Donna, What you have is indeed a pin from Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville. Girls usually got their pins in sophomore year. At that time it was a boarding school, but not all students lived there. It was run by the Visitation nuns. If it belonged to a relative and you are interested, the school has pictures of most, if not all, of the graduating classes on display in the main hall. You might be able to have your relative's picture copied. They may have a yearbook also. Anne Marie Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 09:07:06 -0500 From: "Kathy/Tom" <treenut@bcpl.net> Subject: [MD-BALTIMORECITY] MDS To: <md-baltimorecity@rootsweb.com> Cc: donna.carter@millenniumchem.com Message-ID: <01a301c716e4$53acda20$857ff2d0@HomeOffice> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Donna- Hi. Sounds like it might be from Mount de Sales High School in Baltimore. Still in existence. 700 Academy Rd, Balto, 21228, phone 410 744-8498 If you are not interested in keeping the pin, I'll bet the school would like it for their archives or to display. Kathy > Message: 4 > Date: 2 Dec 2006 15:29:47 -0700 > From: donna.carter@millenniumchem.com > Subject: [MD-BALTIMORECITY] Sorority or girls school pin > identification > To: MD-BaltimoreCity-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <MB04OtxL3c5LuFjxj0h00001e0f@MB04.myfamilysouth.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Black, Kellogg, Dearstyne, Taylor > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACI/7402 > > Message Board Post: > > Hello. I am trying to identify a girls school pin for someone with a > graduation year of 1932. The pin itself is silver, with navy blue and > white enamel. A silver banner with the initials M. D. S. drapes across > the blue and white shield. These letters appear to be blue in color. > Does anyone have any information as to what school this could be from? > Family members are no longer with us, but always resided in Baltimore > City. > > Thank you in advance for any help. > -Donna > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.