LHS tid bits in 1956
Many of the stories I have written have been with the help of information garnered from the LHS school newspaper the LAWRENCIAN. Many of these editions were provided to me by LHS grads Betty Connors and Eleanor Byrne. Betty is a retired school teacher at the Haverhill St. School. Eleanor is retired from the telephone co and volunteered at the Salem NH rehab.
I share this because many readers tell me they are amazed by my memory. In these Rumbo articles I use my memory to embellish the happenings of yesterday. I do however, confess to researching all my articles and yes memories are part of the articles.
I want to thank the editor and writers of this really good school paper, because of the many years of the copies I have I’ll only name this year’s writers.
The editor: Jane Planitzer, Eddie Menery, sports editor, he was a doer at all school events and later became known as Eddie B. Baker and performed for years as a saloon singer. Eddie also worked for radio WCCM owned by the great sportscaster Curt Gowdy.
The editorial staff was led by Marguerite Kane, Deanne Perkins, Sheila Young, Marie Hartnett, photography was by David Tozier, and the circulation manager was Betty Connor another one who was a spearhead in all events at her school. The faculty advisor was Mr. Andrew Moynihan.
Lawrence students attending the Lancer vs. CCHS game were: Roz Ruggerio, Billy Blythe, Viv Scalera, Grace Williams, Joe Nahill, and Judy Fox. Nancy Silverman, Babs Feinman, Marge Mugavero, Annette Bernadini, Gil Hulme of Tower Hill whose dad was a local cop and gil was a pretty good baseball player at the Mullaney park,Al Nassar,Larry Halloran who was an usher at the Palace Theater, Phil Hagan was a multi sporter, and Jack Gage now living in NH was also a resident of Tower Hill and a Mullaney athlete, he was an outstanding baseball and softball player. All these students were also at the CCHS game.
Attending local movies were Barbara Champy, Nancy Keenan, Mary Jane Morel, Jerry Makin, and now retired Lawrence detective and LHS Hall of Famer Tommy Carroll.
The LHS girl of the month was hair: Antoinette Blanchette, eyes, Marion Erban, smile Judith Berbet. Boy of the month, hair Joe Paddelaro, now of the beach area and a Lawrence cop, eyes Bob Ingles formerly of Sanborn St. Smile Tommy Carroll.
Girl and boy of the month: Peg Emmert who became former AD at CCHS Mike Sullivan’s wife and mother of Chris Sullivan an administrator at that school. The Sullivans resided at the beach area. Peggy just left us recently to join Mike in Heaven. She was also a champion tennis player with her partner Pat McNulty now Khoury.
Ken Henricks then of So Lawrence east and now of Methuen was selected as boy of the month, he lives in Methuen now with his family and childhood sweetheart and now wife the former Mary Rita Loughlin.
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It’s March and St Patrick’s day is looming, here is a student poem:
Sure and it’s a great day for the Irish, the 17th of March, with bands and songs and the wearing of the green, and top of the morning or erin go bragh!
The cry of each gossoon and colleen
The Spanish and French to name but a few all join the happy throng, crying with voices so gay and so true.
And with a fervor an O’Reilly would use,
Happy St Paddy’s Day from O’me to O’you.
Judy Fox class of 1955.
