Looking back

50 Years Ago
New officers of St. Patrick Sodality, Phenix City, were: Mrs. Jerry Youngstrom, president; Mrs. Helen Mobley, vice president; Mrs. Jack Miller, secretary; and Mrs. Ruth Rosier, treasurer.
Mr. Glen Adams was named chairman of the first Montgomery District Board of Education.
St. Peter’s Altar Society, Montgomery, elected the following officers: Mrs. Helen Moeller, president; Miss Marjorie McCue, vice president; and Mrs. Allen L. Stewart, secretary/treasurer.
History was made at Little Flower Church when Sister Kathleen Mitchell made her final profession as a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet. Bishop John L. May officiated.
The Cecilian Chorale under the direction of Mary Clifton Kaemmer and Accompanist Richard F. DeNeefe celebrated its 15th Anniversary.
Fr. Lawrence O’Neill, S.J., celebrated his Golden Jubilee.
McGill Institute Junior Clay Beggerly was local winner of the Boy Scouts of America Readers Digest Public Speaking Contest.
Miss Jewel Cobb reigned over the St. Jude Homecoming festivities.
Holy Family Parish, Mobile, began construction on a new church.
Rev. Franklin Murray, S.J., retired as vice president of Spring Hill College.
Bishop John L. May participated in Ground Breaking ceremonies for the new St. Vincent de Paul Church.
McGill Institute and Bishop Toolen High representatives to the Mobile High School Youth Council were: Andrew McCabe, David Smith, John Lyons, Rosemary Steely, Gale Heggeman and Mary Anne Thompson.
Officers of Shrine of the Holy Cross Altar Society, Daphne, were: Mrs. Annie J. Carter, president; Mrs. Helen P. Law, vice president; Miss Sheila Goodman, secretary; and Mrs. Josephine Washington, treasurer. 

25 Years Ago
New PTO Officers for Corpus Christi School for 1997-1998 were: Carol Moore, president; Shannon Poplin, president elect; Brenda Carlson, treasurer; and Celeste Morvant, secretary.
Carmelites Mother Agnes and Mother Therese, celebrated their Golden Jubilee. Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb was main celebrant and several priests of the archdiocese con-celebrated.
Fr. Matthew Sindik, Director of the City of St. Jude, announced the appointment of Michael G. McCormack (Col. USA Ret.) as Executive Director and Chief Operations Officer for the City of St. Jude.
Faustin Weber, Principal of Montgomery Catholic High School, announced that senior students William McCandless, Jr. and Andrea Hause were selected as Wendy’s High School Heisman Award nominees.
McGill-Toolen students Kathryn Zitnik and Katonia Butler were named National Merit Commended students.
Named AP Scholars for McGill-Toolen for 1997 were Paul Agnew, Meg Demeranville, Nicole Kroutter and Sarah McAtee.
Fr. Ernest Hyndman, associate pastor at Holy Family Parish, Mobile, was the homolist for the traditional All Souls Mass held at Catholic Cemetery. Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb was main celebrant of the Mass and several priests of the Archdiocese of Mobile concelebrated.
McGill-Toolen’s Sara Mareno was named the 1997-1998 Youth Merit Award recipient by the Downtown Mobile Rotary Club.
— Anne Baggett compiles information for Looking Back from past issues of this newspaper. Anne is a member of St. Mary Parish in Mobile.