St Francis High School - Alvernian Yearbook (La Canada Flintridge, CA)

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John Whalen 7 John was a member of S.F.H.S. in his Freshman year, the two year interlude between now and then was spent at Villanova. The “Joe Rough of our class sits near the “middle row muddle and lends moral support and sometimes other- wise to the awful antics of our class jesters. John is a swell guy who came back like a flash to the social life here. John is a member of St. Elizabeths Parish. John Ziemann Johnny, our big social man, has a Pontiac with a violent attraction for trees and a strange indifference to fenders. The Waverly Wanderer played Varsity Football as a Senior, B Basketball in his 2nd year and Varsity basketball in his fourth year. A Racket Squadder John played tennis in his second and third year. A swell and sociable guy, he is a member of the sodality this year. John is a member of St. Andrews Parish. C .

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Dave Veiga Dangerous Dave , our back row backslapper, played Varsity Football as a Senior, and B Basketball in his Sophomore year. Veiga sub- scribes to the '49 Chevy trend, but it looks as if it is an Indianapolis dream. A guy whom we all consider exceedingiy george', Dave helped in- spire our team in his position as cheerleader in his 2nd and 3rd year here. Veiga is a member of the Sodality this year. He is a member of St. Rita's Parish in Sierra Madre. Fred Weiser Fred is a steadfast pal of Gerckens, was the chief vender at the Casbah for three years. This year the old gave way to the new as his little brother took over operation Drum- stick. Now Fred supplies the students of S.F. with les libres from the knowing, nook. knowing, r

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Fr. Cyril is on a page which is a “first in the Alvernian. For never before has the Senior Home Room Teacher been pictured. We feel that after a hectic 1953 Fr. Cyril deserves a little recog- nition. We wish to thank him for the extra classes he has taught this year, and also thank him for the spark of originality which his regular classes never fail to produce. We Seniors will remember Father too, for his patrol duties during noon time, we should be the most mathematical minded rubbish collectors in the city. Here in this room all of us have written a chap- ter in our lives. For some the chapter might be from an adventure story, for others from a text- book, and for the rest from a gag book. But when thrown all together we have a pretty good story of goodwill, swell times, and knowledge which comes from books, and a lot that does not.