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

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AQUILA PAGE35 lllllflllfllllllllllllllllllf now a candldate for the Maryknoll Order When h1s goal 15 reached, we ask that he often remember hxs school pals The blggest soclal event of the year was the Chr1stmas dance, the first formal ever glven by Semors It was a tremendous success and we meant lf to be so from the start, for on our achtevement would depend many future perm1ss1ons for formals By means of a raffle and a ser1es of part1es, we made enough money for the essentlals and the trtmmmgs When the dance was over, everyone agreed that we knew how to do thmgs he r1ght way That was the trme everyone wore wmgs and tried to be doubly good Confraternlty groups from Nashua, Htllsboro, Suncook, and the Sacred Heart Parlsh were our guests durlng the sprlng vacatton After a general meetlng ln church, we had a chlcken supper at the hall and then a dance It was wonderful' We ll never, never forget lt' The Nashualtes made qu1te a h1t wlth us, so much so that we can hardly watt to make a return v1s1t before school closes The usual thr1lls and horrors of prxze speaking that all classes go through IS almost over The essays are yet to come We are lookmg forward to the banquet and to somethmg else, too We ve heard rumors about the un1or plans for us and they sound superflne Senlor days weren t all fun We had plenty of studying to do tn chem1stry, htstory, soclology Enghsh, and business practice Our prmctpal, S1ster ulxana, was our home room teacher, and, under her supervlsxon, we learned to know her better and to appreclate all she does for Salnt ohn s Chemshxng as we shall each memory of our school days, we shall often look back wxth grateful hearts to the years that are no more To those who have atded us 1n mcreasmg our store of knowledge, nn bulldxng our characters, and 1n tralnlng us to be good cxttzens of thts world and of the world to come, we say a fervent thank you Remember us and pray for us, please, for we are not endmg but just begmnmg Leona Lafflazre 45 L . 7 ' s . . , . , . , . . J , 7 - 1

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AQLJILA PAGh sf Illlllllflflllll11111111111ll Class Wlll E THE lllustrlous and energet1c SCIIIOL' Class of 1945 after hav1ng successfully passed the CXHYIIIIIHUOIIS of the examlners, and bemg ln full possession of four years of brllllant hrgh school erud1t1on, do feel that we have the necessary abxllty to draw up th1s our last wlll and testament To the ar nlty To MOHSlgDOF Buckley we leave our gratxtude for hls pauencc hls kmdness, and the many SUggCSFl011S he has QIVCII us We thank lnm for the many socxal and arhletlc events whxch we have been able to carry out wlth h1s consent and under h1s SLlpCI'V1S1Ol1 drawn out each day durmg hls stay ln Concord To Father Francoeur we g1VC a palr of thlck gloves so that he won t wear out h1s hands vwhxle dxrectmg the Sclvola flantorzun Father Boner we leave a squad of Pmkerton cheer leaders Slster uhana we leave a recordmg mach1ne wluch she can use ln d1ctat1ng her hlstory assxgnments Slster Magdalen we bequeath a gallery of famous pamtmgs Sxster Amatus we leave an automat1c change machme to be used when she sells mllk and candy at lunch tlme For Sxster Salvatorxs there shall be mstalled a system of mter class communlcatlon to fac1htate the del1very of phone calls To Srster Arthur we would l1ke to leave a new roof to replace her leaky one, but, as our funds do not permxt us to do so, we leave umbrellas for the umors who s1t m the area near the leak To Slster Eulaha we leave a treasury full of money so that she can buy all the greetmg cards that she wants for SIGNIFERI To S1ster Nlaureen we leave a very brllllant soclology class To the srfvool John Thomas leaves the task of rmglng the bell to Wllllam Shea, and to Allce Hughes he leaves lns d1st1nct1ve record as class commuter f e To Father lVlcCarthy we leave a bag of best wishes, one to be To ' . To . J . . . . To ' ' ' . To , . .