Winchester High School - Aberjona Yearbook (Winchester, MA)

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GERALDINE H. BARKSDALE Gerry Boston City Hospital Devoted to the game of tennis . . . col¬ lects perfume bottles, dolls, and china dogs . . . A. A. . . . hopes in the near future to be a nurse at Boston City Hospital. ESTHER BLANCHARD Es Jackson Dark and bright . . . Lady Esther” complexion . . . was hockey manager . . . D. A. representative ... A. A., Thrift, Handbook, and R B . . . class basketball . . . likes knitting and rem¬ iniscing (dropped stitch!) . . . eating and walking . . . always blends things into perfect balance . . . would like to win a contest so she can retire and write. JEANINE BERANGER Nini Westbrook Jr. College Tiny, pert and efficient . . . bustling Red Cross president . . . ticket com¬ mittee, Vau-Devil Show . . . Student Council and Class Play booster . . . also a loyal orchestra violinist . . . helped nominate our present class officers . . . active ad-chaser for Abcrjona. SIDNEY C. BLANCHARD Sid Witty and whimsical . . . happily dis¬ sertates with ten-dollar words . . . po¬ ssessed of a truly great voice, and ap¬ plauded in the Vau-Devil and Class Play . . . track squad member . . . dramatics and chorus . . . hopes to marry soon . . . and to sing Pagliacci with the Metropolitan. CALVIN F. BLOMQUIST Cal Tufts Avowed hunting and fishing fiend . . . confirmed scientist . . . frosh traffic manipulator . . . has his heart set on a record breaking fish . . . quiet and studious . . . avoids women and decoys. JOSEPHINE BONSIGNOR Jo Best dressed senior . . . completely poised . . . Thrift Association . . . own clothes . . . Thrift Association . . . permanent honor roll girl . . . destined to be one of the many successful sec¬ retaries . . . graduating with the class of ’42 . . . always smiling. WARREN BOLIVAR W One of the large members of the class . . . quiet and modest . . . but has a way with Woburn girls . . . spends his spare time fishing and driving a car . . . enjoys woodworking . . . hopes to travel around the world. LILLIAN M. BOYLE Red Burdett Peppy . . . happy-go-lucky . . . from what we hear she still spends quite a bit of time in Woburn . . . A. A. . . . Prom Committee ... we hope you’ll get to Ireland someday, Lil.

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ROBERT T. ABBE Bob Union Familiar to the gridiron with kit, bucket, and stretcher . . . danced though Vau-devil . . . track . . . Abcr- jona’s explosive Advertising chief . . . a cosmopolite from ’wav btck—Europe as a Soph . . . loves the sea but heads for the army . . . perhaps as a cross- section looks to Flarvard Business School or future capital. GRACE S. AITCHISON Itchy Sincere . . . constant . . . Itchy man¬ aged a super-sophomore softball team. Class Play ticket seller ... A. A. booster . . . spends long hours learning to drive Smitty’s car . . . horsebacks . . . knits to the accompaniment of Glenn Miller ... an expert at traction splints ... a future woman in white. GERTRUDE M. AGRI Gerty Copley Obliging . . . bright . . . raven hair and smiling eyes ... A. A., Cum Laude consistently . . . Libe Club, Thrift, and Yearbook ad-getter . . . seeks a secre¬ tarial position . . . our crystal ball says she will get it. . MARY LOU ALLEN Mary Lou Mount Holyoke Gracious blonde . . . sincere and win- tome . . . edited features for R B . . . contributed to the Aberjona and the Recorder . . . smootched make-up for Vau-devil and D. A. . . . basketball and field hockey . . . will be busy with her triple hobbyhorse — music, art, sports . . . lives each day to the full— a howling success formula. FRANCES AMICO Frannie Manchester School Placid and pretty . . . orderly and de¬ pendable . . . Cum Laude, Library Club, Red Cross, and Yearbook Staff ex¬ amples of careful work . . . neat dresser . . . thinks the telephone a wonderful invention ... an artist to the core! RACHEL ARMSTRONG Rach Bradford Junior Alert . . . progressive . . . spent time this autumn as hockey manager . . . representative on Red Cross and A. A. . . . class basketball . . . member of the Science Club . . . skis, chips nails, loafs, bluffs . . . ambitions are usually six icet in uniform. THOMAS D. ARNOLD Tool Boston College An inimitable laugh ... an athletic budd . . . air-minded . . . Tom amasses collections of model planes . . . slugs around the diamond like a DiMaggio . . . has been fo ur faithful years with D.A. as both actor and crewman . . . heads for B. C. and the business world. EILEEN ARSENAULT Eil Fisher’s Charming . . . happy . . . new to WHS this year from Brighton . . . listed with D.A. and Libe Club . . . d reams of planes and a pilot’s license.

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FRANK P. BROOKS SHIRLEY A. BRACKETT Shirl Jackson Brilliant . . . breezy . . . smooth . . . has whirled comet-like through us for but two years and is our dynamo . . . A. A. Exec. Board, Prom, R B, Aber- jona Asst. Ed. . . . Perm. Honor Roll and League of Nations contest . . . varsity hockey . . . core of Vau-Devil’s best ... a memorable Elaine” . . . will fascinate Europe as top cosmopo¬ lite-correspondent . . . completely won¬ derful ! SARAH E. BROWNE Sally Radcliffe Soothed and radiant . . . hailed from Ohio ... a Cum Laude girl for three years . . . edited Exchange for R B . . . Secretary of D,A. . . . Executive Board of Science Club . . . Student Government representative . . . ’42 Vau-Devil . . . sincere . . . hopes to live to see a better world.” Frank Tufts Quiet . . . efficient . . . science and photog fiend . . . seen bending over pro¬ jector at assemblies . . . first in photo¬ graphy contest . . . Camera Club treas¬ urer . . . Science Club . . . collects guns . . . hunts ducks . . . heads for an en¬ gineer’s profession. ROBERT W. BYFORD Bob Nichols Jr. College Husky . . . not hard to look at ... a valuable addition to the football team . . . also tries his hand at basketball . . . baseball and track . . . displayed talents in Class Play and Vau-Devil . . . member of ’42 Prom Committee . . . Traffic Squad . . . not exactly a woman- hater . . . wants to find something that he can do better than anyone else. H. WILBERT CALLANAN Bert U. S. Army Air Corps Worldly . . . flirtatious . . . fiery . . . A. A.’s campaigning president . . re¬ peatedly caricatured in Boston papers among our pigskin standouts . . . official capacities include other presidencies, notably the Junior Class . . . basketball varsity squad and baseball . . . first floor traffic . . . would put all his eggs in Hitler’s basket. MARGARET CARROLL Peggy Mass. Gen. Hospital Tall and attractive . . . full of pep . . . captained second team hockey . . . avid roller-skater . . . likes a smashing game of tennis . . . always exquistely dressed . . . A. A. . . . will don white cap and gown. RITA M. CAMPBELL Art School Poised . . . petite . . . engaging person¬ ality . . . faithful member of the A. A. . . . brightened up the chorus . . . one of the elect: Cum Laude . . . adept at sketching, skating, boating . . . Dra¬ matic Society . . . refuses to divulge ambition — hmmm. RITA M. CARSON Comptometer Bus. School Flappy . . . flippant . . . hardworking . . . and continually boasting slacks . . . prefers Woburn stock to what Winchester offers . . . whirling a twirling baton is just one of many accomplishments.