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MSJ through the years.

“Some of the Sisters that were there come to mind......Srs. Veronica, Celine, Henry, Jo Anna, Eugenie, Paschal, Rita Mary and Macurius. Mother Florentine was the superior. Bill Barrett and Bill St Marie were the prefects at various times and were addressed as 'Coach'. The large playground was referred to as the 'Diamond'. There was an Outhouse at the far end of the 'Diamond' and a 'Shelter' which was always referred to as 'The Shed' much to the unhappiness of Mother Florentine. Father Patrick Killeen was the chaplain who was also the pastor of our Lady of Sorrows in Essex.” Tim MacDonald. MSJ, 1941 to 1946

MSJ through the years

“The classes were doubled up, First & Second, Third & Fourth, Fifth & Sixth, Seventh & Eighth. There were twelve Sisters who also had other responsibilities in addition to teaching such as hair cutting, supervisors in the Dinning room, playground and Game room when it rained or was too dark to go out, baths and getting the children ready for bed and up in the morning. The kitchen and laundry was also staffed by the Sisters. A Mr. Sullivan was the 'Boiler room' man. The farm was run by Martin, Marty and Ziggy. The two work horses were named, 'Johnny' and 'Betsy'. There were about 45 milking cows and 150 sheep and the house dog was named, 'Queenie' a collie.” Tim MacDonald. MSJ, 1941 to 1946

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As of 2010, Deep River's population is 4,656 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 1.00 percent.

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Deep River public schools spend $7,392 per student. The average school expenditure in the U.S. is $5,678. There are about 12.5 students per teacher in Deep River.

The unemployment rate in Deep River is 6.50 percent(U.S. avg. is 10.20%).

52.01% of the people in Deep River, CT are religious, meaning they affiliate with a religion. 36.81% are Catholic; 0.00% are Protestant; 0.29% are LDS; 7.90% are another Christian faith; 1.61% in Deep River, CT are Jewish; 0.01% are an eastern faith; 0.00% affilitates with Islam.

63.04% of the people in Deep River, CT are registered as Democrats. 35.75% are registered Republican. Remaining are independent: 0.00%.


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The front entrance

The front entrance
Thanks to Timothy F. MacDonald

Memories of MSJ

When I was at MSJ, in the late 1960s, we had the Sister of Charity, who had replaced the Sisters of St Joseph of Chambery, but there was only, perhaps four or five of them, if we don’t include their massive black lab, Lance, who roamed the school at will and drooled everywhere. The Nuns and Lance lived in the convent, although the building was actually called for what it once was, the farm house. There were four classrooms in MSJ and the Nuns taught in two of them.



“My laundry number and table napkin box was #54. (in the 1950s) For some reason this number is very special to me.”

“Laundry pick up was on Friday. There was a large laundry room in the basement, this was in the late 1960s, it was the first door on the left as you entered the hall. We each had a box with freshly cleaned and pressed clothes in it. You knew your box by your number, not the name because boys came and left regularly and changing names on the boxes would have been to invovled, I guess. The room was managed by a plesant lady whose name I can’t recall anymore. She was very short and had dark hair”

“The Convent was called the 'Farm House' where the staff from the kitchen and farm lived in the 1945 era. Four Sisters lived in rooms within the Dormitory and the rest were on the third floor near the classrooms. The total number of Sisters was twelve.”

Saturday night was Movie night. I did see some good 'Cowboy' movies once in a while. Most 'musical' films were blocked out by Sister Rita Mary the projectionist as they were thought to be risque, so we or rather the boys only got to see a half hour of the censored film!






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