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The three remaining nuns at St.. Mary's School' in Mai laird left Monday; the building is now unoccupied, but will be used for . religious classes, meetings and other gatherings, according to. -the church paster, the. Rev.; Bernard Montag. ..The school was closed in 1968; ■it has been uiseKthe past three : 'years f or a home for semi-retired . nuns, the fast to leave are Sister ' Malinda, who.wiii go to $t. Rose Convent, LaCrosse, Wis.; Sister Maiella,and Sister JuJaine, who. wilj go to Milford. All three were in Mai Sard fa- the past three years.The school first opened in 190T;, it closed in 1914 and reopened'in 1916, and was closed for the 1926-27 year while the present building was under construction. The oid wooden structure burned to the ground, in 1926.The. high school, which consisted of grades 9,10 and 11, was closed in the m?d 30's,A potlucfc dinner honoring the Sisters, was held Sunday noon in St. Mary's Hall. ;
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Emmetsburg Reporter
Emmetsburg, Iowa, US
Tue, Jun 15, 1971
Page 8
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