Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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1. The nearly completed west wall of B building rises above Malden Square. 2. The eastern end of B building, the library wall, under construction in late February. 3. Refurbishing the old gym. 4 . The mild winter provided favorable opportunity for the construction company which moved quickly on B building to make up for a late schedule. construction 15

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Beset with scheduling problems through the first phase of the new construction, the mild winter was almost too good to believe from a job bosses ' s point of view. By late winter B building containing principally the library and cafeteria was ahead of schedule. Working under a $500 a day late fine that threatened to accumalate into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, company supervisors were delighted with the lack of snow and warm weather. In a court appearance two years ago, the company had pleaded inability to make progress because some basic steel work was stranded in the snows of Pennsylvania. The fines continued to accumulate, the job as a whole was still behind schedule but everyone seemed relieved that it was no longer necessary to offer or argue with the excuses that had marked the first two years of the twenty one million dollar expansion project. construction continues 14 construction

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Principal Arthur Boyle and Director of Athletics, Joseph Rossino agreed Carol Govoorion was the person to assist with the dedication of the new Roy Finn Gym. Ms. Govoorion, who was in charge of the whole affair, did everything from sending 500 invitations to getting the State and the U.S. flogs needed during the ceremony. Among the speakers were Representative Edward Morkey, Senator John Brennan, Mayor James Conway, Bernice Darrish of the Malden School Committee, Mr. Boyle and Mr. Rossino who were the masters of ceremony. Other speakers were Ms. Gavoorian, the president of the Senior Class Cheryl Burke, and Frank Tortorella President of the Class of 1977. A color Backrach portrait of Roy Finn, was donated by Frank ' s class. Ms. Gavoorian and her cheerleaders, besides designing an original cheer for Roy Finn h osted a reception before the ceremony in the Choral Arts room.