cat; therefore, let’s be merry.” Track 2, 4; Interclass Track 2, Ay DANO 2, Oo, 4. Augustus Jancaitis Becker’s Night Schoo] “Today’s harvest comes from yesterday’s toil.” Honor enol ?2,3, 4: Junior Prom Committee 2. Alice Joyce Jeknovarian Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School “A good friend never offends.” Prom Committee 38; Honor Roll 8, 4; Usher, Reception 3; Hockey 4; Basketball 3; Honor- ary Junior Member, Fortnightly 4; Treasurer, Health Council 4. 13 THE 71m 1939 MA Warren Johansson Massachusetts State “ He that travels far knows much.” Track 2; Honor Roll 2; Health Council 2; Home Room Chair- man 3; Prom Committee 2; Home Room Basketball 3; Traf- fic Committee 4; Prom Recep- tion Committee 4: Honor Roll 4; Senior Play Committee 4, Earl A. Johnson Trade School “A boy with a curl always catches a girl.” Baseball 3, 4; Prom Commit- tee 38, 4; Interclass Baseball 2, 3, 4s Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Class Numerals 4. Ruth Johnson Fitchburg State Teacher’s College “Sowing good works, she reaps gladness.” Honor Roll 2, 4; Basketball 4; French Club 4; Assembly 2; Decoration Committee, Prom 4. Richard Julian Iowa State “Tt is better to do well than to say well.” Honor Roll 2, 8; Interclass Basketballiie2-eo we buem 00k Stafi 3. Gloria Kay Mass. Institute of Technology “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Speech Club 2, 3, 4; Magnet 3, 4; Blue Book 4; Commencement Issue, Magnet 4; Basketball 4; Usher, Graduation 3; Mayo Award in Algebra, First Prize 2; Italian Award, Second Prize 3; Waitress, Senior Luncheon 3; Junior Prom’ Committee 3; Senior Prom Com- mittee 4; Senior Play Committee 4; Hostess, Senior Play 4; Honorary Junior Member, Fort- nightly Club 4; Sophomore Party Committee 3, 4; As- semblies 2, 3. THE 1939 MA Lois Kendall Undecided ‘“A pleasing personality wins friends.” Prom Committee 3, 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Honorary Member, Fortnightly Club 4; Magnet Subscription Agent 4; Usher, Gardner Game 4; Usher, Recep- tion 3; Blue Book Staff 4; Usher, Senior Class Play 4. Marjorie Killelea Fitchburg State Teachers’ College “A happy smile she always possesses.” Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Hockey 2, 3; Usher, Football Game 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Usher, Reception 3; Fortnightly Club Member 4; Usher, Play Contests 2, 83, 4; Home Room Officer 2, 3, 4: Art Club 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3, 4: Blue Book 8, 4; Magnet 3, 4; Thursday Morning Sing 3; As- sembly 2, 8, 4; Fitchburg- Leominster Joint Concert 2, 3, 4; French Club 3; Badminton 2; French Pageant 3; Senior Play 4; Commencement Issue Magnet 4. Nelson Kouns Undecided “To say little and perform much is the character of great minds.” Honor Roll 2; Home Room Officer 2; Interclass Basketball 2a a4 Interclass lrackeZgane4s Oscar Kramer Undecided ““ He who has an art everywhere has a part.” Track Team 2; Interclass Basketball 2; Track 3; Interclass Basketball 3; Track 4. Claire LaFray Bates College “Happiness rarely is absent.” French Club 8, 4; Speech Club 2, 8, 4; Vice-president Art Club 2, 3, 4; Accompanist, Boys’ Glee Club 4; Orchestra 2; Senior Play 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Commencement Issue Magnet 4; Usher, Gardner Game 4; Wait- ress, Senior Luncheon 3; Honor Roll 8, 4; Honorary Member Fortnightly Club 4. 14 Jane Lane Fitchburg State Teachers’ College “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.” Honor Roll 2, 8, 4; Speech Club 2, 3, 4; Usher, Graduation 3; Usher, Reception 3; Waitress, Senior Lunc heon 3; French Club 8; Basketball 2, 3; Hockey 2, 3; Assembly 2; Tennis 2, 3; Blue Book 3, 4; Magnet 4; Com- mencement Issue, Magnet 4; Prom Committee 38, 4; Usher, Gardner Game 4; Committee Interclass Play Contest 2, 3, 4; Librarian 4; Coach, St. Patrick’s Play 4; Student Director, Senior Class Play 4; Sophomore Party Committee 3, 4. Antoinette Lanza Secretarial School “Good spirit and a fine sport are a fine tonic.” Drum Major 3, 4; Magnet 2, 3, 4; Blue Book 4; Speech Club 8, 4; Hockey 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Badminton 3, 4; Honor Roll 3; Prom Committee 3, 4; Usher, Reception 38; Cafeteria 3, 4; Christmas Play 4; Senior Play Committee 4; Interclass Play Contest Publicity Chairman 8, 4. William Laprade Niagara University _ “Tt is easy to bowl down hill.” Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Footbal] 2, 3, 4; Track Gy 4eobaskerpal Manager 2, 3; Interclass Base- ball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3,4; InterclasssTrackre..4- Lunch Room Committee 3, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Usher, Graduation 3; Usher, Reception 3; Class Play 4. Vincent J. Longo Clark University “There will come a brighter day, All your labor to repay.” Speech Contest Winner, Gold Medal. 3; Honor Rolie3o-- Blue Book 3; Home Room Officer 2,3, 4; N. F. L. Speech Tourna- ment in Groton 3; French Club 3; Intramural] Basketball 2, 3; Prom Publicity Committee 3, 4; Usher, Senior Graduation and Reception 3; Health Council 2; Orchestra 2; Concert 2, 3,4; Cashier Football 4; Special As- semblies 2, 3; Senior Play. Enda B. Loughlin Undecided ‘“‘He’s a man, every inch of him.” Interclass Track 3, 4; Inter- class Play Contest 4; Senior Play 4; Speech Club 4. ——THE MA Dolor Mallette Undecided They never fairl who stay to the course.” Biue Book 3, 4:7Track 2, 4; Interclass Basketball 2. 1939 Dorothy Lowe Post Graduate “What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult for others.” Glee Club 3, 4; Blue Book 4; Spring Concerts 3, 4; Operetta 4; Hockey 2, 3; Basketball 2, 3, 4. Norman Lyon Undecided “A youth of quiet way.” Tennis Team 3, 4; Bowling Club 3, 4; Honor Roll 3, 4; Inter- Classes track 3, 4; Track 4; Basketball 3. Mary F. Mammone Becker Business College “Labcr gains rewards.” Honor Roll 2, 3; Prom Com- mittee 8; Hockey 4; Senior Play Committee 4. Wallace R. MacKinnon Worcester Tech “Diligence has its reward.” Speech Club 2; Thursday Sing Accompianist 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; First Prize, Plane Geometry 2; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; New England High School Mu- sic Festival 3; Home Room Officer 2, 3, 4; Usher, Graduation and Reception 3; Prom Com- mittees 3, 4; Chairman, Com- mittee for Lunch Hour Dancing 4; Senior Play 4. Manfredo M. Manzello Brooklyn Trade School “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” Basketball 2, 3. Lyman MacPhee Post Graduate “He who lives well, sees afar off.” Baseball 4; Track 4; Interclass Track 4; Interclass Baseball 4; peniorsblay; Honor Roll 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4. Russell Marcy Boeing School of Aeronautics “Good spirit is a fine tonic.” Speech Club 2; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Senior Play Lighting Committee 4. Evelyn Mager Secretarial Training ““ Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low— an excellent thing in woman.” Glee Club 3, 4; Speech Club 4; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2; Magnet 2, 3, 4; Usher, Reception 3; Decorating Committee, Re- ception 3; Music Concerts 3, 4; Field Hockey 2; Chairman, Library Board 4; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Play Contest Com- mittee 3, 4; Senior Class Play Committee 4; Honorary Mem- ber, Fortnightly 4; Commence- ment Issue, Magnet 4. Gloria Marquis Salter Secretarial School ““Her worth from every tongue demands applause.” Honore Roll e483 4 Usher Reception 3; Usher, Graduation 3; Prom Committee 4; Honorary Member, Fortnightly Club 4; Cafeteria 3, 4; Blue Book 8, 4; Hockey 4. THE 71a 1939 MA Emidio V. Martini }, Undecided “Actions speak louder than words.” Speech Club 38, 4; Bowling Club Secretary 2, 3; Bowling Club President 4; Health Coun- cil 8; Score Board (Football) 2, 3, 4; Score Board (Basketball) 3. Anna A. Massoni Louis Bergo’s School “A mighty nice girl with a pleasant manner.” Speech Club 3, 4; Assembly ae ee Aldo Mazzeferro Holy Cross ‘““A man is wiser for his learning.” Honor Roll 2; Speech Club 3, 4; Interclass Play Contest 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 8, 4; Interclass Track 3, 4; Track Dae bicket, ‘Lakers socnior Play 4. John McCaffrey Fitchburg Teachers College “°Tis perseverance that prevails.” Home Room Officer 2, 3; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Baseball 3, 4; Inter- classe racks 2.8.4. Drackezer Traffic Committee 4; Senior Play 439 Prom |Committeesss: Numerals 4. Beverly McCann Telephone Office ““A sunny disposition is her treasure.” Basketball 2; Field Hockey Dees 16 Gilson McKenney Freeman Academy “Words are for women; actions for men.” Prom Committee 3, 4; Band 2, 3; Interclass Basketball 2) 3: Interclass Track 2, 3, 4; Inter- class Baseball 2,375 Dtacwes: Football 4. Madeline Melanson Becker College “Well begun is half done.” Health Club 4. Clarice Mercier Salter Secretarial School “Deserve success and you shall command it.” Magnet Advertising Manager 4; Magnet Advertising Agent 2, 3, 4; Bowling Club 2, 3; Outdoor Club 2; Glee Club 3; Prompter Interclass Play Contest 3; Chair- man Refreshment Committee 3; Decoration Committee 4; Bas- ketball Team 4; Speech Club Chron Nancy Mills Colby Junior College “The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a person’s success in life.” Magnet Staff 2, 3; Commence- ment Issue, Magnet 4; Secretary, C. M.I. P. A. 4; French Club 3, 4; Speech Club 3, 4; Blue Book Staff 4; lLibrarians)43332rom Committee 38, 4; Decoration for Reception 3; Glee Club 4; Assemblies 3, 4; Interclass Play Contest 3, 4; Joint Concert 4; Honor Roll 2; Home Room Officer 2, 4; Speech Contest Program 4; Hockey 2; Basket- ball 2; Senior Play 4; Sopho- more Party Committee 3, 4. Rachel Miner Undecided ‘Always lighthearted and content.” Hockey 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3; Badminton” 2:70) enniceeae: Home Room Treasurer 4; Home Room Vice-President 2; Ad- vertising Agent, Magnet 4; Blue Book Subscription Agent 4; Magnet Subscription Agent 2; Decoration Committee, Senior Prom 4; Refreshment Com- mittee, Junior Prom 3; Usher, Interclass Play Contest 2; Track 2 ones Claire Murphy Becker Business College “Gentle of speech, beneficent of mind.”’ Honor Roll 4; Volley Ball 2, 4; Speech Club 4; Bowling Club 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Tennis 2, 4; Field Hockey 2, 4; Senior Play 4; Wrack2.-4. Lawrence F. Murphy Murphy Oil Co. “Riches of the mind make a man happy.” Marjorie Murphy Undecided “One never loseth by doing good turns.” Vice-President, Health Coun- cil 4; Assistant Blue Book Agent 4; Blue Book Typist 4; Basketball Captain 3; Basketball 2, 3, 4; ockeye Zo, 4, iLrack 2, 4; Letter 3; Numerals 2; Senior Play 4; Volley Ball 4; Base- ball 4. Raymond F. Nichols Brockleman Bros. ““ Honest men fear neither the light nor the dark.”’ Tardy Clerk 4; Interclass leaewaeow4 se lrack Team 2, 3, 4; Basketball 38; Football 4; Senior Play Production Staff 4. Phyllis Nolan Fitchburg Business College “Tn virtues nothing can surpass her.” Honor Roll 2; Magnet 2, 4; Blue Book 3; Chairman, Typists on Blue Book 4; Home Room T reasurer 2; Student Office Clerk 4; Decoration Committee, Senior Prom 4. THE 1939 MA Salvatore Novelli Becker College “The happy man cannot be hurried.”’ Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Home Room President 3; Interclass Basketball 2, 3; Printing Com- mittee, Junior Prom 3; Printing Committee, Senior Prom 4; Business Manager, Magnet 3; Nene Graduation 3; Blue Book Eugene O’Brien Business School “T am not the first and I shall not be the last.” Interclass Track 2, 3, 4; Interclass Baseball 2, 4; Julius Ceasar 2; Interclass Basket- ballz2 3 Rita O’Mealey Fitchburg State Teacher’s College “Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.’’ Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Fortnightly Club 3; Hockey 3; Senior Prom Committee 4; Senior Play 4; Usher, Reception 3; Magnet Staff 4; Commencement Issue of Magnet 4. Norman Oozoonian Undecided “Will is power.” Basketball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Baseball 2, 3, 4; Imnterclass Track= 24900484 soenior = rom Committee 4; Football 3; Wracke: Anne O’Toole Training “Always in a happy mood with pleasant thoughts.” Left 2; Returned 4; Decora- tion Committee, Senior Prom 4; Usher, Senior Play 4. THE 1939 MA Charles Owens Undecided “The secret of success is constancy to purpose.” Honor Roll 2; Track Team 2, 4: Football 2, 3, 4; Interclass Track Meet 2, 4; Interclass Baseball 2, 4; Senior Play Com- mittee 4; Home Room Secretary 4; Traffic Monitor 4. Hugo Padovano Becker College ‘“T shall either find a way or make one.” Honor Roll 3, 4; Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Football 2; Band 2, 3, 4; Junior Prom Committee 3; Senior Class Play 4; Musical Concerts 2, 3, 4; Senior Prom Committee 4; Interclass Base- ball 2; Interclass Basketball 2, 3. Elmore Palmer Undecided “Happy am I; from care I’m free.” Orchestra 2, 3; Prom Com- mittee 3; Home Room Secre- tary Z, 3: Ernest L. Parent University of South. California “An honest worker goeth far.’’ Entered from Suffren, N. Y. 4; Vice-President of French Club 4; Honor Roll 4; Tennis Team 4; Senior Play 4; Class Poem 4. Doris Pelkey Fitchburg Business College “She possesses a pleasant smile and a helping hand.”’ Honor Roll 3; Blue Book 3, 4; Hockey 2; Basketball 3; Usher, Senior Class Play 4. 18 Edgar Pelletier Beckers College ‘““Men of a few words are the best men.” Ruth Peters Framingham State Teachers’ College “Confidence is the companion of success.” French Club 3; French Pag- eant 3; Honor Holl Senior Class Play 4; Library Board 4. John Peterson Post Graduate “Character gives splendor to youth.” Track Manager 2, 3. Norma Peterson Post Graduate ““A lovely girl is above all rank.” Home Room Officer 2; Blue Book 3, 4; Health Council Secre- tary 4; Usher, Better Speech Contest 3; Home Room Sub- scription Agent, Magnet 2; Speech Club 4; Prom Commit- tee 3. Mary Piano Undecided “One good turn deserves another.” Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Senior Play Committee 4; Refreshment Com- mittee, Junior Prom 3; Honorary Junior Memb er, Fortnightly Club 4. Margaret Pickford Cambridge Secretarial School “The way to have friends, is to be one.” Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Orchestra Zea: band 2; Magnet 2, 3, 4; Editor, Magnet 4; President, Seevieeis FP. A. 4; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Interclass Play Participant 2, 3; Glee Club 3, 4; Assembly Participant 2, 3, 4; Hockey 2; Basketball 2; Senior Play 4; Home Room Officer 2, 3; Joint Concert 3, 4; Honorary Member Fortnightly Club 4; Usher, Reception 3. Arlene Pierce Undecided “Her only fault is that she has no fault.” Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Fortnightly Club 4; Usher, Reception 3; Band 2, 3, 4; Secretary, Mag- net 8. Louise Plette Fitchburg Business College “A soft answer turneth away wrath.” Prom Committee 38; French Club 4; Hockey 4; Usher, Senior Play 4. Warren Polley Undecided “ He that respects himself, is safe from others.” Doris Powers Undecided “She lends a helping hand.” Basketball 4; Library Board 4; Volley Ball 4. ] THE MA Vermont University “Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copied.” Honor Roll 2; Musical Con- Certs 2.mo ev OInt Concertec,. 3° Outdoor Club 2; Hockey 2, 3; Leniis 32900; badmintones, 4. Basketball 2, 3, 4; French Club 3, 4; French Assembly 3; Senior Class Play 4; Glee Club 2, 3; Volley Ball 4. 1939 Chester Ricker Undecided “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” Speech Club 2, 3, 4; Prom 3, 4; Play Contest 2, 3, 4; Senior Play Committee 4. Richard C. Roberson Massachusetts State “To take things as they be; That’s my philosophy.” Baseball Manager 2, 3, 4; Bowling Club 2, 3, 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 38; Basketball Ticket Committee 3; Football Ticket Committee 3, 4; Junior Prom Committee 3; Senior Prom Committee 4; Senior Class Play 4; Interclass Track 3. Mary Robinson Worcester State Teachers’ Col. “She possesses a great mind.”’ Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Glee Club; Junior Prom Committee 3; French Club 8; Senior Play Committee 4; Usher, Graduation 3; Usher, Reception 3; Bowling Club®2-03;) 458 Basketball=2 3; Badminton 2, 3; Tennis 2, 3; Hockey 2, 3, 4; Health Council 4° Outdoors Club. .2; Junior Member, Fortnightly Club 4. Nancy Roche Weylister School “Stately and tall she moves in the hall.” Cheerleader 3, 4; Speech Club 2, 3, 4; Honor Roll 4; Band 2, 3, 4; Usher, Interclass Con- test 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 8, 4; Home Room Officer 2, 4; Magnet Subscription Agent 2; Basketball 2, 8; Hockey 3; Senior Play 4; Waitress, Senior Luncheon 38; Musical 4; As- sembly 2, 8, 4; Coach, Lincoln Day Program 4; Joint Concerts 2, 3, 4; Decoration Committee, Senior Reception 3; Track 2. THE 1939 MA Elizabeth Rodgers Gordon College “Conscientious is she.” Basketball 3, 4; Assembly 2; Speech Club 8; Tennis 4. Joseph Siciliano Trade School “Where the will is ready, the feet are light.” Speech Club 2. Walter Russell Undecided “T am not in the roll of common men.” Glee Club 3, 4; Magnet 3, 4; sings 374: -French® Gluby 4; Leominster and Fitchburg Joint Concert 2, 3, 4; Tardy Office 4. Arthur Simard Undecided “Worry n ever worries me.” French Club 3; Basketball 2. Ruth Smith Boston University “Sweet is the word!’ Magnet Staff 2, 3, 4; Magnet Subscription Agent 4; Home Room Officer 3; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Honorary Member, Fortnight- ly Club 4; Usher, Interclass Play Contest 3; Prom Com- mittee 4; Usher, Senior Play 4; Commencement Issue, Magnet 4. Francis Seifert College “The man who never makes mistakes loses a great many chances to learn something.” Bowling Club 2; Honor Roll 8; Be 4; Interclass Track Warren A. Smith Hebron Academy ‘“A man, he seems, of cheerful yesterdays, and confident to-morrows.” Football 2, 2, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Baseball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Soft- ball 2, 3, 4; Prom Committee 3, 4; Senior Play 4. Alfred L. Shattuck Civil Service “A man’s worth is estimated according to his conduct.” Honor Roll 2; Track 3; Inter- class Track 3; Bowling Club 3; Interclass Baseball 3. Charles Sheehan The Sorbonne “ Knowledge is power.” Honor Roll 2; Lunchroom Committee 2, 3, 4; Chairman of Lunchroom Committee 4; Mag- net 3; Homeroom Basketball 2; Traffie Officer 2. Larry Spinelli Undecided “True to work, word, and friend.” Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4. 20 Rose Steinmetz Fitchburg State Teachers’ Col. “Tt matters not how long we live, but how.” Honore tyol 2, 3, 4; Usher, Reception 3; Eidtor, Joke Com- mittee, Magnet 4; Basketball 2; Subscription Staff Magnet 2, 3; Senior Play Committee. Charlotte Stewart Hairdressing School “She is sensible; she is good-natured; she is fair.” Junior Prom Committee 3; Senior Play Committee 4. Florence Tata Hairdressing School “Hmploy thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.” Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2; Junior Prom Committee 3; Usher, Senior Reception 3; Senior Prom Committee 4; Hon- orary Member, Fortnightly Club 4; Costumes for ‘“Macbeth”’ 4. Kendall Taylor Training School “A gay person is always in demand.” Interclass Baseball 2, 4; Inter- class Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 4; Prom Committee 3; Senior Play Committee 4; Interclass Track 4. Vernon Temple Love Field, Dallas, Texas Aviation School “To know him is to respect him.” Hoovpalls, 4; Track 2, 3, 4; Baseball 4; Interclass Baseball Bere interciass Track 2, 3, 4; Senior Play Committee 4. THE 1939 MA Marjorie Thurlow Fitchburg State Teachers’ Col. “A girl with a sweet smile.” Honor Roll 4; Glee Club 4; French Club 4. Elio Torcoletti Undecided “Talking pays no tolls.’ Footbal] 2, 3, 4; Interclass Baseball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Bas- ketball 2, 38, 4; Senior Prom Committee 4. Vivian Tourigny Undecided “Tt is the quiet worker who succeeds.” Orchestra 2; Refreshment Committee 4. Doris Tuttle Undecided “Diligent and quiet is she.”’ Field Hockey 2. Donald Vorse Undecided “A little mischief now and then Is relished by the best of men.”’ Football 2, 3, 4; Speech Club 4; Senior Prom Committee 4; Interclass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Senior Play 4; Honor Roll 3; Interclass Track 8, 4; Traffic Officer 2, 3, 4. THE 1939 MA Ollis Training School of Beauty Culture “Such a Talker!” Glee Club 3; Typist for the Blue Book 4; Fitchburg-Leomin- ster Musical Concert 3; Usher, Senior Play 4; Honor Roll 2; Leominster Concert 38; Prom Committee 38. Anna Ward Osborne Watkins Worcester Trade “‘For every why he has a wherefore.” Basketball —; Interclass Bas- ketball -; Senior Reception Committee 4. Wilmot Weeks Syracuse “Seven days got together 10 DECOINE Meas Sse Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Football Manager 2, 3; Track 2, 3; Home Room Officer 2, 3, 4; Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Senior Play 4; Blue Bock 3, 4; Magnet 4; Reception Usher 8; Speech Club 2, 3; Art Club 2, 3; Decoration Com- mittee, Graduation 3; Swimming 2, 3, 4; Stage Manager, Inter- class Play Contest 2, 3; Inter- class Track 2, 3, 4. Sumner Whitestone Undecided “Music hath its charms.”’ Entered 4; Orchestra 4; Band 4; Music Manager, Senior Class Bilayer Paul W. Whitney Western Union “He who avoids the temptation avoids the sin.” Honor Roll 4; Senior Prom Committee 4; Glee Club 4; Speaker, Annual Forensic Tour- nament 4; Senior Play Com- mittee 4; Speech Contest 4; Blue Book Staff 3, 4. 22 Wintrhop R. Wiles Worcester Tech. ‘““A good ship travels in all winds.” Honor Roll 23) 37343 Room Chairman 2, 3, 4; Chair- man, Traffic Committee 4; Track Team 2; Prom Committee 3, 4; Usher, Senior Reception 3. Thornton Willard Middlesex University “Great ships require deep water.” Interclass “Trackiy 7c eee: Track 38, 4; Interclass Basket- ball 2; 3: . Frances E. Willoughby University of Newark “Tt is her aim to enjoy life.” Band 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3; Honor Roll 2; Assemblies 2, 3, 4; Joint Concerts 2, 3, 4; Leomin- ster Concerts 2, 3, 4; Interclass Play Contest 3, 4; Thursday Morning Sing 38; Blue Book Typist 4. Beverly Wilson New England Deaconess Hosp. “We always see her with a smile.” Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Home Room Officer 2, 8; Art Club 2, 3 , 4; Art Club President. 4; Honorary Member, Fortnightly Club 4; Usher, Interclass Play Contest 2; Interclass Play Con- test 3, 4; Band 2; Speech Club 2, 8; Co-Chairman, Prom Com- mittee 3, 4; Health Council 2; Usher, Reception 38; Usher, Gardner Game 3; Magnet 3; Commencement Issue, Magnet 4; Senior Play Committee 4; French Club 3; French Club Pageant 3; Assemblies 3, 4. Bernard Wood Leominster Hardware Company “There is no greater pastime than fishing.” Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2; Track 4; Interciass Basketball 2, 3, 4; Interclass Track 4; Inter- class Baseball 4; Senior Prom Committee 4; Senior Play Com- mittee 4; Assembly 2, 4. - Edgar Worthen Mass. State “He aims to please.” Track 3, 4; Interclass Basket- Dawe 3. Robert L. Bothwell Army “A profound thinker shall reap success.” Editor, Blue Book 3, 4; Better Speech Contest 2, 3; Senior Play 4; Home Room Officer 2, 3, 4; Magnet 3; Honor Roll 2, 3, 4; Franklin and Marshall U. S. THE MA Jack Yager Massachusetts Nautical School “A happy person shall have a multitude of friends.”’ Band 2; Speech Club 2; Inter- class Play 2; Blue Book 3, 4; Chairman, Ticket Committees, Senior and Junior Proms 3, 4; Ticket Committee, Thanks- giving Game 38; Usher, Recep- 1939 tion and Graduation 3; Football 3, 4; Commencement Issue, History Medal 3; Assemblies 2, 3, 4; Usher, Graduation and , ; Reception 3; Prom Committees Magnet 4; Senior Play 4; Decora- tion Committee, Graduation 3; 3, 4. Honor Roll 3, 4. IN MEMORIAM IN MEMORIAM to our former classmate to our former classmate HELEN BIRD SHIRLEY MARTIN 1922 - 1938 1923 eos Class of 1939 Class of 1939 PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Through A Glass, Darkly Four months from now, some thirty members of the class of 1939 will still be looking for jobs. It is to them that this editorial is addressed. Someone got that job you applied for. Are you going to spend the next month telling folks that you’d have got it if you’d had the same pull your competitor had? Don’t! Such talk is poison to your personality and an earache to others. Go back to the employer who turned you down. With a smile in your eyes and in your voice say, “‘I wasn’t the man you wanted for that job. Will you do just one thing for me? Tell me what I can do to make a hit with the next employer I talk to. Pick me to pieces. Tell me everything that’s wrong with me. It won’t hurt. You'll be doing me the biggest possible favor.” This will take more courage than anything you’ve ever done but you'll be surprised how eager the boss will be to help you land a job. Take his suggestions even if they hurt. When the next opportunity comes along see how much better you'll be fitted for it! Supposing some one again beats you to the job. Go back and find what was wrong with you this time. You're just bound to land a job if you keep this up, but there’ll be many, many times when you’ll need far more courage than it takes to play football with a twisted tendon. Courage, willingness to work overtime, the ability to see one’s own faults and peculiarities, loyalty, punctuality, friendliness and cleanliness,—these are the old tested and tried ingredients which are found in the characters of successful people. Old stuff? Surely, but that’s what it still takes to get and hold a job. =D mal) 23 THE 1939 MA Historv ail the Class of SESS) On a bright September day in 1936, our caravan of 261 pioneers, having joined with two older and more experienced groups, set out on a three-year journey, determined that we should conquer the great tasks that Jay before us. When autumn came, and we struggled with our new problems, many of us succeeded in receiving high honors for our services. During these months scarcely a week could pass without ovr having a battle with the various Indian tribes we encountered. These battles were called “football games’’, and in them many of the older pioneers were aided by our younger division. We defeated our oppos ition in seven out of nine battles, the last one taking place on Thanksgiving Day, when we were narrowly defeated by the Fitchburg tribe. The members of the sophomore division who fought valiantly beside the veterans were Owens, Gordon, Woods, DeCarolis, Cocci, and Fricke. Our next great obstacle was met in January, 1937, a raging mid-year storm. Most of us survived, but some had to be left behind on the trail, to continue the journey the next year with a different division. During the winter months, a friendly battle broke out among the three divisions. These fights came under the name of Interclass Basketball Games. A regiment of sophomores from Sec- tion 20 were the victors. Not to be outdone by the male pioneers, the girls formed four groups of basketball fighters, captained by Gertrude Gopfert, Fern Hardy, Dorothy Hirst, and Dorothy Martin. At the same time, the pioneers acquired a fit of talkativeness, which finally resulted in a contest to discover who were the best speakers. The senior pioneers, however, won the contest. For entertainment along the way, each of the three groups of pioneers produced a play. Our sophomore play was Poor Richard, starring Dorothy Martin, Jeanne Boyden, Jack Yager, John Ward, Elsbeth Austel, and Wallace Cunningham, who won honorable mention. The winter soon passed and spring came, bringing with it two new types of warfare, baseball and track. We were represented in all events and won most of our battles. Once again the girls, under the leadership of Dorothy Martin and Antoinette Lanza, started two regiments, this time of hockey players. We had “fought a good fight.’’ We had travelled one-third of the distance to our goal; and, as summer approached, we were given 2 well-deserved rest. As soon as the air began to grow cooler and the leaves started to turn, the roving spirit crept back into every one. One September day we again packed our belongings into the covered wagons, shouldered our muskets, and started westward into the unknown. In but a few weeks we began meeting Indian tribes on the warpath. However, the first skirmishes were easy victories. Later on, some of the brave pioneers in our junior division dis- played their strength and skill in these football battles. These were ‘Triple Trigger’ Torcoletti, “Daring Don” Vorse, “Coyote Killer’ Cocci, ‘“Bullet Bill’? Laprade, ‘‘Sharp Shooter’ Smith, “Frisky” Fricke, ‘“Wooly’” Wood, and “Little John” Ward. The biggest battle of the whole season fell on Thanksgiving Day with our strongest foe. After a long, hard fight, the victory was ours. During the lull between battles we had a contest among ourselves, a friendly one. This was a Better Speech Contest. Our best speakers fought the contest one evening in November. We were proud to have two members of ovr own group win. Vincent Longo won first prize, and Robert Bothwell received honorable mention. The next month of our journey was a tedious one and made us feel the need of some good leaders for our group, as the older pioneers had already chosen theirs. The officers elected were John Ward, Dorothy Martin, Louis Cocci, and Kathryn Welch. With the coming of the new year of 1988 we received new hope. Our whole division of junior pioneers resolved to be the best group ever to travel in the wagon train. 24 THE 1939 MA Not very long after this we began to notice that the weather was changing, that the wind was becoming colder and sharper, and that the clouds were piling higher and thicker. The mid- year blizzard was coming. We hurried preparations as fast as possible, took out of trunks all our warmest clothing. Just as we were scurrying to finish tightening the canvases and tents, the storm broke with all its fury. The snow fell thick and fast; the cold was bitter and harsh. Many who were not very strong could not continue and had to turn back. The blizzard lasted two long days before the sun at last reappeared. We all sighed with relief and j oy. The junior members, feeling a need for celebration, got together to plan a great dance to be held February 18. Everyone went and we had a wonderful time. A few more warlike tribes were met in the basketball games which followed, but we came through most of them with flying colors. On March 10, another contest was held among the three divisions of pioneers,—a play contest. Frances Willoughby and Ruth Fischer gained honor for our division. The next week some of our prominent members, seeing our need for a weekly newspaper, brought forth “The Blue Book.” This publication, carrying the news of our caravan, was started by Vinny Longo, Bob Bothwell and “Gabby” Gettens, three junior pioneers. Then came Spring. We all had spring fever and what a difficult task we had to keep up with the wagon train! A few juniors, however, found enough spirit to try some of the spring sports as we were travelling along. Thornton Willard distinguished himself as a broad jumper. Such sprinters as Bill Gettens, Ray Nichols, and Charlie Owens served to keep the horses in trim. The weather became warmer and the days longer. The commanders were looking for a good stopping place for the summer. At last it came in view, and the day before we were to pitch our tents was put aside for friendly fights and contests between the two older groups of pioneers. There were wrestling matches, baseball games, and races for the girls and the boys. We were said to have tied the seniors’ score, but we considered ourselves the victors. The next day our second year’s journey was completed. We had gained much knowledge and many experiences, and looked forward to a summer of rest and repair. a ear ee. ot, eee yee After cessation of the wagon train activities for the summer months, we picked up the trail once more. We waged a successful campaign against the onslaught of the various Indian tribes, especially on Thanksgiving Day, when, under the generalship of “‘Buffalo Bill’? Laprade, our valiant frontiers- men, Owen, Vorse, Smith, Fricke, Temple, Gordon, Torcoletti, DeCarolis, Woods, and Cocci, brought the turkey to the tune of 14 to 0, over our most persistent foe, the Red and Gray. Since our junior officers had carried out our trust so faithfully and bravely, we again elected them. There comes a time in every young pioneer’s life for laughter and gaiety, so we repaired to a nearby barn and decorated the walls with drawings of Ferdinand the Bull. The maids resplendent in their hoop skirts, danced with their young gallants to the strains of a well known orchestra. The evening was an outstanding success, both socially and financially. More combats with hostile tribes for basketball supremacy resulted in a most successful season, which was climaxed by a defeat of the Red and Gray Devils, the first in many years. Generals Smith, Oozoonian, Jancaitus, and Gordon led the attacks in vanq uishing our enemies. “Annie Oakley”’ Fife and “Wild Fern” Hardy led the girls’ basketball teams toward many interclass victories. We pushed on toward “Poker Flats” to hold an interclass play contest. Our play, under the able direction of Leo Comiskey, narrowly missed first place. The play was entitled ““The Woman Who Understood Men’. Frances Willoughby, Dorothy Martin, Marjorie Grossi, Wallace Cunningham, and Aldo Mazzafero vividly portrayed the characters. This year ‘Daniel Boone”’ Cunningham was acclaimed the best actor in all the divisions. Our racing horses ‘“‘Black Beauty”’ Nichols, “Man 0’ War’ Gettens, ““War Admiral’’ Owens, and ‘‘Sea Biscuit’? Willard made remarkable showings at Red Gulch track. 29 THE MA 1939 Our tennis ventures were entrusted to the capable hands of Lyons, Hanson, and Longo. We prospected for gold, but in its stead we found the basebal]! diamond. The prospectors that struck the richest were ““T'wo-Gun” Johnson, ‘‘Hair-Trigger’” Bullard, and “‘Genera] Custer”’ Smith. “On to Death Valley! Macketh rides again!’ was the war cry. A new version of Macbeth, arranged by Mr. John Joyce, our director, was nobly presented by Bob Bothwell (Macbeth), Nancy Roche (Lady Macbeth), and the entire cast. As we neared our destination, many brave pioniers felt a tinge of sadness, and regretted Jeaving behind the lively battles we had experienced during our expedition across the hills and plains in quest of knowledge and happiness. The great day arrived when we left the caravan and set our feet on unknown soil to employ our experiences and learning to the best advantage. Class Prophecy Three witches attend a boiling cauldron filled with potent herbs, flower-symbols of the magic art; which, when mixed into a common brew, emit a ghoulish incense, somewhat akin to anesthesia in so far as the conscious mind is affected. In addition, thereto, at each inhalation of the mystic vapor, divination of the future is bestowed upon the attendants; and by means of this unusua] and uncanny power they will now reveal to you prophecies of the Class of 1939, Leominster Senior High School. It is the year 1950. I see a mathematical genius doing research work for the Genera] Electric Company. Who is this successor of Steinmetz?—Our dear old Wallace MacKinnon. A broker hurries to his Wall Street office; the exchange has already opened for the day’s transactions, but, as of old, financier Lyman MacPhee is late. A corner fruit store displays its tempting wares to the public view; within, the genial proprie- tor, Emi dio Martini, beams with satisfaction at his business and with welcome to his customers. A cast of characters appears upon the screen of a moving-picture theatre. We remember the hero, Wilmot Weeks, and the villain, Aldo Mazzaferro. Margaret Pickford has recently been appointed Secretary of State, the first woman in the history of our nation to hold this lofty position. Ruth Johnson, following the trend of modern warfare, has joined a female regiment in the Nurse’s Division of the U. 8S. Army. : I see an ex-intercolligiate lightweight wrestling champion; now a member of the United States Olympic team. When the Stars and Stripes are raised, signalizing victory for America, we will all join in acclamation to Gilson McKenney. The English Channel has been conquered by the skill and endurance of a swimmer once more; this time, the rangy Oozoonian. I see a swift moving plane bound for South America with missionary Elizabeth Rodgers aboard, in search of the long lost Amazonian Expedition. This heroic search turns out to be a success, for not only does Miss Rodgers find the missing expedition headed by the kindergarten teacher, Jane Lane, but also discovers that the supposed Amazons are frauds. For they turn out to be none other than a group of touring Olympic stars headed by Phyllis Hancock, the discus thrower; Frances Willoughby, the javelin hurler; Anna Ward, Vivian Tourigny, and Alice Jeknovarian, 440 hurdlers; and the world’s greatest relay team of Mae Hartwell, Florence Tata, Natalie Greeno, and Charlotte Stewart. As the plane wings its way home over the dense jungle, a very invigorating throb of a tom tom is heard. In a small] clearing we can plainly see Ruby Green leading the beating drummers in the Long Jungle-Motive Cheer for Gertrude Gopfert, who has just completed the long and hazardous swim down the Amazon River. 26 THE 1939 MA We also see a big game hunter returning from a year’s shooting in Africa. Charlie Owens says hunting tigers is easier on the legs than football. The harmonies of a symphonic orchestra come over the radio. The personnel includes pianist Whitestone, and clarinetist Padovano. The program has ended, and radio-announcer John Ward thanks us for listening as he bids us good-night. The Book of the Month Club recommends a novel by Ernest L. Parent; also noteworthy in the literary world is Winthrop Wiles. Their works are published by a firm headed by the dis- tinguished Elmore C. Palmer. Two old friends gre rival coaches in the Rose Bo w! Football Classic. We may be sure Smith and Vorse will employ the reliable ‘‘Broderick”’ tactics. “The Biggest Show on Earth” opens at Madison Square Garden, featuring one so-called Tarzan, but you can’t fool us, Thornton Willard. Was that the idea of the show’s advertising manager Richard Roberson? Hear the auctioneer talking like Floyd Gibbons as he displays for our admiration the blue white diamonds and distinctive watches. We'll buy one, Elio. You wouldn’t take advantage of a classmate, even though you are turning over the stock for Charles Sheehan. I note Paul Whitney’s name over a column on the Weekly News. Incidently, he comments on Walter Russell’s radio hour. Mary Piano is now the interpreter for the American Consul in Italy, and reports have it that soon she will replace the fast-aging consul. Marjorie Grossi has recently been elected the president of the National Parent Teachers Association. The bright lights of Hollywood envelop the dazzling figure of Dot Church, No. 1 actress of the day. Stir thy cauldron, witches, for the night speeds and the list of names is long. Police Capt. Bernard C. Wood protects our homes with his vigilance. His testimony for the state is presented to District Attorney Chester Ricker. The second world war is history, and among the heroes’ names we find plenty of the fighting Irish: John McCaffrey, Lawrence Murphy, Eugene O’Brien. Read of their deeds of valor, you coming generations, in the Leominster Public Library. Aviator Kendall Taylor battles the winds and fog of the heavens, carrying the air mail. Building contractors Pelletier and Polley are engaged in the erection of a modern hospital. The architect’s initials on their blueprints are F. T. 8.; they stand for Francis T. Seifert. Though the on-looking doctor has grown rather corpulent, we recognize the eminent physician, Alfred I. Shattuck. Nichols and Temple, costumers and decorators, did you design the new state police uniform, so proudly worn by Lieutenant Osborne Watkins? The steam shovel, grasping dirt and gravel with each dip into the bed of the river, bears the familiar name of S. J. Novelli, Manufacturer. At last I grasp another name from the fumes. Dolor Mallette busily pursues his duties as undertaker. As the fuming mass in the black cauldron gradually recedes, the second witch can see still more members of the circle of 1939. He speaks aloud in a weird, wondering voice. I hear a banging; it comes from a courtroom where Robert Bullard, well known Sterling electrical contractor, is suing for an unpaid bill. His lawyer is Avery Cousins, who has never lost a case. The court stenographer, Robert Anderson, tells his neighbor that this is Avery’s first case. At the back of the room is Rolf Anderson, star reporter for the “Daily Wet Blanket’. Still farther out into the street I see Francis Crane leading an army of 700 dwarfs as part of his job as advertising manager for the “Snow White” Marshmallow Co., Ltd. 27 THE MA 1939 But now the mystic porridge clouds again, but as it clears once more— I see a great building which has the symbols “1939” on its conerstone. Yes, the structure was begun 10 years ago and now contains Louis Cocci, ‘‘Herr Direktor” of the institute, who is a great scientist like Louis Pasteur, only Pasteur beat him to it. Warren Johansson has the whole second floor covered with bugs, worms, flies, and a heap of rocks in one corner that looks like a road project; he’s the noted entomologist who discovered that a gnat does sing. On the third floor are Alfred Davison, Deane Foster, and Richard Fricke busily engaged in their capacity as machinists, watching huge machines do their work for them. The scene suddenly fades, but a violent stirring of the boiling mass brings a suggestion of the top floor. Aha! Here in the conservatory (greenhouse) is George ‘“‘Rosebud”’ Hersey, who is the very famous horticulturalist (gardener) who crossed a sunflower with a goldenrod for no reason at all. Also on the roof I see Louis Donais and Rodrigo Caffoni, sketching everything about them, for they’re commercial artists, you know. But still higher in a little tower is William Gettens and Co. with Frank Foster, Emery Hanson and Howard Genano, who have just introduced three-dimen- siona], technicolor television on the market. There was another little tower to this building but experiment No. 1939 of Clyde Davis blew this part to another vicinity. Away down on the office floor I see Nelson Kouns, Francis Farwell], Robert Eaton, and Augustus Jancaitus doing accounting work for the great institution. On the ground floor I see Fred Gordon, Robert Garrity, and Raymond Comeau managing a thriving department store. Gabriel Gentile has just taken an elevator up to the chemical engineering department to apply for a job. And now once more the seething mass in the cauldron boils over and clouds the vision; as it clears again we hear the third witch speak in a loud appalling voice. I see an airport where super-salesman Donald Albrecht is trying to get an order for 100 ‘“‘money-back”’ guaranteed parachutes. A moment later the drone of a plane is heard and a huge plane makes a graceful landing. Out steps the air hostess, Ruth Burridge; and also the globe trotting journalist, Eva Glasheen; the noted radio songstress, Ruth Fischer; and the very famous opera stars, Marjorie Duval and Marjorie Killelea; and pilot, Anthony Angelini. As this group hurries off the field, a stunt plane operated by Dorothy Hirst, lands and lets out its passenger, Elizabeth Hood, night club singer. The whole gang now has a reunion with the two air-base nurses, Janice Goodale and Claire Bissonette. At this moment Wallace Cunningham, dentist, and his assistants, Loraine Drury and Winifred MacLean, hygenists, come into the administration building trying to charter a plane to go to pull a tooth of Mickey Mouse’s in Hollywood. While waiting, someone turns on a radio. Who is talking but Gloria Kay, reading the annual report of the Mass. State Department of Public Health, of which she is president. As soon as this program is over a press-radio bulletin informs the listeners that Earl Johnson is now in the finals for the international married men’s bowling tournament, with Norman Lyon in second place. But another stirring of the fuming cauldron brings a vision of another part of the globe. I see Francis Gordon, state policeman, tearing along a state road after some crazy speedster. Upon catching the fool, he finds it to be Robert Bothwell, high official of the U. S. Army, who persuades “‘Stretch” to forget the whole thing. On the sea, with the U. 8. Navy, I see Arthur DeCarolis, Edward Gillis, Joseph Auffrey, Antonio Caiazzi, Bernard Capone, Vincent Bartimo, Louis DePasquale, Dello Funari, Richard Julian, and Oscar Kramer. They are sailors of the latest ship in the U. S. Navy, which has reached its completion through the efforts of Benedict Gargulinski and of Robert James, manager of the Highland Daily. On board also is Chief Leo J. J. Comiskey of the Internationa] Detective Association, who is searching for the famous Beatrice Andrews, and Arlene Boudreau. 28 THE 1939 MA From the music salon, drifts the sweet music of the piano, played by Nina Bisceglia. Sud denly, the room is filled with the harmonious voices of Lois Kendal], Mary Mammone, Dorothy Lowe, Dorothy Harris, and Norma Brown, singing once again in fond memoriam, the school song. Again the lava swirls and swishes and this time I find myself a spectator in the Metropolitan Art Studio, operated by Yvonne Fife and Lola Firmani. Posing for a profile portrait are Mary DiMassa, Marguerite Benoit, and Grace Hart. These beautiful pictures are then printed as advertisements in Fern Hardy and Dot Hopkins’ weekly magazine, “The Gentleman’s Home Companion”, boasting a great staff of reporters; such as, Theresa Haire, Claire Burns, Eleanor Bonville, and Angelina Bilotta. The emulsion suddenly bursts into a spasm of violent bubbling, and over the sides are spilled the laughing forms of Claire LaFray and Mary Robinson, leading their Latin Students by the hand to show them the beauty parlour of Nancy Roche (whose assistants are Evelyn Mager, Katie Welch and Rose Steinmetz) where the Roman style of coiffure is practiced. Another bubble escapes over the side, and upon it ride Nancy Mills, Jane Beers, and Ruth Smith, medical advisors, on their way to the hospital to visit their former class-mate, Dorothy Martin, who is just recovering from a broken finger suffered when she was showing her employees how to operate the old-fashioned L. H. 8S. typewriters. As the girls hurry down the hospital corridor they collide with Anna O’Toole, Louise Casey and Rita O’Mealey, who are assisting Dr. Longo in the administration of an anesthetic to patient Enda Loughlin, who objects to having his dog vaccinated. Gloria Marquis, in collaboration with Ruth Peters and Anna Massoni, have opened a private secretarial school. The new shorthand method used in this school has been perfected by Doris Tuttle. As I look into the ominous liquid, a strange scene is depicted with Beverly Wilson, Eleanor Farwell, and Gertrude Buskey working diligently on a reproduction of the old Leominster High School. Peering from one of the half-painted windows in Room 38 is Paul Holzhauer, supporting Bill LaPrade out the window by his hands. Suddenly Bill drops and dashes for the street where he is confronted by Toni Lanza’s champion basketball team of Marjorie Murphy, Rachel Miner, Doris Pelkey, Arlene Pierce, Janet Ray, and Claire Murphy. A coastal liner ploughs toward southern waters, under the watchful eye of Fred Andrews, first mate. Among the passengers on this vessel are Thomas Houde and John Peterson, aero- nautical engineers, who are travelling for a furlough to the Brazilian plantation of Paul Grammont. Vincent Bartimo is at present perfecting an automatic shoe-delivery machine for Fontaine, Manzello and Company. Mathematician Marcy is surveying the palatial estates of the former Madeline Melanson. Strawberries are in bloom, and we see a well-known strawberry planter, Arthur Simard, attempting to sell his wares to Joseph Siciliano, the proprietor of the Snow Flake Ice Cream Parlour. Valerio Spinelli, a contractor, is seated in a booth. A faint tremor of ecclesiastical music rises to the starry sky as we see the former history teachers, Norma Peterson and Marjorie Thurlow, with radiant faces, lifting their voices in song to the heavens, as the members of the National Choir. The witch’s voice peters off into a low moaning as he relates that a new crop of librarians has just been hired in Leominster. These include Louise Plette and Doris L. Powers. Also in his last breath he says that Beverly McCann and Jeanette Gariepy are faring quite well with their little manicurist shop on the corner of Broadway and Fifth Avenue. The voice stops. The contents of the cauldron swirl with mystic currents as in the reflecting pool we see the militant form of Captain Jack Yager pacing the bridge prior to commencing the long voyage across the seas of time wherein lies the future of the Class of 1939. : 29 1939 The Magnet S taft The ‘““Magnet’’, under the able supervision of Miss Mary E. Colley, and Miss Mary Johnson, enjoyed a pleasant and prosperous year. Besides being a member of the Central Massachusetts Interscholastic Press Association (C. M. I. P. A.), the ““Magnet’’ has the added distinction of having its editor, Miss Margaret Pickford, the president of this organization. Some of the members of the ““Magnet’’ went to the meeting of the C. M. I. P. A. in Winchendon last November and to the spring meeting in Athol this May. At Christmas, the “Magnet”? held an exclusive Christmas party for its members and con- tributors in the school gymnasium. A large factor in the success of the ‘““Magnet’’ were the members, who co-operated in every way possible. Those on the Executive Board are: Margaret Pickford—’39 Theodore Cote—’40 Salvatore Novelli—’39 Dzvid Bassett—’40 Kathryn Welch—’39 Wallace Cunningham—’39 Antoinette Lanza—’39 Richard Arnold—’40 Marjorie Killelea—’39 Gloria Kay—’39 Rose Steinmetz—’39 Rodrigo Caffoni—’39 Clarice Mercier—’39 30 THE MA 1939 ke Blue Book The Blue Book became an integral part of our Leominster High School in 1937. During the school year ’38-’39, this new organization developed under the student editorship of Robert Bothwell, William Gettens, Vincent Longo, and the faculty supervision of Miss Marie Concordia. Once initial inertia was overcome, the Blue Book speeded on toward perfecting the machinery necessary to present last minute news to the student body. This weekly has also served as an outlet for student opinions, a promulgating ground for student articles. If the Blue Book staff has made your high school career a little fuller, perhaps a little happier, it is satisfied; the purpose has been accomplished. Oyrenestrn This year the Senior High Orchestra has thirty members. In connection with the glee clubs they took part in the ““Music of Many Lands” assembly. They played for the Interclass Play Contest and gave a very fine musical setting for the Senior Class Play, ‘““Macbeth.” In the joint concert with Fitchburg they played an interesting arrangement of Rachmaninofi’s Prelude in C Minor, and also the ever popular Rio Rita. And, as usual, they marched the Seniors in (and out) at the graduation exercises. THE 1939 MA Girl’s Glee Club One of the most outstanding clubs in our schoo) is the Girls’ Glee Club. This club is under the direction of Miss Lucille Brown. The officers for this year are: President—Marjorie Duval Vice-President—Maryjorie Killelea Secretary and Treasurer—Dorothy Church A group of the girls has given a program, “‘Music of Many Lands’’, for several] organizations both in Fitchburg and in Leominster. In May the club presented an operetta, ‘“‘False Fernando’’, as an assembly program, with Louise Hubbard, Phyllis Hancock, Dorothy Lowe, and Erna Lawton taking the leading parts. The annual concert of the eembined Leominster and Fitchburg high school glee clubs, orches- tras, and bands on May 18 proved a great success. THE 1939 MA pa SS CC Bey Cleans The officers of the Boys’ Glee Club are as follows: President—Walter Russell Vice-President—Norman Kaake Secretary and Treasurer—Merrill Zwicker Accompanists—Claire Lafray and Kiki Metros Under the direction of Miss Lucille Brown, the boys have had a very successful year, ap- pearing in the program, ‘‘Music of Many Lands’, at several organizations outside of school and singing in the annua] concert of the combined musical clubs of Fitchburg and Leominster. o4 THE 1939 MA s enior Play On April 27, in the Junior High School Auditorium, the Senior Class presented their play, “Macbeth”, which was acclaimed as the finest production by a Leominster Senior Class in many years. All phases of the production were designed and carried out by the Seniors themselves. The performance was nationally acknowledged, for never before had Shakespeare’s immortal drama been presented in modern dress by a high school cast. Co Or THE 1939 MA a i a French Club The French club has had a very eventful and prosperous year under the competent direction of Mrs. Bucknell. The following officers were elected at the first meeting of the French Club in September: President—Marguerite Benoit Vice-President—Ernest Parent Secretary—Eva Glasheen Treasurer—Gerard Cournoyer Committees Program—Lorraine Comeau Music—Dorothy Harris Games—Claire LaFray and John Cummings Finances—Jeanne Boyden Refreshments—Janet Ray The meetings were held every month and there was an enrollment of fifty-two members. A varied program was presented by the Seniors in the month of November, and in December a Christmas party was organized by the Juniors. Recitations, plays, charades, songs, folk dances have been the nuclei around which the meetings have developed. In January a most stimulating lecture was given by Miss Chaffee of the Gardner High School. She illustrated her talk with very colorful movie films of her summer’s trip in France. In March the Gardner and Leominster clubs had a joint meeting which was attended by over 100 members. The Gardner group presented two French plays, “The Childhood of Jeanne d’ Arc’ and ‘Rosalie’. Musical numbers, recitations, card entertainment, including dancing, were provided by the Leominster group. Lectures were given in April and May on subjects pertaining to France and the French people. A food sale was sponsored; stationary, minerals, and handkerchiefs were sold in order to obtain money for the meetings, the refreshments, and club prizes. The club contributed in the purchase of a piano which was used for local meetings. The club also purchased a radio and phonograph combination with the money procured. 36 THE MA 1939 Speech Club Speech Club has an enrollment of 116 members this year. The officers are: President—Leo Comiskey Vice-President—Ruth Fischer Secretary—Dorothy Martin’ Treasurer—Marguerite Benoit The purpose of this club is to give those pupils who are interested in dramatics a chance to develop talent, and also to serve the school in any way possible. Miss Lillian Ricker, who is the faculty advisor, has coached many plays for special-occasion assemblies. The club provides plays and readings for holidays, sponsors the inter-class play contest, and sends different members of the school to participate in contests. This year the contests were the National Forensic Contest, the district tournament at Con- cord, the state tournament at Groton, and the Drama Guild contest at Fall River. THE 1939 a Health Club The members of this club should benefit the school considerably. They study ways to guard their own health by following rules on diet, posture, etc. They read books and articles on these subjects. The purpose of this plan of work is not only to improve the health of the individua] members, but to spread health consciousness through the school by example. 3 Miss Helen Burnham is the advisor of this club. The officers are as follows: President—Ruth Rogers Vice-President—Marjorie Murphy Secretary—Norma Peterson Treasurer—Alice Jecknovarian Members Louise Bourbeau Jeanette Morin Janice Goodale Barbara Reary Madeline Melanson Mary Robinson Gladys Muir Marian Rodgers 08 THE 1939 MA Art Club The Art Club, under the direction of Miss Hopkinson and Miss Marcy (during Miss Hopkinson’s absence), has completed many charcoal studies and life studies in water color. The members have helped a great deal with prom decorations. In December they made their own Christmas cards. The officers are: President—Beverly Wilson Vice-President—Claire LaFray Secretary and Treasurer—Anne Harrison 39 THE 1939 MA Girl’s Basketball A successful season of basketball closed on March 29. On this day, to terminate the eventful season, Nancy Nettel’s Junior team played against Yvonne Fife’s Senior team. Many looked forward to this game because Nettel’s team had previously outplayed the powerful Senior team by five points. The whole game, from beginning to end, was filled with fine team-work and clever playing. Fife’s team, this time, beat the hard-playing Juniors with the score of 41-11. All the games were played with real L. H. S. spirit. From the high-scorers of each class, the following girls were found to be highest: Seniors— M. Murphy with 122 points; Juniors—D. Thomas with 122 points; Sophomores—Juliette Fife with 118 points. A group of Sophomore girls who could not meet at 1:30 with the regular teams, due to school activities, chose to meet at 2:30 to play their games. They elected Helen Hastings as captain. Her team is as follows: H. Hastings, B. Foss, M. Litchfield, V. Stupak, E. Ray, E. Kilcoyne, N. Brown. At) THE Bowling Club The Leominster High Schoo) Bowling Club, under the leadership of that very well known bowling enthusiast, Miss Ruth Weckbacher, is stil] going strong. On April 4 this popular club entered the Boston American and Daily Record Tournament. Undoubtedly you will remember that in the past two years L. H. S. has been well represented in attendance and also in winning prizes. Among the high scorers at this competition, Martini, the president of the club, was the highest from our boys. He hit 289. Marie Day, who hit 240, was the highest from our girls. The Bowling club boasts four fine teams. They are: Maple Leaves, Crasaders, Bruins, and Rangers. Al THE MA Boy’s Basketball Leominster High School this year experienced the most successful basketball season in twenty-three years. The team, built around Capt. Ear] Seward and towering Stretch Gordon, opened the season by walloping the classy alumni five 48-30. : The following week, Athol, Nashua, and Beckers fell before Leominster’s tricky offense and defense. The Blue and White met its stiffest opposition against St. Bernard’s. “The Saints’’ were held practically scoreless for three periods, but with minutes left to play Coach Tarpey’s boys put on real pressure and won 26-16. Two more defeats by Gardner and yet another by St. Bernard’s were overshadowed by decisive victories over Marlboro, Clinton, Nashua, Beckers, and Fitchburg. The victory over Fitchburg was the first since 1915. Leominster’s passing and shooting were superb and its defense was better than it had ever been before. The game was closely contested throughout and the lead changed hands continually. Two long floor shots by Picucci and Langlois gave Leominster a three point lead as the gun ended the game. The final score was Leominster, 42; Fitchburg, 39. 42 THE 1939 Football Coach Charlie Borderick and his assistant, Ted Kucharski, turned out another great football team with eight victories and only two defeats. The team, built around a nucleus of six players (Capt. Laprade, Torceletti, DeCarolis, Smith, Gordon, and Owen), began the season by sinking Northbridge 26-2. The following Saturday, the blue and white suffered the first of its two defeats at the hands of a powerful Arlington eleven. The boys fought their hearts out, but they were no match for their heavier and more experienced adversaries. Victories over St. Peters of Worcester and St. Bernards of Fitchburg put Leominster once more on its winning path. The Lynn Classica] game, held in Lynn’s new five hundred thousand dollar stadium, was a heart breaker. After holding Lynn to a single touchdown in the first half, Leominster came back in the second half to make thirteen first downs to Lynn’s none. Four times the blue and white marched to Lynn’s goal line, only to lose the ball on fumbles. Although completely outclassed in the second half, Lynn emerged the victor 7-0. Coach Broderick and his charges were not to be denied victory again. They took Athol and Clinton into camp by large scores and completely routed Cambridge Latin 40-0. Gardner was their next victim. Recovering from a slow start, Leominster began a scoring drive which didn’t end until they had tallied 26 points to Gardner’s none. The annual Thanksgiving game, played on a soggy but fast Crocker field, was a thriller if there ever was one. Fitchburg, who had suffered the worst season in its history, was not a pushover as had been expected. Employing a tricky offense and a stubborn defense, the Red and Gray held Leominster scoreless until the latter part of the second period. The second half was a repeat of the first. Coach McDonough’s boys were in high spirits, but they were no match for the Leominster boys. The fina] period saw the Blue and White, led by Capt. Laprade, drive seventy yards to score and win the game 14-0. With this victory, Leominster climaxed a most successful season, and seven graduating regulars wished the remaining juniors and sophomores success in the coming years. 43 THE 1939 SS EEE ee Op’ ouvelemOoUNBF{$Tr0—c—T—m-— ( .. OVWw.vm [irernationell F riendship Club This club began in September with only sophomores as members. They had belonged to the club in Junior High and desired to continue this activity, which aims to promote international good will. Upper classmen later joined the club, and there are now 52 members under the super- vision of Mr. John Joyce. , In addition to promoting good will they have brought a series of assemblies to the school. The members are divided into groups of seven, and each group is responsible for one assembly. They have presented the following programs: Miss Edna MacDonnough, Concert by the WPA Orchestra, Mrs. Georgette Laserte, Mr. Nathan H. Gist, The Reverend George L. Thurlow, Mr. James L. Conrad, President of Nichols Junior College in Dudley. There have been many private activities among the club members; such as hikes and dances. The officers are as follows: President—Arthur Ward Vice-President—William Ray Secretary—Virginia Stupak Treasurer—Louise Tornquist Chairman of the Program Committee—Raymond Middlemas A4 THE 1939 MA (Glee Sy alll We, the members of the class of ’39 of the Leominster High School, County of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, being of mature age and sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this our LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, hereby revoking and annulling any and all Wills by us made heretofore. Donald Albrecht leaves his quack to future ducks. Juliette Allain leaves someone else to do shorthand the sixth period in Room 13. ‘Robert Anderson leaves his ability to sing camp songs to Nelson McDermott. Rolf Anderson leaves his role as twin to one of the Mahans. Beatrice Andrews bequeaths her “‘Page-Boy”’ to Louise Hubbard. Frederick Andrews leaves his Sunday suit to Bob Hyatt. « , Anthony Angelini leaves his loudness echoing in the halls. Joseph Auffrey bequeaths a library slip to Dick Seuss. Vincent Bartimo Jeaves his note-writing to Gunda Reynolds. Jane Beers Jeaves her sister to continue giving chocolate cake to hungry boys. Marguerite Benoit wills her vivacity to Grace Landon. Angelina Bilotta leaves Miss Concordia with the desire for more students like her. Nina Bisceglia bequeaths her role as accompanist to Ruth Nixon. Claire Bissonnette leaves her knitting needles to Connie Hayes. Eleanor Bonville leaves her ability as an English student to Louise Tornquist. Robert Bothwell leaves his ability to study on the bus to Peggy Davis. Arlene Boudreau bestowes on Mary Leheney some of her naiveness. Jeanne Boyden leaves Miss Ricker without a body-guard. Norma Brown wills her dimples to Anne O’Neil. Robert Bullard leaves his big feet in the aisle. Claire Burns wills her baby voice to the Sophomores. Ruth Burridge leaves her wit to Bob Lye. Gertrude Buskey leaves Room 1 without an artist. Rodrigo Caffoni wills his drawing ability to Janet Owens. Antonio Caiazzi leaves the old saying “‘Silence is Golden.” Louise Casey Jeaves her way with men to Connie Gelinas. Dorothy Church Jeaves a winning personality to Mildred Hart. Grace Ciccone bequeaths her efficiency to Hazel Kingsbury. Louis Cocci leaves his bowling ability to Billy Smal]. Ruth Coleman leaves her brief case for those students who like to take their whole desks home every night. Lorraine Comeau leaves her French accent to Ann Harrison. Raymond Comeau leaves his last minute arrivals to Herby Holden. Leo Comiskey Jeaves Mr. Burnham minus a Problem. Avery Cousins leaves the high school without an “‘Olds” supporter. Francis Crane wills his ready comeback to anyone who wants it. Wallace Cunningham leaves Amico to carry on the cheering. Clyde Davis leaves his pessimisim to Nancy Richardson. Alfred Davidson leaves some kids without a ride to school. Arthur DeCarolis bequeaths his ability in Public Speaking to Robert Ussrey. Louis DePasquale leaves his dark complexion to Morton Levine. Mary Di Massa wills her bored attitude to Kenny Hastings. Louis Donais leaves a singing voice to be discovered. Loraine Drury leaves her chuckle to Peggy Thomas. Marjorie Duval leaves a pair of broken bathroom scales to Lucille Tharler. Robert Eaton leaves to be another “Thin Man’’. Ad THE MA 1939 Eleanor Farwell bequeaths her blond tresses to Pauline Goodale. Francis Farwell leaves his heart-throb. Yvonne Fife leaves many undergraduates minus a swell] friend. Lola Firmani leaves a typewriter to Eleanor Kilcoyne. Ruth Fischer leaves the memory o f a song to the high school. Roland Fontaine bequeaths his ability to play the guitar to Virginia Julian. Deane Foster leaves his “‘ha-ha-ha” to haunt Mr. Drury. Frank Foster wills his knowledge of smooth records to Mary Legere. Richard Fricke leaves Marjorie a broken-heart. Dello Funari leaves his jitterbug dancing to Tony Amico. Jeannette Gariepy leaves her shyness to Pauline Moran. Robert Garrity leaves his role of philibuster to be carried on by David Bassett. Howard Genano leaves his curly hair to Lucia Piermarini. Gabriel Gentile leaves one big jelly rol] to Mr. Rogers. William Gettens wiJls his eloquence to Harry Smith. Edward Gillis leaves a seat on the bus to ‘“‘Deep”’ Bardsley. Eva Glasheen leaves a cud of gum underneath some chair. Gertrude Gopfert leaves her liking for substitute teachers. Janice Goodale bequeaths her slimness to Helen Kipp. Francis Gordon leaves his long arm to the Jaw. Fred Gordon leaves someone else to tell about vacation trips. Paul Grammont leaves a position in the office to Louise Bourbeau. Ruby Green leaves a megaphone to Hileen Smith. Natalie Grenno leaves a temper as fiery as her hair. Marjorie Grossi leaves her assured manner to Thelma Falk. Theresa Haire bequeaths her wonderful speaking voice to Rena Toni. Phyllis Hancock leaves her natural] curly hair to haunt those who have to have permanents. Emery Hanson bequeaths his role of woman-hater to Dick Andrews. Fern Hardy leaves her violin to be tucked under someone else’s chin. Dorothy Harris leaves Kaake without any sugar. Grace Hart leaves her love for Fitchburg boys to Nancy Nettel. Mae Hartwell Jeaves her nursemaid’s job to some young Miss. George Hersey leaves a leaky fountain pen to anyone who’]] have it. Dorothy Hirst leaves the echo of her snappy walk. Paul Holzhauer leaves school without a “‘hoot.”’ , Elizabeth Hood Jeaves her ability to make friends to Mary Louise Peterson. Dorothy Hopkins leaves her smooth way of wearing clothes to Connie Hayes. Thomas Houde leaves his foggy attitude to Mario Marchisio. Robert James leaves his skiing ability to Maurice Perrault. Augustus Jancaitus leaves his Brutus sheet to future Shakespearean players. Alice Jeknovarian Jeaves her never-to-be-forgotten chatter to haunt Mr. Rogers. Warren Johansson leaves his pleasing personality to Jacky Cummings. Earl Johnson leaves his baleony romances to future ushers. Ruth Johnson leaves her austere manner to Veronica McCaffrey. Richard Julian leaves his snow plow to Don Church for North Leominster drifts. Gloria Kay leaves her blush to Scarlett O’Hara. Lois Kendall bequeaths her feminity to Barbara Reary. Marjorie Killelea leaves her pleasant manner to Nancy Chase. Nelson Kouns leaves his manly swagger to Willie Ray. Oscar Kramer Jeaves his paper route to his brother Frank. Claire LaFray leaves her giggle to someone else who giggles. Jane Lane bestows her wardrobe upon Mary Crain. 46 MA THE 1939 Antoinette Lanza leaves her ability to twirl the baton. William LaPrade leaves one photograph proof to future Hollywood Frankensteins. Vincent Longo leaves his dynamic personality to T. Cote. Enda Laughlin leaves his height to Slick’em Glasheen. Dorothy Lowe leaves the Blue Book minus a staunch supporter. Norman Lyon leaves a tennis racquet to Bill Appleton. Evelyn Mager leaves her appetite to Lillian Greishammer. Dolor Mallette leaves someone else to do the last minute typewriting for the Blue Book. Mary Mammone leaves her little voice to Betty Menuella. Manfredo Manzello leaves his quick response to Herbert Rouisse. Gloria Marquis leaves Miss Wechbacker without an enthusiastic gym student. Dorothy Martin leaves her Camay complextion to Betty Foss. Russell Marcy leaves his short walk to school to William Ray. Emidio Mertini leaves one newspaper to be read by the faculty. Anna Massoni leaves her husky voice to Barbara Bonner. Aldo Mazzaferro leaves his character parts in Speech Club plays to Edward Wright. John McCaffrey leaves Herb Ballard to represent Boutelle Street. Beverly McCann leaves a freckle to Betty Catto. Gilson McKenney leaves his marvelous dancing ability to Gunda Reynolds. Madeline Melanson leaves her eyes to Connie Fontaine. Clarice Mercier wills her business ability to some efficient lass. Nancy Mills leaves her poise to Marie Houde. Rachel Miner leaves her ability to collect money to future home-room treasurers. Lawrence Murphy leaves school to drive his father’s oil truck. Claire Murphy leaves her red hair to Gladys Lavin. Marjorie Murphy leaves the basket-ball in the basket. Raymond Nichols bequeaths a doughnut to the Junior class. Phyllis Nolan bequeaths her prowess in volley-ball to Florence Harris. Salvatore Novelli leaves school to deliver bread. Eugene O’Brien leaves his happy-go-lucky manner.to Bob Hyatt. Rita O’Mealey wills her daintiness to Katherine Wheeler. Norman Oozoonian leaves his perfect teeth to Thomas Rock. Anna O’Toole leaves her many boy-friends to Marjorie Smith. Charles Owens leaves his determination to be a football hero to Roger Robichaud. Hugo Padavano leaves his sleek hair to George Smith. Elmore Palmer leaves Bertha to the future Seniors. Ernest Parent leaves a place on the honor role to some brilliant Junior lad. Doris Pelkey leaves her ability to rollerskate to Claire Beaudette. Edgar Pelletier leaves his quietness to Virginia Ellington. Ruth Peters wills her ability to write stories in Latin to Marie Boulay. John Peterson wills a car ticket to Fitchburg to Bob O’ Donnell. Norma Peterson leaves her blonde loveliness to Marilyn Litchfield. Mary Piano leaves her friendliness to some other lucky person. Margaret Pickford leaves her dependability to Nancy Binns. Arlene Pierce leaves her well-modulated voice. Louise Plette leaves Mr. Watson without a worry. Warren Polley wills his weight to Robert Nimee. Doris Powers leaves her jolliness to Marion Bassett. Janet Ray leaves the acid on the laboratory floor. Chester Ricker leaves the assembly hall] to be fixed by someone else. Richard Roberson leaves his smal] stature to Louis Picucci. Mary Robinson leaves Miss Earl without a waitress. 47 THE 1939 MA Nancy Roche leaves her attractiveness to Patricia Patten. Elizabeth Rodgers wills her lovely manners to Helen Hastings. Walter Russell leaves his “Juliets’’ behind. Francis Seifert Jeaves his ability for getting by without doing his homework to Dick Con- naughton. Alfred Shattuck leaves his polite manners to Edmund Potter. Charles Sheehan wills his enthusiasm for professional sports to Ray Middlemas. Joseph Siciliano leaves his calmness to Albert Duval. Ruth Smith Jeaves us wishing we had known her better. Arthur Simard leaves his lazy manner to Bernard Langlois. Warren Smith leaves us missing his generosity with his car. Valerio Spinelli leaves a gir] on “‘French Hill’’ without a lover. Rose Steinmetz wills the “‘rose’”’ in her name. Charlotte Stewart leaves her desire for fast music to Nancy Brown. Florence Tata Jeaves her nicety to Minnie Powers. Kendall Taylor leaves his evasiveness to Thad Bell. Vernon Temple Jeaves his fast running to Bob Peck. Marjorie Thurlow bequeaths her pep to Erna Lawton. Vivian Tourigney leaves her green hat to the Irish. Elio Torcoletti leaves school to search for stoves for football] training. Doris Tuttle leaves her car to someone else who lives far away. Donald Vorse leaves his way with women to John Bigelow. Anna Ward leaves her fluttery hands to remind us of Zazu Pitts. John Ward Jeaves his ability as a leader to the next Senior president. Osborne Watkins leaves his desk without a snoozer. Wilmot Weeks leaves his love for outside girls to Stan Newton. Kathryn Welch leaves her sweet manner to Rachel DeGeronimo. Sumner Whitestone leaves Lloyd Mann to “‘tickle the ivories’’. Pau] Whitney leaves his ability to write stories to Arthur Lane. Winthrop Wiles bequeaths his theme “Variety is the spice of life’ to Arthur Ward. Thornton Willard leaves his jump to Buskey. Frances Willoughby leaves school to join her parents in New Jersey. Beverly Wilson leaves us with the memory of her charming manner. Bernard Wood leaves his stubborness to Ruth Robertson. Jack Yager bequeaths some of his smooth clothes to Dick Howe. CLASS ESSAYS NEW FRONTIERS FOR AMERICAN YOUTH New 0 rontiers in Industry No Indians to conquer, no unknown lands around us to explore, no hardships in transportation to endure, no unblazed trails—these facts do not mean a necessary termination of romantic, adventurous, and pioneer living. Frontiers are as numerous now as they were when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. I might even go so far as to say that there are more now, and that there will be more in the future. Generations ago, man found candles inefficient; he began his search for something more effective. This search eventually resulted in the electric light that we now use. Man has conquered night through electricity! The needs of that time produced the comforts of today. Today’s needs will be tomorrow’s reality. There is no end in the development of intelligent human beings. 48 THE 1939 MA Our lives are not perfect; nothing is ever perfect in this world; there is always unoccupied space for improvement; there are always frontiers, boundary lines between the known and the unknown. We are merely at the threshold of invention and ingenuity. The President of the General Motors Research Corporation, Mr. Charles F. Kettering, says, ‘“There never has been a time in the history of the world when we needed inventions as much as we need them now.” The idea that the youth of today will be commended for many inventions is not a phantasmagoria, an illusion that will dwindle from view; it is a reality of which every one of us is completely aware. Look at the automobile, for instance. This is something with which we are all familiar. Shall I list a few of the recent improvements? A lightweight auto has been devised for economy. The gear lever is located near the steering wheel; one need not reach down to the floor to shift. Headlamps are set flush into front fenders; water jackets extend the full length of the cylinder to assure sufficient cooling. Of course, there are many improvements that can still be made in the automobile and in other inventions. Many of our present inventions are not in universal use. There are still a few homes that have no electricity. Many people have not the electrical appliances: washing machines, frigidaires, vacuum cleaners, electric stoves, ironers, and other contrivances that serve to make this life of ours as unburdensome as possible. More industries should be developed to produce these appliances at a cost which would enable more people to possess them. Roads must be improved to correspond with the new devices of the automobiles. Railroads will be modernized to a greater degree than at present. Aircraft will be stablized. There are problems in industry that are unsolved for those who are interested in diplomacy. The working conditions are not suitable to the employee. There is also that infinite question of wages that one should receive, and the hours one should work. In every industry, or connected with industry in a very important way, is the laboratory and the scientist. Everyone is utterly dependent upon these industries, and they in turn are dependent upon the scientist who in his laboratory conducts experiments that improve present products, finds new uses for those thought to be worthless, and discovers many new ones. Think of what a great scope there is in this phase of industry—the opportunities for new discoveries that will raise our standard of living to unprecedented heights. The new industries themselves will require millions of people to produce the goods now being experimented with. We will soon be wearing dresses of spun glass. A single filament of glass is only 1 20th the diameter of human hair, but it has a tensile strength greater (fiber for fiber) than steel. These dresses will be acid and heat resistant. They will not swell when wet. They will last much longer than wool. Just think of being able to have napkins, tablecloths, and similar household articles that will not be affected by pencil markings, cigarette burns, hot dishes, or other annihilating factors that shorten the life of ordinary fabric materials. How the restaurant proprietors and the housewives will appreciate this glass fiber! We will have gasoline motors requiring one gallon of gas to travel 100 miles. People will journey much more than at present. With the aid of the photoelectric cell, which makes possible the development of machinery to perform operations that heretofore required the use of the human eye, television will soon be available to us. It is now being used in England, France, and Germany; not extensively, of course, but successfully. Other helpful inventions are light controls that will be used in all industries to measure and test flaws in machinery. This device will also serve as a detector for ships near icebergs, and planes near mountains. These light controls will have many other uses that will make our lives safer, and provide greater opportunities. Many products will be made synthetically. Soybeans can be used to make the following, which are only a few of the industrial products that can be made from this type of bean: enamels, house paints, varnishes, soaps, vegetable shortenings, gear shift knobs, and automobile steering wheels. Airplane propellers will be made from sour milk. Cotton and cottonseed will be used for roads of cotton, artificial Jeather, smokeless powder, and varnish. 49 Corn will be used in the manufacture of soap, as a substitute for rubber, glue, and industrial alcohol. Gasoline will be made from oil shale; synthetic rubber will be made from many products that are now worthless. Wine will be a component of motor fuel, and sugar will be used as a building material. Can we then say that there are no more frontiers, no more opportunities for youth, when we observe these new industries springing up around us? Do you not believe, as I do, that we have as many opportunities as did our ancestors? We will soon be in the midst of this development; let us meet it with the spirit of curiosity. We will then delve into the unknown. As Jong as we live there will be advantages, opportunities, and frontiers for us; let us benefit by them. —LORRAINE COMEAU Medicine and Medical Researcn Youth may often feel, perhaps, that our present day life is sorrowfully Jacking in romance and adventure, that nowadays, one can only sit and pine away with the regret that pirates, Indians, cannibal tribes, and buried treasures have all vanished with the glorious past. The truth is, however, and it is no mere illusion, that with the present advances of science and re- search the new frontiers today offer youth the opportunity for even greater adventure, certainly, adventure of a far higher type, for it is adventure that demands more than mere physical courage; it demands that rarer moral courage, the strength of will that says, “Carry on, even though the rest of the world may call you foolish; that determination to persevere though the task may seem hopeless. Although research in every branch of science demands this same courage and determination to a greater or lesser degree, medicine and medical research, I think, demand these qualities of character to the highest degree. Furthermore, ability and initiative are both essential in evolving and improving methods of treatment and cure, but above all is the need for earnestness and self-sacrifice, since the very nature of this work is the devotion of oneself to the benefit of others. Before deciding upon the importance of medicine and medical research, however, let us consider its proven value, what it has done to merit its unique position in human esteem. In the first place, medicine may point out, with justifiable pride, its conquests of a great many of the major diseases. Diphtheria, typhoid fever, influenza, and tuberculosis have all, in defiance of tremendous odds, been added to the list of the conquered banes of humanity. As a certain officer of the law, who had been denied the study of English syntax, once ordered a group of youngsters, after they had broken a bottle on the sidewalk, to “get a broom and broom it up;” so, too, the appalling toll of lives claimed yearly by disease sternly commanded medical research to sweep the world clean of this widespread menace. Accordingly, scores of doctors and scientists, acting upon the brilliant discoveries of Louis Pasteur, set to the grim task with silent determina- tion and waged a resistless war against disease germs which has been carried on to the present day. The results speak for themselves. Latest statistics of the American Medical Association show that in diphtheria alone there has been a tremendous decrease in the annual death rate during the past seventeen years: in 1923, the first year of the survey, the rate was 138 per 100,000 popula- tion; in 1989, the rate was 1 per 100,000 population—decidedly a tribute to the men who have made these results possible. No less noteworthy are the achievements of countless others in various sectors of this vast medical field. Among them, Dr. Lister will long be remembered for his methods of antisepsis, and Dr. Alexis Carrel equally so for his enlightening advances in surgery. But the list is far too lengthy for even a partial enumeration of those truly great men who by their achievements have merited the highest tribute the world can offer. Suffice it to say i 50 THE 1939 MA that through better health conditions, more accurate food analyses that have led to vitamin and protein research and improved sanitation and surgery, the average span of human life has been extended from 25 to 45 years in 1835, to 45 to 65 years in 1935. Certainly, therefore, if only in view of its proven value and past merits, medicine and medical research well deserves its position of respect and importance, and should be given more than momentary consideration as a vocation for youth. But the eye of youth today is turned toward the future, not on the past, however triumphant that past may have been. Such an outlook can be the only outlook for one seeking adventure in present-day fields of activity, for the sum of human study and research has but indicated all the more significantly the truth of the proverb that “the more one learns, the more one realizes there is to learn.’”’ Medical research has by no means reached its climax: the yearly toll of such diseases as infantile paralysis, cancer, and heart disease remain tragic but vivid reminders of the fact. Experimentation in bacteriology and physiology is still young in its stage of develop- ment, and the percentage of persons in perfect health is a regrettable disillusionment to those who would consider twentieth century mankind a race of super-men. True, many infectious diseases are now controllable, but, as Dr. Alexis Carrel writes in his recent book Man, the Unknown, “although modern hygiene has made life safer, Jonger, and more pleasant, diseases have not been mastered. They have simply been changed.”’ Yes, diseases, at least many of them, have been changed, inasmuch as the extent of their destruction, followed by subsequent recovery of the victim, has been achieved. But improved treatment and cure, however valuable and beneficial they may be, are not the conquest or removal of disease but only its contro]. Man’s health, in this condition, is artificial—not natural. If man seeks the perfection of the superman, he must acquire the perfection of natural health rather than mere artificial health, or the subjection of disease after its onset. At this point experimentation and bio-chemical study must do their part. Through re- search, the mechanism of the body can be studied to ascertain why those few persons who have resisted the onslaught of disease and old age have possessed this physical perfection. Only when mankind as a whole has attained this perfect physical mechanism can the ideal of the super-man become a reality. Here, then, in medicine and medical research, is an invitation and a challenge to the youth who yearns to try the untried and know the unknown, to the youth who feels the fire of battle in his blood and the flaming courage to fight where the battle seems hopeless, to the youth who gazes with searching eye upon the broad vistas of the future toward the distant horizon of a newer and happier day; for as long as sickness and disease remain, humanity will have need of men whose self-sacrifice and determination dedicate them to the aid and service of their fellow- men. Here lies a vast frontier for our American youth, a frontier that will put to the test the hardy pioneer spirit that has made America; for that same hardy pioneer spirit must make the American that is to be. Therefore, let youth remember that, as the world of today lay beyond the frontiers of yesterday, so, too, beyond the frontiers of today lies the world of tomorrow. What will that world of tomorrow be? . . . Youth must make the answer. —ERNEST PARENT Ideals for American Youth In the course of the evening, others have shown you that youth has many frontiers toward which he can strive. In addition to the new fields of science, which have been discussed, the business world, the arts—all are ever-beckoning to youth. This statement is important as well as encouraging. The people of today, however, should realize that these frontiers are only for the persons whose characters near perfection. For the one who possesses certain characteristics, D1 THE 7m 1939 MA essential qualifications, there is wealth, power, happiness; for him who lacks these traits there is nothing. “ : The elements which go to make up a good character are affirmative: be they stability, moral discipline, initiative, decision, or practicality. The most important element of character is the combination of realism and idealism. Excess enthusiasm for either one of these traits usually brings disaster. Discontent, the mad desire for new lands, more power—this is realism; this is the quality which has Jed to the turbulent condi- tions prevalent throughout the world today. Idealism, on the other hand, is the striving toward perfection. The idealist dreams, but rarely can he carry his visions to development and maturity. He becomes apathetic, and, sooner or later, comes to an unhappy end. Therefore, let there be a fusion of realism and idealism molded into the character of youth. Thus cynicism and other undesirable traits will not harm his endeavors. If one is to venture toward a goal, what else is needed? Purpose, is the answer. A mind, a heart, a soul, thoughts and desires, longings and aspirations are nothing until by the power of a purpose they are brought into unity and are made effective in their thrust toward some worthy fulfillment. No one is apt to arrive unless he has a distinct idea as to where he is going. Youth should organize, inaugurate, conceive, or launch something. In undertaking any venture youth must prepare mentally the object of his aim in order that he may weather the difficulties. When youth has a frontier in view he should be willing to dare the consequences which may possibly arise during his endeavors. He who lacks a spirit of high adventure is insipid-lifeless. Decision, which is vital and important, presupposes one of the strongest qualities essential to attaining success. This trait manifests itself when one acts wisely in a crucial situation. The roaming mind, the uncertain mind, the quavering mind is lost when deliberation is most needed. On many occasions the contemplated action may involve many disturbing and irritating factors. Such factors in their consideration require extreme patience in order that a calm under- standing will remedy the evils which have arisen. The youth who continually loses his temper may well lay aside his dreams, for he will never succeed. Goethals, in building the Panama Canal, was to ld a third time that the work of many months had been wasted due to the fact that again the canal had caved in. He exclaimed calmly, “‘Dig it out again.”’ So youth should dig out the troubles which fall on him when he is struggling toward his cherished frontier. Let us consider another factor of good character. Youth should realize that knowledge alone never makes success; practicality, however, does. Emerson has said, ‘“Knowledge that is not applied is like plowing the field but planting no seeds.”’ The greatest man is he who chooses the right way with invincible resolution, who resists temptation from within and without. The man who laughs outside when there are tears in his heart has mastered the art of all arts—self contro]. Youth should be careful to live on the highest plane possible. There is no other way of giving every separate action the best chance of being noble. Kant has said, “The greatest happiness is in store in the greatest action.”’ Action is the remedy for brooding, anxiety, concentration on self, exaggerated introspection. The active person has a horror of wasted effort; he has a passion for self-realization; he has an aversion for contemplation not immediately leading to resolve. Nearly every person has more latent power than he ever learn s to use. If youth realizes this and works earnestly and diligently, both manually and mentally, he cannot fail. And if youth does fail, what is to blame? His own selfishness, his own lack of prophetic vision, his failure to study human values as seriously as he studies his own human desires—all tend to lead to his defeat. But if youth equips himself with certain essentials to overcome obstacles, if he possesses moral discipline, if he is foresighted, if he is inculcated with adventure, if he exercises his mind in a logical manner, if he is sincere and earnest, and if he is unprejudiced in his ideas—then, and only then, will he conquer the new frontiers. —GLORIA KAY D2 THE 1939 — MA Tal ; Leominster’s track and field forces enjoyed a most successful season. Under the capable guidance of Coach Stanley Burnham, such athletes as Owen, Nichols, and Willard led Leominster to many thrilling victories. Dual meets were held with Concord, Gardner, Becker J. V.’s, Fitch- burg, Lexington, Marlboro, and St. Bernards. Tennis That up-and-coming new sport in our school, tennis, is very rapidly progressing. Meeting daily at the “Brite Spot Tennis Court’’, our boys, coached by Mr. Davis, are im- proving and learning more about the game. Norman Lyon is captain of the club; William Appleton, Jr. is manager. Other players are: Church, Parent, Foster, Cournoyer, Rock, Douglas, and Thurlow. Opponents they have met this year are: Fitchburg, Athol, Orange and Marlboro. Baseball Bolstered by the return of six regulars and supported by many new recruits, Coach Charlie Broderick rounded out a very formidable baseball unit. The Blue and White pitted its strength against such schools as St. Bernards, Fitchburg, Marlboro, Townsend, Clinton, and Gardner. The line up was as follows: C.—Bullard; lst base—T. Picucci; 2nd base—L. Picucci; S. S.— Smith; 3rd base—Johnson; L. F.—Fricke; C. F.—Bailey; R. F.—Farwell; Pitchers—Gordon and Grinkis. Outstanding in their play were Bailey, Bullard, T. Picucci, and Johnson. Class Ballot Boy Girl Robert Bothwell Most Likely to Succeed Dorothy Martin Ernest Parent Smartest Gloria Kay Emery Hanson Most Serious Ruth Smith Louis Cocci Most Friendly Antoinette Lanza Robert Anderson Most Dependable Dorothy Martin William Gettens Biggest Wit Ruth Burridge John Ward Most Popular Dorothy Martin John Ward Most Engaging Smile Dorothy Church Earl Johnson Neatest Claire Bissonnette Wallace Cunningham Best Sense of Humor Frances Willoughby Earl Johnson Best Dressed Nancy Mills Warren Smith Best Athlete Yvonne Fife John Ward Best Looking Loraine Drury 53 THE MA Warren Smith Thornton Willard Avery Cousins Donald Albrecht Vincent Longo Clyde Davis Frank Foster Anthony Angelini Robert Garrity Elio Torcoletti Robert Bothwell Louis Cocci Warren Smith Winthrop Wiles Chester Ricker Anthony Angelini Roderigo Caffoni 1939 Biggest Heart Most Punctual Most Courteous Most Gullible ‘Most Determined Most Pessimistic Most Optimistic Best Dancer Most Sophisticated Most Tempermental Best Orator Best Personality Biggest Flirt Prettiest Teacher’s Pet Class “Jitterbug” Class Artist Prologue to Macbeth IDES Claire Burns Mary DiMassa Jane Beers Aljice Jeknovarian Gloria Marquis Janet Ray Marjorie Duval Eva Glasheen Gloria Kay Claire LaFray Dorothy Martin Kathryn Welch Louise Casey Norma Peterson Mary Robinson Elizabeth Hood Gertrude Buskey (Spoken before the curtain by Dorothy Martin on the night of The Senior Play, Thursday, April 27, 1939.) Tonight, when threats of war hang o’er the world And more than one dictator’s sword is bared, We welcome you to witness on our stage The rise, the bloody reign, and wretched fall Of one who Jikewise sought a ruler’s throne. For though our present day is far removed Through centuries from honored Shakespeare’s time, The truth that spelled the ruin of fell Macbeth Is still a truth, and more a truth, today: Stern Justice and relentless Fate decree That evil still shall pay its penalty, That Heaven’s vengeance shall at last descend On those who stain their hands with human blood And wield a tryant’s staff o’er throngs oppressed. This is the thought that by our drama now We shall with ancient art strive to convey; And you who graciously attend we beg Kindly to hear and gently to judge our play. —Ernest Parent 739 D4 CLASS POEM A Song otelates The song was old, an old, old song, And oft it had been sung; And yet the voice that sang it now, A voice so clear and young, Made every tone a newer tone, A melody sublime, That swelled and echoed through the hall Like notes of a silver chime. Far down the vaulted hall it rang Like notes of a silver chime; But far beyond my soul was borne, Far down the Halls of Time. My spirit glimpsed a brighter world, A distant future day— When through the mist of dream I heard A voice that seemed to say: “They’ve given you a song to sing, The song of Life, my Lad,— A melody that’s beautiful, Though strains of it are sad; And though it is an ancient song That from the primal day Mankind has sung, still you in turn Must sing it your own way. ‘So learn to sing it well, my Lad. It’s not an easy song; But you are young; so let your voice Ring out and echo long. For though the song was written well, Men oft have sung it ill. But mind:—Life’s what you make it, Lad; So make it what you will.” ——Hirnest L. Parent, 39 Or OT THE MA 1939 THE 1939 MA CLASS SONG Here it stands; a vibrant stem With face uplifted, unafraid, Ready for the final test Of conquering its kingdom best. If it does in this succeed O’er all its conquerors—the weed, The weather, and the temperature; Then t’will blossom oh! so pure! Just like the bud with battles won We feel so proud of what we’ve done. The hour has come. We start once more For unknown islands to explore. The wonders and the new frontiers Which life has placed among us, peers, Must be to search for, and to find Our happiness—that peace sublime! —L. Comeau ’39 56 THE 1939 MA JOKES Mr. Donnelly: If you had a piece of wood 16 ft. by 6 ft. by 11% inches, how many board ft. would you have? Pupil: I don’t know. Mr. Donnelly: But that’s a 2nd grade problem. Pupil: That’s all right; I skipped the 2nd grade. —TIn School ere ok ee Famous Last Words You incur no obligation when you mail the coupon. Barbers everywhere recommend it. Pull over to the curb. Please pay the cashier. Would you care to leave a message? Thirty days’ free trial. Must you go? Guess who this is. How many minutes till the bell? — Urchin Pe es ee a A Yankee was on a walking tour of Scotland. Snow had fallen and he was struggling along a narrow road when he met a Highlander. “T guess I’m lost, friend,” he said. “Ts there a reward out for ye?”’ asked the Scot. “‘No’’, replied the American, surprised. “Well, ye’re still lost,” said the Scot. —Scholastic Jim: How did you enjoy your horseback ride? Jack: I never thought anything filled with hay could be so hard. —Scholastic ek? @ KK Ex I sneezed a sneeze into the air; It fell to earth I knew not where, But hard and cold were the looks of those In whose vicinity I snoze. —Student o7 ; French As She Is Spoke An American, spending a holiday in Paris, was endeavoring to work off some of his French in a Cafe’. “Carsong,” he said after a Jengthy study of the menu, “je desire Consomme Royal it un piece of pang et burr . . . no! un piece of bang.” The waiter said helpfully: ‘I’m sorry, sir; I don’t speak French.” “Very well,’’ snapped the diner irritably, ‘““SSend me one who can.” —Scholastic How True “What time do you get up in summer?” “As soon as the first ray of the sun comes in my window.” “Isn’t that rather early?” ‘“‘No, my room faces the West.” —Scholastic : ae er See ee Mary had a little lamp; She filled it up with benzine. She went to light her little lamp, And never more has benzine. —Scholastic Fair and Balmy “Your sky is much clearer than in London,” said the English visitor. ‘Sure,’ replied the New York taxi-driver. have sky scrapers here.” “We —Classmate kp?” Oko =k Daffynitions Skeleton: A stack of- bones with all the people scraped off. Flattery: 90 per cent soft soap—and soap is 90 per cent lye. —Student a THE MA 11939 Timely Warning Father (to infant son sucking his thumb): “Hey, Son! Don’t do that; you may need it when you get old enough to travel.” —American Boy ou ke cke Ok ok A La Carte A rookie soldier was passing the mess hall, and decided he would like to know what was to be served for dinner that night. “What’s on the menu tonight?” he asked the cook. “Oh, we have thousands of things to eat tonight,” the cook replied. “What are they?” the rookie asked. ‘‘Beans”’ said the cook. —American Legion Three Star Group Science Pupil: How many classes of heavenly bodies are there? Sophomore: (an ardent admirer of the fair sex): Three: blondes, brunettes, and redheads. —TIn School Sad But True Snickson: Why is an empty purse always the same? Snackson: ’Fraid I can’t tel] you. Snickson: Because you never see any change in it. —Telegram Sounds Ghostly “I believe this school is haunted.” ae W Vice “They are always talking about the school spirit.” —Telegram Prospective Employer: Do you think you know enough to be useful in this office? Boy: Know enough? Why, I left my last place because the boss said I knew too much. —Jokes Box Skee SRA @ OOK wauek ie ack Mr. Bucknell: (after a recitation on vibration) Why do bells ring? Bob H.: (stifling a yawn) Because someone is pulling the rope. —Class Room o8 “Have you still the stenographer who wrote faster than you dictated?”’ “Yes, but she’s dictating now—I married her.” — Hausfrau Young Wife: has turned gray? Husband: How can you ask? Didn’t I like you when you had blond, red, brown, and black hair? —Pointer Will you also love me when my hair Well Lined Louis: I read that a man drank a bottle of shellac. Ed: Well, he had a nice finish. —Class Room 3k Se Cee “What a sight. I don’t believe you’ve had a shave or a hair-cut for two months.”’ “That’s for the benefit of the masquerade ball tomorrow night. I’m just going to put on a green cloak and go as a cactus.” —New York Daily Mr. B.: Are you ever absent minded? Mr. R.: Well, the other day I held an egg in my hand and boiled my watch three minutes. —Class Room ES Stan.: Do you know what Rock does with empty egg shells. Bill: No, what? Stan.: He sends them to WTAG and has them re-layed. —Class Room How D’Ya Feel? ‘“‘Corkin,”’ said the bottle. ‘“‘Rotten,”’ said the apple. “Punk,” said the firecracker. “Fine,” said the judge. “First rate,”’ said the postmaster. “Grand,” said the piano. “Keen,” said the knife. “Ripping,” said the trousers. ‘Juicy,’ said the orange. “All done up,” said the shirt. —New York Daily THE 1939 — mA ee erienis of Select your graduation gift NOW while P | stock is complete. A small deposit will reserve any article ’till called for. Use Our Budget Plan Le 0 I, V1 Wi JS [ G ] , Leominster’s LARGEST Wedding and Anniversary Gift Store. rr) Sabatelli’s Jewelry Store Printing Monument Square J aa 1833 Compan ae Goodhue’s FOR GOOD FOOD “Creators of Fine Printing”’ Restaurant — Bakery Fountain 46 Main Street elms. Compliments of LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE Compliments of Leominster Fuel Company CECILE’S CORNER STORE 2 Main Street Telephone 921 Headquarters for Fancy Birds-Eye Frosted Foods Home Made Ice Cream and Delicious Pop Corn THE 71939 MA Flowers for Graduation PLYMOUTH SHOWS oes are The Florist CAREFULLY SELECTED pe 82 PLEASANT STREET TEL. 79W CA SIS Tilney, EON TE Rep Asian all heaNe Tt Select that Graduation Gift —Now— F. R. Gaudette The Plymouth Theatre 7 27 MECHANIC STREET TEL. 941 BL Mainecerece Compliments of Third Street Pharmacy HAROLD A. KILLELEA—Reg. Pharmacist a ee Turunen Motor 80,000 Prescriptions in our Files. Coach Service Compliments of BOSTON CONFECTIONERY STORE MONUMENT SQUARE FITCHBURG, MASS. 60 7 “. r Xs 3 d “a ar) i939 4 THE MA MISS L. H. S. 739 ONWARD CLASS OF 1939 Has Hearned The prettiest! The daintiest! We hope and trust you all will continue to go forward in your various fields of The best! endeavor in graduation gifts. Science and research never offered greater ; opportunities. Persevrance and hard work Bees Uecler Hon a will assure you all success. ee et rosocen Good Luck To You All Nickerson Dry Goods Store GREEN’S DRUG STORE Wachusett Shirt Company 93 Water Street Phone 1238 Manufacturers of men’s best quality shirts, pajamas, and shorts. Compliments of FULLER LUMBER COMPANY Compliments of Compliments of FAMILY MARKET eon Cae Good Shoes at Low Prices maeNTRAL STREET 26 Monument Square Telephone 785-W Compliments of QUALITY SODAS AT Gavin Hardware Gaffney’s Pharmacy Company Rialto Theatre Building 39 MECHANIC STREET LEOMINSTER, MASS. Telephone 168 61 THE “71939 MA Webber Furniture Co. Complete Home Furnishers 91 Central Street Lane Cedar Chests — Sampson Bridge Tables Rembrandt Lamps — Make ideal Gifts On Parade Shulton’s Early American Toiletries scented with Old Spice. 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Compliments of FRANKEL'S A Complete Line of Se COATS - SUITS - DRESSES Home of Laundered Coal “No Dust - No Dirt” On Monument Square Ly Yeu Compliments of HL Ina Aas WY ateroff Beteacl Tee ARN 90 MAIN STREET QUALITY Satisfaction Lubin Clothing Co. Where satisfaction is certain LADIES’ AND MEN’S WEARING APPAREL Congratulations a F. A. Whitney Best. Wishes to The Class of ’39 Carr lage Co. Serving the youth of the Nation y y) N IxOn S since 1858 Drug Store w THE REXALL STORE 41 Main Street Tel. 340 WATER STREET 64 Compliments of PYROTEX LEATHER COMPANY Compliments of H. A. Draffin Roofing Company 73 LANCASTER STREET Compliments of F. T. PLATT COAL COMPANY 19 Main Street INSURANCE Wim. A. Putnam Co. F. W. Banister, Manager Phone 57-W Leominster, Mass. Compliments of Brockelman Bros, Inc. “THE MARKET ON THE SQUARE” Modern Steam Laundry 97 WATER STREET Where the thrifty housewife does her shopping Leominster, Mass. Tel. 1835 If you spurn ordinary milk try Compliments of CLOVER HILL Chocolate Milk - Vitamin D Milk eteeern CLOVER HILL Aes RESTAURANT Clover Hill Farms, Incorporated Lincoln Street Tel. 1273-W 65 THE 1939 MACHR FITCHBURG BUSINESS COLLEGE For nearly fifty years this Institution has been training Leominster young men and women and assisting them to remunerative situations; many of them have risen to high executive positions. Thorough instruction in all essential business and secretarial subjects. Rapid and practical system of individual advancement. FITCHBURG BUSINESS COLLEGE Fitchburg, Mass. Pelee Compliments of Leominster Federal Cluett, Peabody Co. INCORPORATED Savings and Loan Association a. pies. of tS EN bere 12 MAIN STREET 66 THE 1939 MA Professional Directory New Foster Bldg. Tf @ ZI GZ | (bea? B Li @ A ‘fellar’ needs to look his BEST for graduation activities. Shapley s Airy cl CLS Will give that assurance We lead in SUITS - TOPCOATS - HATS - SMART SPORT TOGS SHAPLEY BROS. 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LL.B. degree, prepares for bar examinations and Law practice. Entrance requirement, 60 semester hours of college credits. COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM—day and evening courses, B.S. in J. degree, 120 semester hours (including 60 semester hours of Liberal Arts and instruction in all phases of Journalism). COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION—day and evening courses, B.S. in B.A. degree, 120 semester hours (including 60 semester hours of Liberal Arts) accounting, advertising, business management. GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LAW— 1-year evening course for LL. M. degree and higher professional standing. For LL.B. graduates only. Late-Afternoon and Saturday Courses for Teachers Special Summer School Courses Day and evening duplicate sessions All departments co-educational Combined faculties represent cultural and professional instruction of high quality and recognized achievement Call, write or phone CAP. 0555 for catalogs COLLEGES LAW SCHOOLS SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR Derne Street Beacon Hill BOSTON, MASS. 71 1939 THE 721939 MAF tutogeaphs Sixty-ninth Anal Gonmmencement Lrercises of the Leominster Senior High School Class of nineteen hundred and thirty-nine Wednesday Luening, June 21, 1939 Municipal Building eight o’rlork « jdrogram � Overture—“Triumphal March” from Sigurd Jorsafal (Edward Grieg) L. H. S. Orchestra Processional—“Marche Romaine” (Gounod) L. H. S. Orchestra Invocation The Reverend George A. Mark Song—“Serenade” (Toselli-Treharne) Louise Casey, Jane Beers, Mae Hartwell, Elizabeth Hood, Margaret Pickford, Nancy Mills, Marjorie Killelea, Loraine Drury, Marjorie Duval, Dorothy Church, Dorothy Lowe, Evelyn Mager, Phyllis Han- cock, Marjorie Thurlow, Eleanor Bonville, Juliette Allain, Fern Hardy, Dorothy Harris, John Ward, Wilmot Weeks, Ernest Parent, Walter Russell, Wallace MacKinnon, Wallace Cunningham, Thomas Houde. Essay—New Frontiers in Industry Lorraine Comeau Presentation of Class Gift John Ward, President of the Senior Class Acceptance for School John Cummings, President of the Junior Class Class Poem—A Song of Life Ernest Parent Clarinet Duet—“Rondo” (Kuhlau) Hugo Padovano, Sumner Whitestone Essay—Medicine and Medical Research Ernest Parent Song—“Tales from the Vienna Woods” (Strauss) Marjorie Duval Essay—Ideals for American Youth Gloria Kay Award of Prizes ; Principal Dwight S. Davis 1. Mayo Prizes in Latin. 2. Mayo Prizes in Mathematics. 3. Mayo Prizes in Commercial Subjects. 4. Nixon Prizes in Chemistry. 5. Prizes in French elvett by “a friend” and the L. H. S. French Club. 6. Prizes in German given by “friends.” 7. Prizes in Italian given by the combined Italian Clubs of the city. 8. Prize in Music given by “a friend” for outstanding contribution to the musical program of the school. 9. Class of 1913 Prize for diligent application during the senior year. 10. Class of 1922 and 1929 Prize in Athletics and Scholarship. 11. Class of 1932 Prize in English. 12. Washington and Franklin (S. A. R.) Medal in United States History. 13. Rensselaer Medal in Mathematics and Science. 14. Good Citizenship Pilgrimage Medal given by the local D. A. R. 15. Raymond C. Comerford Citizenship Prize. 16. DeMolay Prize for notable achievement in the Citizenship Cur- riculum. 17. Becker Scholarship Key for proficiency in Secretarial Studies 18. Fortnightly Club Scholarship. Presentation of Diplomas The Honorable Sidney E. Bell Chairman of the School Committee Class Song—“The Bud” Senior Class Words by Lorraine Comeau—Music by Nina Bisceglia Recessional—‘‘Coronation March” (G. Meyerbeer) L. H. S. Orchestra Class Colors—Purple and White. Class Motto—Ambition Has No Rest. The ushers, selected from the Junior Clas, are: Anthony Amico, David Bassett, Richard Bergeron, Nancy Binns, Joseph Borden, Raymond Bouvier, Donald Church, Gerard Cournoyer, Anna Coyle, John Cum- mings, Gina DiNardo, George Emmerling, Thelma Falk, Lillian Grieh- shammer, John Grinkis, Marie Houde, Ruth Johnson, Hazel Kingsbury, Arthur Lane, Erna Lawton, Lloyd Mann, Everett Mosher, Maurice Per- reault, Edmund Potter, Gunnard Reynolds, Thomas Rock, Raymond Rossner, Earl Seward, Charles Smith, Jack Tata, Rena Toni, William Tracey, Edith Westine. Junior Class Adviser: Marie Concordia. « Donald F. Albrecht Juliette F. Allain Ralph E. Anderson Robert A. Anderson Beatrice L. Andrews Frederick D. Andrews, Jr. Anthony P. Angelini Joseph F. Auffrey Vincent J. Bartimo Jane Beers Marguerite C. Benoit Angelina Bilotta Nina M. Bisceglia Claire L. Bissonette Hleanor M. Bonville Robert L. Bothwell Arline A. Boudreau Jeanne N. Boyden Norma C. Brown Robert L. Bullard Claire B. Burns Ruth J. Burridge Gertrude E. Buskey Rodrigo G. Caffoni Antonio P. Caiazzi Bernard A. Capone Louise Casey Dorothy H. Church Grace Ciccone Louis W. Cocci Ruth M. Coleman TLorraine A. Comeau Raymond A. Comeau Leo J. Comiskey, Jr. Avery B. Cousins Francis R. Crane A. Wallace Cunningham Alfred W. Davison Arthur J. DeCarolis Louis DePasquale Mary M. DiMassa Louis G. Donais H. Loraine Drury Marjorie A. Duval Robert W. Eaton Wleanor M. Farwell Francis R. Farwell Yvonne L. Fife Tola M. Firmani Ruth C. Fischer Roland A. Fontaine Deane C. Foster Frank M. Foster Richard F. Fricke Dello B. Funari Benedict Gargulinski Jeannette F. Gariepy E. Robert Garrity Howard W. Genano Gabriel P. Gentile William J. Gettens Edward E. J. Gillis Fonors Honorable Mention Glass of 1939 Eva M. Glasheen Janice M. Goodale Gertrude M. Gopfert Francis P. Gordon Frederick Gordon Paul R. Grammont Ruby E. Green Natalie F. Greeno Marjorie L. Grossi Theresa A. Haire Phyllis M. Hancock P. Emery Hanson Fern I. Hardy Dorothy E. Harris Grace A. Hart Mae P. Hartwell George E. Hersey Dorothy I. Hirst Paul C. Holzhauer Hlizabeth I. Hood Dorothy A. Hopkins Thomas R. Houde Robert H. James Augustus A. Jancaitis Alice J. Jeknovarian Warren I. Johansson Earl A. Johnson, Jr. Ruth C. Johnson Richard C. Julian Gloria A. Kay Lois M. Kendall Marjorie M. Killelea Nelson H. Kouns Oscar R. Kramer Claire M. La Fray Janice S. Lane Antoinette M. Lanza William R. Laprade Vincent J. Longo Enda B. Loughlin Dorothy L. Lowe Norman W. Lyon Wallace R.MacKinnon, Jr. Lyman H. MacPhee Evelyn L. Mager Dolor M. Mallette Mary F. Mammone Manfredo M. Manzello Russell A. Marcy Gloria F. Marquis Dorothy L. Martin Emidio V. Martini Anna A. Massoni Aldo J. Mazzaferro John S. McCaffrey Beverly A. McCann Gilson C. McKenney Madeline Melanson Clarice Mercier Nancy E. Mills Rachel Miner Claire M. Murphy � F, Marjorie Murphy Raymond F. Nichols Phyllis M. Nolan Salvatore J. Novelli Eugene J. O’Brien T,, Rita O’Mealey Norman Oozoonian Ann E. O’Toole Charles E. Owen Hugo S. Padovano Elmore C. Palmer Hrnest L. Parent Doris M. Pelkey Edgar A. Pelletier Ruth J. Peters John G. Peterson, Jr. Norma Z. Peterson Mary Piano Margaret L. Pickford Arline EH. Pierce Louise L. Plette Warren E. Polley Doris L. Powers Janet M. Ray Chester F. Ricker Richard C. Roberson VMary C. Robinson Nancy E. Roche Elizabeth J. Rodgers Walter E. Russell Francis T. Seifert Alfred L. Shattuck Charles E. Sheehan Joseph F. Siciliano Arthur J. Simard Ruth E. Smith Warren A. Smith Valerio C. Spinelli Rose L. Steinmetz Charlotte M. Stewart Florence M. Tata Kendall Taylor Vernon V. Temple Marjorie Thurlow Elio D. Torcoletti Vivian P. Tourigny Doris C. Tuttle Donald F. Vorse Anna I. Ward John A. Ward, Jr. Osborne T. Watkins, Jr. Wilmot L. Weeks Kathryn Welch Sumner Whitestone Paul W. Whitney Winthrop R. Wiles Thornton W. Willard Frances E. Willoughby Beverley L. Wilson Bernard C. Wood Edgar R. Worthen Jack W. Yager « Claes Sony � | THE BUD Here it stands; a vibrant stem With face uplifted, unafraid, Ready for the final test Of conquering its kingdom best. If it does in this succeed O’er all its conquerors—the weed, The weather, and the temperature; Then ’twill blossom oh! so pure! Just like the bud with battles won We feel so proud of what we’ve done. The hour has come. We start once more For unknown islands to explore. The wonders and the new frontiers Which life has slaced among us, peers, Must be to search for, and to find Our happiness—that peace sublime! —Lorraine Comeau ’39. CLASS OFFICERS President—John A. Ward. Vice-President—Dorothy Ae: Martin. Secretary—Louis W. Cocci. Treasurer—Kathryn Welch. Class Advisers—Elizabeth C. Morrill; Charles B. Broderick. Class Marshals—Grace A. Hart; Earl A. Johnson, Jr.