The recently organized "Leoettes" girls marching group of St. Leo's High School posed in front of their school at 1323 Yakima Avenue South on March 29, 1939. Organized by Mrs. R.H. Wescott, physical director at the school, the girls were scheduled to take part in the 1939 Daffodil Parade. Showing off their new uniforms are: (front row, l to r) Filis Otto, Lorraine Harkness, Betty Walentiny, Lillian Geroux, Shirley Ann Riley, Margaret Desmond, Maxine Shaughnessy, Dorothy Kirby, Pat Piper, Geraldine Carbone, Oralee Zander; and (back row, l to r) Dorothy Blanchfield, Louise Smyth, Ethel Williams, Elaine Sullivan, Dorothy Kennedy, Evelyn Oleson, Norma Moratti, Lois Walter, Gloria LaFrambois, and Helen Eltrier.(T. Times, 3/30/1939, p. 20)

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Scenes from the Cardinal Club play, "The Upper Room," at St. Leo's. The well known religious drama is being presented in the auditorium of St. Leo's March 15-16, 1940 as an Easter season offering. Jack Enright kneels at a long table while Joseph Fitzpatrick holds two large keys. Mary Magdalene, played by Betty Donohue, serenely looks on. (T. Times 3/12/1940, pg. 7)

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St. Leo's School, musical ensemble.

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St. Leo's basketball team were the 1940 parochial champions and also winners of the Knights of Columbus trophy. They had a 8-1 record in the six-team league with Holy Rosary coming in second at 7-2. The boys are standing in a room with photographs and banners denoting championships awarded to Bellarmine High School. From left to right are: George Strobel, Ted Garritone (captain), Jack Hersmsen, Jack Kellly, James Nordi, Grant Carbone, Bill Cassedy and Rocky Minnitti. (T.Times 3-21-1940, p. 19)

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Boy Scouts at St. Leo's School. Boys sitting by a false fireplace. Track Meet Champions placques on wall. Ordered by Father Joseph A. Lynch.

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For the Easter season, the members of the Cardinal Club at St. Leo's Catholic School, 1323 Yakima Avenue So., presented the religious drama "The Upper Room" in March of 1940. Based on the Gospels the play centers on the events immediately following the crucifixion of Christ. Starring in the school production were: (l to r) Jack Enright, Betty Donohue as Mary Magdalene and Joseph Fitzpatrick. (T. Times 3/12/1940, pg. 7)

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St. Leo's Glee Club. 75 choral group members in pastel colored-evening gowns stood in front of the garden scene backdrop in the school auditorium on April 24, 1940. These girls would be appearing in St. Leo's spring music festival to be held on April 30th. Their names were printed in the T.Times's April 26th edition. (filed with Argentum) (T.Times 4-26-1940, p. 13)

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Bellarmine. Bellarmine Seminary and St. Leo's High School jointly presented the operetta, "In Old St.Louis" April 8th, 10th and 11th, 1948, at St. Leo's auditorium. The large chorus included hunters, pirates, townspeople, blackface players and frontiersmen. The chorus' names were listed. (T.Times, 4/2/1948, p.16; 4/3/1948, p.8))

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Bellarmine students fill St. Leo's auditorium. They applaud schoolmates on the stage.

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Approximately 130 students from St. Leo's High School and various parishes in Tacoma presented "The Sunbonnet Girl", a comic operetta in April 1951. The operetta included a chorus, 32 dancers, and an orchestra. Starring roles were played by Milla Marchesini, Joan Piper, Ron Jutilla and Terry Coleman. The operetta was directed by Sister Lavinia. (TNT, 4/15/1951, p.D-11; 4/22/1951, p.D-11)

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St. Leo's basketball team won the coveted prize, the Knights of Columbus trophy, for their win in the Parochial Grade School League Championship in 1945. They defeated Visitation 30-20 in a play-off game. Names appear in newspaper (T. Times, 3/8/45, p. 11).

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St. Leo's High School and Bellarmine High School presented "The Spanish Belle", an operetta in two acts, at St. Leo's auditorium April 30 and May 2, 1950. A line of tap-dancers are shown in costume. Bob Columbini originated and directed the dances. The orchestra was directed by Louis Greiner. Ordered by Sister Lavinia. Names of the more than 20 dancers in the operetta are listed in the newspaper. (TNT, 4/30/1950, p.C-13)

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Class photo at St. Leo's School. The girls' ensemble at St. Leo's High School, the Francelians, took part in the "I Am an American" program at Point Defiance Park May 21, 1950. The girls' ensemble was joined by 10 boys from Bellarmine Glee Club for presentation of songs honoring new citizens of the United States. Ordered by Sister Amarita. (TNT, 5/21/1950, p.C-12)

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Bellarmine and St. Leo's would be performing "Golden Memories", a musical revue about John and Maggie Peyton's golden anniversary. Sister Mary Lavinia, O.S.F. of St. Leo's faculty was the director of the musical; the leading roles were being portrayed by students Dick Galbraith and Jackie Simons. View of cast members from Bellarmine and St. Leo's that performed "Golden Memories" musical revue at St. Leo's auditorium (T.N.T., 4/24/49, p. C-15).

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