St Bernards High School - Bernardian Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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pa Anne Marie Benjamin’s beau- tiful voice was heard in our Christmas program of 1953 in “O Night of Holy Memories” and as leader of the carollers. The Christmas meeting of the Italian Club was a variety pro- gram entitled “Buon Natale” in charge of the officers: Ubaldo George, Patricia Cioffi, Carol Proietti, Teresa Zungolo, and Richard Navaroli. The Italian Club sang favorite Christmas carols from their songbook ‘‘Can- zoni Italiane.” First row, left to right: Joanne Mascitti, Teresa Zungolo, Anna Sala, Carol Proietti, Nancy Muldoon, Jennie Rivetts. Second tow: Virginia Mannone, Marie Carbone, Angela Ghilardi, Elsie Gamache, Patricia Cioffi, MaryAnn Barbaro, Ann Messina. Third row: Robert Fer- tazza, Richard Navaroli, Ubaldo George. Carol Montagna, pianist. Special commendation is certainly due Elianne Trainque for the long trip taken each day in coming to us from distant Westminster. Her parish, St. Edward’s, is well named as ‘King Edward’ had a great devotion to building churches; West- minster Abbey being his latest and noblest work. He died in 1066, five years before the birth of St. Bernard. peers)

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The RADIO CLUB of 1953-54 consisted of 130 students from the area high schools. Of this number, 110 were Bernardians. Weekly radio shows were produced by club members and heard every Friday afternoon from 3:30 to 4:00 over WEIM. These programs included the top ten tunes of the week selected by the club and also Highschool Highlights, a ten- minute summary of the latest doings at FHS, LHS and SBHS. Left to right: Joyce Hassett, John Nourie, George Scott, President; Diane Maloney, Vice President; and Andre Gelinas. Joseph Doheny represented our Junior class for the school elimi- nations in the Bishop Wright Declamation Contest. He was chosen a winner for the semi- finals, and again for the finals, where he made an excellent show- ing. Suzanne Chapdelaine was chosen with Joseph for the intra- schoo! eliminations. In an essay contest entitled ‘The Physically Handicapped — Competent, Dependable Workers,’ sponsored by the Governor's Emergency Committee for Employment of the Physically Handi- capped, Richard Sullivan °55 was the first-place winner in Massachusetts; Ann Marie Benjamin '55 was awarded fourth place.

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Coach John McCauley conducted the 1954 basketball intramurals in which junior room 33 were the acknowledged 1954 champs. Members of the championship team included: Bernard McCaffrey, Richard Ponusky, Emil Boudreau, John Sulli- van, Joseph Lawless, Richard Soucy, Edmund Woods, and John Nourie. In the semi-finals, the upset of the tournament, Room 33 gained a 30-21 victory over the favored Room 31 Sen- iors. Carol Slattery and Jacqueline Brisson proudly dis- play to Joyce Hassett, the trophy which they and the other six cheerleaders won in the jamboree held at the Fitchburg High School auditorium. This was the second trophy won by our Blue and Gold cheerleaders. The SBHS Girls’ Basketball Team closed its season with a victory over Nolan, 32-20. Junior PROS: Lucille LaPointe, Jacqueline Tocci, Barbara Boudreau, Deanne Gasparri, Diane Maloney, Muriel McGinley.