Zoom ahead a few months (hey, the way-back machine can go back and forth, but only decades ago). It’s February 1963. (Earlier issues from our junior year are available on the Chronicles page.)

Lead story, page one, was the honor roll. Classmates who made first honors were Ray Brassard, Ruth Camyre, Judith Cross, Paul Donahue, Susan Hartley, Karen LaRiviere, Joe McClellan, George Shannon, and John Sheehan. George’s photo (right) was also featured in the article on the speech festival. Among the 24 CHS students participating were classmates Bill O’Malley (group discussion), Kevin O’Malley and John Moore (extemporaneous), Jim Montanari (original essay), Barbara Mooney (prose reading), Brendan Montano and George Shannon (radio newscasting), Dianne Dillon and Reid Oslin (serious prose interpretation), Dan Noonan and Paul Donahue (oratorical prose interpretation).

CHS debated the issue of equal educational opportunity (I guess some topics hang around). The page one item said classmates Bill Fleming and John Moore would take the affirmative, while Mike Reavey and Bill O’Malley would argue the negative, all “under the tutelage” of Kevin O’Malley.

Also on page one, classmates George Shannon, Roland Chapdelaine, and Dennis Trelease were to act in a drama festival presentation of “St. Joan” by George Bernard Shaw.

Margaret Chabot presented on page three a translation in French of a brief article on the language lab and another article reported that Dan Noonan would represent Cathedral in the American Legion’s oratorical contest.

A feature on the CHS majorettes, page four, highlighted classmates Anne Murphy (up in the air at right in image above), Susan McKenna (front left), and Carol Ferraro (third from left, front). The article also mentions Patricia Sullivan and Lynn Lacivita.

Patricia Matthews wrote on page four a report about the results of requests sent by juniors who were to participate in the Model Senate to the US Senators they would represent. Mike Reavey, Barbara Mooney, Kathy Williams, Patricia Manning, Reid Oslin, and Mary Ann Polpec all said they received responses, but John Moore was apparently stiffed by Sen. John McClellan (D-Ark.). Sandra McKay, center, and Rosemary Lavinski were included in a photo at right about the school chapter of the Red Cross. The woman at left is dressed in what apparently was a Red Cross uniform.

Hoopster classmates Dave Wall, Gene Ryzewicz, Rich Murphy, Larry Maziarz, Jack Lawler, and Pat Turner celebrated with other Panthers winning the Interschool League title and moving on to the Western Mass. tournament (page five photo).

Panther grapplers (getting into the retro lingo here) were cited in a page five article reporting on the wrestling team’s 50-0 (!) defeat of Classical, second shutout in city league wrestling history. Featured in the article were classmates Ed Crowley, John Cardano, John Sheehan, and Ben Aleks.

The page five report on the hockey team . . . excuse me, the “icemen” . . . mentioned classmates Tom Nolan, Tom Webber, and Don Chase. The swim team . . . er, the “mermen” . . . suffered through a 2-10 season, but the article citeed the success of Dan Kelly and participation of Bill Wood.

Wrapping up the sports coverage was this photo of student gym instructors, from left on the bars, Richard Guilmette, Bob Cardone, John Cardano, and Ed Crowley. At left are Billy Wise, director of physical education, and Carmen Scarpo.

A page six article featured the 4-H Club activities of Roland Chapdelaine and his freshman sister, Anne Marie. They lived at the time in what was probably “rural” East Longmeadow. At left is a picture of Roland and an award-winning sheep.

 

 

Also pictured (below) on page six were classmates Elizabeth Brown and Carol Salvon, being shown proper switchboard technique by senior Marguerite Tourville. (Technology is probably the most significant factor in dating us.)

The February 28, 1963, Cathedral Chronicle