Assumption High School - Crusader Purple Raider Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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ALEXANDER MacDONALl) DROUD as we are of the fact that many former Assumption students have donned the military uniform in service to their country, we can¬ not but be grieved when one departs from our midst, to be consumed by the hungry demon of war. Yet wars must sometimes take place, and when they do, the lives of many must be sacrificed, in order that succeed¬ ing generations may tuste the fruits of peace. Alexander .MacDonald—a former student of Assumption High School—has already given his life for that ideal. Stoker Alexander MacDonald. R.C.N.. was born at Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, on November 30, 1918. He came to Canada in 1919, and he lived at Port Hood, Nova Scotia, until he came to Windsor in 1924. He attended St. Francis School in Sandwich until 1932. Assumption open¬ ed her doors to him the following year, and here he remained until the completion of his High School course in 1936. The Assumption Church Altar Boys can also claim him as one of their own, for he s erved Mass at Assumption Church for several years. He is still remembered by many of that Club as one whose cheerfulness was in¬ fectious, and whose witty remarks were many and appreciated. Alexander MacDonald joined the Royal Canadian Navy in the Spring of 1940, and left for Halifax in August. He was a Stoker on the R.C.S. Jervis Bay, which was torpedoed and sunk in November, 1940. The waves which covered the doomed ship also claimed his body. May his soul rest in peace. Carl Czaczkowski W HEN Assumption students returned from their Christmas holidays, they were grieved at the report that Carl Czaczkowski had passed away but a day before. Carl had died suddenly in his home in Detroit. He was buried from St. Theresa’s Church, the student body of Assump¬ tion High School being represented by Bob Ryan, Carl Hermann, Donald Besterci and Eugene Casey. Our first student Mass of the year was off¬ ered for the repose of his soul. The deceased had been a student at Assumption for a short time, but the news of his death came as a great shock and a cause of deep regret to us all. We extend our condolences to his family in their sorrow. PACK TWKNTY-FOVR

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■ In 1920 ■ In 1940 FV4THER Donnelly was born m New York City in 1871. He was the son of Edward I Donnely and Mary McKenna Donnely, His parents met in New York and were married at St. Francis Xavier Church here. Father Donnelly was baptized there as were his two sisters and four brothers. His mother and father both were dead when he reached the age of six. At that time their newly appointed guardian sent them to I oronto. f Canada, to be reared and educated. The motherless family was cared for in Toronto by a friend of the guardian until the members were old enough to attend school. Two older sisters, however, went to Loretto Abbey Convent. Father Donnelly eventually attended Be La Salle Academy and from there went to St. Michael ' s College. He graduated from that college and then studied for the priesthood in the Congregation of St, Basil. After ordination he taught at St. Michael’s and from there he was sent to the various Basilian schools in Texas—Waco, La Forte, San Antonio and Galveston. Later he founded the present St. Thomas College in Houston, which to-day is one of the fittest and most modernly equipped of all the Basilian Colleges. When he finished his superiorship here he was transferred to Sainte Anne de Detroit. In 1932 Father Donnelly tame to Windsor to Join the Philosophy Department of Assumption College. Last September, when he was returning to Windsor after a visit with his family in New York, he was stricken on the train en route. After sixteen days of illness he passed away in New York City on October 1. A devout priest, a thorough teacher, a time friend was Father Donnelly, May we always remember his sound principles and may we try to emulate his ever glowing spirit of Christian charity. ■ Ordination Mis Sister, Mother, Himself at 6 Years PACK TWKNT Y-THRKE

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