St Marys High School - Marian Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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,ph-. 9? HOPE ABALOZ Still Water Runs Deep Glee Club 1-2-3-4, Dramatics 1-2-3- 4, Choir 1-2-3-4, 34 Club 3-4. BILL BUCHE The Excellency of Men-Virtue Study Club 4, Radio Club 3-4, Glee Club 3-4, Chembiogen Club 1-2, Camera Club 3-4, Latin Club 2. Basketball 1-2-3-4, Football. 3-4, Track 3, Band 1-2, Dramatics 1-2- 3-4, Altar Boy 1-2-3-4, Chembiog- en Officer 1, Marian Staff 4, Mar- ianette Staff 4, Teen Town Board 4 Class Officer 1, Choir 2-3-4, Sodal- ity Officer 4, Camera Club Officer 3-4, Sr. Class Play 3, 34 Club 3. JEANNE BRIDWELL For Nature Made Her What She is, and Never Made Another. Glee Club 1-2, Study Club 4, Mar- ianette Staff 4, Dramatics 1-2-3-4, Marian Staff 4, Choir 1-2-3-4, Cheerleader 1 . 35,5 GILBERT TREVINO By Diligence He Wins His Way Football 2-3, Baseball 2-3, Letter- man Club 2-3, Student Council 3, Director of Intramurals 3. EUGENE AZAMBFXI. No man was Glorious, who was not laborious. Chembiogen Club 1, Football, 2-3-4, Track 1, Dramatics, 1-2, Altar Boy 1-2-3-4, Marian Staff 4. FIDELIS DOHERTY Nothing So Popular as Goodness Latin. Club 1-2, 34 Club 3-4, Dramatics 1-2-4, Choir 1-2-3, Mar- ianette Staff 4, Marian Staff 4.

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TOM GERANT Advancement is Applied Initiative. Chembiogen Club 1-2, Marianette 'Staff 4, Dratmatics 1-2, Study Club 4, Athletic Board 3, Advisory Board of KSSU 4. BEN GERVV ERT Speak and Speed-The Close Mouth Catches No Flies Chernbiogen Club 1,Glee Club 4, Camera Club 8, Latin Club 2, Study Club 4, Altar Boy 1, Basketball 1- 2-3-4, Football 2-3-4, Track 1-2-3-4, Minstrel 1-2-3-4, Class Officer 1, Sodality Officer 4, Choir 1-4, Bask- etball Co-Captain 4. MARY FRANCES ESCH Her Laughter Is Contagious- Good Mirth 0verflows. Camera Club 3, Latin Club 1-2-3, Latin Club Officer 3, Glee Club 1-3, Dramatics 1-2-3-4, Good Council Club 4, Senior Scout 1-2, Choir 1-2- 3-4, Quill and Scroll 3-4, Class Of- ficer 3, 34 Club 3-4, Study Club 4, Marian Staff 4, Marianette Staff 1-4, Senior Class Play 4. JOAN MASSMAN Weighty Questions Ask for Deliberate Answers. Latin Club 1-2, Co-ed of Marian- ette 4, Dramatics 1-2-3-4, Class Of- ficer 3, Class Reporter 3, Football Queen 3, Good Council Club 4, Quill and Scroll 8-4, Choir 1-2-3-4. TOM GEORGE Drive Thy Business-Let Not That Drive Thee Track 3-4, Class Officer 1, Camera Club 3, Teen Board 4, Marian Staff 4 Football 1-2-3-4, Choir 1-2-3, Dramatics 1-2-3-4, Chembiogen Club 1, Glee Club 3, Co-Captain Football, 4. V ib- fi. i th ALBERT GIACOMETTI The Wise Understand Half A Word'l Chembiogen Club 1-2, Camera Club 3, Track 2, Basketball 3-4, Football 2-3-4, Teen Board 4, Altar Boy 1- 2-3-4, Glee Club 2-3-4, Dramatics 1-2-3-4, Marianette Staff 4, Mar- ian Staff 4, Band 1, Choir 1-3-4.

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FRESHMAN Just like prospectors seeking for gold in the gold rush of 1849, the class of 1949 set outon its trip through school school life eagerly and con- fidently. CAs confident as any freshman class ever wasll To lead us through the difficult first year of our quest for gold we chose as chief guide, Tom George. Assistant guide was Bill Buche. Pat Pat- terson was in charge of the diary of our journey, and Bennie Gerwert took care of the gold nuggets. We got ten new members to our troupe of gold seekers. This was the first year of football in St. Marys and representing the Freshmen were Tom George and J. B. Towner. Jeanne Bridwell was our cheerleader. Mary Frances Esch kept the rest of the world in touch with our progress as our cap- able class reporter. Towner, Gerwert, Buche, and Manning were on the basketball squad. This be- ing the first year for track, Manning, Lacina, Lyons, Towner, Murphy, and McQuade did the run- ning -for the Freshmen. Our first retreat, given by Father Canute, was a great success. Mary Ann Bnown and Bill Buche were our candidates for an- nual l-ging and queen. The majority of the Fresh- men took part in the minstrel, which was, as usual, a big success. A before-school-closed party had all the freshmen dressed as little children. One last fling at childhood before we traipsed down the hall under the new title of .... U H Jn, 1 4 l ...o 2' ., -sg i . SOPI-IOMORES The second year of the gold rush saw the class of '49 a little closer to their goal. Mary Ann Brown took over the job of leading us to gold. Helping her was J. B. Towner. Taking care .of the trip's diary was Marianne Smardo. Cheating the money bags this year was Francis Lyons. Out for football were Towner, Lyons, Lacina, Manning, Gerwert, George and Azamber. Representing us on the basketball team were Manning, Towner, Ger- wert, and Buche. Dollie Dean Murty began her career as cheerleader, a positi-on she has filled so well for three years. Shirley Ryan was an attend- ant to the football queen. Joan Massmann did a fine .l0b of reporting for us. This year Pittsburg played host to the KSSU Leadership School which was at K.S.T.C. We sponsored the Christmas dance. Our'annual candidates were J. B. Towner and Joan Massmann. Pat Patterson was treasurer of the J.A.A. We enjoyed our second retreat given by Father Allen. And almost all of the Sophomores blacked up to take part in the minstrel. After quite a successful year we journeyed upstairs where we became .... .c. 6' 9 J UNIORS we finally found the vein of gold and began to dig for it. Elected to be our foreman was Mary Frances Esch. Subforeman, George Oberley. The job .of writing up our successes and failures was handed to Joan Massmann. Don Manning took charge of the gold Our football boys were Towner, Lacina, Lyons, Giacometti, Manning, Ger- wert, George, Buche, and Azamber. Joan Mass- mann was chosen by the football boys as football queen. Shirley Ryan was chosen to help Dollie Dean in leading the cheers. Tlowner, Lyons, Lacina, Buche, Manning, and Gerwert played basketball this year. Georgie Oberley was the trainer all four of his high school years. Joan Massmann and Tom Gerant were members of the J .A.A. We sponsored the Hallowe'en dance. Rosemary .Simoncic was the first high school penny queen. Joan Massmann and Sylvia Ann Silvia were our reporters. Dorie Min- gori and Don Manning were our annual candidates. Our third minstrel was a big success, with four of the endmen and many solo numbers being sup- plied by the Juniors. 'Father Herbst gave the re- treat this year. The Juniors tofok the Seniors way down south for a prom and banquet given in a Southern Plantation manner. Everyone had a wonderful time. Now we are nearing our goal! We walked a few steps across the hall and were now known as . , , , SEN IORS Ah! At last we are nearing the end of our quest! Cecilia Baildelli held the whip and kept us working. Francis Lyons helped her hold it. Rose- mary Simoncic kept track of our progress, and Don Manning once more held the purse strings. Towner and George were co-captains of the football team. and working under them were Manning, Gerwert, McCaffrey. Buche, Lacina, Lyons, Gaicometti, Mc- Quade, and Zigmund. St. Mary's, for the first time in her history, won the Mineral Belt League foot- ball championship. But the joy of championsnip was marred by the death of our beloved Monsignor McCullough, who died the day before our champ- ionship game. Dollie Dean and Shirley, with the ad- dition of Pat Patterson, once more cheered the team on to victory. Dollie was elected our foot- ball queen, and Marianne Smardo was one of her attendants. George Oberley was elected president of the Sodality, Pat Patterson, vice-president, Dollie Murty, secretary, and Bennie Gerwert, treasurer. Sylvia Ann Silvia and Joan Massmann were elected as co-editors of the paper. Marianne Smardo and George Oberley edited the Marian, We celebrated Sister Linus' feast day with a picnic in Joplin. Father Howard gave our last retreat. Mary Frances Meyer was the second high school penny queen. The Seniors sponsored the Masquer- ade Ball for the grand opening of Teen-Town. We also sponsored the Christmas dance. Co-captains of the basketball team were Gerwert and Man- ning. On the team were Towner, Lacina, Gia- cometti, Buche, and Lyons. Al Gi-acometti and Jeannie Bridwell were our annual candidates this year. Many of the seniors took part in the minstrel which was, as always, a big success. Toward the end of school there were many picnics and parties for the Seniors, and the wonderful banquet given us by the Juniors. Then came class night and grad- uation day. The 49'ers have found goldll What we were seeking during the past four years is here in our hands, but we are reluctant to take it, for it means the beginning of something new. But we know that with the ropes of the past, we shall ring the bells of the future.