The school for many Winklers
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 Photo courtesy of Lois Frame |
The following is taken from a St. Joseph's Church publication dated April 2003. St. Joseph's Academy had its early beginnings in a one story wooden structure next to the original church on North Center Street. Enrollment averaged between 20 and 30 pupils. This was under the direction of Rev. Oderich Vogt and two Franciscan nuns. In 1876 pastor Rev. H. A. Cluever met the growing needs of the church and school. A new two-story brick building was erected on the eastern side of Lafayette Street towards the rear of the new church site. Father Cluever petitioned the Mother House of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet, in Troy NY, to take charge of the teaching. His petition was granted and the sisters began their work under the supervision of Mother Regina. |
Within eight years the school once again proved to be too small to meet the growing needs of the population. Rev. J. H. Wibbe ordered that an addition be built. The new space was to occupy the land between the church and the school. This addition doubled the class room capacity to four but would soon be overcrowded in 15 years. This led Father Wibbe to buy the land across Lafayette Street. This most recent structure, pictured above, served until the last high school class graduated in 1960. |
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Left: St. Joseph's Church and School in 1889.
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St. Joseph's Academy Class Pictures |
 Hubert F Winkler1913 Click for class picture |
 Fred H. Winkler1931 |
Class of 1931 1st RowKathryn Doolin, Jean Onisk, unknown, Leo P. Montenero, Rev. Jos Henrick, Thomas Hils, Virginia Schiele (Murphy), Teresa Lutz (Hanlon), Marie Nennstiel (Rock) 2nd Row Dolores Brazee, unknown, Ethel Winkler (Ward), Fred Winkler, Ruth Thibodeau, Karl Ryan, Mary McDonnell, Elizabeth Ziolkowski, Lorrayne Sartoris (Isabella), Alma Cramer, unknown, Eileen Eckel 3rd Row Betty Keigher, Bernard Nardini, Rose Manning, Thomas McCabe, Eileen Murphy (Nicklaw), Philip Hussong, Alice Burns, Edward Hanlon, Roselina St. Louis (McGuire), William Pope, Margaret Hannon (Costello), Leo F. Montenero, Margaret Farry 4th Row Margaret Walker, Charles Schaaff, Betty Leonard, Joseph Vogel, Florence Fallon, Russell McDermott, Eleanor Platto, George Fifield, Marion Daily, Norbert Kehrer, Margaret Pohl, Sheldon Dahlin |
Class of 1931 Theater |
 Fred H. Winkler is seated second from the left. |
Class of 1941 |
 1st Row Anna Dorothy Mueller, Thelma Fraser, Father Schmidt, Mary Reilly, Marion Gimicki 2nd Row Ann Boyd, Jean Mary, Susan Zwolinski, Leo Krawiecki, Robert Cassedy, Robert Gaudette, Mary Unseld, Angie Sgarlata 3rd Row Vincent Frankwitz, Philip Lynch, Francis Smolney, Charles Schroff, Ferruccio Morandi, Walter Wickham, Richard Goodwin, Hubert Winkler |
