St Francis de Sales High School - Accolade Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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19,1954 FATHER FUQUA, MR. J. NICHOLSON, AND FATHER STAHL SPEARHEAD THE CAMPAIGN Opens Fund Drive for New Oblate School AT THE KICKOFF DINNER BEFORE THE DRIVE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE NEW OBLATE HIGH SCHOOL 9

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...ak I Law THE GUESTS OF HONOR AT THE CAMPAIGN KICKOFF DINNER HELD IN THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM JUNE Kickoff Dinner at the Civic Auditorium On April 23, 1954-, it was announced that the MORE THAN 900 VOLUNTEER WORKERS ARE PRESENT Oblates of St. Francis de Sales would open a new boys' school in Toledo. A fund-raising campaign, which included more than 900 workers and spear- headed by Father William Stahl, Father John Fuqua and Mr. James Nicholson, began on June , 19, 1954, with a kickoff dinner at Civic Audito- rium. Through the generosity of His Excellency, the Most Rev. George J. Rehring, a site for the new school was acquired on Bancroft Street, west of Parkside Boulevard. Adjacent to the Gesu Par- , ish buildings and the Visitation Monastery and facing Ottawa Park, this area had been described as the best possible school location in Northwest- ern Ohiof, Ground was broken by Father Stahl on October 3, 1954, after which construction pro- gressed rapidly. By late spring, the building was ready for a cornerstone which was laid on May 1 15, 1955, by the Oblate Provincial, Father Wil- liam Buckley. At 9:00 A.M., September 17, 1955, St. Francis de Sales High School opened its doors for the first tirne. l 8

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ST. FRANCIS DE SALES HIGH SCHOOL TAKES ITS FIRST STEP TOWARDS REALITY AS FATHER STAHL And the Walls Go Up in About 7 Months, FATHER STAHL BREAKS THE GROUND FOR THE BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 3,1954 10