 catholic schools catholic schools ray wed 6092010 1505  catholic and private schools   gulf coast military academy 1912    1912 the gulf coast military academy filed its charter in late august 1912  incorporators were  jc hardy   ld hardy and jn pigg of columbia tennessee and robert bruce mcgehee 18841939 of gulfport mississippi the daily herald august 26 1912 p 3  1939 dr robert bruce mcgehee  18841939  first president of the gulf coast military academy  died at troy alabama on july 26 1939 the daily herald july 27 1939 p 1  seashore academy   1893 the seashore academy a private coed school which also acted as a boy s boarding school was chartered in mississippi in june 1893 by laz lopez fw elmer s picard john walker ej buck ht graves ew morrill h otto jr harkness george h dunbar and fb dunbar this educational institution was situated on the beach front at biloxi about 500 feet west of the biloxi lighthouse it opened in september 1893 with dr george s roudebush 18291921 a presbyterian minister in charge harrison co mississippi chattel deed bk 1 p 6 and the biloxi herald july 1 1893 p 8   the reverend dr roudebush was a native of ohio  references  the biloxi herald   biloxi collegiate academy   september 17 1892 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 1 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 1 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 15 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 1 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 15 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 22 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   july 15 1893 the biloxi herald   seashore academy   september 30 1893 the biloxi herald   local happenings   april 20 1895 the biloxi herald   the waif s outing   october 12 1895 the biloxi herald   latest city news   march 28 1896 the biloxi daily herald   city news   june 5 1900 the biloxi daily herald   charter of incorporation of the biloxi sanatorium   june 22 1902 the biloxi daily herald   city news   december 29 1903 the biloxi daily herald   necrologicalcapt aa folkes   january 2 1904 the biloxi daily herald   heavy fire losses   april 5 1904 the biloxi daily herald   after the fire   april 6 1904 the biloxi daily herald   sanatorium   april 12 1904 1904 the biloxi daily herald    november 17 1904 the daily herald   well known educator is visiting biloxi   april 18 1911 the daily herald   dr george s roudebush dies at ridgelandwas known in biloxi   july 28 1921  sacred heart academy    1899 in early october  oe thompson  local contractor was given the contract to build an addition to the sisters of mercy school on fayard street the biloxi herald october 4 1899 p 8    1940 in late august 1940 the l n railroad conveyed for 2000 a lot of 3 acres to the catholic bishop of natchez the lot was bounded by thomas street on the west harrison co mississippi land deed bk 236 p 469  1966 the new  sister of mercy convent was dedicated on may 8th  the daily herald may 6 1966 p 1  class 1928   faculty father keenan dean  class motto our aimsuccess our hopeto win class colors pink and green class flower pink radiance rose   graduates inez f anglada thelma durel terrel m harvey ernest f henley w kenner hunt aquina e lamm francis j lawrence lydia j ragusin flickner  ethel may rider phillip a ryan louise b seymour claire e strayham william p strayham mae w williams and joseph c wink the daily herald may 30 1928 p 2  new school in early may 1933 the collins brothers began demolition of the old sacred heart school building before erecting a new school on the site they were awarded the 32000 construction contract and the new school structure was scheduled to be completed by september architectural fees were 1280 and the congregation had to raise 4870 to pay the final cost of 33280  the sacred heart academy was to offer a fouryear accredited high school curriculum the building was planned to have fourteen classrooms and educate 400 children a 500 seat auditorium and gymnasium were included in the plans  father peter keenan was the pastor of nativity bvm at this time the daily herald may 8 1933 p 1 and may 12 1933 p1  dedication the new sacred heart academy was dedicated on september 13 1933  john t collins was the architect and the collins brothers contractors for the 32000 structure the twostory masonry edifice was built in the tudor gotic revical style reflecting the gothic revival architecture of the 1901 nativty bvm cathedral the daily herald september 1933 p and buildings of biloxi 2000 p 102  references  buildings of biloxi  2000 edition  the daily herald  sacred heart school closes this week   may 30 1928 the daily herald   to begin tearing down sacred heart school next monday   may 8 1933 p 1 the daily herald   start razing old building   may 12 1933 p 1 the daily herald  mavar reelected president sacred heart alumni   september 14 1942 the daily herald     the daily herald      st michael s   first school catholic school commenced on point cadet by father ha spengler circa 1911  new school bishop ro gerow diocese of natchez dedicated the 100000 st michael s school on point cadet on october 12 1946  references  the daily herald  bishop gerow to dedicate biloxi school tuesday   october 11 1946 p 1 the daily herald  st michael s school dedicated   october 16 1946 p 1 the daily herald     the daily herald      our mother of sorrows 1916   st mary s parochial of mother of sorrows catholic parish was dedicated in early september 1916  the daily herald september 7 1916 p 3    references  the daily herald   new parochial school dedicated   september 7 1916 the daily herald   biloxi has new school   august 28 1926  st john s 1926  st john s catholic school was dedicated on september 3 1926 on main street in the old back bay public school there were four grades with sister mary joseph and sister elalia in charge  the daily herald september 4 1926   a parish bazaar was held on the school grounds in early october 1926 among the food available for purchase was creole gumbo sandwiches punch soda pop home baked cakes and pies ice cream and candy there would be a dance and the sisters had prepared a program with their pupils to entertain the audience  the daily herald august 28 1926 p 2    land acquisition in september 1929 ro gerow bishop of the diocese of natchez acquired two lots on the northeast corner of lameuse street and bradford street from charles b foster and william h kelley and henrietta kelly for 6650 the church lot had about 140feet on lameuse street and 188feet on bradford harrison co mississippi land deed bk 183 pp 456457 father pj mcglade 18931980 was appointed pastor of the newly created parish of st john s he was ordained into the priesthood in ireland and his first assignment in america was as assistant priest in bay st louis father mcglade s first parish was st mary s of the pines at chatawa mississippi he came to biloxi from st patrick s in water valley mississippi until a rectory was built father mcglade was domiciled in a rental house on fayard street mary mcglade 18951973 his sister became reverend mcglade s house keeper  the daily herald september 4 1931 p 5    19501951 new school   ground was broken in midoctober 1950 for a new 53431 st john parochial school behind the bradford street rectory  bl knost was the general contractor for the sixclass room brick structure ray v pisarichplumbing august tremmel sonroofing and philip dellengerpainting henry schwan jr electrical and john t collins associatesarchitects father peter killen was the pastor of the parish the daily herald october 13 1950 p 7  st john catholic school football ca 1954back bay park  lr bottow rowdon lacoste jimmy cook uk patrick h roberts 19442009 tony corso mickey j bellande uk uk uk steve bowen 19432005 jimmy manduffie ed conway middle row  ray l bellande  jules galle ronnie roberts jack acevedo uk uk gilbert parker joe joe arceneaux wallace tiblier joseph hungerford roland roberts uk top rowjack pickich 19211974 father peter killen uk pete alley and james h cook 19201997  19577th and 8th grades  1st rowlr jimmy cook jerry bushart ellis carl brochard and sister mary frances 2nd rowlr mary kay wilkerson larry gilbert eric and carol ann higginbotham 3r rowlr mickey j bellande linda trahan bertha ryan virginia crawford and debbie alley 4th rowlr john cox karen pinegar bonnie kay creel joan hunt brenda creel and eileen conway 5th rowlr brenda foret linda higgenbotham tony corso xavier joseph maumus and dennis malpass  references  the daily herald   biloxi has new school   august 28 1926 the daily herald   st john s bazaar   october 6 1927 the daily herald   father mcglade new st john s pastor   september 4 1931  sttheresa s 1927   st theresa s catholic school was situated on the north side of the back bay of biloxi designed by carl e matthes 18961972 plans completed in the summer of 1926 father carey awarded building contract to  references  the daily herald   new parochial school dedicated   september 7 1916 the daily herald   biloxi has new school   august 28 1926  notre dame 194319   father jeffrey t o connell 1942 in september 1942 the parochial school system of biloxi was led by father geoffrey t o connell  the sisters of mercy were operating five white catholic schools with the following enrollments  sacred heart high school  academy and mercy convent elementary425 students  st john elementary181 students  st michael elementary250 students and st theresa elementary108 students there were also several hundred black students at our mother of sorrows with the sisters of the blessed sacrament in charge  the daily herald september 14 1942 p 10 and july 26 1943 p 1    1943 in 1943 a decision was made to separate the males students at the sacred heart academy and commence an allboys catholic high school to be called notre dame  af dantzler house brothers of holy cross society of notre dame university land in rear for recreation football field and track five white catholic schools operated by 31 sisters of mercy teaching about 1000 pupils convent of mercy sacred heart academy st michaels st johns and st theresa in north biloxi black catholic school operated by four sisters of the blessed sacrament teaching 203 students sisters of st joseph came to biloxi in march 1860 but replaced by sisters of mercy about 1875 after the property transfer mr dantzler and wl guice made significant contributions to the new school  the daily herald july 26 1943 p1  brother francis borgia csc first principal of notre dame high school  from the daily herald august 13 1943 p 7  notre dame high school was commenced in september 1943 in a 19 th century residence known as the dantzler house situated on west beach boulevard opposite the 1847 biloxi lighthouse the dantzler house was acquired by nativity bvm for use as biloxi s first catholic high school the reverend geoffrey t o connell was president of the school and five holy cross brothers brother francis borgiaprincipal brother jacob brother jarlath brother nivard and brother norman were hired to conduct the school and to live on the second floor of the dantzler house work started on athletic field behind the school  the daily herald august 21 1943 p 6 and september 2 1943 p 7    1944 graduation bishop ro gerow presented diplomas to 14 scholars on the eve of may 26th  russell a quave  valedictorian  francis l logue  salutatorian  john j jack pisarich  class president marion m williams glen a pisarich leon p balius robert b baricev william m collins joseph p fallo kermit fountain person moore raymond l quave sidney schol and robert m tremmel dr clarence manion dean of the nortre dame university law school address the garduates the daily herald may 28 1944 p 1 and p 6  1946 graduation monsignor geoffrey o connell founder of notre dame high school and pastor of nativity bvm  presented diplomas to twentysix young men on may 30th at the school alphonse h wambsgan valedictorian walter lnixon salutatorian and joseph j collins class president made speeches members of the class were rothwell francis andeson wallace eugene cassonova joseph james collins gerald joseph diaz chrles everett duffie ennis anthony grady woodman elliott graham joseph swetman hewes salvador james lepre joseph erval mills walter louis nixon antoine john otto jefferson campbell parrish gordon joseph peresich donald louis puzz alva james seymour lindus joseph seymour torrence francis smith james philip starks john paul tiblier emory lavon turner alphonse henry wambsgan and eugene paul wiltz the daily herald may 28 1946 p 5  1952 charles h hegwood  19142001 succeeded ted hoffa as football coach in late may 1952 hoffa had been at the school for 1 12 years and compiled a record of 4 wins 4 loses and a tie hegwood was a millsaps graduate and played all sports and coached by tl gaddy former biloxi high coach coach hegwood came to the coast from taylorsville high school returning lettermen for his 1952 football squad were george vuyovich aloysius schneller louis feranda ronald nungesser and ray pisarich the daily herald may 21 1952 p 10  1981   brother placidus carroll  19011981 native of baltimore and resident of biloxi since 1947 died on january 25 1981 brother placidus carroll retired from teaching in 1976 and had taught mathematics and religion at notre dame high school his corporal remains were sent to st joseph s cemetery of the brothers at st joseph s county indiana for burial the daily herald january 26 1981 p a2  1993 louis e presti  originally spelled prestigiacomo 19172003  former notre dame football coach died at clearwater beach florida on july 10 1993 the tampa tribune july 13 2003  references  the daily herald  964 students in white parochial schools of biloxi   september 4 1942 the daily herald   dantzler home purchased for catholic high   july 26 1943 p 1 the daily herald   af dantzler home  photo     july 30 1943 p 2 the daily herald  notre dame high school for boys   august 21 1943 the daily herald  registration at notre dame high being made daily   september 2 1943 the daily herald  14 graduates of notre dame presented diplomas   may 27 1944 the daily herald  notre dame forms athletic committee   august 30 1944 the daily herald  notre dame staff awaits new term   august 30 1944  the daily herald  brother hyacinth   september 4 1945 the daily herald  notre dame sacred heart to receive diplomas together   may 28 1946 the daily herald  cr hegwood appointed head coach at notre dame   may 21 1952  the daily herald  brother placidus carroll dies   january 26 1981   nativity bvm elementary  in early september  james starks general contractor began pouring the concrete foundation for the 200000 nbvm elementary school  the daily herald september 2 1955 p 8 2002 views  