Looking Back

50 Years Ago
Student Council from St. Bede’s School were: Tom Azer, president; Jimmy Adams, vice president; Erin Bowler, secretary; Mrs. Elaine Darr, adviser; and Nancy Mancusco, Greg Walker, Mannus Foster, Helen Schroll, Jeff Ndeau, Cynthia Clark and Richard Dean, members.
Dr. C. A. Lightcap and Mrs. Mildred Murphy were presented the 1971 Mobile District PTA Council Awards.
Betty Tisdale was speaker of the quarterly meeting of the Montgomery Deanery of the DCCW
Seventeen schools participated in the Mobile Area Field Day at Sage Park. Winners were: Holy Family, AAA Division; Most Pure Heart of Mary, AA Division; and St. Peter Claver, A Division.
Rev. Francis B. Hinton, CM, was Mary’s Day Speaker at Resurrection Catholic Parish, Montgomery.
McGill senior Kevin Marshall advanced to the finals of the National Merit Program.
Catholic High Cheerleaders for 1971-72 were: Mary Grace Brasher, Jeanne McGinty, Jane Cammack, Kandi Dowe, Donna Portera, Maureen McGinty, Susie Langford and Paul Deiters.
Newly elected officers of Auburn’s Catholic Student Center were: Pete Olynice, president; Augustine Young, vice president; and Margaret Kenney, secretary-treasurer.
New officers of Corpus Christ Altar Society were: Mrs. James Rodriquez, president; Mrs. Ed Roh, vice president; Mrs. Graham Baxter, secretary; and Mrs Charles Stather, treasurer.
Arlene Stens, an 18 year old Catholic youth, was named America’s Junior Miss for 1971 at ceremonies in Mobile.
Mrs. Henrietta Bledsoe coordinated the Montgomery Area Guidance Council Seminar held at St. Jude’s.
Sid Schroll, John Mastin, Steve Schroll and Wade Adams were the Catholic High students nominated for the Jimmy Hitchcock Memorial Award.
The elementary school Honor Band, under the direction of Sharon Peterson and Jimmy Andrews, Jr., performed at the Fine Arts program at Bel Air Mall.

25 Years Ago
McGill-Toolen High School Varsity Cheerleaders for 1996-97 were: Anna Bender, Tierney Christian, Leah Cooke, Jennifer Davis, Shannon Grogan, Jackie Howze, Gia Kimbrough, Brandi Mayhall, Erin Nelson, Ashley Olsen, Theresa Rehm and Victoria Shepard.
Thanks to a $1 million gift, Spring Hill College established the first endowed academic chair in its 166-year history. Spring Hill College President William J. Rewak, S.J., accepted the gift from Thomas E. Caestecker of Chicago, the father of 1993 SHC graduate Thomas E. Caestecker Jr.
Milton Andry, Mary Gaines and Carolyn Tillage from the Archdiocese of Mobile were among 63 representatives at the Regional Meeting Planning Committee of the National Black Catholic Congress VIII that was to be held in August 1997 in Baltimore, Md.
Rev. Michael D. Kelly celebrated the 25th year of his ordination to the priesthood at Our Lady Queen of Mercy Parish, where he was serving as pastor.
Selected Varsity Cheerleaders at Montgomery Catholic High were Melissa Baker, Anna Curtruzzula, Heather Frost, Michelle Harris, Andrea Hause, Amy Reilly, Nikki Rolison, Jill Spain, Beth Stark, Amanda Suggs, Danielle Taylor, Gina Velardo, Dee Dee Wade and Cecilia Wingard. Bonnie McClure was coach.
Dr. Mel Brandon, Dr. John H. Hafner and Ann J. Pond, professors from Spring Hill College, were selected to serve on the 1996-97 Alabama Humanities Foundation Speakers Bureau.
James M. Upshaw III, an A-Honor Roll senior at Montgomery Catholic High School and National Merit Scholarship winner, was selected from a field of 11,000 to receive one of 400 National Achievement Scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
McGill-Toolen High School SGA officers for 1996-97 were Paul Agnew, president; John Bedsole, vice president; Todd LaCour, secretary; and James Perrien, treasurer.
— Anne Baggett compiles information for Looking Back from past issues of this newspaper. Anne is a member of St. Mary Parish in Mobile.