Central Catholic High School - Florentian Yearbook (Lawrence, MA)

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Uhe Jfendwi Gdcm, slimtwpy Dick: Brother Terence sent us up here to ,write the history of the class, so let's get going Joe: How are we going to do it? Fran: l have an ideal One of us will write and the rest will tell him what we remember about the different classes we were in. Jim: That's a good ideal l'll do the writing. Don: The sensible way is to start with the freshman year. Joe: 1 remember the first day we entered the schoolyard and Brother joseph Abel read out the names of the boys in each class. I was scared stiff when l was the only boy from my grammar school to be in l-C. . Dick: The same here. It seemed as if ev- eryone in my class knew somone else except me. Fran: Just think of all the boys we know now that we didn't know then. Don: This is a good time to mention the Brothers we had. Most of us had Brothers Al- exander, Thomas, and Paul. Joe: Remember how Brother Paul always threw Dick Habib out of the Civics class. Fran: And Brother Alexander and his daily test in religion. Don: What about Brother. Gilbert and the different clubs he started? We had a lot of fun in that checker club. Dick: None of the boys will forget the time Brother Mike burned his linger trying to get hydrogen to burn. But most of his experiments did really work. Fran: It was during the fall that the new cat. was completed. That certainly was money and time well spent. ' Joe: During our freshman year the Blessed Virgin Sodality held that big dance. l felt pret- ty big, going to thesame dance as the seniors. Dick: Brother Owen's paper drives will never be forgotten. l remember dragging an cartload all the way from South Lawrence, just to get a half holiday. Fran: Let's get on to the second year. Don: We were the first class to use the new building. Remember the two days classes were cancelled because the classrooms were so cold? Joe: The most important events in sopho- more year were the two games with Lawrence High. Don: I'll never forget Brother lVlike's French period. l spent as much time after school as l did in. Dick: Brother Leo really poured the geom- etry homework on, but after l think it over, we really knew our theorems. Fran: l think we should mention something about Brother Cilbert's Latin periods. Most of us had him for Latin during one year. Dick: We forgot to say that Brother joseph Abel was replaced as principal by Brother John Lawrence. Don: Brother Joannes used to scare me with his deep voice. Joe: He still scares me. Don: Let's get on to the third year Fran: We thought that we would be back in the old building .... but ...... Joe: Remember Brother Louis and his out- door English periods? Every time the classes were cold he would take us out into the sun to read poetry. Dick: Don't forget to mention Brother Louis' cooking recipes. Fran: Our basketball team went to Boston and came out third in New England. Joe: O'Brien ran the mile in 4:36 at the N.E.A.A.U. in Lynn. Don:..3-B was famous for. ,lim Degnanfs Latin translations. Fran: Don't forget ,Brother Lawrence's Physics class and Brother Francis' Spanish. Dick: You knowl Brother Francis tried to be a hard boiled teacher but we soon found out what a good egg he was. Joe: Brother Peter really made us learn our Latin homework. Oh those 5000 :word compo- sitionsl Don: Franny English will never forget the time he had to write Why Didn't He Buy the Saturday Evening Post l000 times. - Jim: l'm tired of writing, joe, you write 'about the senior year. Dick It will be easy to write about that. Fran: No history would be complete with- out the arguments between Brother Terence and Dan Donovan. l have yet to find Dan with- out an excuse. Jim: What about St. Pierre and the time the sodium blew up. Don: Also, Griffin and his H 2 5. Dick: Mention Neil Twomey and the rec- ord he made in basketball. Fran: Yes, and the two tourneys the bas- ketball team was in, and the successful season the hockey team had. Don: We'd better not mention the football team: people might ask questions. Jim: Our senior year has been eventful. You can write about Verette and his car. Dick: Also Brother joannes and his com- bination history and lunch periods. Fran: Our baseball team was something to talk about. Don: Mention the basketball banquet, and that the whole team received gold basketballs from the alumni, while the hockey team re- ceived gold hockey sticks. Dick: We could go on forever with these events that are so fresh in our memories, but we haven't any more room. Fran: just mention the Wonderful time we had at our Senior Prom. Joe: And that new building drive: goshl it's too bad that we won't be in school when it is completed. The plans really look good. Fran: Now finish by expressing the sincere gratitude of the class of '47 for the devotion, patience and good example given to us by the Brothers during these past four years. Nlay all of us live up to the ideals and principles they have given us.

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ACTIVITIES Library 4 J. V. Baseball I Minstrel I Sodality I, 2, 3 Library Staff 4 Rf 1 l Efngfi V ,j- ,Z , I I IJ , Y Y H I .5 -f jf 's ,Y-Z-3 ., JOSEPH C. KELEHER uloei! 26 Leslie Street, Lawrence St. Laurence's Spends leisure time at the Rec. with Kamin- ski .... ticket collector at basketball games . . . . good looking. . .likes swimming, sports and St. IVIary's girls ..... favorite subject, chemistry .... staunch Central supporter. . . plans to enter the Mass. College of Pharm- acy. , JOHN KELLEY nRed19 I98 Spruce Street, Lawrence St. IVIary's Very quiet ..... always willing to lend a hand at the social events. . .well dressed. . . his carrot top the envy of all the seniors. . . rumored to be a ladies' man .... intends to enter college on graduation. . .if hard Work leads to success, Red is on the ,right path. JOHN J. KILEY uulackn 36 Woodland Street, Lawrence St. I..aurence's ' An outdoor man .... hunting and fishing are his hobbies, in and out of season .... track and cross country his favorite sports .... studies and he are not on very good terms . . . .butt he tries hard. . . .very sincere. . . . has that wandering stare. . .plans for future are indefinite .... may success crown your every effort. LEO E. LABRECQUE ul-leon 34915 Lowell Street, Lawrence St. Anne's Excellent student. . .a member of the Aux- ilium Latinumn .... a chum of Babe Savie and Duff Dufour ..... likes dancing. . . . . spends must of his leisure time in Lowell. . . .likes Terry .... won a scholarship to Cen- tral ..... received the General Excellence medal for three years .... has made appli- cation at IVI.l.T. .... will be teaching there in a few years .... loads of luck, Leo. I I U. I I I if avr I 3 ' I 1 ACTIVITIES n Cross Country 2, 3, 4 Track 2, 3, 4 - Class Secretary - r Gen. Excellence Medal I, 2, 3 Sodality I, 2, 3 Scholarship Club 4

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.Zhe :Realm C'ZZazM, 72066 IDEAL CENTRAL BOY. MOST POPULAR ..... BEST POLITICIAN MOST MOST MOST MOST INFLUENTIAL . . ROMANTIC .... CONSERVATIVE RADICAL ..... BEST WORKER .......... . . . BEST LOOKING SENIOR. . . . . . MOST CANDID ....... . . . . TARDIEST ....... . . . MOST SOCIABLE .. BEST DANCER . .. BEST WIT ........ NEATEST ........... CHRONIC GROUCH . . . OUR STRONG MAN .... BEST DRESSER .... 1 . . FAVORITE SPORT ...... MOST LIKED TEACHER. . . FAVORITE FAVORITE FAVORITE FAVORITE FAVORITE FAVORITE FAVORITE FAVORITE SUBJECT . . SONG ....... CIGARETTE . DANCE BAND . ,. . GIRLS' SCHOOL ACTOR ..... ACTRESS .... RADIO PROGRAM ..... PET PEEVE . .......... . BEST MOVIE ........... CLASS EINSTEIN ....... MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED MOST SCHOOL SPIRIT. . . MASTER OF SARCASM.. BEST ATHLETE ........ CLASS SHEIK .... . . . CLASS BRUTE . ., CUTEST ............. CLASS MUSICIAN ....... CLASS WOMAN HATER. . . QUIETEST ............. SLEEPIEST ..................... MOST TALKATIVE ............. FAVORITE NIGHT IN TH XVEEK . FAVORITE HANGOUT ........... FAVORITE COLLEGE .. . First FRAN ENGLISH . . . CONNIE SHEA . . FRAN ENGLISH . . . CONNIE SHEA ..... DICK DOWE .......... ARMAND GIROUARD . . DOC BLANCHARD . . . AL GAGNON ..... CHICK TURNER . . . DUBBER HUGHES . . ED TALASCHUCK . . BILL. -JELAINIEY . . . ART LOISELLE . . . FRAN ENGLISH . . . MARTY O'NEIL . . . JOE CAFFREY .... NEIL TWOMEY . . . MARTY O'NEIL . . . BASKETBALL . . . BRO. JOANNES .............. HISTORY .................... OPEN THE DOOR RICHARD .... CHESTERFIELD .............. ROLAND RUSSELL ST. MARY'S ....... BING CROSBY ..... JANE RUSSELL ............... BOB HOPE .................. GETTING UP IN THE MORNING. TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY. .. AL GAGNON ................ FRAN ENGLISH .............. CLAUDE ST. LAURENT ........ MARCELLIN DESROSIERS NEIL TWOMEY ......... . . . ART LOISELLE . .. DICK HABIB .... GEORGE LANE .. NEIL TWOMEY GERRY FISHER BILLY YORK ....... TED O'DONNELL ...... GEORGE BERNARDIN .. . SATURDAY .......... THE Y .... '. . . NOTRE DAME . . Second NEIL TWOMEY JOE KEEGAN DAN DONOVAN RAY LESLIE JOE KEEGAN TOM PLOUDE STEVE SMITH FRANK GALLAGHER JOE QUINTAL BILLY BARTLETT TED O'DONNELL GENE CHAMPAGNE BOB LEBEL JIM CARNEY J. DEGNAN RED CRAVEN ANGELO PAPPALARDO JOE ICEEGAN FOO TBALL BRO TERENCE MATH STAR DUST THE OTHER FELLOW'S VAUGHAN MONROE ST. PATRICICS HUMPHREY BOGART JEANNE CRAIN RED SKELTON GRUBBERS BLUE SKIES G. FISHER GENE CHAMPAGNE RAY PELLERIN RED CRAVEN MILES MORAN JOE KEEGAN LEO BLANCHARD DAN DONOVAN DICK SEGUIN STEVE SMITH GEORGE VEILLEUX ROLAND ST. PIERRE FRED ENGLISH FRIDAY ROI4EL'S BOSTON COLLEGE