Rev. Bill Esmond, assistant pastor at St. Columba’s Church in 1961, talks to Anthony Tomkowski and Marsha Piccolo during the St. Columba’s-St. Joseph’s Senior Ball.
Paul Swere is keeping a date with his classmates from St. Columba's-St. Joseph's High School on Saturday, Oct. 22. A fall homecoming will be held at Mohawk Country Club on Union Street, and stories from 50 years ago will be on the menu. Swere, Eleanor-Ann Loughney Olbrich and Mary Kelly Connelly are among those who will be serving them. The 1961 graduating class was the first after students from the closed St. Joseph's Academy were absorbed by St. Columba's.