Leominster High School - Magnet Yearbook (Leominster, MA)

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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.

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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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Our Senior Spaghetti Supper, held on November 7, 1962, was another huge success, surely due to all the publicity it received. Led by Pete Lanza, an exceptionally spirited publicity committee, which included our little “Jazz Combo,” accomplished its purpose very effectively. After a 3-0 loss from Gardner, our football team made up for their disappointment by trouncing Fitchburg 14-0 at muddy Crocker Field on the rainiest Thanksgiving Day ever seen. The half-time entertainment included a slippery but humorous rendition of the Limbo by our band and boy cheerleaders. Coach Broderick was chosen “Coach of the Year” by the Fitchburg Booster Club and many congratulations went to our ““Choo-Choo Charlie.” Five minute speech time rolled around again and the fact that we couldn’t hold our Better Speech Contest in school didn’t phase Polly O’Connell one bit as she went on to win first place at the Ro- tary Club. Polly completed our three year winning streak with her talk on “Friendship.” The girls’ favorite sport, field hockey, had an active 1962 season. But the girls brought on their own end when they challenged the male population of our class to a hockey game. In addition to the bruised shins and sprained fingers, several of our girls looked “awful red” when the boys handed them a 4-1 defeat!