PTA Founders Day Banquet - 1968

Exciting Update!

Anthony Grunwell (In YouTube as Anthony Runwell) found a cassette tape at a thrift shop in Bay City.  It was just after Fr. Leo Lynch and Fr. Aloysius Lacki formed the group, New Image.  They played at the Centennial Celebration at St. Mary Cathedral's Founder's Day Celebration. Anthony spent considerable time digitizing it and putting all 19 tracks on YouTube.  Thank you so much for sharing this with us, Anthony!

Enjoy

Menu - Buffet Style - Baked Ham, Escalloped Potatoes, Potato Salad, Green Beans, Tossed Salad, Rolls and Butter, Cake, Coffee

A Centennial Year gives pause to thing of "time" and what it is all about...
With this in mind, we quote from "What Makes People Successful" ...

Take Time

Take time to think ...
it is the source of power.
Take time to play ...
it is the secret of perpetual growth.
Take time to read ...
it is the fountain of wisdom.
Take time to pray ...
it is the greatest power on earth.
Take time to love and be loved ...
it is a God-given privilege.
Take time to be friendly ...
it is the road to happiness.
Take time to laugh ...
it is the music of the soul.
Take time to give ...
it is too short a day to be selfish.
Take time to work ...
it is the price of success.

Program

Invocation - Rt. Rev. Msgr. Eugene A. Forbes, Pastor
Welcome - C. Lawrence Allen, President
Election of Officers
Introduction of Guests and Past Presidents - Edward W. Slaggert
Award Presentation - C. Lawrence Allen, with poem written by Mrs. Herbert J. Hansen and presented by Mrs. Hanford R. Topham, Jr.
"The New Image in Song" - Rev. Fr. Leo Lynch and Rev. Fr. Aloysius Lacki
Closing - Rt. Rev. Msgr. Eugene A. Forbes

General Chairman for the evening - Mrs. Edward W. Slaggert, assisted by countless St. Mary's mothers, too numerous to mention here - and that's the way it should be! Many, working together for many others - this is cooperation; this is success; this is Brotherhood in Christianity.

God Bless Us All.

Past Presidents:
1922-23 Mrs. W. E. Dailey
1924 Mrs. William Jehnke
1924 Mrs. Leo Weadock
1925 Mrs. M. Houlihan
1926 Mrs. J.P. Devereaux
1927 Mrs. F.J. Cady
1928 Mrs. E.J. McGraw
1929-30 Mrs. A.D. LeFevre
1931 Mrs. Arthur Weadock
1932-33 Mrs. Fred O'Hara
1934 Mrs. Leo Hendrick
1935 Mrs. Edward G. Deisler, Sr.
1936-37 Mrs. A.E. Ellerthorpe
1938-39 Mrs. George Parent
1940-41 Mrs. Harry H. Greene
1942 Mrs. Frank Roberts
1943 Mrs. Malcom McMullen
1944 Mrs. Martin Bruton
1945-46 Mrs. J. Edward Kingry
1947 Mrs. Harold Flynn
1948-49 Mrs. Morris Jean (Mrs. J. Lynett)
1950-51 Mrs. Herbert Abar
1952 Mrs. Thomas F. Quinn
1953-54 Mrs. Roy DeGesero
1955 Mrs. Laurence E. Brown
1956 Mr. Laurence E. Brown
1957-59 Mrs. Eugene W. Lepeak
1959-61 Mrs. Leo C. Novak
1961-63 Mrs. Hanford R. Topham, Jr.
1963-65 Mrs. Henry J. Kurecka
1965 Mrs. Harold V. Lappin

Graduating Classes of 1969 and 1970, Junior High

Thanks for posting this on Facebook Kathy Foley Wallace.

Same class - First Eucharist in 1963 - 2nd grade with Monsignor Forbes. High school 9th grade French class. Thanks Susan (Brogan) Call for the pictures.

Great Time at the 2018 All Class Reunion

Pictures I took from Facebook - if you have group shots or can tell me the graduation year of the ones with no year listed email me at
mesclifford@charter.net

 M

Molly and Dennis

Thank You!

A friend sent me a Centennial Edition of the Catholic Weekly published May 25, 1952. Here are the articles about St. Mary's.

*******UPDATE*********

As of today, we have 67 people that have signed up to attend the reunion with A LOT of invitations still out there. Just wanted to keep everyone posted.  If for some reason you still did not receive an invite or know of someone who did not, please send us an email at:  smcreunion2018@att.net
Happy Easter everyone!!

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Happy New Year fellow Red Raiders!

I hope you all are doing well.  I am working on our All-Class Reunion which is planned for August 11, 2018.  I just got off the phone with Horizons Conference Center and this years event will take place there once again.

My wife Molly ('82) and I are now in the process of updating the list from the 2014 Reunion and are looking for any additions/subtractions or updated information for our list.  The easiest way would be to email anything that you have to me at:

dandrews1024@att.net

We are also looking for some volunteers for mailings, contact information, etc.  So if you are willing to help, please email us as well or with any questions that you may have.

August will be here before we know it, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

RAIDERS FOR LIFE!!!

Michael Kraemer shared

Class of 1971 Class Reunion  April 2013

2016 Induction into Sports Hall of Fame

Class of 1953

Dave Woodcock

CLASS OF 1970 45th REUNION

We had the most fun. The chance to catch up, renewing friendships, and counting our blessings.

Fandangles was beautifully decorated. The food outstanding.

St. Mary Cathedral 50th Class Reunion

Kathie McIntyre Sodeman sent a picture from the 50th class reunion party on July 17th.  They had 30 classmates attend.  It was held at a classmates condo in Conway, Michigan.

Class of 1965 Party this Summer

Class of 1965 Party is being planned

Don Ezop has graciously volunteered to host this party at his condo in Conway, Michigan just 6 miles northeast of Petoskey on Crooked Lake.

 

Party Date:     Friday, July 17^th, 2015

Time:             11:30 AM until ……

Menu: Complimentary hotdogs, hamburgers, and tasty side dishes will be served. Adult beverages and soda will also be provided.

Please respond to:

Buzz & Kathie Sodeman

choz33kat@yahoo.com

We have requested a response by April 30 so Don can plan.  We have not included directions - they will be sent to those that respond positive.  

Thanx,

Kathie McIntyre Sodeman

Red Raiders

As I clean out the last of  my mother's SMC memory box I am filled with such sweet memories of my own.  There are class lists, pictures, letters and the high school handbook (mimeographed of course) from 1964.  I was 13 years old - only in 7th grade at the time.

As I browsed through it (one reason going through this box of memories has taken me two weeks) I was filled with pride to see the explanation of our team name, symbol and colors. There are so many people that want the Indian Tribe names to be discontinued from use at the many colleges that I think the explanations have been lost.  Central Michigan University still uses the Chippewas with full support from the local Tribal Council.  That is because the University has classes about the Chippewas and uses the team name with pride and history behind it.  St. Mary Cathedral had that same pride.

STUDENT HANDBOOK

ST. MARY CATHEDRAL

HIGH SCHOOL

SAGINAW, MICHIGAN

1964-65

TEAM NAME

The athletic teams of Cathedral High are nicknamed the "Red Raiders," a sobriquet which has its origin in the Indian lore of the Saginaw Valley.

Four or more centuries ago, the Sauk Indians made their homes, built their campfires, held their councils and smoked the calumet along the Saginaw River and its tributaries and gave the area their name, "Saug-e-nah," "Land of the Sauks."

The powerful Chippewas to the North, with envious eye on the beautiful Sauk country, its rich hunting grounds, its beautiful rivers and valleys with abundance of game and fish, longed to gain it by conquest.  In their counterattacks against the forays of the enemy, the peace-loving Sauks, became a formidable foe in the defense of their homeland.  Their young braves in sudden thrusts penetrated the land of the Chippewas as far North as Thunder Bay with such ferocity that they were given the name, "misk-maiadjitad,"  "Red Raiders."

SYMBOL

The symbol of Cathedral High is the Tomahawk, the light ax used not only as a missile and as a hand weapon by the Sauks and other North American Indian tribes, but also as an implement of peace.  It is a small hand-hewn stone fastened to a forked stick by strong leather thongs.  The Indians used it to loosen the soil to plant corn and beans, to drive blackbirds from the field, to break weeds, and in due time, to gather the harvest.  With it, they cut wood for the campfire, cut animal skins for their clothing and their tepee dwellings and also fashioned boats out of the trees with the help of it and fire.  Truly that little stone hatchet to them was a symbol of protection from enemies and of provision for the necessities of life.

COLORS

The school colors at Cathedral are red and white, both appropriate from the fact that its colors were once maroon and white and its team were called "Maroons" and from the fact that they are now named the "Red Raiders."

SMC Reunion A Great Success

The room was filled with friends and families. Laughter rang out from every table. Friendships were renewed and memories recalled. It was a night to remember.

Please send photos from the reunion along with a list of people in the picture and the class year to use on this blog to:

mesclifford@charter.net

Looking for Something to do on Friday Night August 8?

Lots of alumni will be in town for the All Class Reunion on Saturday, August 9th. If you are looking for something to do on that Friday evening the free P.R.I.D.E. Friday Night Live concert will be held downtown Saginaw.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE

Morley Plaza
Downtown Saginaw
Every Friday Night
July 11- August 15, 2014  5:30-9 p.m.

Directions to Morley Plaza, Downtown...

Morley Plaza is the park between the Temple Theatre and First Merit (formally Citizens) Bank.  For directions, please use the address: 101 N. Washington, Saginaw, MI  48607

It will be the Oldies Night

Featuring:   Billy Mack & the Juke Joint Johnnies

             Josh Ramses Band

     

Friends Forever

By Now you should have received your invitation to the 

August 9, 2014, All Class Reunion!  

If you have not - contact me at mesclifford@charter.net 

and I will send one out to you.

Class of 54, Kay Eckerman Snyder sent this picture.

If you have a Friends Forever picture send it to me to post here.

See you in August!

Piano Duet

Mr. James Kraemer was one of our favorite teachers. He was a science teacher. His son, Michael, sent this picture. Michael's prom was at the Bavarian Inn in 1971 where he and his dad found a piano in the hallway and began an impromptu duet. Also in the background is Jerry Witchger with his ever present camera.

Sr. James Farewell to Home and School 1961

St. Mary Cathedral School

Sunday, June 25, 1961

Dear “Home-and-Schoolers”:

At last I am getting to the point where I can attempt the message that should have reached you long ago, and yet, now that I do attempt it, what can I say except that there do be times when words are totally inadequate to express what one thinks and feels, and this is one of them. You have overwhelmed me with gifts and kindnesses; you have more than cooperated in every venture initiated by either grade or high school; you have shown an intelligent and ardent interest in everything that concerned the school of the future as well as of today; you have spared yourselves no effort, no sacrifice, no hard work, to be present and active whenever there was anything to be done. What more could any school administration ask? I only hope that my successor will realize right from the first what a treasure of support she has to call on in your organization.

The financial assistance rendered to the school has been no small consideration; yet more important to me has been the spirit in which the help has been given: what the school, the Sisters, or the children needed, that they will have. You knew we could not always be right, yet you accepted our suggestions and acceded to our requests. All this, in an atmosphere of friendly though spirited discussion of all phases of education and our concerns about children.

The Home and School Association has been one of the brightest spots in my six years at St. Mary’s. All I can say now is “Thanks!” and “Carry on!”

Sincerely,

Sister M. James O.P.

Makeup of St. Mary Cathedral School in 1979

1982 Saginaw News Article

List of Dominican Sisters at St. Mary Cathedral 1977-1978 from the Marywood of Grand Rapids Michigan Directory

Class of 1970 Reunion - St. Mary Cathedral - Saginaw

The St. Mary Cathedral - Class of 1970 met in Flushing for an exquisite dinner at Tom Price's restaurant, "Fandangles". We had a fabulous time - Clarence Lum was invited to bring some of his artwork to add to the collection showing at Fandangles this month. I put lots of pictures of the food and the restaurant (it is only a short distance from Saginaw - a half hour - and we loved having it there) as well as pictures of classmates. Click on the picture below and then choose slideshow.