1948 - 49
Class Leaders
Senior Class Officers: Clive Thompson, president; Carol Miller, vice president; Renee Anderson, secretary; Richard Park, treasurer.
Junior Class Officers: Richard Allam, president; Dewey Jimerson, vice president; Darlene Allam, secretary; John Brkljacich, treasurer.
Sophomore Class Officers: Robert Cavill, president; Kenneth Carter, vice president; Ann McMurray, secretary; Robert McLeese, treasurer.
Freshman Class Officers: Angelo Calfo, president; Josephine Maher, vice president; Marlene Cronin, secretary; John Aberton, treasurer.
During the Summer
Ground was broken for Cathedral elementary school to relieve pressure on the Judge facilities. Construction was expected to be done by September, 1949. A fundraising campaign had raised $200,000 so far. Some of the money was used to build up the Judge football field and construct bleachers. The Cathedral school was also to be the site of diocesan offices. It was intended to hold 350 K-8 students within its “modified college Gothic” architectural style.
The Year
Faculty: Fr. Mark Benvegnu, director; Sr. Mary Veronique, principal; William Moran, sociology/civics and coach; Fr. James Kenny, Latin and religion; Fr. Francis Kelleher, English and Church history; Sr. Anne Marie, math; Sr. Claire Antoine, science; Sr. Philippa, history and English; Sr. Jose Marie, Spanish and commercial courses; Sr. Miriam Rose, music, Glee Club; Sr. Frances James, English and speech;
Fr. Mark Benvegnu appealed for donations of surplus fruits and vegetables for the Judge cafeteria.
Renee Anderson was crowned Homecoming Queen. Her attendants were Carol Miller and Alice Cavill.
Judge’s first yearbook made its debut. The inaugural Basilean was edited by Johnscott. It cost $3, with a limited supply available. “This issue will be of definite interest to Judge alumni, containing as it does the record of our first state football championship,” John Brennan wrote. His staff included Dolores Carey, Jim Sutton, Brien Mooney, Barbara Allen, Paul Nickerson, Pat O’Meara, Ronald Pflueger, Paul Robinson, Barney Dargan, Barbara Hurley, Bob Smith, Bill Mooney, Don Nelson and photographer Jim Sutton.
Judge students Patricia McNulty, Paul Rogers, Terry Fitzgerald and Mary Pat Rogers were pictured in the Salt Lake Tribune-Telegram making Christmas gifts for patients at the Veterans Administration hospital.
Margie Allen was president of the Pep Club, hailed by the Basilean as “the peppiest in history.” Her fellow leaders were Colleen Day, Patricia Coveny, Darlene Allam, Barbara Peake, Pat Goodday, Theresa Garceau and Colleen Rumel.
“Maybe You’ll Be There” was the theme of the Senior Dance, held in the Starlite Gardens atop the Hotel Utah. Senior class parents were the chaperones.
The Salt Lake Diocese launched a Catholic youth activity program for elementary, high school and post-high school young people.
Lawrence Amott, Henry Hansmann and Lawrence Brennan were in charge of a two-day PTA carnival, deemed the largest in school history.
Patricia Coveny performed songs by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Still and Mozart in a May piano recital in the Judge auditorium. Robert Bruce Smith played a second piano on the Mozart concerto. Coveny also was the accompanist for the Glee Club, and featured singers Renee Anderson and Don Nelson, at events such as the Christmas pageant, Holy Week Services at the Cathedral, school assemblies and PTA meetings.
William McDougall, Class of 1927, published his second book about his World War II experiences – “By Eastern Windows.” It focused on the starvation, death and courage of faith he witnessed while in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Sumatra. He wrote parts of this book and “Six Bells Off Java” after receiving a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University.
“Our American Heritage” was the theme of the Speech Department’s Oratorical Contest, featuring speeches by Carol Miller, Don Nelson, Edna Malouf, John Galanis, Barbara Allen and Barney Dargan.
Elected to lead the Boys Sodality were prefect Brien Mooney, vice prefect Barney Dargan, secretary John Galanis and treasurer Dick Parks. The committee heads were Bill Mooney, Tony Martinez, Don Nelson, Ronald Pflueger and Paul Nickerson.
Officers in the Girls Sodality were Patricia O’Meara, prefect; Patricia Coveny, vice prefect; Barbara Jean Allen, secretary; and Barbara Hurley, treasurer. The committee heads were Carla Carter, Imogene Griffen, Margie Allen, Barbara Peake, Delores Carey, Roselee Norwood and Mary Colleen Day. For Christmas, the girls boarded a bus and visited St. Ann’s Orphanage, St. Joseph’s Villa and Holy Cross Hospital to sing carols. Girls Sodality also hosted a formal dance Feb. 21 in Kearney Hall, which was decorated in concert with the year’s theme, “How High the Moon.”
“The Spring Musicale” in the Judge auditorium included three songs by the 64-member Glee Club, accompanied by Mary Durning, plus individual pieces by Durning, John Welsh, Moonyeen Sawyer, Katherine Reeves, Renee Anderson, Patricia Coveny, Leah Abbott, Mary Colleen Day, Marilyn Smith, Bob Smith and Patricia O’Meara.
Patricia Coveny was singled out for attention on the cover of a program announcing her piano recital May 3 in the Judge auditorium. She performed pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Still and Mozart. Robert Bruce Smith played a second piano with her.
The Junior Program was held in the Crystal Rose room at the Newhouse Hotel. It was organized by Dick Allam, Larry Thatcher, Alice Cavill, Darlene Allam, Bob Smith and Carla Carter.
Glee Club members were Leah Abbott, Darlene Allam, Richard Allam, Renee Anderson, John Barnett, Lois Bell, Betty Carole Billings, Patricia Bouton, Harry Butcher, Carla Carter, Elaine Chiodo, Patricia Coveny, John Dailey, Mary Colleen Day, Gene Donnelly, Catherine Eidler, Theresa Garceau, Patricia Goodday, Calvin Gourley, Linda Gourley, Louise Hansman, Jo Ann Hurley, Gerard Jalbert, Gertrude Keiser, John Keiser, Bob Lien, Patricia McCafferty, Bob McKendrick, Ann McMurray, Bill Manca, Marlene Moran, Muriel Murphy, Roselee Norwood, Joe O’Meara, Patricia O’Meara, Bill Raterman, Katherine Reeves, Frank Regan, Ann Sawyer, Claire Stenrud, Patricia Sweeney and June Tabish.
Plays
“Life With Father,” starring Don Nelson, Mary Jane Agnew, Patricia Coveny, Barney Dargan, Carol Miller, Bill Mooney, Ronald Pflueger, Katherine Reeves, John Galanis, Paul Robinson, Dick Park, Katherine Reeves, Genevieve Howa, Roselyn Raleigh, Colleen Janney, Renee Anderson and Clive Thompson. Brien Mooney was stage manager, Tom George the property manager, Jim Hill the electrician and Tony Martinez the sound technician. Barbara Jean Allen, Mary Deason and Edna Malouf were directors.
Sports
STATE CHAMPION – Judge won the Class B football championship, upsetting Cyprus 19-0 in the title game. Coach William Moran’s Bulldogs lost their first game of the year, to Bingham 6-0, then ran off seven straight wins. Judge reached the finals with a 14-13 win over defending state champion Lincoln High School from Orem, a highlight being a fake punt carried out by Dick Park. Bob Hill scored both touchdowns, one on a pass from brother Jim, and John Galanis converted both extra points to send Judge to the championship game. “Judge Memorial’s underdog Bulldogs – the magic men of Coach William Moran – stunned Utah football circles Saturday at the University of Utah stadium by pulling a 19-0 upset victory out of their bag of tricks against the bewildered Cyprus Pirates,” said the Salt Lake Tribune account of the title game.
A crowd of 9,000 watched under blue, sunny skies as the Bulldogs baffled the Pirates with “numerous laterals, handoffs, fake handoffs and a variety of offensive formations that accomplished the intended purpose – to throw the Cyprus defenders completely out of kilter.” Quarterback Clive Thompson opened the scoring with a 33-yard scamper for a touchdown. Milan Stimatz plunged in from the one to cap a long, third-quarter drive that put the Bulldogs up 13-0, then Judge put it away on a play in which “three backs handled the leather before Jim Hill cut loose with a high spiral to Dick Park on the Cyprus two. Dick made a circus catch of the ball and stepped across the goal. Jim Hill and Dick Park were two of five Judge players to receive All-State honors – along with tackle Dick Allam, fullback Brien Mooney and guard Jerry Culleton. Hill and Bill Mooney were the co-captains. Fr. Kenny was the assistant coach. Future priest John Hedderman was a member of the championship team, whose members included Bob Cavill, Bill Bonczar, John Moffitt, Don Cecala, Tom George, Fred Polotovicz, Tony Martinez, John Dailey, Ray Howa, Jack Pagnanelli, Ken Carter, Leonard Anderson, Paul Nickerson, Dick Lamb, Barney Dargan, Homer Bradford, Bill Raterman, Dewey Jimerson, Bob Bero and Charles Carrico. The team was honored at the Elks Club by the Knights of Columbus. Salt Lake Tribune associate sports editor John Mooney gave the opening speech, praising the mothers of the players and singling out Helen Marie Hill for having put “six individual athletic stars” through Judge Memorial.
Tribune high school-beat writer Jack Schroeder sent a congratulatory message, as did University of Utah football coach Ike Armstrong. A highlight reel of Notre Dame’s 1947 season also was shown. The victory celebration continued at the Pep Club’s annual banquet, where Margie Gonzales and Al Hurtado celebrated the championship with a Mexican Hat Dance while Babs Hurley performed a piano piece. The culmination was a trip to the Rose Bowl for Fr. James Kenny and Jerry Culleton, John Brennan, Brien Mooney, Tom George, John Galanis, Dick Park, Paul Nickerson, Bill Mooney, Clive Thompson, Joe Reading, Tony Martinez, Bob Bero, Milan Stimatz, Jim Hill and Coach Bill Moran.
But the joy of the championship was torn asunder the following summer when Moran, just 30, drowned July 6, 1949 while swimming in the Mississippi River. “Moran was held in high esteem by faculty and students alike,” the Intermountain Register reported. “His football team provided one of the major surprises of the high school football season last year when it went through its league schedule unbeaten, and defeated the Cyprus high school Pirates in the state class B playoffs. It was under his supervision that Judge Memorial’s first football stadium was built, with Coach Moran aiding in the physical labor of building the field and bleachers.”
The basketball team finished 5-7, coached by William Moran and Fr. James Kenny with Dick Park as captain. Members included Bob Hill, Jim Hill, Clive Thompson, Dick Allam, John Brkljacich, Ronald Pflueger, Don Nelson, Bob Bero, Bill Raterman and Leonard Anderson.
In its second year, the baseball team tied for the region title with a 6-4 record but lost in a playoff to Bingham, 9-3. Bob Bero was team captain. The squad included Jim Hill, Clive Thompson, Jerry Gundry, Gerald Smith, Dick Lamb, Bill Raterman, Jim McNamara, Dick Allam, Dick Park, Milan Stimatz, Don Cecala and Tom George. The coach was William Moran.
Natalie Appleton directed morning classes in girls athletics and Miss Bliss handled afternoon practices in basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball and badminton.
Graduation
42 graduates, 20 boys and 22 girls, on June 6 at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. General Excellence Award: Mary Patricia Peake; McGean Award: Joseph O’Meara; Cosgriff Scholarship to St. Mary’s-of-the-Wasatch: Julia Maher; Holy Cross Scholarship to St. Mary’s-of-the-Wasatch: Mary Patricia Peake; McHugh Award for religion: Roy McLeese; Science Award: William Handley.
The graduates included Alex Hurtado, who became a real estate executive, an Ogden City councilman, a member of the State Board of Regents and director of national Hispanic affairs in the administration of President Ronald Reagan. He died of a heart attack in 2004.
At the 50th Class Reunion, Don Nelson read an essay he’d written entitled “Yes S’ter, No S’ter.” The reunion also attracted Frances Noheilj and Katherine Reeves Lords.
