Memphis Catholic High School - Crusader Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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A closer view of the speakers table shows Joe Signaigo, Comman- der McTighe, VFW Post 684, who p r e s e n t e d the Sportsmanship Award, Monsignor Louis J. Kemp- hues, pastor of Sacred Heart Church and Dean of West Tennes- see, and Father john A. Elliott, principal of Catholic High. Iv' X-l00'tb3u The speaker table at the Catholic High football banquet was loaded with celebrities and they say it was the greatest ever. Present were the Pastors of the local parish churches, Mr. Clem Quinn, President of the CHAPS, and many others who have been pictured on the opposite page. 4 -wi ' v . . li

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A. -I. Venezia, popular senior and charter member of the National Honor Society, received notice this year from the Extension Magazines Teen-Age Board that he had won honorable mention for his essay in their nation-wide contest. A. jfs subject, Evolu- tion and the Catholic Church, was rated with over :1 thousand others from Catholic high schools throughout the country by selected judges. Besides being a member of the Honor Society, A. J. also is a member of the Science and Spanish Clubs. four years in the band, and three in Journalism. ' r Q? Alford Wood, Senior at Catholic, took top honors in the Catholic Patriotism Essay sponsored by the Fourth Degree Council of the Memphis Knights of Columbus. The contest was open to the girls and boys Catholic high schools throughout the city. An- other honor was recently conferred on Alford due to his scholastic ability. He was successful in passing the difficult Navy Reserve test but failed on a physi- cal in Cincinnati due to 20-30 vision in one eye. Alford, however, now has his sights trained on Notre Dame and plans to enter the South Bend university in the Fall of ,49.

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'rf' HAVING A BIG CHUCKLE. Sports cnthusisasts George Mooney, WHHM sports announcer, Johnny Antonelli, former Cath- olic High and Major League baseball star, at present with the Memphis Chicks, prin- cipal speaker at the banquet, Msgr. Louis J. Kemphues, Dean of West Tennessee, and Will Carruthers, sports reporter of the Memphis Press-Scimilar. Local sports greats seen working up an appetite for the Banquet. Left to right- Joe Signaigo, Catholic alumni now with N. Y. Yankees, Cliff Norvell, former Cath- olic Coach, now Southeastern Conference oflicialg Johnny Antonelli, Memphis Chicks star third basemang Catholic High Coach Latham Graham and Red Cavette, South- eastern Conference football official. ppp ,, ,, , , s ttci C c,, S 1 f f 411 at Pg, at if Brother rewards brother. Joe Signaigo, former Catholic High and Notre Dame great, present N.Y. Yankee pro gridder, pre- sents his brother Albert Devoto, Catholic High football captain, with the outstand- ing player award. Johnnie Antonelli, Memphis Chicks star and alumnus of Catholic, spinning a few for the boys at the Banquet.