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SJH ? Graduate remembers
Damborino is the oldest living graduate.
?I know four (classmates) have passed away, but I don?t know about the other,? said Damborino.
The past 75 years have brought a lot of changes, said the 1923 graduate, including the school area itself.
St. Joseph Academy stood on the present site of the OLG community center, and included the
convent, complete with dining hall and basement. There was even a pier with a bathhouse in front of the school.
?There were a lot of boarders who stayed at the convent,? Damborino said. ?The Academy was a boarding school.?
Even so, she said she knew almost all the students.
The uniform of the day was a navy blue skirt with a white blouse, and nuns made up the
teaching staff.
?They were strict, but lil any teacher, they wanted you learn,? said Damborino. ?It wj nice. We loved them all.?
There were some definii rules however.
?When we were in the clas room, which faced the beac and the college (St. Stanislau boys were walking on the beac we couldn?t go by the window:
Anniversary celebration today
Maggie Damborino will join other alumni of St. J oseph Academy and Our Lady of the Gulf for a clebr; tion Mass and reception today. This year marks the 75th Anniversary of her graduation from S Joseph.