Bishop Timon High School - Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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1... Timon High was noT desTined To sTay in Temporary quarTers Tor long-only unTil a suiTable building could be erecTed. ThaT was Bishop GT-Tara's plan from The beginning. The presenT siTe of The school was purchased in The spring aT I948, The ground blessed and work begun. The TuTure of Columbus Field was seT- Tled. IT had been a playground, a place where muscles were exercised and TesTed in sporTs. IT would henceTorTh be a place where minds would be Trained. The cornersTone of The building was laid on Ei gs. Zufazde made in consTrucTion of The n building. M4 OcTober 26, l948. AlmosT a year inTervened beTore The sTrucTure was compleTed and ready Tor use. IT was a year Tilled wiTh anxious waiTing and wondering ThaT ended lasT SepTernber I4 when The TirsT assembly aT The new Timon gaThered in The audiTorium. IT was Ten Times larger Than The TirsT assembly in The school's hisTory. Nearly BOO boys represenT- ing 40 parishes ol BuTTalo and ouTlying Towns were in a'TTendance, ready To begin a new chapTer in a school ThaT was Tinally coming To Tull growTh. Fafher Eugene and company, Bill Leary and John ChilcoTT, observe progress

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' da amz aleaefaybmewt Most Rev. Joseph A. Burke, Many persons played paris in 'rhe inauguralion and growfh lo full slarure of Bishop Timon High School. Foremosl among ihem were dislinguished members of fhe Diocesan Clergy and rhe Reli- gious Superiors of our own Franciscan Fafhers, As we dedicafe our lirsl Yearbook To l-lis Excellency, Bishop O'l'lara, we also wish io exiend To 'rhem our expression oi apprecialion and loyalry. D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Buffalo. Rev. Berfrand J. Campbell, Very Rev. Monsignor Sylvesfer Very Rev. Monsignor Eugene J- H0lbBl. Diocesan SUP9fi'l- Loffus, Diocesan Direcfor of iendenf of Schools. Cafholic Charifies. Very Rev. Thomas Plassman, O.F.M., P r e s e n f Franciscan Provincial. Members of 'lhe faculfy afiend fha firsf assembly O.F.M,, for m e r Fronscican in fha new and yei incomplefe oudiforium. A+ Provincial w h o s e n Q The Founding Fa+hers fo Timon. ihis gafhering fhere were five limes 'Phe number of members which opened fha school in Sepfem- ber, I946.