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

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Freshman Student Councillors a Nancy Belliveau Catherine Flynn Barbara Bourque Paul Hanno Robert Burns Robert Nowd Edward Culley Joyce Saucier Richard Ferrera Colleen Trudel DIOCESAN DECLAMATION DECLAIMERS Irene Belliveau Sandra Leger Ann Caisse Sara Mansfield Gail Cancelliari Margaret McFarlane Kathleen Carney Barbara McGuirk James Connors Milton Morin Helen Ducharme Joseph Murphy Susan Earley Patricia O'Sullivan Jane Enright Kathleen Pliska Carol Ethier Janice Poirier Sheila Gorham Catherine Shea Beatrice Kasper Mary Ann Small Carol Kinsella Colleen Trudel Janet Kwiatkoski Janet Swift Annette Lamothe Carol Veasey Jane Wironen =) “hi og YU Joyce Saucier, winner of the girls’ championship in her division at the International Federation of Bow and Arrow. Reporting at the gym on December 4 for basketball practice, coached by Richard Mc- Namara, were frosh: Fred Bacon Raymond Girouard Richard Bussiere Dennis Holman James Connors Dennis Kurasowicz Ronald Cormier Paul Mattila Edward Culley Milton Morin Richard Ferrera Joseph Murphy Robert Nowd Taking third place in the newly formed area league for frosh teams, the young Bernies closed the season with a 7-3 record. They topped intra- city rivals Notre Dame and FHS. In the special triple games with St. John’s Prep, the frosh squad was the sole victor for SBHS. In the individ- ual scoring, Ronald Cormier took the lead, hooping 117 points: Dennis Kurasowicz was second with 108 points,

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The class of ’61 entered SBHS with an enrollment of 238, and was assigned to portable rooms, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45. English and Algebra were required subjects for all, with Latin, History, Economic Geography, and General Science, as electives. The class made a fine showing in the Diocesan Declama- tion contest, with thirty-three persevering to the end. James Connors and Sara Mansfield were chosen to repre- sent the school in the freshman-sophomore division at the semi-finals in Worcester. Jean Cormier and Jacqueline Sherwin were selected from among the- twenty-seven freshmen who tried out for cheerleading, September 9. Sandra Lehto, violinist, joins the school orchestra. Claudia LeBlanc and Ann Reddy make the all-school play, “Success Story.” Milton Morin, Dennis Kurasowicz, and Ray Girouard make the varsity football team. Ann Reddy is elected secretary of the Booster Club and Kathleen Carney, on the rally and dance committee, in preparation for the November 1 rally at Bowl and the SBHS-FHS game. Sandra Leger and Suzanne Leger receive NOMA cer- tificates for excellence in spelling. Denise Normandin, Patricia O'Sullivan, Colleen Trudel, and Jane Wironen join the Sodality of Mary. Barbara Bourque, Jean Cormier, Anne DeCosta, Jeanne Dextraze, Christine Ethier, Kathleen Carney, Jane Comeau, Janice Dupuis, Jane Enright, Catherine Flynn, Jacqueline Frye, Bettina Mittola, Kathleen O'Connell take part in the Christmas program. Jean Cormier, Cecile Dauphinais, Jane Enright, Patricia McHugh, Kathleen Pliska, Mary Ann Small write for the school paper—The Blue and Gold. The following is taken from an early issue in which Mary Ann expresses her own individual experience as a frosh: Everyone has heard of a poor little rich girl, But how many know about the tall Small girl ? Ever since I can remember there has been some Confusion with my name and size; but it has Reached its peak, since entering high school. At the beginning of school, it was very amusing To watch the different Sisters focus attention On some petite girl like Suzanne Leger to answer To the call of Mary Anne Small. But how astonished everyone was when I raised My five-foot-eight frame in answer to the name. Then there was the day, I heard someone say, “We need someone small.’’ Of course, I decided That I was the one they wanted, so volunteered— But I never became the little angel in the play. So upperclassmen, when you look over the names Of the frosh, you may think that Susan is Earley, Janet is Swift, and Ann will certainly be Reddy, But never think that Mary Anne will be Small. S98 inet Ne ar nope ee ba THE LITURGICAL C see eaeetst tt: lla : | Ae | {

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As freshmen, we took patt in the first retreat ever given to the student body at SBHS, on March 6 and 7. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was offered both days in the auditorium for juniors and sen- iors; and in the gym for freshmen and sophomotes. This was a dialogue Mass. Confessions were heard and conferences given during the school day. With the coming of spring, Milton Morin and Dennis Kurasowicz report for spring football prac- tice. The baseball season attracts to the diamond— Ronald Cormier, Edward Culley, James Gaudet, Dennis Kurasowicz, Milton Morin, as players, and James Connors, as student manager. At the Award Assembly, June 11, these boys received a letter. @ Bernice LeBlanc, Colleen Trudel, Joyce Saucier, Susan Earley, Bernice Leger are pictured in the February, 1958, issue of the Blue and Gold. Kathleen Carney, Yvonne Farineau, and Paul Hanno are the Freshman winners in the Putnam Humane Essay contest. In the CYC parish elections, Elizabeth Charette was elected secretary, and Nicole Chapdelaine, his- torian at St. Cecelia’s; Jacqueline Babin, the first vice-president at. Immaculate Conception; Colleen Trudel, secretary, and Jane Comeau, historian at St. Leo's. The following pupils finished freshman year with a Perfect Attendance record: Jean Aubuchon Richard Ferrera Lucille Barrette John Gallagher Mildred Bergeron Robert Leger Barbara Bourque Suzanne Leger Nicole Chapdelaine Joseph Murphy Charlene Demazure Priscilla Roy Joseph DeMego Mary Ann Pare Jeannine Dionne Jane Wironen Freshmen combined prose and poetry to honor Mary during her month of May. Pupils participat- ing were Sandra Arpin, Joan B ebick, Elizabeth Char- ette, Claire Christian, Jeannine Currier, Sara Mans- field, Claudia LeBlanc, Diane Flynn, Irene Belliveau. Claudia LeBlanc, as Jane, one of the children of the Summers’ in the all-school play, Success Story.