St Gertrudes Academy - Murmur of the Pines Yearbook (Cottonwood, ID)

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.g-i. 41,.,,-- g Alton B. Jones, State Superin- tendent of Pub- lic Instruction, first speaker on the dedica- tion program ,4 Crowd listens to dedication talks at the front entrance of the new Academy 'NP Dedication and Blessing of School ............ ........ ...... .l:0O p.m. Most Rev. Edward J. Kelly, D.D., Bishop of Boise Address of Welc me. ..... . ............. ......Rev. Dominic Hack, O.S.B. Chaplain, St. Gertrude's Convent Address.... .... ..... ........... .... ..... .Alton B. Jones State Superintendent of Public Instruction Benedictine Education .... .... Very Rev. Bernard Sander, O.S.B. Rector Mt. Angel Seminary Introduction of Other Honored Guests.........Rev. Daminic Hack,O.S.B. Dedicatory Address....Most Rev. Edward J. Kelly, D.D.,Bishop of Boise -.. , 'X , It i ' s A N 1 w r,

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Q4 I 4 5, 'Q xg A1 0 ip , 9 C, 1954 hlffdinn fiapk Reception of the Most Rev. Edward J. Kelly, D.D., in front of St. Gertrude's Convent prior to dedication of the new St. Gertrude's Acadenv on May 16, 1954. The Sisters of the Convent, and lay people representing the area parishes, were present. Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. M. Verhoeven welccxned His Excellency in the name of all. QXIIXIX131 ZIJETXX XIX!! 1 Brown Motors, Inc. Grangeville, Idaho Phone 2l,5,has span sored this page.

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'Zi ' lt o E o 3 Z ' I I I I ,Q my 1' A l ' -4 giifeisi- 5s'.5ZQ 764 ' Q I Ei Q??gZ2Zi?Qb K 9 1 P if alfa B B xg. 3 In the above picture, the Very Rev. Bernard Sander, O.S.B., of Mt. Angel, Oregon, ad- dressed the group, centering his talk on Benedictine Education around the topic of Bene- dictine Peace. In his dedicatory address-lower picture-, the Most Rev. Edward J. Kelly, D.D., referred to the past history of the Benedictine Sisters and outlined briefly a pic- ture of the future. Gus J. Bouten, contractor, gave an interesting set of statistics on the construction of the school. Seated on the platform besides the three principal speakers, are: Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. M. Verhoeveng Rev. Fabian Sexton, O S B 3 Rev Mother Eugenia O S B rioress Sist M. one o coop ' er Augustine, O.S.B., principal, state representative Joseph Kaschmitterg Harold Simon Mayor f C tt o o onwoodg Gus J. Bouten, contractor, Albert Funk, architect, William Perry, superin- tendent of construction, Carl Jentges, member of the county board of education' Elvin H Tacke, chainman of the dedication committees, George Kopczynski, president of the Academy P T A Standing are Rev Domini H k . . . : . c ac , O.S.B., chaplain, and Rev. Thomas Lafey, crosier bearer. A crowd estimat 1,250 were present for the dedication program. Over three hours of re edited and broadcast Sunday, May 23, under the title nStory of Faith.n ed at over 2,000 attended the dedication celebration and approximately cording were later , ffl .ii N if M xxxxxxxxx ,l yr l JJ- ' xaoocx A ' A 2 xxx ' Vegj 5 Q2 x firizffigf ,sw 0 Q Q A ,W-'I Nfl Sponsored by , n COTTONWOOD CASH . fp I , Gaocmz s Zag g. 'UA 'J and COTTONWOOD ELEVATOR COMPANY i 521,15 ff-ff . Cottonwood,Idaho