The first ten years : St. John the Baptist Parish, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Part 10

Author: St. John the Baptist Church (Fort Wayne, Ind.)The first ten years
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: [Fort Wayne, Indiana] : [St. John the Baptist Church], [1942]
Number of Pages: 166


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Matthew Lange, St. John the Baptist Parish.


April 21st - The mothers of the 8th grade pupils, Mrs. John Hoog, Chairlady, give a benefit party for our new convent.


New families. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nichter, 4417 Arlington Ave .; Mrs. Edward Horning, 336 South Cornelle Circle.


Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bopp in the death of Mr. Bopp's mother.


Display of essays and posters during National Humane Week; awards to our school: Carol Eichenseher, first grade, 1st for essay; John Kohrman, second grade, third for poster.


April 30th - Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Zern in the death of Mrs. Zern's mother; to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beck in the death of Mr. Beck's father.


Congratulations to Wilmont Kerr, of Central Catholic High School who wins the highest ranking Indiana trophy in the Tri- State oratory contest before the Wranglers Club at Notre Dame.


May 7th - Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weber in the death of Mr. Weber's father.


May 18th - Congratulations to Raymond Fabian, 5th grade, winning the city champ- ionship in spelling; to John Soshea, 8th grade, winning first place in city-wide essay contest conducted by American Le- gion Auxiliary.


New family: Mrs. Max Pohlmeyer, 4733 Hartman Rd.


Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. William Har- ber in the death of Mr. Harber's mother; to Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Henslee in the death of Mr. Henslee's father.


May 28th - Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Staub celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary.


First Communion and Graduation Day. Graduates: Janet Bower, Patricia Cass, Joan Didier, Alice Giere, Gloria Harris, Hedwig Harrison, Phyllis Hartman, Mary Francis Hile, Carol Nussbaum, Patricia


O'Connor, Margaret Papai, Betty Riedy, Marjorie Younghaus, Frank Avila, Edward Bauman, Neal Betts, William Brandt, Thomas Harber, Stanley Hench, Eugene Kunberger, James Miller, Pierre Poinsette, John Soshea, Robert Tholen, Donald Weber, Richard Winter.


Perfect attendance at school (* indicates perfect attendance at Holy Mass on school days) *James Miller, *Patricia Cass, Gloria Harris, *Joan Didier, Thomas Harber, *Phyllis Hartman, *Howard Werner, *Alice Younghaus, *Mary Becker, Paul Hoffman, Kenneth Lauer, Kathleen Schnieders, *Lawrence Lauer, Violet Schnieders, *Rich- ard Pottkotter, *Thomas Schnieders, *She- lia Ward, Robert Tholen.


Bishop Noll Scholarships to John Soshea and Marjorie Younghaus. The Holy Name medal to Phyllis Hartman.


June 5th - The quarterly meeting of the Rosary Society was entertained by Mes- dames Harry Cress, Wallace Wiltshire, Harry Kesterson, Frank Morgan, Henry Krabach, "The Coronation Ceremonies of Pope Pius XII" films were enjoyed.


The following members of the Blessed Virgin Sodality were faithful in singing at our May Devotions: Misses Mary Ellen Barrett, Mary Jane Lauer, Phyllis Lauer, Marilyn Younghaus, Mary Frances Hile, Alice Giere, Phyllis Hartman, Marjorie Younghaus, Janet Bower.


Congratulations to the graduates of Central Catholic High School: Frances Boltz, Doris Hire, Loretta Kunberger, Rosemarie Magers, Helen O'Connor, Robert Schnieders, Margaret Shank, Alfred Sny- der, Earl Weikart.


June 28th - The joint celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the Pastor and his brother, Father Joseph Ryder of Gary, both of whom were ordained on the same day and cele- brated their First Mass on the same day. Dinner served by the Rosary Society attend- ed by the Most Reverend Bishop and most of the priests of the Deanery. A program in the evening by the three Parish Sodalities and the school children, and the presentation


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of a huge spiritual bouquet and one thous- and silver dollars.


June 29th - Congratulations to Fathers Leo Faurote of Avilla and John Bennet of Garrett celebrating their 25th anniversary of ordination.


June 30th - Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Nussbaum celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.


Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kuttner in the death of Mr. Kuttner's father.


July 9th - The choir picinics at the Wer- ner farm.


July 10th - The quarterly meeting of the Holy Name Society is entertained by Mr. Robert Heidrich.


July 17th - The quarterly meeting of the Blessed Virgin Sodality is entertained by Misses Rose Wirtz, Eleanor Rinehart, Kathryn Nolan, Mary Jane Lauer.


July 18th - Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Tholen celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.


New families: Mr. and Mrs. Karl Wurst- ner, 119 So. Cornelle Circle; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kaliker, 340 Lexington Ave.


July 25th - The death of Mr. Louis Dur- et, a charter and loyal member of the par- ish.


Aug. 20th - New families: Mr. and Mrs. Albin Walker, 4510 Lafayette St .; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rombach, 525 W. Branning Ave .; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mammoser, 4202 Fairfield Ave.


Sept. 3rd - Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Avila in the death of Mrs. Avila's father; to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wyss in the death of the mother of Mrs. Wyss.


A post-picnic party for workers staged by Messrs. Leo Lauer, Robert Freiburger, Sr., Sidney O'Connor; Mesdames Eleanor Cress, William Smith, Leo Lauer, Margaret Younghaus, Jess Klingenberger.


Sept. 10th - We welcome the Fathers who will act on the faculty of Central Catholic High School: H. James Conway, Superintendent; Gilbert Wirtz, Lawrence


Gollner, Herman Schnurr, Stanley Manoski, Christian Staab, C.PP.S.


Sept. 12th - Congratulations to the Crosier Fathers opening the Sacred Heart Preparatory Seminary with Father Thomas Brandon, O.S.C., as the first Rector.


Sept. 17th - An invitation extended to- day to all women of the parish to be found- ers of the perpetual Rosary Novena.


Sept. 18th The quarterly meeting of the Blessed Virgin Sodality was entertained by the Misses Margaret Shank, Rose Wirtz, Phyllis Lauer, Helen DiGregory, Betty Riedy, Betty Stump, Doris Hire.


We commend the following boys and girls who have a 100% attendance record for the High Masses during vacation for which they sang: Alice and Joan Giere, Marjorie Younghaus, Mary and Phyllis Becker, Roseann and Kathleen Schnieders, Dolores and Raymond Fabian, Barbara Wal- zer, Patricia Laughlin, Rita Weaver.


Sept. 21st - The quarterly meeting of the Rosary Society was entertained by Mes- dames Albert Korb, and William Poinsatte, assisted by the officers.


Sept. 27th - Ground is broken for our new convent.


Oct. 1st - Closing of Forty Hours De- votions assisted by the following: Monsig- nor Charles Thiele, St. Peter Parish; Mon- signor D. Lawrence Monahan, St. Patrick Parish; Fathers Nicholas Allgeier, St. Mary Parish; John Nadolny and Gilbert Wirtz, St. Paul Parish; Cyril Mohr, C.PP.S., and Christian Staab, C.PP.S., of Precious Blood Parish; Charles Girardot and John Fraw- ley of St. Joseph Parish; Henry Hoerstman and Thomas Heilman, St. Andrew Parish; Andrew Dietlinger and Francis Niesen, Cathedral Parish; Louis Duray and Stan- ley Manoski, St. Patrick Parish; Aloysius Phillips, St. Jude Parish; Leonard Cross, Central Catholic High School; Joseph Smerke, O.S.C., and Francis Pitka, O.S.C., of Sacred Heart Seminary; Bernardine, O.M. Cap., and Raymond, O.M. Cap., St. Felix Monastery, Huntington; Joseph Sei-


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metz and Alvin Jasinski, St. Mary Parish, Decatur; William Ehrman and Herman Schnurr, St. John Parish, New Haven; Theodore Fettig, St. Rose Parish, Monroe- ville; Paul Anderson, St. Joseph Parish, Bluffton; Jesse Lothamer, St. Aloysius Par- ish, Yoder; Joseph Hession, St. Louis Par- ish, Besancon; Lawrence Fettig, Ss. Peter and Paul Parish, Huntington; Charles Kay- ser, St. Vincent Parish; H. James Conway, Central Catholic High School preached the sermon.


Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cress in the death of Mrs. Cress' father.


Oct. 7th - The establishment of the perpetual Rosary Novena.


Oct. 9th - The quarterly meeting of the Holy Name Society observes Constitution Week and is entertained by Mr. Clarence White with moving pictures.


New families: Mrs. Paul Bollinger, 4802 Arlington Ave .; Mrs. Charles Markley, 4025 Arlington Ave .; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Burke, 4502 Arlington Ave .; Mrs. Walter McDougall, 330 West Fleming Ave .; Mr. Gregory Zern, 4418 Lafayette St .; Mr. and Mrs. Etor Gargaro, 203 West Sherwood Terrace; Mr. and Mrs. Everett Schmutte, 1125 West Lexington Ave .; Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Higgins, 3942 South Wayne Ave .; Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Radu, 4320 Fair- field Ave .; Mrs. J. B. Eckstedt, 3706 Fair- field Ave .; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller, 4725 Beaver Ave.


Nov. 2nd - The establishment of the Archsodality of the Most Blessed Sacra- ment.


Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bohner, in the death of Mrs. Bohner's mother; to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Stump in the death of Mrs. Stump's mother.


Nov. 12th - New families: Mrs. W. L. Hampton, 310 West Sherwood Terrace; Mrs. Ward Dildine, 4607 Beaver Ave .; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thompson, 716 Pasadena Drive.


Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Tholen in the death of Mr. Tholen's mother.


Dec. 3rd - Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs.


Vernon Otte in the death of Mr. Otte's father.


Dec. 10th - Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Riedy in the death of Mr. Riedy's father.


The quarterly meeting of the Rosary Society was entertained by the Mesdames William Smith, Gerald Smith, William Poinsatte, Harry Cress, Edward Kahoe, Margaret Younghaus, Al Becker, Harry Kesterson, Frank Morgan, Henry Krabach.


The school children sold 450 sets of Christmas cards. The best sellers were the boys and girls of the 5th room and best individual was Donald Barnes.


Dec. 18th - The quarterly meeting of the Blessed Virgin Sodality was entertain- ed by the Misses Mary Nolan, Helen Har- ber, Phyllis Lauer.


Dec. 21st - Annual Christmas party for the school children conducted by Mesdames Arthur Eichenseher, chairlady; Florian Ar- nold, William Poinsatte, Harry Cress, Lyle Poinsette, Carl Yaste, Justin Doyle, John Morsches, Justin Klingenberger, Martin Weaver, Douglas Barnes.


Dec. 24th - Sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson in the death of Mr. John- son's mother; to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gru- ber in the death of Mrs. Gruber's mother; to Mr. and Mrs. Chester Keen in the death of Mr. Keen's father.


New families: Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly, 305 East Fleming Ave .; Mr. and Mrs. James Haefling, 4418 South Wayne Ave .; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barbieri, 1107 West- over Road; Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Mattes, 410 Maxine Drive; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Schinberg, 4038 South Wayne Ave .; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freiburger, Jr., 4414 Buell Drive; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rorick, 5119 McClellan Ave .; Mr. and Mrs. James Rod- erer, 105 West Sherwood Terrace; Mrs. Nancy Walsh, 4417 South Wayne Ave .; Miss Theresa Siebenaler, 4623 Stratford Road; Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Byrne, 4420 Buell Drive.


We recommend the good example of the following who have a perfect record of at-


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tendance at Sodality Communion through- out the year: Messrs. George Barrett, Al Becker, Robert Freiburger, Sr., John Giere, Sr., Neil Hayes, Adolph Jaenicke, Thomas J. Murphy, Leo Nolan, George Sullivan, Martin Weaver; Mesdames George Barrett, Harry Cress, James Dumato, Robert Frei- burger, Sr., Neil Hayes, Rose Harber, Mar-


tin Johnson, William McGary, Sidney O'Connor, William Smith, Williard Smith, Adam Welsch; Misses Helen DiGregory, Jacqueline Hench, Jeanne Hench, Catherine Johnson, Margaret Johnson, Virginia Keen, Imelda Welsch, Rita Welsch, Marilyn Younghaus.


The School Children's Flower Association


served 1705 breakfasts to the school children on the first Fridays. Mrs. Arthur Nomina, Chairlady; Mesdames Victor Nussbaum, Dan Flanagan, Dan Steinbrunner, Clifford Ward, Martin Weaver.


The St. Francis Sewing Circle donated four new cassocks and $25.00 cash to the parish in the past year. President, Mrs. Walter Jones; Vice-President, Mrs. William Smith; Treasurer, Mrs. Frank Monahan.


Mrs. Michael Cass served as Parish Chairman of the N.C.C.W.


Leo Nolan served as president of the par- ish chapter of the CYO.


Mr. Roland Kohl served as Scoutmaster through this year.


FIRST COMMUNION CLASS OF 1939


Front row, left to right: Sally Heidrich, Evelyn Gladieux, Barbara Arnold, Dolores Gilmore, Patricia Rushford, Shirley Sanborn, Mary Ann Weitz, Marjorie Nomina, Barbara Otte, Mary Lee Mettler.


Second row, left to right: Ricardo Avila, Mary Catherine Wyss, Philip Clemens, Sally Smith, Alan Ward, Joan Kohrman, Sue Hively, Mary Bickel, Marilyn Miller, Shirley Semans, James Dumato, Mary Ellen Johnson, Donald Miller, Roselyn Becker and Jack Zern.


Third row, left to right: Robert Ward, David Lauer, Raymond Jones, Robert Bender, Charles Kerley, Thomas Schnieders, Thomas Bickel, Ramon Avila.


SUPPORTING MEMBERSHIP 1939


Mr. Martin J. Grace Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lauer Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jauch Mr. Robert Boyles Mr. and Mrs. Richard O'Connor Mr. and Mrs. William Poinsatte


Mr. and Mrs. Clement Schnieders Mr. and Mrs. Carl Yaste Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fox Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freiburger, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Curtis Pease Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zirkel Misses Eugenie and Isabel Buchanan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Doody Mr. and Mrs. John Hoog Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Victor Nussbaum Mr. and Mrs. James Nolan Catherine Nolan Leo Nolan Martha Nolan Mary Nolan Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Staub Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schaaf Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shank Mrs. Eleanor Cress Mr. and Mrs. Edward Glenwith Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heidrich Mr. and Mrs. Justin Klingenberger Mr. and Mrs. Omer Mettler Mrs. Mary E. and Florian Ryder Dr. and Mrs. Juan Rodriguez Mr. Frank Travers Mrs. Nellie Travers Miss Josephine Travers Mrs. Margaret Younghaus Mrs. Mary Costigan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Adang Mr. Leon Beck Mrs. Frank Bohn Mr. and Mrs. J. Al Becker Mrs. Chester Baker Mr. and Mrs. William Cashman Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cass Mr. Herman Cron Irene Cron


Mr. and Mrs. Robert Getty Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hile Mr. and Mrs. Neal Hench Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herr Mr. Harry G. Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jaenicke Mr. and Mrs. Earl Laughlin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Loos, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney O'Connor Mr. and Mrs. A. Lyle Poinsette Mr. and Mrs. William Smith Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Steckbeck Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Singer Mr. and Mrs. Harry Soshea Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weitz Mr. and Mrs. Martin Weaver Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wesner Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Zern Mr. and Mrs. Florian Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bangert Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clifford Mr. and Mrs. Harold Chamness Dr. Charles J. Cooney


Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Cook Mr. John Cleary Bessie Cleary Uarda Cleary Mrs. Haywood Davis Mr. and Mrs. Justin Doyle


Mr. and Mrs. Victor Deininger


Mr. and Mrs. John Giere Mr. Benjamin W. Hartman Benjamin Hartman, Jr.


Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Hoffman Mr. Edward B. Henslee Mrs. Harry Kesterson Mr. and Mrs. Albert Korb


Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kahoe Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krabach Miss Helen Lonergan Augusta Viberg Mr. and Mrs. George Lauer Mr. Frank Mills Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mathews Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mascotte


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Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mungovan Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Oser


Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Popp


Miss Eleanor Rinehart


Mr. and Mrs. George Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sherrick Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Smith


Mrs. Ralph Stephenson


Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Todd


Mr. and Mrs. Ross Van Horn


Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wyss


Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wyss


Mrs. Wallace Wiltshire Robert Wiltshire


Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Alter Mrs. Robert Boltz


Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Bobay Frank Eakin Fred Eakin


Mr. and Mrs. George Barrett


Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bender


Mr. and Mrs. David Brames


Mrs. Diedrich Brandt


Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DiGregory August DiGregory Helen DiGregory


Mr. and Mrs. James Dumato


Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fabian


Mr. and Mrs. Dan Flanagan


Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gruber Virgina Gruber


Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hartman


Mrs. Aubrey Hire


Mr. and Mrs. Neil Hayes


Mrs. James Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kinder


Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kearns


Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kuttner


Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Krull Mrs. Mary Townsend Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Kenny Mary G. Kenney Mrs. Harry Krahn


Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Ledden


Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meier


Mr. and Mrs. William McGary Bette McGary Eileen McGary Mrs. Virgil McGuire


Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maroney Mrs. Frank Morgan


Mr. and Mrs. Frank Monahan Eleanor Monahan Mrs. Joseph Miles


Miss Kathryn Nolan


Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Parent


Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pantello


Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Sanborn


Mr. James Sullivan


Mr. Edwin Schouweiler


Mrs. Donald Semans


Mr. and Mrs. Dale Urbine Birnelle Urbine


Miss Rose Wirtz


Mr. Henry H. Welsch Rita Welsch Imelda Welsch


Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weber Evelyn Weber Robert Weber Geraldine Weber


Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Werner


Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ward


Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Zehender


Mrs. Arthur Aiken


Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bobay


Mr. and Mrs. Willard Briede


Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Barnes


Mrs. Dr. Hugh Berkey


Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bickel Mr. and Mrs. August Becker


Mr. Louis Blaising


Mrs. Wilbert Blomberg


Mrs. Harold Bower


Mrs. Ora Coomler


Mr. and Mrs. Harold Conroy


Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Connor


Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Dinklage Mrs. David Erwin


Mrs. Arthur Eichenseher Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius Fox


Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gibbons Mr. and Mrs. Reynold Getty Mr. Thomas Gordon


Mr. and Mrs. Clem Gladieux


Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harber Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hively Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harrison


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Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harris Mr. and Mrs. Darreld Hirschfelder Mr. and Mrs. William Harber Mrs. Rose Harber Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hartman Mrs. James Johnson


Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kerley Mr. and Mrs. Roland Kohl


Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Koorsen Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kohrman


Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wilhelm Mr. and Mrs. Karl Wurstner


Mr. and Mrs. Adam Welsch Mrs. Harry Angold


Mr. and Mrs. William Boscet


Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bohner


Mrs. Carl Barnes Mr. Joseph Bauman Robert Bauman


Miss Velma Bobay


Mr. Thomas Coppolino


Mrs. John Camperman


Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Clemens


Mr. Harry Duerstock


Mrs. John Ensch Mrs. Augusta Gordon


Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman


Mrs. Edwin Horning


Mrs. Julius C. Jensen


Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kaliker


Mrs. Loretta Kunberger Mr. and Mrs. Noah Leedy


Mrs. Florence Lauer Mrs. Joseph Mettler


Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nichter


Mrs. Harold Sherbondy Mrs. Alfred Snyder


Mr. and Mrs. Hillard Thomas


Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rushford


Mr. and Mrs. Earl Riedy Mrs. William Riebs Mrs. Joseph Schrimp Mr. and Mrs. Willard Smith Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Steinbrunner Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith


Mrs. Bayless Swift


Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schmid


Mrs. Caroline Stahl


Mr. and Mrs. Leo Stump


Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Tholen, Sr.


Mr. and Mrs. Donald Vordermark Mrs. Bruce Williams Mrs. Ralph Whitehouse


Mr. and Mrs. Chester Keen


Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Krull


Mr. and Mrs. Carl Landgraf


Mrs. Orville Louthan Mrs. Elizabeth Loos Bertille Loos Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Miller Mr. and Mrs. James Moir Mr. John Mettel Mrs. Catherine Mettel Mrs. John Morsches


Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mammoser


Mrs. Seymour Martin


Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Madden Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Maloy Mr. and Mrs. Herman Nussbaum


Mr. and Mrs. Victor Nichter


Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nomina Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Day Mayme Grant Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Otte Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Penzone Mr. and Mrs. Leo Pottkotter Mrs. Sidney Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Patten Mrs. Lewis Papai Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Robin Mrs. Carl Rowdabaugh


Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Ventruella Mrs. Louis Ward Mr. and Mrs. James Walzer Frank Walzer Valentine Walzer


Mr. and Mrs. Albin Walker Mrs. Josephine Wigbel Mary Wigbel Mr. and Mrs. Carl Zoeller


SPIRITUAL BOUQUETS 1939


Intention:


Requested by: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Doody


Patrick Doody


Edward Disser


Bernard Mettler


Gustave Grosh


Thomas O'Brien


Mr. and Mrs. Victor Nussbaum Mr. and Mrs. Omer Mettler Dr. Edwin Sell Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Doody Mrs. Nellie Travers


Martin Travers


Henry and Philomena Lauer


Mrs. Frank Obringer


Mrs. Frank Obringer (3)


Mr. Frank Obringer


Thanksgiving


Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freiburger, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. James Walzer


Gertrude Giese


Catherine Wirtz and Elizabeth Freund


Miss Rose Wirtz


Mrs. Frank Mills (12)


Mr. Frank Mills


Mrs. John Cleary (12)


Bessie and Uarda Cleary


Mrs. Mary Sherrick (12)


Mr. Llyod Sherrick Mrs. Joseph Bauman


Mrs. Joseph Bauman


Rosary Society


Mrs. Joseph Bauman


Boys and Girls of the upper grades


Mrs. Joseph Bauman (7)


Joseph Stahl (12)


Mr. Joseph Bauman Mrs. Caroline Stahl Members of the choir


Mary Clusserath


Mrs. Nellie Travers


Albert Stansbury


Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson


Blessed Virgin


Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jaenicke Mrs. Frank Bohn Family Mrs. Dr. Hugh Berkey


Mr. and Mrs. Thomas White


Corrine Grassow


Mr. and Mrs. John Murray


Elmer Grosh


Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Zern


Mrs. Mary Young (2)


Nuptial Mass


Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mungovan Clifford Wendeln and Dolores Magers Mrs. Louis Blaising


Mamie Merz Blaising


Mrs. Frances M. Giere


Pope Pius XI


Mrs. Patrick Doody


Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Doody


Jules Hartman


Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hartman


Santiago Rodriguez, Jr.


Dr. and Mrs. Juan Rodriguez Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hartman


Thanksgiving


Mrs. James Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fox


Gezenia Loos (4)


Joseph and Jerry Loos


Rose Jocheim


Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Poinsette


William Reardon


Mrs. Mary E. Ryder


Timothy McCarthy


Mrs. Timothy O'Connor


Mr. and Mrs. George C. Hart


Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schaaf


Saint Joseph


Mr. Golden Reul


Charlotte Fry


Louis Fox (12)


Mr. and Mrs. John Giere St. John Parish


Poor Souls (8)


Deceased members


Mr. and Mrs. George Lauer Rosary Society


Funeral Mass


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Harry Shay


Mrs. Florence K. Shay


Mrs. Mary Nussbaum


50th wedding anniversary


Mr. and Mrs. Victor Nussbaum Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jaenicke Miss Rose Wirtz


Anna Brill


Funeral Mass


Mr. Bernard Wigbel


Bernard Wigbel


Holy Name Society


Bernard Wigbel


Mrs. Bernard Wigbel


Mrs. Mary A. Staub


Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Staub


Aloysius and Mary Jordan (2)


Mrs. Ellen Reul


Mr. and Mrs. Omer Mettler Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Zern


Fred and Katherine Lauer


Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Parent


Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Rowen


Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mascotte


10th wedding anniversary


Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Staub


Mrs. Louisa Doll


Mrs. Eleanor Cress


Mrs. Catherine McCarey


Mr. Lloyd Sherrick


Santiago Rodriguez, Sr.


Dr. and Mrs. Juan Rodriguez


Herman Fenker


R. M. Kaough Co. employees Miss Kathryn Nolan


Living and deceased members


Sacred Heart League


Miss Isabel Cass (2)


Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cass


Mrs. Martin J. Grace (2)


Mr. Martin J. Grace


25th wedding anniversary


Mr. and Mrs. Victor Nussbaum


Jules Hartman


Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Hartman


Mrs. Corrine Stansbury


Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson


Peter G. Kuttner


Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kuttner


Mrs. Minnie B. Ledden


Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Ledden


Mrs. Caroline Mungovan


Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mungovan


Thomas McCarey


Mr. Lloyd Sherrick


25th wedding anniversary


Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Tholen, Sr.


Mr. and Mrs. Albert Adkins (2)


Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freiburger, Sr.


Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Freiburger Peter G. Kuttner


Mr. and Mrs. Omer Mettler


Funeral Mass


Mr. Louis Duret Knights of Columbus


Louis Duret


Miss Kathryn Nolan


Holy Family


Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Doody


Edward S. Nolan


Miss Kathryn Nolan


Blessed Virgin


Miss Bernadette Murphy


Louis M. Beck


Mrs. Louis Beck


Mrs. Joseph Magers


Mrs. Joseph Magers


15th Wedding anniversary


Mr. and Mrs. Omer Mettler


William Meese


Mrs. Joseph Magers


Living and deceased members Joseph Doll (2) Nuptial Mass


Dr. Edward McArdle and Nancy Alma Fox


Mrs. Thomas J. Gordon


Mr. Thomas J. Gordon


Dorothy Pugh


Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson


Mary Kuehner


Poinsette Fur Co. employees


Robert Ball (3)


Mrs. Caroline Stahl


Miss Kathryn Nolan


Mrs. Mary E. Nolan


Rosary Society Mrs. Eleanor Cress


Sr. Madeline Sophie


Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freiburger, Sr.


Miss Esther Nolan


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Poor Souls


Mrs. W. L. Hampton


Jacob Wirtz


Miss Rose Wirtz


Joseph M. Gordon


Mrs. Augusta Gordon


Leo T. Riedy


Mr. and Mrs. Earl Riedy


Katherine Hurber


Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bohner


John and Christina Himbert


Mr. and Mrs. Carl Yaste


Richard, Kurt, and Alice Jaenicke Glassey


Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Jaenicke


Mrs. Margaret Johnson Miss Gertrude Kocks


Deceased family members


Mr. and Mrs. Leo Lauer


GRADUATION CLASS OF 1939


A


Front row, left to right: Joan Didier, Marjorie Younghaus, Carol Nussbaum, Hedwig Harrison, Gloria Harris, Patricia Cass, Patricia O'Connor, Mary Frances Hile, Phyllis Hartman. Second row, left to right: Margaret Papai, Janet Bower, John Soshea, Pierre Poinsette, Stanley Hench, Donald Weber, Richard Winter, Betty Riedy, and Alice Giere.


Third row, left to right: William Brandt, Eugene Kunberger, James Miller, Thomas Harber, Frank Avila, and Neal Betts.


FOUNDERS OF THE PERPETUAL ROSARY NOVENA


Sister Catherine Loretto Sister Margaret Lucille Sister Agnes Mary Sister Ann Lucille


Sister Margaret Ellen Sister Mildred Ann Mrs. Florian Arnold Mrs. Dr. Hugh Berkey Mrs. Diedrich Brandt


Miss Eugenie Buchanan Miss Isabel Buchanan Mrs. John Camperman Mrs. Eleanor Cress Miss Ann Cenko Mrs. Joseph Doody Mrs. Victor Deininger Mrs. James Dumato Mrs. Robert Freiburger, Sr. Mrs. John Giere Ursula Giere Alice Giere Mrs. Augusta Gordon Mrs. William Harber Ruth Ann Harber Mrs. Neil Hayes Mrs. Edward Harrison Hedwig Harrison Mrs. Aubrey Hire Mrs. Theodore Higgins Mrs. Henry Herr Mrs. John Hoffman Miss Catherine Johnson Miss Margaret Johnson


Mrs. Justin Klingenberger Mrs. Harry Kesterson Mrs. Chester Keen Virginia Keen Mrs. Edward Kenney Mary G. Kenney




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