1942 - 43
Class Leaders
Senior Class Officers: Larry Maloney, president.
During the Summer
The building went through a maintenance overhaul. Classrooms were cleared, floors sanded and polished, and the gym floor readied for the year.
Paul Patton, a four-sport high school athlete from Canton, N.Y. who lettered in football, track and gymnastics at Notre Dame (playing for Irish coaches Elmer Layden and Frank Leahy), took over the football program after Wally Morse resigned. Patton also was vice president of his senior class at Notre Dame, where he graduated in May of ‘42.
The Year
Faculty: Sr. Rose Anne, principal. Teachers: Sr. Frances James, English and math; Fr. Jerome Stoffel, dean of boys, physical and mental hygiene; Sr. Augustina, religion and social science; Sr. Mauricita, math; Sr. Anthony, music; Sr. Scholastica, science and religion; Sr. Josephine Marie, business and shorthand; Sr. Miriam Ann, religion and languages; Dr. Josephine Dowd Calder, speech, dramatics and Spanish; Sarah Harris, librarian; Emma Evancovich Burbidge, girls physical education. Fr. Robert Dwyer taught religion to seniors. In early November, Sr. Frances James demonstrated teaching techniques for teachers from schools throughout the Diocese.
This was the second year in which the federal Surplus Marketing Administration (SMA) provided cafeteria lunch for 5 cents, supposedly served by WPA (Works Progress Administration) workers. But with a wartime shortage of workers, parents become involved. Students paid a penny, the SMA underwrote most and the school footed the rest. A Salt Lake Tribune story a couple of weeks before Christmas noted that 375 of Judge’s 435 students received “hot and appetizing meals every school day.” The program, overseen by Leone M. Small with two helpers, was short-lived. The WPA program was liquidated at year’s end.
Still offering classes from kindergarten through 12th grade at this point, Judge received its accreditation from the Western Association of Secondary and High Schools. High school enrollment jumped to 185 from 155 the previous year. The elementary school had 270 students. The Intermountain Catholic noted that “the greater number of these alumni” from the Class of ’42 were working around Salt Lake in various occupations although “an unusually large percentage have left or will leave soon for college or post-graduate studies.”
Preparations for the Senior Ball, held in the Hotel Newhouse’s Mirror Room, were led by chairman Larry Maloney, Barbara Casto, Donna Jackson, Luigi Capitolo, Noella McInerney, Edith Maher and Pat Reeves.
The “Judge Spotlight” newspaper came back on Dec. 18, 1942. Donna Jackson was editor-in-chief, aided by editors Mary Ellen Murphy, Duane McQuilkin, Norinne Maher and Al Mooney, a staff of 19 and four business managers. It cost a dime. The paper’s masthead was flanked by fighter bombers dropping bombs and encouraging people to “Buy War Stamps.” The top story, with a banner headline, was about the Sodality of Our Lady of Good Counsel being reorganized at the high school, a club designed to promote love of Mary through service to others. Almost the entire student body joined. Another story noted that a book fair focused on Catholic books addressing the importance of personality. “The Song of Bernadette,” by Franz Werfel, was most popular.
Sr. Scholastica was in charge of the Girls Sodality unit, led by prefect Noella McInerney, vice prefect Barbara Neuens, secretary Dorothy Jackson, treasurer Marjorie Park and committee leaders Bernice Maher, Mary Ellen Murphy, Norinne Maher, Mary Jo Ottenstein and Maybelle Wixom.
On the Boys Sodality council were prefect Albert Mooney, vice prefect Duane McQuilkin, secretary Lawrence Breining and treasurer James Fuoco, and committee heads Pat Reeves, John McCormick, Frank Brennan, John Downey and Bob Grisley. The boys were supervised by Sr. Augustina.
Edith Maher was selected to run the Pep Club. Other officers were Joan Lyhene, Margaret Maloney and Norinne Maher. Cheerleaders were Noella McInerney, Gloria Massara, Naydene Spell, Joan Maher, Era Mae Wade and Sue Ottenstein.
Pat Reeves won the Speech Department’s annual Oratorical Contest with a “well-organized piece of work, delivered with earnestness and conviction,” about Fr. Bernard Hubbard, the “Glacier Priest” who rose to prominence in the 1930s for his geological explorations in Alaska. Gloria Massara was second with a piece on George M. Cohan. Noella McInerney was third. Other participants were Margaret Maloney, Thomas Buller, Maybelle Wixom, Barbara Casto, Helen Jean Piacitelli and Mary Pat Ward.
Work began to modernize the Judge Memorial school building after lengthy delays in getting city approvals. The convent’s dormitory was divided into individual rooms for nuns, a central elevator was walled in as a fire-prevention measure and the entrance door was changed. “When the work is completed, Judge Memorial will rank with the most modern school buildings of the city,” the Intermountain Catholic reported on May 16, 1943.
Noella McInerney was queen of the annual May procession, accompanied by attendants Norinne and Bernice Maher, Mary Ellen Murphy and Marjorie Park. Evelyn Cronin carried the crown
Plays
“You Never Know,” directed by Dr. Josephine Dowd Calder, starring Sue Ottenstein, Art Costanzo, Helen Jean Piacitelli, Patricia Donnelly, Buddy Cairo, Gene Kirtley, Tom Buller, Pat Reeves, Edith Maher, Luigi Capitolo, Larry Breining, Gloria Massara and Bob Cordtz. Margaret Maloney and Noelle McInerney were the stage managers, Maybelle Wixom oversaw properties and Donna Jackson supervised wardrobes.
“They Went Down to Bethlehem,” directed by Sr. Mary Leo, was performed by grammar-school students. Starring Mary Jane Agnew, Constance Orgill, Mary Clare O’Neill, Sue Bero, Joan Paulos, Frank Regan, Helen Jean and Annette Bryant, Peggy Ryan, Geraldine Chevrier, Patricia McElroy, Billy Raterman, Frank McCormick, Dorothy Hill and Beverly Brewer.
“The Negative Finesse,” a PTA-organized play to raise money for the school lunch fund. Directed by Fred O’Hair, starring John Reeves, Mrs. C. F. Orgill, Clem Sheeran, Mrs. F. J. Bertagnole, E. J. Halloran, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Day and James Quinn.
Sports
The Bulldogs football team snapped a 20-game losing streak with a 21-13 win over North Summit. A season-ending, 7-0 win over Morgan left Coach Paul Patton’s team with a 2-4 record. He depended heavily on 11 seniors, including “Jelly Bean” Eugene Kirtley and “Smiling Jim” Fuoco. Four players made the All-Summit team – Don McHugh, Frank Brennan, Tom Buller and Al Mooney. Second team honors were accorded Bob Cordtz, Kirtley and Melick. The team also included seniors Frank Harmon, Pat Reeves, Hank O’Hagen and Larry Breining. “One of the great needs of the school is an improved practice and playing field,” Patten observed. “The present field, fronting on 1000 East, is hardly long enough as it stands, and should be planted with turf.” But, as the Intermountain Catholic observed, “this project will probably have to wait the conclusion of the war for fulfillment.”
Paul Patton also coached the basketball team, which finished 1-11 with eight players. In the mid-December edition of Judge Spotlight, a mid-page story was headlined “Judge Basketball Prospects Good.” The story right below it, however, told of a loss to East in which “Judge was very slow and East ran circles around them with their fast breaks.” That was followed by a trouncing by Granite, “truly the low point of Judge’s preseason campaign. Judge was erratic and Granite was smooth. The Bulldogs’ defense was terrible and their offense wasn’t much better.” Al Mooney was Judge’s top scorer.
Patton intended to start a boxing program after basketball ended. But the plan evaporated when he was drafted into the Naval Air Corps.
Emma Burbidge coached the girls basketball team, led by veterans Bonnie Kirk and Betty Hession. The girls played teams from St. Mary’s Academy, Westminster College and the University of Utah. Other team members were Noella McInerney, Barbara Neuens, Dorothy Jackson and Edith Maher.
Gas rationing “has certainly put a crimp in the skiers’ travels. So-o-o-o no more trips to Alta or Brighton,” the Spotlight grimaced. “But this shouldn’t stop our youthful ingenuity. There is always the golf course [Bonneville] and the heights near the Veterans’ hospital.”
Graduation
39 graduates (18 boys/21 girls) on June 6 at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. General Excellence award: Barbara Marie Neuens; McGean Award: Al Mooney; Science Award: Noella McInerney; scholarships to St. Mary’s-of-the-Wasatch College were awarded to Virginia Muth and Barbara Neuens.
The graduates included Donna Bailey, Thomas Buller, Lawrence Breining, Albert Cairo, Barbara Casto, Luigi Capitolo, Robert Cordtz, Made Correll, Arthur Costanzo, Patricia Donnelly, Robert Dovey, James Fuoco, Frank Harmon, Mary Gonzales, Donna Jackson, Dorothy Jackson, Bernadette Kirk, Gene Kirtley, Evelyn LaBranche, Edith Maher, Margaret Maloney, Gloria Massara, Noella McInerney, Duane McQuilkin, Albert Mooney, Eileen Morton, Virginia Muth, Barbara Neuens, James O’Donnell, Hank O’Hagan, Mary Jo Ottenstein, Helen Jean Piacitelli, Mary Pignanelli, Patrick Reeves, William Smith, Maybelle Wixom, Naydene Spell and Mary Patricia Ward.
