July 14, 2010

Notre Dame 85 years

Notre Dame Regional High School is celebrating its 85th anniversary. Here are some early photographs from St. Mary's High School and Cape Girardeau Catholic High School, later renamed Notre Dame High School.

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This undated photograph, possibly from the 1920s, shows St. Mary's High School on the right, looking south on Sprigg Street. St. Mary Cathedral is in the background on the left.

A lunchroom scene at Cape Girardeau Catholic High School, undated.

This picture of St. Mary's High School was taken in 1951. Situated on the northwest corner of Sprigg and William streets, the building was formerly Saint Francis Hospital. The school opened its doors on Sept. 1, 1925 with an enrollment of 14 and one teacher; only freshman subjects were taught. The building was constructed in 1878 for the Sisters of St. Francis as a hospital. It served that purpose until 1914 when the Saint Francis Hospital on Good Hope street was built. The high school continued until 1954 when Cape Catholic High School was built.

St. Mary's High School graduates, undated.

Bishop Helmsing and others on the stage at Notre Dame High School, undated.

Cape Girardeau Catholic High School, later Notre Dame High School.

Dedication of Cape Girardeau Catholic High School.

Catholic schools fundraiser, undated.

These students of Cape Girardeau Catholic High School are having a tug of war at Capaha Park in this picture taken by G.D. Fronabarger. The date is unknown but was during the late 1950s.

Southeast Missourian, June 2, 1958 Girls of the Catholic High graduating class, from the left, front row: Helen Ressel, Shirley Schwartz, Mary Jean Dohogne, Anna Mae Dannenmueller, Mary Ann Schneider, Susan Sciortino, Dorothy Tidwell, Judy Crites, Vivian Blattel, Elaine Moyers, Jo Ann Trankle and Sandy Miller. Second row: Jerry Glueck, Rose Marie Fulenwider, Martha Peetz, Rita Diebold, Sally Sterling, Meredith Cleeton, Sandra Horn, and Adrianna Messmer. Back row: Sharon Bradford, Glenda Westrich, Jeanine Willis, Shirley Blechle, Mary Jo Rehg, Pat Schneider, Mary Vincent Heady, Cordelia Schrock and Toni Quatmann.

Catholic schools fundraiser, undated.

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Notre Dame Regional High School is celebrating its 85th anniversary. Here are some early photographs from St. Mary's High School and Cape Girardeau Catholic High School, later renamed Notre Dame High School.

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