Looking Back

50 Years Ago
New officers of St. Bede’s PTA were: Joe Morrison, president; Charles Minz, vice president; Mrs. Fairylee Frederick, secretary; and Mrs. Vera Mauser, treasurer.
St. Columba CYO officers were: Martha Ballard, president; Yolly Urrutia, vice president; Debbie Pittman, secretary; and Cathy Norman, treasurer.
The Diocesan Holy Name Union received the top award for Region III of the United States.
Dave Alexander served as general chairman and Lee Portis ticket chairman of St. James Parish Fall Festival. 
Officers of St. Ann’s Guild of St. Peter’s Parish were: Miss Ann Flynn, president; Mrs. M. E. McGinn, vice president; Mrs. L. N. Calhoun, secretary; and Miss Marian Moelier, treasurer.
The 1971-72 Mobile Deanery CYO officers installed were: Mary Ann Nolan, Paul Rice, Ellen Thompson, Joe Gingo, Hodges Hardy, Michael Reynolds, Marquita Johnson, Annette Antoine and Dennis Fobes.
The Annual DCCW convention was held in Mobile with Msgr. Alexander Sigur, rector of Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans keynote speaker. The Burse Club presented Bishop John L. May a check for $28,000.
Officers of St. Thomas Home and School Association, Chickasaw, were: Keith Imsand, president; Cynthia Ciaburti, secretary; and Gerald Baxley, treasurer.
McGill Homecoming Queen Arends McAleer was escorted by Student Council President Leslie Dukes.
Mike Miller paced the scoring for the eighth-ranked Catholic High Knights in their 30-6 victory over Fort Deposit.

25 Years  
St. Peter’s Parish, Montgomery, hosted a concert by Maestro James E. Goettsche, organist at St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome. The event was sponsored by the Montgomery Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and the Montgomery Catholic Churches.
The Office of Religious Education certified 82 catechists to share the faith in the schools and parishes of the Archdiocese.
Spring Hill College was ranked as 12th among the best universities in the South by U.S. News & World Report.
Sister Francis Zoghby S.L., celebrating 50 years a Sister of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross, renewed her perpetual vows at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb served as main celebrant. 
Sir Knight Lee Portis received the highest honor in the Knights of Peter Claver, the Gold Medal of Merit, at the National Convention in Las Vegas for outstanding services to the organizational church and community.
McGill-Toolen students Sarah McAtee, Binu-John Sankoorical and Kris Stokes were named semifinalists in the 1997 National Merit Scholar Program.
Members of the Edmundite Mission Corps working as teachers and counselors in Selma were George Valaika, Sarah Valaika, Carleen Roy, Tom Fowler III, Heidi Ludwig and Eileen Fitzgerald.
Marriott Dining Services provided Spring Hill College $476,000 for facelift and three student dining scholarships.
Catholic High School cheerleaders Anna Culruzzula, Melissa Baker, Amy Reilly, Gina Velardo, Andrea Hause, Heather Frost, Danielle Taylor, Nikki Rolison, Cecilia Wingard, Amanda Suggs, Dee Dee Wade and Michelle Harris were awarded “Superior” ribbons for performance and technique and were among six squads chosen for a bid to National Competition in Texas.
— Anne Baggett compiles information for Looking Back from past issues of this newspaper. Anne is a member of St. Mary Parish in Mobile.