Millbury Memorial High School - Aftermath Yearbook (Millbury, MA)

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ur Ct STEPHEN BEATON, Principal RAYMOND E. SHAW, Assistant Principal Katherine Bowe Helen Brown Kathleen Burns Alice Donohue Margaret Donovan Wilmar Ela Mary Grogan Harold Jannery Richard Kenary William Kinniery Paul Lacouture Margaret Marlborough Rose Massei Thomas McGinn Martin Roach, Jr. Florence Scarpaci Mary Sullivan Marie Walsh

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WILLIAM D. SHEA Superintendent of Schools STEPHEN BEATON, Jr. Principal of the High School

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September 8, 1943, was a truly spectacular day in the life of every member of the Class of 1947. The fact that the world was more concerned with the news that Allied troops had finally landed on the European conti- nent at Salerno and that the Italians had surrendered unconditionally, did not in any way overshadow our thrill at entering high school. On that bright morning four years ago, one hundred and eighteen of us strag- gled from Bramanville, West Millbury, East Millbury, the Center, and points in between. We came, for the most part, in small groups, for there seemed to be safety in numbers. We, the Class of 1947, had arrived. Our own problems were not so momen- tous as those of Eisenhower or McArthur, but to us they were revolutionary. We couldn’t find the right rooms; the high school Class istoryw . SENIOR CI GroRGE GALLACHER, President SHIRLEY Dunn, Vice-president stairway system was confusing; we weren’t sure of the bells; but such details did not dampen our spirits. We were so eager to learn and so anxious to become a part of high school life that in a few weeks we were old veterans and had settled down to our new world of High School. The election of Freshmen Class officers and cheer leaders was to us as the presiden- tial elections are to the nation. We did an unusual thing at this first meeting by elect-