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

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HOWE H IGH YEARBOOK Wflemofzim First day in high school . . . footloall games . . . Mr. Locke . . . the football banquets . . . stuttering over some memory passage from Shakespeare. . . X, Ye olde gym classes with the thermom- QCA eter in the gym at 2 below zero . . . Tues- U5 sy X day morning assemblies . . . our Junior N, X Prom . . . The auction we held in our -,GGN Qsfg Mx Junior Year . . . Tri-Delta luncheon Quai? meetings . . . our Senior Play . . . The 'iii SN-'Q' Victory Hop . . . our Junior year with s I Mrs. Sampson . . . chewing gum through :QT x TJ the strictest classes without being - x --1-4------- caught . . . no school days and vaca- s tion . . . football practice with Mr. In- 'T graham . . . Cheerleading . . . class meetings . . . Chelmsford football game of 1945 .... Mr. Locke's math classes . . . decorating the hall for last year's graduation class . . . being an office girl . . . after school sodas in the drug- store . . . Mrs. Greenwood's cooking . . . the usual brisk run for the bus in the morning . . . being awarded our high school letters . . . basketball games . . . Scholastic Review trip to Nantasket . . . preparations for the prom . . . Miss Baker's stories . . . school debates . . . the free-for-all dis- cussions in U. S. History . . . B. U. Test . . . playing on the first team for the first time . . .Room 21 . . . the trip to Salem with Miss O'Neill . . . foot- ball rallies . . . Boys' Show . . . Miss O'Neill's classes . . . orchestra . . . finally making the honor roll . . . air raid practices and fire drills that came during a quiz . . . Mr. Sullivan's threatening to spank us, and the outcome . . . Barnie's fun and foolishness . . . those 'ttype classes during Miss McLaughlin's absence . . . the cafeteria . . . Mrs. Sampson . . . first roller coaster ride at Canobie . . . Mr. Chittim's magnetic personality . . . secretarial training periods . . . the ar- rival of our class rings . . . working on the yearbook . . . school romances and their usual quick 'termination . . . 1 fbv. senior pictures . . . Mr. Lydon's classes --- . . . informal discussions with Mr. Locke I . . . splash parties . . . Tri-Delta hay ride i Fx ,-N i . . .Sonny Dixon's Orchestra . . . the lob- ster dinner that Father Muldoon gave us . . . trying to get into character on a cold, empty stage at first play rehearsals . . . N.. I noontimes at Howe . . . the airplane in - i the back yard . . . Miss Belcher's pa- tience with us at some rehearsals . . . ' racking your brain for a good excuse i QQ i I ' it R S for missing school ...J the detention If ' hall . . . chemistry classes and their F 2 odoriferous results . . . Howe High B A School, long may it live among our fav- orite memories! l I - 25 -

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ffluiuv 6.311195 ALICE NUSSEY has fin- ally issued a statement that she has just finished trans- lating GO-NIC WITH THE WIDOW into Latin for the younger generation. What next? The renowned traveler and journalist, ELIZABETH HARFORIJ, has just written a new book called MON- KEYS IS THE QUASIEST PEOPLE. PLACES OF INTEREST: On your list of places of in- terest to see, be sure to jot down THE O'BRIEN HAT SHOP where Dottie, a grad- uate of Howe High, models the latest creations. Across the street, TAP CHAMPLIN models Cerf Benachilli's gown sensations before all the out-of-town buyers. SENSATIONAL: MARY BARTER made the head- lines the other day when she testified in the case of the Government vs. The Boggen Company. Mary is now de- luged with offers from the picture industry to act in the movie version of this famous trial. GEORGE MERRILL, for whom the Mer1'ill apple was named last year, is now ex- perimenting with crabapples on his farm in Ohio. SOCIETY NEWS: Miss MURIEL WOODWORTH, the very charming debutante, was seen in Billerica with her famous millionaire fiance. It is rumoured that they are about to say adieu . Has anyone noticed MARY l'LOURlJE'S new four carat diamond given to her by her husband, Larry, for her first wedding anniversary? She keeps her other jewels in a vault at the bank. ELINOR WATTS, that dazzling red-head, has added another heart to her collec- tion. Can it be her smile, her hair, or her chatter which gets her all the play- boys? ' MILDRED KENNEDY is now teaching school in Miss O'Neill's place. AP, NEW YORK: DOT SULLIVAN has just receiv- ed a plaque from GLAMOUR magazine, which proclaims that her eyes are the most beautiful in the world. We could have told GLAMOUR about Dot back in 1946! ff 'f li Jqa lr QD Well, boys, BABE ZA- RELLA is still picking them! He just married Lala Maroine, who was chosen t'Queen of A. T. C. O. Oh! Well! Babe , can't say you didn't warn us! -24.- BEAUTY, INCORPOR- ATED: EVELYN HILL has recently been employed by a Boston department sto.re as a window dress model. EDITH STAPLES' Beau- ty Salon has noted a vast in- crease in business since the charming young manager herself is giving permanents. THEY'LL DO IT EVERY TIME: MAJOR JOE ZA- RELLA, U.S.A., and Miss O'Neill are still carrying on their friendly feud, which started in English IV-A, in the good old high school days. This time it is via correspondence. TALK OF THE TOWN: DONALD BARNARD, the little man who was always there when the Howe football team needed him, was seen the other evening showing his neighbor's youngsters and his own six sons how to carry the ball for a touch- down. Local papers are proud to record that JOHN MASON has been appointed a Su- preme Court judge. He will be sworn into office in a few days. VIRGINIA DURGIN has returned to Howe High as teacher of physical education. Rumor has it that CON- NIE KEW has been pro- moted to head clothes de- signer fo,r M.G.M. DANNY DeBENEDICTIS is now naval instructor of naval mechanics at the Uni- versity of Southern Califor- ma,

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