St Alphonsus High School - Rocket Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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i Senior Class 1936 RUTH M I l.I.lCR Smlality Prefect, '36, Vice-Prefect. '35, Class Secretary, '33, President. '34, Basketball Tczuu, '33, '34, '35, '36 Athletic R, '34, '35, '36, Choir C. S. M. C.: li. ll. S.: Rocket Smlznlity, Com. Mem., '33, S. S. cj '35, '36, Sorority: Sturl, Lili. ANN RITCH Soslality Trezxsui'cr. '34, Class Presi- dent, '35, '36, Class Vice-President, '33, Bziskctlwall Tczmi, '35, '36, Ath- letic R, '35, '36, Choir: C. S. M. C., Pzxllacliii Compzmitm, '35, '36, Dehat- ing, '36, ll. li. S., Rocket, Sodality. Cum. Mem., '33, '34, S. S. C. '36, Sorority. Class Adviser Sister Mary Justin S.S.N.lJ. Catechist Reverend VV. H. Reintjes C.Ss.R. l.ll.l.l.-XX PINGEI, MARY GRUENDER MQXRG.-XRIQT BUEHLER JULI.-X .'Xl.l,l52N Class 'l'i'c-ztsurcr, '34, Vice-President, Class l'rcside11t, '33, Secretary, '35, Class Treasurer, '33, '35, '36, llasket Choir, C. S. Nl. C., ll. B. S., '36, Clmir: C. S. N. C., Yice-Presi- '36, C. S. M. C., Secretary, '33, b:il1Tt-am. '35, '36, Athletic R, '36 Rocket, Srvdality, Cum. Mem., '35, dent, '36, ll. B. S., Editoroi Rocket Rocket, Srwdzility. S. S. C., '35, '36, C. S. Nl. C.: ll. li. S., Rocket, S0 Sorority. Sodality, Cum. lla-ni., '35, S. S. C. Sorority. ilality, Crum, Mvm., '35, '36, Sorority '36, Snrrm'ity. gXl.INlf ANDERSON GIQRTRUDE HAUM MARCELLA BELKA RITA BRINSON C. S. Nl. C., ll. 'li S., Rocket, Social- ll. H. S., Sudality, Cum, Mein., s Choir: C. S. XI. C., H. B. S., Assis- Basketball. '33, '34, '35, '36, Athletic ity. Cunt. Mem., '34, '363 Sorority. '34, '35, '36, Stud. I,ilv. tant Editor ot' Rocket: Sudnlity R, '34, '35, '36, C. S. M. C., Com. Mem., '36, Sorority. Rocket, Sndzilityi Sorority.

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5 09' OP 0? 0544971 ,LO oi all ROCK 111514 CO,ll,llliNCEMENT NUMB Q wH'K V Us 2 ,BQ +1 Father Bond, Friend of Children, 50 Years a Priest HIC GRADUATING ciaxss of '36 will always remember this year not only as graduation year, but also as the year that marks the fiftieth milestone in the priestly life of the Hfriend of chil- dren, Father Bond. Many of the readers of The Rocket will recall happy days and pleasant memories spent in the company of this loving priest. Father Bond was born December 28, 1858, in Port Gibson, seven miles in from the river. His father was Richard George Bond of London, England. He was a Confederate Veteran of the Civil VV r and died shortly after the war was over. His mother was nne Archbold Kavanagh of the Kavanagh Family of Borris, County Carlow, lreland, although she was born in Kilkenny. She died in Port Gibson, March 8, 1880, aged 54 years. She was a descendant also of the Butler Family of Mississippi, a little town about forty miles south of Vicksburg, a A Kilkenny, four of her grandmothers being of that family. The Butler Family was the direct descendant of Matilda, the sister of St. Thomas a Becket of Canterbury, the martyred prelate. Walter Kavanagh, her father and Father Bond's grandfather, married Catherine Doyle, the niece of James, Bishop of Kil- dare and Leighlin, the celebrated I. K. L., a compatriot of Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator. Dr. Doyle was Father Bond's great-granduncle. Father Bond was educated in his native town from 1864 to 1874. He went to Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Mary- land, from 1876 to 1878, after which he went to the Redemp- torist Seminaries at Chatawa, Mississippi, Kansas City, Mis- souri, and iinally to Tlchester, Maryland, where he was or- dained priest on March 25, 1886, by Cardinal Gibbons. VVork for twenty-live years, his last mission being at Maple- wood, Missouri, in 1913. During the fifty years of his priesthood, Father Bond has been stationed in the following Redemptorist houses: St. Louis, six times, Kansas City, three times, Detroit, three times, Denver, for three years as pastor, New Orleans, Chicago, Davenport, DeSoto, and Kirkwood. Stationed in St. Louis in 1888, he was given charge of the three sections of the Holy Family Society which he reorgan- ized. In 1889, he founded the Young Ladies' Sodality and was Director of it several times. He gave instructions in the dif- ferent classes of St. Alphonsus School, St. Louis, for many years. For one year, during Father Firleis Rectorship, he was Director of the School, during the Superiorship of Mother Estelle. He was the Director of the Girls' Sodality and organ-- ized a Reading Circle in every class. During Father Maginnls Rectorship, he organized all the children of the school into a Total Abstinence Society and was also Director of the Knights of Father Matthew and The Ladies' Auxiliary for many years. He was also the Director of the Catholic Knights of America, The Young Men's sodality, and the Sanctuary Society. On August 2, 1915, he was made Editor of the Rock Church Cal- endar and he has edited it to the present day. Father Bond has witnessed many changes in St. Louis and the Nation. He has witnessed the development and growth of the Redemptorist Order, especially in the VVest. No account in human words can tell the story of the glorious achievements of this happy warrior of Godis army. lt is writ- ten golden letters in the record of eternity. In January, 1887, he went to New Grleans to make the Second Noviciate under Father Louis Cook, the well-known Redemptorist Missionary, and in june, 1887, he went with Father Cook to Detroit, Michigan, as a member of the Mission Band. His first Mission was at Port Huron, Michigan, in September, 1887. He was employed principally in Mission in the service of the King. ow The Alumnae The pupils of St. Alphonsus, the beloved children of 1 ather Bond, extend their heartiest congratulations to the priest they love so well in the year that marks the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination, and pray that he may spend many happy veais OYALTY TO ALMA MATER-love and devotion for good old Rock-these ideals were not meant for mere sentimental reflection on Graduation Day. They mean Action, Worle, Spirit long after commencement day has passed. After leaving Rock a friendly bond still ties you to the school you love, that bond is the Alumnae Association of St. Alphonsus High School. Because its motivating force is the welfare of the school, it is a peppy society with some new activity always in the making. The records for this year, a long list of activities from Homecoming down to the successful Paint Box Revue and Dance, proves that the St. Alphonsus Alumnae is a live organ- ization. Initiation and a banquet formally introduce the graduates into the Association of the Alumnae, where with the many who before them have left Rock as students yet have not severed their relations with their Alma Mater, they strive to attain the ideals of the Alumnae Association by their noble lives and service to their school.

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V l Senior Class, 1936 HEDIYIG BRUCK Basketball Team, '33, '34, '35 36 Captain, '36, Athletic R, '34, '35 '36, Choir, C. S. M. C., H. B. S. Business Manager of Rocket, '36 36 Sodality, Com. Mem., '34, '35 Sorority, Stud. Lib. ' VIRGINIA HUB ESTELLE DAVIDSON ROSANNA DEUBLER C. S. M. C,, H. B, S., Rocket, Basketball Team, '33, C. S. M. C., Choir, C. S. M. C., H. B. S., Sodal- Sodality, Sorority. H. H. S., Rocket, Sodality,Sorority, ity, Com. Mem., '34, '35, S. S. Ci, Stud. Lib. '36, Sorority, Stud. Lib. FLORENCE FICHTINGER ll, li. Rocket, Sotlality, Sorority. Xl.-XRGARET FINAN Choir: C. S. M. C., H. B. S., Busi ness Manager of Rocket, Sodality, Com. Mem., '33, '34, '35, S. S. C.. '36 Sorority, Student Manager of Basket: ball Team, '36, MARY FREIBERGER JULIA GRECO Choir, C. S. BI. C., H. B. S.: Rocket, H. ll. S., Rocket, Sodalityg Sorority, Swdalityi Sorority. Stud. Lib. ROSEIXIARY HANLEN VERONICA HARVEY FLORENCE HUEMMLER MARCELLA KAYSER Choir, H. B. S., Rocket, Sodalitv, Choir: Rocket, Sodality, Sorority. Choir, Rocket, Sodality, Com. Mem., Class Vice-President, '34, Basketball Com. Mem., '33, '35, '36, Stud. Lib, '36, Sorority, Stud. Lib. Team, '33, '34, '35, '36, Secretary, '35, Athletic R, '34, '35, '36, Choir, C. S. M. C., H. B. S., Rocket, Sodality, Com. Mem., '34, Sorority, Stud. Lib.