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

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TO THE CLASS OF 1972: Please accept my congratulations on your graduation. The extent to which a school equips its young men and women to work and live comfortably in a society of many differ- ent cultural, racial and ethnic groups is an indication of the philosophy of the faculty and administration. I trust you have all pro- fited from your experiences at Durfee, May you be successful in all your future endeavors. THOMAS W, HAMMOND PRINCIPAL Frederick M. Lindquist Brenda J. Lloyd William F. Lynch Aileen M. Mack Gerard A. Mack Earl V. Malmborg Rene J. Marois Jr. Grace L. Martin John Medeiros Jr. A. Lincoln Mekelburg James F. Melvin Charles Mendes Jr. William Molloy Edward P. Morgan Eileen Murphy M. Rita Nagle Stephen Nawrocki Ceasar Nobrega Rita B. Nobrega William A. Nugent Daniel C. O'Connell Lorena L. Pacheco Leonard A. Paiva Reginald M. Pelagio Pauline L. Pelletier Marcel A. Perry Normand L. Phenix John F. Pietruszka John L. Pontes Donald J. Powell Sandra E. Powell Margaret L. Pruitt Phyllis C. Pytel Joseph Quinn Robert A. Richard James F. Roche Jr. Elton H. Sanford Peter A. Sarantakis Dominick R. Sperduti John H. Springer Anna L. Sullivan Elizabeth T. Sullivan Mary E. Sweeney James Tavares Jr. Sandra D, Thomas Dorothy H. Urban Robert Vincelette Bertrand Warren James F. Wilcox Donald Wood Teachers on Leave Joyce Landry John F. Sullivan Substitutes Charles V. Carroll Janice Kilroy Jerome Marques Vincent Occhuiti Robert Pineault Dorce Reis Albert Francouer Harold Mosher Ronald Pikul Michael Sypek Office Staff Anne T. Coughlin Senior Clerk-Stenographer Doris E. Dewsnap Senior Clerk-Stenographer Anna C. Harrington Senior Clerk-Stenographer Ruth A. Soulier Senior Clerk-Stenographer Barbara J. Hall Clerk-Stenographer Olga Hordovitch Clerk-Stenographer Custodians James Considine, Senior Custodian George Kanuse Joseph Cabral John W. Frain, Senior Custodian Gerald Francouer James P. O'Hearn Arnold Pearson Joseph Sirois Walter Wal James W. Wholey 5

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TO THE B. M. C. DURFEE CLASS OF 1972: It is not only a pleasure, but a special honor, to have been invited to share my thoughts with you on your graduation from B. M. C. Durfee High School. Your graduation is a happy day for you and for your parents. It is your finest hour, and we also can truthfully join with you in saying that it is our finest hour. This is an important time in your lives. You have made a major accomplishment. You have reached a desirable goal. I am sure there is a glow of satisfaction within each of you; this is a reward for the success you have achieved. You have had to exercise effort, make some amount of sacrifice. You have had to have endurance and perseverance; but isn't it worth while? Aren't you glad you are now graduating and that you have made the grade? Remember that this day can mark the beginning of a series of successes in your lifetime which can give you similar satisfaction, for you now are aware that the secret of that success is you, not only from the standpoint of the ability you possess but especially because of your perseverance. Thomas Edison once said that 75% of the world's failures would not have failed at all if they had kept at what they were trying to do. Our greatest weakness, he said lies in giving up. The way to success is to try just one more time.” Another important factor in this matter of success is the ability to get along with people, ft is good to reflect upon this quality. John D. Rockefeller once said, I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than for any other single thing.” Most of you, I am sure, already have future careers in mind. Some of you are thinking about industry, law, medicine, teaching or the ministry. Whatever may be your goal, don’t expect to reach it in one big jump There are many rounds to a fight, and a good fighter stays in the ring. In the struggle for life, the first condition of victory is to stay in the ring, to hold on to your ideas and your ideals, to keep your eyes on the goal. Remember you can change the world for better and for worse by the power of your personality, the kindness and charm of your character, the strength of your will and the wisdom of your vision. The world needs each of you as never before. Give of yourselves, the best that you have, and the best will come back to you. ROBERT J. NAGLE Superintendent FACULTY Thomas W. Hammond, Principal Joseph B. D'Adamo, Vice-Principal Alice C. Harrington, Vice-Principal James S. Panos, Vice-Principal Yolande D. Laliberte, Dean of Women Guidance Counselors Thomas P. Walsh Catherine A. Boylan Leonard G. Alves Daniel J. Sheahan Hannah L. Crawford Lenora G. Goltz Helen G. Amiot Margaret A. Curt Chester J, Gosciminski Henry J. Attar Armand A. Dallaire Mary C. T. Grandfield Douglas J. Baxendale Sharon A, Day Donald C Harding Daniel H, Berthiaume Gerard A. Delisle Margaret M. Harty Clinton A. Borden Winifred A, Dimock Katherine L. Hogan Theodore J. Boudria Hazel C Donnelly Louise D, Johnson Bertrand A. Bouffard James E. Donnelly Frank J. Jordan Jr. William A, Bradbury Margaret G. Doran Evelyn M. Katersky Paul A. Brouillard Ruth A. Downs Margaret F. Keefe M, Dolores Burns Robert R. Dube Edward F. Kelly Thomas H. Cahill Roger H. Dubois George D, Kelly Beverly J. Cambra Grace M. Dunn Edward Keyes Joan T. Carfagno Robert L. Ferreira Olga Klimka Nancy A. Carroll Vincent M, Fitzgerald Stanley Kupiec William K. Coady Donat E. Fortin Francis J. LaCava John J, Conforti Arthur D. Frank Peter Landoch John G. Connell Phillis M, Frank Margot A. Lavoie Eleanor H. Cote Charles A. Frascatore Dorothy G. Lecomte 4

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We saw people smiling and laughing.