Burnham High School - Embur Yearbook (Northampton, MA)

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TATISTIES 01444 All IUNIOR YEAR At the beginning of our successful lunior year Stevie Mandeville was elected President. The class had grown to the sum of 44 members from many different states. Lynn Ianelle was our Secretary and Carla Grissman our Treasurer. Mrs. Myrick, after serving the Burnham faculty for several years, has now left us. Her last year was spent as the Iunior advisor. Ioan Halliwell and Sally Foraker were our Student Council members and Happy Laird, Dot Masher and Carla Grissman represented us on the Pep Squad. We man- aged several extra-curricular events which contributed to the treasury of our class, the first of them being a nylon raffle. We gave also a beautiful fashion show with models from our class and dresses from Alberts. Next, our record raffle was very successful. Our most important event, of course, was the Iunior Prom. We entitled it the Spring Soiree and decorated the ball around the theme. We encouraged our dreams and wishes by having a wishing well at the prom. The Iuniors contributed enthusiastically towards the graduation and lantern service which ended our Iunior year. Many tears were shed but we knew we would be back next fall to see old friends, maybe new ones, and best of all reach the peak-mighty Seniors! SENIOR YEAR We are the class of '47. We have anxiously awaited this eventful day. We elected, after very careful consideration, Lois Gothow for our President, Iudy Adaskin for Vice President, Mary Fong, Secretary for the second consecutive year, and Sandy Trunz, Treasurer. The Student Council is represented by lane Thompson, Anne Cummings, loan Hallawell and Stevie Mandeville. This has been a very busy year. First, those graduation pictures. We have written and compiled the year book, have ordered the class rings and keys, and now are all working towards our Senior dance which this year will be unlike any other year. This year we chose to exclude the underclassmen since the capacity of the ballroom did not permit their attendance. The most important event of this year is graduation. This is the first time we walk down the aisle in a long white dress! How proud a moment, yet very sad. College is another very important issue in our lives this year. Good luck to all for our years to come! Mrs. Peters has been our advisor and we feel indebted to her for her advice and patience with us. Thank you, Burnham, for being our home this past wonderful year. We love you! 41

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SENIUH Glau FRESHMAN YEAR Believe it or not, the class that now has sixty-four members started off with only three! Mary Peason and Anne Marie Wolcott have left the class to join our sister school, Stoneleigh. Cindy Fuessenich loyally supported the class until this year. After Christmas vacation, Ioan Halliwell came in, adding a fourth member to the class and has been with us ever since. Miss Otteson was our class advisor. That year, Anne Marie sang her way into our hearts, bragged about her brother, lohnny, at Dartmouth lwhat a brother, by the waylll. Cindy made mole faces at Gracie, and loanie had roommate trouble. We had rating cards instead of points off and almost always We seemed to get an A or B, although once in a while we'd slip down a few grades. We had fun, but looked anxiously forward to our Sophomore year. SOPHOMORE YEAR This was the year that the Class of 1947 showed and promised Burnham what the future held in store. Eight surviving Seniors joined Ioanie and Cindy, and the class of twelve members led by Lynn lanelle, Ioy Kinney, Happy Laird and loan Phelps, progressed with spirit and determination. Our Sophomore dance gave us our first and final glimpse of Williston except for a few courageous individuals. We raised money by sweater raffles, selling food and war stamp sales. Lynn's doll was a great success! We were conscien- tious lout also quite devilish. We will now disclose that Brownie, Happy, loanie and Lynn were among the people who were responsible for Mrs. Hefter's misery. loy, Evie, Phelpsie and Trunz did nothing to make life easier for Mrs. Snyder. Looking forward to their great Senior year, Hap and Brownie wrote the class song. We could hardly close without recalling Ioan's and Lynn's Williston affairs, Happy's masculine paragon Bud and her poison oak, Brownie's fanatical interest in surgery lwhich included the careful study of twenty novels with colored illustrationsl, Phelpsie's interesting view from her Window, loy's beautiful room, and Myrna's devotion to Greenfield. Senior week, finals and our Sophomore year were soon all a thing of the past. 40

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SENIOR Glafu lla Now, Miss Cornfield, will you tell me the secret of your success? You Were excellent as Tizzie, in Tin Can Alley! Could it be the influence of your high school career? Well, I was very interested in a dramatic course I took in my high school days. Not really a dramatic course, odd name, Dance Major. How well I remember! Dance Major! Funny, we had a course like that at the school I attended, Mary Burnham. Don't tell me . . . but . . . I thought I recognized you! Aren't you Pat? ' Marjie! Imagine your interviewing me for 'The Timesl' Brings back those days at Burnham! How've you been? Never mind that! Grab your coat, there's a reception at the Gabey's, You remember Dot, don't you? Well, she's famous now, three sets of triplets! The entertainment will be good. Betty accompanies Cynthia and Gretl. They are touring the states now, Billy Rose is their manager. Later on we are going to the grand premiere of 'Incisionf Bunny's production, starring jewel, lane, Sally, Cozy and Nat. Burnham gals have done well, it seems! l..et's be on our way. CLater at Dot's and Marty's. Dot is dumping the dirtl . . . and what's more, Arthur Murray will be here as soon as he has finished taking a dancing lesson from Teeter. You remember Brownie, my former roommate, don't you? She'll be over as soon as she picks up the Nobel Prize. Shes just perfected a cure for urgaphobia, for which Miss Fuller is duly grateful. Speaking of this and that, did you know that Natalie and Lynn are trying to push a bill through Congress allowing Prep school girls to Come and go as they please! Carla has begun her campaign to improve French-American relations. This you'll enjoy, girls. Conkie and Maggie have just completed the training of 'StelIe, Ir.', their protege pony. I hear he is now eligible to enter the races at Sara'- toga. judy is up against protest. It seems the public does not go for her series of lectures, 'why we need cleaner transportation from Northampton to Springfield' She's a social worker now. Wait until you hear! Halliwell has just announced her engagement to one of her psychology students. His name, it seems, is George, and he knows all the answers! The Swenson's daughter, Matilda, has been chosen sweetheart of the boys at N.Y.M.A., which is run by the Pohle's now. Stevie has gotten herself a new hat, which is the cause of rnany a feminine flutter. Happy is nursing girls back to normal at the Burnham infirmary, and has just heard from Lucy, who is keeping medical records for Concord's seven busiest doctors. Oh! Did you hear about Liz? She and Enstien are working hand in hand on some secret theory. Mary and Dexter now enjoy the tea in China, but are finding chop sticks rather difficult to manipulate! They say the Soldiers of Fortune are dashing! Evie, joy and Mimi run the State Street Fruit Store now, and Ie-anne teaches dance tech- niques. But, 'nuff said! Come, or we'll be late for the play. We're meeting Evie, Ed, Teddy and Eddie there! Stop, you're confusing us! Let us be gone. 42