1960 - 61
Class Leaders
Student Body Officers - President: Paul Hill; Vice President: Linda Hunt; Secretary: Mary Ellen Healy; Treasurer: Jeff Paoletti.
Senior Class Officers: President xxx; vice president Al Bertagnole; secretary Sherilynne Palmer; treasurer Jim Gully.
Junior Class Officers: Presidents Bob Thompson, Buzz Rhea and Bert Vieta; vice presidents Bert Bruce, Gary Fedor and Earl Remington; secretaries Patricia Cosgriff, Susan Schanz and Francis O’Hair; treasurers Jim Williams, Bill Denzel and Jay Pierce.
Sophomore Class Officers: Presidents: Jerry Bennett, John Coombs, John Miller and Steve Hunter; vice presidents Helen Goddard, Jerry Mica and John Maher; secretaries Dolores Brinkerhoff, Donna Tippetts, Harlan Schmitt and Paula Priatti; treasurers Bill Barber, Jeanne Cafarelli, Virginia Anderson and Tim Funk.
Freshman Class Officers: Presidents: Wynn Paoletti, Tim Hill, Russ Daveron, Joe Terry and George Keiser; vice presidents Denis Kurutz, Gary McDonough, Michael Halfhill and John McGean; secretaries Kathy Sabol, Mary O’Meara, Alicia Scanlon and Mark Clinton; treasurers Patrick Clark, Jack Guthrie, Laurie Maze and Kathy McGregor.
During the Summer
Representing Judge at Girls State were Mary Ellen Healy and alternate Julie Heiser.
Attending Boys State were David Beck, Paul Hill and Jim Yerkovich.
The Year
National Merit Finalists: Andrew Grose, Paul Hill and John Powers.
Faculty: Judge added 13 new teachers – three priests, four Sisters of the Holy Cross and six lay teachers; Sr. Leo Anthony, principal and science; Fr. James Kenny, administrator and religion; Sr. Corinne, English; Fr. Jerald Merrill, science; Sr. Noel Marie, Latin; Sr. Teresa Clare, history; Patricia Woll, math; Catherine Murphy, English and math; Sr. Marilla, English; Sr. Thaddeus, librarian; Fr. David Goddard, Spanish; Fr. Victor Bonnell, religion; Sr. Mary Eliza, religion; Fr. Lawrence Spellen, history; Sr. Eugene, Glee Club; Fr. William Flegge, religion; Blanche Malouf, business; Sr. Bethania, English; Steve Detmer, biology and PE; Frank Klekas, boys health and PE; Mrs. Broadbent, girls health and PE; and Vesta Seidel, sewing.
David Beck oversaw the Basilean yearbook. The staff included Sam Arentz, Martin Glantz, Rick Smith, Shirley Molitor, Dan Cunningham, John Powers, Mike Ravarino, Mary Ellen Healy, Linda Hunt and Kathy Polanshek.
Hugh Cotterell was editor of the Judgeonian and led the Quill and Scroll Society with Judy Eagan, Sheila Dowse and Steve Hunter.
A Model United Nations organization was formed for the first time, led by moderator Sr. Teresa Clare and officers Andy Grose, Mary Ann Cunningham, Judy Molnar, Leslie Morginson and Jennings Phillips.
The senior Cheerleaders were Julie Heiser, Anne McNamara, Sharron Houtz and Susan Miller. The Pep Club president was Carol Davis. Sr. Noel Marie was its moderator.
Anne McNamara was crowned Homecoming Queen. Paul Johnson was her king. Besides the dance, the night’s festivities included John Greene singing a solo of “Stout Hearted Men” and a duet with Mary Ellen Healy on “Silver Bells.”
On a Saturday and Monday, the Judgeonian reported, students helped move “books, desks and other classroom needs” into the new school, whose “halls are so much wider” than the old school. “The lockers are recessed, not protruding from the walls like green monsters ready to snag your coat or dress. The classrooms are not bowling alleys. The floors don’t squeak. This may be bad for the students because the members of the faculty can get around unannounced. ... Because the move was made in two days rather than the four that were planned, the entire student body was dismissed on Tuesday and Wednesday.” The old building will remain a convent and provide classrooms for three elementary-school grades until newer facilities can be provided.
On Nov. 5, Bishop Joseph Lennox Federal “tapped a bit of mortar into place to symbolize wedding of the cornerstone to the structure” of the new high school. Behind the stone was placed a metal box containing newspaper clippings, a registry, a brochure that helped raise money for the school, blessed medals and pictures . . . of Rev. James T. Kenny, diocesan superintendent of schools, and the Most Rev. Duane G. Hunt, the late bishop who was a prime mover in construction of the school.” … Structural elements are of pre-cast and pre-stressed concrete. The design considered the possibility of an earthquake. The so-called Wasatch Fault lies a few yards to the west. On the east front is an eight by 12-foot seal, a composition in Mexican glass mosaics. It represents the coat of arms of the late Bishop Hunt.” The old high school eventually was razed. James Yerkovich, prefect of the senior Sodality, served at the dedicatory Mass. Paul Hill and Hugh Cotterell, DCCY president, also were there.
Bishop Federal blessed the new school building on Jan. 14, 1962. He said dedicatory prayers in the vestibule, blessed individual rooms and blessed and hung the crucifix in the main office. Bishop Federal cited Ken Sullivan, who led the fundraising effort, adding “the Judge and Cosgriff families did more than anyone realizes to make the school possible.” A tour of the building followed. The Jan. 26, 1962 edition of the Intermountain Catholic said “The school’s strength is not the Church, its teaching of religion, the presence of the Sisters, but its thinking and philosophy. Its educators recognize the existence of free will and teach the will to follow the will of God. They teach the mind, train the soul. …. The school is a secular as well as a spiritual institution, endeavoring to produce a responsible citizen of earth and heaven. Parents and others related to training the young must extend their cooperation. The school supplements the home. It does not in any sense replace the home. But home and school can together work toward the mutual end, which is to cooperate with divine grace in forming the true and perfect Christian.”
As of January 1962, Judge had 552 students and 28 faculty members. Alumni included nearly a dozen priests – Bishop Robert Dwyer, then overseeing the Diocese of Reno; Monsignors William Vaughan and Jerome Stoffel; and Frs. John La Branche, Lawrence Sweeney, Lawrence Vaughan, William McDougall, John Hedderman, Michael Winterer and Glen Shrope.”
Officers in the Latin Club were Al Bertagnole, Sue Schanz, Jim Yerkovich and Julian Bills. Under the guidance of Sr. Noel Marie, the club reviewed books, watched cultural movies and had a Latin banquet.
“The Last Time I Saw Paris” was the theme of the Sophomore Strut.
Sr. Eugene directed the Glee Club, also called “the Singers of St. Cecelia.” The 43-member chorus was led by Sherilynne Palmer, Karen Carlquist and Kathy Connole and included Harriett White and Pat Larsen.
Leading the Mu Alpha Theta math club were Gary Fedor, Kathy Polanshek, Bert Bruce and Jim Franco. The moderator was Patricia Woll.
March 31, 1961 – Bishop Federal announced the Oblates will gradually assume responsibility for running the school. Starting with two priests in 1961-62, “in the next few years more priests would be sent. The end result will be that the high school will be co-instructional. This simply means that in most subjects, the priests will teach the boys and the Sisters of the Holy Cross the girls. Some classes, such as typing, etc. will, of necessity, be mixed.” Should spur people to finish making their pledges . . . “
Thomas P. O’Neill and Thomas Gillespie were the first two Oblates, arriving in August 1961. Judge was visited before the school year started by the Very Rev. John Conmy, a native of Switzerland who was provincial over the Wilmington, Del.-based order that had 14 large high schools, in places like Philadelphia, Detroit, Erie, Harrisburg, D.C., Virginia, White Plains and Lockport, N.Y., along with six eastern parishes. O’Neill taught math, mechanical drawing, religion and presided over freshman homeroom; Gillespie taught Latin and religion and oversaw senior home room. They lived initially at the Cathedral. “As more Oblates come to SLC, they will have their own house,” said Bishop Federal. At the time, there were 550 Oblates in the U.S. The Order began in France in the late 19th century and came to Delaware in 1905. The first America Oblate “made the match between Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.” O’Neill also was Dean of Boys. Sr. Ann Theresa doubled as principal and Dean of Girls.
Science Club leaders were Dan Hayes, Sue Schanz and Jim Franco. The moderator was Fr. Jerald Merrill.
The Junior Prom theme was “Ebbtide.” The queen was Shirley Molitor. Bob Thompson was king.
Father Lawrence Spellen flew to Detroit and then drove back a new Chevrolet school bus to replace a bus that apparently broke down quite a bit delivering students from Magna.
Glen Michael Shrope, from Farmington and a 1952 graduate of Judge, became the 22nd native Utahn ordained as a priest, on May 27, 1961. He celebrated his first Mass the next day at St. Olaf in Bountiful. A St. Ambrose parishioner and Judge grad, John Gini, joined the Franciscans and “made his solemn procession” in Santa Barbara. Susan Hunter, a 1960 graduate, joined the Sisters of the Holy Cross as Sister Stella Marie Vincent. 1959 graduate Cynthia Ann Bannon became Sister Mary Jane of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word.
Mother M. Veronique, superior and principal at Judge from 1945-49, died in South Bend of natural causes. She was at St. Mary’s from 1936-39.
The Lettermen’s Club was led by Paul Johnson, Phil Purcell, Bill Dezel and Hugh Cotterell.
Sports
Despite injuries to key players, Judge fielded a respectable football team that finished the season with a 5-4 record. Paul Johnson made the All-State football team in the Deseret News. A 33-0 whitewash of South Summit concluded the season for coaches Frank Klekas and Steve Detmer, a native of Pocatello who lettered in football, basketball and track at Idaho State University.
The basketball team, also coached by Frank Klekas and Steve Detmer, posted the best record in Judge history – 20 wins and six losses, good enough to capture the school’s second region title. The Bulldogs, whose roster included future coaches Jim Yerovich and John (Sonny) Tangaro, pummeled South Rich 55-39 and North Summit in playoff games before a tournament-opening 57-50 loss to Piute. The Bulldogs then dropped a consolation game to Uintah, 63-54.
Luonna Broadbent was head coach of the girls basketball team. Mrs. Graven was her assistant.
Frank Klekas took over as coach of the baseball team, which finished 5-3, with some familiar Judge names on its roster – Yerkovich, future teacher and principal John McGean, Greg Gardner, Sid Jefferies, Frank Strelich and Mike Murray.
The track team, under Coach Steve Detmer, was young and inexperienced and failed to win the region championship for the first time in five years.
Judge fielded its first swimming team, mostly freshmen and sophomores, who trained at Wasatch Plunge. Coached by Fr. Thomas Gillespie, the team’s record “while not spectacular, was representative and even more impressive for a self-organized team,” according to the yearbook. The swimmers were Mike Murray, Art Hudachko, John Trueblood, Mike Mole, Kent Holland, Bert Bruce, Allan Sloan, Tim Schomburg, Roger Schultz, Jim Sharp, Thomas Sweet and John Coombs.
Graduation
82 graduates. Co-Valedictorians: Andrew Grose and Jim Yerkovich
Cosgriff Award: Andrew Grose and Cara Mia Clayton
Moran Award: Paul Johnson
Thomas McAn Award: David Beck and Leslie Morginson
Science Award: Andrew Grose
Sr. Francis James Award: Cara Mia Clayton
Bookkeeping Award: Eleanor Mackin
Business Excellence Award: Kathleen Hill
Journalism Award: Hugh Cotterell
Art Award: Richard Smith
Music Award: Harriett White
Spanish Award: Michael Donohoe
The Intermountain Catholic noted there were 192 graduates from Catholic high schools in Utah, saving the state $576,000 in public tax money. Besides the 82 at Judge, St. Mary’s had 34, St. Francis in Provo had 17, St. Joseph’s in Ogden counted 30 and Notre Dame in Price 29.
Alumni
Josef Smit became director of the Hana Cultural Center and Museum on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
