Cecilian Academy - Signet Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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HA DIE I TH The WhiTe ChrisTmas Ball! These magic words were heard oTTen among us as we planned Tor our Senior Prom. We sTarTed worlcing early in OcTober and discussed several orchesTras and hoTels before we decided on Alex BarTha and The BellevueeSTraTTord. December 3OTh did seem very Tar away Then, buT almosT beTore we lcnew iT, we were dressing in our Tormals and ready To leave. We paid our TradiTional call on The Sis- Ters aT Cecilian beTore The dance and proudly Tools our escorTs To The chapel. There, we breaThed a prayer Tor success and conTinued To E IEHT , The Bellevue. PaTricia FiTzgerald, our chairman, wiTh Margery Ann Nahill and EsTher lVlarTin, co-chairmen, meT us in The powder room and promised us a big surprise when we enTered The ballroom. We pinned on our orchids, gave our hair a Tinal paT and ioined our daTes aT The door. As we enTered The ballroom, sTars were Twinkling on The ceiling and blue lighTs played on shimmering icicles. IT You Were The Only Boy in The World we had played Tor our escorTs. The dance ended-one perTecT nighT added To our memory boolcs. A group oT seniors crowd around The bandsfand To lisTen To The dreamy music of Alex Barfha and his orchesTra. OpposiTe, The Senior Prom commiTTee poses beTween dances. The huge success oT The dance was largely Through The work of This aciive commiTTee. ZS -Y Top: General view of The ballroom. Middle: Hosfs and HosTesses-Mr. Fred SmiTh, Jr., Mrs. Fred E. SmiTh, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. J. Kibbe Breene, Mr. Edward T. ljlahill, Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Curcio, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Canuso, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ansman, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Granahan, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Lamb, Mrs. William H. Marfin, Mr. Joseph MarTin. Below leTT: EsTher MarTin, Terri Canuso, Anne SchulTz, Margery Na- hill primping before mirror. Right: PaTricia Fihgerald, chairman, wiTh Alex BarTha and escorf, George Cippon.

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Ann Monaghan, Terri Canuso, Terry Curcio, Nance Reinharl, and Nafalie Smirh smile en- fhusiaslically before doing one of fheir many rousing cheers. The Blue and Gray had ro win wifh such dashing cheerleaders as ihese. Barbara Morris, varsity guard, aboul' fo calch lhe ball while lwo Sharon Hill forwards ea- gerly +ry +o iniercepf her. Anne Schull! and Mary Tynan keep io fhe rear knowing Bar- bara's skill a+ cafching. These three guards did such splendid leamwork. fha? .many, limes They baffled +heir opponenrs.