Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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——Class Peas September. October. November 18. November 30. December. January, 1934. January. February. March. April. May. June. June. September 8. September. October. November. November. November 27. Been OD.) tga —Good old Leominster’s football team’s a credit to the alma mater. The reason . . . Caisse, Sweeney, Lavallee, Surette, Turner, DeBell, and Killelea. —The boys on the gridiron are still going strong. —It’s a jinx! For the first time in two years, the football team hasn’t been on top. Gardner tied us 7 to 7. —Let me bow my head in shame. Fitchburg’s gorillas came thru with a 20-12 victory. Woe is me! —As a prelude to that much needed Christmas vacation the Speech Club (Maston and Miller, especially) made the Junior Class feel proud. == on t forgets It’s 1934 now. —Keep your chin up, Juniors. So far you’ve managed to keep on the good side of all those two-hour exams and report cards. (I hope.) —There are politicians in our midst. But breathe a sigh. Look at the results of our class elections: President Wilfred Debellefeuille. Vice-President. Marjorie Smith. Secretary. Edward Dean. Treasurer. Cecile Fife. With such leaders and with the by-words of Miss Lockey and Ted Ku- charski, watch us sail sky-high. —Gaze at this record . . . 8 out of 11 games in basketball won. Finnerty, Sweeney, and Duval held up the honor of the class of “85” in this sport. —Colossal! Stupendous! A huge success!—What? Oh, the Junior Prom. It came thru on top not only socially but financially. Orchids to all the com- mittee s and the faculty! —Let’s give credit to all those Junior warblers and crooners who gave us so much to wonder at on Thursday mornings: Fielding, Drury, Dorothy Whitney, Gerry Seaver, and Janet Wheeler. —Graduation number of the Magnet out. Members of my class on the Magnet staff are Killelea, Dean, Doris Butler, Eloise Bullard, Ruth Hart, and Ellen Gurry. —QOn the class day our class was defeated by the Seniors but we put up a grand fight anyway. SENIOR YEAR —We entered school again, this time respected and looked up to by all our inferiors. —Sweeney, Caisse, Debell, Clancy, Finnerty, Vorse, Killelea, Strayer, Parrot, Pratt, Turner, and Knox are in there making this year’s football team another promising one. —Football team has lost only one game so far. This is to Arlington, 6 to 0. —Dropped a tough game to Chelsea 9 to 7. Hard Luck! —Joseph Killelea and Eloise Bullard won first and second prizes, respectively. The prizes were gold and silver medals given by Mayor Bell on Better Speech Day. —Fitchburg goes down in defeat to the tune of 14 to 0. This makes it twice in our years that Leominster has beaten Fitchburg. 29

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—— Class Co hard things of life,—not the easy ones. lies up a mountain side scarred with ledges and bowlders. out determination, nobody reaches it. So let us perform today’s duty with a relish. 93a Determination is the by-word. Our road to success Only a few may reach the peak. With- Let us not weaken and distract ourselves by looking for things we cannot see and could not understand if we saw them. Let us form a plan and stick to it though hell should bar our way. Our courage must come from our soul. And if we win, let it be by one way, with our honor and faith flying high; and if we should lose, let us stand by the sidelines and cheer as the victors pass by. And so goodbye to our principal, a loyal friend to all; goodbye to our faculty, whose help and efforts we have yet to appreciate. So long to you Juniors and Sophomores. Farewell to all. Adios to the scenes of our winnings and failures, our loves, our follies, our fancies, our fallacies. Goodbye, Leominster High, goodbye! JOSEPH KILLELEA. 19335 Important Events in My High School Life September 6, 1932 September October 12. November 24. December 25. January 16, 1938. January January 25. Feb.—April. May. June. September 6, 1933. SOPHOMORE YEAR — 1932-33 —Oh dear! What’s ahead? Mr. Appleton spoke to us today and gave us words of warning and encouragement. Guess I need both, mostly encourage- ment. —I can’t seem to find the elevator? What interesting assemblies we have! That is, that part that I can see. Something ought’a be done about these balcony seats. Say, where would that orchestra be if it wasn’t for our class? The following members of the class of “85” play in the orchestra: M. Duval, O. Simard, G. Seaver, E. Dormin, J. Clancy, V. David, R. Vigneault, B. Hughes, F. Robertson, M. Falk, and G. Whitney. —Three cheers for Columbus! —Leominster 25, Fitchburg 0. Sweeney, a Sophomore, gets his letter. in the stands and cheer. Hoorah! —Vacation! Christmas! A week of joy before the bad newel —Bad news—report cards. What a way to start a new year! —Girls’ basketball team defeated Junior High. I guess they forgot to keep the score. —Mlid-year exams. Enough said. —Those seniors are getting more respectful all the time. improving. —Fourth term honor rolls announced. Our class boast five on the first: D. Butler, M. Jancaites, J. Killelea, E. Person, and R. Tuttle. —All over, and what’s more I passed, but oh, how close! I sit Maybe we’re JUNIOR YEAR —With a much firmer step and not quite such a pale fa ce, I’m back again at L. H. 8. Feels great not to be addressed as a little Sophie. 28

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—— Class December 20. January, 1935. January 15. January-February. March. April. April 25. May. June T. June 14. June 19. Some shuffled; some scurried; others strode; and still others ran. Avenue, Washington, D. C. in the year 1945. 772 935 =e —Christmas vacation. —Seniors elect the following officers: President. Alton Caisse. Vice-President. Marjorie Smith. Secretary. Dominic Ciccolini. Treasurer. Cecile Fife. —Senior Prom! Grand affair! One that we’ll remember for many a year. —Sweeney, Caisse, Finnerty, Kolb, Boissneau do yeoman work on the basketball team. —‘‘Finis coronat opus.” It’s our class motto, folks. How do you like it? —Decided on caps and gowns for graduation. Won’t we all look dignified? —The operetta, ‘“The Mikado,” is given by the High school musical clubs at the Rialto. Seniors: Seaver, Owens, Fielding perform in a creditable manner. Recognition for fine work must be given to the rest of the cast and to Miss Brown and Mr. Kimball. —Track teams contain many Seniors. A new system is being used in base- ball for the first time. Each class is represented by a team and then Coach Broderick selects an all star team to play a short regular season. Interest in baseball is increasing. —Our Senior Play comes through with a bang—A success in every way. Let’s give the credit to E. Bullard, E. Dean, M. Morrill, J. Longo, J. Wheeler, B. Portney, A. Altobelli, D. Whitney, W. Donovan, R. Martin, E. Dormin, W. Vorse, V. David, D. Vigeant, and G. Yule. —Last day at L.H S8:! —The day we’ve been looking forward to for many years has arrived. Grad- uation! The end, tout finis, etc.! Class Prophecy It was Pennsylvania Overhead, emblazoned in electric lights, were the names of Joe Killelea, the new dictator of our democratic U. 8. A. and his old side-kick, Bill Donovan, vice-dictator. Modest Joe, in the meantime, had secluded himself in his palatial office in the White House. He was not a recluse, however, for in his awe-inspiring presence stood three expectant figures. Joe rose to his feet and firmly leaning on his elaborate desk said, ‘It is my wish that the Class of 1935 shall hold a reunion. I want you three to locate our old classmates so that I may invite them to this social gathering. Incidentally I shall pay all expenses.” ‘Mike, you cover all the territory east of the Mississippi. When I say ‘cover,’ I mean an exhaustive sweeping of the entire East. Locate all my old classmates. The more you find, the happier I shall be.” “Manning, I suppose you want to see that girl in Paris again. However, tour throughout Europe and South America, as well as Paris. And ’Vic,’ you will take the territory west of the Mississippi; search every town, village, and city. Now, goodby to all of you and good luck.’’ I returned home, packed my clothes, and was about to depart when I remembered some- thing. I called Joe Zinna, the newspaper editor, to tell him the news of the proposed reunion and asked him to publish it.