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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, May 8,1975
Diocesan School and Parish Activities
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FIRST COMMUNICANTS of Savannah’s Blessed Sacrament parish who
received for the first time on May 3rd.
OUR LADY OF LOURDES, Port Wentworth, First Communion Class
which received on Sunday, May 4th.
THREE WINNERS
NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, Thunderbolt, First Communicants
received on May 3rd.
who
SPORTS AWARDS -- Rev. J. Kevin Boland, pastor of Savannah’s
Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament, presents awards at annual Sports
Awards Night held on Friday, May 2nd.
WALTER MULLER, ROBERT REMLER, PHILIP STRENSKI.
Merit Scholarships
All three of Benedictine Military
School’s National Merit Finalists have
received Merit Scholarships to continue
their education at the college and
university level. The scholarship winners
are Robert B. Remler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce J. Remler, of 1332 Grace
Dr., Philip N. Strenski, son of Dr. and
Mrs. Theodore G. Strenski of 20 Wesley
Crossing, Skidaway Island, and Walter J.
Muller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J.
Muller of 640 Washington Ave.
Remler and Muller have both received
University of Georgia Foundation
Scholarships to the University of
Georgia. Remler plans to take pre-med
courses in the Honors Program at the
University, while Muller plans to major
in physics.
While at Benedictine Remler has
served as president of the Student
Council, president of the Senior Class,
editor of the year-book, and a member
of the National Honor Society and the
varsity golf team. He is also salutatorian
of the Senior Class.
Muller is president of the French
Club, an advisory board member of
SODA, and a member of the National
Honor Society, the varisty tennis team,
and the school newspaper staff.
Philip N. Strenski has won a $1000
National Merit Scholarship sponsored
by the Weyerhauser Corporation. He
plans to use his scholarship to attend
Washington University, St. Louis,
Missouri, to study mathematics.
At Benedictine Strenski is STAR
student, president of the Bridge Club,
news editor of the school newspaper,
captain of the Quiz Bowl Team, and a
member of the French Club. He is also
valedictorian of the senior class, and he
was recently named a Putnam Fellow as
a result of placing in the top five
contestants in a national collegiate
mathematics contest.
Of thirteen National Merit
Semifinalists named in Chatham County
this year, four are students at
Benedictine. Timothy Gallagher, also a
senior at Benedictine, was earlier named
a National Merit Semifinalist.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION CLASS received the Eucharist as a group
during the Twelve O’Clock Mass April 27 in St. John the Evangelist
Church, Valdosta. Father Patrick McCarthy is shown with the children as
the celebrant of the Mass.
CO-VALEDICTORIANS -- David Munn and Charles Pruszynski,
graduating seniors of Aquinas High School, Augusta, Ga., will be
co-valedictorians at Commencement Exercises on May 25th. The two
students each earned an overall 96.4 scholastic average. Both received
National Merit Scholarships, a $1,000 grant for Munn, and a renewable
scholarship to Georgia Tech for Pruszynski. This is the second time in
Aquinas’ history that co-valedictorians have been honored.
Blessed Sacrament Track Team won First Place in
the Knight of Columbus No. 631-sponsored track
meet,-Saturday, April 26th. Members are: (left to right
front row:) K. Williams, R. Thorpe, A. Johnson, T.
Armfield, E. Manucy, P. Lentz, S. Rhodes, S.
Buttimer. Second row: M. Broderick, M. Buttimer, S.
Coleman, S. Friday, S, Lyons, D. Ferraro, M. Mulherin,
S. McMillan, B. Harris. Third Row: Father Liam
O’Sullivan, K. Curran, L. Lentz, M. Walsh, T. Butler,
Father Kevin Boland, Mr. Harry Lentz, track coach, J.
McGrath, M. Walsh, J. Lisicia, Sr. M. Assunta. Fourth
Row: K. Kane, C. Wilkins, M. Stacy, M. Rochefort, S.
Humphries, Alternate Captain and winner of John
Flaherty Running Broad Jump Award, W. Robinson,
Captain, T. Wilson, T. Buttimer, D. Bunger and T.
Harvey.
EXAMINATION RUNNER-UP
- Ruben Melson of Pacelli High
School, Columbus, placed second
among students competing in the
second-year level of Spanish in the
National Spanish Examination
held in Georgia last month.
Melson was among several Pacelli
students participating in the
examination.
JOSEPH LISICIA AND MARIE ROCHEFORT, both students of
Blessed Sacrament School are shown with trophies each received in the
recent Oratorical Contest sponsored by the Optimist Club of Savannah. In
addition to placing first at the school level of the contest, Marie won first
place at the Club Level where she competed with students from seven
other schools. Marie was the recipient of a one hundred dollar savings
bond. This was the second year she received this prize. In the boys’
competition Joseph placed first at the school level and was declared first
runner-up in the club level contest of the Southside Optimist Club. The
students wrote and delivered a four-five minute talk entitled “Give Me
Your Hand”.