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

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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.

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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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The Terrier Hop Bigger and better each year , and this was the third year for the annual presentation of the Catholic High Terrier Hop. The Hop is the annual pres- entation, in the social field, of the Megaphone Club. The object is to raise funds for carrying on their ac- tivities during the year, promote good will, and see that everyone has a swell time. This year, the feature of the Terrier Hop was the introduction of a new Catholic High song, The Sweetheart of Ol' Catholic High, and the choosing of a girl to fit the title. Yvonne Butler's mother, Mrs. Charles Butler, wrote the song and Yvonne introduced it. The Official Sweetheart of Catholic High is none other than Cheerleader Ameera Pierini. Don Kearn and Hal Benson, radio announcers at WDIA and WMPS, re- spectively, and Miss Mary Lou O'Conner, student at Memphis State, were the judges of the finalists in the contest. The Megaphone Club reminds us this year that The Hop in '50 will be a nifty. The Finalists of the Sweetheart of Ol' Catholic High contest held in connection with this year's Terrier Hopi' were, left fo right-Betty Morarity, St. Agnes, Anite Rector, St. Thomas, Ameera Pierini, Sacred Heart fwinnerjg and Shirley Sanone, Holy Names. 1 Shown above, presenting Shirley Zanone to the audience, are radio announcers Hal Benson, WMPS, and Don Kearn, WDIA. Shirley, by the way, was chosen an All-City Cheerleader from Catholic.