1956 - 57
Class Leaders
Student Body Officers: Richard Boyer, president; , vice president; Judy Rogers, secretary; George Fedor, treasurer.
Senior Class Officers: Fred Gamble, president; Pat Pickford, vice president; Ann Held, secretary; Joyce Windle, treasurer.
Junior Class Officers: Jerry Wood, president; Marleen Moeller, vice president; Pat Brennan, secretary; Bonnie Soult, treasurer.
Sophomore Class Officers: Room 310 – James Caputo, president; Glen Roser, vice president; Sue Held, secretary; Mary Kaye Carlquist, treasurer; Room 311 – Wayne Anderson, president; Dorothy Kreidler, vice president; William Overlin, secretary; Pat McElhatten, treasurer; Marion Raleigh, student council representative.
Freshman Class Officers: Room 207 – Kelly Moore, president; Patricia McGean, vice president; Carl Neuhausen, secretary; James Bennett, treasurer; Susan Arentz, student council representative; Room 210 – Nancy Crowder, president; Richard Bailey, vice president; Anita Tezak, secretary; Ross Register, treasurer; Jay Gamble, student council representative.
During the Summer
Principal Sr. Leo Anthony reported that all four classes at Judge had scored in the 97th or 98th percentile on the Iowa Tests of Educational Development, a national assessment of student competency.
Administrator Fr. James Kenney attended the weeklong Summer School of Catholic Action in Fresno, Calif. Among the 900 people attending were five Judge girls in the Sodality organization – senior prefect Margaret Moran, junior prefect Sallie Harris, junior vice prefect Mary Kaye Carlquist, junior secretary Ann Purcell and Lyn Cosgriff. Sr. Corinne, moderator of Sodality juniors, also attended.
Recent graduate Anna Marie Keiser was stricken with spinal and bulbar polio, leaving her left arm and right leg paralyzed. Her sister, senior Josephine Keiser, said “Anna Marie’s spirits are high. She finds that visiting with her friends who drop in to chat frequently is the best therapy available.”
Judge was represented at Girls State by Judith O’Hair.
John Gini, who completed his sophomore year at Judge in 1953 before entering a Franciscan seminary, graduated from that school and advanced to the Franciscan novitiate at the Old Mission in San Miguel, Calif. The whole Gini family traveled to San Miguel to witness his investiture as Frater Pius Gini.
Judge had three of the 10 Salt Lake-area high school students selected by the American Field Service for ‘coveted’ European assignments during the summer – Antoinette Rappold and Gay Gallivan went to Germany, Peter Pence to Scandinavia.
Alumna Margaret Eklund received her habit as a member of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, taking the name Sr. Mary Frances Cabrini.
Only a few months out of high school, Bill Snarr was receiving an award from the Army as the outstanding trainee in his regiment at Fort Ord. He was cited for “his superior appearance, complete knowledge of general orders and other military knowledge.” Snarr had enlisted under the Reserve Forces Act, requiring six months of training before returning to Salt Lake as an active Reservist.
The Year
National Merit Finalists: Ann Held and Marjorie Vitzthum
Judge was expected to be as big as it had ever been. Tuition was set at $75, plus $10 for book rental, $5 for an activities card, $5 for physical education (including locker rental), $15 for graduation, $5 for participation in a varsity sport and $10 in other fees.
The student body included an exchange student from Bolivia – Javier Salinas. The senior from LaPaz stayed with the O’Keefe family on Walker Lane while Salinas was in the American Field Service Program.
Administration: Fr. James Kenny, superintendent of schools, religion and speech; Sr. Leo Anthony, principal and science. Faculty: Fr. Thomas Meersman, social sciences, economics and Boys Sodality; Fr. Gennaro Verdi, religion; Fr. Lawrence Spellen, religion and social science; Fr. Patrick Curran, “recently of Ireland,” religion; Sr. Giovanni, journalism and English; Sr. Jose Maria, business and Pep Club; Sr. Agnes Eugenie, math and Girls Sodality; Sr. Faith, math, religion and Latin; Sr. Corinne, religion and English; Sr. Eugene, music and Glee Club; Sr. Stephanie, library; Frank Callen, PE, Spanish and science; Frank Klekas, PE and American history; Vesta Seidel, sewing; Emma Burbidge returned after a few years to take over the girls athletic and physical education department from Frances Nohejl. Brother Theodore withdrew from the faculty. Frank Callen took over his responsibilities.
Sharon Garrett and Jack Moore were co-editors of the Judgeonian, overseeing an all-senior staff. Their supporting editors were Gay Gallivan, Jeanne Zaelit, Judi Maher, John Zucca, Bill Mackin, Mike Verdu, Jim Middendorf and Toni Rappold. Robert Branch was the photographer. The reporters were Adrienne Aberton, Branch, Bill Mackin, Ned McDonough, Jim Middendorf, Ted Mika and Toni Rappold.
In its Oct. 26 edition, the newspaper included a welcome to Bolivian exchange student Javier Salinas paired with descriptions of their trips to Germany by Toni Rappold and Gay Gallivan; Jeanne Zaelit’s “Tid-Bits” noted that parties were held at the homes of Gay Gallivan, Neva Mae McElhatten, Marian Raleigh and Pat Mahon; a story about the Pep Club’s new uniforms – “empire jumpers of red flannel wool with gored full skirts and gold turtle-necked jersey sweaters with quarter length sleeves.” Only sophomores, juniors and seniors could wear those outfits. “Freshmen interested in joining the Pep Club will continue to wear black skirts and white blouses until the end of the football season.”
The December edition detailed the pre-Christmas activities of the Sodality clubs (a choral reading of “On the Road to Bethlehem,” preparing dolls for needy children, visiting Holy Cross and St. Mark’s hospitals and St. Joseph’s Villa, providing transportation to the homebound) and the Glee Club (the opening program of the Boys and Girls Sodality conference and a candlelight procession at the Cathedral on Dec. 23); Sr. Faith’s study of the Bible, including a contest in which students created scrolls imitating old Roman writings. Awards went to William Larson, the best; Beverly Barber, the neatest; Patricia McGean, best in writing; Monty Gully, most original; Michael Costello, best in carving; and Diane Fernandez and Connie Anderson, most artistic.
In mid-February, the Judgeonian’s lead story was about the Student Council ratifying a new constitution. The document did not make any changes to the way Judge operated, simply put into writing the rules that guided the institution on a daily basis and, with a long-term perspective, established a base for evaluating changes. The constitutional update was formulated by a student committee of Richard Boyer, Mary Ellen Brennan, George Fedor, Margaret Moran and Judith Rogers. Their product was praised by Principal Sr. Leo Anthony as “fine work. It represents much time and effort on their part through the summer months and free evenings during the busy first semester. The sincere discussion of the article by the Student Council, as well as their spirit of compromise, showed that the ratification was a matter of serious concern. It is a definite step forward to integrated schools [the high school and elementary] with more definitely defined ideals.” Other stories: Seniors Sharon Garrett, Judith Maher and Jack Moore received Quill and Scroll pins from Sr. Leo Anthony at an assembly honoring them for being accepted into the national journalism society; Basilean editor Fred Gamble tried to boost sales with hints that the ’55-56 yearbook would have special features; Sodality Clubs released their plans for Lent; John Zucca performed a Spanish dance as part of a Language Assembly promoting foreign-language study; and Elizabeth Loretto was in charge of Pridie Idus Martii, in which sophomore Latin students modeled the clothes worn in Rome by aristocrats and their slaves.
Senior cheerleaders were Elizabeth Crowder, Cathy Bai, Sally Pratt and Jeanne Zaelit. They were joined by juniors Mary Roser, Louise Keiser and Marian Raleigh.
Judi Maher was elected Pep Club president. Other officers were Kristeen Malouf, vice president; Pat Vargas, secretary; Neva Mae McElhattan, treasurer. Nancy Sullivan was sophomore representative.
Elizabeth Crowder was crowned Homecoming Queen and Tom Vogrinec was Mr. Football. Her attendants were Sandra Soltis and Mary Roser. The post-game dance, in the gymnasium, featured the music of John Nuslein’s band. Planning was coordinated by Judi Maher, Kristeen Malouf, Patricia Vargas, Neva McElhatten and Nancy Sullivan. In 2002, an art exhibit featured Elizabeth Crowder’s paintings, drawings and silk creations at some student housing apartments she turned into a French-style villa.
A dinner dance at the Salt Lake Country Club raised $2,100 (“a most welcome – possibly because so rare – bolstering,” said Intermountain Register columnist Father Pollock). The money was used to pave the new parking lot and re-roof the auditorium.
NATIONAL CHAMPION – Sharon Garrett won a national essay contest sponsored by the President’s Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped. She was granted a $1,000 prize for her essay on “Employment of the Handicapped, a Community Responsibility.” Garrett received her award from President Dwight Eisenhower and had her essay published in the Congressional Record and The Salt Lake Tribune. Ned McDonough was second in the state competition. The Tribune editorialized that “we’re proud of Sharon Garrett of Judge Memorial and of the English teacher to whom Miss Garrett gave much of the credit, Sr. Giovanni. And we’re proud of the many Utah people who have done so much generally to encourage constructive work with and for the handicapped.”
The Glee Club selected Josephine Keiser as its president. She was assisted by vice president Marjorie Vitzthum, secretary-treasurer John Zucca and librarian Judith O’Hair. The 36-voice mixed gender Glee Club sang at a Christmas party for 216 blind people and their families at the Reading Room for the Blind. Noted Salt Lake entertainer Eugene Jelesnik was part of the program. A quartet formed from part of the Glee Club featured Art Kimball, Jerry Francone, Jack Moore and Paul Keck.
More than 100 new dolls were dressed and donated by students from Judge and St. Mary-of-the-Wasatch and given to Catholic Charities for distribution to needy children.
As president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Youth, Don Sawaya was pictured in the Intermountain Catholic Register watching Gov. J. Bracken Lee sign a proclamation marking Oct. 28-Nov. 4 as Catholic Youth Week in Utah.
Leading the Girls Sodality organization were seniors Margaret Moran, Ellen Smith, Connie Cunningham and Helen Francis Welsh and juniors Mary Kaye Carlquist, Sallie Harris and Ann Purcell.
Among 17 students who received one-hour detentions with Sr. Leo Anthony for having ‘forgot’ or deliberately not worn a coat to a Nov. 21 concert by Maestro Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony were Jack Gallivan, Joe Mansuy, Paul Gini, Leve Salazar and Chris Segura (described elsewhere in the archives a “set shot artist.”). Held in the gym, the concert featured the Fourth Movement of Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetique.” Said the Nov. 26 Faculty Bulletin: “It is necessary to do something as a poignant reminder for the next time such a request is made by the administration.”
Edward (Ned) McDonough represented Judge at the regional finals of the Voice of Democracy Contest at Kingsbury Hall. He later won a state essay contest of the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ Auxiliary, writing about “America’s Crusade for Free Men’s Rights.”
Sr. Jose Marie was thrilled: The commercial department secured three new electric typewriters – two Remingtons and a Royal.
Senior Judith O’Hair won the school’s Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow contest.
“Manhatten Towers” was the theme of the Sophomore Strut, organized by Jackson DeGovia and Patricia McElhatten, Wayne Anderson, James Caputo, Glen Roser, Marion Raleigh, Jack Gallivan, Ann Marie Bessy, William Overin, Ann Purcell, Mary Kaye Carlquist and Catherine Chanson. The Knight Sextette provided music.
Initial enrollees in the Grail Honor Society were seniors Mary Ellen Brennan, Sharon Garrett, Marjorie Vitzthum, Patrick Pickford and Margaret Moran; juniors Lyn Cosgriff and Louise Keiser; and sophomores Catherine Chanson, Carolee Powell, Katherine Story, Lorraine Waser, Mary Kaye Carlquist, Barbara Costello and Colette Soult. At a second assembly, they were joined by Trudy Hoffken, Bertram Thiel, Betty Ann Miner, Ann Purcell, Susan Arentz, Joyce Crestani, Nancy Crowder, Anita Tezak, Guy De Long, Susan Hunter, Michael Mulchay and Sallie Harris.
A shiny new Plymouth was the top prize at the annual Judge carnival. In a school contest, the most tickets for a chance on the car were sold by Ronald Phillips, Kenneth Turner, Marjorie Vitzthum, Toni Rappold and Amerylus Tabish. Mary Ann Spencer won the Plymouth.
Judge was a site where doctors administered three-stage polio vaccines.
Fred Gamble was editor of the Basilean yearbook, assisted by fellow editors Pat Pickford, Don Sawaya, Marjorie Vitzthum, Jerry Francone and Mary Ellen Brennan. Staff members included Charlie Fehr, John Turner, Joe Winterer, Francis Brunatti, Pete Beck, Jack DeGovia, Jerry Wood, Brian Gallagher, Connie Chavez, Linda Tavey, Ann Price, Susan Hunter, Ann Marie Bessey and Jo Anne Romano. This year’s edition was dedicated to a dozen parish priests for their “unfailing support of our school.”
The Faculty Bulletin for March 26 said “gum chewing has become such an abuse that a fine of 25 cents is imposed for each offense. Teachers have been instructed to keep a list of names of offenders and to turn this list in to the office.”
The Glee Club’s Spring Concert took guests on a musical tour of the world. Directed by Sr. Eugene, the Glee Club sang songs of the South (“Old Man River”), central Europe, France and Italy. The United States was represented with the folk song, “Country Style.” A May concert featured solos by Barbara Costello, Patricia Milano, Mary Goddard, Marjorie Vizthum and Dorothy Kreidler
Patricia Vargas and Peter Beck were royalty at the Junior Prom, organized by Gerald Wood, Robert Colletti, Edward Middendorf, Kathy Roser, Charles Fehr, Bonnie Soult and Neva McElhatten.
A schoolwide safety campaign included a poster contest won by Tony Smith. Runners-up were Jack DeGovia and Paul Gini.
Jerry Francone, Art Kimball, Jack Moore and Paul Keck formed a quartet to sing on Channel 4’s television program, “Citizen 61.” They sang “Me and My Banjo” and “Joshua Fit De Battle of Jerico.” Previously on the program were Judge pianist Dorothy Kreidler, who played Chopin’s “Revolutionary Etude,” and student panelists Mary Ellen Brennan, Ann Held, Fred Gamble and Judi Maher. They discussed the spiritual advantages of honor and the disadvantages of dishonesty.
When 11 senior boys in Sodality spent time at the Trappist Monastery in Huntsville, they learned that one of the monks, Fr. Patrick, had never heard of Elvis Presley. “Oh to be so lucky,” responded student Mickey Abatto. The leaders of Boys Sodality were Jack Roberts and Pat Pickford.
Students from the fifth through 12th grades were allowed out of school March 8 to see the Cecil B. DeMille movie, “Ten Commandments.”
Senior Sodality prefect Margaret Moran placed a wreath of flower upon Mary’s statue as part of the annual May Procession.
Sports
This football team did something no Judge team before it had ever done. It played a game under the lights. Coach Frank Callen took the Bulldogs to Elko, Nev., where they defeated the home team 19-6 in the first night game in school history. Left end Joe Mansuy was the team star. He received All-State recognition (as did fullback George Fedor) in helping lead Callen’s club to a 7-1 record and second place in region. Its only loss was to region champion Union, 12-6. That setback came down to the final minutes. Facing fourth and goal at the Union six, George Fedor fumbled as he stretched for more yardage while being tackled two yards out. Union recovered. Fedor and quarterback Fred Gamble were team co-captains. Key players were Tom Vogrinec, Fred Pinkerton, Jack Moore, Jerry Francone, Ned McDonough, Jack Roberts, Tony Smith, Paul Gini, Mike Verdu and Dick Boyer. Callen sounded like a crusty old coach in an Intermountain Catholic Register article after Judge beat South Summit 18-2, handing out grudging praise. “Coach Callen characterized the whole Judge defense as ‘fair,’ with Jack Moore, Dick Boyer and George Fedor playing just a bit better than average.” All-Region honors went to Gamble and left tackle Jack Roberts.
The basketball team, under coaches Frank Klekas and Frank Callen, finished 6-11 but produced the highest scoring game up to then in school history, a 92-46 victory over Dugway. Fred Gamble and Joe Mansuy were co-captains and the team’s leading scorers, with sophomore Jim Caputo as the third scoring option. Another sophomore starter was Chris Segura. Early in the season, the team was hurt by injuries to big men Ken Sullivan and Eddie Middendorf. Other key players were senior Jim Middendorf and juniors John Pazell and Pat Brennan. Besides Caputo and Segura, up-and-coming sophomores were Tony Strelich, Wayne Anderson, Mac Hunt and Glen Roser.
After a one-year absence, girls basketball returned to Judge. The Bulldogs were led by forwards Diane Fernandez, Judy Rogers and Mary Goddard. The guards were team captain Neva McElhatten, Marlene Moeller, Yvonne Rasmussen, Judi Maher and Pat Vargas. The girls finished third in their league.
The baseball team posted a 5-3 record for Coach Frank Callen. He had a veteran team, led by pitchers Joe Mansuy and Fred Pinkerton, infielders Dick Boyer, Jerry Francone and Brian Gallagher, and outfielders Fred Gamble, Ken Sullivan and Tom Vogrinec. Several freshmen and sophomores also saw playing time – Chris Segura, Larry Eagan, Jay Gamble, Mike Finnegan and Mike Tracy.
A tennis team was started with five members – Jim Dailey, Fred Gamble, Chris Segura, Jay Gamble and Jim Caputo. Coach Frank Klekas’s squad won its first match, defeating Bingham 2-1.
In only its second year, the track team won the region championship. Judge piled up 116 points, easily outdistancing second place Morgan, with 75. Jack DeGovia claimed region titles in the high hurdles and the 880-yard run for Coach Klekas’s 29-member team, which also secured victories from its mile relay squad (John Olds, Joe Mansuy, Wayne Anderson and Bill Overin) and its 880 relay (George Malouf, Brent Bonny, Robert Charles and Tom Vogrinec). Also on the team were Kenny Sullivan, Fred Gamble, Joe Mansuy, Leve Salazar, Tony Strelich, Art Kimball, Mac Hunt, Larry Eagan, Jay Gamble and George Malouf.
The Ski Team finished second in the Knudsen Cup race for high school students at Brighton. Marilee Miller finished second in the girls division, while John Turner and Pete Beck were the top boy racers. Decent finishes by Bob Branch, Jim Hoagland and Judy Rogers boosted Judge’s team total.
Jim Middendorf was president of the Ski Club. A highlight for its 46 members was an overnight stay in January at the Alpine Rose Lodge at Brighton Resort. Ted Mika was the club’s vice president, Marian Raleigh was secretary and Judy Imhoff was treasurer.
Graduation
66 graduates, the largest class in history, on May 29 at the Cathedral of the Madeleine.
Cosgriff Award: Marjorie Vitzthum. She also got the Sr. Frances James Memorial Award and the Grail Honor Scholarship Trophy for the highest GPA over four years.
Fred Gamble received both the McGean and Moran awards.
Cosgriff Scholarship to St. Mary-of-the-Wasatch: Sharon Garrett
Religion Award: Mary Ellen Brennan
The Water Works Co. Scholarship: Judith Rogers
Science Award: Patrick Pickford
Graduates with Grail Seal on their diplomas: Sharon Garrett, Margaret Moran, Patrick Pickford, Marjorie Vitzthum
Academic Awards – Mathematics: Marjorie Vitzthum; English: Marjorie Vitzthum; Religion: Sharon Garrett; Journalism: Sharon Garrett; Social Studies: Patrick Pickford and Marjorie Vitzthum. Business Excellence and proficiency in shorthand: Joyce Windle; Bookkeeping: Ken Sullivan; Typing: Judie O’Hair; Latin: Patrick Pickford; Spanish: Margaret Moran; Shorthand II: Joyce Windle (first); Bookkeeping: Ken Sullivan (first), Mary Ann Wyss (second), Pat Pickford (third), Joyce Windle and David Servatius (fourth) and Josephine Keiser (fifth); Typing: Judith O’Hair (third), Ellen Smith (fourth), Elizabeth Crowder and Louise Keiser (fifth); Shorthand 1: Neva McElhatten (second), Lyn Cosgriff (third).
Glee Club Awards: Gold pins to Helen Spalding, Judith O’Hair, Rosalie Stephens, Marjorie Vitzthum and John Zucca; Silver pins to Josephine Keiser, James Bennett and Bertram Thiel; Bronze pins to Mary Ellen Beesley, Lyn Cosgriff, Louise Keiser and Jack Moore.
Ann Held received a $2,000 National Merit scholarship to Marquette University. Patrick Pickford received a four-year scholarship (worth $600 each year) from McCormick and Co., where his father worked. Pickford used the money to attend St. Joseph’s Seminary in Mountain View, Calif.
Alumni
Graduate Patrick Moore became a member of the De La Salle Christian Brothers Community. In 2000, he was one of three Brothers to receive a “Call to Brotherhood Award” for his work on behalf of ecumenism. He lived in London and was a Catholic working with the Church of England; Class of 1956 alumni Mary Vitzthum and Rose Marie Eugster were editors of the St. Mary-of-the-Wasatch newspaper, “Wasatch Winds;” their classmates, Marie Bennett and Teresa Conner, received Bamberger scholarships to study at the Holy Cross School of Nursing.
