Mary Bruder Shald, Elaine Streeter McKenzie, Mary Winkler Etherton VanEvery, Margaret (Midge) Hickey, Armella Pongratz Kramer, and Lanone Miles Bosn gathered together to make plans for their 50-year celebration. The "Do you remember---" question triggered memories that evoked smiles and laughs. Of the six present, Lanone and Midge had not boarded at the school.

For the "boarders," peanut butter seems to be the order of the day. They used to have peanut butter and bread after their walks. For Sunday morning breakfasts, they would have hot peanut butter (thinned) in bowls, hot rolls and big bowls of popcorn. Sunday breakfast was the only time you could go back for seconds.

A common practice in the classroom was that the boys sat on one side and the girls on the other side. They remembered having two Indian boys in their class for a while with the last name of LaPointe who were good basketball players and talented woodworkers.

Elaine remembers the time they unwound a ball of string all over the classroom while Sister was out of the room and that she took care of her erasers and blackboards. Armella remembers having to work in the kitchen her senior year for room and board and at the end of each school year, the yearly cleanup consisted of scooting around the classrooms with steel wool under your feet.

Midge remembers a pageant they performed with the whole school in the gym, and they sang "Oh Dem Golden Slippers". For this pageant, they had blackened their faces with Hershey chocolate.

Lanone remembers the play, "The Mummy and the Mumps", with Harry Grady as the mummy. He had a cloth tied around his head. Armella remembers Harry rising out of the coffin. This prompted Mary Shald's memory of catching the mumps and being up in the infirmary with cotton and towels wrapped around her head and jaws and looking out of the window at everybody.

Armella remembers they performed "The Making of Miss Graduate", in which she played a nun. She said they went to the K C Hall in costume and when she entered, everyone showed her great respect.

Just of few of the nuns they all remembered were: Sr. Electa who taught high school English, Sr. Maxine who taught Art and Sr. Delores, whom they called "PeeWee". They agreed that she was tiny but mighty. Elaine remembers Sr. Delores making her take off her lipstick.

They all remembered the "bloomers" they wore as part of their basketball uniform. Mary VanEvery remembers that there was enough material in the "bloomers" that her Mother was able to make two outfits out of them for her sisters.

All agreed that time had flown by quickly. Their love for St. Mary's and all it stood for shows through their memories.