John J.(Jack) McLaughlin:
CLASS OF 1951
Edward Everett Elementary SchoolClass of 1951
Dorchester, MA
Patrick T. Campbell Junior High SchoolClass of 1954
Roxbury, MA
John J.(Jack)'s Story
AT THE EDWARD EVERETT SCHOOL, KIDS HAD TO GO BY THEIR "GIVEN" FIRST NAMES. ex: I HAVE ALWAYS GONE BY JACK McLAUGHLIN, MY BAPTISMAL NAME IS JOHN JOSEPH McLAUGHLIN. I WAS IN A CLASS WITH JOHN M. McLAUGHLIN. LOTS OF CONFUSION ( he was much smarter than me ). IN THOSE DAYS, I LIVED IN HOLDEN PLACE ( a little alleyway off Dudley Street in Uphams Corner) AT THE E.E, I PLAYED THE DRUMS (taught by a great drum teacher, Mr. Romano) ALL THROUGHOUT MY SCHOOLS ( Patrick T. Campbell Jr. High & Dorchester High School Drum & Bugle Corps - I believe we won two Drum & Bugle Championships in the School Boys Parades, I also played drums for a "private" D & B, The Old Dorchester Post in Neponset - played some decent drum solos at banquets and my wedding reception, guess I...Expand for more
really like the drums!!!)
SOME OF THE CLASSMATES AT THE E. E. THAT I ADMIRED, WERE......JOHNNY O'MALLEY, HENRY JAMES, THE OTHER McLAUGHLIN, RICHIE MUELLER (I believe he had just come to the USA from Germany and some kids gave him a bad time because of WW II in Europe.....I thought he was a teriffic kid), JOHN VERACKA, ????? CAHILL, CAROL BALLERINI, RITA LYDON (whom I had a teeny bopper crush...pretty Irish Lass), MUGSY WHITTAKER, BUTCHIE BRENNAN AND MORE KIDS THAT WENT TO SCHOOL WITH AND HUNG AROUND WITH......CLASBY's, O'BRIEN, MULVEY, McGAHAN, KANE, CASCARANO, STELLA, PALMER AND MANY MORE THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER THEIR NAMES.....AFTER ALL IT HAS BEEN 64 YEARS SINCE THE E. E.. I HAVE A LOT MORE MEMORIES, BUT, RUNNING OUT OF ROOM IN THIS MESSAGE... Jack McL.
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