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VOLUME LXVI Winter 2006-2007 NUMBER 2

THE 86th COMMUNION BREAKFASTA HUGH SUCCESS

On November 5, 2006,over 500 Burrs and familymembers gathered to cele-brate the 86th Annual Com-munion Breakfast. Onceagain, the annual Mass andCommunion Breakfast was afitting demonstration of ourCatholic heritage and provid-ed the Association and ourmembers with an opportunityto publicly demonstrate ourdevotion to the Holy Eucha-rist, while socializing withfriends and honoring fellowalumni and others who havecontributed to West and thecommunity at large.

The MassThis year’s Mass and

Breakfast had many new fea-tures, including holding boththe Mass and the Breakfastat the Springfield CountryClub in Springfield, DelawareCounty; a beautiful liturgicalmusic program presented byWest Catholic alumni; theinaugural presentation of the25th Anniversary Silver BurrAward; and the use of theOffertory collection to fund anew scholarship.

The principal celebrant forthe Mass was Rev. JohnMcVeigh ’44, together withother priest alumni, assistedby the Rev. Mr. Joel Ziff. The

homilist was Brother Ray-mond Murphy, F.S.C. ’57.The solemnity of the occa-sion was heightened by thebeautiful liturgical music pro-gram arranged by violinistBob Rossi ’55. In addition toBob Rossi, the program fea-tured cantors RichardMcCann ’68 and SarahAgnew, celloist Dr. StephenFramil and pianist AllenBrennan ’53. Dr. Framil, theDirector of the West CatholicMusic Program, is also aworld renowned cellist.

Once again, Tom DeFelice’64, presided over the AwardsCeremony. Tom, a well-knownathlete and coach and mem-ber of the West CatholicSports Hall of Fame, kept theevent moving with a mixtureof humor and nostalgia. Bro-ther Tim Ahern ’65 addressedhis first Communion Break-fast as President of WestCatholic. Members in atten-dance ranged from classes inthe early 1940’s to the 1990’s!

The AwardeesThis year’s ten award win-

ners were selected from a verystrong field of almost fortywell-qualified nominees! Thehonorees were: John Mullen’57 (William McGarveyAward); Brother Raymond

Murphy, FSC ’57 (BrotherEdwin Anselm Award); CraigO ’Brien ’57 (50th Anniver-sary Golden Burr Award);Joseph Mylotte ’57 (de-ceased) (posthumous 50thAnniversary Golden BurrAward); Al Dezzi ’65 (BrotherG. John Owens Award); BobMcCann ’60 (Brother Aloy-sius Award); John Delaney,Esq. ’74 (Brother MartinStrickroth Award); BillMcDevitt ’76 (Golden BurrAward); Joe Dukes ’82 (25thAnniversary Silver BurrAward) and Tim McNally ’82(25th Anniversary Silver BurrAward.

The CommitteeThe Communion Breakfast

Committee (co-chairs ChrisMartin ’60 and Fran Crowley’77, along with Charles Lamb’53, Jack Lister ’45, EdMcMerty ’52, Bob Mullin ’84and Jay Sawyer ’59) wouldlike to extend their thanks tothe many persons whohelped make the 86th Com-munion Breakfast a success!Special thanks to Ed Kerr ’60for his assistance with thelast minute details of theevent!

Turn to pages 4 and 5 toview a pictorial of this year’sevent.

West Catholic ConservatoryBringing Quality of Life through the Performing Arts

By Robert Rossi, ’55

Music at West Catholichas meant many things overthe past near-century. TheBoys’ School, with its athleticprogram par excellence,sported a rallying marchingband. The Girls’ Schoolenjoyed much success andcitywide recognition for theirexceptional orchestra, band,and glee club. Furthermore,the Girls’ School noteworthyoff-campus achievementsincluded performances at theTanglewood Music Festival inMassachusetts with the late-Pierre Monteaux, and at theAcademy of Music in Phila-delphia with late Arthur Fied-ler of the Boston Pops. Yet,after the merging of the Girls’and Boys’ Schools, and laterconstriction of the combinedmusic department, the pro-gram floundered, as didmany music programs

throughout Philadelphia. Didthe modern times call for newmethods and out-of-the-boxapproaches?

This decline took an abruptturn for the better when inSeptember 2004 Dr. StephenFramil (DM, Indiana Univer-sity) came onto the scene asMusic Director. With an ongo-ing teaching career in highereducation (University of Dela-ware, Lincoln University,among others), and stature asa concert cello soloist world-wide, Dr. Framil brought hishigh standards of musicalexcellence and achievementto a wilting program.

With all of his educationaldegrees in music perfor-mance, Dr. Framil understoodthe value and necessity ofbringing private music les-sons to each of the studentsin the West Catholic MusicDepartment – something thatno other high school in Phila-delphia currently offers. Manyof the music students at WestCatholic begin their instru-mental studies as incomingFreshmen–far from the idealage–of 5 or 6.Yet, the individ-ualized attention that theyreceive from the privatemusic lessons has demon-strated dramatic results.

The greatest achievementto date since Dr. Framil’s

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Dr.Stephen Framil,West Cath-olic Conservatory Founder &Director

West Catholic CapturesBlue Division Football Championship

By: Ed Kerr, Jr.,’60

1965-2006...quite a fewyears ...41 to be precise withsome very good footballteams representing WestCatholic High School over theyears. The last four teamsplayed for the Championshipunder head coach, BrianFluck, a 1988 graduate whoalong with his staff has built aprogram that is constantlyimproving. When you reviewthe enrollment you truly real-ize that there is a commit-ment here. This commitmentto excellence finally realized

fulfillment on December 2,2006 when West CatholicHigh School defeated thedefending Champions, Arch-bishop Wood of Warminster,PA by the final score of 20-12.

The road to the Cham-pionship began in Pre-Sea-son when the Burrs went upagainst three very goodteams and started the leagueseason 0-3. These pre-sea-son games helped them togain experience, to improveand compete in the CatholicLeague Blue Division, suffer-ing only one defeat at thehands of Conwell-Egan HighSchool. Following this loss,the Burrs would not facedefeat again during the 2006regular and post season com-petition. Prior to the Neu-mann-Goretti game, CoachFluck made a few changesthat helped to key the resultsof future games, including therematch with Conwell-EganHigh School in a playoff game...Result, West Catholic thevictor by the score of 42-7.

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Coach Brian Fluck

The Alumni Association ispleased to announce that the2007 Annual Fund Campaignletter will be mailed to allmembers of our proud Asso-ciation in early March. Serv-ing as Co-Chairmen for thisCampaign will be Tom Bazis,class of 1962 and Clifford F.Roberson, M.D. from theClass of 1971. Once againwe have set our goal at$125,000 and believe withyour help that we can realizeor surpass this. Your Associ-ation is committed to the stu-dents attending West Catho-

Alumni Fund Campaign

Clifford F. Roberson, M.D. ’71 Tom Bazis, ’62

lic High School and to ourmembers by providing youwith the Emissary and anactive Alumni office to serveyour needs when planning areunion or other class func-tion. We also provide informa-tion via our web site and ourvoice mail phone system.Please watch for our AnnualFund Letter for 2007 and doyour best to support theAlumni Association. We haveprovided service for WestCatholic High School stu-dents and our members forover 85 years.

Burrs at the BeachJuly 8, 2007

The 1800 alumni, alumnaeand friends of West Catholicwho were there will agree thatBurrs at the Beach at Westy’sIrish Pub in North Wildwood,NJ in 2006 might have beenthe best ever. As a result theBurrs at the Beach Commit-tee contributed $37,000.00 toWest Catholic for catholic stu-dent tuition assistance. Well,we again will be returning toWesty’s on Sunday, July 8,2007 for what is shaping upas possibly the greatest oneof them all.The feedback fromthe people who were therelast year raved about it. A lotof people didn’t think Westy’swas big enough. We had1800 people attend and stillhad plenty of room for manymore Burrs. Westy’s Pub is airconditioned inside but mostpeople stayed outside underthe enormous tent or satupstairs on the huge outsidedeck. Do yourself a favor andget your tickets early at$20.00 for 2 reasons; (1)Tickets cost $25.00 the day ofthe event and (2) this assuresyou that you will get in.

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IN MEMORIAM

Edward J. Hartman ’48 John J. Hobbs ’48John J. Keenan ’48Joseph F. McCorriston ’48 James L. Tracy ’48Eugene B. Kelly ’49Francis X. Rappich ’50Joseph J. Reilly ’50Joseph F. McNeill ’50James J. Blisard ’51Eugene J. Garvin ’51Edward J. Gora ’51Leo P. McHugh ’51William A. Farrell ’52 Samuel A. Thompson ’52Peter L. .Boyle ’53Hugh J. Gannon ’53George Magee ’53John F. Reilly ’53Francis P. Doyle ’54Richard F. Ward ’54George S. Duncan ’55John J. Hasson ’55Raymond J. Harley ’56John J. McCann ’56Stuart A. Miller ’56Ldwin L. Williams ’56Charles J. Dougherty ’58John M. Wagner ’59 Charles C. White ’‘61Walter L. Herring ’66Jerry C. Angelucci ’68Gerald P. Pawlowski ’70Charles J. Dietnch ’78

Paul J. Scullin ’27Col. Howard McGillin ‘29John C. Costigan ’31Herman J. Mancini, Sr. ’31James L. Holstein, Jr. ‘32 Jos. McGettigan Jr. ,Esq. ’35Alfred J. Wood ’36Lt. Col. Joseph Baldino ’37John Hutton ’37Thomas M. Flatley ’38Edward L. Langan, Jr. ’38Neal J. McGranery, Jr. ’38 Thomas J. Burke ’39Frank M. Volk ’39John E. Cotter ’40John J. Hegar ’40Edward J. Leet ’40Thomas H. Shaffer ’40 John J. Sullivan ’40Rev. Thomas J. Shea ’41Daniel J. Harkins ’42 Joseph P. Mulhern ’44Thomas W. VanKirk ’44Thomas J. Travis ’44Frank C. Chambers ’45 Henry F. Hagarty ’45 William C. Young ’45Edward J. Ahern ’46Thomas F. Anderson ’46John T. Duffy ’46John Manion ’47John J. Reilly ’47Edward J. Devine ’48 Francis W. Gavin ’48

Do Not Forget Them, May They Rest In Peace

The West Catholic AlumniAssociation will hold itsAnnual Meeting at 7:00 pmon May 21, 2007 at theLamplighter Tavern. The pri-mary purpose of the AnnualMeeting is to elect membersof the Board of Governors.

The Board of Governors isthe governing body of theWest Catholic Alumni Associ-ation. Members are elected tothe Board by members of theAssociation for two yearterms expiring in May of eachodd-numbered year. Associa-tion By-Laws, Art. 4, § D.

The Board of Governorsconsists of 16 to 34 mem-bers, with up to 32 memberselected by the Association,together with the Associa-tion’s immediate past presi-dent and the Faculty Repre-sentative appointed by thePresident of West Catholic.Association By-Laws, Art. 4,§ A.

Members of the Board ofGovernors may be re-electedto an unlimited number ofterms. By-Laws, Art. 4, § C.

The By-Laws further pro-vide that “Members of theBoard shall: (a) be elected bythe majority of the Associ-ation Members present atAnnual Association Meetingsin odd numbered years. . .”Art. 4, § C.

This year’s Annual Meet-ing for the nomination andelection of Members of the

Election of Board of GovernorsScheduled for May 21st Meeting

Board of Governors will beheld on May 21, 2007, at theLamplighter Tavern, 8 Camp-bell Ave. (intersection ofDarby Road and CampbellAve.), Havertown, PA, begin-ning promptly at 7 pm. Allmembers of the Associationare eligible to attend and voteat the Annual Meeting. TheBy-Laws define members ofthe Association as “all gradu-ates of West PhiladelphiaCatholic High School forBoys, all male graduates ofWest Philadelphia CatholicHigh School and all formermale students of eitherschool who have completedat least one year at eitherschool”, except that men whoattended either school, butdid not graduate therefromare not eligible until theirclass has graduated. Associ-ation By-Laws, Art. 2, § A.

Under the By-Laws, theBoard Members elected atthe Annual Meeting then willelect the Association’s Presi-dent, Executive Vice-Presi-dent and Vice President ofFinance from among theBoard Members. The electionof the officers will take placeon Monday, June 4, 2007 at 7pm, also at the LamplighterTavern.

The results of the electionsof the Board Members andthe Officers will be an-nounced in an upcoming edi-tion of the Emissary.

The Communion BreakfastCommittee is soliciting nomi-nees for the awards to be pre-sented at the 87th Annual Com-munion Breakfast on November4, 2007. The awards and crite-ria are as follows:

Brother Edwin AnselmAward; Brother D. AloysiusAward; Brother G. JohnOwens Award; and BrotherG. Martin Strickroth Award:(a) Catholic gentleman; (b)graduate of West Catholic; (c)proven “Loyal Son of WestCatholic”; (d) achieved out-standing success in chosenfield of endeavor; and (e) hasmade a contribution to Westin any form. (Additionally, theBrother Edwin Anselm Awardhonoree typically is a Chris-tian Brother).

Golden Burr Award: (a)Catholic gentleman; (b) gradu-ate of West Catholic; (c) proven“Loyal Son of West Catholic”;(d) achieved outstanding suc-cess in athletics and in chosenfield of endeavor; and (e) hasmade a contribution to West inany form.

Bishop John J. McCortAward: (a) OutstandingCatholic person; (b) not nec-essarily a West Graduate; (c)has contributed to WestCatholic in ethical manner;and (d) outstanding successin chosen field of endeavor.

William H. McGarveyAward: (a) Catholic gentle-man; (b) graduate of WestCatholic; (c) proven “LoyalSon of West Catholic”; (d)achieved outstanding suc-cess in field of endeavor; and

(e) has made a major contri-bution to West in any form.

50th Anniversary GoldenBurr Award: (a) a Catholicgentleman; (b) graduate ofWest Catholic and member ofthe 50 year class (this year,the Class of 1958); (c) proven“Loyal Son of West Catholic”;(d) achieved outstanding suc-cess in field of endeavor; and(e) has made a contributionto West.

25th Anniversary SilverBurr Award: (a) a Catholicgentleman; (b) graduate ofWest Catholic and member ofthe 25 year class (this year,the Class of 1983); (c) proven“Loyal Son of West Catholic”;(d) achieved outstanding suc-cess in field of endeavor; and(e) has made a contributionto West.

Nominations for the Alumni Association Awards

NOMINATION FOR AN AWARDNominee ______________________ Class ________

Award ______________________________________

Reason(s) ___________________________________

______________________________________________

Contact __________________ Phone ___________

Deadline - April 15, 2007

Please take the time tonominate any person worthyof any of the awards by send-ing nominations to WestCatholic Alumni Association,c/o West Philadelphia Catho-lic High School, 4501 Chest-nut Street, Philadelphia, PA19139, or by sending an e-mail to francisxcrowleyesq@verizon.net by April 15, 2007.Nominations should includethe name and class of thenominee, the award(s) forwhich they should be consid-ered and the reasons for thenomination, as well as a con-tact name and numbershould more information beneeded. If you would likemore information concerningthe awards, please contactthe committee by e-mail or bytelephone (610-246-1020).

Remembering...Father Tom Shea, Class of 1941

A true blue West Catholic man from the great class of1941... Father Tom was always happy to be with his class-mates whenever they gathered for quarterly lunches organizedby classmate Ray Theilacker. A recent luncheon that celebrat-ed the 65th anniversary class of 1941 was featured in the 2006fall edition of the Emissary and had a photo of Father and ourpresident, Tom Dorrian, enjoying the festivities. Father Sheacame to West Catholic from St. Barnabas parish as did his sis-ters, Jean and Catherine. He was honored by the AlumniAssociation in 2004 with the Brother G. John Owens, F.S.C.Award, one he cherished and was most proud of. While attend-ing West Catholic, Father was an Honor student who actuallyhad Brother G. John as a rookie teacher. A faithful and loyalpriest for over 54 years this Augustinian will be missed by hisfamily, classmates and anyone who had the opportunity to bein his company...May he rest in peace.

Peter Boyle, Actor, Class of 1951Peter Boyle, known by many as a TV star on the hit show

Everybody Loves Raymond...had a wonderful acting career.Who can ever forget his contribution as the monster in themovie Young Frankenstein? A bright and very funny man whoactually returned to Philadelphia to be honored at our annualCommunion Breakfast about 15 years ago, he was proud ofhis West Catholic education and Proud to be a Burr! His class-mates were always speaking of his work and of him. Our deep-est sympathy goes out to Peter’s wife and his two daughters,May he rest in Peace.

Tom Van Kirk, Class of 1944He was the starting Center on the 1943 Catholic and City

Championship football team that defeated Northeast PublicHigh School for the City Title by the final score of 21-0. Tomnever forgot his West Catholic days and even before passing,he requested that donations be made to the West CatholicAlumni Association for which we are most grateful. Thesedonations will help to educate a student at West Catholic. Ourdeepest sympathy goes out to Tom’s family...Tom Van Kirk ’44will not be forgotten.

Tom Dorrian and George Light present West CatholicHigh School with $37,000 check, income generated fromBurrs at the Beach.

Joe Rodia,’71 is in a BAT-TLE AGAINST CANCER. Hisfamily and friends gatheredon December 3, 2006 at TheLagoon in Essington for aBENEFIT. The turn-out wasoutstanding for this well orga-nized affair to help a GREATGUY! People from St. Barna-bas parish and West Catholicmade up the crowd that hadto be well over 700...I wasn’tcounting...just very im-pressed with the love andcommitment to helping that Iwitnessed while attendingwith my wife Ann. TomDeFelice,’64, Quarterback/Coach Excelante was onceagain called upon to be theMaster of Ceremonies. Weare all hopeful that thetremendous effort made willcertainly help Joe, his wifeRonnie, also class of 1971,and their four sons, all WestCatholic men, Joey, ’93,Frank, ’95, Christopher, ’96and Matt, 2003 gain thestrength necessary to winthis BATTLE. Please keepJoe in your thoughts andprayers, Honored in 2004with the Brother D. AloysiusLumley, F.S.C. Award, he iswell respected and highlythought of for his service toyouth in the community.

Benefit forJoe Rodia, ’71

By: Ed Kerr Jr., ’60

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The Alumni Association AnnouncesThe First Communion Breakfast ScholarshipsThanks to the generosity

of everyone who contributedto the Offertory Collection atthis year’s CommunionBreakfast, the Alumni Associ-ation is pleased to announcethe establishment of theCommunion Breakfast Scho-larship Fund! The purpose ofthe Fund is to provide schol-arships for Catholic boys toattend West Catholic. TheCommunion Breakfast Scho-larships are funded directlyby the proceeds of the Offer-tory Collection received atthe Communion Breakfast.

The amount of the scholar-ship(s) available as a result ofeach year’s CommunionBreakfast Offertory Collectionwill vary. This year’s OffertoryCollection realized $3,350. Inaddition, the Board of theAlumni Association has au-thorized the use of an addi-tional $4,650 in revenue fromthe Communion Breakfasttickets, ads and merchandisefor the inaugural scholar-ships. As a result, the Associ-ation will be awarding twofour-year scholarships (of$1,000 each person per year)

to members of the incomingFreshman class at WestCatholic.

All 8th grade boys that aremembers of Catholic parish-es and who will attend WestCatholic High School begin-ning in September 2007 areeligible for consideration forthe Communion BreakfastScholarship. The studentsneed not attend a Catholicgrade school, as long as theyare a member of a parish.Potential recipients may benominated by their parents,their school, their parish or byany member of the AlumniAssociation. An applicationform is included in this editionof the Emissary; additionalcopies may be obtained bycalling the Alumni Office(215-387-8560).

The applications will bereviewed by the CommunionBreakfast Scholarship Com-mittee. In determining recipi-ents of the Scholarships, theCommittee will consider eachstudent’s academic perfor-mance, involvement in school/community/parish activitiesand family’s financial need.

Families are required to pro-vide the Committee with acopy of the student’s mostrecent report card and a copyof the financial aid form thatthey provided to school. TheCommittee also may requestthat applicants receive a let-ter of recommendation fromtheir pastors. Recipients ofCommunion Breakfast Scho-larships will be required tomaintain an academic aver-age of 80 and passing con-duct grades at West to retainscholarship each year. Thescholarships may be used topay tuition, fees and costsonly at West Catholic.

Applicants must submit theapplication (along with a copyof the financial aid form theysubmitted to the school) byMay 1, 2007 to the WestCatholic Alumni Association,Communion Breakfast Com-mittee, P.O. Box 889, Ard-more, PA 19003-0889. TheCommittee will make its deci-sions and notify scholarshiprecipients by June 15. Formore information or additionalcopies, please call the AlumniAssociation at 215-387-8560.

APPLICATION FOR A WEST CATHOLIC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

COMMUNION BREAKFAST SCHOLARSHIPDeadline - May 1, 2007

Name of Student:________________________________

Address:_______________________________________

City/State/Zip:____________________Phone:_________

Parent(s)/Guardian: _____________________________

School Attending: _______________________________

Catholic Parish of which student is a member

______________________________________________

Has the student registered at West Catholic?___Yes___No

Please list all academic honors the student has received__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Please list all of the student’s activities, clubs, sports, etc.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Please list any other facts you would like the committeeto consider_____________________________________

______________________________________________

______________________________________________

Name and phone number of person nominating student

______________________________________________

Please return this form by May 1, together with a copy ofthe student’s most recent report card and a copy of thefinancial aid form and submit to: West Catholic AlumniAssocation, Communion Breakfast Scholarship Commit-tee, P.O. Box 889, Ardmore, PA 19003-0889.

For information, call the Alumni Association at 215-387-8560.

NORTH BY WESTBy: Tom McGrath, ’55

In 1949 a small group of 40boys from the Kensington andFishtown sections of Phil-adelphia entered the halls ofWest Catholic for the first time.Due to the overcrowding atNorth Catholic, the next de-cade would see over 450 moreNorth students attendingWest. They came by way ofthe “El” and the steps leadingup and down to the “El” provid-ed a exercise that helped JackHosey, ’54 and Frank Cian-frani, ’54 win letters in track inthat championship year.

1953 ClassOthers who excelled in the

1953 class were Tony Spodo-balski, wingback on the 1951championship football teamand a letterman in track. JoeMcCartney was a 3-year let-terman in swimming and co-captain of the team. FrancisBryne ran varsity track whileparticipating in the drama club,the West Catholic News andthe Blue and White. A 3-yearmonogram winner on thecrew, Jim Montgomery was amember of the eight-man shellthat placed 4th in both theStokesbury Cup and theNational Regatta held inWashington. Others who let-tered in crew were Jim Beheand Hugh Gannon who laterbecame a sports broadcasterat WCAU-TV and WPENradio. Also, Bud Hansen wasa monogram winner in football.

1954 ClassRunning up and down the

stairs worked for members ofthe 1954 class; Joe Pecic, a2-year letterman winner forswimming; Dave Gehringerwas a straight shooter on therifle club for 3 years alongwith Milton McGuckin.

Rounding out the group wasGus Hisler rated best musi-cian while playing 4 years inthe band, earned a mono-gram in bowling and main-tained top academic grades.

1955 ClassThe class of 1955 was on

a diverse path of activitiesand accomplishments. Treas-urer for the Student Associa-tion, Larry Ott along with BillDorgan who lettered in track,found time to also be on theBlue & White staff. SheriffDick Lyons had an importantrole in the school productionof “Finian’s Rainbow”, whileLarry McCole worked dili-gently for 4 years behind thescenes on the stage crew.Coxswain Harry McConvilleguided the four-man varsityshell to victory in theStokesbury trials and the“Fox” Jerry Keegan ranmany miles in cross-countryand track scoring often andwinning letters. The eclecticJoe Dyer mastered theorgan, played in the band,was on the Blue & White staffand was a superior student.

1956 ClassThe Class of 1956

includes Jim Den Haesewho won monograms 2 con-secutive years in cross-coun-try. Joe Marbach and StevePagliard continued the tracktradition by each winning aletter. Frank McGuigan wasan active band member for 3years and Chuck Downeyhelped Bandstand get its tra-dition started, while HarryGreisser’s serious natureaided him in debating andpublic speaking.

1957 ClassIn 1957, soccer came to

West Catholic with the feet ofthe North boys and the teamrecord of 7-2-1. The two loss-es were to the preeminentNorth Catholic but three play-ers, George Forster; GerryGaul and Walt Hipple wonmonograms. Not all the run-ning was done in soccer asCharles Lepes and Ed Wall-ace both co-captains andmonogram winners helpedthe cross country team to aninth straight CatholicLeague title. Lepes was alsopart of the relay team that setCatholic meet records, theBridgeton relays and theInquirer meet.

Ed McKeoun was a 2 yearmember of the Student Asso-ciation. Bob Michel was onthe varsity tennis team as aletter winner. Wild Bill Dotyand Rick Donovan not onlyran but walked to their mono-grams as band members.Terrance Cassidy rowed hisway to a varsity letter.

1958 ClassIn 1958, the soccer team’s

record was 11-4-2 with sixmonogram winners.They wereco-captains Ron Hipple andJohn Stabler as well as JohnHeft, George Bohnberger,Joseph Zurad and Jim Galla-gher. Dan Dunn was captainof the bowling team that wonthe Southern Division Cham-pionships. John Neuschelwas a track monogram winnerand member of the Blue &White staff for 3 years. DanScullin made a splash withthe band for 4 years andearned a monogram.

With the opening of FatherJudge and Cardinal Dough-erty High Schools in the mid-50’s, the need to send North

boys to West ended. Was itthe influence of the ChristianBrothers, or would the acade-mic, entertainment, socialand sport skills have devel-oped elsewhere.

The preeminence in soccercontinued with Bill Donaghyand Dave Eck, Class of 1960as co-captains and membersof the All-Catholic and All-Scholastic teams. Along withco-captains, George Dames,Dennis Gaul, Carl Krump-holtz, Tom Shaw, Ray Mis-sion, William Kuber andTerry McGovern. Othermajor sports found letter win-ners in baseball, GeraldMerrigan and football, JoeMcKay and Joe Braun. BothJoes were joined by Bill Rileyin maintaining high academicmarks. Jim Thompson was

considered one of the bestspeakers in the Debating andPublic Speaking Clubs. Onthe entertainment field, AlLange, a Glee Club member,and John Schmidt weregreat singers in the Westmusicals. Charley McGlinnwas a member of the GleeClub, Dramatic Club and con-sidered a noted dancer.

The years have gone bysince the era of the 1950’swhen the boys, now men intheir sixties, attended WestCatholic. For many of us, theyare good years to remember.However, a disadvantage ofbeing a North by West cadreis we do not interact on a reg-ular basis with our fellowBurrs. But, we are still part ofthe West Catholic boys tradi-tion and always will be West.

West Catholic High SchoolSports Hall of Fame Induction

Saturday, March 24, 2007Ramada Airport Inn, Essington, PA

6:00 p.m. Cash Bar7:00 p.m. Dinner8:00 p.m. Awards PresentationCost $40.00 Per Person

Please join with the West Catholic Family as we wel-come a new group of outstanding athletes into our Hallof Fame. For additional information; please contactGeorge Light at the School (215-386-2244, ext. 260.)

2007 Inductees:1952 Chuck Kilbride Track and

Cross Country

1958 Charles Johnson Football

1963 John Tomosky Football & Track1966 Mike DiDonato Football

1971 Jim Nestor Football

1985 Stephanie Hughes Basketball

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Awardees, Guests

Brother Raymond Murphy, ’57Brother Edwin Anselm Award

Al Dezzi ‘65 accepts the Brother G. OwensAward from M.C. Tom DeFelice ’64

John P. Delaney, Jr.Brother Martin Strickroth Award

Members of one of the many classes gathered to enjoy the day.

Silver Anniversary Burr Award winner Tim McNally ’82 and family

School President Brother Tim Ahern ’65addressed guests

Proud Grandfather and Brother D. Aloysius Lumley Award winner, BobMcCann ‘60 , with his son and granddaughters

Members of the 50th Anniversary Class of 1957 Breakfast and Awards Committee Co-ChairmanFrancis Crowley, ’77

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and Classmates

Theresa Pollard accepts the 25th AnniversarySilver Burr Award on behalf of her brother, JoeDukes ‘82, on active military duty in Iraq.

John Mullen, ’57William McGarvey Award

Bill McDevitt, ’76Golden Burr Award

Alumni President Tom Dorrian welcomes guestsLong time friends enjoy the festivities

Dorothy Mylotte Donohue receives the 50th Anniversay Golden Burr Award onbehald of her late husband, Joseph Mylotte ‘57 from M.C. Tom DeFelice ’64.

Craig “Ace” O’ Brien ’57 receives the 50th Anniversary Golden Burr Awardfrom M.C. Tom DeFelice ’64.

Breakfast and Awards Committee Co-Chairman ChrisMartin, ’60

Members of the Class of 1958

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tenure has been the perfor-mance at Avery Fisher Hall inLincoln Center, New YorkCity. An event that show-cased exemplary high schoolperforming ensembles, theWest Catholic Sinfonia literal-ly had its fifteen minutes offame: performing by itself onthe very stage home to theNew York Philharmonic!

With many of the musicprograms of West Catholic’sfeeder schools constricted orphased out, this current for-mula for success has its limi-tations. And this is where theWest Catholic Conservatorycomes into play.

Founded and directed byDr. Framil, the West CatholicConservatory is a communityoutreach program that tar-gets the underserved youth ofPhiladelphia, providing freeprivate music lessons to pre-high school children. Currentlybudgeted for 100 students,the inaugural semester, which

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began in early February 2007,has nearly 40 studentsenrolled. The curriculum willbegin with private instructionfor string instruments (violin,viola, cello, double bass), andin Fall 2007 instruction forwoodwind, brass and percus-sion instruments will beadded, along with the forma-tion of the West PhiladelphiaYouth Orchestra.

In addition to reaching outto the community throughmusic education, the WCC willbe presenting concert events.Professional chamber musicensembles, orchestras, solo-ists and choral concerts will bepart of the WCC’s offerings forthe alumni, alumnae, andcommunity-at-large.

To learn more about howto get involved with the WestCatholic Conservatory, feelfree to contact Dr. StephenFramil at 215-386-2244, ext.234, or at WCConservatory@aol. com.

West Point Visits West Catholic By Ed Kerr, Jr, ’60

Through the efforts of JimDonahue, ’63 and the com-plete cooperation from theWest Catholic Administration,Jim was able to arrange anentire academic day visit byCaptain Donatus Anusionwu,Northeast Outreach Officerfor the US Military Academy.While visiting in early Febru-ary, together they met withthe President, the Principal,the Academic Vice Principal,the Guidance Director andCollege Counselor, the Devel-opment Director, the varsityfootball coach, the girls’ varsi-ty track coach, several teach-ers and most importantly,about a dozen or so students.They ate lunch in the studentcafeteria and Captain Donhad some discussions withsmall groups as well. He was

able to have at least two stu-dents indicate interest inWest Point by registering onthe USMA web site.

During their close outmeeting with West CatholicPresident, Brother Tim Ahern,Captain Anusionwu indicatedthat he was very appreciativeof the opportunity to visit WestCatholic and that he was veryimpressed with the quality ofthe educational program andof the students that he spokewith. Brother Tim extendedan invitation for a return visitin March, with a couple ofcadets, for a career dayevent. Captain Don gracious-ly accepted and will work ona campus visit and tour of theUSMA (probably in April) fora select group of students,faculty and administrators.

Guidance Director, Dr.Joseph Longo, thought thevisit was very good and indi-cated that since the process,both academic and physical, isso rigid for admission to WestPoint that his office would con-centrate on preparing andgrooming underclassmen thataspire to attend the Academy.

Brother Tim Ahern thinksthat both the visit and theopportunity to tour and visitWest Point will certainlybenefit any West Catholicstudent.

Captain Anusionwu pic-tured with Dr. Longo

The Patterson Family and West CatholicQuite a TRADITION!

By: Ed Kerr, Jr.,’60

Tom Patterson, ’51 isknown and respected by hisclassmates for his accom-plishments at West CatholicHigh School as a distin-guished member of the Cath-olic League Championshiptrack teams in 1950 and1951. Those teams also wonthe State Catholic Champion-ships for both years. Coachedby Brother Luke, Tom wasstellar as he captured firstplace in the pole vault com-petition during both yearsagainst student athletes fromthe Catholic, City and StateCatholic schools. FollowingWest, Tom attended LaSalleCollege; married his sweet-heart Elaine, who graduatedfrom St. John Bartram. Theyhave two children Tom andMary Ann and three grand-children. Brother Luke set theexample for Tom who wouldgo on to Coach CYO trackand other sports at St. Gab-riel School in Norwood PA for32 years. Over the past 16years, Tom is known asCoach Patterson for the Aca-demy Park Boy’s Track teamin Sharon Hill PA. Most re-cently, Tom has become aTrustee for the Basil Wood-

field Class of 1951 Scholar-ship Fund managed by theAlumni Association.

The Patterson family has aconnection to West Catholicdating back to Martin T. Pat-terson, Sr. who was a proudgraduate from the class of1921. Martin, Tom’s dad, wasCatholic League and CityMile Champion. Francis B.Patterson, class of 1930, wasTom’s uncle and he playedbasketball for 4 years. Othersfrom the Patterson family whograduated from either WestCatholic Boys’ or West Catho-lic Girls’ include John F. Pat-

terson, 1940, Martin T. Patter-son, Jr. in 1948, Mary JaneHussey, class of 1958, Ray-mond C. Patterson, 1960, Ce-cilia Patterson, 1960, Rose-mary Patterson, 1964, JohnWilliams, 1968, Martin T. Pat-terson, III, 1973, KathleenPatterson Atkins, 1977, Mich-ael Patterson, 1982, (a goalieon the hockey team), andDawn Patterson, class of1988. Fourteen in all...ThePatterson Family is veryproud of their West Catholiceducation and to be a part ofits great tradition...Long LiveWest Catholic!

Tom Patterson, Class of 1951

1955 Record-Breaking Season For West Catholic HoopsBy Ed Kerr, Jr., ’60

Reflections of West Catho-lic Boys’ Basketball duringthe years 1949 through 1959brings to mind the five Cath-olic League Championshipsand three City Champion-ships.They include City Titlesin 1949, ’52 and ’53 and Cath-olic League Titles in 1949, ’52,’53, ’55 and 1959. The 1959title was the last and suchtitle and ended the greatestperiod for the school’s bas-ketball program.

The 1955 team would settwo records in one day whenthey scored a record 96points (47 by All-Catholic PatCarey), in a home court 96-72 victory over RomanCatholic. According to PatCarey, ’55, home courtadvantage was importantbecause of the exuberantWest Catholic fans thatalways turned out to supporttheir Burr hoopsters. Thisrecord breaking day for Careyhad him passing Joe Ryan ofSt. Joe Prep, also an All-Catholic selection, who hadscored 45 points during agame earlier in the season.Shooting either from the topof the key or driving the lanefor a lay-up, Carey wishesthey had the three point ruleback then!

Coach Jim Usilton, Jr. puttogether the Burrs of 1955with All-Catholic Pat Carey,Honorable Mention All-Cath-olic selections, Joe Spratt,Jim McNichol and Jack Ro-wan who joined Rick Cluneas the probable starters. Hiskey reserves included JoeMcGinn, Jim Dunn, Paul Wal-lin, Jack O’Reilly and Gerry

First row: Jin, Dunn, Ed McCafferty, Gerry Donaghy,Captain Joe Spratt, Bob Fagan, Ray Brown. Second row:Jack Rowan, Pat Carey, Jim McNichol, John Driscoll, RickClune. Joe McGinn

Donaghy. This team woulddefeat North Catholic andLaSalle High to win theCatholic League Champion-ship before losing to WiltChamberlain and his Over-brook team for the 1955 Phil-adelphia City Championshipat the University of Pennsyl-

vania Palestra on March 10,1955. For those West gradswho recall these glory yearsof consistent competitive bas-ketball, they will rememberthe other members of the All-Catholic Team, along withrecord breaker Pat Carey.They included Joe Ryan, St.Joe Prep, Jim Grazione,Southeast Catholic, BuddyKline, Northeast Catholic andNick DiCiurcio, St. ThomasMore. Also remembered willbe Brother D. Aloysius, themoderator for the West Cath-olic team. When West Catho-lic Sports Hall of Fame nomi-nations are made, perhapsthe name Pat Carey, ’55should be considered!Trish Carey, Pat Carey’sdaughter provided informationfor this article.

Pat Carey tries to charge pastNorth’s tight man-for-man.

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Football Championship (continued from p.1)When summer practices

began in August and Tri-Captains Marc Holloway, (Co-lumbia University), AnthonyRhoades and Isiah Edmondposed in front of the formergrotto at 49th & Chestnut,one got the feeling that to-gether with Coach Fluck’shigh expectations...this wouldbe a Special Year...A Cham-pionship Season!

Both Holloway andRhoades would be selected tothe All-City Team and youthwould be served as freshmenand sophomores would find away to help this team win thebig game. Our Congratu-lations go out to Coach Fluckwho made his 100th career

coaching game at West Cath-olic very special, to his assis-tant coaches for their longhours of providing teachingand encouragement, to theplayers for striving to realizethe dream of winning aChampionship, to the stu-dents, alumni, alumnae, ad-ministration and teachers fortheir support and for havingfaith in the program.

Hail to the Champions foryear 2006...West CatholicHigh School! Hail to all Burrs!And to the former WestCatholic players who didn’twin a Championship–thisseason and title are dedicat-ed to you. Long Live WestCatholic!

Pictured L to R: Tri-Captains Marc Holloway, AnthonyRhoades and Isiah Edmond

In October, 2006, 40 cur-rent and former members ofthe West Catholic Men’sSoccer team met on the fieldat Penrose Park, 74th St. andLindbergh Blvd., to competein the 11th Annual AlumniSoccer Game. Those presentrepresented over 40 years ofsoccer, with alumni from the1960’s through recent gradu-ates playing a tough foughtgame with current Varsity andJunior Varsity team members.To make it fair to all con-cerned, the teams were divid-ed by even and odd gradua-tion years. Many graduatesshowed off their skills totoday’s players, while currentteam members demonstratedtheir own talent and abilities.As always, a fun time was hadby all. Afterward, the alumnisocialized at a local tavern,spending several hours with

Highlights of the 11th AnnualAlumni Soccer Game

friends while nursing achingmuscles!

Each year, the socceralumni gather for fun andcompetition, getting a chanceto show off talents they maynot have used for manyyears! The games give thegraduates a chance to catchup with friends while also giv-ing current West Catholicplayers a sense of the strongand proud athletic tradition inwhich they are participating.Proceeds for the game sup-port the West Catholic Men’sSoccer team.

We hope to see even moresoccer alumni at the 12thannual game this Fall (date tobe determined). To be addedto the mailing list for theAlumni Soccer Game, con-tact Coach Fran Crowley ’77at 610-246-1020 or wcburrssoccer@verizon.net.

Mrs. Eric Rutherford (Eric, ’81is an Assistant Coach at WestCatholic) and their daughtercelebrates West’s first footballChampionship in 41 years.

Coach Virnest Beale sharesa moment of celebration withWest Catholic player after theChampionship victory.

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Hello once again to all fellow Alumni. Well, good things continue to happen atWest Catholic High School. Although it happened three months ago I would reallybe remiss if I didn’t congratulate West Catholic’s football team for winning theirfirst Catholic league football championship in 41 years, yes, 41 years. Think aboutit! The last time West won it all was the 1966 team. The seniors on that team weren’teven in West when I graduated (1961). So let’s put this into prospective. I was a yearand some months over the legal drinking age when it last happened and I am nowretired. That tells you two things (1) it been a long time between football champi-onships and (2) I’m really getting old. Speaking on behalf of the AlumniAssociation I wish to congratulate Coach Brian Fluck, his fine coaching staff, theschool administration and all others who contributed to this most significantaccomplishment. But the biggest accolades go to our Championship Football Team.Congratulations to all for an outstanding achievement! Not only has Coach Fluckbuilt a fine football team he also has built a great football program. Go Burrs!!

As we go through the last days of winter and as spring is approaching it sig-nifies to me that the end of my four year tenure as president of the AlumniAssociation is getting closer. The Alumni Association will hold elections for theBoard of Governors at our May 21, 2007 meeting at the Lamplighter Tavern onDarby Rd, Havertown, Pa. at 7:00 PM. All interested alums are encouraged to joinus and possibly become a new Board member. We are openly recruiting our mostrecent grads, especially anyone from the last 25 years, but will welcome any alum-ni interested in attending or joining our Board of Governors elections. That sameevening the newly elected Board will then take nominations for elections to theoffice of President, Vice President and Vice President of Finance of the AlumniAssociation. Based on the nominations the newly elected board will hold electionsto these offices on Monday June 4, 2007 at the Lamplighter. The new ExecutiveBoard candidates must be nominated from the membership of the newly electedBoard of Governors.

The Alumni Association would like to see more alums get involved especial-ly those who could help us market ourselves or that have an interest in writingor assisting our Emissary.

If anyone wants more information about the alumni elections or has ques-tions about our association please feel free to email me at tomdorrian@verizon.netor call me in Avalon NJ at 609-368-3395.

Pray for men and women in uniform especially those in Iraq andAfghanistan. God Bless and Slainte!

FROM THE PRESIDENTTom Dorrian, ’61

PresidentWest Catholic

Alumni Association

Class Reunion ScheduleOnly your Alumni Association office can provideyour Reunion Committee with a current listing ofyour classmates–Call (215) 387-8560.

1947 5/1/07 Tom Simpson60th Springfield Country Club 610.356.9199 or

Springfield, PA 19064 John Donoghue610.738.4121

1957 9/28/07 Combined Jack Kraft50th Springfield Country Club 215.493.5899 or

Springfield, PA 19064 Joan McGinn Woods610.356.2831

1958 9/28/07 John Gallagher50th Airport Ramada Inn 610.269.5340

6 Industrial HwyEssington, PA

1967 10/27/07 David Joslin40th Airport Ramada Inn 610.259.0753

6 Industrial Hwy.Essington, PA

1986 Planning Stage Mike Ward20th Combined momkenmk@msn.com or

Oaks Ballroom Maureen Buckley Ward610.544.3142

1996 Planning Stage Marcie Turner10th 215.474.1110 or

Nick Voight619.941.0592

2001 Planning Stage Jackie Fritz5th 215.409.5232

NOTE: ALL OTHER GRADUATES WHO ARE PLAN-NING A REUNION OR WOULD LIKE TO PLAN ONE,PLEASE CALL THE ALUMNI OFFICE AT 215-387-8560.

CLASS LUNCHEONSClass Location Contact/Date1946 Casey’s Restaurant Noon - April 23

Newtown Square July 23 & Oct. 221950 Luncheon May 14, 2007 and

Casey’s Restaurant Sept. 17, 2007Lansdowne Ave. Jim TobinDrexel Hill, PA 19026 610.284.0749

1959 C.J. McGee June 20Springfield, PA Sept. 19 & Dec. 19

The great West Catholic Class of 1960 had another suc-cessful lunch on November 15, 2006 at Sam’s Restaurant. Thenumber of classmates continues to grow. We had 29 men atthis event. One of our classmates came all the way fromArizona - Rich Wehbe. Rich came to town on business andpaid us a visit. What a great Surprise!

Plans are already in the making for our next lunch. If youwish more information on the Great Class of 1960 Lunch callthe alumni office at 215.387.8560 and leave a message withyour name and telephone number and I will get back to you.

GREAGREAT T WEST CAWEST CATHOLIC CLASS OF 1960THOLIC CLASS OF 1960By:By: Bob McGoBob McGovern ’60vern ’60

The Christian Brotherscould not have selected any-one with more appeal than“Handsome John”, when theyhonored Brother G. JohnOwens at a sold out formaldinner in November. The re-sult of the celebration was amost generous donation tothe San Miguel School, aChristian Brothers school inCamden, NJ. Brother John,the former Principal of WestCatholic High School forBoys, is part of us, The WestCatholic Family. The dinnerwas attended by Brother’sfamily, fellow Christian Bro-

thers, West alumni, LaSalleUniversity alumni and manymore. Jim Murray ’56 servedas the Master of Ceremonieswearing a West Catholic hatwith a WC. Jim used the WCto plug West Catholic but alsodid not fail to promote thework of women and the loveand guidance and care re-quired for children. Of course,Jim has done great work withthe Ronald McDonald Housefor Children, and is alwaysavailable for the ChristianBrothers.

Brother John McDonnell,’67, the first President of the

Christian Brothers Honor Brother G. John OwensBy Ed Kerr, Jr., ’60

Pictured l to r: Brother Richard Kestler, Bro-ther Tim Ahern and Brother John McDonnell

new West Catholic was re-sponsible for populating theevent and did a great job.Also attending was BrotherRichard Kestler, President ofLaSalle High School andimmediate past President forWest Catholic High School.Together, they were joinedby current West CatholicPresident, Brother TimAhern, ’66. An enjoyableevening was had by all andBrother Bill Johnson, ’60 ofthe San Miguel School ismost appreciative to all whosupported this wonderfulcause.

Brother G. John Owens with ConnieNewman, ’54 and George Light, ‘58