Historical June 1980 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
This was a banner year for St. Roch’s School.
Students won honors from high schools, the Humane Society, Parade Magazine, and others. Beth Lake, daughter of Rich and Venita Lake, won a merit scholarship to Rosati-Kain High School. Only four such scholarships were awarded by R-K. Beth also made it through eight rounds of the Globe-Democrat Spelling Bee Semi-Finals. After some confusion about the pronunciation of one word, Beth misspelled “thrombosis.” Many of us have trouble spelling it correctly under the best of circumstances.
It would have been great if Beth had made it to the finals in Washington, D.C. on May 29th, but Sr. Leo Ann is relieved that she doesn’t have to change the date of graduation. Willie Winter won an honorary scholarship to St. Louis U. High, placing in the top ten percent of those accepted at SLUH. Willie’s parents are Rudi and Margaret Winter.
The Young Columbus Award, sponsored by Parade Magazine, was won in the St. Louis area by Sean Thomas, and second place went to Anne McCarthy.
Each newspaper that carries Parade Magazine recommends 20 to 25 kids who have shown outstanding responsibility on their paper routes.
The children must write an essay and get a recommendation from their teachers. Sean went to Ireland for 10 days with 151 other children from around the country.
He took lots of pictures and brought back gifts for his parents, Bill and Nan Thomas. Anne’s prize was a portable TV set, which she has in her room now, and her parents, Jim and Anne McCarthy, are fielding complaints from the rest of the family, The Serra Club, which works to foster vocations to the religious life, sponsors a contest each year for the children in Catholic schools.
This year’s project was to write a prayer titled, “Lord, What Shall I Be?” First place in this city-wide contest went to Emily Shea, daughter of Dan Shea and Diane Mensing.
The runner-up was John and Joyce Shaw’s son, John Kveder. Ann Hinkebein was chosen by the faculty of St. Roch’s to represent the school and crown the statue of Mary on May Day.
It is a big day for all the students, but particularly the eighth graders. Dressed in their finest for the procession into church, they carry flowers for Our Lady. After the crowning, everyone rededicates his or her life to Mary and the work of her Son, and participates in the Celebration of the Eucharist.
It is always an impressive ceremony and, in one person’s biased opinion, this year’s was outstanding. Ann is the daughter of Bob and Nancy Hinkebein. Marcel Ernst, son of John and Carolina Clark, was awarded a plaque and $25.00 by the Humane Society for taking care of that well-known dog, Peetroch, while Sr. Leo Ann recovered from her foot injury. Marcel did not know that Sister had recommended him for the award and so was pleasantly surprised when he won.
He plans to use the $25.00 and money he earns to buy a new bike. Fourth Grader Bob Horner, son of Bob and Ann Horner, received a record album from the Diabetes Society because he rode his bike for 68 miles in thir bikathon, and earned $200 for the Society. Ann said Bob didn’t touch his bike for about three days after that, but is riding again now. Ten St. Roch’s students won First and Second Place ribbons in the Children’s Division of the Art Fair.
They are listed with the other winners elsewhere in The Paper.
We are very proud of all the honorees and congratulate them, their parents, and their teachers on jobs well done.
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St. Roch’s students pictured with the honors report. The Paper, June 1980, page 9. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Paper, June 1980.
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