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FRIENDS FOREVER - Atop Mt. Monadnock in New
Hampshire, these youngsters from Northern Ireland
take a break from their hike. The kids - half Catholic,
half Protestant - are trying to break through societal
differences to improve the quaility of life back home.
Many of you, I am sure, are
familiar with the "natural wit"
and sense of humor of the Irish.
Some of whom I had the great
pleasure of knowing, having felt
the sting of some of their barbs,
are Councilor Albert "Dapper"
O'Neil, Robert Butler of Maiden,
my late Uncle John Shea of
North Reading, Phil Maguire of
Stoneham, and, believe it or not,
the master of them all, Mayor
and Governor James Michael
Curley.
A couple of examples - when
Judge Daley of the Municipal
Court died, a lawyer who was an
eager beaver legal beagle called
Governor Curley and demanded
that he take Judge Daley's
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WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9,10,1994-PAGE S-1
OVER 160,000 READERS
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"Friends Forever"
By KEN MAGUIRE
Back in their villages located
35 miles from Belfast, Northern
Ireland, diversity is not high on
the educational priority list for
students sach as Jonathan
Caldwell and Enda Maguire.
It's not by their choice, how-
ever. Protestants and Catholics,
such as Jonathan and Enda,
respectively, are segregated in
Northern Ireland schools.
Despite living just five miles
apart, they were strangers until
three weeks ago.
Jonathan, Enda and 10 other
kids from Northern Ireland were
in the States as part of the
"Friends Forever" program. If
they are to remain friends, they
will have to put aside societal
differences which have been the
root of "the Troubles" between
their peoples for the past 25
years.
Their time spent here was
designed to lay seeds of friend-
ship, which will hopefully be
cultivated back home. The idea
was to bring over the kids - half
Catholic, half Protestant - and
throw them into the strange,
huge land known as America.
Before they know it, they're
no longer Catholic or Protestant
- they're survivalists depending
place. Governor Curley replied,
"Certainly, I'll call O'Connor, the
undertaker, right away and teB
him of your wish." - When
James Michael Curley was
Mayor of Boston (according to
John Cremens, Major General
of the 'Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company) the Ancient
and Honorable refused to admit
Mayor Curley as an ex-officio
member. As a 'parting shot*
Mayor Curley called them
"Invincible in peace, invisible in
war."
Folks, because my dear late
mother was Irish and my late
father was Italian, my Aunt
Nora calls me a "half-wit."...
George Gould found out that
after taking a certain elixir, his
hearing showed a remarkable
improvement. George wrote a
letter to the pharmaceutical
company saying, "Sirs, after
taking your product for two
weeks, I heard from my brother
in California."... Tony Stack got
on a drugstore scale and a little
card came out saying, "Your are
tall, dark and handsome." The
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upon each other, regardless of
religion. Part of the American
experience included a trip to
Winchester High School, to see
what classroom life is like over
here.
"It was a really nice experi-
ence," said Becky Jacques, advi-
sor to the Multi-Cultural Issues
Group at Winchester High.
"Looking at different ways of
life and accepting diversity is
important in our lives."
The Irish kids paired up with
Winchester high students and
attended classes. Seeing kids
from all sorts of ethnic and reli-
gious backgrounds was an eye-
opener for the visitors from "the
North."
"They were energetic and
open about how different things
are here," said Jacques. "It was
a unique experience. It's kind of
exciting to be a part of it."
The kids, Irish and American,
had fun with their language
variations.
"Everyone thinks we speak
the same language," Jacques
explained. "We both speak
English, but the kids were the
first to note that there are dif-
ferences in our words."
A sweater, for instance, is a
"jumper" in Ireland. Don't go
looking for a "trash" can if you
ever visit Ireland. The proper
term is "rubbish." And a "round-
about" is their translation of a
rotary that Americans twirl
through.
"Everyone expresses their
opinions here," said Jonathan.
"It's great to hear that."
Tom Arthur, a Belfast-born
member of the Cambridge
Rotary Club, which sponsored
the Friends Forever trip, said,
"Everything about this country
Road race in Tewksbury
is so much bigger than where
they're from. Because of that,
they gravitated toward each
other. They bonded very well."
The real test, however, is how
their friendships will survive
back in Northern Ireland.
"It will be really different
when we go back," said Enda,
the Catholic youth, 15, who lives
in the all-Catholic village of
Toomebridge. Just down the
road is Jonathan, 16, and his
Protestant family. Their class-
mates will be in for a surprise
when the lads meet up on the
street someday and exchange a
handshake instead of an insult.
Friends Forever is an
American organization founded
in 1986. The first-ever Friends
trip was coordinated between
the YMCA in Carrickfergus,
Friends Forever to S-4
"Run Your Turkey Off"
The 14th Annual pre-
Thanksgiving Tewksbury
Physical Therapy "Run Your
Turkey Off" 15K, 5K and Kid's
Road Race is scheduled for
Sunday November 13th at 11
a.m., 10 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.,
respectively, at Tewksbury
Memorial High School. The race
features frozen turkeys as
prizes, and the entry fee
includes the best post-race
refreshment spreads in the area.
Named one of the top races
of New England by New
England Runner, the event has
attracted over 700 participants
in recent years.
"We focus on making it an
enjoyable time for each and
every participant, and everyone
who crosses the finish line will
feel like the winner," said Dave
Tyler, Race Director. In addi-
tion, there will be many raffle
prizes, and age group awards,
free post race sports massages,
as well as plenty of refresh-
ments which include juice,
bagels, cookies and hot
Campbell's soup.
The race is hosted by the
"Greater Lowell Road Runners"
Club and sponsored by Lou
Coiro of Tewksbury Physical
Therapy. It is a charity event to
raise funds for the Open Pantry
of Greater Lowell, during
Lowell's Hunger & Homeless
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planned around the area.
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