Yearbook / Profile for Barbara Besse (Nichols)
Barbara Durfee Besse - “Barb” College
“A girl we’d hate to be without.”
Born: New Bedford, Mass., April 23, 1940. From: Edmund Anthony Jr. School. To: Nursing School. Ambition: To become a nurse and housewife. Pet Peeve: Getting no mail. Suppressed Desire: To drop all my books off the third floor landing. Happiest When: Fooling with the kids. Favorite Expression: “What a riot!” Salient Characteristics: Big blue eyes. Probable Fate: Scout leader.
Activities: Executive Committee 1. G.A.A. 1, 2, 3, 4. Pep Squad 3, 4. Traffic Squad 4. Honor Society 3, 4. Junior Prom Decorating Committee 3. Dance Committee 1, 2. Senior Graduation Usherette 3. Junior Orchestra 1. Girls’ Glee Club 3, 4. Chorister 4. Girls’ Basketball Team 1, 2, 3, 4. HUTTLESTONIAN Editorial Staff 3, 4.
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Profile submitted: June 28, 2003
After graduating from High School Barbara attended New England Baptist Hospital. After graduating from New England Baptist, Barbara was a RN and worked for twenty-seven years in the Coronary Care unit at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. Barbara and her husband Bob have two sons and three grandchildren. Barbara is now retired and resides on Cap Cod, Massachusetts.
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