St John High School - Aquila Yearbook (Concord, NH)

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PAGEIZ AQUILA lllilllllllllllllllllllllllll Father Francoeur O FATHER FRANCOEUR the graduatxng class offers thanks for the many, many tlnngs he has done for Saxnt john High School He IS a man of actlon and ingenuity Wlmerm Father beg1ns to organlze sometlnng he IS not easlly stopped, and he always finds a way to overcome obstacles HIS perseverance and cheerfulness 1n the face of dxfhcultles speak volumes more than any sermon HIS example plants wlthm our hearts a deslre to face our llfes work mn the same manner Over a ear a o he started the Sefvola Cantorzun so that the Y g u 1ls could assist 111 the htur of the Church b sxn in the muslc P P gy Y g g proper to IIS serv1ces Under lns able and untxrlng dlrectxon, we learned w1th CI1Cllllb13SI'I1 an age old musxc whlch Walter Damrosch has characterwed as the most l'JL'lLltlfUl 111 the world The Stfvola Cantorzmz has recelved deservmg and smcere trlbutes from both parxslnoners and out of town people The Fife and Drum Corps came 1nto existence through the proposal of Father Francoeur for the puplls who volunteered to jo1n the Corps, he obtamed the best xnstruments and the most evcellent teachers After slx weeks of IUICHSC practlce, the Corps made 1ts formal debut At once lf won the lngh PFHISC of all who watched IIS members In the l ne of march To date, If has met w1th unqual1f1ed success and, as long as Father lb 1ts leader, we are confident that there w1ll be no F1fe and Drum Corps to surpass that of Saint ohn Hlgh School Valuable 1ndeed has Father Francoeur been 111 promotlng the welfare of our school I xttle IS there we can say or do to repay hlm amply but we want hlm to know that we do apprec1ate deeply all he has clone for us May the years return 1n full measure to hxm the klndness wlnch he has glven out to others fofm Thomas 45 1 1 1 ' 5 , 1 1 1 . . . . , - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 ' . 1 - 1 1 1 1 e . e . f - 1 1-1 Av 1 1 1 1 1 4 - 1 , . 1 v. . . 1 1 1 , , -. . . . . e., . 1 .4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Q . s

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PAGE II AQUILA .,.1.,.,.,.,.1.1-1.1-l.f.,.,.,.1.,.1.1 Riv JOHN A MCCARTHY ASSISTANT AT ST IOHN TH! LAANGI LIST CHURCH

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AQUILA PAGE 13 flllllfllffffilfffflfliiillllff ww 'Kw- REVPREND EDWIN A FRANcohUR ASs15IANT AT Sr JOHN IHL I'vANGHl5r CHURQH ,, f ilth ,,..h. - ff h A G ' ' 4 ff