St. Jude Church/School Nostalgia

**kellyroad** · July-28-10, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by Eastburn

Hello. Anyone out there? We're in danger of falling off the end of the page.

Hear and accounted for.

Is anyone going to the St.Jude reunion Clinton River cruise this weekend?
I for one am not [[work schedule conflict) Hopefully, some of you can make it and share with us stories of the great works of St. Jude in Detroit and the great memories of the school and church.

**zitro** · July-28-10, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by kellyroad

Hear and accounted for.

Is anyone going to the St.Jude reunion Clinton River cruise this weekend?
I for one am not [[work schedule conflict) Hopefully, some of you can make it and share with us stories of the great works of St. Jude in Detroit and the great memories of the school and church.

There's also a Denby reunion on Sunday at Metro Beach a lot of the same people attending. It's going to be a looooong weekend and a tough Monday morn for a few of them

**kellyroad** · July-28-10, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by kellyroad

Hear and accounted for.

Is anyone going to the St.Jude reunion Clinton River cruise this weekend?
I for one am not [[work schedule conflict) Hopefully, some of you can make it and share with us stories of the great works of St. Jude in Detroit and the great memories of the school and church.

Not paying attention to Sister Mary John's lesson on homonyms. I'll try better next time.

**kellyroad** · July-28-10, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by zitro

There's also a Denby reunion on Sunday at Metro Beach a lot of the same people attending. It's going to be a looooong weekend and a tough Monday morn for a few of them

Hopefully, there will be St. Jude reports from either one of those reunions.

**zitro** · July-28-10, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by kellyroad

Hopefully, there will be St. Jude reports from either one of those reunions.

I'm sure there will be plenty of pics flying around on facebook

**Eastburn** · July-28-10, 01:31 PM

That's better.

**12468_laing** · July-29-10, 10:51 AM

To all the present St. Juders, I just tried to get on the church's website and it says the site has been suspended. What happened?

**jcole** · July-29-10, 10:55 AM

I'd guess they either switched domains or somehow the bill didn't get paid

**jcole** · July-29-10, 11:01 AM

The other possibility is that Fr. Robert was taking care of the site and now there is no one to do it

**12468_laing** · July-29-10, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by jcole

The other possibility is that Fr. Robert was taking care of the site and now there is no one to do it

That is a possibility...what do you think CFG?

**zitro** · July-29-10, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by 12468_laing

That is a possibility...what do you think CFG?

CFG is up north enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of the Au Sable

**12468_laing** · July-29-10, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by zitro

CFG is up north enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of the Au Sable

she's lucky!!!!

**jcole** · July-29-10, 11:43 AM

I'm enjoying the sights, scents and sounds of MDOT tearing up Van Dyke.
Yay me.

**12468_laing** · July-29-10, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by jcole

I'm enjoying the sights, scents and sounds of MDOT tearing up Van Dyke.
Yay me.

think they will find Jimmy Hoffa?

**5thSFGP** · July-29-10, 12:50 PM

Regarding the AA base at Hielman, I lived on Manning for the first 8 years of my life. I remember my father taking me to an open house at the camp where we were allowed to "touch" the cannon and a demo of the quad fiifties. Hot chocolate and cookies were served in the mess hall. Must have made a positive impression on me because I spent 20 years in the army. When we moved to Haverhill, I would still go to Hielman to use the ice skating rink.

**kellyroad** · July-29-10, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by 5thSFGP

Regarding the AA base at Hielman, I lived on Manning for the first 8 years of my life. I remember my father taking me to an open house at the camp where we were allowed to "touch" the cannon and a demo of the quad fiifties. Hot chocolate and cookies were served in the mess hall. Must have made a positive impression on me because I spent 20 years in the army. When we moved to Haverhill, I would still go to Hielman to use the ice skating rink.

Thanks 5thSFGP. Do you recall what years the AA base was at Heilmann?. Do you remember any of the details as to when the rink was built or when the outdoor pool was built? Did you attend St. Jude School or Burbank?

**Brock7** · July-29-10, 02:50 PM

Where is Haverhill, I don't think I've ever heard that name before? What's a quad fifty?

**7andkelly** · July-29-10, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by 5thSFGP

Regarding the AA base at Hielman, I lived on Manning for the first 8 years of my life. I remember my father taking me to an open house at the camp where we were allowed to "touch" the cannon and a demo of the quad fiifties. Hot chocolate and cookies were served in the mess hall. Must have made a positive impression on me because I spent 20 years in the army. When we moved to Haverhill, I would still go to Hielman to use the ice skating rink.

Cool stuff. Thanks for sharing. Of course, we're starving for more.

**EMG** · July-29-10, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by Brock7

Where is Haverhill, I don't think I've ever heard that name before? What's a quad fifty?

Haverhill is a sidestreet running between and parallel to Whittier and Berkshire. Wayne elementary school is bounded by Courville on the north, Haverhill on the south, Lakepoint on the east, and Wayburn on the west.

**5thSFGP** · July-30-10, 08:51 AM

Brock 7, a quad fifty was a gun that had four fifty caliber machine guns. It was used in WWII, Korea and even Vietnam. In Vietnam we mounted the system on the back of a truck - making it a "gun truck" that was generally used as convoy escort.
Kellyroad, seems to me that the rink was built around '56 or '57 and was still in use when I joined the army in '63. I don't recall, however, a swimming pool at Heilman - must have been later on. I went to Burbank elementary but St Jude for mass and religious instruction. My father was one of the founders of St Jude Credit Union back in '60 or so. I attended Wayne [[3d - 6th garde) and St Matthew [[7th and 8th) when we moved to Haverhill. When I made a short visit to Detroit last month I was surprised to find that Burbank and Wayne were still in operation, but St Matt's was no longer open - just the church. As they say - you can't go back.

**zitro** · July-30-10, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by 5thSFGP

Brock 7, a quad fifty was a gun that had four fifty caliber machine guns. It was used in WWII, Korea and even Vietnam. In Vietnam we mounted the system on the back of a truck - making it a "gun truck" that was generally used as convoy escort.
Kellyroad, seems to me that the rink was built around '56 or '57 and was still in use when I joined the army in '63. I don't recall, however, a swimming pool at Heilman - must have been later on. I went to Burbank elementary but St Jude for mass and religious instruction. My father was one of the founders of St Jude Credit Union back in '60 or so. I attended Wayne [[3d - 6th garde) and St Matthew [[7th and 8th) when we moved to Haverhill. When I made a short visit to Detroit last month I was surprised to find that Burbank and Wayne were still in operation, but St Matt's was no longer open - just the church. As they say - you can't go back.

The Architect!!

**5thSFGP** · July-30-10, 10:31 AM

Who was he?

**zitro** · July-30-10, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by 5thSFGP

Who was he?

George Geck the architect of the CU. Later taught at ND

**kellyroad** · July-30-10, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by 5thSFGP

Brock 7, a quad fifty was a gun that had four fifty caliber machine guns. It was used in WWII, Korea and even Vietnam. In Vietnam we mounted the system on the back of a truck - making it a "gun truck" that was generally used as convoy escort.
Kellyroad, seems to me that the rink was built around '56 or '57 and was still in use when I joined the army in '63. I don't recall, however, a swimming pool at Heilman - must have been later on. I went to Burbank elementary but St Jude for mass and religious instruction. My father was one of the founders of St Jude Credit Union back in '60 or so. I attended Wayne [[3d - 6th garde) and St Matthew [[7th and 8th) when we moved to Haverhill. When I made a short visit to Detroit last month I was surprised to find that Burbank and Wayne were still in operation, but St Matt's was no longer open - just the church. As they say - you can't go back.

5th SFGP, You do go back a way!. Heilmann pool must have been built in the very late 50s [[I recall taking swimming lessons there in the summer of 60). It was a L shaped cinder block building with the outdoor pool located on the southwest side of the of the L. The enterance to the pool was right off of Liberal on the Crusade side. The ice rink as you recall was just north of the pool near Manning. In the mid 60s the pool was completely enclosed with a new community center. The pool was tiled. The celings had redwood support beams and there were glass sliding doors that let out to a patio area. Heilmann was the center focus for recreation and leisure activity for most in St. Jude Parish in the late 50s thru the 80s. That whole pool/community center was demolished in 2007. Now there is a new community center with a pool, gym, spa, weight room etc located where the ice rink once stood. There are two schools now on the Heilmann field site. One on the north end [[across from the old Burbank school) and one on the south end, just north of where St. Jude playfield was located. Just as an FYI. SJ school, which later was renamed East Side Catholic was closed in 2008. I'm not sure when St. Matthew School closed. Do you?

**5thSFGP** · July-30-10, 03:36 PM

Seems to me I learned about in 2002 or 2003. I attended Austin Catholic College Prep for a bit but it's been long closed - or at least that's what I've been told.