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

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At the Fifth Anniversary CYC Congress held in Wor- cester, October 30 to November 1, Elizabeth Charette was elected to the post of historian. Bernardians marched in the annual parade as Crusaders behind our pa tron, St. Ber- nard of Clairvaux. SBHS cheerleaders received a trophy as part of the marching unit. Sara Bambarola won first prize in the Fitchburg divi- sion of the national Singer Sewing contest for her project, a navy blazer and skirt. Kathleen Carney and Yvonne Farineau received Certifi- cates of Educational Development as a result of the NEDT examination taken in April, 1959. Janet DeCiantes, Jeannine Poirier, and Priscilla Roy were awarded NOMA certificates for proficiency in spell- ing frequently misspelled words. Junior English classes participated in vocabulary intra- murals. These same groups took as a topic of discussion that of the National Catholic Education Week—‘Our Way, Our Truth, and Our Life.’ Appearing in the all-school play, Headlines, November 9 and 10, 1959, were Irene Belliveau, Jane Comeau, and Joseph Pare. Donald Legendre directed the stage setting assisted by Michael Enwright, Ronald Goudreau, and Paul Mattila. Stage properties were handled by Barbara Bourque, Patricia O'Sullivan, Catherine Shea, and Mary Ann Small. Assisting on ticket and publicity committees were Kathleen O'Connell, Mary Anne Pare, Janet Swift. Playing on the ’59 varsity football team were Fred Bacon, John Gallagher, Richard Bussiere, Dennis Holman, Paul Mattila, Milton Morin, Joseph Murphy, David Noonan. Juniors in large numbers attended the Christmas dance sponsored by the seniors who chose for their theme, “Win- ter Wonderland,” with silver and white predominating in their decorations. This dance was for couples only and at the admission price of two dollars. Elizabeth Charette puts’ the finishing touches to the Madonna painted on the back board of room 35. Stina hone: aR eat Ditties oe

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As Juniors, our enrollment was only 174, as against the 225, 210, and 205 pupils in the fresh- man, sophomore, and senior classes. But we were not frustrated at this deficiency in number as we realized we made up for it in quality. Participating in the intra-class declamations were Kathleen Carney, James Connors, Jane Curley, Jac- queline Frye, John Gallagher, Paul Hanno, Sandra Lehto, Sara Mansfield, Jane McDowell, Milton Morin, Joseph Murphy, Janice Poirier, Colleen Tru- del. James Connors and Sandra Lehto were chosen from this group, with Kathleen Carney and John Gallagher as alternates. Our school paper, the Blue and Gold, gained luster from the contributions of Jane Enright, Diane Flynn, Beatrice Kasper, Mary Kennedy, Margaret McFarlane, Sara Mansfield, Dorothy Markunas, Jo- seph Murphy, Mary Ann Small, Colleen Trudel. Serving as chairman, assistant chairman, and sec- retary in the junior English classes were Sarah Bam- barola, Lucille Barrette, Joan Bebick, John Dube, Yvonne Farineau, Diane Flynn, John Gallagher, Mil. ton Morin, Linda Roberts, Joseph Murphy, Priscilla Roy, and Jane Wironen. Catherine Flynn, Donna Putnam, and Ann Reddy were chosen as representatives for the junior class in the September 22 elections of the Booster Club. Kathleen Pliska was one of the five girls chosen from the ninety representing all the school at the cheerleading tryouts held September 23 in the audi- torium. Judges were Father Donahue and the present cheerleaders.

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Jeannine Currier and Jeanne Aubuchon represented the juniors in the 1960 Fashion Review featured by the Home Economics classes. Seven of the 90 juniors in the typewriting II classes: Ann Caisse, Blanche Robillard, Carol Hachey, Janet Brooks, Natalie Pandiscio, Sheila Gorham, Bettina Mittola. Dennis Kurasawicz 22, Ronald Cormier 4, and Milton Morin 31, made the varsity basketball team of ’59 and ’60. Junior boys on the team shared the joy of the players and Coach Lane in the Leominster High victory, 14 to 8, for St. Bernard’s, played at Doyle Field. SBHS stunned area fans with this 14-8 upset over LHS, fashioning one of the biggest upsets in the recent history of North Worcester County football. ee