St Patrick High School - La Croix Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Makes a Recordung I am Ol Man Rlyer Year In and year out I pursue the same course I vyash the banks of rn numerable hamlets woods and crtres a monoto nous exrstence from outward appearances yet occasionally I take time out to make a record mg of a defnnlte group IU an Ideal setting the hrstory of St Patrrcks Senior Clas nrneteen forty seyen of Kankakee Illmols My my hovn trme flres here they are semors I suppressed a broad grin as I sau rn retrospect the freshmen student of nmeteen forty tvso as they roamed the school halls mth such an anr of uncertainty rn an attempt to meet the demands of thelr schedule Therr feelrng of rnsecurrty alarmed me but thelr quick recoyery from those flrst vnhere am I gorng days relieved my parental conccrn when they assumed the responsrbrlrty of class electrons Here rs a class I mused that wrll make a record Dmded mto drvrsrons Sectron A chosc as therr class representatnes joseph Bar rett president Gretchen Anderson uce presn dent Romayne Hammes secretary Bernard Clark treasurer Section B elected Helena Rltt manrc presrdent M1keSett1cas1 uce presrdent This was a fun loving class who knew the tame for work and the trme for play The Christmas holrclays afforded such an opportun :ty for playful and artlstrc actruty through the Chrrstmas party Thenr festrve mood captn ated my rn er current and I shared therr antrcrpatrons m makmg the Chrlstmas dance a jovral and en tertarmng affair I Ol Man Rner remember the anxiety wth whrch thrs inexperienced freshman class pre sented their frrst assembly Crmolrne and Can dlellght How' pleased I was and how excrted they were at the success that the encore evrdenced That frrst year passed qurckly and as my turbulent trdes bore me on and on so the class found rtself makmg preparatrons for Open House rn May These students expanded intellectually and physically and rn my mner self I knevs that they qualrfred as sophomores And as sopho mores the group chose for therr class leaders Mrke Settlcasr president Romayne Hammes yrce presrdent Angela Battaglra secretary ohn Desmarteau treasurer Wrth enthusrasm these students engaged m Red Cross Actnrtres they sponsored the Iebruary Sodalrty Breakfast and they arranged to serye breakfast durmg Lent for darly commumcants l5Il The trees began to bud the brrds began to return from the South and I began to thovt off my burdens of :ce so the thoughts ot' these students turned to a sprung dance The brrd and note motif and the sophomores hosprtal rty prouded the student body mth an exenrng of fun I kept on gomg and so drd they They were upper classmen wrth ohn Desmarteau placmg Bernard Drolet who entered Servrce as president Ruth Homberg yrce president Leta OConnor secretary Bernard Clark treasurer These yumors set the tempo of the year by spon sormg the colorful Harvest Hop War trme re strrctrons hampered thc big event of the year the umor Sensor Prom but the dogged per seyerance of thrs group oyercame many ob stacles and the jumors feted the semor class wrth a prom that wxll always be a happy memory Its nineteen forty srx now and thrs class of my recordmg are semors a but oyercome by the honor rt rs true but I have seen them gam the ascendancy before and they wrll do rt agam LetaOConnor uce presrdent Catherme Searle secretary and Bernard Clark treasurer The Get Acquamted Dance rn September under therr plannmg began the school aCflVlfICS of the year Thus class gave evrdence of therr capacrty for mterpretmg fme art when they attended the performance of Antony and Cleopatra The garety and color of therr umor Senror Prom was accented by tts beautr ful surroundmgs the Gold Room of the Kankakee Hotel They cooperated rn eyery oc casron and therr Yearbook made possrble this recordmg Year rn and year out I pursue the same course but the peace and calm of my callmg soothes my soul and provrdes me wrth tame trme rn whrch to thrnk time rn whrch to recall the pleasures and memorres of the past I have durmg the many years of my flowmg become one rn thought wrth the crtrzens of the crty of Kankakee Their problems are mme therr chrl dren are mme I pausc rn my course to msh the Shamrock Seniors the lessons I haye learned through experxence I rom the moment that they entered St Patrrck Hrgh School thus Class of Nineteen Hundred and forty seyen won my respect and admrratron On on oh Class of forty sexen I v ' b , ' U I Y 7 - Y Y , S w . v ' 'I Y Y. I . Y- Y Y T V Y ' 1 V7 Y ' - V v .I , . H . Y, ' 'I , re. l - I Y . . 1 , -' ' ' v Q s ' Q 7 I ' ' v 'Z , ' A 1 - V fl f Qy ' - ' , - L 7 rn H ' 'I A f ' 1 , ' ' . . T . , I A , D q . ' . I ' 7 Y 3 I . - Q U , Q ' I ' 1 ' y I T, . - Y 7 4 . . , Q , ' Q and Merle McClaren, secretary: under the leadership of Don Crevrer, presrdentg . . , ' Q , . , Z s - . . . Y ' ' f ' , V' v , . . I N , l y h Y ,, . . Y y Y . . . . . 9 V S , ' . S l I ' . . . 1 . I .I T - 'I V y ' , 5 ' , A 4 : ' ' 4 ' , LJ . . . , . . , 9 I ' I I 7 Y 'S : 1 I ' D D . y , , I , ' ' . w s ' Y -

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