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A look back to 25 and 50 years ago

A look back to 50 and 25 years ago

50 Years Ago Clergy appointments included: Rev. Joseph Couture, S.S.F., pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish, Mon Luis Island and St. Margaret Parish, Fowl River; Rev. William LePage, S.S.F., assistant pastor of St. Elizabeth Parish, Selma; and Rev. James G. Walsh, C.S.P., director of communications for the Diocese.

50 Years Ago Archbishop Thomas J. Toolen offered a Mass of Thanksgiving at the Cathedral on the occasion of his 60th anniversary in the priesthood. A reception followed at Portier Center at McGill Institute. Mrs. E. F. Mitchell presided at the Burse Club meeting/luncheon at the Visitation Monastery. Msgr. Oscar Lipscomb was a speaker for the occasion.

50 Years Ago Bishop John L. May celebrated Mass of the Holy Spirit to open the school year at McGill’s Portier Center. Clergy appointments included:

50 Years Ago Newly elected officers of Mobile General Assembly, Fourth Degree, Knights of Columbus were: Eddie Guidry Jr., faithful navigator; Green T. Waggener, faithful captain; Joseph V. Torrans, faithful pilot; Clarence Barrios, faithful sentinel; Paul Oates, faithful sentinel; and Ralph Leek, faithful scrib.

50 Years Ago Mr. Jacob McDuff received appointment as president of St. Jude High School in Montgomery from Rev. Msgr. Paul J. Mullany, director of the City of St. Jude.

50 Years Ago Bishop John L. May announced the reappointment of Rev. Michael Lux, C.S.P., as pastor of St. Vincent Parish in Mobile.

50 Years Ago Sgt. William M. Mingus, of the Mobile Police Department and former student of Catholic Boys Home, graduated from GBI National’s 85th anniversary class in Washington, D.C.

50 Years Ago Gus Bertagnolli Sr. was named Knights of Columbus Council 2737 Man of the Year at the buffet dinner held at the council home in Daphne.

50 Years Ago Clementine Mullins, Jessyca McCall, Jewel Coleman and James Brown had the leading roles in the play “Mama’s Baby Boy” presented by St. Jude Seniors in Montgomery.

50 Years Ago Winners of Mobile’s Toy Bowl Field Day were: Division A-St. Peter Claver School; Division AA-St. Monica School and Division AAA-Holy Family School.

50 Years Ago Clergy appointments included: Rev. Wilbur T. Kissell, assistant pastor of Corpus Christi Parish, Mobile; Rev. Hugh N. Maguire, pastor of St. Martin of Tours Parish, Troy; Rev. Kenneth Klepac, assistant pastor of St. Matthew Parish, Mobile; Rev. Joseph Carney, assistant pastor, St. Mary Parish, Mobile;

50 Years Ago Steve Schroll, Montgomery Catholic High School junior, was voted MVP in basketball on the Montgomery all-metro team in Class AAA. Mike Baxley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baxley, and a junior at McGill-Toolen, was notified of his acceptance as a member of the 1970 United States of America School Band. The band was scheduled to tour England, Scotland and Ireland.

50 Years Ago The Knights of the Altar of St. Pius X Parish in Mobile attended the annual Passion Sunday Retreat. Providence Hospital School of Nursing senior Linda Reid Vogtner was selected “Miss AANS” at the convention of the Alabama Association of Nursing Students in Birmingham.

50 Years Ago Mrs. Gerald Chamberland and Miss Patsy Melton were recognized at award night as Outstanding Students at St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing in Montgomery. Vincentian Fathers of the diocese were pictured concelebrating Mass with the Provincial Superior Rev. James C. Collings, C.M., at St. Michael Church in Auburn.

Frank Rose was elected President of the Advisory Committee at the Montgomery Catholic Charities bureau at the annual dinner held at St. Peter’s Hall.

50 Years Ago Mrs. Margaret Stein was elected President of the Mobile Chapter of Catholic Nurses Association. Other officers were: Mrs. Mary Brown, 1st Vice-president; Miss Gloria Barahoma, Treasurer; Miss Martha Bradley, 2nd Vice-president and Mrs. Angela Dunlap, Secretary.

50 Years Ago William R. Dolan and Joseph Lanaux Marston, Jr. were delegates to the National Holy Name Society Convention in New Orleans. Denny Abbott, chief probation officer of Montgomery Family Court, addressed the sixth meeting of the Montgomery area Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Youth Program at St. Bede School.

50 Years Ago Bishop John L. May gave the invocation for the nationally televised Senior Bowl held at Ladd Memorial Stadium in Mobile. McGill-Toolen High School Band, under the direction of William Holcombe Pryor, played for pregame and half-time shows.