Malden High School - Maldonian Yearbook (Malden, MA)

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1. Colleen Crowley, Nadine Forrest, and Linda Cappuccio enjoy a laugh during the Christmas Tree Sale. 2. Robert McCarthy, who was layed off prior to the school year and volunteers as Jr. Class Advisor, helps some customers choose a tree. 3. Colleen Crowley, Linda Cappuccio, Elaine Graves, and Ann Freeman try to warm up in the club house at Pearl St. Stadium where the trees were sold. 4. Marion McCarron helps a customer load a tree into a van. 5. Noreen Ryan, Mr. Robert McCarthy, Paula Cipriano, Ann Freeman, and Nadine Forrest keep smiling despite the snow and cold weather. 12 Tree Sale

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It Takes All Types Of all the senior activities held throughout the year, perhaps with the one exception of Graduation, the Senior Blood Drive best demonstrated the upperclassmen ' s ability to work well together. Although the actual donating was completed in one day, December 2, a great deal of preparation was involved. The initial plans were constructed by Mr. Phillip Darragh, who has been the advisor of this event for several years. Four co-chairpeople were elected: Christine Giannattasio, Marcy Gropman, Mary Sormanti and Liana Tosto. Their primary job was to organize paperwork and to recruit donors. Recruiting was probably the toughest part, as many people were afraid and hesitant to give away a pint of their own blood. The four chairpeople, eight captains. and the numerous volunteer workers tried various tactics to convince people that it really wouldn ' t hurt, A few pessimists who resorted to calling them leeches continued to shy away from the needle. Other prep work such as hanging signs and going around to homerooms was also involved, but the work was not in vain, for on the day of the Drive the turnout was great. Despite the long lines and the forms to be filled out, students waited, some as long as two or three hours to finally reach the donating table. At the end of the day a total of 152 pints had been collected and contrary to the initial fears, all the donors felt was really good. 1. Portraying some of the fun that everyone had, senior Paul Hughes gets his blood pressure read, a prerequisite for donating blood. 2. After giving blood, senior John Davidson rests before heading for the refreshment table. 3. Senior Ann Marie Norton awaits her turn on the donor table as seniors Marcy Gropman and Christine Hartigan lend support to a friend. 4. Enjoying refreshments after a job well done, seniors Chris Freni and John Jesi proudly display their Blood-Drive stickers. 5. Senior Michael Steene lets fellow classmate Joe Stancato use his back to fill in a preliminary Red Cross form. 6. The faces of Joe Bucci, Steve Cushinsky and Scott Bernson display some of the anxiety that donors felt. Blood Drive 11

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Selling Christmas Spirit The now traditional selling of Christmas trees by students of Malden High was conducted by the class of 83 ' this past year, and as any junior who helped with the sale will tell it was not as easy as it sounds. Oh, the tree venders didn ' t actually have to go out in the wilds of Maine or Canada and chop down the trees themselves, but those who worked, worked hard. Standing out in the cold for hours at a time, toting trees here and there, and waiting on fussy customers, were just some of the adverse conditions the juniors had to work with. However, there were times when business was slow and the juniors had time to have fun. When it snowed there was most likely a snowball fight in progress. Then of course there were the football games on the side, and the card games in the clubhouse. Ordinarily there was always a group sitting in the clubhouse just talking, joking around or listening to a radio. Sure some of the kids came down just to get out of the house for a while, or just to see friends and didn ' t give much help. But those who were really dedicated to the art of tree selling, helped to sell all three hundred of the trees, in two and a half weeks which gave them a hefty fifteen hundred dollar profit. The juniors were aided by Mr. McCarthy who devoted much of his time to the selling of the trees. There were many disappointed potential tree buyers who had specifically come to Pearl Street in order to get friendly service but hadn ' t been quick enough for the rush. Tree Sale 13