St Agnes High School - Spires Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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SAINT AGNES' sTudenT body has always prided iTselT on The awards won annually in The ciTy- wide compeTiTion cor1ducTed by The Tire deparT- menT during Fire PrevenTion Week. This year, an excepTionally inTeresTing program, TeaTuring in an original sl4iT The various Tire hazards, To- geTher wiTh a well organized Tire drill, won SainT Agnes' second place wiTh a special award and generous comrnendaTion Trom The Tire inspecTor. ln The picTure below we see ChieT lnspecTor Henry Boone presenTing The Trophy To Lawrence OTT, The sTudenT body presiclenT. Lawrence OTT, Presidenf of SainT Agnes' STudenT Body, receives The Trophy from Chief lnspecTor Boone of The Los Angeles Fire DeparTmenT. 'A' 'lr if The annual May Procession is a loved TracliTion aT SainT Agnes'. The May Queen, Barbara Towers, who has The privilege oT crowning The Blessed lv1oTher, is accompanied by Two TirsT grade aTTendanTs, Ann JeaneTTe Ferchaud and Mary PaTricia Redmond. 49

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i a T .e ,Q yi i za Q 'ix fi 9 i 1 s i i l Michael Quinn, Chairman: Mary Teresa Egerer, Winner of Preliminary Coniesig Barbara Towers. Mary Lesfer, Mary Jane Roach, and Francis Redmond, Confeslanls. Uraturical l3UI1lESl WITH Mobilizalion for Social Reconslruclionu as a general rheme, parficipanrs in +he annual apologeiics coniesl sponsored by The Young Men's lnsfiruie, under ihe direclion of rhe Jesuil Faihers, prepared oralions on ihe subiecrs of Cafholic reconsirucrion in lhe home, ihe parish, ihe siaie, and 'rhe labor group. Mary Teresa Egerer and Francis Redmond represenred Saini Agnes' in rhe semi-finals al Loyola High School. Alfhough neifher conresiani won placemenr in ihe finals held ai Immaculaie l-learf College, 'their work was crediiable and ihe experience valuable. 48 Mary Teresa Egerer and Mary Lesler, winners of lirsf ancl second place in lhe preliminary conlesl.

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e............ ..,.,, . -sure xv ...E 3..- . . l I .. uv.. ,.- If .sd g sr lug! ll -1 5 vu I ,L Esfelle Viau, siudeni pianisf Yvonne Carruihers, sfudenf violinisf fp if av Neal Van Houfen NEAL VAN HQUTEN, presidonl ol Junior B, was The lirsl Sainl Agnes' boy lo olller his services lo Uncle Sam. Neal is now slalioned al lhe U. S. Naval Air Slalion, Squad- ron F.T. IO in San Diego. Wrife him a line. 50 SAINT AGNES' appeal lor Chrisfmas baslcels reaped a bounlilul harvesl lhis year. Each class provided several lamilies wilh Chrislmas dinners plus candy and loys lor lhe children. Erorn Eugene Bow, lhe shorlesl Ereshman, lo Joe Gannon, fhe lallesl Senior, everybody helped. 1