Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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Norman Joseph Berube Character makes its own destiny. Norman is quite a cut-up in class but all fooling stops when he takes hold of his drum major's baton. He is one of the best drum majors F. H. S. has ever had. A jolly fellow! Basketball 2, 3, Tennis 3, 4, Dramatic Club, Band 2, 3, 4. Christo Fred Bicoules The youth of a nation are the trustees of its posterity. Chris may strike you as being rather subdued and modest at first, but you soon discover that he is very friendly and decidedly a good sport. He can always he seen before school on the second floor corridor with several other male members of the class talking over the latest occurrences. Football 2, 3, History Club 3, Intra- mural Basketball 3, 4, Dramatic Club 4. Sam John Bicoules Learning has its value. Sam, who hails from the west side, has made himself well known around school. We believe this is because of his friendly manner, which is one of his best known assets. He has been a great sport enthusiast during his years in school. History Club 2, 3, Basketball, Football 2, 3, 4. August Simon Boucher He is a man cf his own mind. Gus is a short, dark-haired, friendly lad. He played on our illustrious football team which finally won a game. Other sports besides football also interest him. He ran in the Junior-Senior Relay and also played inter-class basketball. The school was also helped by his service as a marshal. Football 2, 3, 4, Basketball, Junior-Senior Relay 3, Baseball, Track Team 4, Marshal 4. Blanche Mary Berube Noise is not necessary for success. Blanche is a quiet girl who blushes every time someone speaks to her. She enjoys all sports, especially swimming and tennis. She is also a member of the French Club. She has not as yet decided what she is going to do after graduation. Basketball 2. Constance Bicoulis The burden which is well borne becomes light. Connie is our cheerful cherub around school. You always see her with a grin. Outside of school she is seen jerking sodas and fixing sundaes at the Candy Shop. French Club, History Club 3, Dramatic Club 3, 4, Basketball, Volleyball 4. Gilda Marie Bizzotti There is no wisdom like frankness. Hark! Do we hear a voice loudly proclaiming an opinion? Gilda can be seen, by appointment, any day between periods on ways and means of solving your difficulties. With her cooperative spirit this vivacious senior has manv friends. Dramatic Club 2, Glee Club 2, 3, 4. Barbara Ethel Blake Full of mischief, a jolly good sort. For a little girl, Barbara is an active one. On her winter schedule are skiing and skating. In summer, swimming takes up her time. She just can't make a day last long enough! Whatever she does, Barbara has a good time doing it. Many a time the corridors have rung with her hearty laugh. Page 14

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Anthony Joseph Barbero Not too serious, not too gay, A good fellow in every way. Ninny's hobbies at present are airplane modeling and playinS tennis. Driving cars has a great fascination for Ninny, and he drives whenever opportunity presents itself. After school hours Ninny can be seen working in DiNinno's Market on Water Street. His chief ambition is to be successful in some phase of business. Floyd Franklin Barney The price of wisdom is above rubies. Floyd is one of our representatives from Lunenburg. This is his first year at F. H. S., but he has made many friends by his cheerful ways. This farm boy is a basketball enthusiast, and we also hear that he is quite handy with a gun. Basketball 4. Edward Bernard Barrett The manly part is to do with might and main what you can. Eddie is one of our neatest dressers. He spends his after school hours working in the Endicott Johnson Shoe Store in Leominster. Eddie may be seen patrolling the cafeteria every lunch period for some unknown reason; maybe he intends to be a policeman. Victor Phillip Bean A goodly share of laughter in his eyes. Victor may appear in school but any day he wculd rather be out in the open to do as he pleases, for he is the restless, raring-to-go type. Victor is a happy fellow who never lets anything got him down. One sport which he best enjoys is hockey, and he can put up a good fight to the finish. Cynthia Ellen Baimas Given to hospitality. Cynthia has proved herself to be a very valuable member of her class. She has played the piano for the school orchestra since she entered high school. She has also rated high scholastically and is an all around good student. Hockey, Basketball, French Club 2, Glee Club 2, 3, Orchestra 2, 3, 4, Chairman Junior-Senior Reception Committee 3, Latin Club, Round Table, Write-up Committee 4. Dorothy Sophia Ballantine The mildest manners and the gentlest heart. Dotty's eyes are like a kindled flame- so sparkling and alive, yet so warm and tender. Tt has been said that her whole personality is expressed in her eyes. This future nursery-school teacher is active in F. H. S. clubs and is also the very able president of a Christian Endeavor Society Dramatic Club, Glee Club 2, 3, 4, French Club, History Club 3, Debating Club 3, 4, Hockey, Basket- ball, Write-up Committee 4. Lauretta Claire Basque Nobility is the only one virtue. Here's a swell girl and twice as good a dancer. Lauretta is a very lively member of the senior class, who is always ready for a good time. She has her serious moments though, for she works every other week for Miss Matson in the typewriting room. Glee Club 2, Volleyball 2, 3, Basketball 2, 3, 4, Dramatic Club 3, 4. Eleanor Elizabeth Beard She will sing the savageness out of a bear. Eleanor is a very pert maid who makes all people aware of her presence. She enjoys playing basketball and loves to swim, though her diving could be improved. She participates in dramatics and enters the prize speaking contest every year. Suzy also sings and dances well. Glee Club 2, 4, Basketball, History Club 3, Dramatic Club, Prize Speaking 2, 3, 4, Operetta 4. Page 13

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Louis Gerard Boudreau A friendship that makes the least noise, Is very often the most precious. Gerard is another quiet boy. His favorite sport is track, and his hobby is stamp collecting. After graduation Gerard intends to be a painter along with his father. Raymond Victor Bourgault A ready and steady chap, He wends his way along. Raymond is one of our quieter boys. His favorite sport is baseball, and although he hasn't been able to play it in our school athletic program, he gets enough of it by playing for the Fitchburg Rangers A. A. Raymond also ran for our class in the relay of '38. Relay Team, Intramural Baseball 3, Intramural Basketball 3, 4. Eugene Joseph Bouvier A merry heart dceth good like a medicine. Gene is a happy-go-lucky lad who hails from Leighton Street- He is one of those pupils wh o make themselves seldom seen but often heard. In class and out Gene is the center of laughter and usually winds up in 201. Gene loves skating and swimming. Robert Owen Brown He %vho is honest is noble Whatever his fortunes may be. Bob is an independent person who believes in doing his own work always. He likes to argue things out to the end as he is thorough in everything. His witty sense of humor usually gets him through with no hard feelings on either side. Bob, like the average student, believes in studying, but not too much. Rita Blanche Bourgeois Her smile is like a rainbow. Rita came to us in her junior year from East Jeffrey, N. H. Her favorite sport is roller skating, and as a hobby she collects stamps. After graduation Rita plans to return to East Jeffrey and work as a clerk in her aunt's store. Dramatic Club 3, 4. Eleanor Boyle She wears the rose of youth upon her. Red is noted for her dancing ability and her shining halo of titian hair. Red's ambition in life is to become a great dancer, and she has started her career by teaching at The Hillside Dancing Studio. She also enjoys driving her Plymouth. Glee Club 2, History Club 2, 3, Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4, Councillor 4. Yolanda Marilyn Bramante The pen is the tongue of the mind. Yola's one ambition is to become a journalist like Walter Winchell. She loves to imitate his style of writing, and hence she may be seen walking cautiously down the corridor collecting choice bits of gossip for her next English essay or story. Besides her interest in writing, she is a very good piano player. History Club 3, Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4, Art Club, Round Table, Write-up Com- mittee, Class Prophecy 4. Rosamond Zelda Brooks A good disposition that gold cannot buy. Rose came to us over two years ago from Townsend, in fact her favorite saying was, Out in Townsend. Maybe Fitchburg can top that now. Hockey, Dramatic Club 4. Page 15