Looking Back

50 Years Ago
Official report of the 1971 Catholic Charities Drive was $409,641 in pledges.
A new parish hall was dedicated at Holy Redeemer Parish, Eufaula, by Bishop John L. May.
McGill students Frank McCloskey, James Hines, Brian Doyle, Brad Golden, Ron Laubenthal, Daryl Geinbach, Calvin Douglas, George Boyes, Matt Chapell, Paul Pocase and Kevin Frost participated in the McGill-Toolen Drama Club presentation of “Up the Down Staircase.”
Lynn Donaghey was named editor-in-chief of the "Bitoolian."
Linda Perry of St. Pius X School was winner of the Mobile Parochial School Spelling Bee.
Glynn Donovan, Tonja Sims and Vic McArdle found golden eggs and Harold Collins, Robert Busbey Jr. and Vic McArdle found the silver eggs at St. Philip Neri Parish’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt.
Newly elected officers of Catholic High Montgomery School Board were: Mr. Glen Adams, president; Major William Smith, vice president; and Mrs. Kitty Reickencack,  secretary.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zoghby celebrated their Golden Anniversary.
Fr. James Boland said the first Mass for the newly formed parish St. Vincent de Paul.
Newly elected officers of Little Flower Choir were: Robin Lewis and Terry Schaffer, co-presidents, Beverly Chappell, Theresa Hanlon and Marilee Busbee, secretaries.

25 Years Ago
Spring Hill College President William J. Rewak, S.J., announced there would be a $11.4 million worth of improvements, construction and renovations on the 165-year old Jesuit college campus to include a Student Recreation Center, parking lot, landscaping, the new Arlene Mitchell Theater and a student resident complex and more.
Carrie Fowler, a seventh-grade student at Christ the King School, placed first in the Optimist Oratorical Speech Contest.
Mobilian of the Year, Mary Zoghby, was speaker at the Mobile District Council of the ACCW. Mrs. Zoghby addressed the ACCW on “Leadership Motivation.”
Mother Rose Marie Kinsella, V. H. M., was presented a donation for renovation of the chapel at the Visitation Monastery from the Mobile Serra Club president Paul Halladay.
Jami Perez, from McGill-Toolen High School, was named Alabama’s top youth volunteer in the national Prudential Spirit of Community Award. Jami Perez was recognized for starting a fundraising campaign drive for a 9-year-old boy who needed surgery and could not afford it.
The Office of Youth Ministry in the Archdiocese of Mobile hosted its annual High School Youth Conference at the Clarion Hotel in Mobile with 420 youth and adults from 25 parishes attending. The theme was “Come Follow Me!” Greg Thompson served as Director of Youth Ministry.
Seminarian William P. Saucier was installed as an Acolyte at ceremonies at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Pa.
— Anne Baggett compiles information for Looking Back from past issues of this newspaper. Anne is a member of St. Mary Parish in Mobile.