Durfee High School - Durfee Record Yearbook (Fall River, MA)

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Anna G. McCarty Fll!3Ul.'l'Y CHARLES V. CARROLL, Prtfneipol HERBERT W. PICKUP, Vive-Principal RALPH M. SMALL, View Principal MARY LEE, Dean of Girls THOMAS F. DORAN, Assistant Diverter ot' Vocational Guidance Louis A. Allard Myron T. Ashley Loretta R. Belmont Eugenie W. Bent Paul G. Buckley M. Dolores Burns Emily B. Campbell .Joseph O. Carroll Mildred V. Carroll William A. Carroll William M. Cleare .James F. Conlin Berton E. Cook Mary F. Corcoran Angeline B. Crispo John T. Crowley Joseph B. D'Adamo Margaret G. Dailey Edna U. Delehanty Margaret G. Doran Ruth N. Dow Edward B. Downs Romeo J. Dufour Grace Dunn Ralph J. Fletcher Carrie T. Foulkcs Virginia W. Frost Elinor F. Gilbert Frederic J. Gottwald Mary C. T. Grandfield Marjorie Gray Thomas W. Hammond Alice C. Harrington Frederick J. Harrington John J. Harrington Margaret M. Harty Joseph R. Hathaway George C. Hoar Katherine L. Hogan Mildred A. Hogan Mary E. Judge Margaret F. Keefe Helena A. Kelley Daniel Kelly John E. Kiley Yolande Laliberte Alice G. Langford Joseph J. Lawlor Elizabeth L. Leonard Katherine F. Lomax Margaret F. Lowney Harry P. Lynch Grace L. Martin lVl:u'gai'et,t. E. lVIae1lonalil Rose E. McHale E. Estelle Miles George Mitchie Stephen Nawrocki Ruth W. Newkirk Ceasar Nobrega William Nugent Catherine O'Brien Anne L. O'Neil Margaret H. Powers Antonio A. Serpa Marie V. Shalloo Henry J. Shea Charles D. Smith Anna L. Sullivan Dorothy C. Sullivan Helena V. Sullivan Marian R. Thompson Marion L. Torphy Louis J. Urban M. Joyce Walker Barbara NVellington Margaret J. Whalon A. Wilson Whitman Amasa F. Willist5Jfy,.4f14 Q' fuy Helena ll. Withrow Florence lVl. Burns, fflerk Anne 'l'. lfoughlin, Clerk f Laurelta I.. llullu 4 lc rk lxziihixn A. l.eneh:in, Clerk Lillian Wighlniznn, hlniron

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FilEStlIll.EIl When in years to come, the memories of our high school days have faded and become rather cloudy, we shall take out our Record Books and within their aged covers see the dull pictures of our classmates come to life again. Reminders of our happy experiences will suddenly come back to us, brighter and happier than ever before. We entered high school as timid little students, but within a few short months acquired the glorious feeling of belonging to the Hilltop- pers and to an institution we had heard so much about. The first dance of the year was the Get Acquainted Dancefl Because it was enjoyed by all and certainly fulfilled its purpose, most ot us decided that we'd attend every dance sponsored that year, and we did. In September, we were a little disappointed to see Durfee lose its first football game of the season to East Providence, but our faith in the team was soon restored when it won the second and third games, and finally all the remaining games. So Durfee, in 1947, claimed its first Class C Championship. In December, our class elections were held. Those of us who ran for oliice didn't believe that we could make a successful speech in front of all our classmates, but all of us managed to do it quite well, and survived the ordeal. Those chosen to serve our class were Alex Johnson, presi- dent, Phyllis Ostrow, vice-president: Celeste De Sa, secretary: and Yvonne Abraham, councillor. At Christmas time, we were delighted by the caroling in the cor- ridors, and were especially pleased to find that this was an annual custom. Now the basketball season was under way. We were thrilled to see our team go through the entire season undefeatedg and then become Eastern Massachusetts champions at Boston Garden, and finally New England champions. Later we found that we were the iirst lilassaehu- setts team in 23 years to win this title. Yes, we freshmen certainly entered Durfee in a wonderful year, in fact, the year in which our school achieved two great goals in sports. How we flocked to see Junior Miss , Varsity Night , and Hilltop Revue . The only freshman participating in Hilltop Revue was Aurora lJ'Adamo. Didn't we marvel at the Music Departments wonderful pro- duction of the Bohemian Girl '! When report cards came out for the third time, ten members of our class had achieved All-A honors, and 36 students had made the l'rincipal's List. liy the end of the year, we realized that Ilurfee students were cer- tainly making a wonderful name for themselves, for they were out- standing in dramatics, in music and in scholarship, as well as lu-ing New l'1uM'laml Champs in basketball, i