Catholic Central High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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A NEW HOME Left: A port of the crowd which ot- tended the ground-breaking ceremon- ies. Belowz Mr. Hugh Deon turns the sod of The ground-breaking ceremon- IES. Left Views of The school fcken on 111 Dec 11 1950 121 Jon. 17, 9 eb, 21, 1951. 2 1 Bishop Babcock blesses ond loys the cornerstone.

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Moy Christ be the Blueprint . In our Life's Construction . . lu N x ls l . s.. l x i Catholic Central High Schoo 6565 W. Outer Drive Detroit, Mich.

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FOR C. C. Cardinal Mooney dedicates the school on April 6, l952. Though long in the blueprint stage, the new Catholic Central High School was not begun until the early part of October l95O, when the first sod was turned by Father Sheehy and Mr. Hugh Dean. Work then began in earnest on the con- struction, on the seventeen acres of land purchased some years before by the Basilian Fathers. Month by month, day by day, anyone passing by along Outer Drive could see the work in its progress, first the foundation, then the super- structure, and slowly one by one the floors, until the present wing was completed, and His Excellency, Bishop Babcock laid and blessed the cornerstone. Mayor Cobo, along with a host of Church and lay dignitaries and Catholic Central friends, viewed the proceedings. On September 17, l95l, eight hundred students entered the school and began classes, among them the present group of Seniors which are the honored first graduates. Palm Sun- day, April 6, 'l952, His Eminence, Edward Cardinal Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit, consecrated the new Catholic High School to the Honor, Glory, and Service of God. ing into the new school during summer. A view of the completed school.