House attracted over 5,000 people to visit the displays marking the achievements of North Catholic. By this time, over 1,200 alumni were serving in the armed forces. Among the graduates of 1942 who served in World War II was Joseph Francis Kuhn who would return to Philadelphia and launch a successful music composing career. While many high schools canceled their Spring Sports programs due to the many students working part-time in the War industries, North fielded championship teams in baseball, track, and crew. On September 4, 1945, 1,186 freshmen reported to North, and the total enrollment was 3,503. Since North was the only Catholic High School in the entire Northeast and suburbs, students traveled from neighborhoods like North Philadelphia, Germantown, Mount Airy, Logan, Olney, & Wayne Junction, Mayfair Tacony, and the entire Far Northeast. This was due to the school's access to Frankford Station, including trolleys, buses, and the "El" to many parts of town and beyond. Some students even took the rail lines and buses and came to North from suburban areas such as Bristol, Jenkintown, Willow Grove, Glenside, and Bensalem, Pennsylvania. After the 1950s and the building of several new Catholic High Schools, the traditional nearby Parishes in Neighborhoods such as Frankford, Fishtown, Port Richmond, Bridesburg, Wissinoming & Kensington remained the core of N.C. students. Post World War II 1946 found North filled beyond capacity. Enrollment was 4,050, and additional freshman annexes were opened at St Anne, St Bartholomew, St Adalbert, St Helena, and other grade schools. The Alumni Association designed and constructed a shrine to honor those alumni who gave their lives in World War II. On June 5, 1949, the school dedicated the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima to the 183 North Catholic alumni who paid the supreme sacrifice. Since 1949 that total has risen to 265 Alumni who have died for their country. By 1948, the student population had grown to over 4,300 students. Due to the overcrowding at North, the Archdiocese took some students from traditional feeder parishes like Visitation BVM in Kensington and sent them across town on the "El" to attend West Catholic during the early 1950s. These students sometimes referred to themselves as "The lost boys of North" since their male family members before and after them usually attended North. This was ended once Father Judge and Cardinal Dougherty were built in the mid-1950s. September 1953 saw Northeast Catholic recognized