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Vol. 36 No. 1 Season 2016 A publication of the B.M.C. Durfee High School Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Anthony F. Cordeiro Anthony F. Cordeiro is a respected businessman and entrepreneur in the Greater Fall River Area owning and operating a number of companies as well as commercial real estate properties. A 1980 graduate of Durfee High School, he earned his Bachelor’s in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1984, He received his Master’s in Business Administration (M.B.A.) with a concentration in Finance, from Bryant College in 1992. Cordeiro began his first business, Anthony F. Cordeiro Insurance Agency LLC. In 1987, at just 24 years of age. Today, Cordeiro Insurance is known as one of the top insurance providers in the region. He is the CEO and President of Anthony F. Cordeiro Insurance Agency, LLC and Cordeiro Properties, LLC. Cordeiro currently holds Series 7, Series 13, and Principal 24 Securities licenses, as well as insurance licenses in Property Casualty, Life, Accident and Health. He is a Certified Chartered Pension Professional (CPP) and is a licensed real estate broker in Massachusetts. In addition to the two companies he solely owns, Cordeiro is also the Managing Partner of fifteen limited liability corporations holding in excess of 70 million dollars in real estate values. His most recent endeavors include: Cordeiro Financial Group, LLC, Mechanics Mill One, LLC (the entity that operates The Commonwealth Landing), and Jerry Remy’s Sports Bar & Grill, Fall River. Deeply vested in advancing the health and well being of the Greater Fall River community, Cordeiro actively supports numerous area health, education, and civic projects. He currently serves as Board President of Child & Family Services, Inc. and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Thomas Chew Memorial Boys & Girls Club. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors for St. Anne’s Hospital, the Southcoast Health System/Charlton Memorial Anthony F. Cordeiro cont. on page 2 Distinguished Alumna Judge E. Susan Speir Garsh After graduating from B.M.C.Durfee High School in 1965, E. Susan Speier Garsh attended Barnard College of Columbia University, graduating with a B.A. Cum Laude in 1969. She then spent a year working as a journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa before attending Harvard Law School. Judge Garsh received her J.D. cum laude from the Law School in 1973, and then clerked clerked for the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. After her clerkship, she joined the Boston law firm of Bingham, Dana & Gould, becoming the firm’s first female partner in 1980. There Judge Garsh focused her practice primarily on media and commercial litigation. While in private practice, she was chairperson of the Board of Editors of the Boston Bar Journal in 1992 and a member of the Board of Directors of the Women’s Bar Association for three years. In 1993, Governor Weld appointed Judge Garsh to the Massachusetts Superior Court, where she has presided over criminal and civil cases in different counties and in the Business Litigation Session of the Superior Court located in Suffolk County. For three years, Judge Garsh was the Regional Administrative Justice for Bristol County. Judge Garsh has been the Superior Court’s representative on the Supreme Judicial Court’s Judiciary- Media Committee since that committee’s inception in 1995. During her judicial career, she has served on numerous additional committees, including the Supreme Judicial Court’s Committee to Revise the Code of Judicial Conduct and the Superior Court’s Judicial Education and New Justices Training committees. Judge E. Susan Speir Garsh cont. on page 2 Annual Meeting ~ May 27, 2016 ~ 7:30 PM ~ Nagle Auditorium ~ Refreshments 6:30 to 7:30 PM Letter from the President Dear Fellow Alumni, A publication of the B.M.C. Durfee High School Alumni Association A warm welcome to all of you, whether you graduated from Rock Street or from Elsbree Street.We have all come a long way. We have members all over the world as well as in every state in the union and are one of the largest high school alumni associations in the Officers country. Fall River was a leader in the push to provide free secondary education to every Judith Conrad ’70 – President citizen, in addition to basic elementary reading and writing. B. M. C. Durfee High has been Susan Lavoie – ’65 Vice President graduating well-read and knowledgeable citizens since 1887. Every spring we come Charlotte E. Thomas ‘64 – Secretary together, at the annual meeting where we name the Distinguished Alumni and present Janice N. O’Brien ’56 – Treasurer scholarships to the new graduates. We also come together virtually every spring through reading the Chimes. It is my first year as President of the board, and it has been an important year in the history Executive Committee of Durfee High. The year after the bells were finally relocated to the “new” Durfee grounds, Ms. Maria Pontes ‘79 – School Principal the telescope, built in 1887, has also been relocated and restored to use on the “new” Dorothy Nicolau ’55 – Past President Durfee roof. And at the same time, the city council voted to explore rebuilding much of the “new” Durfee, just 37 years old. There have also been the beginnings of a movement to refurbish the old Durfee Tech building, starting with the Mann Murals in the auditorium. It is Members at Large an excellent time for us all to be part of the Durfee Alumni Association, the keepers of the history and traditions of our city’s public high school. Steven A. Camara ‘65 Claudine Cloutier ’88 I draw your attention to the forms in this publication for paying your dues to the Alumni Hazel Costa ‘52 Association and especially for joining the Red and Black Club. We also have a website LTC Santi DiRuzza ‘51 and a facebook page, where we would be delighted to see and hear from you. Faust D. Fiore ‘39 Finally, I would like to congratulate the future 2016 graduates of Durfee. Welcome to our John A. Freeman ‘52 Association, and best of luck to you in your studies and careers. We hope you will always Angelina Gastall ‘65 look back with pride on your time at Durfee, and feel supported by the ranks of alumni who James M. Gibney ‘65 have gone before you and the traditions of our school. Richard Masse ‘54 Sincerely, Lionel A. Morais ‘58 Judith Conrad 1970, President Belinda Morrissette ‘93 B. M. C. Durfee Alumni Association Stephen J. Nawrocki ‘54 Robert E. Pavao, DDS ‘66 continued Joyce Perry ‘65 Anthony F. Cordeiro Lisa Raiche ‘93 Hospital President’s Council, Fall River Retirement Board, Bridgewater State College Joyce B. Rodrigues ‘62 Business Advisory Council, and University of Massachusetts­Dartmouth’s Advanced Col. Ronald Silvia ‘54 Technology Center Advisory Board. A member of Slade’s Ferry Bank’s Board of Directors, Margaret Sullivan ‘57 Cordeiro also served as a member of the financial institution’s Executive Board and as Colleen Taylor ‘78 Chairman of its Finance and Investment Board. He previously served as President of the Fall River Office of Economic Development and the Southeastern Massachusetts Heart Association. Honorary Members - May 23, 2014 Ella Despres ‘39 Judge E. Susan Speir Garsh continued In addition to speaking at court-sponsored Law School for Journalists programs, Judge Garsh has made many presentations at judicial conferences and lectured on libel law Durfee Chimes Staff to judges at the Justice Academy of the Republic of Turkey in Ankara, Turkey. She Stephen J Nawrocki-Editorial Staff ‘54 was elected to membership in the American Law Institute, which revises and publishes The Durfee Chimes is the official publication Restatements of the Law. For several years, her judicial duties have included presiding of the B.M.C. Durfee High School Alumni over the naturalization ceremony in Fall River on the USS Massachusetts. She is married and has two children and two grandchildren. Association. Re publication of any material is prohibited without the expressed written Durfee Alumni Association - Clam Boil permission of the Editor. All correspondence Fundraiser to benefit the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund should be addressed to P.O. Box 9656, Monday, May 23, 2016 - 4:00PM-8:00PM Fall River, MA 02720-0011 Lepage’s Seafood & Grill - 439 Martine Street, Fall River, MA 02723 (Eat in or Take Out) • $25.00 per person

Durfee Chimes 2016 ~ Page 2 2015 Scholarship Recipient List “The Rae Gitlin Memorial Scholarship” & Joseph V. & Mary Donnelly Fund - Class of 1923” & “Class of 1920” & “Alumni” to...... Yara D. Almeida “Class of 1930” & “W. Walter Jaffee” & “Frank S. Feitelberg” to...... Jennie R. Arruda “Stephen Nawrocki - Class of 1925” & “Class of 1940” to...... Caitlin M. Borges* “Hon. Beatrice Hancock Mullaney Scholarship - Class of 1923” & “Richard B. and Susan Wolfson Scholarship” to...... Taylor N. Botelho “Lucille Roussell Hadley ‘36 & Plummer W. Hadley Scholarship” & ‘John E. Kiley, Jr.” & “Brian R. Farquhar & Mary Farquhar Irwin Scholarship” to...... Courtney L. Cabral “Dennis Rezendes Scholarship & Ernest F. Potter, Jr. Memorial Scholarship” & “Abraham I. & Harriet G. Yamins” to...... Nicolas J. Dumont “B.M.C. Durfee Athletic Association - Lincoln P. Holmes” & “Louise R. Kay & Violet P. Kay Memorial Scholarship” to...... Lucas F. Fernandes* “Brian J. Biancuzzo Memorial Scholarship” & “Reynard Thornton” & “Helen W. Brown” to...... Kyle J. Godinho “Edith Bottomley” & “Clyde & Yvonne Salisbury” & “Gerald J. Harrington” to...... Aaron J. Hardy* ‘John J. and Fabiola Moriarty Scholarship” to...... Alexia M. Hernandez “Alvin E. Hardy (Class of 1935) & Dorothy Boyer Hardy (Class of 1936) Scholarship Fund” & “Andrew J. Borden” to...... Thao N. Le* “Andrew J. Borden” to...... Samueal K. Lema “Class of 1936” & “Class of 1919” & “Andrew J. Borden” to...... Eric Mauricio* B.M.C. Durfee Athletic Association - M. Norman Zalkind” & “Catherine Furze Mobouck, Class of 1936” & “Russell L.Mcllwaine” to.....Daniel J. Meyen “B.M.C. Durfee Athletic Association - Sumner James Waring, Jr. Scholarship” & “Class of 1888” to...... Kelsey Moniz* “B.M.C. Durfee Athletic Association - Peter G. Collias, Esq.” & “Mildred R. Hawes” & “Ambrose F. Keeley” & “Class of 1882” to.....Keegan C. Murphy “Joseph A. Cohen” & “Kathleen Walsh Memorial Scholarship” & “Thomas H. Cahill, Class of 1953” & “Alumni” to...... Amanda Pacheco “B.M.C. Durfee Athletic Association - George Lavoie” & “David P. Shea” & “Thomas & Betsey Covel” & “Mary B. Young” to...... Aiyana L. Porter “John J. and Fabiola Moriarty Scholarship” to...... Brianna J. Raposo “Thomas F. and Alice M. Harkin Memorial Scholarship” &”Friar Family Scholarship” & “Alumni” to...... Alexi Rebello “Hon. Beatrice H. Mullaney Memorial Scholarship” & “Mary V. McCann & Margaret A. Harrington Memorial Scholarship” “George O. Rigby” & “Andrew J. Borden” to...... Kristine M. Rego “Betty Munro Welch Scholarship” & “Class of 1957” & “Class of 1966” to...... Kelsey M. Rodrigues “Louise R. Kay & Violet P. Kay Memorial Scholarship” & “Alden Wordell Scholarship” & “Alumni” to...... Alyssa C. Silva “Harold R. Bannister in Memory of James Edward and Catherine Manning Bannister” to...... Mason A. Thibault “Edith Bottomley” & “Annie Monk Simmons” to...... Rezwana A. Uddin *Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation Grant Respectfully submitted, Peter G. Collias, President and Claudine A. Cloutier, Treasurer - Trustees of the Fall River High School Alumni Scholarships Education in Fall River…..Before Durfee Most Durfee graduates know some history were called second grammar. Pupils in of 1849 had an enrollment of 61 students- about their Alma Mater but know very little higher grammar took subjects that would 26 males and 35 females. The school year about public education prior to 1887. Did eventually be considered high school level. ended in June of the following year with 50 you ever wonder what took place prior to To quote the Superintendent of schools at students enrolled. Durfee? that time, William Connell, “Schools were The curriculum in those years was not easily Going back to the early 1800’s, Fall managed by efficient teachers and offered defined. Over time, the various principals River offered Elementary education for interested persons a good education.” usually adapted the curriculum to match the youngest students and, as students However, it became evident that more was their particular philosophy of education. progressed, they entered Grammar School. needed. For example, Mr. Pearson adapted the The ages and grade levels for that period Finally, after much debate, at the town are not well defined. What was evident Meeting of April 1849, a vote to operate a was that the Community was going through Public High School was carried. The sum a growth spurt and the need for education of $1500 was appropriated to finance the beyond the Grammar School level was a project and “Fall River High School” was necessity. born. One month after the vote, a school At that time, the city was divided into eleven was opened on the South side of Franklin districts and each had it’s own public school. Street. Rent for the building was $80 per The population of Fall River was 11,300 and year. The school Calendar was for 46 the number of children between the ages weeks. Not too long after that, a second of five and fifteen numbered about 2,502. building was opened on June Street. Most schools were considered primary with George B. Stone was appointed the the exception of the Anawan and High street Principal of Fall River High School, and Original Fall River High School: buildings, where both were considered Miss Lucinda H. Jones was named his Pictured is the original Fall River High primary and grammar. These schools assistant. The first academic year in the fall School located on Franklin street. Durfee Chimes 2016 ~ Page 3 continued on pg 4 Education in Fall River…..Before Durfee continued course of study to the wants of the school. the rest of the country, was experiencing the The School Committee report of 1883 sums Mr. Goff put in a three year program which need for more suitable buildings in which to up the difficulties and records the hope for allowed the students additional time if it was accommodate secondary education. By this a solution. There was a need for a new needed to complete their courses. Mr. Slade time, Fall River High School was working building but how would it be possible? Was thought teacher preparation was important out of two buildings, one on June street and there was a solution to the problem? Was and instituted a Normal School. Finally, Mr. the other, “The Davenport” was operating there a “Silver Lining” on the horizon? Only Lambert developed a four year course of in the 4th street area. These two facilities the most hopeful of residents could dream study with classes listed as English, English proved to be inadequate and before long of what was arriving in only a short while. Classical and Classical. the student population overwhelmed both The years passed and Fall River, along with locations. Education in Fall River….The “Silver Lining” Help was on the way. The dream of a Street, the South by Cherry Street and the building was ready for dedication. The day new facility to accommodate secondary West by Rock Street. It encompassed 240 selected for the event was Wednesday, education was soon to become a reality. rods of land. Upon completion, she would June 15, 1887, the anniversary of the birth The School Committee report of April 1883 convey the lot and building to the city of Fall of Bradford Matthew Chaloner Durfee. summed up the difficulties, and records the River. History tells us the day was delightful and hope for a solution that was rumored to be She also would provide Mechanical, sunny, indicating summer was near. The on the way. “ Every cloud, it is said, has a Philosophical, and Chemical apparatus speakers platform was decorated with silver lining and this one a poor High School and give to the city $50,000,” the income flowers and the student chorus performed. Building with pressing necessities for a of which would be devoted to instruction The Chimes rang majestically and people new one has been hanging over our city in the branches of study illustrated by the from all walks of life in the city arrived at for years, and yet the most hopeful and far use of said apparatus.” Education, as the building for the dedication exercises. A seeing among us, until recently had never has already been mentioned, was rapidly few minutes before the exercises began, seen the Silver Lining or dreamed even that changing and expanding. Initially, culture, Mrs. Young, accompanied by her brother, it had one.” rather than science, was the main focus the Honorable John S. Brayton, entered Bradford Matthew Chaloner Durfee was of curriculum. It is said that Mrs. Young’s the hall. As she arrived, the audience rose born in Fall River on June 15, 1843 and foresight regarding the need for the study spontaneously to honor her and remained died on September 13, 1872 at the age of science was reflected in her insistence so until she was seated. of 29. His Death Certificate lists his cause that an observatory tower equipped with a Great care had been taken in the distribution of death as Passive Congestion of the Telescope comparable to one at the Lick of tickets that all classes, sects and brain. In Laymen’s terms this is a swelling Observatory in California be made a part of nationalities were represented. The fifteen of the brain. This was not an uncommon the school course of studies. hundred people that flooded the Durfee diagnosis in that period of time as Doctors The Fall River City Council was quick to Auditorium was truly a representative one. did not have the diagnostic data available accept Mrs. Young’s offer, along with the to today’s physicians. Prior to his death, According to reports from that time, some various stipulations cited in the Deed. said the structure of the building was his stated desire was that a portion of his The whole business of establishing and estate be devoted to the advancement patterned after the Hotel de Ville in Paris. acceptance of the new high school took It was described as “chaste and noble in of higher education and that the youth of place between February 8, 1883 and his native city have the opportunity to be its architecture and spaciously suited for its July 2, 1883. This involved passage by intended use.” The building as described instructed in the chemical, physical, and the Aldermen, School Committee, State mechanical sciences which were such an by reports was designed as a “monument Legislature, signed by the governor and to her son whose untimely death had so important part of the industries of Fall River then back to the Aldermen. This was at that time. saddened her declining years.” It was amazing speed compared to today’s constructed at a cost of nearly one million On February 5, 1883, Mary B Young standards. Groundbreaking for the new dollars. made a presentation to the Fall River City school was held on August 13, 1883, only Council and offered to erect and furnish at six months after her presentation. The doors of Durfee High School were opened to pupils on September 7, 1887, her expense, in memory of her son, on a Finally four years later after various beautiful lot of land a building suitable for and from that date to the present, the construction delays, such as, should the school has played an important role in the a high school. The lot was bounded on the school be made of bricks or granite, the North by Locust Street, the East by High secondary education of Fall River.

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Durfee Chimes 2016 ~ Page 4 The Birth of the Tech Building As Fall River grew, the High School became An interesting note occurred In the Spring minutes after arriving at the building Fire increasingly crowded. As early as 1904, of 1918 when Tech was graduating it’s Chief Jeremiah F. Sullivan quickly sounded records show that the need for another last class before joining Durfee. The Tech the second alarm. In approximately 20 building became more vocal. Principal Yearbook spoke of the rivalry between the minutes the entire structure was in flames. It Pope, in his reports, suggested a solution two schools. Technical High School had was not long before it became apparent that would be that a supplementary building a short but successful history in sports. It Tech was a total loss. adjacent to the Durfee building be built to featured the late Luke Urban ,who went on What started the fire has become pure include the shops, laboratories, gymnasium, to a successful career at Boston College and speculation on the part of many. No official and drawing rooms. Time passed and little professional baseball. cause has ever been determined. Possible was done to alleviate the enrollment crunch. It appears that in the Fall of 1917, perhaps causes include defective wiring, trouble By 1912, an entrance exam was introduced because of the distraction of the coming in the engine room, and failure to turn off for all pupils planning to attend Durfee. merger, Tech had trouble finding a coach electric irons. Unfortunately, the school was Research is unclear as to what happened to and fielding enough boys for a football not insured and had no sprinkler system. students who did not do well on the exam. No team. Eventually, one was put together but City officials felt insurance premiums at the doubt they joined the work force. It appears the season was not successful. Everything time were too expensive. that even this did not help the overcrowding, came down to preparation for the big Quick work on the part of Principal Charles because the College Prep Division students Thanksgiving Day game with Durfee. The V. Carroll and the staff is credited with quickly were forced by lack of space into a double game was summarized in the following getting the school back into operation. The session arrangement. A morning session humorous quote from the Tech Year Book high school was placed on double sessions was held and a second ran from 1:00PM to published in the Spring of 1918. and spaces in the basements of the nearby 4:00PM . “All eyes were trained forward to our big Lincoln and Westall schools were used. While all of this turmoil was taking place over Thanksgiving game with Durfee. Alas, Home Economic classes were held in these years, Fall River was in the process of snow covered the field and the game had to large private residences on Rock street. planning and building a new structure, and be called off. On December 8th, after two Construction on the present Tech building in the Fall of 1913, the Technical Building postponements, the game was finally played. soon began and was officially opened for was opened, relieving the overcrowding at Taking advantage of the cold weather and a students less than four years after the Durfee. Charles H. Dooley served as the few consequent fumbles, by Tech, Durfee fire in September of 1930. The cost of the first Principal. The Tech curriculum was succeeded in piling up a lead of 20 points. new building was $1,200,000. Mr Carroll planned to offer a four year plan of study During the last three periods, Tech played remained as Principal until his death in in the following areas. Technical for Boys, Durfee to a standstill. Although the boys October of 1952. Technical for Girls and Clerical and Business. did not succeed in crossing Durfee’s goal The program was designed to be completed line, they came very near it twice, only the in either two or four years, depending upon greatest of Durfee luck preventing a score. the objectives of the student. Our boys certainly played a great game in By the school year 1917-1918, Charles K. the last three periods and deserved to win” Moulton had become Principal of the Tech Of course history has shown that the merger Building and by the Fall of 1918 it was had a great influence on Durfee sports. decided to unify both buildings with Mr. With the great athletes of Tech joining those Moulton in charge. Thus both structures at Durfee, it was the beginning of many became B.M.C. Durfee High School. exciting sports moments in Durfee history. Original Tech Building: Pictured is the original Tech All did not go smoothly for the new unified For 14 years the Tech building provided Building that opened in 1913. Notice that the main school. 1918 was a troubled year. It is welcome relief to the high school. It helped entrance then was on June Street. referred to in school history as the year of relieve the overcrowding of the Durfee “The War”. A cold winter created a shortage building and provided additional features of fuel and most schools were forced to be such as Industrial Arts and Home Economics closed. High School classes were transferred classrooms, Science Labs, a Gym and to the Public Library, Westall School, Post a more functional auditorium. However, Office and the Boys Club. trouble was on the way. Events of April 10, To add to the problems, a wide spread 1927 were to have a profound effect on High influenza epidemic hit the land in 1918 and School education for the next few years. by order of the Board of Health schools were Patrolman Albert J. Silvia, on foot duty that closed from September 27th until October evening, was in the area of June street at 28th. The Tech Building became a temporary about 4:45 AM and was stunned when he hospital manned by teachers. Eventually saw flames flashing through a window on the Present Tech Building: Pictured is the present Tech Building. The main entrance is located on Rock Street the epidemic and war ended, life went on, north east side of the Tech building. Patrolman facing the Durfee Building. and Durfee continued to grow. Silvia immediately sounded the alarm and Durfee Chimes 2016 ~ Page 5 2015 - 2016 Red and Black Club Membership

1923 Elton B. Murphy Charles D. Somers Bruce B. Place Louis E. Lataif, PhD Cynthia (Loudon) Isherwood Linda (Kaufman) Grabiner 1972 John V. Donnelly - Memoriam Robert D. Newton Florence (Picard) Southland Dr. Joel Potash Donald G. Magee Frances (Gardella) Kingsley Donald Howarth Nanci (Lown) Dunlop 1933 Adell (Crane) Ornstein George F. Southland Ronald Rodrigues Charles H. Martin Paul LePage Paulette Bazemore Howarth Linda E. Greer James A. Partridge - Memoriam Leona (Guidotti) Ribeiro Angelo A. Stavros Carol (Kasnow) Schwartz John H. Mayo, Sr. Camilla A. Los Alan W. Isherwood Robert C. Hadley 1936 Mary (Bradbury) Sewell Carl D. Taylor Lorraine (Dube) Silvia Joseph Medeiros Patrick E. Lowney, Esq. James J. Karam Joan (Harkin) LaCoss Nathan M. Dashoff Hon. James H. Smith, US Magistrate Judge.Ret. Doris M. Thornton Col. Ronald Silvia, USAF, Ret. Kenneth R. Murray Bernice (Bernaby) Mannion Donna H. Davis Kiely Kris E. Roberts Alice (Shaw) Harkin - Memoriam Dr. Stanley F. Stafiej Alfred R. Vachon Helen (Rys) Snelling Raymond R. Nadeau Robert J. Marchand, Esq. Richard C. Laudon, OD Sheryl A. Ryan, MD Alice (Pizio) Kosiba Anibal Teixeira Oliver Howard Wagner - Memoriam Francis J. Sullivan Bessie (Jamoulis) Pagonis Beatrice (Oliveira) Martins Susan (Bouley) Lavoie 1973 1937 Donald G. Wood William J. Webb, Jr. James M. Twaddle Robert J. Pontes Margurite (Banville) Reuter Walter S. Los, Jr. Phoebe (Massoud) Blackburn Ellen (Gross) Mockas 1948 Ann (Lipschutz) Weinberg Major W. Wheelock Kenneth A. Shaker Richard R. Schenck John Manso Gail (Pacheco) Bliss John J. Mosley Russell E. Abbott 1952 David H. Wordell H. Bradlee Smith Karen (Gold) Sokol Joseph A. Marshall Michael C. Cass 1938 Doris (Allen) Blankley Dorothy (Kelly) Arruda 1955 Margaret (Nawrocki) Sullivan David C. Trinade, Ph.D Rita (Kulpa) Martin John R. Morris Chester J. Bednarz - Memoriam Jeanne (Boissoneau) Collias Jean (Higgins) Bogan Blanche (Cadoret) Adams Paula (Sludsky) Sultan Marina Ventura Therese (Cousineau) Messier 1974 Helen (Malinowski) Bednarz - Memoriam John P. Delahanty - Memoriam Joan (Winslow) Buhrendorf Robert E. Allcock, Jr. Geraldine (Calllahan) Wise Margaret A. Walsh John Mills, PhD Eloise (Lauzier) Carrier James W.Carroll Louise Durfee Shirley (Kardosz) Cavanaugh Carole (Wishart) Anderson Mary Ann Wordell 1962 Cheryl (Harvey) Mish Thomas W. Jean Joseph M.Gosselin, Maj. USAF, Ret. Meredith (Pearson) Eastman Wilma (Taylor) Wagner Cleveland William A. Beaulieu 1958 Richard D. Bates Paul A. Montour James Vaillancourt George R. Reinhagen Gladys (Jaworski) Gaj Hazel (Langton) Costa Maureen (Dickinson) Bedard Antone Benevides, Jr. Theresa (Arruda) Bell Suzann (Perron) Montour Barbara (Urban) Walsh Ruth (Barnes) Skillings Lillian (Zajac) Guimond Charles Cummings Janet (Park) Been Louis J. Bitar Valerie (Smith) Booth Joyce Perry 1975 1939 Harold G. Katzman Lawrence A. Donnelly Ronald Bernier Dorothy (Frain) Blais Thomas J. Braga Christine (Mc Intyre) Plante Michael P. Duarte Faust D. Fiore Roger E. Lemaire George R. Duclos Robert A. Bogle, Jr. Esq. Frank R. Denardo Joseph A. Caldeira Susan Sharp Joan (Motta) Eline 1940 Keavin M. Maher Roland T. Dupont Robert A. Borge Margaret (Foley) Deston Irene (Carvalho) Davis Linda (Los) Tibbetts Carol (Rivard) Geller Lucy (Torcia) Campos Yvette (Caouette) Miner - Memoriam Gerald Fallon Gene V. Botelho Genevieve (Camara) Driscoll Arthur M. Ferrance, Jr. 1966 Jeffrey E. Ledoux Elizabeth (Wong) Chung Frances (Roach) Moniz John A. Freeman Frederick A. Drayton, Sr. Judith (Longshaw) Fino Natalie (Marum) Gildea Cristina (Mello) Ajemian Kathleen (Harkin) Maclean Margaret (Shaw) Dougherty John J. Moriarty Richard Freitas Charles H. Gesner Thomas R. Flynn Lillian (Labecki) Glickman Louise Packer Arakaki David Martin William F. McCarthy Elizabeth (Ryan) Polder John T. Golitz Harry B. Golding Florence (Bell) Gray William A. Green Thomas Athearn Debra (Perry) Ozug Vernon O. Mills, USN (Ret.) Barbara (Brigham) Posey Ronald A. Golz Jan Greenwood William C. Griffiths William S. Hathaway, Jr. Robert Bandarra Susan (Ogden) Pavao Lester Schwartz Alice (Morley) Reca Mary (Ryan) Janczura Trudy (Hargraves) Harrington William F. Keating, Jr. John B. Hart Teresa (Furtak) Berard Jane Piotrowski Hon. Milton R. Silva, Ret. Richard M. Rosenberg Janet (Paquin) Kotlarski Robert Hoole Francis A. Latessa Karen (Leyland) Jackson Douglas G. Clarke Alan E. Pontes 1941 Alfred J. Smialek Joseph Kotlarski Susan (Cohen) Jacobs Marilym (Manchester) Lowney Edward G. Larrivee Joyce (Felipe) Coelho 1976 Alice (Marques) Andrews Cremilde (Torres) Stavros Natalie (Wilson) Lafleur Viola R. Jenks Norma (Dubiel) McKenzie Maurice N. Larrivee Deborah L. Dunham Michael O. Feldman Evelyn (Manchester) August Marjorie (King) Tache Doris (Belford) Lehrner Robert M. Keshura Patricia (Pelton) Medeiros Barry F. Machado, PhD Jean (Pitera) Haligan Justin F. Paulo Abraham Ehrenhaus 1949 Judith (Campeau) Liles Nancy (Reed) Leary Dorothy (Albernaz) Midura Judith (Cusick) Martin Marilyn (Furtado) Harris Gale (Souza) Powers Eldredge H. Leeming Joan (Fletcher) Charette Hilda (Souza) Lima Louis J. Lovit Lionel A. Morais Paula (Kline) McGillivray Bonnie (Maclaughlin) Heap Victor P. Santos William B. McIlwaine Atty. Peter G. Collias John E. Machado Joan (Delaney) Lunde - Memoriam Margaret (Rego) Murphy Nancy (Tobol) McManus Rabbi Allen I. Juda 1977 Rita (Denicourt) Pearson Joan (Pemberton) Daley Judith (Kline) Markowitz Joan (Linhares) Mello Lucy (Dubiel) Paulo John E. Mullaly Barbara R. Katersky Jane A. Murphy Louise (Cottell) Robinson Peter P. DePaola Robert B. Mc Mahon Atty. Howard M. Miller Stephen J. Peters James H. Packer Sheldon M. Kline Shirley A. Tobol 1942 John A. Fazzina Manuel V. Medeiros Dorothy (Henaire) Nicolau Meg (Donnelly) Peterson Gregory A. Pelagio Roger G. LePage 1978 Robert H. Clifton, MD Janice (Phillips) Fiedler William L. O’Hare Joseph A. Occhiuti Col. Antonio T. Pimentel, USAF, Ret. Joseph S. Radovsky Dr. Richard N. Levrault Holly Bronhard Rina (Battistoni) Fisher Harold W. Flynn Dino Polselli Rhoda (Kaplan) Pierce Charlotte (Smith) Pirog Susan (Fearnley) Ramsden James J. Linhares Lisa (Lundy) Kusinitz Lucy (Baj) Los - Memoriam Arline (MacDuff) Holland Mario S Polselli Donald K. Smith Rev. Leo Poiselli, C.S.C. Janet (Spence) Ringuest Leonard Martin Jane (Lyons) Sullivan Dorothy (Byron) Perkins Martha (Marchio) Kay Thomas Powers Stanley W. Sokoloff Michele (Kaufman) Rallis Joyce B. Rodrigues Susan (Shea) McDonald Colleen (Walsh) Taylor Charlotte (Flanagan) Weber Paul R. Kelleher Jacqueline (Zubat) Remus Beverly (Tierney) Tansey Russell E. Robertson G. Milton Ryan William T. Mullaly 1979 1943 Elizabeth (Williams) Marsden John T. Rioux Gerald P. Violette Manuel V. Silvia Barbara (Goltz) Sheer Muriel (Desrosiers) Ouellette Richard C. Barek Summer Alpert Helen (Warden) Martin Marilyn (Morin) Roderick Carolyn (Frain) Witkowski Walter R. Silvia Ayres Souza Robert E. Pavao, D. D. S. Roberta A. Bonifacio George A. Bedard Louise (Pierce) McCarthy Dr. Ronald A. Schwartz 1956 Jeffrey Trust Arthur A. Teixeira Paula (Gallagher) Perry Ann (Salois) DeFosse Patrick L. Connors Reva (Wernick) Newfield Anne Foley Sewell Paul A. Borkman 1959 Victor J. Tremmel Stephen D. Perry Sharon (Bogan) Quinn Dorothy (Mockas) Hough Ralph J. Pickup George L. Shapiro Patricia (Furze) Cassidy Joseph T. Baptista Mary Ann (Pereira) Trznadel Paula (Allison) Pizio 1980 Humbert M. Lopes Gerald Sandler Joan (Ross) Smith Dr. Robert F. Chapman Nancy (Manchester) Bennett Paul L. Trznadel Elizabeth (Ferreira) Schneider Anthony F. Cordeiro Doris (Audette) Mello Edwin Shivell Rona (Bernstein) Solberg Nancy (Cooperstein) Charney Muriel (Burns) Bodington, Jr. David W. Turner Edward Silvia John M. Moreira Donald P. O’Neil Anne (Patten) Sylvia Nancy (Pollock) Stavis Beverly (Padelford) Clay Charles J. Caperonis Joan (Lenaghan) Wieser Janet (Carroll) Smith Patricia (Nawrocki) Murphy Juliette (Monks) Servis Julia (Sliva) Tessenear Noreen (Curt) Sullivan Lester W. Cory Philip P. Coelho Robert L. Williston Sandra J. Souza Linda J. Roe Shaker J. Shaker Anna (Wisz) Zdon Muriel (Briggs) Wachlin Douglas Crook Carol S. Friar 1963 Anne M. St. Lawrence 1981 Maria (Mello) Tomalonis 1950 Raylah (Reitzas) Weinstein Claude Desjardins June (Travers) Gagnon James M. Blackburn Robert A. Taylor Joseph R. Costa Joan B. Twaddle Gabriella (Gaucher) Abbott 1953 Janice Farrell Barbara (Czapiga) Gajda Joseph A. Conforti 1967 Antone Lima 1944 Mary Lou (Walkden) Banks Norma (Pereira) Atkinson Herbert Feldman William H. Goddard Penny (Berger) Glunts Cynthia (Janusz) Azevedo Monique (Tremblay) Oliveira Omer L. Bergeron Carol (Jones) Begor Fred Buda Lorraine (Langlais) Forcier George L. Gray Barbara (Wilson) Kanuse John Azevedo, II 1982 M. June (Hill) Falvo Robert J. Berube Ann (Wojnar) Burke Howard E. Gold Douglas A. Gray, Jr. Barbara (Clark) Kay Joseph J. Barek, Jr. Lisa (Texeira) Medeiros Daniel J. Love Gorden J. Dean Ronald Caplain Marlene (McNally) Gosson Polly (Tickle) Hearn Pauline (Freitas) Klodner Henry A. Chamberlain David P. Nicolau Mary (Marques) Petit Prof. Stephen B. Goldberg Lois (Hodgson) Condon Diane (Bernstein) Greenfield Robert Hughes Barbara (Zukroff) Koppel Anne Donnelly Susan (Faria) Nicolau Madeline (Flynn) Tozlowski Joan I. Gray, Colonel (Retired) USAF Nurse Corp. Raymond W. Connors Robert A. Halliwell Richard W. Kocon Betty (Read) Mathias Jose G.Noversa Antonio E. Sousa 1945 Capt. Paul B. Grozen, USN, Ret. Michael P. Daley Louise (Higgins) Harrington Mary Lou (Clark) Levine John Mathias James Smith 1983 Shirley (Ayer) Correiro Alice (Fernandes) Hayden William B. Dixon Daniel T. Harrington, MD David H. Lopes Judith (Rogers) McCormick Ada (Jackson) Wilders Timothy G. Kelly Donald M. Cripps Charles S. Isherwood John J. Fletcher, Ph D Jeannette (Lortie) Kenyon Daniel C. Medeiros James M. McManus 1968 Francis M. Kuhn Germaine (Bedard) Deschenes Edward J. Kaplan Franklin A. Gray Robert L. Lagace Maria (Pereira) Medeiros Robert M. Payer Ronald Bettencourt Roger A. LaFleur Stanley Janczura Harold Katzman, LT. Col. USAF, (Ret.) Rev. Dr. Howard E. Hart Seraphina (Jacome) Lagace Irving H. Picard, Esq. Alan T. Robillard Susan (Pacheco) Buchan William A. Suneson Roger J. McCann Shirley (Ratte) Luongo Margaret (Burns) Higgins Delores (Franco) McGarr Phyllis (Oliveira) Pingley Marilyn (Smith) Rose Mae (Joe) Chandran 1984 Judith (Kahn) Sanders Louis B. Martins Constance (Levesque) Karnasiewicz Eileen (Galego) Medeiros Clorinda Ventura Theresa A. Ryan Reena Deutsch, PhD Alison (Homsby) Chaltas Irene (Dougherty) Simmons Francis B. McAndrew Eleanor (Dubiel) Kippax Beverly (Soja) Nawrocki Suzanne (Guillotte) Vitale Norman R. Somer Atty. Thomas J. Donnelly Scott Fazzina Betty (Munro) Welch Louis S. Medeiros, Jr. Beverly (Barlow) McCutchan Janice (Nichols) O’Brien 1960 Bahira H. Sugarman Beverly (Cordeiro) Mello Michael S. Nawrocki Carlton H. Yates Jane (Larocque) Morse Elizabeth (Bergeron) McMahon Stephen F. Pirog, Jr. Beverly (St. Laurent) Abegg Michael J. Sullivan Capt. Raymond Mello, PE, CEC, USN, Ret. 1985 1946 Ruth Moss Carolyn (Britto) Murray Judith A. Schneider Charles Auclair 1964 Lois (Avila) Wilding Lisa (McGinn) Canuel Rosalyne (Spindel) Bernstein Lew Nadien Joan (Powers) Pacia Dr. Jerome D. Schwartz Michael T. Black Joseph Brum 1969 Elizabeth Hornsby-Graham Roger J. Boulay, MD Lillian (Dias) Price Ronald T. Silvia Joan (Hopkins) Sheedy Clark Broden Sarah L. Burns Sheila Barrett 1986 Virginia (Kelley) Carey Florence (Serafin) Richardson Kendall E. Snell Priscilla (Mullen) Smith Carolyn (Sullivan) Curry Eileen (Texceira) Couture Joann R. Deutch Anne (Rivard) Hill Mary (Tavares) Cordeiro Barbara (Cohen) Rosenberg Richard F. Souza Wayne P. Smith Robert W. Curry Ernest Dessert Geraldine (Cabral) Duarte Melissa (Branco) Vieira Robert A. Deane John T. Seaman 1954 Helena (Boyko) Sowa Thomas J. Curry Joyce (Wilson) Dessert Patricia (Joseph) Goldman 1987 Norma (Gifford) Finglas Arthur J. Thibodeau The Rev. Shirley (Scoles) Andrews Lionel Spiro John DeFusco Cheryl (Clarke) Furze Virginia A. Handfield Ann (Pacheco) Allen William H. Gaudreau Velma L. Travers Nancy (Cowen) Arruda Timothy T. Thompson Mark G. Filler Angelina (Duarte) Gastall Ann M. Harkin Danielle M. Pavao George L. Gesner Carolyn (Capstack) Tuovinen Arnold H. Bennett Jeanette (Wood) Wirz Judith (Cohen) Goodwin James M. 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Rezendes 1970 Rachel (Falcon) McGarty Peter Pacheco Carol (Durfee) Fraser John T. Harrigton, MD Donald A. Carvalho Richard Warren Theresa (Folster) St. Laurent Mary (Swist) Clement 1995 Rosann (Barrett) Patota Maria (Cuthbert) Greenhorn William C. Hickey, Col. USA Ret. Harvey I. Chafitz Sandra (Stocklinski) Watters Claire (Soares) Sullivan Judith Conrad Christine E. Silva Earl A. Posey Robert J. Hayden, Jr. Stephen R. Kay James R. Collard Zen Williston, PhD Charlotte (Costa) Thomas Jeanne (Pereira) DeMarco 1996 Elizabeth A. (Pacheco) Strongo Elva (Bertoncini) Kanakry Ann (Rapoza) Lemaire Robert Correia Sandra (Thomas) Wood Gerard E. Vaillancourt Stephen Gardiner Barden H. Castro Rodney D. Titcomb John Kuttner, USAF (Ret.) Douglas G. MacDuff Thomas A. Davol, Jr. 1961 Robert C. Wood Christine (Jean) Gibney Colin W. Christ Juliette L. (Talbot) Whitehead Carolyn (Holt) Lafreniere Raul Martin Carl A. Deeb Kenneth Barton 1965 Sheila M. 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Durfee Chimes 2016 ~ Page 6 Durfee Chimes 2016 ~ Page 7 Fall River High School ??????? Forty years had passed since that wonderful begun, and Yearbooks, Class Rings, and the hands of two anti name change candidates. June day in 1887. Fall River students enjoyed Class Pins inscribed with the name Durfee had This more than anything got the attention of their new school and forty classes had been ordered. the School Committee. Eventually the School graduated from B. M. C. Durfee High School. Citizens, and the Durfee Alumni Association, Committee, bowing to the will of the community Durfee prestige grew over the years and rose in protest saying that the action of the voted to restore the name on January 9, 1928, generally speaking, was a highly respected Committee violated the spirit of the memorial and the Class of 1928 received their diplomas secondary school. Suddenly, with no warning, purpose for which the High School was built. reading B.M.C. Durfee High School. Members the School Committee was about to make Leading newspapers throughout New England of the Class of 1927 were given the option of a major decision that would reverberate including the Boston Transcript, Boston Herald, receiving new diplomas. around the local community and State of Providence Journal and L’Independent Fall History shows that our beloved school, Massachusetts. River editorialized in support of the protest. beginning with the arrival of the “Silver Lining” At the School Committee meeting of April Despite the outcry the School Committee at its has through the years produced many great 5, 1927, a motion was made and by a 5-4 June 8, 1927 meeting stated that their action moments. Through wars, depressions, and majority, voted that “henceforth and hereafter was to stand. That year Diplomas read Fall economic growth, Durfee has served our the High School organization be called Fall River High School and were accepted “under community. However, as the years passed, River High School”. The diplomas for the protest by the Class of 1927.” it became evident that the grand old building Class of 1927 would be the first class to bear would become obsolete and unable to support the new name. This did not stop the resistance. The new the needs of today’s students. school year began in September of 1927 and People were outraged and angry protests the name was still Fall River High School. In In 1978, a new more modern building opened began. First to respond were the students the municipal elections in November of that on Elsbree street. Thankfully it is still called from the Class of 1927. By that time of the year, two committee members who supported B.M.C. Durfee High School. school calendar graduation preparation had the name change would go down to defeat at Special Thanks In researching information for this edition of the CHIMES special thanks go to the the Fall River Historical Society and Curator Michael Martins and Assistant Curator Dennis Binette. Their research and support help in discovering much of the early history of Fall River education and particularly the birth of BMC Durfee High School, and the Technical High School as we know it today. Former Superintendent of Schools Robert J Nagle had the foresight to commission William J. Pelton to research the history of Fall River and Durfee High School and the result of his work was the following: Durfee Quo Vadis Biography of a High School by - William J. Pelton, 1970 This book is not available for purchase and as of this printing can only be referenced at the Fall River Historical Society. In addition to the above another excellent insight into Fall River history can be found in: Parallel Lives A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River by - Michael Martins & Dennis A. Binette This writing is available at the Fall River Historical Society

Fall River Memories and seize the opportunity. churches were interrelated monuments to Monuments Continuing down Rock Street from the the pride, power, and plenty of Yankee Fall Highlands, a new world now opens up to River. The entire area was known as the by: Joseph Conforti ‘63 me: the magnificent gothic churches of the “Hill” well into the 20th century. (“Hilltoppers” Yankee establishment that built Fall River, signified something different to Durfee high’s Whenever I return to Fall River, I find myself benefactress and her people than it came to stopping by the old Durfee High building. It is albeit on the backs of immigrant men, women, and children: First Congregational, mean to later generations.) No one has yet a bittersweet pause. I loved my fours years explained to me when and why the prestigious at Durfee(1959-63), in part because the the Episcopalian Church of the Ascension, and the forlorn but still magnificent Central residential corner’s namewas changed from student body was diverse in so many ways. the Hill to the “Highlands.” One could find one’s social group. Yet, as Congregational, where Lizzie Borden was the car idles, I reflect regretfully on how I was a devout member. Now I make connections A half-mile or so from the Central such an anemic student when Durfee offered that never occurred to me whenI walked down Congregational Church, the Lizzie Borden a good education to those who were willing to Rock Street after school. The Highlands, House B&B abides as another sort of Fall Durfee High, and Rock Street’s Protestant River monument. As a kid, returning up Durfee Chimes 2016 ~ Page 8 continued on pg 9 Fall River Memories and Monuments continued Pleasant Street with my brothers after a growing up. Moreover, the case was just a Lizzie Borden houses. I lived in the Flint. I had matinee at the Academy Theater, we passed brutal crime, a mystery many said. no reason everto set foot in the prestigious Second St. with the Borden house in sight. Nevertheless, when I began seriously looking residential part of the former Hill. On the top I seem to recall a superstition about walking into what happened, I realized there was riser of her front steps Lizzie had engraved by the house on the same side of the street. a much larger story to tell than just who “Maplecroft,” a pretentious name for her new I always kept my distance. After I left the city pulverized Andrew and Abby Borden’s skulls home. It was not monumental, except now for and people asked me where I was from, the in August of 1892. For example, I never knew tourists who form legions of Lizzie followers. only thing they typically knew about Fall River, that in the early 1890s the Irish were mounting The engraving is still there. I now check it if they knew anything at all, was that it was the first serious challenge to Yankee control before I drive down to Durfee High, which is Lizzie Borden’s hometown. And that is how I of the city. The Borden case became a far better preserved than Maplecroft or the came to write a book about Lizzie Borden and flashpoint that deepened mistrust between an Rock Street religious monuments to a Fall the powerbrokers of the Hill. aggressive Irish-Catholic working class and a River that no longer exists. I was sitting in a restaurant in Athens, defensive, powerful Yankee establishment. Editor’s Note: Georgia, of all places. My wife and I, some Nor did I know that Lizzie’s lead lawyer, Additional writings by Dr. Conforti include the friends, and an editor for a university press a former Massachusetts governor, had following: were having dinner. After we had ordered, the appointed one of the three justices at her Lizzie Borden on Trial: Murder, Ethnicity editor turned to me and asked, “What are you trial, the one who delivered a sharply biased and Gender - Available from the University working on?” I said I had just finished a memoir charge to the jury. The Yankee court wanted Press of Kansas, (2015) (1-785-864-4155) about growing up in the 1950s and’60s in Fall a verdict of innocent, not the hung jury that River, Massachusetts. His eyes widened. “Do was within the district attorney’s grasp. Another City upon a Hill: A New England a book for me about the Lizzie Borden case.” Memoir (2013) - Available from the University After she was acquitted, Lizzie moved to the Press of New England (1-603-448-1533) I laughed. In all the years I spent writing Hill, where for years she had longed to live. I about New England history, I had never given didn’t know growing up that there were two Both books are available on Amazon Lizzie a moment’s thought. I had my fill of her

Resurrection of the got permission to use the telescope, leading condition of the telescope and Gerard Trahan of him to become one of the country’s foremost Rehoboth, Mr. Dick La Bonte of Raynham and Telescope experts on telescopes and becoming a Mr. Rich Savingnano of Seekonk, all members by: Gerard Trehan professional astronomer. of ASSNE stepped forward to evaluate the telescope. After a few visits, the telescope When Mary Durfee offered the gift of a new high Planning and construction of a new school at the was examined and the parts inventoried. They school in honor of her son, Bradford Matthew current location on Elsbree St occurred in the offered to restore the telescope as a labor of Chaloner Durfee, to the citizens of Fall River, 1970’s. However money issues and charges of love and public service to the school and the she envisioned a state of the art facility that corruption plagued the construction of the new City. Some 600 man hours were involved in would educate Fall River children equipped school and it seemed that the telescope would the restoration including dismantling, cleaning, with the finest educational tools of the time. be a victim of the cost cutting. Fortunately, Dr. lubricating, repairing minor items and getting Included was the Warner and Swasey telescope Roger Violette, a Durfee alumnus, stepped the tracking device repaired by Mr. David Gow manufactured in 1886 in Cleveland Ohio. All forward and provided the funds to move the of Grafton, a master clock maker. By late components for the telescope were cast in scope and construct an 18 foot dome to house May of 2014, the restoration was complete their own foundry and then finished, turned it. It is appropriately named the Roger Violette and the tracking clock repaired and installed. and engraved. In early May, the telescope Observatory. In September of 2014 the telescope was re- was delivered to the school on Rock Street. According to reports over time the scope fell dedicated and has been open for public viewing Mrs. Durfee had also contracted Alvan Clark into disrepair. The dome leaked and the parts on selected dates. Total cost of the project and Sons for the manufacture of the eight inch were tarnishing because of the rain leaking was approximately $4,000, most of which was lens, the heart of the telescope. Within a few intto the dome. Around 2010, Principal Paul necessary to repair the clock mechanisms. days, Alvan’s youngest son, Alvan G Clark who Marshall conducted an open house in an effort The 8 inch equatorial mounted telescope at was born in Fall River in 1834 and a student of to attract community support and expertise to Durfee is the last example of this design and it Mary Durfee’s, arrived with the lens and after remedy a variety of issues at Durfee. John is operating on all of its original parts that were careful adjustment spending two evenings fine Briggs, previously mentioned student and now made in 1886. tuning, completed the job with 2 days to spare astronomer, came to inspect and evaluate the before the dedication on June 15, 1887. telescope he admired some 40 years ago. The public has responded to the viewings and it is becoming a popular activity. A special Little is known of the use of the telescope in the Unfortunately for Durfee, Mr.Briggs took a job fund has been set up at Durfee for continued early days of the school, but a picture of the in Colorado but was able to declare the lens maintenance. Anyone wishing to donate to this Astronomy Club as late as 1970 revealed that sound but the scope in dire need of restoration. fund may do so. Address: Durfee Telescope there was a core group of students who used Two years later, Mr. Tom Pavao, newly Fund, c/o Principal, Durfee High School. 777 the telescope during coursework in Astronomy retired school teacher at Durfee contacted Elsbree St, Fall River MA, 02720 or call 508- or in an active club setting on a regular basis. The Astronomical Society of Southern New 675-8100. John Briggs, a Westport High School student England. He asked for volunteers to assess the Durfee Chimes 2016 ~ Page 9 Durfee Hall of Fame-2015 1 South finals in 1993. DeMello moved onto Yarbough exploded onto the varsity team by Bridgewater State College where she played batting.409 his sophomore year. That was by four years of basketball, scoring more than second best on a very good team. After his Greg Sullivan 1,000 points. She lives in Westport and is the solid Durfee career, Yarbough played two mother of five. years for the University of Southern California, Herald News Staff Reporter JOHN SANTOS, Class of 1972 arguably the top college baseball program of The Durfee High School Athletic Hall of Fame Long before his very successful tenure as the 20th century. He was also part of two great Class of 2015 featured three individuals and Durfee High School’s boys’ soccer coach, Durfee basketball teams. Richard was a sixth a state championship team. The induction Santos built a hall of fame resume as a man in 1977 when the Hilltoppers went 26-0 ceremony was held on Saturday, Sept. 12, player. A three-year varsity player (the high to win the state title. The next season, he was 2015, at White’s of Westport. school then was sophomore through senior the undersized center, scoring 10.7 points per game (tied for third best on team) as the Those selected for induction were John only) for coach Skip Karam, Santos played with intensity, speed, and considerable Hilltoppers came within one win of a second Santos, Class of 1972; Richard Yarbough, straight state crown. Owner of a bachelor of Class of 1978; and Kelly DeMello, Class of smarts. A two-time league all star, and captain and MVP his senior year, Santos in science degree from USC and a masters from 1994. The 1998 Division 1 state championship Arizona State University, Yarbough lives in softball team was also honored. 1971 broke the school record with 22 goals. Santos followed with a fine playing career at Glendale, Arizona and is the Vice President/ KELLY DeMELLO, Class of 1994 Southeastern Massachusetts University. He Administrator of Pilgrim Rest Foundation, Inc. DeMello never took a season off, and her returned to coach Durfee for a decade with He has been married to Desiree Yarbough coaches would tell you Durfee’s 1994 female his teams posting a combined record of 122 for 29 years and has three children, Tera, athlete of the year never took a game off. wins, 41 losses, 31 ties and qualifying for Danielle, and Richard. Combining athleticism with a fiery competitive the playoffs 10 times. His 1988 team was 1998 SOFTBALL TEAM, Division 1 state spirit, she became an all star in field hockey and undefeated in the regular season, posting champions basketball. A center halfback in field hockey, 13 shutouts in 18 games. Known as the After dropping their final two games of the DeMello was a two-time Big 3 Conference area’s best dressed soccer coach during his regular season, the Hilltoppers got down to all star who, as a senior, registered 10 goals tenure, Santos has been inducted into both business, rattling off six straight wins to claim and 5 assists and was named second team the New England Soccer Hall of Fame and the school’s first softball state title. Buoyed by all state. On the basketball court, she was the Massachusetts Interscholastic Soccer the sophomore battery of pitcher, Kelly Orton, also a four-year varsity player. An off-guard Officials Association Hall of Fame. A resident and catcher Jessica Bigos, the Hilltoppers who fearlessly attacked the basket, she of Fall River, a husband, and father, Santos won the South, beating Somerset 3-1 in the was a Big 3 all star. In her senior year she has refereed soccer for the last 20 years. final. Somerset and Durfee had split in the scored a team-high 11.6 points per game regular season. In a dramatic state semifinal, with 7.7 steals, and 11.5 assists. As a junior, Richard Yarbough, Class of 1978 It was on the baseball diamond and basketball the Hilltoppers faced undefeated Woburn and she scored 11.3 points per game in helping star pitcher Liz Nadeau, and won 1-0 in 12 the Hilltoppers to the Division 1 South final. court where the powerful and athletic 6-foot-1 Yarbough made his mark at Durfee, after a innings. They took down Holy Name 3-0 in A four-year softball team member and a the state final to finish the season 21-5. three-year starter, Kelly helped Durfee to concussion limited him to one year of football. two league titles and a berth in the Division A superb catcher for coach Skip Lewis,

In Memoriam the development of the youth of Fall River. What could on occasion be considered a gruff His curriculum covered grades K through persona covered up a truly caring person. His Donald F. Montle 12. All students were expected to appreciate players got the best of care. He constantly Donald Montle, former Durfee Football coach, the importance of maintaining a healthy life checked on classroom progress. When it and the city’s Director of Health and Physical style. became time for college he supervised the Education passed away on November 29, His coaching career covered three tenures. application process, made phone calls to 2015 at his home in Little Compton at the age He held the job from 1960-1970, then one admissions officers, and even took students of 82. He will be remembered not only as year in 1975, followed by two year period in on college visitations. And it wasn’t necessary being a successful football coach but also 1982-1983. His 1964 team is ranked as one that you be a Durfee athlete to get his help. as a dominant figure in the development of of the best, if not the best in Durfee History. It was not unusual for him to help a player Health and Physical Education at Durfee His team was undefeated with an 8-0 record, that Durfee had played against, especially if and at the State level. His passion for the and had only one touchdown scored against that student was interested in his Alma Mater, importance of good Health in young people it. His 1983 team broke a dominant 10 year Springfield College. led him to develop a model curriculum in Fall New Bedford winning streak with a 17-7 Don is survived by his wife Joan to whom he River. victory on Thanksgiving Day. had been married 57 years. In addition, he He practiced what he preached. He had He served three years as the Varsity baseball leaves four children: Michael and his wife high expectations not only for himself, but coach. His teams went 44-8 and won two Lara, Timothy, and his wife Cathy, Donna, for his students and staff as well. His days Bristol County League championships. and her husband Gregory, Karen, and her were organized and planned to maximize husband Buzzy, and six grandchildren. Durfee Chimes 2016 ~ Page 10 2016-2017 The Durfee Alumni Association The Durfee Alumni Association needs to hear from you if you wish to continue to receive The Chimes if you have not already done so.

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Class of 1954 - 62nd Year Reunion Thursday, August 4, 2016 - 12:00PM-3:00PM Class of 1966 - 50th Year Reunion The Cove Restaurant and Marina July 23, 2016 - Fall River Country Club - 6:00PM - 392 Davol St, Fall River $60.00PP Contact: Steve Nawrocki 508-673-7473 or Golf Tournament - July 22, 2016 - Fall River CC - Class of [email protected] $62PP -10:00 AM- Pay that day th Social - July 22, 2016 - Belmont Club, 374 Franklin St Class of 1956 - 60 Year Reunion 7:00PM - 10:00 PM - Cash Bar Thursday, September 1, 2016 Contact information: Reunion/Social: BK Restaurant on Airport Rd Contact Pat Souza, Cash Bar 4:30PM - 5:30PM 28 Monique DR,Westport, MA 02790 - 508-636-8209 Buffet 5:30PM - $30.00 PP Golf: Contact Bob Dempsey - 508-642-3579 or Contact: Dr Daniel T Harrington: 774-319-1386 Henry Lord at [email protected] Class of 1958 - 58 Years Later Deadlines: Sunday, September 18, 2016-1:00PM Reunion-May 1, 2016 • Social - May 31, 2016 Fall River Country Club Golf - May 31, 2016 Contacts: Norma McKenzie: 781-335-1603 - [email protected] or Class of 1986 - 30th Year Reunion Bill Keating - 508-672-8544 - [email protected] August 20, 2016 Venus De Milo - 75 GAR Highway, Swansea, MA Class of 1961 - 55th Year Reunion [email protected] Saturday, September 17, 2016 Facebook page Durfee Class of 86 Reunion B K’s Tavern, 320 Airport Road, Fall River, MA Sheri Thomas McCallister 508-675-8965 Contact Bernice Mannion - 508-672-8157

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