St Marys High School - Blue Mantle Yearbook (Milford, MA)

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Again varsity debating found us turning out quite strong With Domsky, Lally, Barron, and Shaun helping the'cause along Until we met St. Peter's fa tale best left untold, Suffice to say the trophy was not ours to have and hold.D Those who went to the Thomas Aquinas Banquet for having scholastic success and not failure' - ' Were Margaret Arsenault, Rosemary Conway, Olivine Leheney, Margue- rite Consoletti, Catherine Cullinan, and John Halia.' ' On the baseball squad we boasted Pyne, Krol, Mantoni, Lally, Vol- picelli, Phillips, Will Norton and Knight, ' While Crowley and Fitzgerald as managers rose to a great height. CPutting up the score Who could ask for more?J A production nHelodeemaniaU was the offering that spring, Here we showed a faculty to cut up and to sing. Cha Fitzgerald was an endman,Timmy Creighton thrilled all hearts With his solo nGoodnight Little Girl of Hy Dreamsu while others who had parts ' ' ' Were:Mary Lynch, one of a trio, Frank Powers, a vocalist too, Tommy Seaver as a Scotchman, Henry Sullivan as Hitler with a rou- tine different and new, And of course a goodly number of Junior girls and boys Participating in the chorus and making lots of noise. Paul Lally-President, Vice President-Francis Young, Minnie Mantoni-Treasurer, June Rouleau-Secretary were the officers whose praises we sung. Besides the Orchestra and Glee Club we originated and maintained Junior'Science and French Clubs where much useful knowledge was gained. ' We managed a Junior Reception, we considered quite a feat ' - Perhaps the Seniors weren't amused but we enjoyed our treat. We also made another very startling innovation By getting our rings as Juniors instead of waiting till graduation Then Junior year was over and we waited with a smile ' To return as lofty Seniors and journey that last mile. And did we walk it, or did we walk it? They'll tell in song and story How the class of '4O's Senior year was a year of crowning glory. Mantoni captained football and to help'him had these mates: Krol, Volpicelli, Knight,'Frost, Fitch, and Seaver each of whom really rates ' Also Creighton, Bagley, Clouart, Fullum, Gallerani, Murphy A Kni ht. CThSt Knight is not a misprint thcre's two of them so don't fight. Mantoni was also chosen president of the Athletic Association And Dick fHopedaleJ Knight Vice President without any hesitation. In the rooting department naturally we came to the forefront too Mary Lynch, June Rouleau, Kay E Eileen Nealon led the cheers for the White and Blue. ' Basketball was a banner year, we shouted to the sky The night we won the trophy in the feud with Milford High. Joe Krol, our ace, was captain of our famous basketeers Pyne, Phillips, Lally, Fitzgerald, Fitzpatrick, 5 Crowley also received many cheers. We made debating history when we traveled down and up ' And finally emerged victorious with the Bishop O'Leary cup.

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September rolled around again, back as Sophomeres we came A To bring to old '40 and S.M.A. the highest we could in fame. Besides Murphy and Mantoni on the'feotball squad that fall Were Fitzgerald, Gallerani, Byron, Creighton and Fullum, Sopho- mores one and all. And we showed that we were ready now to appear in Varsity plays When Bill Barron, Mary Shaughnessy and Joe Krol took part in nIt's Papa Who Pays.n' The inimitable Barron, Domsky and Krol were the hit at the Xmas show And at every entertainment the chief attraction was Gerry Heroux. The list of the basketball squad that year sounded almost like a class roll ' ' ' i ' ' There were Norton, Crowley, Hayes, Fitzgerald, Malia, Sullivan, Lally, Phillips and Krol. ' ' And we crashed a new activity, one that really rates, Bill Barron, Joe Domsky and Paul Lally were in Diocesan debates. ' In the Spring we blossomed out again with one-act plays of course, Margaret Arsenault, Thomas Seaver, Rita Horonev, Marie McGowan, John Feekay, and Virginia McDonough presented hThe Teeth of the Gift Horse! ' ' a ' ' And John Malia, Ruby Barrows, Mary Shaughnessy, Ray Bagley, Joe Domsky, and Kay Nealen ' Executed nLuncheon for Sixu with sympathy and feelin'. The Thomas Aquinas Circle came into being that spring And of course an honor circle was just another thing For us to show our prowess at, For at'that first June banquet sat: ' ' Barron, Crowley, Fredette,'Lally, Moynihan, Domsky, Feeley, Malia, J. Norton, and Pyne, ' g Margaret Altieri, Ruby Barrows, Olivine Leheney, Catherine Culli- nan, Eileen Nealon, and also in line ' ' Were Katherine Nealon, Mary Shaughnessy, Margaret Arsenault, lhrguerite Censoletti, Virginia McDonough, Marie O'Donnell and Rita Moroney ' Each with the hard-earned 85 and not one of them a phoney. ' On the'baseball squad were Phillips, hantoni, Flanigan, Pyne, Halacy, and Krol ' Quite a goodly representation, so we felt that on the whole Our Sophomore year had something in'common with this verse 'Tho it could have been some better, it also could have been worse. 'Twas in Junior year however that we really went to town, We began at the beginning and did everything up brown. In the school play titled Uwedding Spellsu we furnished half the 4 - . . Namely Lally, Domsky, Feeley, Marie O'Donnell, Mary Shaughnessy and Barron the last Having the lead of course, with the others supporting him at their best Making the audience roll in the aisles with many a joke and jest. Our football players proved to be the back-bone of the team Of Mantoni, Krol, Norton, Creighton, Knight, Bagley and Clouart we could write roam on roam. ' Basketball maintained the same crowd from the year before Besides a newcomer Forrest Noe. :Mews quite monopolized the floor-

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Bob Phillips and Bill Barron were on the so-called left wing While Tee Creighton, Paul Lally and Mary Shaughnessy were the ones who did the traveling. ' Both teams staged a performance over station WORC ' And received gold medals at a banquet in honor of our victory, The captain of the baseball team was none other than Barney Pyne And assisting him at his labors were the following players fine: Mantoni, Phillips, Krol, Norton, Volpicelli and Dick U-Iopedalel Knight, ' Also Ernie Laronga and Richie CFraminghamD Knight. Will we win another trophy? Only time alone can say And the way that our boys play that all-important game on Memorial Da . This production Syncopation Please became a huge success For in it, you've guessed it yes Were Bob Phillips as the middleman, Ends: Creighton, Fitzgerald and Sullivan. Others who had solos were Mary Lynch and Frankie Powers, ' Mary Shaughnessy, Bill Barron, Joe Domsky-we claim them all as ours. In a final burst of glory we made our record better In an attractive presentation of Green Cheese an operotta The music was catehy,thc acting good,and so its no surprise ' That it made our always gilt-edgedstack take still another rise. Class Day brings to a climax the year's activity, Graduation is approaching with solemn finality, And thinking back upon the time when it looked so far away When time stood still and it seemed wo'd never roach our graduation day We wonder why we didn't realize how soon 'twould all be done And'we'd stand looking as it were at both a setting and a rising sun. ' New the davs roll swiftly by us, and hours like seconds fly ' Wefll say hAu revoir, St. Hary'sU, we can never say ngoodbyen. A WISH I wish I were a little bird Flying in the sky, A member of that little flock So close to God on high. -Mary G. Shaughnessy I'd be without care or worry I'd never have to cry, Or even run or have to hurry Just watch each day go by. I'd soar above this troubled world And pity those below, And ask, dear God, if He would please A reign of peace bestow. I wish I were a little bird No more Ild have to roam, Just lift my little wings and fly To God's high heaven1y'home, -Williamn Norton