St Patricks High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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The 'Shamrock V I SIT RTI ON In the quiet fre the day I9 done Through the stazned glasa wmdowb one by one Pod s' angels and H19 samte before me go Silently pet eloquent and lo I live each Qcene once more with them tomqht I watch them pass from me with fadmq light The vlszon does not las't for long but then Tomorrow niqht I shall be back agam Betty Baumqrlrhzer 34 x L I . . , 1 , ' h ' 'x v . . x 1 . 1 . .' 1 f 1 Q 1 . 1 ' 9 pa . 4 l L

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Personal Raeeoltllections of an Early Settller bhclrles Nxelsen 36 An artzcle wrztten by a former teacher m Eau Clazre tells the detazls of her famzly who helped buzld S! Patrzck s An unusual and complete story of the strugofles of the Lawler famlly 1n Eau Clalre durmg the early years of our par1sh has been left us bx Catherlne Lawler Dohertx who dled ln 1924 at Portag She was thc dau h ter of Joseph Lawler one of the early set tlers At one tlme Mrs Dohertv was pr1nc1pal of the slxth ward school of thls c1ty The h rdshxps that Mr Lawler and hls famllv endured to 3SS1St ln promotmg Catho llc lnterests and ln bulldlllg' the first CdthOllC Church here xx ere no less than herolc Mr I 'mwler was k1lled 1n 1879 'xlrs Catherme Dohertx IS burxed Ill the Hanlex lot of St Patmcks cemetery Mrs Doherty has glx en us a ood ldea of tvplcal ploneeung d1fl'1cult1es 1n our pfxrlsh 1n the followmg art1cle xvhlch has recently been dlscox ered I quote It 1n full Cl'11re wlth h1s famllx COI1S1St1l1f,, of a wife -ml nxne chlldren about 1858 At that tlme there was no resldent Pr1est no Church and x ery few C3thOl1CS Rev Godfrey had passed through there a few tlmes prevlous a Mls QIOHHFY Prlest My father had a large bulld lng erected at the corner of Barstow and Wlsconsln Streets North Slde Th1s blllldlllg has slnce burned down Th1s blllldlflg was dlxlded mto two rooms on th fu-.t floor lntended to be used for a store At that tlme a Prxest Rex M1 nault was I'6S1dll1g at Chlppewa Falls a MISSIOHRFX Hls MISSION lncluded Menomome Durand Hudson ex tendlng ox er a country of over 100 mlles 1n dlfferent dlrectlons He traxeled on horse back wlth saddle bags 011 each Slde contammg xestments and other thlngs necessarx On h1s Journey to and from the dlfferent x lllages he used to stop at my father s house Some tlmes It would be six months ln the mterx als sometlmes he came more often when he had s1ck calls On rare occaslons when he stayed over mght he would celebrate Mass the next mornmg word bemg passed around the xxllagc xvhen he came It was not neces sary to mentxon where Mass would be lt was alw 'xys at fathers home Marrlages would be solemn1zed chxldren baptlzed and other splrltual wants of the congregatlon cared for Th1s state of affa1rs was not sat1sfactory to my father and mother and consultlng Rev M1 nault as to how It would be remedied they offered to glxe a home to a resldent Prlest w1th them Under those condltlons Rex Mlgnault ax ranqed to have hlS brother come to Fau Clane st1pulat1ng the congrega txon would supply hlm Wlth vestments T procure funds to get vestments a dance was gl en and supper glven to whlch everyone xx as 1nx1ted There were qulte a number of Canadlan young men Cathollcs McCrae pleased to have one of thelr countrymen come '1s pastor The entertalnment was '1 succl s financmllv as the vestments were bought and Rev Napoleon Mlgnault came from Cxnada He llved at my fzthcf s home ox er a vear wlthout any cost to elther hlm or the congregatlon Mother gave hlm the par lor and bedroom adyomlng The dance and supper xvere Ll en m father s house The first floor of the horn wa dn tl d mto two looms The front room w 18 used for the D1StFlCt School week davs md for Church on Sun days Saturdav the famlly erected a tempo rary Altar drap d w1th mother s best sheets and best tablc lmen used for Altar cloth We had a br lss cruelfix and candlestlcks Wh1Ch were pollshed ux t1l th y shone llke burmshed old CI wonder where thev are now'J We made tallow c xndles and added some beeswax to be used at Mass Saturday was a busy day at fathers home those days Father and fCont1nued on Page l X x 4. V , h X lx .r 1 J ,- N -.-, - 1, -YA r, V- -W ' r. -i . 1 .. - .Lx - -a e 9 V . . U . 9 . . . H . ,Q ' . Q . I c . 9 L x L C , Y . Y Y . D K . . v Y c 9. c ll rx ' g ' l 1- Ji ' ' ' . ' , , I - . ' l 7 n n u Y ' . , . L c S lc -1 - 9 Q n U ' . . . , - - 1 a . . ' - . . . H - ' ' 0 1 .1 Q Q Q 1 . L c . ' 3 ' ' ' ..'. . . g - 9 J: ' ' . -J. ' L . v . Y . , 1 ' Q ' ' - v K L 1 g L U I J , I . li, 1 N- s 1 I Q r 1 V n K . O , I ' . . Q . u n 0 , . , l s n - . ' u . u X , . . My fiifher, J 0591511 Lawler, moved to Eau Bros., McDonalds Blg John, Alex, who were f ' ,Yr K I r c 1' ' C 5 9 - 4 X cl c ' . 4 V' l . 0 A x 9 .' T lik' il v , f ' , J' v . I . T 1 . A E' , , - V I ' . - I . ' Y . F, K 7 C o L 1- , , - , . . A ' . l 0 l Y' - . ., . , . Y . Y L K U 1 xr xl' A K1 . ' ' . e rr s . .e as iw ' ' ' ' ' v. 1 ' ' Q L L L K 1 7' g 9 L - n , V iv 2 1 v . - , . , . , , t . . - ' G , , , , . , . ' 1. : 2 . . . 1 C 1 I 1 n , . . . . Y . I . 9 L . . 1 L C C n Q 1 s K L L 0 - ' Q L A . . V . . . 7 , I . . , . . . ' , ,J .,.,,

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World Serxes Versus Whlte Owls Arthur Dxckerson 38 I vxas x11ct1m1zed by a sllcker named J F who had the dope on all the crooked xxork that xxas golng to be pulled off t the game at Detro1t and here I xx as Just a sheep 1n wool clothmg gettmg Heeced bv a coy ote as I bet mx Whlte Oxxl on Chlcavol The bases got filled accldentlx 0 IIC e Lankx Huk got up Root xxas puttmg them loxx and outs1de fLank3 Hank nex er could h1t that klndj then h1s IIIIIWQ shpped th ball ffroox ed once Lanky Hank clocked lt owex the fence He nex er would have h1t lt over th fence IH elght years 1f It hadn t been f0l Root s finger sllpplng Thex had a man h1red Ill the bleacl1e1s to xx alk 1n xx1th the flags xvhen a ho 1 1 started to cl1mb the fence for th Cubs Thev hld all the balls alld threw apples t1ll the tour L mon xx ere out of the wax If I knexx It xx as bet xxlth J F Ex ery t1me Caxarretta fan Itahanb got up to bat thex se11t Ill an Ethl Cpldll p1tche1 It xx as xx ell that Chleago lo t because HSHIS Ford P10101 s d the w111111ng te m a rlde back to Cl11c'11fo IH Ford cars 1f they won thex x ould have been so shaken Lp that they d h 1xe lost the nexct three games ll 1oxv When thex plav 111 Ch1cago fxvhere they don t deal from the bottoml I ll bet J F anv number of Wh1te Owls land Id throw 1n a package of WIHQS to allow for the wmdl and 1f he does anv n1ore smokmg ln the next xx eel l'1s rop s xx 1ll cost h1m double Tl'11s0ne In the Family Business John burpenfer '38 S111 e now Im onlx one of the famlly I take some dlfferent slants on hfe than I dld p1 ex 1ouslx I rather mlss the brlbes and th1c xts that Ixe often recelved for domg or not domg somethmg f1 om that Queen of All Tx1ants an older slster SCRIPTORIUM I dont hawe to heed the call of a slster xx ho IQ late for a date Some of the calls are l1ke thls one John freal sugaryj xx 1ll you please get my coat for me? Or th one that IS sounded at dxnner tlme whlch goes l1ke tlns J ohn pleas pass that DIQCC of bread lThe plece 1eter1ed to IS the llst OIl9 on the pl 1te If I vxant another p1ece I must get It n1x sclt or do w1thout It J Noxx tor the Ollllel Sl le of th1s questlon of bu 11, 0111 Ill the F m1lx 511108 th It Queen hu gone to College I 1m bemg burdened xx1th thos me111 1 t lsl s whlch belong to the 1 Ylllllllle members of a household dLlStlIlg' x 1sl1114 chshes m1l1'1 b ds all of W11 1t1bx e ll c that 1lNVfll d.ffllCt10I1 cllled H msemuds knee btlll have I anv just 11 son to lament' Just ask WV1ll1e F1sher' Noxses, Noxses, and Nonses Donfxltl Lund '37 On Iune 10 34 5 I traveled to Alpha Ccntaurls the star nea1 est the earth It xxas only 25 000 000 000 000 mlles axx 5. Xs I start d out 111 mx rocket slnp a t 1 1l1l 1o1r annoved n1e xxh1 h lessened I 1 ot out 1nt'1 sp 1ce to a burrrrrrrr1rrr11 fl 1ll md monotonous At about 1 000 000 050 mlles f1on1 e1rth I was gOlHg about 1000 mlles 1 seeond I had passed out of the sol 1r sw stem vxhen tvxo comets ca m e tearmg through space They both hlt mv rocket shxp at the same tlme on oppos1te s1des but mv gvro cosmlc relat1vator and lmperxlum hull protected me but I heard a most terrlfx lnff H0199 The roar xvas so ffreat that I couldn t hear my rock et motors at 1ll Blames gises eve1yth1ng 1m lgmable boxled and gushed around me envelopmg mx shxp 1nd settmg It YVllll'llll1 around The 1,1 ts and llqulds bee une sol1d after 1bout a xe r Ill xx hlch I sat around and hld nothmff lv t synthet1c food to eat The c1.1el11ng of thls nexfx pl met whlch was bullt around mx slnp the X0lt.3lllL upheax els and the su 1111 on 1he h11ll of my shxp all made C0lltlIlLlOllS monot onous nolses that almost drone me m 1d , '- 1 V f 1 ,. 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