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

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selves to Durfee's way of doing: things. rl r I 'X r r' rl EJ I EJ I .. Most of us entered Durfee for the first time, in our sophomore year and we became acquainted with t.he surroundings and accustomed our- The year started with a bang! Sports again headed our list of activities. The grridsters turned orators for the annual pep rally. The athletic girls were happy to return home to the girls' gym in the Durfee Building. The Pigskin llop was a success. Among the members of our class honored were Joe Mullaney, Bob Vachon, Al Estes. Ted Harrington and Charlie Lasky. Our class contributed many fine actors and actresses to the D. ll. C. The club was always rated high with the students at Durfee and the same held true in 1948-1949. The Junior Red Cross Council did an excellent job. The president of that worth while organization was Alex Johnson. Seven of us made the All-A List while 45 received honors on the l'rincipal's List. This year we elected a fine set of class oflicers. The president was Joe Mullaney: vice- president, Ted Harrington: class secretary. Jocelyn Eklof: secretary of S. A. A., Phyllis Ostrowiand the S. A. A. councillors were Clinton Levin and Judy Bergeron. Twenty sophomore girls were accepted in that very popular girls' athletic club, the Girls' Numeral Club. We also had some fine musical talent in the person of Bev Wild, who was among those who repre- sented Durfee in the All-State Orchestra in Boston. In the spring, Butch Gastall's fancy turned to baseball. This was a memorable year for him, because it marked his first year of Durfee baseball . The years that followed just proved how perfect he was. Durfee was always represented by an excellent baseball squad and with the help of some of the members of our class this tradition held. Our year came to a close but we did not feel too sorry because we realized that we had two more enjoyable years yet to be spent at B. M. C. Durfee High School.

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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

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JJIIIUB? ln September, lillttl, we returned to llurfee as proud upperclass men and wasted no time getting back into the swing of things. After a season of ups and downs, our football team emerged with an unimpress- ive record of four victories and six defeats. However, they were re- warded for their drive and never-say-die attitude at the annual Pigskin llop and the football banquet. The Dramatic Club presented its thirst performance ot' four original plays in November. T. N. T. proved to be a big success, with several '51-ers appearing in the casts. First term report cards showed seven ol' us on the All-A and S39 on the Principal's List. These numbers gradually increased and third term found the juniors topping other classes with 13 All-A students. The hoopsters kept up their outstanding records by winning eight out of ten league tussles. The llilltoppers again traveled to Hoston to compete in the annual Tech Tourney. VVe played like champions and for the second consecutive year reached the semi-tinals before being eliminated. Class members who saw action with the team included Tom tlastall, Red Whiting,Joe Mullaney, Hank Harrington, Red Soczek, Ted Harrington and George Attar. Un the social calendar were the Get-Acquainted llanee, the lllid- Winter llop and the Otlieers' Banquet, all sponsored by the S. A. A., and the .Iunior Prom. The Prom committee headed by Joseph ltlullaney deserves much credit for making the affair the great success that it was. The Ilramatic Club's presentation was awarded a very good rating at the State Drama Festival. The year was brought to a close by a successful baseball season and we looked forward to the biggest and most important year ot' all.