St Marys High School - Sancta Maria Yearbook (Lynn, MA)

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20 HOLTON PLACF LYNN At last what once seemed so far distant has been attained Happily I stand on the threshold of Saint Marys Boys High ready to depart wnth the thrill of glorious achievement goadmg me on A few years ago I listened to Father Sherlock give a graduation address at the Breed umor High He told the students to imagine that they were living ten years hence and were looking back upon the intervening years When my ten year span is completed l hope to look back on a decade of years filled with yoy with success and above all with goodness I am determined to reflect credit on my parents and on my teachers and school A little sad I come to the close of my happy school life and look pensrvely into the future To the Sisters whose patrence I must have tried many 1 time and to my parents who insisted upon my having a Catholic educatxon I am much indebtcd l extend my sincere thanks to all Fmnczr Tbomaf MdgM11 e 20 CHURCH STREET LYNN After 1 strenuous early education and eventual graduation from Saint Marys Grammar School in 1942 I entered this famed institution ot learning With amazing speed tne freshman sophomore and yumor terms passed by until I found myself a proud member of the graduating class between attending basketball and baseball games and keeping up with my varieu curriculum Realrzmg the future struggles which I would encounter I tried to make this last semester one which I could always remember as being the happiest My hrgh school career has been one of contentment which I feel is due both to the excellent tutelage of the Sisters and the tnernng foresight of my parents rn enrolling me litre To you all I express my dccpcst appreciation Arthur Wzyred MdVCbd7Mi 197 HAMILTON AVENUE LYN1x For the last four years the limit of my travels has been between my home and Saint Mary s Confined though my journeys were these years were the happiest in my young life To date my days in school have been filled with study for I burned with the zeal of advancing myself in the class The way I went at my homework so attracted the attention of all my teachers that many evenings I wa after school The ambition which someday I hope to fulfill is travel Yes I want to go to the far off corners of the world and meet foreign people l want to study their language and their customs and rites Yet even after I travel my fondest memories will be of the Boys High School the patient and hard working Sisters and the good Priests May God bless thcm and their work' fzv '9 - 7 , v . ' ' ' I . ' ' , cl 7 l 7 7 V ' . . , y Y V . , . . U 7 - ' 9 1 7 l I ' 7 of 1946. For the most part, my senior session was about evenly divided V . I , . , Y . , . . . . V . . y , . G I 1 . . , . . , . Y ' 1 s . ' ' ' ' 7 ' 1 A x . , t ' ' Y - I 5

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fobn Wcrrofz MacNwl H 7 ONTARIO STREET LX NN If rs so easy so natural to day dream so pleaslng just to gaze off mto space to plcture 1n lmagrnatxon what the past has brought and what the future has ln store Pausmg here at the crossroads to choose anew my way In llfe I fancy my past as a ba eball game I sought and overpowered knowledge much lrke any opponent on the field of sports At no txme was the game a sure thmg and onlv by constant preparedness for the repeated attacks of the foe was I able to accept and return crushrng blows At last I am enjoying the reward of achlev ement Now too I reahze the Importance of the battle whrch has so recently swung rn my favor To those who share nn the happrness of my sutcess I am greatly rndebted I feel thus debt ln my heart and hope to prove rt as opportunltxes present themselves folm forepb MacPberr01z 25 BOND STREET LYNN Armed wrth a sound mmd and a clear memory I make a most humble attempt at publr hmg the events of my llfe Wnth a ghtterxng dxploma from the grammar school of Samt Mary s parish flrmly clasped rn my hand I ventured mto the mnth grade on the same premlses Many a struggle I lad rn my freshman and sophomore years but my good looks brought me serenely through the Jumor span Rapxdly the days took Hlght I was actually bemg referred to as a senror Wrthout question I was enloylng rt too' Durmg these years I partrclpated In athletlcs My playmg on two champronshrp baseball teams ard even on the less glamorous basketball team adds to the joy of the memorres of my hrgh school days I am deeply grateful to my parents for grvrng me a Cathohc education and to all the Prnests and Snsters who have served as my trainers and advrsers Very sadly I bud farewell to Sarnt Mary s Fmnczr Berfmm' Madden HILLCREST ROAD PR1DEs CROSSING As I entered my freshman year at Salnt Marys four years seemed to me hke an eternrty Now as I look back rt IS almost lmpossrble for me to real :ze that they have come to an end The strange part about lt rs that I am not overllowrng wnth enthusrasm at the prospect of leavrng as I had ex pected to be All has been too pleasant for one to be exultant at departure from rt Slnce my past has been thu far uneventful let us look to the future Upon graduatnon I hope to enter the Unlted States Marrtrme Acad emy It rs my ardcnt wnsh that ome day I shall see the fulfillment of my hfclong ambntuon which IS to captam a shlp on which I shall placldly sarl thc sexcn scas If I can sarl as calmly over thcse scas and am able to comc through the storms as succcssfully as I haue cncountcrcd thesc during my four years at St Mary s then I shall mdccd be .1 happy man pe . 1 - 1 . Y - - Q. . . , , , . A y ' ' 5. .A . , A . . A V V .. . ,, V , 4 .. .1 ' - , . ,. Y 1 . Y . . Y I V U Y , . . 7 V. . 3 S . . , . . 1 ' , ' s , . . . . i t . , K . ' A , . . . Y . . 11 . I . , . s - . y . . S , ' - c W v . A Y . . V . . 1 . . V . . . 1 ' 'A 1 - . A A -, ' - , I 5- V . - l . k . , I V, ' aa 4 l 1 . , .

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Berrzard Peter MHVT011 WLST INEPTUNI' STRFFT INNIN Ior those who study the classrcs thxs rs to rntroduce Bernard Marron an ardent student of Greek I am partrcularly well l-.noun to my fellovx G ecks who have cooperated mth me rn preparing the Ixeu Impaored lfamlarfom 0 Zum hon and Home: In addrtron to thrs I have done many other worthvthrle thrngs for the splendrd educatron received herc makes rt possrble for almost anyone to accomplrsh almost any thang It s no vuonder that I am convmced that school and studres are Important fat tors rn my lrfe There was not a day that I drd not derrve great beneht nor was there a day that I dld not enjoy Certainly I can say mthout hesr tatron that I have been well drrected and tramed for lrfe Success and hap prness rn time to come vslll be due chrefly to the never falterrng rnterest and advrce of my good mother and the unflaggrng zeal of my teachers the Srsters of Saint oseph Tl7011ldIJOJL1Jl3 Martel 11 SOUTH STREET LYNN Irom the day of my arrrval at Sarnt Mary s rn 1934 possrbrlrtres of success were evrdent rn me Thus fact was confrrmed by the good Sxsters who spoke wrth ex errence when the sand It s sosslble that thls lad ma some da I carrred on relentlessly determmed to acqurre a strong foothold rn lrfe I began by takrng an actrve part rn the annual plays when I was only seven and contrnurng untrl I was graduated rn 1942 I elected to carry on the good work rn Samt Mary s so I traversed the grounds to the Boys Hrgh Qchool where upon hearmg my name they accepted me wrth open arms For the next four years I sanled along smoothly except for a tussle or two wrth math chemrstry and physncs Havmg enjoyed twelve happy and prosperous years at Sarnt Marys I smcerely hope that the rest of my hfe wxll be slmrlar Wzllmriz Tlaonzm McDeW1z0tt 54 BEACON HILL AVENUE LH NN Have you ever heard the amazmg story of Wrld Brll McDermott man among men athlete of athletes and notorrous woman hater? N07 Well here you are I blew rn with the wlnd and snow rn the mrdst of a blrzzard on a bleak anuary day Growing up was a task but wlth a lrttlc persuasron and the ard of a razor strap I was kept nn check Work at Samt Marys Grammar School came easy and rn hugh school easrer stlll fit says here As an athlete I was a good student and as a student a good thlete Durmg my first two years I sparked the baseball team to two Catholrc League Champronshrps but I grew trred of all the glory hcapcd upon me after each game so I gave rt up But that rs nerther here nor there' As I take my departure after tvx elve lrvcly years rn the parrsh schools I hope the draft board falls to notrce me and the vtorld wrll treat me as well as Saunt Mary s has Thanks Mother and Dad for 1 grand opportumty' Us ff I . . ' I I Y . , . . . , . 'l P 1 ' ,, I 1 z Y. ' . 1 V ' I I . V V Y . av .4, ' ' ' . I D - . V. I. . I . V. s l- . - 1 Y : . . , . y , . . . 4 I . . D . . , P ' . Y- ' 1 , I I H I Y h Q Y become a great leader In hfe, but rt s not probable. Ignormg the1r jests , , I a L 1 1 ' a , a ' , 1 1 1, ' , , - . . , I - 1 ' ' ' , V . , . I -I . ' ' 9 , ' a . , ' ' r ' r' -1 I . A y G . , .