Clinton High School - Memorabilia Yearbook (Clinton, MA)

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

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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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lb ',,,jSErf,, xvf, Q F' , ik' VX- JWUTSTANDING among our most cherished and unforgettable memories of Clinton High School will be the smiling face and genial spirit of Raymond Lange, a boy whose quiet manner and genuine friendliness endeared him to his classmates and friends. Our hearts were saddened in our senior year by his untimely death. Raymond john Lange, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Lange, was born in Clinton, on November 9, 1937. He attended the Forbes School, the Corning School, and entered Clinton High School on September 5, 1951, with the Class of 1955. In Clinton High School, his plans were to matriculate at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His death in Clinton Hospital in December, 1954, was caused by injuries received in an auto accident. Ray, as he was affectionately called, had a host of friends among his classmates at Clinton High, and his unassuming manner won him the respect and admiration of all who knew him. He played an active part in many school activities, and excelled in his studies, as well. Above all, Ray was a true gentleman. He possessed the warmth of personality and gentleness of demeanor which will be indelibly imprinted in the minds and hearts of all who had the good fortune to have known him. With the passing of Ray, no one could express the grief and emptiness which pervacled the hearts and lives of all of us. We, the graduating class of 1955, therefore, have chosen the words of the poet Robert Hillyer to express our inner feelings for us. We whom life changer will: ilr every whim Remember now hir rteudfarlnerr. In him War a perfeclion, an unronuiour grace Life could nal mar, and dealh mn nal ejacef'