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

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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-

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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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MGlass of (4 y OFFICERS ABELLE HIL1, Secretary OBERT LECLAIRE, Treasurer ing a girl, Evelyn Bergstrom, as president. Seldom had a girl been a class president, but after all, we saw no reason to be too conven- tional. The other officers were Vice-presi- dent, Jack Hayes; Secretary, George Galla- cher; and Treasurer, Bob Kruger. Dot Lambert and Pat McGrath were our rep- resentatives on the cheering squad. Nine of our girls joined the Hockey Squad and one, Peg Norton, actually made the first team. Eight boys went out for football, forty-five of us joined the Dramatic Club, and twenty-one girls became members of the Glee Club. our representative on the Keflectorette and Jack Hayes on the Reflector. Peg Norton and Dot Lambert were the only Freshmen accepted for places on the girls’ basketball team. We honored the boys’ basketball team by lending George Gallacher, Paul Aubin, and Billy Murphy. We were proving that we intended from the start to take an active part in school affairs. Evelyn Bergstrom was “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” so the saying goes and thus on a cold December night, the Dramatic Club held its skating party and Freshmen initiation. Who will ever forget Ray Lavallee’s efforts to talk Mr. Beaton into a vacation or George Gallacher’s proposal to Miss Grogan?