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D134556-1
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- 1962-04-29 (Creation)
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The flag is being raised during dedication services of the new Saint Placid High School and Priory on April 29, 1962. The Most Rev. Thomas A. Connolly, archbishop of Seattle, officiated. The $700,000 structure was designed by Wholeb & Associates, Olympia and built by Jardeen Bros., general contractors. The high school, the only one of its kind for Catholic girls in Thurston County, opened its doors in September, 1961, to 25 day students from Olympia. The school could accommodate 300 students. A group of Benedictine Sisters stand at left of photograph above. They were part of the independent monastery of Saint Placid Priory, which was established in Olympia ten years before. The high school, located in what is now Lacey, closed in 1985. Photograph taken for the Catholic NW Progress. (www.stplacid.org/priory.html, TNT 4-27-62, B-10)
Dedications--Lacey; Saint Placid High School (Lacey); Nuns--Lacey; Flags--United States;