Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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Playing from wheelchairs . . In The Annual March of Dimes Benefit Game, OVER 560 M.H.S. STUDENTS left their studies and just-received report cards to attend the March of Dimes Benefit Game held in the Marshall Gym on January 27, at 8 P.M. In addition to the amusing game, the annual Girls-Boys Cheering Match was held. The girls, dressed in AMVETS uniforms, black tights, and bermudas, and headed by Commander Karen Anderson, rendered such cheers as The Little Soldier Boy, but were defeated by the ever popular boys in a close match. STINKY FINN shoots a free shot following an AMVET penalty. The faculty re¬ ceived several penaltiies for rushing out of their chairs to sink baskets! The AMVETS revenged this by giving the ' professors ' a ' rigged ' wheel chair which was meant to go only backwards. Tht guest team is experienced in wheel chair basketball playing, for they play many charity games as well as games with paraplegic teams. The referee at this game was John Carroll of Lincoln Junior High.

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A DAMAGING FIRE was discovered in the second floor boys ' room of the Old Building on Friday afternoon, February 19, 1960. Custodian Les Regan, who first smelled the smoke, sounded the fire alarm, and immediately the fire department rushed over to put out the blaze. Luckily, the fire occurred on the day before vacation, so that the work of the school was not hampered. No one was hurt, but damage was estimated at over two thousand dollars. THE 1960 TECH TOURNEY, held at the Boston Garden, was won by Malden High,s basketball team, the first ever to represent this school at the tourney. The M.H.S. hoopsters became the champs by defeating Somerville in the final, 65-61. Elliot Gventer is shown here dunking a shot against St. John ' s in the qualifying round. A SEVERE MARCH BLIZZARD struck Malden on Friday, March 4, 1960, and dumped a record 19.7 inches of snow with drifts up to twelve feet. Exerything, including M.H.S. classes, stopped on Friday and did not begin again until the following Monday, as Malden spent the entire week-end digging out from the heaviest snowfall in the city ' s history. 13

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Our Faculty Ties The AMVETS 22-22 The sixth annual March of Dimes Benefit Basketball Game was held in the Marshall Gym on January 27, 1960 at 8:00 P.M. This year our faculty took to the court, chal¬ lenging the Wakefield AMVETS, a team of young men who play local paraplegic teams. Both teams played in wheel chairs, observing many unique basketball rules. Our faculty varsity team consisted of Smartie Artie Boyle, Fuzzy Hussey, Stinky Finn, Chewy Louie Ciarfella, Foxie Oxie Oxman, Joe Sacco, Dick Kelliher, Chickie McGeoch, Chuck Wettergreen, John O ' Brien, Les Regan, Bob Driscoll, and John Di Jam DiGiammar- ino. With several ' misplaced ' points, the final score of this unusual match was 22-22. At halftime the annual boys-girls cheering contest took place. Under captains Barry Malitsky and Brian Winmill, the boys were pro¬ claimed champions by Applause-Judge Arthur Boyle. Our regular girl cheerleaders wore rather large AMVETS ' parade shirts and hats, black shorts, and black tights. This successful game was sponsored by the USONA So¬ ciety under co-chairmen Elaine Renzullo and Louise Proto for the benefit of the March of Dimes. THE CHAMPS! Repeating their Swish cheer at the January 28 assembly are John Montecalvo, George Hood, and Sam Badaloto. Others were Bri Winmill, Barry Malitsky, Paul Graham, Dave Newman, James McDonald, Ed DiPietro, Larry Bendell, Dick Batricelli, Ken Puleo, Skip Kruger, and Vic Lemmo. FUZZY HUSSEY tries a hook shot in the early part of the game. The faculty team was a little ' rusty ' at first, but improved enough in the second half to tie the final score 22 to 22! Looking on in the background is Headmaster John Matthews. 15