St Francis de Sales High School - Maritas Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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.QMJQH iff Adfn all .'5Ql UQ .S?ucJenf5 laarficilaafe in many acfiuified, a LEU of wllick are reloreaenfeol lzere Under the direction of Miss McCarthy, the Cecilians sang for the sixth consecutive year during the Christmas season at the Mission Inn, and because of their services, merited acclaim for the school. Each Wednesday, Michele Peteprin, Carol McBlaine, Linda Howard and Toni Budicin spend the after- noon at the Riverside County General Hospital as Junior Red Cross Volunteers under the direction of Mrs. Johnson, Director of Volunteer Services. These girls make themselves useful in the arts and crafts room and in entertaining the young patients. Here, Michele and Mrs. Wodl, Occupational Therapy Di- rector in the Chronic Building, admire work done by patients. Eleven months of planning and work by the sodal- ists of the diocese terminated on February 22. This was the day Catholic students in public high schools in the four counties of the San Diego Diocese made a day of recollection. St. Francis sodalists assisted pastors and retreat masters at all retreats held throughout Riverside County. Ramona Lopez, Karen Carr, Rosa Vaughn, Mary McCoy and Linda Tyson were right at home in registering retreatants for the retreat held at St. Francis, while others went as far ,,,,,,, as Blythe, Twenty-Nine Palms, Indio and Palm Springs. Other assignments took sodalists to Hemet, Elsinore, Corona, Perris and Arlington. N' . 1 '1 ,4- Wu .ll LQ . -If l W a Y 'nay 5 ' K, l . wi 5 ., Q gr 'f , Y 1 l.. 77

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GCI, Uefl ofsjwlearffi U Seniors, Jill Stroud, Jane Towle, Ann Steponovlch and Susie Rose reign with their respective Little Sisters Sandra Fox Cheryl Jennerson, Janet Nazzaro, Frances Roggero CFreshmen Social Chairmanl Ann Gundry Ruth Taylor and Pamela Lasser This year, to begin a new tradition, the senior girls acted as Big Sisters to the freshmen girls. Since the fresh- men were appointed to sponsor the Val- entine's Dance, they decided to have a queen reign over their dance. The candidates for queen were those sen- ior girls who had been most helpful and most friendly to their little sisters throughout the school year. Girls re- ceiving the largest number of votes were Jill Stroud, Susie Rose, Janie Towle and Ann Steponovich. Ann re- ceived the highest number of votes and was queen, the other girls were prin- cesses in her court.

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0 CCl,l'l'll0lfl,5 Class presidents Marty Zamlock, Juanita Aguilera, Janet Nazarro and Cecilia Doty enjoy the college at- mosphere between seminars at the Student Govern- ment Day, held at Redlands University on October 7. Leadership-its advantages and disadvantages, char- acteristics and responsibilities-was the general theme of the day, the purpose was to aid student leaders from secondary schools throughout southern Califor- nia. Others who attended from St. Francis were the four student body officers. Junior members of the Maritas staff, Juanita Aguilera, Linda Tyson, Becky Ramirez, Mary Devine and Judy Bridges Cnot picturedj examine model year- book pages during a lull between sessions at the Yearbook Workshop hosted by Redlands University in November. The day gave participating students the opportunity to receive valuable tips on yearbook copy, layout, photography, design and planning. On December 1, for the second time in Riverside's history, a Youth in Government Day was sponsored by the Riverside Junior Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of the day was to give youth an insight into the organization and activities of city government, a practical application of the fundamental workings of democracy through actual experience, to increase the student's interest. awareness and knowledge of civic affairs and governmental processes, To prepare for the day, the student counterparts of the city officials studied the Charter of the City of Riverside. Because of their small number of seniors, St. Francis has only one participating student, Shirley Ogonowski, who was Councilwoman Nancy O'Neill's counterpart for the day. One of the employees of Riverside Bell Telephone Company explains the intricacies of telephone me- chanics to the physical science students.