St Francis College - Motus Yearbook (Biddeford, ME)

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Rev. Frs . Wilbur Poulin, M.D. , W.F. tWhite Fatherst and Michael McBride,W.F. will leave this fall for England from whence they will proceed to Africa. In the meantime Rev. Fr. Victor Dionne, O.F.M. is preparing for his departure to Japan; he will replace Rev. Fr. Abel Girard,O.F.M.,Who left St. Francis ten years ago to become a missionary there. Jean-Paul Bernier, an eminent Biddeford businessman, ran for mayor of that city and won the election. Albert Dumais was named the most skilled carpenter and draftsman for the State of Maine this year. Dr. Peter Judge, a famous woman's dentist in New York, is considered one of the best in his field. His Excellency, the Bishop of Portland ap- pointed Rev. Fr. Robert Dulac, newly or- dained secular, to the Chancellery of the diocese. Ronald Vilandre, an electrical engineer for Westinghouse , has invented a new electric bulb which has revolutionized the bulb industry. On the outskirt of Biddeford lies the largest poultry farm in Maine. This model farm is owned and operated by Marcel Levesque. The foremost mechanical engineers of the day are Leo Roy, who has built the longest suspension bridge in the world crossing the Chesapeake Bay - it is one of the wonders of the age -. and Roland Gagne.who bUildS cathedrals and churches; among his edifices are the cathedrals of Som- ersworth and Fort Kent. Ronald Cyr started as a chemical engineer in the Dupont Chemical Corporation, after a fewyears with the corporation,he becamepresident when he married one of the Dupont girls. Richard Levesque, head of the Levesque Architect Co. of New York is aprominent contractor for mansions and luxury shacks all over the country. Then I saw the hand write about me. Rt. Rev. Mgr. Edward J. Doyle, P.D., St.T.D. Graduated from the College of Ecclesiastical Diplomacy in Rome from Which one leaves as a monsignor. He is on vacation before his first mission as as sistant to the papal nuncio of Berlin. With that I awoke! Edward DOyle Jr. 25

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CMSSjDTO My Last night I dreamt the strangest thing. You will find it rather odd yourself when I tell you about it; but who knows if it might not come true. I'll attempt to relate this sub-conscious event as well as I can. It tells about us in our respective professions at the time of our class reunion in 1964, ten years after our graduation. I saw a hand writing on the walls of St. Francis. It prophesied as follows: 5 To whom it may concern, The reunion of the class of '54 will be held on the Labor Day week- end of 1964. It will be in the auditorium built by the class of '52 located next to the new gymnasium constructed by the class of '54. Gerald Soucy has just succeeded in completing his line of chain stores along the St. John Valley. Paul Marin, ace pitcher for the Boston RedSox, and Richard Collins, ace pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, are battling for the 1964 American League pennant. The three heroes ofthe country, Capts. Gerald Cloutier, Richard Ken- nedy, and Lawrence Lydon, Air Force twenty-year men, are now in Wash- ington being decorated by President Margaret Chase Smith. The com- mander of the Atlantic fleet, Charles McGowan, is returning after win- ning a victory against the rebel uprisings in Schlobudka. Bernard Pellerin, a lumber grader and sealer, has risen to be one of the lumber business most prominent figures. The president of the Rhode Island Pharmacists' Association, Ray- mond Bacon, recently became the owner of the Nyal drug store chain in Woonsocket. 24

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Notre - Dame Notre - Dame Notre - Dame Notre-Dame notre espoir Patronne Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil Les gradugs de mil neuf cent cinquante-quatre ont choisi pour patronne Notre- Dame du Bon Conse11.11 fallait quelqu' un qui pu1s se comprendre nos difficultes physiques etmorales et quelgu' un qu1pu1sse nous aider ales resou- dre. Nous n' en avons pas trouve de meilleur que Notre M1116 du Ciel. Et notre choix n'a pas e'te' sans porter des fruits. Cette Mgre ce31este, puissante auprias de son F115, continue tous les jours a repandre en abondance ses graces sur nous. Pour un gtudiant 1e bon conseil n'est pas $1 de'daigner. Venant de Notre MtEre du ciel il est encore plus pre'cieux. Sous son patron- age, 11 nous sera possible de bien etudier et de suivre ses bons ex- emples; il nous sera possible de perseve'rer clans 1a poursuite de notre ideal en vivant selon les dictons suivants: 1 . est notre Mere; nous 1u1 appartenons. . . 1. est notre Re1ne; nous lu1 devons obe1ssance. est notre patronne; nous lui devons respect. e st notre appui; et notre foi. c'est sur elle que reposent AD JESUM PER MARIAM 26 Victor Dionne