  Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5841 Registered: 04-2005 |
That's okay, you can sit corrected if you'd like | ||
12468_laing Member Username: 12468_laing Post Number: 397 Registered: 07-2008 |
in the corner as usual with a bar of camay in my mouth. still hate using that brand. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5842 Registered: 04-2005 |
It was cheap. That's why they used it | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2709 Registered: 04-2008 |
Question for the group: What event lead to there no longer being a need for the portables to be used? My best guess on when they would have been taken down would have been around 1965 or so. It had to be either a drop in enrollment (which I doubt). An addition to the school, or the rooms up in the gym being converted to class rooms. | ||
12468_laing Member Username: 12468_laing Post Number: 398 Registered: 07-2008 |
personally i can't remember the portables. my older sister, class of '69, had one of her classes upstairs in the gym I think in her 6-7 grade. can't remember for sure. I don't think enrollment started going down till close to the 80's. Thoughts? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5843 Registered: 04-2005 |
It was an addition on the Maddelein side behind the gym Here's a 1961 pic  Here's 1981  (Message edited by jcole on February 19, 2009) | ||
Mkap Member Username: Mkap Post Number: 78 Registered: 11-2008 |
Z - Don't know the year, 65 sounds about right. They were removed when the addition was complete I believe. And I always stand corrected, just ask my kids! | ||
12468_laing Member Username: 12468_laing Post Number: 399 Registered: 07-2008 |
well, that's why i don't remember the portables. i was a pup in 1st or 2nd grade when they were there. summer of 65 for me was between 2 & 3 grade great pictures - any way of zooming in on the patio in the rectory?????? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5844 Registered: 04-2005 |
Here's a link to the aerial photos of most of SE Michigan. They zoom pretty good, but not down to the yellowest tulip in the priest's garden | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5846 Registered: 04-2005 |
Here's an aerial of Heilmann park, or whatever it was called then, in 1949. It looks like it still has kind of a military style to it. No swings or skating rink anyway  | ||
Zitro Member Username: Zitro Post Number: 2710 Registered: 04-2008 |
If you look at that field closely it kind of has a Shroud of Turin appearance to it. The mouth is in between Coram and Novara | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 5847 Registered: 04-2005 |
I see it!! That's actually Lappin and Coram, because when I cut it, I included SJ Playfield on the bottom there, so it starts at 7 Mile | ||
12468_laing Member Username: 12468_laing Post Number: 400 Registered: 07-2008 |
that explains it all - all the trouble we got in there, there had to be someone watching out for us. yep, explains it all. | ||
Okie_nana_55 Member Username: Okie_nana_55 Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2009 |
I have been reading this site since early January, and it brought back so many memories. Yes, I graduated in 1964. Also would love to know who posted that birthday party picture, because I think I am in it, even my husband thought it was me. | ||
Hw1975 Member Username: Hw1975 Post Number: 1 Registered: 02-2009 |
I just found this forum yesterday and have been reading it ever since, even the archived ones. These postings have brought back many memories and have made me laugh and cry!! I remember that Fr. Ording used to come into the classrooms and had out report cards. He used to really mess up people's names but I am still not sure if he did it on purpose or not? Anyone else remember this? Think he did it on purpose or was he really having trouble pronouncing name? | ||
Eastburn Member Username: Eastburn Post Number: 685 Registered: 03-2008 |
Welcome, Okie & HW. I don't think Fr. Ording did it on purpose & hadn't remembered that though your mention of it tugs a string somewhere in the back of my mind. We're kind of proud that this thread is currently the largest thread on DY. New folks will help keep it going. If you haven't yet done so, check out the St. Jude page on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/home.p hp?ref=home#/pages/Detroit-MI/ St-Jude-Roman-Catholic-Parish/ 13026593213?ref=ts There's a lot of neat stuff on there. One of our own has prowled the halls (& tunnels) of the old place with his video camera. Pretty interesting. | ||
Hw1975 Member Username: Hw1975 Post Number: 2 Registered: 02-2009 |
Thanks for the welcome Eastburn! I have been on that page too!!! The picture someone posted of the Class of 1970 has my brother's picture on, I recognized him right away cuz of his "groovy" hair! He lives in Montana now but I am going to e-mail him the link to this because I think he will enjoy it too | ||
Tsomyak Member Username: Tsomyak Post Number: 101 Registered: 04-2008 |
Hw, what year did you graduate? | ||
Hw1975 Member Username: Hw1975 Post Number: 3 Registered: 02-2009 |
I graduated in 1971...what about you, what year? | ||
Okie_nana_55 Member Username: Okie_nana_55 Post Number: 2 Registered: 02-2009 |
Thanks for the welcome. Does anyone know what years of graduates are represented on this site? I had Sr. Ellen in 8th grade and the nun that taught band with Miss Bach in the seventh grade, we were above the gym, and when I was in 6th grade I was in the tin buildings. Whenever I tell people where I went to school, I call it military school. I remember safety guards posted every few feet on the sidewalk, keeping kids in lines and no talking on the school grounds. Does anyone else remember that? | ||
Eastburn Member Username: Eastburn Post Number: 687 Registered: 03-2008 |
I represent the old guard, having graduated in 1958. Not sure who is the latest grad. Speak up, youngsters. | ||
Hw1975 Member Username: Hw1975 Post Number: 4 Registered: 02-2009 |
I graduated in 1971. Not sure if that's considered "young" anymore...I know today I feel "old" | ||
Hw1975 Member Username: Hw1975 Post Number: 5 Registered: 02-2009 |
Okie...I think you probably graduated before me. I do not remember temporary classrooms, they were probably gone by the time I started. I do remember: walk in single file, no talking until you got off school property. That also went for when you walked in the school hallways! And most of the corners had "safety boys" to cross you. I was a "safety girl", all I can remember about that is sitting in a lower grades class while they ate lunch, I guess we were supposed to keep them in line while the teacher ate her lunch. I don't think I was very good at it! | ||
Okie_nana_55 Member Username: Okie_nana_55 Post Number: 3 Registered: 02-2009 |
Funny you should mention lunch, as I was thinking who watched us while we ate, and what did we do for fun after lunch. I don't remember any swings etc. I too was a safety girl, who monitored the sidewalks. What year did you graduate in? | ||
Hw1975 Member Username: Hw1975 Post Number: 6 Registered: 02-2009 |
I graduated in 1971. My brother graduated in 1970 and one of my younger sisters graduated in 1973 | ||
Okie_nana_55 Member Username: Okie_nana_55 Post Number: 4 Registered: 02-2009 |
I remember going past and sometime stopping at a little party store on my way to school. I lived on State Fair. I am sure it is gone, I often wonder what the neighborhood is like now. | ||
12468_laing Member Username: 12468_laing Post Number: 401 Registered: 07-2008 |
hw1975, i graduated in 71 also. was in boy scouts and got eagle, was a lector, had a sister 2 yrs before me. went on to denby - grad in 75, went to wayne state and grad in 79. my initials are sm. would love to know who you are. this forum is amazing. give me some background as to who you are. | ||
Hw1975 Member Username: Hw1975 Post Number: 7 Registered: 02-2009 |
if you graduated in 71, we were classmates, I'm female, so you wouldn't remember me from cub scouts  . In 4th grade I was in Mrs. Knoll's class, that really tiny classroom near the supply closet. In 8th grade, I had Mr. Joseph for homeroom. I played on the girls basketball team in 8th grade, suprising cuz I'm only 5'2", but then I think everyone who tried out made the team. Our coach was named Olga Otavianni. I was extremely shy in grade school, have red hair, my initials are CM. I assume from your username that you lived on Laing. I lived in Harper Woods. | ||
Hw1975 Member Username: Hw1975 Post Number: 8 Registered: 02-2009 |
Okay laing, where'd ya go...no fair pulling out old class pictures to figure out who I am!! How about some clues to your identity? | ||
Sjtunnelgang Member Username: Sjtunnelgang Post Number: 38 Registered: 12-2008 |
St Juder....in order to validate [vouch] your claim as G.T....we need one correct answear for this question from the "hood". I appreciate Jcole's vouch for you,but can you verify Jim Mazzola's nickname only a select few knew? A little hint to help shake off the dust of time...... --p-y ??? |
