St Patricks High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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Pioneer Reminiscences John Flynn 36 Thzs artzcle contazns recollectzons of one of the very earliest settlers that lzued rn the country The dzrect quotatzon has been used as much as posszble The l1fe of early DIOUQBPS always fascx nates me I m nex er happler than when I can s1t doxxn xv1th some old person who came to thls state before any of our present day con xenxenccs of travel and l1x1ng were known and hsten by the hour Out on an old homestead farm ln the town of UHIOH l1x es a most beautlful cha acter of sex entx txxo xxmters Perhaps some of xou knoxx hm Nell Duhlff Her l1fe has been l1x ed for the sole purpose of SQI'Vlllg othus She s so kmdlv generous and charltable that Im surt 1t xx ould be a xoy for anx of Vou to learn to know her A few weeks ago I spent a Sunday after noon x1s1t1nff her Soon oux COlflV91NltlOl'l drnted back to those days she so Cl6l1gl'ltS in recalllng back to those days when she hx ed as a httle glrl IH the large one loom home x 1th 1ts huge fireplace the gloxx mg embels lon wlnter exemngs Home made furnl tule ex en to the b ds xxas all xx e had to make the httle homest ad comfortable she told m The famllx used hom made dlpped candles talloxx xx as sax ed from fats used m cooklng for candle and soap maklng And candles had to be used sparmglx only for the finer needl xxo1k she added The con x en1ences wh1ch help llghten our burden were unknoxvn to the early settlers To fo to ehxueh ex e1x Sunday ln those days vxas 1m p o s 1 ble she contmued Attendmg Mass xx xs a rltual to be obs: lved only two or three tlmes a year At irregular mtervals a pr1est x ent through the countxx gatherlnff h1s people together ln varlous farm houses hearlng thelr confesslons and saymg Mass Then breakfast was served to all I remember a very humorous story about one goodly rheumatlc Irlshxvoman who walk ed wlth the ald of a cane When Mass was read at her house the prlest was glven a small room fused as a pantry oldmarmlyj ln xvhlch to hear COl'lf6SSl0llS In order to have the bountxtul bleakfxst rexdy the lady of thx house put part ot her tlme for medltatlon m xctxon bv xuumng between the fireplace md the table The nonse of the cane made sueh dnsturbance that after standmg It as long 'ms posslble the prlest stuck h1s head out ot the doen and Sdld pleadlngly, For the love ol th Lord lzdy s1t down' To be a prxest 1n those days was all hard ships Some xvere asslgned one or txvo Llllll he s Ill 1 large re0'1on over xvhlch they h acl ch xrge The prlest who read M xss Ill this loc lltv trax eled xvlth horses manx m1les each xcek 1nd lt took months for hlm to re v1s1t the places xvhere he read Mass It was lm lJONNllOlE. for people to llve up to the thlrd Q mmmandment exce pt ln lts b1o'1de1 sense x ue txxo xta s of age betoze th x xvere bap tmed M Ilia' es xx e1e performed Clxlllx and xvele NHltITlIllZbd bx the prlest when he came to the llLlL,l llJOl hood The IJIIGSIZ xxho came to Umon vxas loclted at Eau Galle near Arkansas and stopped lu the tovxn of Umon on hls way to Chlppewa and pomts north ot there Mass was usuallx re td at Hanlev s or Moonevs farm xn I mon It ls dlfflcult tor us to pneture tlmes as thex 1eallx were 1n those llmost forgotten d Us Trtxehngf wlth horses on '1 trxp of thutx m1les me mt an all dax s rude Vehncles offered no plotectlon to the Flflbl When Mass was read ln Fau Cline lll the early daxs continued MISS Duhlg we had dlfflculty Ill gettmg there durmg the cold xx mter months There were no ox GI shoes or 10beS to use All the people htd fox pro tectlon xxere kn1tted bed blankets m wh1ch to lf' hw rn K Y ' , '41 M Y , ,W ,, , -He .1 M, ... 1 ,- 7 5 - L , L L 5 an 4 , 7 5 5 1 I , I ' I v 1' g g r f 1 - - ' as ,Q , , - 1 1 1 7 ' 1 - I 1 1 x J A l L 0 C. L. 1 1 7 . -1 I L1 1 L ' L L 1 n l ' 7, 1 v' 1 4 1 Y , 1. 1' j. , s e I Y Y .md 1 . 1 ' J 1 1 4 ku ' , ' ,- 5 , O. - V . 3 , 1 ' 7 ' . - , . , . .11 , 2 , . . . . . 1 , 1 , c A ' K' - ' 1 ' r ' Y ' 1 W , 1 ' A ' 1 A. 1 n La 5. ' . 4 11. L1 ' if C' ' , , - z 1 f . . - z.. . v hw A-J ' I 1.1: 't V K U7 J 'ff 1 K 1 1 ' L1 ' x' ' x , 2 ' A ' .. ' ' . i L' l ' ' 1 L. l ' . 1 1 -1 , xv' X . ' ' 1 n n ' ' 3 V , f -3 -e . ' , . 'e s ' . ' . Y - ' ' . --1,-' 1 f 1 1 1 v: ' ' 1 Y ' of xxhxch made both llght and heat dllflllg the lu xl-glons fax the-1 .xxx ay, chlldren sometlmes 0- - V l ' A .4 - '- T , . 1 f,. i-.1 - ' 1 C y - D . . . , ' e ', ' e 1 - -l s '- . ' n 1, 1 - ' 1 r ' 1 .' e . - , ' s ' . -' e. ' ' . e- ' r'. ' - 1- v vp 1 1 1 v ' N , 1' y ' v 1 . , .. . .1 1 o L , n , I u v '-' . e , Q , , as - - - 1 V , . . . . ' ' ' 7 a s 3 j 2 - , . t 1 . . , . ., 1 5. f nn f . H 1- . fu 1 - 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' ' ' ' 1 ' w C, . v . . . A v K ' S L1 ' , L1 ' . .1 1 is ty ' 1 1 L -' U ' . ' 1 . . - ' ' ' cel' 'ce 7' 2.3. 1 . N, e' I 4 . . . . , . . 1 I 1 A ' tr as 2 , uv K . 1 M ' - ' r ' I - .x ' ' 1 1 1 L V 1 1 f . kc 5 A e H x L x ' A 2 ' - ' -' -, r , - ' -js, ' '..' ' , - H v' 1 3 1 1 -1 ' ' ' - ' .' A . z ' - .1 1 ' uw' .' 'H-1725325

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mg up w1thout IIISIFLICIIIOII thex haxe a weak rned faxth VVherc an unfaxorable clrcum stance occurs It turns them away from the1r church I11 places where there are no Cathohc schools the1e should be 1el1g1ous day schools batu1dav should be spent 1n rel1g1ous educa t1on l1ke any prop rlv conducted xacfltlon school study not only of the church but of the Mass and hturffw The arts and crafts should be used to tram chlldren 1n Cathollc 11 e It IS lnterestlng to note hele that smce Blshop MCG3X1Ck has come to th1s d1ocese the IHCFQBSQ ln the bu1ld1ng of parochlal schools has been not1ce'1ble Thele we1e then about e1gh+x sw Now the1e are nlnetv fixe The Blshop 15 also xery much mterestcd spons1b1l1tx for those 111 h1s d1ocese He w rnts them to de clop 1nto men and women w ho w1ll be a cred1t to the11 countly Is there any message you would l1ke to glxe to the students of St Patr1ck s your Excellencv'7 Iasked I should l1ke to 1mpress upon the mmds of the students that the blllldlllg of the1r character along Chr1st1an lmes IS the most 1mportant part of the1r 9dLlCalZ1OI1 he re pl1ed I could see from the serlous expresslon that he meant ex erv word A Chrlstlan news hfes purposes a11d moulds hlmself accordxnglv That IS what makes school t1me l1fe s most 1mportant The Shamrock pal lod It IS the bu1ld1ng perlod Th1s doesn t IIIIIIIITIIZB the need of knowledge knowledge he lps our understandmg and should be an a1d 111 fo1 mmg sound hablts and noble character B1shop Spaldlng whom I knew well and who was a good fr1end of mme celebrated h1s s1lwer 1ub1lee of h1s consecratlon and L ll d1nal C1bbOl'lb preached the s e r m 0 n L hop Spaldmg gave an address Among other thmgs he sald I am now along IH we IS but I would l1ke to b young agam to bc 1 boy agaln It was that he m1ght tram hnnself to succeed better IH l1fe for the one solc re 1son that he m1ght try agaln to mould hnnself h1s sp1r1t h1s soul and hlS whole char agam hfr 1nto the 101111 of noble Chrlstlan lcter He sa1d I would l1ke to try xouth to atta111 that h1gh purpose Thxs fact should xmprcss the students w1th the 1de'1 th lt whlle they are IH school ch lracter bulldlng 19 the most lmportant part of thc1r wo1k 1nd lf they dexelop that 111 Cliclllllg Wlth then teache1s parents and all ot w hom they meet and know alw us bulld mg, sto11e upon stone they w1ll soon haw a lJl,.1lll,1fLll temple of fine Chr1st1an cha1'1ctc1 I was grateful lor the opportunlty to V1S1t w1th H1s Fxcellencv and I shall 11ever forget h1s kxnd lnterest As I left the room I real 1Z6d that he has a real 1egard for students and watches the1r achlex ements most cale fully WINTER BEAUTY hlcxrge Flsher '36 Snoa paznts the dull area earth m whztc It makes the world seem aay and brzght lVhen all lzfe s green zs dead and passed And dreary skles come all too fast I :ke tzng stars from heaven fallen Izke lzttle flowers u,zth szlver pollen I :Pe fazry jewels brzght and gay It helps to cheer us on our way . Y. . V . y Y - . . . . . , . , K . . . x , A Y . - . . . - , 8 . K 1 I- ' ' A 1 ' S ' 1 1 u . s : .1 A , '1 . S '. -1 -, - , . 1 u 9 A , L' 1 Q c .1 A x - ' r 1 . ' 7 9 V - 1 l . ' V. Y . . . . D . . . . . , A Y -1' i . . i' HL I 1 D. blk! l ' , x . my . , . 1 ! 'f 97 , . ' n , L' lil '.', 9 - . . . 5 o 1 n v 5 . y v V Q n , a s 0 . 5 K , . A 2 c ' ' ' Q A C . ' V ' . ' . v . . . - , , , . - . . , . . , ' ' - 7 A uv 'I . . ' 1 1 - ' X ' ' 1 ',, ' C - A ' : ' ' s 1 z ' . , ' ' ' ' 1n students and feels a sort of personal re- wnh the glam strength andthe powers of my 'L ., 'U 1 ' H 'N C L. ' ,SS D. h. v Q' f . . 0 Q n p y n X . L L , U nw . v A f K L' v ' . 2 4 ' 4 ' 'N A- ' K f . . . , . . . ' . . . , 1 1 , 1 1 ,, ju . r 7. . Q 1 . ' ' P 9 v at L ' ' ' ' H7 ' , ri nv, - a f u ' ' K f, . . ., . 2 I I . . . . J, ' V ' ' ', a ,C x,n ' ' ' 99 . . . . 9 ' ' . . . N V. va Q' V f 1 ' A ' J L 9 I Y V ' ' ' , , . . , , - H ' ' 7' vk ' ,sw L ' 4 1 4 1 L71 x S . U . - . . , . . . . 1 ' V k Q . , . I I 1 . . . : , . . , - . .

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THF MONUMFNT FRECTED TO TIIE MEMORY OF REV MARTIN CONNOI I Y IN ST PATRIC-kS FEINIF IARX Ju iilrxnnrzxxm fhe priestly benefacrors Who have led us to thzs day We most gratefully remember And m gralztude we pray That the trzalc they have born Unto the smfc s surcease May be a Iastmg benedzclzon And brmg eternal peace e wzth us S P . 3' ,. I . 1' ' in . A -, A I F , 'I Q A . . . . . ,.. Y, ,. , - , , . , . , , . . 1 , --.. -.