Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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CHORAL CLUB During the past year our musically inclined students have given some wonderful works ol music. At the annual Parents’ Night, the Choral Club entertained with many selections. Every- one present remarked favorably on the performance. When the Yuletide season came around, the group brightened the students’ spirits with ie potuers Assembly. The hymns and carols sounded magnificent as they echoed through the halls. The Choral Club presented a concertized version of ‘‘Carmen.’’ Solo voices were il- lustrated with the chorus behind them. ‘The original opera stars could not have done better,” students commented after the performance. Under the supervision of Miss Lucile Brown, the Choral Club has given us a year of music that the class of '49 will always remember. First Row: Left to Right—Betty Ann Gilboy, Carolyn Divoll. Second Row: Left to Right—Martha Manning, Patricia Dorin, Barbara Hurley, Marcia Lowe, Nancy McCreery, Rose Della Chaie, Carolyn Gaetz, Renda Baron, David Dennis, David Murphy, Theresa Burns, Evelyn Tocci, Elaine Mainville, Joan Pierce, Lesley Johnson, Marjorie Liehr, Peggy Beaudet. Third Row: Left to Right—Miss Lucille Brown, Dorothy Anderson, Barbara Caisse, Barbara Pinda, Grace Miner, Robert Anderson, Richard Roberge, Norman Gubber, Lawrence Fish, Ladner Carlton, Thomas Condon, Daniel Beaudet, Lucille Guertin, Phyllis Pulsifer, Phyllis Romano, Elizabeth Tyler, Dorothy Chester, Lorraine Olson, Jacqueline Jacobs, Joan Ulitt, Sheila Cormier, Nancy Ray, Herbert Fini, Raymond Landry, Norman Gallant, Helen Mason, Ann Robichaud, June Provost, Dolores Billotta, Joan Buckley. ORCHESTRA ‘Toot-toot, sqgueak-squeak, burr.’’ Praise the Lord, what could this be? Why, sophomore, you must know that today is either Tuesday or Thursday. The orchestra is ‘‘warming-up” for another one of its ‘jam’’ sessions. Finally, J. Richard Sutcliffe, leader of the band, gives a tap with his baton, and the strains of some beautiful classic issue forth into the corridors. Whether playing for the Better Speech Contest, Interclass Plays, or an assembly sponsored by the Public Speaking Class, the orchestra has been constantly rehearsing. In the spring, the orchestra participated in a Joint Concert between Leominster and Fitchburg High Schools. As the combined orchestras began to play, everyone from Leominster ; was assured that the early morning ‘‘jam’’ sessions had not been in vain. As school drew to a close, the orch estra assisted the seniors with their play, and, finally, with the one thing they had been striving for... graduation. When the last notes of the gradua- tion march had died away, everyone was assured that the orchestra had moved ‘Onward and Upward” since that first rehearsal. Piano—Betty Ann Gilboy, Marilyn Bacon, Catherine Macfarlane, Carolyn Divol. Violins—Betty Clark, Lorraine Gelinas, Norman McGrath. Horns—Pauline Porter, Shirley Schofield. Clarinets—Pauline Porter, Thurston Mansur. Saxophones— William Taylor, Dana Baggett, Roger Sawyer. Cello—John Derby. Trombones—Elliot Wheeler, Arthur McEvoy. Trumpets—Elmer Fitzgerald, Edward Davis, Elwin Buzzell, Frederick Chesborough. Drums—Dorothy Burgess, Ethel Grenfell, Richard Corliss, Marcia Morcall. Electric Guitar—Joan Irvine. Absent: Everett Osborn—Trombone. aL

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FRENCH CLUB Motivated by their genuine and pressing desire to better the welfare of the yet war-torn people of France, the L.H.S. French Club has completed one of its most active and rewarding years. At the start of the school year, an unusually large number of students expressed a desire to attain membership in the club, and thus an extensive, competent staff of sixty-eight enthusiastic participants has served to strengthen the club's prestige. Various projects are annually undertaken. This year in addition to the regular selling of football pencils, Christmas cards, and the sponsoring of a French movie, the club arranged and sold cook books. Persistent, hard work was the formula for the year, and it produced portions of financial and moral success. The boxes which were so faithfully sent to the French war orphan whom the club adopted during the peak of the war's oppression continued, and the warm thankfulness of the young Loy was payment enough for the efforts required to make them up. The meetings were held once a month at the various homes of generous students, and everywhere friendliness was in evidence. A great variety of program presentations, delicious refreshments, and excellent atmosphere was created by the occasion of each gathering. Much credit is due to Mrs. Miriam S. Bucknell, whose considerate and wise counsel has always been the very essence of the club's success. Competent officers have also executed their jobs well. The officers are president, Robert Mercier; vice-president, Sheila St. Cyr; secretary, Joyce Hemenway; treasurer, Anna Carluccio. First Row: Left to Right—George Robbins, John Hager, Chester Cadrette, Roger Sawyer, William Dunn Edward Davis. Second Row: Lett to Right—Gloria Sambito, Lorraine Lemire, Renda Baron, Betty Ann Gilboy, Joyce Hemenway, Sheila St. Cyr, Robert Mercier, Anna Carluccio, Elaine Mainville, Marion Stupak, Rita Lynch, Joan Mazzaferro, Mary Hasenstein, Mrs. Bucknell. : Third Row: Left to Right—Margaret Surrette, Jean Murray, Rita Bartoni, Barbara Gettens, Ann Rioux, Marcia Lowe, Rachel Walton, Anna Stacey, Lorraine Champagne, Lorraine Lyonnais, Edith Ali, Jeanette DiPaoli, Edward Ward, Arthur McEvoy. Fourth Row: Left to Right—John Derby, Patricia Goguen, Altobell Grenfell, Joanne Merriman, Marcia McCready, Rolande Perreault, Andrea Perlstein, Suzanne Langen, Pauline Valley, Barbara Hurley, Margaret Metros. Fifth Row: Left to Right—Grace Gauthier, Patricia Doran, Carol Lynch, Ruth Haenisch, Patricia Donnelly. CAMERA CLUB The L. H. S. Camera Club is composed of an active group of students meeting on Tuesday, during X Period, in Room 3. Mr. John H. Rogers is the faculty advisor to the club. You may see these members at various times during school, taking informal snapshots of the students or of the faculty. Not only do they take these informal poses, but they also take formal groups; such as, class officers, faculty members, club gatherings, plays, and assemblies. This club is working side by side with the Magnet Staff in getting material for the year- book. After February first, when the work of taking pictures for this year’s graduating class is finished, the Camera Club will start taking informal shots of next year’s class. In this way the members will be able to get pictures of activities during the spring and will have a varied assort- ment:for next year’s Magnet. The officers of the Camera Club are president, Malcolm Lillie; vice-president, Russell Lynch; secretary, Eleanor Burke, treasurer, Virginia Nickerson. First Row: Left to Right—Jean Lynch, Barbara Burchstead, Nancy Burke, Eleanor Burke, Carolyn Emond, Marion D’Onfro, Barbara Gettens, Mary Bianchini. Second Row: Left to Right—Virginia Nickerson, Carl Falkenburg, Elliot Wheeler, Russell Lynch, Malcolm Lillie, William Voedisch, Lorraine Gagnon. Third Row: Left to Right—Richard Guy, Wesley Lindburgh, Domenic Lisciotti. PAS