1941 - 42
Class Leaders
Senior Class Officers: Ed Morrissey, president;
Junior Class Officers: Bill McEntee, treasurer.
Sophomore Class Officers: Francis Brennan, president; Sylvia Rinetti, vice president; Mary Ellen Murphy, secretary; Tom Ivers, treasurer.
Freshman Class Officers: Jack Morrissey, president; Curtis Haire, vice president; Lou Jean Ray, secretary; Jack McCormick, treasurer.
During the Summer
Kearney Hall was redecorated, with newly repainted walls and ceiling and a repaired floor.
The Year
Faculty: Sr. Rose Anne took over as principal and Sisters of the Holy Cross superior. Teachers: Fr. Robert Dwyer, religion; Fr. John LaBranche, religion; Sr. Frances James, English and religion; Sr. Augustina, social studies and religion; Sr. Mauricita, math; Sr. Scholastica, science; Sr. Miriam Ann, English and Latin; Sr. Josephine Marie, business; Dr. Josephine Dowd, speech and dramatics; Sr. Anthony, music; Lucille Harris, librarian; Guy Di Carlo, fencing. The hiring of di Carlo was trumpeted in the Catholic Register: “Judge feels particularly fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Di Carlo, since the retiring coach, Mrs. Virginia Westlake, was herself a pupil of Di Carlo for several years.” Di Carlo was a national interscholastic champion at the age of 15, was ranked second nationally in 1931 and was nominated for the 1932 U.S. Olympic team. Dowd was a native of Hiawatha, a coal town in Carbon County, but attended St. Mary’s-of-the-Wasatch high school and college before getting higher degrees from the University of California-Berkeley and Catholic University.
The school kept both Wally Morse and Rose Naccarato to oversee athletics. “Miss Naccarato has won the admiration of both players and spectators for the girls’ teams that she has developed, particularly in Sodality basketball competition,” the Catholic Register reported. “Mr. Morse, while lacking numbers on his squad, has always developed spirited teams that give a good account of themselves, wherever they go.” Naccarato left at mid-year, taking a position with USO in California shortly after the U.S. entered World War II. She was replaced by University of Utah student Beatrice Hogan.
Enrollment was up, although Catholic Register stories offered differing numbers on enrollment. On Sept. 8, the paper said classes opened with 408 students K-12, 47 more than expected at registration. Of those, 151 were in high school, 257 in grammar school. By Sept. 20, the overall number was up to 425.
The Cheerleaders were Patricia Kavanagh, Veca Baker and Vora Baker.
The 45-member Pep Club, led by Edith Maher and Florence Massara, unveiled new uniforms with a red skirt, white shirt, yellow sweater and a red tie. Cheerleaders Patricia Kavanagh, Veca Baker and Vora Baker had “colorful costumes of red and gold satin.” Pep Club members included Noella McInerny, Gloria Massara, Joan Maher, Era Mae Wade, Sue Ottenstein, Joan Lyhene, Margaret Maloney and Norinne Maher.
Patricia Kavanagh and John Hurley were co-chairs of the Harlequins, a dramatic group that organized a Halloween party in Kearney Hall, a week after entertaining Army draftees at Fort Douglas. The Judge fencing team also performed for the draftees. Harlequin members included Mary Anne Casto, Mary Lee Keyting, Betty Laramie, Florence Massara, Mary Jane Sirstins, Ed Farrell, Ed Morrissey, Jim Maher, Jack Sullivan, Jack Hill, Vora Baker, Veca Baker, Mary Patricia Lyhene, Jane Morton, Patricia Murray, Patricia Van Derck, Mike Ivers, Pat Hession, Paul Murphy, Bill Ward and Frank Terry.
Christmas baskets for needy families were put together by numerous students, including Mary Ellen Murphy, Jack Morrissey, Margaret Maloney and Ed Morrissey.
The November PTA meeting focused on Catholic schools and the war. Members concluded Judge should continue to emphasize its pre-college course and “retain its college preparatory classes as the self-appointed guardian of the arts and sciences,” the Intermountain Catholic reported. “A revival of these must necessarily follow upon the just and lasting peace so earnestly prayed for as the result of an Allied victory.”
A Mass for all students – St. Mary’s college and high school, Judge grammar and high school, Holy Cross Hospital nursing program and St. Ann’s orphanage – was held at St. Mary’s to close the Salt Lake Diocese’s jubilee celebration. Fr. James Kearney, bishop of Rochester, N.Y. said the Mass, assisted by Fr. Robert Dwyer from Judge and Fr. James Claffey from St. Mary’s. Bishop Duane Hunt and all of the high-ranking diocesan priests attended.
Planning for the Sophomore Strut, held in mid-January in the gymnasium, were Don McHugh, Norinne Maher, John Downey, Joan Maher, Tom Ivers and Sylvia Rinetti.
Nearly three dozen pieces were performed in the Music Department’s two-day November recital, starting with Kenneth Burns, Billy Vetter and Jo Ann Mofford and ending with Larry Howenstine, Donna Marie Layng and Jane Morton.
Mary Lee Keyting was editor-in-chief of the Judge Spotlight, whose second edition was published in April, 1942. Helping her put out the newspaper were Al Mooney, Virginia Muth, Gene Kirtley, James Fuoco, Bob Dovey, Bob Cordtz, Jim O’Donnell, Tom Buller, Helen Jean Piacitelli, Edith Maher, Dorothy Jackson, Pat Reeves, Mary Gonzales, Frank Harmon, Lou Jean Raye, Mary Elwell, Jane Morton, Naydene Spell, Noella McInerney, Barbara Casto, Margaret Maloney, Sue Ottenstein, Gloria Massara, Bill Smith, Maybelle Wixom, Barbara Nevens, Pat Collins, Larry Maloney, Henry O’Hagan, Phil Payne, Bonnie Kirk, Eileen Morton, Frank Harmon, Jim Maher, Roy Rasmussen, Emil Ballen, Patricia Kavanagh, Betty Laramie, Ed Farrell, Florence Massara and Zeke Melick.
Starting March 2, 1942, Judge students could receive a lunch with five items for just a nickel, courtesy of the Works Progress Administration, the federal surplus-food administration and the school.
“The Abiding God” was the theme of the Music Department’s Lenten Pageant. The cast included Sue Bero as Christ, Mary Beth Middendorf as Adam and Joan Paulus as Eve, Raymond Pelletier as Moses, Pauline Reeves as the Blessed Virgin and Frank Folger as Joseph.
Seniors Patricia Kavanagh, Marcie Ivers and Mary Patricia Lyhene picked rings and pins for the class.
The Glee Club’s 20 girls debuted their new wardrobe – blue gowns with a white collar – at the Christmas play. Its officers were Jane Morton, president; Donna Layng, secretary; and Rosemary Lyhene, treasurer.
Florence Massara reigned as Queen at the annual May Day procession. Her attendants were Virginia Muth, Helen Jean Piacitelli, Mary Gonzales, Gloria Massara, Dolores Frazier and Donna Bailey.
Organizing the Junior Prom at the Salt Lake Country Club were Al Mooney, Noella McInerney, Dorothy Jackson, Margaret Maloney, Frank Harmon, Luigi Capitolo, Barbara Casto and Lawrence Breining.
Plays
“The Quest,” starring Ann Elwell, Julieanne Duncombe, Nadine McInerney, Bernice Maher, Gale Shea, Mary Agnew, Marie Eloise Breining, Naomi Nelson, Janet Dargan, Marilyn Hyland, Billy Brennan, Catherine Collins, Patricia Gormley, Ann McMurray, James McDonough and Tommy Paulus.
“What A Life,” directed by Dr. Josephine Dowd, starring Patricia Murray, Ed Farrell, Mary Anne Casto, Florence Massara, Ed Morrissey, Jane Morton, Mary Patricia Lyhene, Patrick Hession, Patricia Van Derck, Betty Laramie, Emil Ballen, Patricia Murray, Veca Baker, Roy Rasmussen, Patricia Kavanagh, John Bero, Mary Anne Casto, James Maher, Vora Baker, Marcie Ivers, William Ward and Mary Jane Sershen. Paul Murphy was stage manager and Frank Terry the business manager, while William Ward and Mike Ivers handled equipment.
Sports
STATE CHAMPION – Sophomore Norinne Maher, a lefthander, won the state Women’s Fencing Championship at the Utah State Fairground’s Little Theater, defeating Judge senior Carol Ann Davis 4-3 in the finals. Kay Connelly from the University of Utah was third, while Judge student Patricia Kavanagh was sixth. Mary Ellen Murphy, Pat Collins and Era Mae Wade also competed for the Bulldogs.
The football team went winless (0-4) for the fourth straight year under Coach Wally Morse, but more boys were coming out. This team’s roster had 24 players. The co-captains were “Ozzie” Hession and Zeke Melick. Other players included quarterback Pat Hession, Jimmy O’Donnell, Luigi Capitolo, Frank Harmon, Warren Curley, Earl Wilson, Lawrence Breining, Silvio Mayo, John Hearley, Bill Morton, Francis Brennan, Don McHugh, Gene Kirtley, Phil Paine, Ed Shea, Fred Van Elk, Bill McEntee, Bob Cordtz, Bob Grisley, James Fuoco, Emil Ballen, Roy Rasmussen, Jack Haire, Tom Buller, Jim Maher and Jack Hill.
Morse’s basketball team went 3-8, led by veterans Zeke Melick, Jack Hill, Pat Hession and Ed Morrissey and newcomers Ed Farrell, Frank Brennan, Al Mooney and Bob Cordtz.
Judge students flocked to Alta and Brighton resorts for skiing, led by John and Barbara Casto, Pat Von Derck, Noella McInerney (“her pigtails fly”), Frank Harmon, John Stafford and Mike Ivers.
Graduation
36 graduates on June 7 at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. General Excellence Award: John A. Bero; Valedictorian: Louise Fratto; McGean Award for athletics: James Maher; Science Award: James Maher; Holy Cross Scholarship to St. Mary-of-the-Wasatch: Jane Morton. Bishop Glass Medal for highest four-year GPA: John Bero.
Members of the Class of 1942 were Emil Ballen, John Bero, Donna Brocklebank, Mary Anne Casto, Frances Cogswell, Harry Cowburn, Sophie Flaherty, Jack Haire, Patrick Hession, Marcie Ivers, Mike Ivers, Patricia Kavanagh, Mary Lee Keyting, Betty Laramie, Mary Pat Lyhene, James Maher, Florence Massara, Silvio Mayo, David McDonough, Zeke Melick, Edward Morrissey, Jane Morton, William Morton, Paul Murphy, Patricia Murray, William McEntee, Roy Rasmussen, Frank Terry, Patricia Van Derck, William Ward, Wesley Varley, Veca Baker, Vora Baker, Edward Farrell and Mary Jane Sershen. Hession went on to become the general manager of Newspaper Agency Corp., the company that sold ads, printed and circulated The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News. Ed Morrissey and Florence Massara were married in 1946 after Morrissey completed World War II service in the Marine Corps. Zeke Melick and Harry Cowburn enlisted in the Marines, with Melick selected for the Air Corps, which also attracted John Bero.
