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Education

Large crowd attends St. Mary’s-CADET-Holy Family celebration

By CLAUDE VINSON

Past chairs

Past chairs presented plaques for leading preparations for the grand reunions, from left: Jesse Wilson (accepting for Lillian Jean Wilson Stratmon), Claude Vinson, Oliver Peyton, Curtiss Talley and George Leggs. (Not pictured: Carolyn Jordan Cook and Thelma Wells).

Planning for the next grand reunion

Committee elected to plan the Eighth Grand Reunion in 2010, from left: Oliver Peyton (treasurer), Annie Clark Reid (assistant treasurer), Willie Mallory (chairman), Lillie Collins-Alford (secretary) and Faye Russell (assistant secretary).

Former students, teachers, friends, parents and supporters of “St. Mary’s-CADET-Holy Family” joined in a celebration over the Labor Day weekend (August 29-31).

Dubbed the Seventh Grand Reunion, participants were exposed to a whole slate of activities over the fun-filled weekend.

Starting with a “Meet and Greet” fish fry at Annie’s Restaurant on Memphis Street on Friday evening, the revelers were treated to a cocktail hour, a well-appointed banquet on Saturday evening at Kirkwood National Golf Course and a close-out picnic on Sunday afternoon at the Smith Multi-Purpose Building on Memphis Street.

This reunion also commemorated the 60th anniversary of the school as a viable part of the Holly Springs and Marshall County community.

These reunions have continued to grow over the years and serve to preserve the valuable links that former attendees have to their roots.

Presented plaque

Carolyn Jordan Cook, chairperson of the Seventh Grand Reunion, presents Dr. Kenneth Williams with a plaque for being guest speaker at the Saturday evening banquet.

Special tribute

Sister Ramona Ann Schmidtknecht (L) and Sister Marietta Hanus. Sister Ramona was paid a special tribute for serving over three decades in the Holly Springs-Marshall County community. Sister Marietta was in the first group of teachers who came to Holly Springs when St. Mary’s was opened.

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