Burlington High School - Arrowhead Yearbook (Burlington, MA)

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ARROWHEAD 1945 CLASS SONG Twelve long years have passed away, And now the day is here To say good-bye to Burlington High And all our friends so dear. Let’s stop a while to say a prayer For all our classmates dear Who heard the call of Uncle Sam And left without a fear. So we'll go forward bold and strong To work with all our souls And with the thoughts of our own school We’re sure to reach our goals. As now to Burlington High School We say our last good bye, The memory of our high school days Will ever before us lie.

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ae ARROWHEAD Ke, ROBERT SULLIVAN “Sully” His cute laugh and clownish tricks really came in handy especially in U. S. History class. Pet Peeve: Class meetings. Secret Ambition: To be a leader of man. (Foreman of WPA) Favorite Sport: Hockey. Intention for next year: To be a C. P. O. Senior Activities: Basketball team, Class president, Dance committees. DO EPR eEPAULEWALLAGE a t0-JO- His helpful hints and artistic ability helped us out. Pet Peeve: Snobs. Secret Ambition: To be the president. Favorite Sport: Skating. Intention for next year: To win the war. Senior Activities: Poster committees, Dance committees, Year- book staff. BUT SWILES “Ruthie” We admire her ability to sleep through history class without getting caught. (Nice to sit where the teacher can’t see you!) Pet Peeve: High heels with slacks and a fur coat. Secret Ambition: To run a school with no detention hall. Favorite Sport: Skating. Intention for next year: To do something. Senior Activities: Dance committee, Yearbook staff.

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Tete i ARROWHEAD PA CILIA) TARO) ELC 7 Extra! Extra! Read all about it. New Machine invented. It is guaranteed to take you into the future for twelve hours. A group of students from the Burlington High School are to be the first to try it. They are to try to find the members of the class of ’’45’’ and see what they are doing. They are gathered around the machine now. It is set for 1965. A button is pressed and they find themselves on a street in Burlington. The old home town has grown by leaps and bounds and it is now a large city com- posed of two theaters and other important buildings which ave centered around an enor- mous dairy. These have assumed skyscraper proportions. As they walk up the street, spellbound they look in the windows of the stores and office buildings. The first place they come to is the ‘Eat All You Want Restaurant.’’ As they look through the window, they see ‘’Dot’’ McDevitt seated at a table with three small children. They seem to be very noisy and are grubbing for food. ‘’Dot’’ is telling them how she gave up a career as a model to marry their father and now he has gone to Reno and left her. Just then a waiter, Walter Frederick, appears singing “What Will You Have?”’ He is a singing waiter, the best around even though he never made radio. As a hobby he invents things and has just completed a machine that does all your thinking for you. : Wending their way up toward a theater, they see a sign reading: ‘’Come In, Special Today, Free of Charge.’’ Upon entering the lobby they find that Hollywood’s best stars are playing in a stage version of ‘The Good Old Days of '45’. Starring in the production are Dorothea LaCrosse and Joseph Wallace. By listening to people talk, they learn that “Joe” and “‘Dot’’ are man and wife in real life. After three hours of complete relaxation, their attention is drawn to manager John Sousa. This is the nearest he ever came to movie fame, and they discern that he would like to be in ‘Joe’s’’ place not only on the screen. A large crowd has gathered around the steps of City Hall to listen to the wise and guiding words of Mayor Kendall, who, like many other mayors, doesn’t practice what he preaches. The subject this time is: ‘“The Evils of the Gambling World.’’ Imagine this from aman who we all know has half interest in the largest gambling house in the country! The crowd seems to be tiring of this haranguing and moves toward a large field in the rear of the hall. Ringling Brothers have brought their first circus to Burlington, and Mary Colley, of all people, is calling out the performances that are to appear next. She has become one of the most talkative people in Burlington and finds that by being a barker for the circus, she can talk more than in any other position. As they walk through the sideshows, they see Louise Govoni, the fattest woman in the world, weighing 532 pounds. Seated beside her is Irving Nelson, who weighs a mere 85 pounds. The big show starts and the first number is a trapeze act done by Robert Sullivan and John Ryan. On roller skates, they glide across ropes which zigzag through the air. The next performance is a lion and tiger training act. The trainer is ‘‘Dot’’ McKinnon assisted by Walter Broussard. They make a tiger and lion advance together across the ring and perform many other exciting tricks. Now that the main show is over, a tour of the stars’ tents is in order. Joy Steenblik, sword swallower for the circus, is reading a letter from her husband Paul Breen. He tells