St Augustine High School - Saintsman Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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enior Cfada .jvliafory September 1953-A faltering and uncertain group of Freshmen entered St. Augustine l-ligh School. From this eventful day their class history begins. Many new things were learned in the Freshman year and we took our first strides toward manhood. Through the years our strides steadied and became more sure. As we grew into manhood, we realized the great honor -of being Saintsmen and our tremend- ous duty to fulfill all that the name implies. The strength and spirit of the class became evident in the fall of our Junior year, when we became the backbone of one of Saints' greatest teams under the able coach- ing of Mr. Carter and Mr. Galirido. A hard hitting line of tackles: Neal Rountree and Charles Cunningham: guards. Jay Elson and John Meulmester: Gabe Romero and Tom Oppenheimer with Dick l-lammes at center and To-m Valverde at end: followed by the hard running half-backs Dick Neely and Joe Albright and quarterback Tony Gianformaggio which gave promise to a great Senior year. Marcus Bacling and Mike O'Connor, defensive end, gave real spirit to the team this year. John Luna, Ray Ratelle, Jay Elson, Bob Ekhaml and Sam Galasso showed true Saintsmen ability in track, while Wendell Fleet, Larry Shea, John Shea, Mike Pflaum and l-lilbert Mercado put in their appearance on the baseball diamond and Tom Valverde, Jim Suda, Jay Oliver and Wendell Fleet contributed to a truly great basketball team. In student government, two names are outstanding, Thomas Valverde, our A.S.B. President, and Richard Neely, A.S.B. Vice President. June I956-For the first time in the nineteen year history of California Boys State the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor were held by the b-oys from the same school much less the same city. Dick l-lammes was elected Governor and Tom Val- verde elected Lieutenant Governor. Boys State sponsored by the American Legion, is an annual program taking in outstanding high school juniors from all over the state and teaches California Government by actual participation. The first California Scholastic Federation in Saints' history was installed in Febru- ary, and the newly elected officers were Dick l-lammes, President: Tom Valverde, Vice President and Tony lagmin, Secretary. In our junior year we saw Hernando Li mon win the gold medal for studies and Robert Ekhanl, for religious essay. Tom Valverde in liberal arts and Dick l-lammes in science and math wcre awarded certificates of achievement by the Bank of America. Michael Pastore won First place in the Science Fair in electronics for his solar bat- tery radio and John Sullivan entered his Van de Graff Generator. On the 27th of April, John Fait, Mike Past-orc, l-lernando Limon, John Flanigan, John Coker, Wally Grauzinas, and Mike Brooks represented Canada in the second An- nual U.N. Conference held at State College. ln the field of Journalism Mike Pastore was Editor in Chief of the Newspaper: Jo-hn Flanigan, Editor in Chief of the yearbook: John Fait, Personals Editor: Charles King, Assistant Personals Editor and Bob Eknaml, covering intermurals. 2 7 i

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Joseph Nicholas Albright 3902 Alameda Dr. Little Joe he is called, but anyone who has seen hirn on the gridiron knows he is tough , . . came to us from St. Louis in his soph. year . A . has done his part as a Saintsman . . . has played intramural sports and enjoys parties . . . usually seen punching his way through Sheehan l-lall , , . will study law after six months with the Marines Enrique Roja Aldrete Ave. C 440 Tiajuana, B.C., Mexico Kiki a newcomer to Saints from Juan Diego School . , . ln his only year at Saints he has made himself liked by all with his everlasting smile . . . is famous tor his care-free stance in speech class . . . a real fan of the art of the Matador . . . came to school joyous the day the new bull rinq went up in Tijuana. s m . 28 Marcial Garcia Acosta 4l66 Eta Street San Diego I3, California Marcial, a quiet sort of interesting gentleman, has attended Saints for four years . , . has been a stage crew member for three years . , . and ac' tive participant in Intramurals . . . likes hunting . . . has an excellent command of the English and Spanish tongues . . . is a good scholar and sincere l'Saintsman . . . plans to take up agriculture in Juarez, Mexico. Joseph James Abraham 632 25th St. The Gentleman with the high class automobile and the strange stories . . . loves to tell horror stories and takes pleasure in making them come true for the poor freshmen that come under his jurisdiction as a senior vigilante . . . enjoys rhythm and blues music and plans a career as a journalist. Clifford Harold Anglin 29I0 Thorn St. 'lcliff' came to us from Bcllarmine College Prep, in his soph. year , . . loves the great outdoors and scouting . , . proved to be one of the best vigi- lantes we cver had . . . wants to attend UCLA or wear sailor blues . , . collects coins, rocks, and photos . . . is quiet but can express himself well on subjects he likes. Marcus Gregory Bacling I200 Fern Ave. 'lMoco usually seen toward the end of thi- qiiartcr trying to get an A card . . , a very likable guy . . . did a great job on thc football field . .. ag has been active in intrarnurals and ran track as a soph . . . was a star cn J.V. football as a junior . 'X . . plans to join the Air Force in the tall.