Clinton High School - Memorabilia Yearbook (Clinton, MA)

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si M1 gpg. Ifigli fi ft EITHER events nor the passage of time will be able to erase from our lives the memory of Francis Duffy, prominent and well-liked member of the Class of 1955. His blithe manner and happy heart will ever remain with us. His untimely death, at St. Vincent Hospital on May 18, 1955, was the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident, which occurred on May 16th. ' Francis Patrick Duffy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Duffy of 565 Fairmount Street, was born in Clinton on March 8, 1938, the oldest of three children. He attended the Clinton Public Schools and graduated from the Corning Elementary School. In 1951, he entered Clinton High School with the Class of 1955, enrolling in the General Course. His plans for the future were indefinite. Fran, as he was known to his classmates and friends, possessed the quiet attributes of humility and genuine friendliness which won him the respect and admiration of all who knew him. He played an active part in many school and class activities and, in addition, he was a member of the Massachusetts National Guard. When the news of his death reached us, a grief incapable of expression pervaded the lives of all of us. Our feelings may be expressed by words taken from the Roman Missol: rr Incline Thine ear, O Lord, unto our prayers, wherein we humbly pray Thee to rhow Thy merrynupon the roul of Thy rerzfant, Fruncir, whom Thou hart rommanded to pan out of thi: world, that Thou wouldrt plate him in the region of peaee and light, and hid him he a partaher with Thy Saintr. Through Chrirt our Lord. Amen.

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33 fm ZLL' TO MR. MURPHY, OUR CAPABLE ADVISOR, TRUSTED FRIEND, AND CLASS CONFIDANT, THIS EDITION OF MEMORABILIA IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, MR. MURPHY HAS UNSELFISHLY DEDICATED HIMSELF TO HIS APPOINTED TASK, A TASK WHICH HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED AGAINST SOMETIMES SEEMINGLY INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS BUT WHICH HAS BEEN CULMINATED WITH SUCCESS, IT WAS A .IOB THAT REQUIRED CLASS CO-OPERATION AND LOYALTY AND WE HOPE THAT THIS YEARBOOK MAY IN SOME SMALL WAY COMPENSATE HIM FOR HIS TOIL AND EFFORTS IN OUR BEHALF. We leave C. H. S. with many happy thoughts of the four short years that are behind us, and we leave Mr. Murphy appreciation and sincere thanks for the unforgettable memories he has given us and for the fine example he has Ieft us to follow in the years to come,

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II N M F, M O R ll A M FRANCIS PATRICK DUFFY 1938-1955