St Josephs High School - Red and Blue Yearbook (Manchester, NH)

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THE RED AND BLLE 47 Muggsex on the xa1s1tx basket ball team xxe su1elx felt proud of hlm After d1nne1 xxe b1d farexx ell to ou1 frlend and host and boarded a tram fo1 Nlexx Hork Haxmg sought ou1 be1ths fo1 the nlght xxe p1epa1ed fox a good sleep Sho1tlx afte1 gomg to bed all the passenge1s xxele 3.l0ll6SCl bx a t9I11bl9 shaklng of the tal Soon the xxhole tram came to a stand-,tlll Dlesslng hastllx VI1 LaSalle and mxself xxent fo1th f1om the Cal to 1nqu11e about the delax We were soon lIlfO1I'1 l6Cl that the ca1 had Jumped a sxxltch and xx ould be 1n no pos1t1on to ploceed fO1 a xx h1le W 1th thls 1nfo1mat1on xxe plo ceeded to 1etu1n to 0111 be1ths On ilO1Hg' so xxe xx e1e obhged to pass a sholt but 1athe1 keen looklng gentleman The sedate l1t tle man p1oxecl to be VS 1lf11d NIcTeague He g1eeted us heartllx and took us lDt0 h1s oxxn C81 It xx as a la1ge and spac1ous one Afte1 bemg shoxxn ou1 eats xxe p1oteeded to lesume old fuend shlps Mlke pxox ed to be none othe1 than the P1es1dent of the N X N H 81 H R R We sat and talked togethe1 of daxs passed IH school untll the hou1 xxas xe1x late Next molnlng xxe a111ved ln Nexx Xolk of the month lVlx fuend and I had long ago establlshed the Dl3Ct1C9 of F11st F11dax Communlon at St Joseph s In the Louise of the dax xxe made ou1 xxax to the chu1ch to go to COHf8bSlOl1 My f11end xxas the fllst to ente1 the COI1t9bblOllal He xxas gone a long, tlme Hoxxex 81 at length he tame toxth and xxas bffllllllg happllx W ondeung at hls unusual conduct 1n chulch I made mx xx ax to the confess1onal As I C1 ossed the thleshold I then knexx xxhx Joe xxas so happx Thele xx 1th head boxxed IH adola tlon sat Eddle Ba11x But he xxould nexe1 be called Eddle aga1n tox he had ansxxeled God 1 calllng and xxas then Fathel BHIIX PHSIOI of St John s Chulch That ex enmg xxe called on our beloxed class mate and had a me11x that OXX1Ilg' to the fact that Fathe1 Baux had to agaln heal COIIf6bb10flb xxe bade h1m goodmght and afte1 he had blessed Us xxe depalted xx 1th Jox 111 our souls The next dax xxe xx ent to the ball pa1k It xx as he1e xxe agam renexx ed old acqualntances Fo1 doxxn 111 the p1t sat Egan Pad den our former base ball leade1 Thls t1me hoxx ex er Eddle ll ,!! , , ' , - 1 , , , ' ,, ' Y 1. . 1, v . 1 1 . L , 1' 1 1 1 D , v 1 1 I L . 1 .lv 1 . , K4 I v 1 K1 K1 ' . 1 K A1- K . uv, 1. 1 1 UV 1 1 1 1 . l , v 1 1 ' 1 1 , 1 1 - I il , - 1 . v 1 Q. v 1 o 1 1 1. - 5' P 1 ' 1 H ' V' 1 1 1 1 1' , 1 r sw 1 .tv I LY 1 ' v 1 1' It was Thursday, and the next day was to be the First Friday 1 A V' I. T D 1 . I 1 1' v . ,1 m v ur, v 1 v .lv 1 , 1 . . .' 1 K1 1 -K1 1 . ' 1 1' . 1 1. , r ' . 1 1 ., . , . ' 1 1 3 1 ' ' uv. 1 K1 1 1 ' 1 , 1 Lv v v K1 1' ' 1 1 , V V Y K6 ', v1 1 1 v 1 v. Y . 1 U 1 A U 1 1 - ' , as ' U , , , , , , H ' Y' . L . r , 1 K1 1 1 'S 1 . , v -4, . 1 1 , 1 sk - I 1 .tv 1 . 1' , , 1 1 51: 1, 1 1 1- ' , ' A t', ' 1 1 I va F1 1 1 . 1 ' 1 1 1 ' ' 64 H - 1 1 Z ' . 1 sc ' 11 1 ' ' 1 1

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THE RED ANID BLUE ?l Blr,E1a lawn Idrnphrrg 2lQ J5. l vw 7 W AS on the exenlng of the tvxentx Hfth Z-IHIIIVCI' sa1x of our g1aduat1on flom St Joseph s Cathe y-W d1al Hlgh School that mx pa1tne1 Joseph LaSalle 14 ed a much needed xacatlon It had not been long aftel gladuatlon that Joe and mxself had en tered lnto the 1mpo1tat1on bl,lS1I16bS To dax thanks to ou1 educa tlon at St Joe s xxe ale successful busmess men H3X1Hg made all due pleparatlons xxe left Manchestel fo1 a trip to some of the more lmportant Cltl6S of the Unlted States The tlalll xxhlch xxe boarded was no more than out of the sta tlon xx hen the conductor appealed to collect the tlckets On handlng him mme I notlced that h1s featuxes xx ere fam1l1ar I called mx frlend s attention to th1s and he lmmedlatelx 1ecogn17ed the conductol to be our old frlend and formel class mate John Dowd Hovx glad we were to see hun Durmg the lemamder of the 11de John told us of hlS hald cllmb up the laddel of success and hoxx he had at last reached the top He 1ecalled how back ln 27 he had plaxed on the school fixe and xxhat a fine team St Joseph s had Wlth fond recollectlons of the daxs gone bx we palted John s companv and wlshed hlm success Allghtlng flom the tram 1n Boston xxe hu111ed thlu the North Statlon galnmg the st1 eet xx hele xxe could talk xx 1th greater ease Golng to one of the popular hotels IH toxxn xxe acquue l the use of a suite of rooms for tvxo dax s On the second dax ou1 phone vxas out of o1de1 Callmg a bell hop we told hlm the t1ouble Wlth an lndependent an he 1epl1ed that xxe should see the manager a thing Vll'llCll xxe p1 eceeded to do xxlthout delax Aftex sending IH our calds xxe xx ere ushexed 1nto a lalge and handsomelx furnlshed 05.108 At sxght of the man ln back of a large black mahogany desk our h931tS mlssed a beat There sat FFSHCIS McGrath ovxn er and managex of the hotel 1n whlch we stood Frank, was hxghlx pleased to see us Agaln recalling the feats xx rought by L l A ,, , , v ' ' , '13-59:96, J l ' ' ,'- - mv:-3-,sir-. l . .ln?It- Jz'it..l ' v ' ' l - ?Lf4sff A'agsI-'la v ' '- i-:'f:w2aw:2l g W , - , , , , x ' ' Q' ,T'. :'. P M 'xv -- . V ' , li ' - fyggsl,-. 'Y-It and myself, John Cal tx , declded that xxe had earn- ': yfQ ,,g:,,w4-4..gk- 2 - S ' ' 7 - ' ' I H H ' ' -? s t ' ' . ' 1 . . '1 w - v 1 a - . . , Q l, L. L , Y. 1 . v 4 , 7 1 . y l y Q - ! ' Y Q ' Y n , . v u V L 4 . , S - , V V 1 . ' 1 ' . . X . , . . v 1 . ' 7 7 v y . 1 ., . , . . V , ' u v Y 0 , w . . 7 . . . 4 Y 1 v V. 7 l . v v . 1 r . , . ' y y v 1 , t L ' . 9 , 1 1 ' - v ' 1 . . . , . 7 7 h . 1 v v 1 . ' V . v t - n 7 7 . ' ' 1 - 9 ' Y

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THE RED AND BLUE was leader of the Red Sox After COHXQ1S1Ilg Wlth hlm for a llmlted length of tlme he shook ou1 hands hea1t1ly and made off Then the opposmg team made ltS appearance and who should walk up to the box to wa1m up but Conn1e Ha1tnett Con n1e was st1ll uphold1ng the posltlon he had acquued at St Josephs He was now fhst stung pltcher fo1 the New Yo1k Yanks Agam we held a conxe1sat1on w1th that chee1y llght hea1ted bov of day s gone by Conme had changed only shghtly In appearance H1s sp1r1t was the same The ump called play ball and he departed w 1th ou1 best wlshes Aftel a most thr1ll1ng game Wh1Ch ended ln a t1e we made ou1 w ay back to ou1 hotel A1 r1x1ng 1n the lobby Joe bought a pape1 and we p1 oceeded to ou1 1ooms I plcked up the papel and the1e ln bold glallllg out lmes w e1e the 1etu1 ns of the 1ecent electlons Readlng furthe1 on I was dellghted to see that our old frlend Tom Foley w as the people s cholce fo1 Mayol That wen nlght we called on the may or to be and he was glad to see us He muted us to attend a con cert wlth h1m Of course we accepted Whlle seated 1n the best seats obtamable we VVGIQ amazed and dehghted to see two of ou1 best fl19I1dS make the11 debut 011 the stage Fl1St Gab11el Gue1t1n w as presented He had succeeded ln the battle to 1each the top and was an elegant p1an1st Concludmg h1s p1og1am he was gn en cu1ta1n agaln 1olled up the1e stood 1n the cente1 of the stage a man of eno1mous hexght It was the famous s1nge1 F9l1XX1Ck FIIZ pat11ck Fltz was one of the mamstaxs on the xaxsltx back IH the days of school Aftel the selectlon whlch was h1ghlw ac cepted by the 3L1Cll9llC9 we made ou1 was back stage St1ll an other su1p11se aw alted us F01 the1e 1n the managel s 03106 sat the statelx Tom Tho1nton Tom w ho wo1e hls usual JOX13l sm1le g16Qt9Cl us f1om the bottom of hls healt That ex Glllllg we w e1e d1ne1s at the R1t7 Dllllllg the cou1 se of the meal I chanced to look towalds the o1chest1a The1e Wlth the most g1acetul mox ements posslble Eddle Bu 1ne was duectmg the muslc We w e1e happy to see Ed and 1nqu11ed of hxm as to w he1e the 1est of ou1 Class mates had gone He 1nfo1 med Us that IH that Xen CIIX the1e we1e th1ee mole we hadnt seen Thev we1e John B10Cl811Ck the most successful c11m1nal lawxe1 111 the state Al 48 . . . , V , , , n - as , as 9 9 ' - ' . ,, . . . . .- . . , , , , 66 V ' 'Y . Y ' ' N D' ' ' , 41 79 W cc ,, 7. , v. v . . , l . I y v Q v v 1 . , ' ,' ' , 61 as , , , g , i H . . Q . , Q. 7 ' ' u 11 , , v ? , l ' 4 ' f Y ' V I v ' Y' - , v 1 . 1 y ' ' I ' Q s , v Y a hearty applause and we were given our second treat. When the . ' ' 1 , 1 L. ' 1 , . D , ., v - ,' KC ' 79 , ' , , , ' , ' ' uf 1, Y . , , . . ' , v ' Q 1 ' 7 - 1 sl v . , 1 1 . L 1, . . . 1 . , , , u 's , sc as , , , ' ' ,' ' ,' 1 1 ' , - ' , SC ' 99 .' 'N . . .. . , v . H . ,, , 1 , .1 . . ' 1 . 1 ' ' . . , sn 77 ' ' . ' V . . . u 7 Q - v 1 ' v 1 , ' lv, . 1 Q 1 . . 9 l V , , . l 1 1 vo' ' ' J '