St Francis School - Troubadour Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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I -,UFC . 2 S1-URLEY FUSAE SUENAGA Rider in the whirlwind and direct: the Jtormf'-Browning Blessed Sacrament Parishg 5 yrs. in S.F.C.S.g Class Pres. 4, Sec. 3, V-Pres. 2g C.S.M.C. 25,43 Troubadour 4g Ke Alaka'i 2,5,4, Editor 33 Chorus 3,4, V-Pres. 4g Camera Club 4g Oto- me Kai 3,4, Sec. 45 Dramatics Club 43 Aquinas Bus. Club 4. E B NATSU ASILIA CATHEYJNE 010 as , BERNADE YPMAM . fT'0fmes. Hefmfp ISOMANO ITE V f ff' ' ' C. 2 ' 'fvaly V yet um, Cxass S2 . 'Hou' S f M50 FSQYSYITB X, ,iteaglgvchonxs VfbA1-Ithonyg Zigroohze 7106431 deyef A V 25,45 Sec' A 25- ' . ow- res- 4: T WS' in s MC- lv ' Ke Anka Qlub A' Tffas WHS. 2. 'FCS- Aa HY AP oamefa b 4- Fin 9 If Ke A ' C-S-MC C135 ba O :es ll., das Cxu PIUO 13k3'i ' ' Drama nas BUS, 5'41 V-Pr, ChOfUS,b me ax .- 4. es, 4: A I QU: I RUTH YASUE ARAKAK1 Humble became of knowledgeg mighty by mcrijicef'-Kipling Star of the Seag 4 yrs. in S.F.C.S.g Class Treas. 4g C.S.M.C. 1,2,3,4, Pres. 2g Troubadour 4, Editor 4g Ke Ala- ka'i 2,3,4g Chorus 1,2,5g Otome Kai 5,4, Treas. 4. ni GRACIETA AGONAY BONILLA Endurance, foresight, strength and .rkill . . . -Byron St. Anthonyg 4 yrs. in S.F.C.S.g Class V-Pres. 1, Pres. 2,53 C.S.M.C. 1,2,3,4g Ke Alaka'i 2,55 Chorus 23 Filipino Club 5,4, Pres. 4g Aquinas Bus. Club 4.