Looking back

50 Years
Providence Hospital Auxiliary officers were: Mrs. Francis Sullivan, president-elect; Mrs. Hugh Casteix, first vice president; Mrs. Vidmer Mayson, second vice president; Mrs. M. J. Walsh, treasurer; Mrs. Ed Stuardi, assistant treasurer; Mrs. Joseph Belanger, recording secretary; and Mrs. Peter Bertucci, corresponding secretary.
John Y. Metzger, Knights of Columbus Father Ryan Council No. 2737, was named Knight of the Year in Daphne.
Fr. Emile Keil, S.T., pastor of Holy Trinity, announced a certificate from the Alabama State Department of Education was issued for St. Joseph School. Sister Alice Christine Haskins served as principal.
Bishop John L. May formally blessed and dedicated Christ the King Church, Andalusia.
The Bishop Toolen High School “Dirty Dozen” Volleyball team won the National High School Tournament in Maryville, Tenn. Miss Juanita Boddie was head coach.
An announcement was made that the Sisters of Verona would no longer be able to staff the Catholic Welfare Office in Mobile due to needs of their community.
Recipients of the McGill-Toolen Band’s John Philip Sousa Award were Steve Alsip, Rosalind Flinn and Joe Powe.
Officers of St. Margaret School of Nursing, Montgomery, were: Elaine Nolin, president; Hermaleane Shealey, vice president; Don Moats, secretary; Rebecca Franklin, treasurer; and Beth Bain, chaplain.
Rose Marie Toliver received the Msgr. John Raleigh Scholarship and Robert Miles received the Father Purcell Scholarship to attend St. Jude High School.
25 Years
Winners in the McGill-Toolen Spring Art Show were: Mary Burk Schlichting, Mandy Morris, Jennifer Jernigan, Lisa Johnston, Claire Hutson, Megan Long, Markie McCarthy, Rita Mulroy, Laura Vial, Alan Renkle, Stephanie Kahalley, Tommy Robinson, Cari Davis, Alexander Stewart, Nicole Harris, Vicki Bui and Adam Harris. Veronica Denton was named best in the show.
McGill-Toolen’s Adrienne Ratcliff was selected to play on the Fast Pitch Softball North-South All-Star Game in Montgomery.
Fr. Edward Conline, Edmundite priest, who served in Edmundite parishes from Dauphin Island to Gadsden in Alabama died at the age of 78. He had been a priest for 52 years in the Society of St. Edmund.
Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb blessed and dedicated the new education facilities and administration offices at Corpus Christi Parish. Fr. James Zoghby served as pastor.
The 49th annual Blessing of the Fleet was held at St. Margaret Parish in Bayou La Batre. 
McGill-Toolen student Elizabeth Fiser was chosen to represent Alabama in Germany as recipient of the Congress-Bundestay Youth Exchange Scholarship Program to spend the 1998-99 school year attending high school in Germany. More than 2,000 students applied and 200 students from across the U.S.A. were chosen.
The Annual Mary’s Day Celebration was held in Mobile at the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.
Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb gave the opening address at the Catholic Common Ground Initiative in New Jersey. Archbishop Lipscomb succeeded the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin as chairman.
— Anne Baggett compiles information for Looking Back from past issues of this newspaper. Anne is a member of St. Mary Parish in Mobile.