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

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We look back, revolving many memories’ Long stood Sir Bedivere revolving many memories. King Arthur was gone and the Round Table dissolved and he the last of the knights saw the days and years darken around him among new men, strange faces, other minds. But our looking backward is not gloomy, for we face the future with hope and courage. At last, the day of days arrived, when we left grammar school behind us, and faced a new horizon of high school days, with bright and unclouded hopes for the four happy years unfolding out before us. We were 293, the largest class ever to be enrolled at SBHS. We must confess it was a bit bewildering when we saw so many new faces and won- dered if we would ever know them ll. a» % % S498 A H4 SPPREVEDS se We faced something new and different in the Diocesan Declamation Con- test at the beginning of our first year at SBHS. But we accepted the challenge offered as seen by the large number of the class who were contestants: Lorraine Addorisio, Robert Bourque, Stephen Brodeur, Nancy Byrnes, Paulette Chapdelaine, Katherine Coughlin, John DiNatale, Katheryn Dovidio, Maria Dovidio, Janice Flanagan, Maureen Flathers, Paula Fletcher, Andre Gor- don, Kathleen Hassett, Maryellen Hurley, Helen Mack. Other entrants were Donald Morse, Roann Norton, James O'Malley, Carol Pirone, Eileen Quinn, Maryann Szymanski, Linda Tocci, Karyn Turbide, Maryjo Williams. Linda Ledden and John Walsh represented the freshmen at the school eliminations on October 7. Soon enrolled in the Sodality were Mary Conlon, Patricia Dextraze, Mau- reen Flathers, Diane Marcy, Maryann Szymanski. Joining the Booster Club were Jeannie Antonini, Katherine Bell, Nancy Byrnes, Kathleen Flynn, Mary- ellen Hurley, Jane Lavin, Linda Ledden, Roann Norton, Kathleen Small.

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bod | kgs BRE Pe a Gx ny 6 MD BE ee 1 me lw Freshmen active in the Debating Club were Mary Conlon, Janice Flanagan, and Linda Ledden. Cheerleaders: Janice Gallagher and Veronica Swi- eca. Orchestra: Donald Ayles, drums; James O'Malley, trumpet; pianists, Geralda Bourque and Louise Gren- ache. Christmas play: Louise Grenache, Susan Lee, John McCarthy, Lawrence Miner, Sheila Quinn. CCD corps: Nancy Beaulac, Robert Bourque, Paul- ette Chapdelaine, Jane Cote, Sheila Cote, Louise Fitz- water, Judith Provo, Eileen Quinn, Linda Tocci, Maryjo Williams. Science Club: David Beauvais and Stephen Brodeur Essay winners: Carol Cohen, Eileen Quinn. Freshman boys were all-round sportsmen and some of them even made the varsity teams: Football: Vincent Bilotta, Charles Butterfield, Robert Day, John DiNatale, Barry Finneron, Paul WHartrey, Richard Tiernan. Kenneth Bray was manager. Basketball: Vincent Bilotta, Barry Finneron, John Mann, Ed- ward McCaffrey, William McColl, Thomas Nowd, George Rich- ards, John Thomas, Richard Tiernan. Baseball: Vincent Bilotta, Paul Hartrey, and Richard Tiernan. Track: Charles Butterfield, Barry Finneron, Paul Hartrey, and Alfred Somma. Noma certificates were awarded to David Beauvais, Lucy Brodeur, Pamela Cunningham, Jane Duchesneau, Gloria Harris, Yvette Lachance, Sheila Mammone, and Helen Audet. Looking at the above picture we recall our days in the port- ables. Here is a group of us in room 43 making good use of a study period. It must have been a day in late spring for the open- shirted boys are enjoying the warm-weather respite from ties. We did well to concentrate on our homework assignments for we were so close to the beauties of a lovely spring day that it required ef- fort to keep our eyes from straying outwards. Stephen Brodeur won first place and Paul Hartrey, second, in the Science Fair of March 22 and 23 of 1961. Freshmen were well represented in the General Science section of the exhibit. In the all-school play of '60, You're Only Young Once, were Jane Maguire who played the role of Miss Chandler, the secre- tary; Roann Norton, Miss Ross, the girls’ advisor; Paul Kukkula, “Speed” Miller.