St Joseph High School - Magnet Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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ASSISTANT PRIESTS Reverend Mason Leo Vaughn Zeal for my Fathers house has burned me up,i' perfectly describes Reverend Mason Leo Vaughn. Besides the full-time job of assistant pastor of the parish, he is Athletic Director. His task of teaching Religion, Civics, and Sociology is a day's work in itself, yet he instructs the public school children in Religion also. With all his private instructions he manages to get to our school parties, especially in time to lead night prayer and confer his priestly blessing. The students are sincerely grateful for all his apostolic work and his personal interest. Reverend Aristodemo Rodriguez Reverend Aristodemo Rodriguez, a native of Bogota, Colum- bia, has been assistant pastor at St, Joseph Parish for the past three years. His special work has been among the people of the city who have emigrated from the South West and from Mexico. However, this year he has undertaken the task of teaching the newly-organized Spanish class which enables our Spanish-speaking students to learn to speak and write their native language cor- rectly. The popularity of the class and the progress made is a tribute to his teaching ability. The students appreciate Father Rodriguez's kindly interest and untiring efforts in their behalf. Reverend John Debski Although Father Debski was at St. joseph but a short time, he had become very popular especially with the freshmen and sophomore boys. Father came to us from Our Lady of Lake Huron, Harbor Beach, after Father Joseph Roach was trans- ferred to St. Andrew Parish. Father Debski's Religion class with the Sophomores was generously interspersed with anecdotes of his experiences in his European travels. He was born in Poland but as a boy moved to Paris and later to Rome where he studied for the Priesthood and was ordained. The students deeply regret Father Debskis transfer, but wish him Gods special blessings in his new field of priestly labor.

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,J The Very Reverend Harold J. Bolton, Ph. D., S.T.D., j.C.L. Monsignor Bolton is busy with the countless duties of a zealous pastor of a large parish, but he takes time to give the Seniors a special course in Marriage. Moreover, he proves his fatherly interest by attending all our school activities. Those who appreciate his abilities have appointed him to the City Building Program Committee. Frequently he has been called upon to act as interpreter and mediator in labor disputes. 'x 1 --'11 ffl 4 William S. Hart Mayor of Saginaw The smaller the unit of government the more intimate is the contact be- tween officials and citizens. This fact reveals the confidence placed in Mr. William Hart by his friends and neigh- bors in Saginaw. The continued civic improvements, the low crime rate, and the over-all condition of the city is a tribute to his fulfillment of their trust. We at St. joseph are especially proud of Mr. Hart for he is a graduate of our High School.

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9- 'Ven FACULTY Very Reverend Harold J. Bolton, D. D. . Superintendent, Religion Reverend Mason Leo Vaughn .... Athletic Director, Religion, Civics, Sociology Reverend Aristodemo Rodriguez ..... Spanish Sister Mary DeLellis, O. P. . .... Principal, Religion, Commercial Sister Mary Isabel, O. P ...... Freshman Advisor, Economic Geography, Mathematics Sister Mary Florian, O. P ...... Sophomore Advisor, Science, Mathematics Sister Mary Stephana, O. P. . . . . Glee Club Sister Mary Brendan, O. P. . . Senior Advisor, English, journalism Sister Mary Celine, O. P. . . History, Commercial Sister Mary Lois, O. P. . . Junior Advisor, Art, English, Latin