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

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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.

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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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As sophomores, we numbered 205 as we entered our second year at SBHS. Three of our homerooms were in the main building and two in portables 47 and 48. In the Student Council elections, the fol- lowing Sophs were chosen: Elizabeth Charette Jean Cormier Ronald Cormier Diane Flynn John Gallagher Paul Hanno Milton Morin Joyce Saucier Jane Wironen Sandra Lehto, Sara Mansfield, and Janice Poirier become a part of the school or- chestra. Mr. Thomas Lane, of Boston College, is our new teacher-coach. Our initial game with Assumption Prep results in a victory; Milton Morin plays as halfback. Jean Cormier and Jackie Sherwin start the year on the cheerleading squad. Jane Enright is elected secretary of the Booster Club. Rally at the Bowl, the night before the FHS game, began at 7:30 with a police-escorted motorcade starting from Lowe Playground and proceeding through town to Bowl. Participating in the Diocesan Declamations were: Irene. Belliveau Ann Caisse Kathleen Carney Nicole Chapdelaine Jane Comeau James Connors Jacqueline Frye Sheila Gorham Donald Legendre Margaret MacFarlane Sara Mansfield Dorothy Markunas Jane McDowell Barbara McGuirk Janice Poirier Catherine Shea James Connors and Sara Mansfield were chosen to represent the class.