Remember Bill, a layman who lived in and cleaned the mansion, who used to breath and whistle at the same time?
When he would get drunk he'd espouse the virtues of Thomas a` Kempis!
He used these stairs along with Mr. De Bella
and the guy that washed the pots Captain ??
If you look at Jim Howe's pix, you'll see there was a oaken canopy over the main altar mensa that was the custom. Father Adam had the back outfitted for drapes to match the liturgical seasons
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The altar @ the Lourdes Grotto in my time [62-66], was not used for Mass, however we had May devotions out there for Mary Help of Christians as well as the Corpus Christi procession in June.
If I recall the outlet was for the amp used for the mics etc.
Under the altar was a Christmas infant Jesus (white outside material) that matched OL Lourdes, Bernadette and the angels that have been removed.
At summer camp, they may have used it more.
There was a below ground cistern that allowed water to run down the rocks below Mary just like in France.
The middle room over the main door was Father Adam Saluppo who was ran the library and steady confessor. He was a touch of reality whenever I needed it.
By 1964 this was the Chem/Physics lab (opposite the pool room) alternating on a 2 year cycle. Dave Goris taught Chem. (64/65) Tony Smalldone taught Physics (65/66).
I remember when John Incorvaia had the Bromine experiment explode. Then we knew why there were safety goggles.
i had a friend in mexico who tried to close the valve on one of those things while having grease on his hands...they knew it was him because of a gold tooth they found a block away from where the accident happened.
It sure does look like a moose.. ha
Iove reading what everyone else notices..