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

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To represent the freshmen in the Student Council, room 41 elected Edward DeCosta and Teresa Turcotte; room 42, John M. Smith and Faith Marcy; room 43, John” Stanley and Patricia Guilmet; room 44, Michael Enwright and Elaine Pellechia; room 45, James Carnivale and Susan Carr. Richard Blouin, Janis Charbonneau, Donna Ingemie, Marcia Gallagher, Sheila Daly, Maryann Kinsman were new pianists for the orchestra. Donald Roberge with his drums and Judith Marchetti with her trumpet soon became familiar members of the orchestra. George Reynolds and Rosann Caouette were chosen from the freshmen declaimers with John Smith and Paula Foley as alternates. Girls: P. Guilmet, E. Pellechia, F. Marcy, T. Turcotte, S. Carr. Boys: J. Stanley, J. Smith, M. Enwright, E. DeCosta, J. Carni- vale. “This is Your Hour,’”’ a vocation play, was presented by the freshmen in the auditorium on March 25, 1959.'In this satire on the “sick world,’’ Brian McDonald was Doctor Logic, and Jane Mathieu, Miss Defeatist, both awaiting the arrival of the “sick world,’ John Stanley. Attempting a cure are Dr. Science (William Walsh) who wishes to use an atomic pill; Miss Pleasure (Suzanne Beland) who advocates excitement, thrills, danger, etc; Miss Culture and Dr. Intelligentsia (Judith Reardon and Edward DeCosta) who offer education as the only remedy; and Lord Money-Bags (David LaLiberty). After these have tried and failed, Joanne Crotty enters with her medicine, love, and succeeds in making the world better. John M. Smith was the chairman, James Elliott, narrator; Cherie LeClair, assistant coach; John Perkins, stage manager. Cheerleader Denise Plette Seated: J. Crotty, W. Walsh, C. LeClair, J. Stanley, J. Mathieu, S. Beland, B. McDonald. Standing: D. LaLiberty, J. Elliott, J. Reardon, J. Smith, E. DeCosta, J. Perkins.

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The class of 1962 entered St. Bernard's High School with an enrollment of 234 pupils, the largest of the four classes. The opening weeks of school were busy ones for the fifty-seven freshmen who participated in the annual diocesan declamation contest. After the first elimination, twenty-four were left to continue in the contest and the second elimination, which decided who were the four to represent the class. Peter Krauss, Brian McDonald, George Reynolds, Edward DeCosta maintaining high scholastic grades. In the all-school play, “The Whole Town’s Talking,” Dorothy Kelly played a part; Stephen Kimball was one of the stage managers; Edward DeCosta, James Elliott, Brian McDonald, property managers; George Reynolds, John Smith, John Stanley, William Walsh, publicity managers; Cecile Moyen, usher. Cheerleader Jane Mathieu : F ae Declaimers who successfully survived the 1st elimination: Gail Bettinger Jean Gillis Judith Reardon Marie Bishop Cherie LeClair George Reynolds Rosann Caouette Judith Marchetti Barbara Romano Edward DeCosta Brian McDonald Judith San Clemente Judith Dupuis Mary Mullen John Smith Paula Foley Margaret O’Connor John Stanley Linda Fontaine John Perkins John Tobin Pearl Hare Teresa Turcotte William Walsh

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Thirty-seven freshmen finished their first year with a perfect attendance record: Colette Bedard Marie Bishop Claire Caron Sandra Carrier William Courtemanche Edward DeCosta James Duguay Judith Dupuis Michael Enwright Janice Fontaine Michelle Gagnon Douglas Gaudet Jean Gillis Theresa Giordano Grace Gulino Raymond Hebert Joyce Hurtubise Donna Ingemie Donna Jeffrey Dorothy Kelly Barbara Kukta Jane LaClair Phyllis Landry Cherie LeClair Pauline Loiselle Judith Marchetti Faith Marcy Elouise Maston Cecile Moyen Donna Nacke Anne Nichols Lucy Paglia Linda Pedini John Perkins Phyllis Pawelski Paula Quastello Mary Ann Somma