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PAGE 6 THE CATHOLIC WEEK SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 50 Years Ago Mrs. Vernon Gentle, presi- dent of the Diocesan Council of CatholicWomen issued the “Call to Convention” to the 34,000 members of 235 affiliated orga- nizations. Very Rev.PatrickDonnelly,S.J. was buried at St. Joseph Chapel at Spring Hill College, where he served as the institution’s youngest president from 1946 to 1952. Representing Mercy High School at the Mercy Leader- ship Camp in Savannah, Ga., were Peggy Martin, Jody Skelton, Margaret Crow, Ann Berrier, Ca- mille Hazeur and Ellen Coughan. New members of St. Ignatius faculty were: Sister Mary Aloyse, R.S.M. principal; and Sister Mary Madonna, R.S.M. Officers of the Catholic Women’s Association of St. Mi- chael Parish, Auburn, were: Mrs. Charles Peterson Jr., president; Mrs. Cora Lee Kenny, vice presi- dent; Mrs. James A. Nell, secre- tary; and Mrs. Donald E. Spang- berg, treasurer. The Spring Hill College freshman class of 292, one of the largest in the history of the col- lege, was also one of the highest- ranked scholastically. Elected senior class officers of Bishop Toolen High School were: Rita Kalifeh, president; An- nette Turpin, secretary; and Kay Nonnemacher, treasurer. Officers of St. Mary’s CYO were: Joe Pierce, president; Patri- cia Pearson, treasurer; and Mary Jane Touart, spiritual chairman. Officers of theCatholicWom- en’s Club of Assumption Parish were:Mrs.Chris Hicks,president; Mrs.Calvin Clark, secretary;Mrs. Raymond Schiffer, treasurer; Mrs. Frank Grady and Mrs. C. Rob- itaille, ways and means; and Mrs. Joe Smith, librarian. Mrs. Paul D. Reeves, president of St. Bede’s PTA, chaired a din- ner to honor Sister Anne Mi- chelle, principal, and other faculty members. Officers of the McGill Honor Society were Jorge Blanco, presi- dent; Danny Reimer, vice presi- dent; Mike Milton secretary; and Edward Peters, treasurer. Newcomers to the St. Jude Pi- rates football team were: Rickey Brown, Charles Holley, Ron- nie Everettt, Cecil Short, Mor- ris Gilmore, Andrew Johnson, David Ryan, Robert Richardson, Nathaniel Calvin, Frank Taylor and Nathaniel Houston. Senior members of McGill’s football team were David Wil- ton, Steve Schotgun, David Fobes, Tom Tracy, Phil Sullivan, Joe Pierce, Nick Demeranville, Steve Conley,Mike Serda, Buzzy Hayes, Tom Galle, Doug Taylor, Terry Thompson, Mike Sanders, Joe Vernielle,DanTonsmiere and Andy Kalifeh. 25 Years Ago Mrs. Frank Baxley, president of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women issued the Call to the 57th annual ACCWCon- vention held at the Gulf State Park Resort in Gulf Shores. Archbishop Oscar H. Lip- scomb purchased the first ticket to the annual Jacket Jubilee from ticket chairmen Margaret Bender and Mimsey Perrien. Sister Martha Diericks, L.S.P., celebrated her 101st birthday and was named an honorary county commissioner for her 25 years of service in Mobile. McGill-Toolen volleyball coach Becky Dickinson was hon- ored for 20 years of service as the volleyball coach. The 1991-1992 National High School Sports record book listed her as the win- ningest high school girls’ volley- ball coach. Jason Sullivan, a junior at Mc- Gill-Toolen, was awarded a full grant-in-aid to swimwith the City of Mobile SwimAssociation. Thomas J.Murrick of Prattville was named new youth director at St. Ignatius Parish in Mobile. National Honor Society of- ficers for McGill-Toolen were: Jenelle McAtee, president; Victo- ria Partridge, secretary-treasurer; Shannon Mulroy, secretary; and Courtney Quinlivan, treasurer. Participating in Little Flower Catholic School’s first-grade play, “Mama’s Fig’s House,” were: Nicholas Kersten, Jonathan McKinney,Keelia O’Malley,Cas- sidy Christopher, Cliftion Morris, Alison Conner, Aderienne Falls, Tatianna Abastoflor and Brian Crawford. The Office of Religious Edu- cation announced the certification of 59 newly certified catechists for the Archdiocese of Mobile. The new catechists join 409 catechists who achieved certification during the last 10 years. — Anne Baggett compiles infor- mation for Looking Back from past issues of this newspaper. Anne is a member of St.Mary Parish,Mobile. By Anne Baggett Looking back S C R I P T U R E S E A R C H :L W K ³$Q $W W L W XGH R I *U D W L W XGH´ Thursdays at a Host Parish Near You! &5+ 6SRQVRU 3DULVKHV Holy Name of Jesus g Little Flower g Our Savior Sacred Heart (Grove Hill) g St. Agatha g St. Cecilia St. Joan of Arc g St. Ignatius g St. John (Ozark) St. John the Evangelist g St. Patrick g St. Theresa St. Thomas Aquinas g St. Vincent de Paul Shrine of the Holy Cross 0RELOH 7KURXJK 2FW WK # 30 St. Peter the Apostle: &DOO 0LOWRQ $QGU\ 'RWKDQ 2FW WK 1RY WK # 30 St. Columba: &DOO 3DWULFN 'RQLYDQ 7R OHDUQ PRUH DERXW R൵HULQJ &5+ FDOO -RKQ 5REE