St Pauls High School - Look Ahead Yearbook (Norwalk, OH)

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1- For Sefuefzzgffhve Year: Siszfers of Notre Dame have Shared in the Worh gf Chrz'.vtz'oh Ea'ucozfz'o1z or Sr. Phu! School Seventy-five years ago. three Sisters of Notre Dame came to Norwalk to assume the responsibility of sharing in the educational work of the recently organized St. Paul parish. A two-story brick building, to serve as a combination Church and school, had been erected at the corner of Wooster and Monroe Streets. A two-story frame house situated at the Monroe Street end of the newly acquired property was to serve as the Sisters' residence. The completion of our beautiful Renaissance Church, in 1893, made it pos- sible to provide needed classrooms in the section of the combination building, which had served as a Church. In 1906 a two-year commercial course was introduced. Since it was evident that an extensive building program was necessary, as soon as a method for providing funds could be devised, lots adjoining the Church on Main Street, were purchased. Conscious of the need for better facilities and grateful for the education and training they had received at St. Paul school, the Fisher brothers of Detroit. loyal sons of the parish, generously offered to erect a new school. This beau- tiful modern structure was dedicated December 11, 1921. The faculty lost no time in organizing a high school, which merited the Charter of Affiliation as a first class high school in 1923, which it has retained ever since. Impressed by this outstanding progress and by the need for a more ex- tensive building program, our generous benefactors, in 1929, erected a par- sonage, a convent, and a combination gymnasium and auditorium. Pastors, faculty, and parishioners have given evidence of their appreciation and gratitude to the donors, by careful maintenance and efficiency in utilizing all available facilities. The steady increase in enrollment, however, has created problems in pro- viding needed class rooms and other necessary equipment. After a thorough study of ways and means to provide proper facilities for present and future needs, Father Weger and the councilmen concluded that the construction of an eight-room school would be most practical and efficient. Plans for this addition have been completed. This building will be con- structed between the Gym and Sisters' residence, thus making it possible to have a central heating system and other facilities. - According to present plans this project is to be completed for the opening of the fall session in 1954. May the bequest of Mrs. Augusta Grimmer, of twenty-three thousand. eight hundred dollars, serve as an inspiration to other parishioners to be generous in the drive for funds, that the necessary amount may be realized without the parish having to assume the burden of debt. Among the 883 students who have been graduated, or have attended St. Paul school7O have dedicated their lives to the service of Christ. as priests or religious. 4

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D66fI'C'Hflb7l Immaculate Heart of Mary Immaculate Heart of Mary, Loved Queen of the Rosary, Kneeling before thy shrine, We pledge love and loyalty. Our joys and sorrows unite Vxfith sacred mysteries, To form an ever-lengthening chain, To binzl us close to thee. Bless our glorious country, F air realm of Liberty: May peace and justice reign Through the living Rosary.

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Refu. Hz'Za7y lyeger, Pastor, Extends Fe!z'cz'tcztz'0m St. Paul's has reason to be justly proud of its record of religious growth and progress during the seventy-five year tenure of the Notre Dame Community of nuns in staffing its school. The long list of priest-sons of the parish and members of religious orders who received their early training in St. Paul Church, together with the large number of Alumni loyal to the Church in their secular occupations, and of proven citizenship, is a tribute to the good nuns whose untiring zeal and self-sacrificing labors are known, in full, to God alone. I feel that I am expressing the sentiments of the parish as a whole in giv- ing thanks to God for the many blessings that have come to the Church in Norwalk, and indirectly to the entire community of Norwalk, through the presence of the Notre Dame Sisters these many years. May God continue to prosper them in their noble work of forming the minds and hearts of the chil- dren of this parish for all time to come. Volzmteerf who have rerpofzded to the ea!! to aid in prererfuifzg our heritage gf Cfzriftitm Culture Pnests-Rev. Victor Studer Cdeceasedj, Rev. Robert Ruffing, Rev. Frederick I. Mehling, Rev. Cle- tus I. Gates, Rev. Thomas Conroy, S.I., Rev. Law- rence I. Ernst, Rev. Elmer Rupp, C.S.C., Rev. Isadore M. Fries, Rev. Carlton Ott, Rev. Paul Hill, M.S.C., Rev. William Gies, M.S.C. Seminarians-Ioseph Ruffing, Leon Weisenberger, Norman Rufting, Gary Wechter, Peter Schaffer, Ar- thur Ruffing, Carl Lau, Daniel Reagan, Richard Vitello. Brother Aquinas Weis, O.F.M. Members of the Notre Dame Order-Sister Mary Gilbert Hollerbach Cdeceasedj, Sister Mary Gabriel Isele, Sister Mary Clarice Hug, Sister Mary Ieanita Fitz, Sister Mary Carolin Adelman, Sister Mary Flo- rita Bick, Sister Mary Victoria Frey, Sister Mary Hilaire Amann, Sister Mary St. Bernard Isele, Sister Mary Eugenius Zimmerman, Sister Mary St. Helen Zimmerman, Sister Mary Herman Corey, Sister Mary Imeldine Missler, Sister Mary Virgin Ott, Sister Mary Lauella Hipp, Sister Mary Gwendolyn Roth, Sister Mary Placicla Weisenberger, Sister Mary Ioyce Haf- ner, Sister Mary Clarette Welfle, Sister Mary Elouise Schaffer, Sister Mary Carlton Ott, Sister Mary Mag- daleda Dorsey, Sister Mary Lauren Dorsey, Sister Mary Magdaleva Camp, Sister Mary Marcella Zim- merman, Sister Mary Faith Minardi, Sister Mary Iohn Baptist Rupp, Sister Mary Andrenita Grimesey, Sister Mary Elizbeth Ruffing, Sister Mary Aloys Loyer, Ruth Rupp, Postulant. Members of other Religious Orders-Sister Ver- onique de Cecile Baechle, L.S.P.7 Sister Helen de Ste. Angela Baechle, L.S.P.: Sister Helen Kramer, L.S.P.: Sister Evelyn Kluding, S.Sp.S.: Sister Mary Cornelia Camp, O.S.U.7 Sister Mary Lillian Fries, C.S.A.: Sis- ter Mary Iohn Baptist Baltes, I.H.M.: Sister Mary Leonette Kramer, S.S.I.: Sister Mary Lillian Elmlin- ger, H.H.M.5 Sister Mary Iacinta Ftutfing, H.H.M.: Sister Mary Vincent Camp, C.S.A.7 Sister Mary Carla Camp, S C: Sister Mary Mavila Newberger, O.S.F.: Sister Mary Charlotte Riley, O.S.U.7 Sister M. Theo- nilla Rock. R.S.M.5 Sister Mary Alma Corde Schnell- inger, lVl.M., Sister Mary Carla Schnellinger, C.S.A.