LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:True or False: Before GHS Lions it was GHS Buccaneers
Friday, May 31, 2024
In 1966, I witnessed janitors at Mary Ethel Costello filling up a pickup truck with items they were clearing out of the old gym. One of the janitors mentioned dumping the items in the landfill behind Gloucester High School, where the JV baseball field used to be (now the varsity softball field).
Intrigued, I rode my bike to the dump after school and started sifting through the discarded items, finding what I considered to be treasures. One of the items I found is attached. It's a piece that I initially thought was a mistake since our school's mascot was the Lions, not the Pirates.
However, at a recent old-timers' banquet, I was informed that GHS was once known as the Buccaneers due to Gloucester's location on the river.
I'm curious to know if you have any information about this. Is it true? When and why did the name change occur? Any insights from your readers would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Jay Sutcliffe