St Joseph and St Louis High School - Eagle Yearbook (Biddeford, ME)

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Freshman A Parents of today watchrng therr sons and daughters growrng rnto men and women are assarled by doubts and mrsgrvrngs They wonder what rs ln store for thexr loved ones and End rt drfftcult to look at the future wrth complete confrdence In these tryrng umes rt ts only normal that they seek the best possrble tramrng for thetr offsprrng Reahzrng that intellectual advance ment alone rs not sufficrent for a sound formatron they have turned to the Catholrc School to complete the chrld s traintng wrth sound relxgrous teachrngs And so we see every September, trmtd Freshmen maktng therr debut rn a four year course that should render them good cxuzens and enllghtened Catholrcs Our class has traversed the first of these four years An mtellectual cornerstone has been lard and a solrd foundauon of Chnstran teachtng has been set temper mg our mrnds and souls to make us better men All of us are anxiously loolung forward to the completron of the good work tn the commg years lf? 'fb Seated RogerFrechette Presrdent Standrngleft torrght ean Paul larry Vrce Prestdent Rrchard Lambert Secre tary Treasurer Frrst rowl to r Arnold Randall Robert Nadeau Raymond Doherty Bernard Shevenell Paul Lagarde Wrllram Audre, Armand Tromer Second row Donald Laroche M1chaelRouss1n Gerard Sylvestre Normand Thxbeault Philtppe Labbe Raymond Desnoyers Gerard Paquette Robert Larrabee Thrrd row Roland Letendre Paul Mar trn Rrchard Cote Ralph Botsvert Jean Paul larry Rxchard Lambert Normand Auger Raymond Beaudom Robert Cartter Fourth row Paul Caron Gilbert Cantara Rene Morm Conrad Brneau Alexandre Anastasoff Roger Pat naude Armand Hebert Richard Brnerte Frfth row Bernard Forcrer Maurrce Botlard Roger Lambert Gerard Gagnon Rtchard Gregoue Roland L Heureux Roger Frechette . . . D . . . . . . gig' 51' - - . . . . ' 0' 4 ,. . - . a . ' 'saxsi Q' ' s . , . . .. . , I - . . ' - ' ' : 'y . - 52

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Freshman A Left to nght Clarre Porner, Treas urer, Claudette Blars, Secretary, Prrscrlle Hanna, Presrdent, Rache Rochefort, Lxbrarran La Jore que nous ressentons en ces dermers Jours de notre premrere anne'e se mesure a l effort energrque soutenu depurs notre arrrvee le 8 septembre, 1953 S1 nous avons realrse quelques progres vers notre rdeal et sr nous sommes devenues notre developpemenr rntellectuel et sprrrtuel Esperons que nous repondrons touyoursa leur generosxre' et arnsr nous nous preparerons une v1e vrarment chretrenne et heureuse A nos amees qu1 nous qurttent nous souhartons de monter toujours plus haut vers la crme du vrar bonheur qur ne peut s attemdre qu en vrvant les legons precreuses apprxses a notre chere Alma Mater F1rst row left to rrght Claudette Doyon, Ioan Lauzrer Claudette Blars, Dolores Labrecque Prrscrlle Hanna Vtolet Bolduc Claudette Cote Second row Jeannrne Gagne Paulrne Bourque, Marguertte Parent Claudette Frapprer Clarre Porrrer Joan Landry Clarre Grrouard Lorrarne Nadeau Thrrd row Rachel Rochefort Therese Dupurs Kathleen McAu11ffe Beverly Va111ere, Dons Gagnon, Patrrcra Petrrn Edna Pratt Rachel La1eunesse 51 1 T 3 . li x , r . . . . . 1 X . I . . meilleures, nousle devonsa la bonte'de nos maftresses qui n'e'pargnent'rien pour procurer I I . . . I . . . . 'A f . . . . ' . . . , . , . I . . S x . ' . . . 4 : . . , . ' ' . ' ' . ' . . ' . . . A : . ' I Y I I '

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Left to rtght Rrchard Provost Vrce Presldent Roger For Freshman B September 1953 wxtnessed a group of 40 bewlldered youths ttmtdly entenng the portals of knowledge at Satnt Louxs I-hgh School Proud were they to have as sumed at long last the t1tle of Freshmen Stxll any feelmg of self complacency was readtly dwarfed by a gnawtng anxiety tn regard to the future In fact for most of them thrs change meant acttve pamcrpanon tn a brand new world of emoyment tnals and dtfftcultxes Teachers acquamtances and subjects were unknown They were now tncorporated ln a somewhat complrcated lxfe and sub1ected to the rxbbtng of the upper classmen not to mention vanous new ex perrences such as detentrons assxgnments But as the French say ll n y a que le premxer pas qur coute They have med hard and have succeeded 1n cltmblng the frrst rung rn the ladder of htgher learn mg and now they look back wtth contentment and Joy at thxs theu' fmt venture Ftrst rowl to r Rxchard l.aBonte Roger Fleurant Leo Mutse Roger Paquette Normand Allie Gerald Guay Rrchard Drouin Second row Normand Gonnevtlle Armand Goulet Theodore Deschambeault Benott Boisson neault Ltonel Nadeau Hemi Descoteaux Thud row Rrchard Provost Andre Guay Robert Dubuc Dav1d Bur ley Joseph Anderson Richard Collette Lawrence Plante Fourth row Normand Cantata Alben Cabana Rtch ard Blnette Bryan Cote Andre Gosselin Rheal Nolette Normand Gregotre Robert Ladderbush Ftfth row Roger Fortier Maurice Provencher Blame Turner Arthur Guertn Robert Gadbots Robert Mtllxken Rxchard Wagner Srxth row Leo Laroche tier, President: Richard Droui'n, Secretary. ' . . J , I n l 1 I D I , I , . . I l r 9 u . . ' i 53