Bishop Timon High School - Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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-fav- wmzfdeafal Bishop Timon l-ligh School mode ils debul inlo scholoslic sociely in Seplemloer, IQ46, when live Friors ond 72 boys golhered for Jrhe lirsl czsseinbly of one of lhe seven clioceson high schools inouguroled by Bishop Q'l-lcuro. The ploce wos Our Lody of Perpeluol Help School, 84 Vondolio Slreef, 'rhe heorl ol lhe Firsl Word-wilhin sighl of lowering groin olevolors ond wilhin souncl ol shilling roilrood engines ond o belloviing foghorn on The Lolce. The sludenls were moslly from lhe Word ond Soulh Buffolo. The lirsl boy lo enroll wos Morlin Monn. The pioneers-72 shong. The original sfudeni body in fron? of fhe W .im 'U'--W, ,,.ns..' 4 div...- .-.fic 'film ldlyw-uf frvnl!

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A ' adm PriesT, missionory, educoTor, odminisTroTor, social worlcer, Troil-blazing Bishop: The MosT Rev. John Timon, o VincenTion, was all These. He mode hisTory here. He did iT ThroughouT The 20 yeors oT his EpiscopoTo. When he died in I867 heileTT behind him ToundoTions which assured o cer- Toin TuTure Tor The Diocese. AT his requesT The Fronciscon Foihers TirsT come inTo WesTern New York and begon Teoching oT ST, BonovenTure College almosT IOO years oqo. Bishop Timon wroTe The inTro- ducTion To The Fronciscon chopTer in The his- Tory oi The Diocese. lT was TiTTing, ThereTore, ThoT The Friors should nome The new high school Under Their core To honor him. IT is iusT os TiTTing ThoT he be remembered now, when o new chopTer oT hisTory is being wriTTen by The school which bears his nome -Bishop Timon High School. The audience of Bishop O'Hara Dedic.1Tion Day. Thousands of people had shares in The building of The school, Through Their Cafholic ChoriTies Con- tribufions. .,, 6 x ty-

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On Farther Soulh, You Tumon Menl When quariers in Our Lady of Perpeiual Help School proved madequale for lhelr increasing numbers, Tlmomles marched from fha hearl of lhe Ward 'lo fhe hear? imon grew rapidly in every way. New faculfy members were added lo lhe slahr. New courses lound place in lhe curriculum. The sporls program was expanded and social acliv- ilies increased in number and frequency. Falher Claude had played The prophel al 'rhe lirsl assembly and venlured The opinion 'rhal lhe sludenl body would increase 'ren-fold in four years. ll did iusl lhol. Two hundred boys came lo Pe+'s for lhe school's second year. ln lhe 'rhird year lhe line ol sludenls was almosl 400 long. By June, 1949, if was lime lo move. Soulh Buffalo. Fading is such sweef sorrow . . . lhal' we said il wilh music and dancing a+ a Farewell Frolic, ihe lasl' of our social evenis in fha old building. R 4