THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, MAy 29, 2026 Page 5 Frank J. Mastrocola Scholarship Supports Everett’s New Marine Recruits Frank J. Mastrocola, Sr. U.S. Marine Corps. By Neil Zolot verett High School seniors and new Marine Corps recruits Isaque Miranda Agostinho, Johan Baez, Angel Chinchilla Figueroa and Paterson Pierre Paul will each receive $1,000 as the four recipients of the Frank J. Mastrocola Memorial Marine Corps Scholarship for the Class of 2026. They were recognized at Scholarship Night on Thursday, May 28 in the High School Crimson Cafe at 6. “I was completely shocked E to hear about it,” Figueroa said, in part because people joining the armed services don’t need scholarship money like college students may. Baez said he was surprised about the scholarship, but also excited to get it, in part because it could enable his family to attend his ceremony Isaque Miranda Agostinho Angel Chinchilla Figueroa Scholarship recipient at Parris Island in South Carolina after eventual graduation from boot camp, as donor Frank Mastrocola, Jr. intended. Cambridge based U.S. Marine recruiter Sgt. Johnson Nguyen confi rmed, “The applicants didn’t expect this.” Mastrocola Jr. also wanted to recognize students who might be joining the armed services in memory of his father, who served in the Pacifi c Theater in World War II and saw action at Guadalcanal. “I wanted to do something for those who did what my father did,” he said. ”He didn’t go to college. In fact, he didn’t fi nish his senior year at Everett High,” he said. “He, and a group of other football players, went to bootcamp immediately after football season at the height of World War II. I wanted to do something for those who did what my father did.” Scholarship recipient After the war, Mastrocola returned to Everett and was awarded a high school diploma. He then ran a home heating oil business providing healing oil and repairing equipment for around 1,000 families before retiring. He passed away in January 2018 at age 92. His wife Gloria passed away about a year and half later in September 2019 at age 94. They met as students at Everett High. After graduating from Malden Catholic High School in 1971, Mastrocola Jr., now 73, moved to Chelsea and went into the real estate business, but also served as State Senator for Everett, Chelsea, Revere and Saugus from 1977 to 1979. The district, which changed borders but still includes Everett and Chelsea, is now represented by Sal DiJohan Baez Scholarship recipient Domenico. Mastrocola Jr. has a son and nephew in the Marines and is now semiretired and living in Medford. He and his wife Judy fund the scholarships out of their personal resources, with four being a higher number than other years. “These guys Paterson Pierre Paul Scholarship recipient are special,” he said of the new recruits. “The scholarships are a tribute to young people who chose not to go to college and their willingness to put their lives on the line in a time of war.” SUPPORTS | SEE PAGE 10 Lawrence A. Simeone Jr. Attorney-at-Law ~ Since 1989 ~ * Corporate Litigation * Criminal/Civil * MCAD * Zoning/Land Court * Wetlands Litigation * Workmen’s Compensation * Landlord/Tenant Litigation * Real Estate Law * Construction Litigation * Tax Lien * Personal Injury * Bankruptcy * Wrongful Death * Zoning/Permitting Litigation 300 Broadway, Suite 1, Revere * 781-286-1560 lsimeonejr@simeonelaw.net Checking that pays you $20 a month. It’s easy: Open a checking account and each month maintain an average balance of $5,000, make $1,500 in direct deposits, and complete three transactions of any kind.* *New checking account customers only.
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