Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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HISTORY After a well-earned summer vacation, we returned to begin what we hoped would be a successful junior year. Five of our girls certainly started out well when they were honored to be selected as cheerleaders for their junior and sen- ior years. These girls were: Mary Ann Andrews, Carol -.Cavaioli, Judie Gi- rouard, Jeannie Lolli, and Donna Mau- ro. They really had something to cheer about when the 1961 football team be- came North Worcester County and Class A champions and when our basketball team finished runner-up in the Bay State Tournament. In October, 1962, our girls did it again! Barbara Welsh’s humorous talk, “On the Other Hand,” took first place in the five-minute speech contest and Donna Mauro’s speech on patriotism won third place. Sally Gavin entered the Elk’s Oratory Contest and won first prize locally and second prize in the dis- trict with her speech “How I Can Help My Country Meet the Challenge of Communism.” Our class revived a former L.H.S. tradition, the Sophomore Welcome Par- ty. On October 11, 1961, we provided a dance, refreshments and entertainment for our new sophs while we got “ac- quainted.” Our second social event, the Junior Class Spaghetti Supper, was as much fun as it was profitable. With large commit- tees for every job, we worked together to produce the most successful supper of the year, with the profit to our class ex- ceeding $300. } Our illustrious Mr. Chalk Antonucci gained honors for our class when he won the Elk’s Youth Leadership Contest in February, 1962, a prize he well deserved.

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It was with anticipation more than anxiety that the mighty “Class of °63” entered the hallowed halls of L.HS. With three successful years at M.A.G. behind us, we felt fully prepared to wel- come any challenge “on the hill.” We set out to prove our worth and our first chance came in October, 1960, when Jo Ann Murphy took first prize in the five- minute speech contest with her talk on “Juvenile Delinquency.” In February, 1961, several members of our class participated in the Elk’s Oratory Contest and Judie Girouard went on to win third prize in state com- petition with her talk, “The Challenge of Tomorrow for the Youth of Today.” Even at this early stage, our boys’ athletic ability was apparent. All sports had representatives from the Class of ’63. Dick Barry, Dave DeCarolis and Nor- man Ferrera made the varsity basket- ball team. Barry Cabana, Joe Hines, Dave Hunter and Buzz Moran won first prize in the North Worcester County Re- lay and brought back a shiny new tro- phy for the L.H.S. collection. We were also well represented by Dave De- Carolis, Bob Hudson, Bill Laprade, and CLASS Frank L’Etoile on the varsity baseball team, which became North Worcester County champs. In March, we became the envy of the Class of ’61 when we selected our col- legiate style class rings. Our last activity of the year was to elect our Junior Class officers. We voted Gary White, president; Chalk Antonucci, vice-president; Donna Mauro, secretary; and Marie Brideau, treasurer.

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The advent of spring brought thoughts of cherry blossoms to our band members as they readied themselves for their trip to Washington, D.C. for the Cherry Blossom Festival. And “Wow!” the tales we heard from those who “made it back.” Cherry blossoms bloomed again on May 26, 1962 when our class presented the annual Junior-Senior Prom, “Sayo- nara.” Again we owe thanks to Gail Buskey and all the students who worked so hard to make it a success. Even our honored advisors lent a hand with dec- orations and surely we'll never forget Mr. Cousins’s superior accomplishment in wielding a broom! ! ! June, 1962, brought the elections of our senior officers. This year the honors went to Chalk Antonucci, president; Pete Weinbaum, vice-president; Lonna Greco, secretary; and Marie Brideau, treasurer. As the graduation of the Class of ’°62 approached, we gave our services as a set-up committee at Doyle Field, supervised by Mr. Cousins; as ushers for the Senior Reception, with Donna Mauro as head usher; and as flower girls for the graduation ceremony. The flower girls, chosen on the basis of honor standing and service to the class were: Edla Asikainen, Gail Buskey, Janice Castriotta, Carol Cavaioli, Carla Ciprotti, Judie Girouard, Margaret Goetz, Carole Iannacone, Jeannie Lolli, Virginia Masciangioli, Donna Mauro, Jo Ann Murphy, Marilyn Thomas, Grace Russell. Our senior year opened with honors both scholastic and athletic. Margaret Goetz, Eleanor Hitov, Martin Moran, Karl Mahonen, and Peter Weingaum received honorable mention in the National Merit Scholarship Tests and our football team won its opening game at Nashua, 14-8. We also began the year minus one of our class- mates when Eleanor Hitov entered the freshmen class at Clark University from her junior year at L.H.S.