DAR chapter names Good Citizen winners
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The Colonel John Robinson Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Westford met recently on Zoom to honor the Good Citizen Award winners from area high schools. Each student wrote an essay on the subject of “Our American Heritage and our Responsibility for Preserving it.”
The Good Citizen program is nationally recognized, open to all high school seniors, and is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. The application of the chapter’s winner is sent to State DAR for further judging.
The Good Citizen winners honored were chapter winner Grace Audette, of Ayer High School; Anne Segaloff, of the Bromfield School; Daisy Rivas, of Greater Lowell Technical High School; Grace Greenough, of Littleton High School; Isabella Raposo, of Nashoba Valley Technical High School; and Robyn Bryce, of Westford Academy. Caroline Riemer, of Westford Academy, was also honored as Outstanding American His
He was the husband of Carol Doane Goveia, whom he married in 2009.
He was the widower of Rita (Haley) Goveia.
The son of Manuel Goveia and Agnes (Goveia) Tasha, he was raised in Provincetown. He worked for the town recreation department from the late 1950s into the 1960s, running the summer programs that included swimming lessons for the townâs youngest population.
During his time at Provincetown High School he played baseball, basketball and football, and ran track. His passion for music and mastery of violin inspired him to begin college as a music education major at Boston University; however, during his first year he realized his violin skills were not as strong as those around him. He transferred to Springfield College, where he majored in physical education and minored in health. In college he wrestled and played football and graduated in 1961, cum laude. His graduate studies were at University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he earned a masterâs degree in physical