Desales Catholic High School - Desalian Yearbook (Walla Walla, WA)

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lomfom ana! ofltw Aden 6 Parishioners Robert Ofvsley and Susie Ouderkirk converse with their pastor, the Right Rev. Monsignor Hugo Pautler of Saint Patrick Parish, largest of the three Walla Walla parishes responsible for the financial outlay allowing DeSales' erection. T - t titiif EYES? :SEA L . .. S : 5359 , f-Q-'---some NIJ:-'f-www N, .. - N Y 'Y S. ER -X R.. A 5 --' 6 'Q Q x N 5 ifmggfgsfi Jw N 2' N ' X X uw 53:51 if it Has 1 Qs if r Six 5 Q X gf Q 5 iii fi - E l of their parish plants. Saint Francis parishioners Jackie Locati and Shirley Taruscio visit with the Rev. Paul Goergen, their pastor. Elementary school- age children from Saint Francis Parish attend Saint Patrick School which now has access to additional rooms since the closing of the high school department. ws all The Rev. Albert Austen, pastor of Assumption Church, takes time out during i stop at DeSales to visit with Peggy Brumbach and Dave Valencsin. Both Assumption and Saint Patrick have elementary schools as part

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VVLOVL9 .13 ' rg . uidifom we weiomecf Interested in DeSales long before his decision to name the school in honor of Geneva's saintly patron of the press and of learning, Bishop Topel maintains his accustomed cordiality and gracious- ness with three who list among the first senirrs and the first graduates at DeSaleS: Barbara Falkner, Ernest Greco, and Gerald Maha. Crowds toured the new building under the guidance of members of the Class of '60 durinqrthree open house sessions and tours of inspection during DeSa1es opening year ac 79 unc! t0lfU eC! M1379 ga 10,9

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iuic ceremony ilfmoagzfwafe His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bernard Topel, D.D. , S.T.D. , bishop of Spokane, greets Mr. lloyd Andrews, Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction, at the civic ceremony on January 28, 1960. Highlighted speaker of the evening, Bishop Topel congratulated the Catholics of Walla Walla on ' ' 1 H' Excellency the completion of DeSales. Iustifying the existence of such schools as DeSa es, 1S cited copious statements of America's Pounding Fathers as well as current pronouncements favoring religious education as a means of preserving the principles on which America's government is based . An estimated 750 people attended the opening at w danger inherent in the secularistic approach creeping into America's attitude toward religious hich His Excellency alerted the audience to the education . SiI'L1CtLl!'6 . Representing the A. Ritchie and Company Incorporated, contractor for DeSa1es, Mr Duane Gilmore formally presents to Father Triesch, principal, the keys to the completed