Annunciation High School - Annunciata Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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We are happy to have this opportunity to express our most sincere thanks to Rev. Father Shea for his splendid help. Throughout the entire season Father was unsparing in his time and energy to help us, and most generous with his car and financial assist- ance. We also wish to extend our thanks to Vincent Safy, who attended and was our ardent manager and scorekeeper at every game. To him we owe many thanks. In closing this article the members of this year's team who have played their last game for the honor of A. H. S., wish the future team all the luck and success possible. Games Played Total Points Brendan McDonnell ..... .. 9 67 Don Considine ........ 1 1 66 Leonard McGuire ........ 11 25 Francis Lucca ....... 11 24 Russell Slaper ,...... 10 10 john Gruber .,.... 10 9 Paul Mulhern ....... 8 8 ' BRENDAN MCDONNELL, Sport! Editor. 'Ir In addition to the Sports Editor's comment on this year's basketball team, I would like to mention a few instances that brought glory to the wearers of Blue and White. Captain Brendan McDonnell and Don Considine received honorable mention into the Catholic All-High Basketball Team for Western New York. Brick McDonnell was chosen to play with the First All-High Team, in which he was in for the whole game, and proved to be an important factor in bringing victory to the team. At the annual banquet for the Catholic Hoopsters, held in Williamsville, March 1943, Brick scored individual honors to merit first prize in one of the contests. A Regular of the City Championship Y.M.C.A. Basketball team, in the South Buffalo Y.M.C.A., Brick has upheld the name of Annunciation in clean sports. EDITOR. 61

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BASKETBALL TEAM Franz Roux' Safy, B. Mulhern, McDonnell, Lucca, Gruber. Second Roux' Slaper, P. Mulhern, Considine, McGuire, Monsignor O'Brien. SPCDRTS With the chill of the late November wind howling about A. H. S., it was a sign that winter was here again and meant that once again the hoopsters of Annunciation would be entering the Catholic High School League of Western New York. This year's Blue and White Cagers were led by Brendan McDonnell. With only three veterans returning from a great A. H. S. team of a year back, we were forced to build from the bottom. Lack of experience was our main downfall. True, our record was not the best, but the Blue and White Cagers were never disgraced, outfought, nor out-spirited. As has always been, the Annunciation boys were in there fighting all the time with that never die, never give up spirit. The height of the season was reached when for three quarters we led the runner- up, St. Mary's School for the Deaf team, only to lose out in the last quarter by a 38 to 29 count, as Capt. McDonnell and Don Considine, the flashy junior led the attack. This year's aggregation was made up of Capt. Brendan McDonnell, Leonard Mc- Guire, Francis Lucca, Russell Slaper, Don Considine, Cwho will lead next year's Blue and White teamjg Paul Mulhern, john Gruber, james Wright, and Bernard Mulhern. We introduce some of the boys who will make up next year's team: Don Considine: Don, tall and lanky, a good either hand shot, a scrapper on the boards, and a good defensive man, will be the star of next year's team, as well as a potential All-High candidate. john Gruber fRedj: john has plenty of fight and what it takes, and with a little coaching and experience, john should come around. Paul Mulhern: Paul is big and rugged and has all the makings of a fine basket- ball player. He needs experience. 60

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PATRONS The member! of the Senior Clan wiJh to extend Iinrere thanhf to all our patronf for their hindnen and generoxity. Their axsiffance ha: made thi: twelfth inne of the Annuncinta pouihl e. MOST REVEREND JOHN A. DUFFY, D.D. MOST REVEREND JOSEPH BURKE RIGHT REVEREND RICHARD O,BRlEN VERY REVEREND DR. JOHN BOLAND VERY REVEREND THOMAS PLASSMAN, O.F.M. REVEREND ROBERT GALERAITH REVEREND WILLIAM E. CROTTY REVEREND DENIS SHEA REVEREND HARRY OSBORNE REVEREND THOMAS F. CRUMP, O.M.I. REVEREND JOHN J. MORRISSEY, O.M.I. REVEREND WALTER GONTER REVEREND EDWARD LEPRELLE REVEREND EDWARD WALKER MR. AND MRS. J. AMODEO DR. AND MRS. CLARENCE ARGUS MRS. MICHAEL BEECHER MR. AND MRS. BENTLEY DR. AND MRS. CHARLES J. BARONE DR. SAMUEL BARONE MR. AND MRS. L. BARTON PVT. PAUL F. BRADY DR. AND MRS. P. H. J. BUCKLEY MR. AND MRS. EDWARD A. BUTLER MISS CAROL BUTLER MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM H. CAMPBELL DR. AND MRS. CHRISTY F. CASTIGLIA MRS. MILDRED CHALMERS MR. AND MRS. NATHANIEL CLUSKEY MR., AND MRS. WILLIAM COLEMAN MR. AND MRS. PATRICK E. CONNORS MISS MARGARET CONSIDINE MISS MARY CRONIN MR. AND MRS. BENJAMIN CZAJA MRS. MARY DEPASCAL MR. AND MRS. JAMES T. DUGGAN, New York City MR. AND MRS. JOHN S. DUNWOODIE MR. AND MRS. H. F. DURANT TECH. SGT. JAMES E. DURANT MR. C. AND MISS MARIE FAGAN MR. AND MRS. PATRICK FLYNN MISS REGINA L. FRANK MISSE5 MARGARET ANN AND KATHLEEN GONTER MR. AND MRS. FRANCIS L. GRANT MISS HELEN M. GRANT MRS. JOHN J. GRIFFITH MRS. HELEN F. GRUBER MR. AND MRS. WALTER R. HAL1. MR. DAVID T. HALL MR. M. HANNA LIEUT. AND MRS. F. J. HARTMAN DR. AND MRS. J. NELSON HEALY MR. AND MRS. PATRICK HENNIGAN MR. AND MRS. THOMAS P. HENRY MISS JEAN B. HENRY MR. AND MRS. MARTIN J. HFRTEL MR. AND MRS. J. HIGGINS MISS THERESA HOLMES MISS DORIS JORDAN MISS MARY LOUISE JUDSON MAUREEN A. CLUSKEY. MRS. JOSEPH KAHEN MISS JEANNE KANE MISS MARION R. KELLY MR. AND MRS. J. KERR MR. AND MRS. OLIVER F. LAREAU MISS ROSE MARY LEAVITT MR. AND MRS. H. LEISER PVT. CHARLES LOCURTO MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL LOCURTO MR. AND MRS. RALPH S. LORD MR. AND MRS. MARIANO A. LUCCA MR. FRANCIS S. LUCCA MRS. E. J. MAILHOT MISS ALLEAN C. MCDERMOTT MR. AND MRS. MILES W. MCDONNELL PVT. MILES W. MCDONNELL MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR MCGREGOR MR. AND MRS. DANIEL MCMULLEN MISS .AGNES MCSWEENEY MR. AND MRS. MORTIMER J. MURPHY, SR. MR. AND MRS. MORTIMER J. MURPHY, JR. MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR W. MURRAY MR. AND MRS. JOHN MURRAY, SR. MR. JOHN J. MURPHY, JR. CAPTAIN AND MRS. TIMOTHY F. MURRAY MR. AND MRS. R. MYERS MISS M. EILEEN NAEER MR. AND MRS. THOMAS J. O'CONNEI.L MR. AND MRS. CORNELIUS O'LEARY MR. AND MRS. D. A. PETERS MISS PAULINE PETERS MR. AND MRS. HARRY E. PIEROTTI DR. AND MRS. CHARLES A. QUINN MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH E. RYAN MISS CAROL RYDZAK MR. AND MRS. CHARLES SAFY MR. VINCENT F. SAEY MISS CHARLOTTE SAYLES MR. AND MRS. W. SEAMAN MR. AND MRS. EDWARD W. SHEA MR. AND MRS. JAMES B. SHEEDY MR. AND MRS. FRED A. SLAPER MR. AND MRS. RICHARD F. SLAPER MISSES CAMILLA AND LORRAINE SOLLY MRS. W. A. SPENCER MR. AND MRS. LOUIS SPECK MR. AND MRS. EDWARD STRENG MR. AND MRS. NORVAL E. STUTT MR. C. J. SWEENEY MISS MARY JANE TAAFE MR. AND MRS. ROBERT G. TERHAAR MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM M. TREANOR MISS GLORIA T. VALLEE MR. AND MRS. RICHARD WALSH MR. AND MRS. W. WALSH MISS FLORENCE WEBER MR. AND MRS. VINCENT WEISER PVT. F. C. VINCENT WEISER MR. AND MRS. RALPH B. WERICK MR. AND MRS. JAMES H. WHITE MISS BERNICE WHITLEY MR. AND MRS. GLENN A. WILLIS