Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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QUEEN SUE DOERING sur- rounded by her court (Pat Mc- Givern, Mary Ann Soenke, Jean Saunders and Martha Holm) waves to her subjects. FOUR ENERGETIC SENIORS . . . Lee Barta, Gene Jerome, Angie More and Mike Barry work into Thursday night on the senior float. “A LITTLE more to the left,” in- structs Kit Mei- senbach ’64 to fellow j u n i o rs Bob Matthys and Tom Dickey hammering away at the junior float.

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WITH HEADS HELD HIGH, the AHS band leads the parade through downtown Davenport, while Father Mann directs it via remote control. COMMANDER GENERAL . . . Fr. Charles Mann keeps contact with the homecoming parade at AHS via the walkie-talkie. Homecoming ON THE SIDELINES . . . Dave Friend ’63 grins after the second flat tire which stalled the “Cooked Fal- con” float. ROCKING «4 TEXACO

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Hikes, Reads, Watches Who Golfs, Do you like to golf? Watch a base- ball game? Take a hike now and then, or would you rather watch the birds or read a magazine? If you like any or all of these things you have some- thing in common with Bishop Ralph Hayes. Rising at 6:00 in the morning, the bishop makes his meditation at 6:30. At 7:00 o’clock he offers Mass, after which he makes his thanksgivings. About 8:00 he eats breakfast and leaves for the office around 8:45, driv- ing his own car and parking it in St. Anthony’s lot. At 9:00 he can be seen ascending the stairs to his office car- rying a hand tooled briefcase given him by the prisoners at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. Opens Mail At the office, the first thing he does is open all his mail. He then dictates to his secretary. Miss Frances Siefers, who types his letters before he signs them. Miss Siefers has been Bishop Hayes’ secretary since he came to Dav- enport in January, 1945, and was also secretary to the late Bishop Rohlmann. “One thing the Bishop is meticulous about is making sure he answers all his mail the day he gets it,” observed Monsignor Dingman. Chancellor. Correspondence is taken care of by 10:00 o’clock. From 10:00 to 11:00 he receives visitors. Anyone can see the Bishop without an appointment but it is better to have one because he is often out of town. About 11:45 he goes home where Mrs. Walter, (Fr. R. J. Walter’s moth- er) his housekeeper, has prepared a light lunch of soup and sandwiches. He usually listens to the noon news before opening the mail he receives at home. This mail is usually of a more personal nature and includes many magazines and newspapers. He also receives a paper from the NCWC in Washington, D C., which is a bul- letin of Catholic news that is sent out to Catholic newspapers. Bishop Hayes has lived in Rome approximately 15 years — seven years as a student and about eight years as rector of the American College. Therefore, he is accustomed to the Italian siesta. After his rest he goes to his private chapel to pray his of- fice and make a visit. “It is a special Bishop’s privilege to have a private chapel in their home,” commented Monsignor. Likes to Walk In past years Bishop Hayes has got- ten his exercises by walking to Fej- evary Park, which is near his Clay Street home. He loves to walk in his flower filled yard. Roses and tulips are special favorites. There have been as many as 800 tulips in full bloom in the garden at one time. In bad weath- er he gets the exercise he needs by walking around his white columned porch. This habit of walking was developed while in Rome. He used to walk to nearby villages, often taking a knap- sack and spending several days just walking. When he had more time he used to play golf quite a bit. He was good at it too, shooting in the low 80’s. After the walk he goes back to his study to prepare sermons and talks. He reads widely and has many varied inter- ests. The National Geographic Maga- zine is one of his favorites. He knows and loves birds. He can name almost any bird he sees and, if he sees one he can’t name, he has a huge anthology of birds he looks in until he finds the bird. From his study window he can look over his yard where there is a bird bath that is always full and also a feeding station that he personally fills. Because of this the birds come around all year. He is also an avid baseball fan. His favorite team is the Pittsburgh Pirates, his home town team. In the spring he takes a two week vacation and often goes to Phoe- nix, Arizona, where he watches the teams train. At 6:00 o’clock he eats dinner. “It’s easy to cook for the Bishop because he came from a family of eight and his mother didn’t have time to prepare special foods. Five of the eight chil- dren are still living, all of whom are in their late 70’s or early 80’s,” re- Cheryl Sparks Band “Rings on her fingers, bells on her toes, she shall have music wherever she goes, describes Assumption’s maj- orette Cheryl Kelsey '64 Her cousin, Kay Kelsey ’60, taught her to twirl two years ago, and she has been at it ever since. (See picture of Cheryl at the right.) Cheryl was the Assumption Queen at the Karl King Festival in Musca- tine, Oct. 13. She competed with eight other candidates representing the oth- er participating bands; the Clarence candidate won. A two mile parade started the festi- val, with each band being preceded by their queen riding in a convertible. After the parade lunch was served. From 1:00 to 3:00 pm the bands went to the Muscatine public high school stadium to rehearse for the evening performance. After this practice all were free to do what they wanted. Each band member was given a ticket to go bowling, skating or swimming, courtesy of the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce. Birds? marked Monsignor. After supper he likes to watch one or two of his favorite television pro- grams. The rest of the evening is spent reading or working on diocesan prob- lems. He also has appointments in the evenings to give talks and to at- tend meetings in the diocese. Frequently he is away from home. Every spring and fall he visits 40 to 50 parishes for confirmation. He also attends parish celebrations and anni- versaries. For these trips he drives his own car and usually no one travels with him. He thinks nothing of start- ing out early in the morning to go to some little parish like Clear Creek, 85 miles away. Since he likes to keep up with world events, he listens to the 10:00 pm news, weather and sports before re- tiring. LEFT! RIGHT! STOP! . . . Cheryl Kel- sey ’64 displays the fine marching which led Assumption’s band to a marching victory. 30