Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-12-10
Catholic Pledge $49, ,296.00
towards Building New School

dGil6I JdIIlcS 4. MdllCI, pas
to of st. Mary's church in
Chardon, today announce tn
parish had pledged a total of
S49, ,296.00 towards the building
of a Catholic school in Cha
don.
In his statement to the con-
gregation Father Maher said:
Il stand before you today
and am most happy to give the
figures for our building fu n d
campaign. 1 refer now to those
who were called upon and who
pledged their money in u h
generous fashion. 289 pledges
have been signed. These 289
pledged the amount of $40 ,296.
90 To show the seriousness and
the sincerity of these pledges,
these cards were accompanied
by $6,041 90 in cash. Such gen.
erosity, 1 suppose, has never
been exhibited in the history of
the parish. We have reason to
be proud of this accomplishment
and 1 think that we should be
forever grateful for what these
pledgerS have done. I do not
think that l can let this op-
portunity pass without saying a
public word of thanks for an
announcement that appeared in
our local papers this past week.
1t concerns a gift to be made
OF our church from the Char
don Foundation The gift is to
be $5O0.00 My understanding is
that this Foundation is made
up of funds which are to be
dispersed for projects that are
for the betterment of the COM
munity. 1t was established 25
years ago for the betterment
of Chardon village. Such a
generous gesture on the part
of fellow citizens who are not
members of our church or of
our parish shows a Willingness
TO cooperate in a project that
stands for the betterment of the
whole community. 1 think that
it is unique in the. history of
the parish. 1 express not only
my own thanks but the thanks
of the entire parish to tn e
members of the Board of the
Chardon Foundation who have
made this gift possible.
plans, plots, pictures, draw
ingS, problems, difficulties, posi-
tions, elevations, transitions, al
terations, questions and answ-
erS are matters that time will
bring to the fore. Under Gods
guidance and wit hthe interces-
sion of His Blessed Mother, to
whom the parish is decidated, /,
let us work together for their
accomplishment.
Members of the six teams
that made the parish canvas
are as follows:
TEAM NO.
Emil Valvoda-captain, Vincent
Gigliotti, Donald Kuhn, George
Shimko, Ralph Perry, Steve
Kamany, John Seliskar, Ed =
ward Blasko, George Frank, An
thony Zalar, Louis voky,
Joseph Redmond Jr., Joh n
Pentek and Joseph Jonke.
TEAM NO. 2
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank j. Fink
Captain, Patrick Walsh, Paul
Smith, Ludwig Duka, cyril
Fritz, Mr.. and Mrs. John GeS-
sic, Joseph Ponyik, Joseph
Kump Jr., Richard Spath, and
John Franz.
TEAM NO. 3
Joseph KoeSel Captain, Carl
Frate, Mrs. Frank PetkoSek,
Mrs. Ruth KrauSe, Mrs. Alfred
Fenstermaker, Richard Purcell,
Harry Antolik, Barney Ziegler,
Edward Szuter, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Fila Jr., and M S,
Frank WiSneSki. "
TEAM NO. 4
Rocco j. Dragonette capita,
in, William Connor, Paul Has
sci, Ward Mcdonald, George
Bay, Ralph Bertke, James DinS'
more, Michael Fisher, Henry
Kovitch, Carl Pitschmann, John
Ritondaro, Robert Weber, Frank
Dyrcz, and Milton Linden.
TEAM NO. 5
Mrs w 7 EardlaV Cantain