St Clare High School - Je Me Souviens Yearbook (Woonsocket, RI)

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JE ME SOUVIENS The World s Crazrest Famrly About Baseball lt all started the Sunday after my graduation from the erghth grade that rs the baseball craze that suddenly turned our famrly into a staunch household of Red Sox fans Daddy sought relayeatron from hrs long tedious office hours by following the results achieved by the Boston players throughout the baseball season but rnterest and understanding were certarnly not to be found at home as far as that sport was concerned for the other members of the household were almost completely unaware of the fun one could derrve from so thrrllrng a sport So our forlorn Dad frnally resorted to playrng hrs own game Strangely enough the first ball he prtched headed for Fenway Park the home of our forthcoming rdols What a homer that was or was rt ' Our famrly was the ball Now my Dad rs a rather serrous man Lrke most busrness men hrs thoughts are almost entirely preoccupied with hrs work the results of the war the last move of the President and the hopes of hrs polrtrcal party for a smashing vrctory at electron time Yet as soon as Dom DrlVlaggro the leadoff man comes to bat Dad s office manners and composure drsappear he stands up Wrth the rest of the frantrc crowd and shouts hrs approval should the outcome of the play be fayorable At other trmes the usually unemotronal self possessed head of the Blars household starts an anrmated argument with the woman next to hrm stop that Red Sox wrnnrng streak When complicated hrts such as the baf fling Texas leaguers seem to be puzzling poor lrttle me he explains as patrently and thoroughly as rf he were analyzing a complicated case at law As for Mother Well she certarnly rs kept busy supplyrng her lrvely brood wrth peanuts or settling the arguments brought about by our drsputes over the two Scorecards for the chrldren have caught therr father s enthusrasm like the flu uret yet thoroughly rnterested Lynn rs definitely unlrke her old self Her cool apprarsal of the varrous plays enables her to account for the runs hrts and errors that the rest farled to notrce durrng the excitement Pop the rdol of the Blars household rand she certarnly does take advantage of rtj Pop also has her rdol and trs none other than tall lanky young Ted Wrllrams When Ted comes up to bat nervous strarn and tensron are plarnly written over Pop s face and she clings to Harry for mental support Should Ted dare to put the ball over the fence both srt there rn all therr glory Wrth beamrng eyes and smrles from ear to ear they vyatch therr hero make the trrp to the home plate As for me oh well you all know me No one can doubt after this rota of our baseball rnterests that my father prtched hrs famrly successfully across the plate ANNE ELIZABFTH BLAIS 41 4 UQ + I . . Y. 1 V . Y e l 'A -1 Yi S I 3 3 i I I A 5 ! , 3 , , 3 I J . I , 4 . .v - 1 V I . - ' x . . h ' 1 ' - m l r ' x v u ' s , when she claims that the visiting New York Yankees are positively going to l l 3 . I I . ! 1 . . . , V . 1 V V a . - -l . .,j ' 14. ,

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JE VIE SOUVIENS Le tresor cache Grand papa racontez mo1 encore 1h1sto1re du tresor Je 1a1me tant et 1 31 des quest1ons a vous poser uo1 encore Je te 1 a1 deja racontee au mo1ns IYOIS fols Ou1 tro1s fOlS et Ce11C Cl sera la quatrxeme Je su1s prete Grand papa La belle pet1te fille qu1 1nterrogea1t a1ns1 son grand pere eta1t ass1se sur ses genou attendant avec jOlL 1 h1sto1re qu elle sava1t par coeur Alors pu1sque tu le des1res retournons au temps passe quand 5 eta1s un jeune homme En ce temps 1a nous et1ons une famllle b1en heureuse jusqu a ce que notre pere tombat malade C eta1t en avr1l Comblen etlel vous dans xotre famllle Grand papa' Nous etlons tro1s garcons tous a peu pres du meme age La m11ad1e de mon pere dura longtemps ma1s 11 souffra1t en s11ence TIOIS jours avant sa mort 11 nous fit ven1r dans sa chambre Lorsque nous etlons assembles autour de son 11t 11 nous a demande de fou11ler dans son champ parce que 1a nous YFOUVQYIOHS un tresor u est ce que c eta1t le tresor 11 ne nous la pas d1t 1V1a1s le mot tresor sonna1t dans nos ore111es comme de lor dans la poche d un pauvre Apres sa mort nous avons trava11le comme des fous creusant ma1s ne trouvant r1en un peu decourages nous avons persexere tout l ete uand unt 1 automne nous axons retlre davantage de nos recoltes ma1s1a pensee du tresor ne nous qu1tta1t pas Ou eta1t 119 MOI Je pense que je sa1s ce que c est Tu es plus br11lante que mes freres et mo1 La deux1eme annee nous avons fou1l1e encore plus qu avant ma1s polnt de tresor C est seulement a la fin de la tro1s1eme annee que nous avons comprls le but de nos recherches Notre champ a produ1t les plus beaux fru1ts et les plus nourr1ssants vegetaux de toute la contree Non le tresor n ela1t pas dans une cache rust1que 11e avec des bandes de fer comme nous nous le figunons La cache etaxt le champ 1 argent eta1t les beaux produ1ts et la c1efeta1t notre trava11 Ou sont xos deux freres mamtenant' Apres dlx ans de succes Jean 1a1ne mourut de la meme maladle que mon pere P1erre s est dexoue a la we m1ss1onna1re 11 5 a deux ans que 1u1 auss1 est mort Seul je su1s reste Fst ce que 1 h1sto1re t a contentee ma pet1te Maru? Oh ou1 Grand papa merc1 m11le fOlS Savez vous ce qu1 je X315 fa1re Je V318 1 ecr1re dans mon agenda pour que plus tard je pu1sse la raconter a mes enfants J a1me b1en 1e d1cton 1e trava11 est un tresor Vous m axez apprls une lecon tres prec1euse A ces mots Mane part d un bond toute loyeuse d avo1r attrape son grand pere avant qu 11 pr1t sa marche nocturne E 1L11 BRLN11 4 +v 1 l - - 3 1 1 Q 11 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 3 '- Y 1 I - 1. . 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 Ly ' 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 , 1 1 , 11. 1 -Q -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Q 1 1 1 1 y . ' v 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 - , . . 1 111 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 11 1 1 1 i... 1 - ' V 3', 3V in 1 1 1 1 1, 1 1 - 1 1. 1 1 S11 ,E '1'Q , '4 --ri 8.1-1-

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JI: NIL SOUVIENS Francolse I have a cous1n She s probably just an ordmary average cousln that you hate too but I ye been th1nk1ng about her today lye been dorng the house hold chores ta new expertence for mel and you know how when you re alone your thoughts run along as act1vely as a conyersatron I was th1nk1ng of the many years durtng whrch we ve been constant compantons teven p ssed as IWIU slsters to strangers! of our pleasures and sorrovys of our resemblances and dtfferences In the first place shes only one week my senlor Irom cradle days we ve be ra growlng tn the same envlronment We hate marched hand tn hand to ktndergarten and studled from the same books through SUCCCSSIVL years When I buy a new note book rt s stmple enough to take along an extra one for her and vshen she has a new hanky I have a new hanky too When I haye company she runs IH for a llttle chat When she gets letters from f r away frtends I know all the news When shes happy she bubbles out her Joy to me and when we are blue we pour rt out 1nto each other s sympathettc ears Not that we ve never had squabbles Two people can t be together over stxteen years anel newer haye a cross word Many years ago when sharp words dlstant as the poles carefully avoldtng any posstble meettng One morntng laer brother two years our semor rapped at my door and sa1d S1s has promrsed me to call tlae Whole thtng off What about you? I et s pour If out on an tce cream soda What could I do? I d been as much to blame as she Long after we were playmg together agatn we were nurs1ng wounded feeltngs My cousm and I dont agree on lots of thtngs Her taste rs dtflerent from mme 1n almost every partlcular She loyes to kn1t I love to cook She ll enjoy tennrs and basketball l na a hockey and baseball fan Slae ve ants to be a Journalrst I want to be a commercial arttst I-Ier pasttme IS readmg mrne rs collecttng odds and ends from a pan to the New York Txmes Book Revrews She loyes the seashore the North vyoods and mountatns for me But vye both love to argue and I ve learned a lot by hstentng to her tolerant op1n1ons Stnce she s a Juntor and I m a Sen1or our ctrcle of frtends IS dtfferent but we ve both enlarged our spheres by shartng each other s In llttle thlngs she sometlmes annoys me and I ye no doubt I do her but tn btg ones she s a tower of strength What can I do w1th a cousln l1ke that except apprec1ate her? She CFIIICIICS me roundly or boosts me to the stars But she has a rxght to she loves me IVIARCUI RI'II BOURCII Oli 41 lOl I . Y l vi H I I Y I Y 5 . - I l 3 V Y 3 Y I y me ' ' 1' 3 x L S u 3 C I I' x I L x e q lx yew x-x L S ' I I 7 e , ' , ee , ,' : K , J' lc I I I 1 I . . 3 Yi 3 -I - I 3 I I ' 3 3 3 X . Y l , , , I , e Y A l 'S 1 I 2 , V I 3 5 D l Y l 3 I e . I 'll YT XYX Y! 1 3 had passed between us over the dresslng of dolls, we spent several days as A 1 1 s vl s 1- ' a ' a m ' 3 L 1 S Y I 5 il 3 I 3 . ' : ' . at . ' ' ' ' : K K . 1 3 . 5 5 li L. 3 7 1 1 i' H Y I 'I 73 3 3 , , . , ,Q 1 E I l .' X Y I 1 l 1 1 1 1 I, --ri 6 Tv'