Alumni Memories from Before 1950

Anthony J. Prombo, O.D. - 1933
Fondest Memories: Playing basketball in Kenrick Hall; Father McCormick would drive us to DeLassle High School, now Joliet Catholic Academy, on Saturday morning. Eight of us would pile into his car. After the game he would stop at Liberty Cafe and buy us a pop and hot dog. It was the Depression time, so that was quite a treat.

Charlotte (Kowalczyk) Hildy - 1934
Fondest Memories: May processions and the patience and dedication of the teaching nuns

John Such - 1940
Fondest Memories: Many: 1. Two grades in one room. 2. Sister ringing the hand bell to start school. 3. As an altar boy after hearing Mass assignments yelling "right side" in order to play the xylophone during consecration. 4. Having very strict "no nonsense" nuns. 5. Playing basketball having no set plays but passing the ball to the player who had the hot hand in making baskets that game. 6. Most of all my favorite nun - Sister Rose Monica

Martin C. Burger - 1941
Fondest Memories: I.C.S. basketball team - Ed Pack, Jack Brady, Ted Struck, Ed Zeck

William Cheshareck - 1941
Fondest Memories: Fr. McDonough as my basketball coach. He would borrow my father's car to take us to games. He also liked to time the masses so he could leave to go to Chicago, where he was from. He'd look at the clock on the wall and tell us altar boys, "I want to get out of here in twenty minutes."

Bob Higgins - 1941
Fondest Memories: The sisters from South Bend and Monsignor McDonough. My twin brother and I were altar boys from 5th throught 8th grades.

Charles "Pete" Muffler - 1941
Fondest Memories: I.C.S. is where I met and enjoyed many friendships over the years. I had a good education.

Mary Jane (Muffler) Butterfield - 1942
Fondest Memories: The sisters were great. ICS gave me a start to my education and my life.

Doris (Feeney) Murray - 1943
Fondest Memories: School festivals. The school provided hot dogs for five cents and mothers provided desserts. Sister Gertrude Aloise teaching penmanship. The wonderful sisters of the Congregation of the Holy Cross. The sisters were well educated and seemed to like their jobs. They gave of themselves unselfishly and provided a lot of guidance and education besides the 3Rs. The May processions and hoping the bridal wreath would bloom in time to make wreaths to wear on our heads. Singing the songs of the service branches during World War II. Billy Tabler, aged 4, coming to visit in a child sized army uniform.

Marilyn (Feeney) Klinker - 1945
Fondest Memories: Meeting other Catholic people that I may not have met otherwise.

Bob Higgins - 1945
Fondest Memories: The sisters from St. Mary's; the south bend students: Frank Perucca, Chuck Muffler, Willy Cheshareck, Jonnie Such, Jane and Jean Tabler, Mary Jane Muffler, Dorothy Bright, Don Bright, Rich Higgins. It was unusual to have two sets of twins in the same class: the Tabler twins and the Higgins twins

Daniel Callahan - 1948
Fondest Memories: Years spent as an Altar Boy and memories
of Sister Mary Georgia.

Other surveys submitted from the following alumni: Gerald Bednarik - 1939; Lavern Lutz - 1942; Virginia (Lee) Bednarik - 1943;