ARE YOU IN THIS PICTURE?

It is time to get your Deerstalkers on again, my sleuthing friends!  This time we have a photograph of a Grade 4 Class,  St Patrick's Convent School.  We know that the year is 1950 but we don't have any names for the lovely young girls nor do we know the name of the teacher.  If you are on this photo, or if someone you know is in it, we would love to hear from you.  You can contact us at mcallistersmith@gmail.com with any names or details.  I look forward to hearing from you  and I thank you in advance for your help. 






Grade 4, St Patrick's Convent, 1950
(IF YOU RIGHT CLICK THE PICTURE IT WILL ENLARGE)

It is time for a bit of editing!  Thanks to Joan (Reynolds) Fogarty, I now have the names of the girls on this picture. 

 

 

ROW 1: Kathleen Dobbin, Emily Bishop*, Lorraine Sheehan, Rosemary Ashley, Joan Abbass, Yvonne Beck, Margie Miller, Mary Bulger, Brenda Casey, Brenda Molloy, Andrea Martin*, Eleanor Sears, Joan Predham*.

 

ROW 2: Mary Whalen, Catherine Corbett, Rita Kielley, Joan Reynolds, Joan Ryan, Joan Connolly, Irene Viscount, Barbara Ryan, Joan Byrne, Ruth Howell*, Patricia McCarthy, Marie Madden, Barbara Mahoney.

 

 

ROW 3: Joan O'Dwyer, Lillian Hynes, Marie Fitzgerald, Gertrude Cleary, Betty Antle, Joan Stanford, Mary English, Mary Farrell.

The Teacher was Mother John.

 

THE * INDICATES  DECEASED.

 

 

Thank you,  Joan, for all your help.  Thanks also to the other ladies who were able to give me a name or two.  I appreciate your help.

VOLLEYBALL TEAM, 1979

St Patrick's Convent School  Volleyball Team, 1979

This is a picture taken from the 1979 St Patrick's Yearbook.  Thank you Paula for the loan of your yearbook.  It has a lot of great pictures in it. 

 

 

Are you on this picture?

1st Row: S Evans, B Martin, C Power, L Barrett, T Hefferman/Mary Heffernan, S Prim,

 

2nd Row: Mrs S Wade (Coach), L Gallagher, V Hawco, J Tucker, C Thompson, M Keating, E Donnelley, L Hickey, P Harding, J Walsh (manager)

If anyone has any stories about this team, it would be nice if you would share them with us on the blog. You can send them to me at mcallistersmith@gmail.com

I am very grateful to "Anonymous" who has been kind enough to send us the correct name of one of the girls in this picture.  Here is the comment, which was received yesterday:

Anonymous16 November 2014 17:20

"Hi! In the photo of the Volleyball players, it's Mary Heffernan, I believe I am correct."

 

A MYSTERY WORTHY OF SHERLOCK?

 



High School Chorus, St Patrick's High School
(If you click on the picture, it will enlarge)



 

This post could prove to be a very interesting one  and it might take Sherlock himself to solve it.  However,  I have great faith in St Patrick's Pupils so, although it is a High School Choir, it will probably prove elementary to the St Patrick's sleuths.  Here we go!

 

This photo, from Presentation Archives, comes with very little information and we are hoping that you have some knowledge of it.  All we know is that THE YEAR IS 1955 and it is a group of HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SINGING IN CHORUS AT ST PATRICK'S HIGH SCHOOL.

 

We know from the uniform that it is a Presentation School. The hands also give it away. In my day at St Patrick's we girls referred to this as 'The Presentation Clutch'.   Not, I hasten to add, within earshot of any of the good Sisters!

 

 

We would appreciate ANY INFORMATION you can provide but there are two main things we hope you can tell us:

 

1)  Please, can you identify any of the girls in this picture?

 

2)   Is this even OUR St Patrick's Convent School?

 

I don't remember the stage in our auditorium looking like this.  The background is too busy with all that pattern and frills and flounces but perhaps it was done that way for a themed concert or something.  Also, did we have footlights?  Perhaps we did but I don't remember them. 

 

So, my dear schoolmates, I am counting on you to help us out with this dilemma because I don't want to call Dr Watson & his strange friend.  They might prove to be very pricey.  We would be more than grateful if you would contact us on mcallistersmith@gmail.com if you have any information at all. 

MINI REUNION IN FLORIDA



Mini Reunion in Florida

I don't know exactly what it is about St Patrick's girls that makes them friends for life.   No matter where they find themselves, living or visiting, they just can't resist getting together for a reunion. That is just one more thing that makes St Patrick's folks so special!

 

Janet (McGrath) Crane, Phyllis Reardon, Cathy (Hearn) Greene, Pat (Hurley) McDonald, Myra (Walsh) Meigle and Judy (Comerford) Newton had a happy reunion in Florida on 13 February 2014.  This picture was taken at Marina Jack's, Sarasota, Florida, where the ladies got together to chat, reminisce and, no doubt, to laugh a lot!  You all look like you are having a wonderful time and, I have to admit to a bit of jealousy on my part as I wish I could have been there too. 

 

Thank you, Pat Hurley McDonald, for the picture & the information.  I am glad it  went so well for you all. 

N B

IF ANYONE HAS HAD, ARE HAVING, OR ARE PLANNING A REUNION, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS ON THIS BLOG.   ANYTHING CONCERNING ST PATRICK'S OR FORMER PUPILS OF ST PATRICK'S OR HOLY CROSS WILL BE GREATLY WELCOMED.

AWARD WINNING CHOIR

 

St Patrick's Glee Club, April 1973

Were you a member of this award winning choir?  If so, I am in urgent need of your help.   The good folks at Presentation Archives inform me that this picture was taken at CBC Studios and the date on the photo is April 1973.  They are anxious to identify the students in this photo. The Pianist is Miss Eleanor Lawton, the Choir Director is Sr Mary Brendan Lynch and the Principal is Sr Mary Luke Parsley.  This Glee Club was a very talented one &, through its excellence, won a trip to Ottawa. 

 

We would be very grateful if you would help us out with the names of the girls. 

 

Also, do you have, or do you know of anyone who has, a recording of when you sang in any concerts, choirs, glee clubs, etc?   Our friends at Presentation Archives are gathering up any musical recordings or videos and digitizing them. So, if you have any recordings or videos of your choirs, they would be very grateful if they could borrow them.  

 

Please contact us at mcallistersmith@gmail.com if you can help us to identify the girls or lend us your recordings or videos.  We will be forever grateful!

 

Just so you can see everyone more clearly, I have divided the photo into three sections.  I hope it will help you identify the students.