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Looking Back 50 Years Sister Aurelia, D.C. was appointed to the board of directors of Providence Hospital.  Sister Aurelia served as administrator of St. Mary’s Home. 

50 Years Ago The Mobile Diocesan Council of the National Council of Catholic Women held their 38th annual Convention in Montgomery with Mrs. Kitty Reickenbach presiding.

50 Years Ago Mobile Right to Life sponsored an exhibit and film showing at the Women’s World Expo at Mobile Municipal Auditorium. Leonard N. Williams, a St. Jude High School senior, was named a National Merit semifinalist.

50 Years Ago Bishop John L. May blessed and dedicated the new convent for the school Sisters of Notre Dame at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish.

Hace 50 años La Sra. Catherine Alexander fue presidenta de las Hermanitas de los Pobres Auxiliares.

50 Years Ago Mrs. Catherine Alexander served as president of the Little Sisters of the Poor Auxiliary.

50 Years Ago Elected officers of the Foley-Elberta Council No. 2736 Knight of Columbus were: Robert Huffman, grand knight; Arthur Weeks, deputy grand knight; Charles Raussher, chancellor; Harold Schneider, treasurer; John Weiss, financial secretary; Joe Yankovitz, advocate; Andy Baros, warden; Clarence Eslava, inside guard and Elliot Weeks, outside guard.

50 Years Ago Fr. John J. McCarthy, S.J., returned to St. Joseph Parish, Mobile. “The Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima” elected the following officers: Mrs. Margaret Sands, chairman; Mrs. Mildred Lott, co-chairman; Miss Margaret Bobe, secretary-treasurer; and Fr. Richard M. Myhalyk, S.S.E., spiritual director.

50 Years Ago Fr. Eugene Sheridan, C.M., and Mrs. Clara Ford directed a summer reading, arts and crafts, and recreation program for 32 children in the Auburn area at St. Michael’s Center.

50 Years Ago Spring Hill College published a new magazine entitled “Spring Hill Today.” Mother Marguerite Marie, Superior of the Little Sisters of the Poor, left Mobile for a new assignment in Phoenix.  She was succeeded as superior by Sister Margaret Mary.

50 Years Ago  Reverend A. William Crandall, S.J., former provincial of all Southern Province Jesuits and President of Spring Hill College, gave the closed retreat for women at the Visitation Retreat House.

50 Years Ago Most Rev. John L. May was the principal celebrant at the July 4th Liturgy at St. Bede’s Parish, Montgomery.

50 Years Ago Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for St. Patrick Catholic Church and Catholic Center in Robertsdale.

50 Years Ago The administrative team moved for the consolidation of McGill Institute and Bishop Toolen High School were: Sister Mary Alda Balthrop, RSM, principal; Wayne T. Merritt, director of curriculum; Margaret Golf, director of human development; Thomas P. Davis, director of student activities; and Sister Mary Rosina Bayliss, director of finance.

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.

Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J., president of Marquette University, gave the Baccalaureate Address to the 134 graduates of Spring Hill College.

50 Years Ago Fr. Raymond E. Brown was keynote speaker at the NCEA Convention in New Orleans.

50 Years Ago Pastoral appointments included: Fr. James Boland, Christ the King Parish, Daphne; Fr. Francis Cusack, St. Margaret Parish, Bayou La Batre; Fr. Patrick Foy, St. John Parish, Butler; Fr. Thomas Leonard, Sacred Heart Parish, Grove Hill; Msgr. Joseph C. McArdle, Corpus Christi Parish, Mobile; Fr. Francis Murphy, St. Bede Parish, Montgomery; Msgr. J. Edwin Stuardi, V.G., St. Lawrence Parish, Fairhope; and Fr. John J. Walton, St. Maurice Parish, Brewton.

50 Years Ago The Mobile DCCW celebrated its 20th year. Mrs. J. Harold Alexander and Mrs. Harold Dawson co-chaired the Allen Memorial Auxiliary Benefit Bridge Luncheon. The St. Jude Pirates became the 2A state basketball champions, defeating the West Morgan Rebels 64-45.

50 Years Ago Mrs. Dory Marshall headed the tree planting project for St. Bede’s Young Christian Women’s Organization.