St Mary of the Mount High School - St Mary Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Men Who Generously Donated Their Time to Beautify the School — Summer — 1955 Left to right: George Boxheimer, Robert Link, Robert Whewell, Roy Whewell, Charles Moedinger, Edward Link, George Long, Leonard Zielenski, Thomas Link, Ralph Tito. As in all undertakings with a worthy objective, the guild also supplies for its members a satisfactory outlet for social tendencies. God must indeed love the mem- bers of the guild for He, Himself, has told us that He (God) loveth a cheerful giver. As in any history of a parish, so, too, in this one, the historian is fully cognizant that his recordings cannot possibly include all the contributing factors that went into the making of Saint Mary of the Mount parish. Those factors and the good people w ho were responsible for them, although unkno vn to the vriter of this book, are recorded by the Divine Recorder and both deeds and doers wall be re- warded by Him in His own good time.

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Because of their spirit of selflessness and generosity, the women of the guild also find time for mending and making priestly vestments and altar linens. On the first Sunday of each month the guild members receive Holy Communion in a body. Undoubtedly, it is their faithfulness in this matter which gives them the zeal to assume and to see to a successful completion so many worthwile endeavors. The same enthusiasm that launched the guild in 1952 is still prevalent today, under the present competent guild officers: Mrs. Daniel Ebbert, president; Mrs. Peter Bolich, vice-president; Mrs. Thomas Gaffey, secretary; and Mrs. Vincent Testa, treasurer, the gtiild continues its fine work. Since 1952 the guild membership has increased one hundred per cent and is now a imit of the Diocesan Coimcil of Catholic Women. Honoring Our Pastor, Father Sullivan on the Occasion of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of His Ordination Left to right: Rev. Cornelius J. Finneran, Rev. Thomas J. Walsh, Rev. Thomas A. Sullivan, Rev. J. Donald O ' Neil, Rev. John B. McDowell, Rev. Joseph R. Bryan, Rev. Peter Sandanato, C.S.C. and Rev. Martin R. Connolly.

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Typists for Quarterly Report Front Row: Mary Ida Donati and Helen Reynolds. Second Row: Joan Miller and Mary Grace Petraglia. Tliird Rou : Margaret Rose and Maureen Sweeney. Also, though not included in picture are: Patricia Murphy, Theresa Dorsey, Patricia Rose, Ana,elica Vitulli and Gretta Gilmartin. THE ALUMNI The first graduates from Saint Mary of the Mount High School in 1912 formed the nucleus of one of the finest High School Alumni Associations. This little band of twelve members has gro-wn to the almost unbelievable number of t vo thousand five hundred members who today are proud to hail as their Alma Mater — Saint Mary of the Mount High School. As membership gre ' , so did Alumni activities. Within a relatively short time the annual banquet gie v to such proportions that the school hall could not accom-