City of Columbus - File #: 0253X-2019

• File #: 0253X-2019
• Version: 1
• Type: Ceremonial Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/11/2019
• In control: Brown
• On agenda: 9/16/2019
• Final action: 9/19/2019
• Title: To Recognize the 50th Anniversary of the First Graduating Class of Father Joseph Wehrle Memorial High School
• Sponsors: Mitchell Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Rob Dorans, Shayla Favor, Emmanuel V. Remy, Priscilla Tyson, Shannon G. Hardin

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/19/2019	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
9/18/2019	1	MAYOR	Signed
9/16/2019	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/16/2019	1	Columbus City Council	Adopted	Pass

Title

To Recognize the 50^th Anniversary of the First Graduating Class of Father Joseph Wehrle Memorial High School

Body

WHEREAS, Father Joseph Wehrle was a pioneer in the cause of Catholic education in Columbus, Ohio and the founder of St. Mary High School in German Village in 1914; and

WHEREAS, in 1963 the Roman Catholic Pastors of the Diocese of Columbus recommended to Bishop Clarence Issenmann that a High School be constructed in the Southend of Columbus to further the cause of Catholic education; and

WHEREAS, Bishop Clarence Issenmann commissioned the construction of Father Joseph Wehrle Memorial High School to be built at 3639 Parsons Avenue, Columbus, Ohio; and

WHEREAS, Ground was broken for the Father Joseph Wehrle Memorial High School May 31, 1965; and

WHEREAS, Father Joseph Wehrle Memorial High School officially opened its doors September 12, 1966 with two classes (Freshman and Sophomore) with the first graduation held June 1, 1969; now, therefore

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS: 

That this Council does hereby recognize the 50^th Anniversary of the First Graduating Class of Father Joseph Wehrle Memorial High School.