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

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TO YOU, THE CLASS OF 1961: I offer my heartiest congratulations on the completion of your high school education. For many years your parents and teachers have tried to direct you towards the paths that lead to successful careers. Your preparation has included solid subject matter augmented by the high ideals of cooperation, courtesy, and self-control that are all a part of the Durfee High School tradition. This has been your preparation for success, but it will be only a blurred image without work and perseverance to bring it into focus. You must now face the challenge of a busy industrial life or the continuation of research in the college of your choice. We pray that you will be well spiritually, mentally, and physically, and it is our hope that you will make your life successful as well as happy and worthwhile. Principal

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To Jfie Members of the Graduating Class of 1961 of the B. M. C. Durfee High School: There is no doubt that one of the great turning points in the lives of young Americans is graduation from high school. It is an occasion of triumph, and one of great anticipation. To all of you go my heartiest congratulations and the very best wishes of all of us who have had anything to do directly or indirectly with your education. To all of you go our hopes for a future in which you will find the purpose and satisfaction you have desired. Our nation and our city need desperately the talents and the hopes of youth. This has always been the case, but probably never more so than today, with all its trials and tribulations. The opportunities before you are endless, and the advantage you take of them will be the measure of your character and training. Wherever you go, you will always be known as a Durfee graduate. That, I assure you, is no small distinction. Durfee graduates have achieved success in all parts of the world and your school is recognized as one of high merit. It is a responsibility to live up to. Your association with Durfee has, I know, brought out in you inherent qualities of greatness and determination. With these as important assets, you should go far, and the farther you go, the greater will be the satisfaction of all of us, including your parents and your fellow-citizens. With every best wish, I am Superintendent of Schools.

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FACULTY Robert J. Nagle, Principal Thomas W. Hammond, Vice-Principal Daniel Kelly, Vice-Principal Amasa F. Williston, Vice-Principal Charles D. Smith, Dean of Boys Thomas J. Walsh, Assistant Director of Vocational Guidance Yolande B. Laliberte, Associate Dean of Girls Alice C. Harrington, Associate Mean of Girls Helen G. Amiot Carmi A. Belmont Clinton A. Borden Thomas T. Brady Dolores M. Burns Edward F. Carey Joan Carfagno Mildred V. Carroll Nancy Carroll Marion L, Claflin William F. Goady James F. Conlin Hannah L, Crawford Angelina Crispo John T. Crowley Joseph B. DTAdamo Margaret G. Dailey Armand A. Dallaire Edna U. Delahanty Daniel J. Delaney Gerard A. Delisle Hazel M. Donnelly James E, Donnelly Margaret G. Doran Edward B. Downs Ruth H. Downs Roger H. Dubois Grace M. Dunn Vincent M. Fitzgerald Ralph J. Fletcher Conrad P. Fortier Carrie T, Foulkes Arthur D. Frank Virginia W. Frost Lenora G. Goltz Chester J. Gosciminski Mary C, T. Grandfield Frederick J, Harrington John J. Harrington Margaret M. Harty Joseph R. Hathaway Katherine L. Hogan John J. Hrinko Louise S. Johnson Frank J. Jordan Thomas E. Karam Evelyn M. Katersky Stephen Kay Margaret F. Keefe Helena A. Kelley George Kelly John E. Kiley, Jr. Mary Y. Kostas Joseph J. Lawlor Mary S. Leary Dorothy Leeomte Elizabeth L. Leonard Frederick Lindquist Edmond M. Machado Earl V. Malmborg Grace L. Martin John J. McCann John Medeiros A. Lincolm Mekelburg Irma S. Mello Charles Mendes Donald F. Montle Margaret A. Mullaney Constance F. Murphy Pauline Nadeau Stephen Nawrocki Ruth W. Newkirk Caesar Nobrega William A. Nugent Anne L. O'Neil Lorena L. Pacheco James Panos James W. Pelletier Margaret H. Powers Raymond F, Powers Robert A. Richard Elton H. Sanford Antonio A. Serpa Mannis Shapiro Henry J. Shea Daniel Sheahan Thomas Smithson Dominick R. Sperduti Angelo A. Stavros Anna L. Sullivan Austin Sullivan David Sullivan Dorothy C. Sullivan Helena V» Sullivan Mary E. Sweeney Samuel Swidey Helen J. Tripp Marion L. Torphy Dorothy H. Urban Louis J. Urban Bertrand Warren Margaret J. Whalon A. Wilson Whitman Dorothy E. Wolstenholme Florence M, Burns, Principal Clerk Anna C. Harrington, Clerk Ann T. Coughlin, Clerk Kathryn Lenehan, Clerk