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

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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

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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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PAGFI4 AQUILA lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Father Boner QRDS can not descrxlne Father Boner, our hest fl'lL11Cl You just have to lenow lnm Frlendly greetlngs are hls spec1alty We shall never forget how he xnterrupted our classes wlth hls hearty Good mornmg, class' Collapse' That greetxng never fa1led to ruse the thermometers of our feehngs to then' lnghest degrees of meer There 1s no school duty, no soclal allalr no athlet1c contest 1n whlch he 15 not personally 1nterested He has gladly accepted the trouhles and trlals that go hand 111 hand wlth the pos1t1on of Dnrector of Athletxcs Hxs one thought 19 to make Salnt ohn High School worthy ln every respect to compete wlth other hlgh schools 1n the state and out of the state A full LII1llOfIDCCl team representmg the school 111 three sports agamst OIDPOSIIIOI1 hoth ID and h yond 1ts Clasg, SIJCHICS eloquently of Fatllefq eflorts Cilnqldlrlng that he started from scratch Regardless of weather condltlons, he IS always at the pracnce sesslons of the team, ready wxth 1I1l:OI'U13I101'l and help for the yOUUg 'lsplflng athletes In turn, tllesfe athletes SlSl0W thexr esteem for thelr Dxrector hy wllhngly carrylng OLII not only lus orders but hrs least suggestmon and wlsh Our trlps to the out of town games and tournaments durlng the past year would not have been complete without Father Boners bass volce slnglng Mary Ann McCarthy Hls presence always uplnfted us, and when he was wlth us, we were consc1ous that all was well Truly, slnce hrs stay 111 Concord, Father has found his way into the heart of every pupll of Saint ohn High School In leavlng our school days hehlnd us we do not leave our fr1end Often at God s altar we shall leneel ln prayer and remember hlm We hope that he vslll do the same for the Class of 1945 louzse Harrison 745 I x 1 F 1 I - . I 1' . - v ve - H X ' x ' J f . . x I . 1 . . . , . x x . 3 . . ' x h x fx . - 1 Q . x N . K .. . A . . . . e , . . - s 1 1 s e e . .. . h - s s ,-- s . e K v Y ' . x x ,f .. s - a 1 ' - - er as - , . , . . - , s s 1