Forty-nine children is quite a lot to handle for one teacher, Sister Mary Thelma.
Second Grade – 1956
First Communion dress, which was held in the gymnasium as the church was being replaced. Sister Mary Daniel.
Third Grade – 1957
Sister Mary Eugene.
Fourth Grade – 1958
The school had two classes for each grade. We lucked out and got Mrs. Beal instead of the feared Sister Mary Ann, the stereotypical nun with a yardstick.
Fifth Grade – 1959
We move upstairs as ‘upper classmen’. Sister Mary Edwardine.
Sixth Grade – 1960
At right in the second row is Miss Margaret Ryan, a noted taskmaster and a graduate of the school herself.
Seventh Grade – Boys – 1961
In the seventh grade the two classes were split into ‘Boys & Girls’. I made a bunch of new friends. Mr. Kostancic, at right in the second row.
