Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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PHYLLIS M. GAGNON “The sparkling eye.’ Phyllis Gagnon, oftcn called Phil, has taken the General Course throughout her high school career. She has been on the Honor Roll. Phil was a member of the Glee Club during her sophomore year and took part in the operetta ‘‘False Feranando.”’ She has also been a member of the Field Hockey Team. She loves to attend football and basketball games. Her favorite sports are swimming and tobogganing. Outside of school Phyllis has been a member of the C. O. H. and has taken part in many of their activities. She has many hobbies; two of them are composing songs and drawing portraits of her friends. Throughout her high school years Phil has found that English and Human Relations are the subjects which have been of most value to her. After graduation Phyllis plans to obtain a position and further her studying of singing. FREDERICK R. GARRITY “A gentleman, humane, kind.’ Frederick’s complete name is Frederick Richard Garrity. Everyone calls him “Fred” for short. That is the only nickname he has. Fred's greatest ambition is to be a good swimmer and skier. Fred has belonged to the Student Cabinet and to no other club. He belonged to the cabinet in his sophomore and senior years. In his junior year he held the office of vice-president in his home room. In his senior year he was president of the Student Council. In all his years of high school, he has studied the Classical Course. During the school year Fred played football. His favorite sports are swimming, football, and skiing. Outside of school, Fred is a sccutmaster of Troop 10, B. S. A. He works in the scout camp during the summer months. Fred considers his graduation from high school as his most memcrable experience. After graduating from high school, Fred hopes to 2att-nd The New England Aircraft School in Boston. RUTH E. GILLIS “Famed for thy worthiness.’ Ruth is better known to her friends as “‘Ruthie.’’ She has taken both the Commercial Course and General Courses. Ruth was treasurer of her home room in her sophomore year. In her junior year, she was a member of the Biology Club. In her senior year, Ruth was a member of the Speech Club and of the Posture Club. Ruth was on both the Junior and Senior Prom Committees and was an usher at the Interclass Play Contest, held in the Rialto Theatre. Ruth likes to collect pins and necklaces as a hobby. She enjoys skating, tennis, bowling, and horseback riding. After graduation, Ruth plans to enter the Convalescent Home for Children in Wellesley. 2 ANN B. GIZZI “To save your life, would nobly risk her own.” Bcing a lover of sports, Ann Gizzi has participated in all of the sports that she could in spite of working after school. Her favorite sports are swimming and field hockey. She also enjoys dancing. Ann has worked in Newberry’s as a clerk. At the present time she is employed at the New England Novelty Company. Ann has been on the Second Honor Roll every term during her junior and senior years. Although she will not admit it, she is a very lucky girl, because she has been driving her dad’s car to and from school. In the evenings she and her dad compromise on who has the car that night; surprisingly encugh, we usually see Ann with it. Her greatest ambition is to have her own beauty shop. MARIE L. GOODALE “There ts glory for the virtuous.” Marie has pursued the Commercial Course throughout her three years in Leominster High School. Her activities in school have included basketball, volleyball, field hockey, and tennis. In her sophomore year she was an agent for the ‘‘Magnet’’ and in her senior year she was both a member of the Speech Club and Health Club. She was a member of both Junior and Senior Prom Committees and was an usher for the Interclass Play Contest in her senior year. Outside of school she has been active in such sports as skating, swimming and bowling. Her favorite pastime is reading. Her favorite color is blue. Her plans for the future are incomplete.

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MARIO FINI “With hope that cheers —.’ Most of Mario's friends call him Mario. He hopes to become an engineer in the future and has been pursuing the Classical Course in order to achieve his ambition. In his sophomore year, Mario was an active member of the Boys’ Glee Club, participating in the annual concert. For the past two years he has taken part in the Interclass Play Contest. During his senior year, he has been an active member of the Speech Club, taking part in many of its activities. Mario held office as a sophomore, having been home room secretary, and again as a senior, having been elected to the cabinet. During his three years in high school his name has been frequently seen on the Honor Roll. In Leominster High School, Mario participated in interclass basketball and track. His favorite sports are football, basketball and swimming. r CECELIA M. FLANAGAN “With spirit, genius, eloquence supplied.” Cecciia’s greatest ambition is to become a laboratory technician. She is a member of the Speech Club, the American Legion Auxiliary, an Hono rary Junior Member of the Fortnightly Club, and in her junior year she was a Girl Scout Leader. She has been on the Second and the Third Honor Rolls while a junior and senior and is studying the General Course. She has served on the Junior and Senior Prom Committees. She plans to enter a school for laboratory technicians. Her hobby is collecting miniature dolls. During high school she has worked in a dress shop; she was a waitress during the summer. Her favorite sports are skiing,. skating, swimming, and fishing. The subject which she considers the most valuable is Chemistry. RUTH A. FOSTER “But sing and shine with sweet consent.” Ruth Anne Foster, known to her many friends as Ruthie, intends to enter Becker College in the fall. She plans to study to be a medical secretary. In her sophomore year she was a member of the Leominster High School Band, the Glee Club, and the Friendship League. In her junior year she was elected cheer leader not only for football games but also for basketball. She was also a member of the Friendship League both in her junior and senior years. Becaus? of her new clerical job, working afternoons at F. A. Whitney Carriage Company, she had to give up activities such as sports and plays. She has, however, participated in various assemblies and also was chairman of the Reception Committce at the Senior Prom. Ruthie’s favorite hobby is collecting souvenirs for her scrap- books. Outside of school she belongs to The Order of Rainbow for Girls, in which her office is Faith. She is also a Girl Scout, and is Drum Major and sergeant drummer of the Girl Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps. Dancing, swimming, and bowling are her three favorite sports. The subject which was of most vaiue to her was Public Speaking. ROSE FRANCIOSE “The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.’ , Rose, or ‘‘Rosie,’’ has taken the Commercial Course throughout her high school career. Working after school has limited her activities. The clubs to which she has belonged are the Speech Club, Girls’ Outdoor Sports Club, and the Girls’ Hockey Team. She enjoys all kinds of sports, especially roller skating. For a hobby, she writes letters and collects postcards and snapshots. After graduation she intends to be a typist or else a telephone operator. DORIS FRISKE “How fleet ts a glance of the mind.’ Doris Friske, better known as ‘‘Friskey,’’ was born in Leominster. During her senior year she wrote a scene for, and also took part in, the play for Tuberculosis Skin Tests. She also participated in one of the Monday Morning Sings. Her name has appeared on the Honor Roll. Her hobbies are collecting stamps and playing the piano accordian. Throughout her three years at the Senior High School she has taken the General Course. She plans to enter a hospital to train to become a nurse.

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ELIZABETH M. GOODWIN “Cheerful tn her song.” Elizabeth Marion Goodwin, otherwise known as Betty, has lived in Leominster for thirteen years. She has taken the Classical Course tor the past three years. Her favorite sports are sxiing, swimming, and basketball. She cnjoys watching football and ice hockey. She has belonged to the Speech Club, Bowling Ciub, Skiing Club, and was in her sophomore year a member of the “Magnet’’ staff. In her sophomore year she participated in the Interclass Play Contest, in which she received third place for her acting. She plans to iurther her studies at Boston University, where she will take the Medical Secretar.al course. FLORA S. GOULD “IT am out of humanity's reach —.’ ‘Flora Dora,’’ as she is known by her friends, is ambitious to study nursing. In her sophomore year she studied the Commercial Course, and then she studied the General Curriculum in her junior and senior years. Her name has frequently appeared on the Honor Roll in her senior year. Flora’s favorite pastime is attending plays and movies. Her favorite actor is Errol Flynn; actress, Barbara Stanwyck. Her hobbies are collecting pictures of movie stars and snapshots of friends. While attending school she worked part-time doing housework. She also worked afternoons at Lilton and Cook’s. Her favorite subject is English. Ice skating, baseball and volleyball are her favorite activities. ’ HENRY J. GOULD “Expert in the duties of his place.” Henry Gould first saw the light of day in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on November 23, 1923. He attended the Lancaster Street School for one year and then changed to Lincoln School for five years. He entered Junior High School, and, while he was there, he was a member of the Patrol Club and of the o rchestra. By some twist of good fortune he made the Second Honor Roll. In 1939, he graduated without too much trouble. When he entered high school he went out for the football squad and the track team, in both of which he received letters. In the Interclass Track Meet, he won a silver medal in the high jump. ‘‘Hank,”’ as he is called by everyone, likes to ski, skate, and swim. His hobby is radio. When he graduates, he plans to work for a year or two and then enter the Army Radio School at Scott Field, Illinois. There he hopes to get a rating of radio technician. ‘ re a ™ MARY GROGAN “Silence gives consent.” Mary Grogan has taken the General Course throughout her three years at Leominster High School. During her junior and senior years, she served on committees for both the Junior Prom and the Senior Prom. Mary likes both Cultural French and Human Relations. She is also very interested in doing various kinds of art work. NANCY E. GREEN “To us with benignity, friendship, and truth.” Nancy or “‘Nance,’’ as she is sometimes called by her friends, has taken the Classical Course throughout her high school career. She has been a member of the Speech Club, first year: French Club second and third: Decoration Committee for Junior and Senior Proms; Press, Camera, and Ski Clubs, senior year; and orchestra for three years. Outside of school she is a member of the Y.P.R.U., Junior Alliance, of which she is president, and the Senior Scouts, of which she is secretary and treasurer. She also belongs to the choir of the Unitarian Church. Being able to play both violin and piano, she has played for many organizations. At a girls’ camp she was assistant councillor. Also she has worked in Green's Drug Store. Her favorite sports are skiing (especially) , swimming, sailing, horse- back riding, and camping. She plans to further her education either at Miss Bouvé’s or at Colby Junior College, N. H., in order to train for a physical’ education career.