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

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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.

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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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a STARLIGHT REVUE OUR RECEPTION TO THE SENIORS OF 1954 May 11, 1954, in St. Bernard’s Auditorium and Gymnasium “Thanks, Juniors!’ “The Reception sure was fun, fun for everyone, And every eye was wet not dry, when the evening was all done. We'll miss each one of you when our school days are through, But when we go, we'll remember I know, your Starlight Revue.” JOE GALLI, ’54 Anita Mercier Marcia LeBlanc Juniors in Starlight Revue: Martha Moynihan Helen Gallagher Barbara Ficarra Kathleen Stanley Judith McNally Mary Kelley Rita Mulkeen Jacqueline Tocci Barbara Rouleau Dorothy Reinbold Lucille LaPointe