Southern Junior High School - Bell Yearbook (Somerville, MA)

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26 0 O O 0 O O O O O O O O O THE SOUTHERN BELL A Review of the Varsity Basket- Viveiros ....... .... 2 2 1 6 Colarusso ........,... 1 0 1 2 ball Season Uservitch ..... .... 2 1 3 5 Nunziato ..... 1 0 2 2 -. Lacey ..,. ..,.... 2 1 3 5 Wetherbee ........,. 1 0 5 2 By Robert Robillard . . Jordan ..,,...,. .,4... 0 1 4 1 Jan. 8, Reading 10, Southern 30. Fl-10111111 -A4A-'- '--'- 0 1 0 1 Jan. 11, Southern 17, Watertown A Review of the Southern A1-bene ............,...,. 0 1 0 1 East 18- Seconds Lawrence Robillard did an excellent Jan. 14, Winthrop 35, Southern 22. T piece of work in being manager, and Jan. 18, St. Teresa 13, Southern 24. Jan' 8' Reading 14, Southern 23' has rightfully earned his letter, be- Jali- 22, SOUHISFH 14, V009-501131 13- Jan' 11' Southern 9' Watertown East cause it is not much fun taking care J2111- 30, N01'theaSt61'I1 15, Southern 6' , of score books, in fact, it is tiresome. 30- Jan' 14' Wmthrop 8' Southern 19' Baseball candidates were called Feb- 1, S01-1t1l91'l'1 15, W1UthT0D 15- Jan' 18, St' Teresa 6' Southern 34' upon to report at Lincoln Park dur- Feb 6, Southern 21, Reading 14. Jan. 22, Southern 13, Vocational 3. Feb. 8, Watertown East 15,' South- ern 18. Feb 15, Vocational 33, Southern 21. Feb 19, St. Teresa 20, Southern 27. Feb Feb. 21, Southern 11, Western 21. 27, Malden Immaculate 18, Southern 21. March 6, Western 24, Southern 10. March 14 Southern 32, Northeastern 25. The varsity basketball team piloted Jan. Feb. Feb 30, Northeastern 23, Southern 14. 1, Southern 12, Winthrop 10. 6, Southern 25, Reading 6. Feb. 8, Watertown East 10, South- ern 20. Feb. 15, Vocational 6, Southern 17. Feb. 19, St. Teresa 9, Southern 14. Feb 21, Southern 21, Western 17. March 6, Western 9, Southern 14. March 14, Southern 25, Northeastern 8. The miraculous Southern seconds, by James Norton won a fair number of games, winning 10 and losing 5. The Southernites fought to the last seconds in their matches with the strong Westernites. Captain Syd- lowski of the Western piloted his team to many a victory, thus winning the championship of the city. Su- mares, Norton, and Sharry led the Southernites in regard to points, While Valente and Leahy played fine defensive work. Filosi, Di Franco, Lacey, Viveiros, and Uservitch played equally as Well. Leahy received a chipped shoulder in the Northeastern game but we are all glad that he has recovered and is able to be a candi- date for the baseball team. The fol- lowing is the summary of the bas- ketball season in regard to points. 4.1 -a-I STANDING 75 rn ' m Um Hu E2 .-.u PLAYERS E?-3 :SE E D -.-1 O OO OO OO B-155 FDC-4 Oki HD-4 Sumares . ,... .... ,..,. 3 2 13 31 77 Capt. Norton ...... 29 5 30 63 Sharry ..,...........,. 27 1 15 57 Filosi .................... 20 2 16 42 Di Franco .......,..., 18 2 16 38 Leahy .......,.. ..... 6 1 10 13 Valente .... .,... 3 1 30 7 led by Captain R. Robillard, went like a house aflre, winning 13 and losing 1. That one was lost to Northeastern, who had their first team substitutes against our second team. When Coach Fitzgerald of the Northeastern put his second team against our seconds in the final match, Southern wal- loped them 25 to 8. Robillard, Uglietta, and Masi led the second team in the point standing. O'Neil, Fraccastoro, Haiford, Colarusso, and some of the other outstanding players played fine ball and deserve a lot of credit. Masi, O'Neil, Halford, and Jordan have another year at Southern, while Colarusso has two years. The following is the summary of this year's basketball season in regard to points:- . ' STANDING 3 rn m PLAYERS ,EE EE E3 553 Sri Sai Capt. Robillard,. 34 10 13 78 Uglietta .....,.....,., 29 6 9 64 Masi ....... ....... 2 O 3 13 43 O'Neil .... ....... 1 0 4 22 24 Hafford ...... .,...., 1 0 0 8 20 Fogarty ......... .... 5 1 2 11 Fraccastoro ....... . 1 1 11 3 ing the last few weeks of April. Mr. Carver worked hard every night try- ing to make a ball team, which he has finally accomplished. The following are the players on the baseball squad: Captain Norton, R. Robillard, Vivei- ros, Amaral, Harty, Macero, Frac- castoro, Otto, Murphy, Cabral, Hafford, Sumares, McQueston, Sharry, Edel- stein, Scotti, Palmacci, Uservitch, Mc- Carthy, Reed, O'Neil, Baskerwicz, Leahy, and Manager Uglietta. Southern Hands First Defeat to Western, 7 to 6 The Southern Junior High School baseball team defeated the Western nine, 7 to 6, at Lincoln Park on May 24. This was Western's first defeat of the season. O'Neil, playing first base for the Southern, led the batting with three hits in five trips to the plate. Ed. Sumares, on the mound for Southern, struck out five batters, but was free with his passes, issuing nine free tickets. Southern turned in two very neat double plays, with McQueston and O'Neil featuring in both. Baskewicz had a big day at the plate, batting in four of South- ern's runs. Southern went into the sixth with a five-run handicap, but came back strong and tied the game in the ninth. McQueston sacrificed in the tenth to score Sharry with the winning run. Tlgey are never alone that are accom- panied with noble thought.v.-Scipio.

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GRADUATION NUMBER o o o o o o o o O o O 0 0 25 Miss FROST, Teacher. Section DOROTHY DAVENPORT, Prophet. First Row? Dorothy Davenport, Florence Capobianco, Theresa Sullivan, .Iune Glover, Miss Frost, Derpa Mas- teralexis, Clzira liratch, Ruth Balhoni, Kiki Sintetos, Actina Gazunis. Second Iioxv: Charlotte Brenner, Anna lJiGreg'ori0, Florence Patalano, Viola Price, Isabelle Raymond, Stella Farms, Irene Ponte, Beverly Bent, Elizabeth Duff, Evelyn Lettieri. Third-Row: Dorothy Feliciano, Mary Driscoll, Barbara McCauley, Ruth McBride, Anna Reale, Marguerite Mc- Cllllvray, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophie Gazunis, Katherine Spoletti, Fourth Row: 'Frank De Vellis, Charles Ferrante, James Murphy, Renzo Zulpo, Anthony Agresti, Anthony Fortini, Eugene Viveiros, Frederick Learmonth, Alcindo Souza, Thomas Maloney. I was sitting in my study last night reflecting that it was the fif- teenth anniversary of my graduation strains of were fad- announcer my heart what he from the Southern. The a very dull radio program ing away, when the brought news that made leap. He was presenting called the Southern Revue. I knew then that he was going to present many of my former classmates on his program. He introduced the guest announcer, Irene Ponte, who is now chief of the A. B. C. Knot the Ele- vator COJ. She turned the program over to the first number which was a dialogue between Barbara Mc- Cauley and Dorothy Feleciano, re- peating some of Mr. Mooney's humor of 1935. Following them came Clara Dratch and June Glover, who were given a chance to sing about Amer- ica's new sweetheart, Annie Howe. Then the announcer introduced the sponsors of the program, Actina and Sophie Gazunis, speaking in the inter- est of their new product, the Na- tional Sneezeless Pepper. Next came a sound like the march- ing of the ninth grade through the corridors of old Southern, and think- ing it was static, I made a move to turn the radio volume down. The voice of Irene broke in with this: The sounds you now hear are com- ing from the nimble feet of three Broadway stars: Dorothy Davenport, Florence Capobianco, and Theresa Sullivan. QHearing this, I thought to myself, I must see Ruth Balboni and Beverly Bent, who run the Loew's Capitol on Broadway, and get a few tickets to see these girls dance.D The next number brought Anna Di Gregorio to the loudspeaker, ,and Anna gave a short talk on the outlook for the baseball season. 1 Just then the door bell rang, and answering it, I found Mary Driscoll and Elizabeth Duff. They had just returned from a long trip to Cali- fornia and decided to look me up. Our attention was then centered on the radio when we heard the familiar strains of the old, old number: Par- don My Southern Accent fand we thought it was very appropriate for such an occasiOn.J Immediately, I knew it was the voice of Charlotte Brenner. Following her selection came a Hill- Billy quartet with Evelyn Lettieri, Stella Farias, Marguerite McGillvray, and Despa Masteralexis, which made us weep for the old gang of ours! Cutting in shortly from California, a special news Hash from Patalano's News Service informed us that Ruth McBride had been appointed head coach of Stanford's Jump-Rope Team, and that Viola Price had been named director of the latest picture, Where Is My Heart? starring Anna Reale, Somerville's gift to Hollywood. Katherine Spoletti and Elizabeth Taylor resumed the broadcast with a short section of the famous play, The Barons of Summer Street. The program was drawing to a close when Kiki Sintetos was called upon to give the figures of the elec- tion of 1950. I knew of no one better to deal in figures and numbers than Kiki. The Band of a Thousand Melodies ended the program, and I knew the fContinued On Page 321

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GRADUATION NUMBER O O O O O O O O O O O O O Miss JoNEs, Teacher. Section MARGARET CONWAY, Prophet. First ROWS Nellie Natali, Blanche Cram, Edith Minkowitz, Evangeline Diane, Joan Mecarthy, Miss Jones, Edna Curran, Mary Azzollno, Anna Eames, Laura Medeiros, Erma Mancini. Second Row: Josephine Casali, Er i i G' t' ' ' I mna ianet 1, Shirley Smith, Margaret Conway, Anna Didris, Catherine Barrett, Anna Sciacca, Emily Barbosa, Lena Trani. Third Row: Eleanora Keefe, Elsie Silva, Edna Martell, Laura McClellan, Constance Lima, Anna Callinan, Vera Camacho Ethel Mullane Augusta Oliver Selita Ferr ' M Th . 1 Y - , eira, 'ary omas Fourth Row: I Frank Mancini, Arthur O'Leary, Albert Amaral, Arthur Domings, John Zicuis, John La Grega, Charles Mitchell, George Flynn, Augustine Considine. Last summer during my visit to Chicago, I met all my old classmates from Room 216, as if in a dream. I had no sooner stepped into the Chicago airport when I recognized John LaGrega, who was just bring- ing in the fast mail plane from Bos- ton. Stopping to speak to him, I learned that Shirley Smith and Evan- geline Didris were stewardesses on the passenger plane to California. How I envied them! John remarked that Laura Medeiros and Josephine Casali were still together and made regular weekly trips to their sum- mer home in California. Leaving the airport, I went to my hotel and registered. My eye fell upon a Chicago newspaper, and I saw the name of Arthur O'Leary as editor and a brilliant cartoon drawn by Charles Mitchell. On the register I saw the names of Lena Trani, Nellie Natali, Eleanor Keefe, Elsie Silver, Erminia Gianetti, and Edna Mar- tell. The manager told me that they were planning the Home Beautiful Building for the 1945 Century of Progress. On the way to my room, I saw a Billboard advertising the grand open- ing of the hotel's Hoor show. To my surprise and delight, I saw the names of Joan McCarthy, Edna Curran, and Mary Azzolino fstill dancing along togetherj as the headliners, ably as- sisted by Selita Ferreira, the nation's greatest boop-a-doop girl. That night I went to the show and they danced and sang as well as they' did in 1935. The next morning, I had occasion to visit a large insurance building in downtown Chicago, and I saw Anna Sciacca and Emily Barbosa busily employed as private sacretaries to the president of the building. Emily told me that many of our former lovers of bookkeeping and typewrit- ing were secretaries to the city offi- cials of Chicago. She named Mary Thomas, Augusta Oliver, Anna Didris, Anna Callanan, Vera Camacho, Connie Lima, Ethel Mullane, and Laura McClellan. On the way back to my hotel for dinner, I met Blanche Cram, sitting at the office switchboard. I later learned that she was talking to Edith Minkowitz, traveling in London as chief buyer for Mlles. Catherine Bar- rett and Anna Eames, New York's fashionable clothiers. Thus in a short time I had met and renewed acquaintance with that old group known as III-10. Fred Conway Wins Prize The Southern is very pleased to note that Frederick Conway of Room 321 has won the first prize in an ama- teur radio contest sponsored by a large Boston concern and broadcast over the New England networks. Congratulations, Fred, and may your voice lead you to bigger and bet- ter success.