The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-15
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ST. PATR|GKS SMOKER.
Excellent Stag Entertain
ment Last Night in
the Club Rooms.
FATHER cARRoLL'S ADDRESS
The Rector Speaks of His
Building P~lans-Euchre
Prize Winners.

The members of st. Patrick's Catholic
Club held a stag euchre and smoker, in
stalled their officers. who are to serve
for the ensuing year, and listened to a
much welcomed address by Father Car
roll, last evening in their house on
Grand street, opposite the stately edifice
which bears the name of st. Pat
rick. It was a very pleasant event, and
a decidedly successful .one. About forty
members were present when their pastor
began his address. He said that several
priests whom he had invited to particle
pate were indisp0sed and consequently the
musical part Of the programme. which he
had promised the members, would have
to be eliminated.
tHowever,' he said, II am sure you will
have d pleasant time tonight ! hope
the officers who are installed this evening
will stand up to their duties like men.
and | think in time we can have one of
the most successful clubs in the cIty.
Let the coming year be fruitful and filled
with success. I think If the members
will AXE upon themselves the duty of
bringing in a member say about every
three months, we would soon have a fine
body ofSmen to march in our new club
house.
Il spoke to you not long ago in ref
erenee to our new home. The corner
stone will be laid ON the second Sunday
in June, which will be the twentieth an
niversary of my ordination IS a priest.
That many years ago, my life work be-
gan. The plans of the new building are
not perfect. / have studied the matter
for some time, and / am sure the build
ing, when completed, will cost but d rea-
sonable sum. We have also hit upon a
plan whereby money can be saved and
have more room as the result. We will
have plenty of room, the basement being
fifteen feet high and the rest of the
rooms twelve. The building will be
three stories high, with basement, and
the plans hav been so altered that a
roof garden will be built. The time will
come when we will want all the property
In BramhaH Park taken up, and then
there will be no place for recreation"
He then went on to say that there was
no sewer on Bramhal1 avenue, where the
church property was, and therefore he
could not tell just how deep the base
ment would be. He explained that it
might go down only a short distance If
blasting had to be done, but if there was
no blasting it could be dug much deeper.
The building would nave what they cali
ed a Lyeeum front, and continuing he
gave the following description
."The building will front on Bramhall
avenue, and in the basement there will
be a gymnasium on one side, billiard and
pool tables on the other and bowling al
leys in the centre. There will also be
shower baths, store rooms for Bicycles,
and a rifle range. On the next floor there
will be the theatre, which will extend all
the way to the roof. On each side OF the
theatre there will be the school rooms.
one side for boys and the other for girls.
There will also be the ladies' parlor and
reading room. On the next floor there
will be the meeting rooms and parish
library. These rooms. the pastor said
would in time be used in the daytime as
class rooms. The top floor will be Used
as a dance hall. The building will nave a
steel frame, thus securing rigidity and in
surfing safety. The staircase will be fire.
proof. There will be separate doors lead
ing to every room in the building.
~ have not the remotest idea how much
the structure will cost" said Father Car
roll. "but | will keep expenses down as
much as possible. The building is not to
be elaborate on the exterior, as that is
money thrown away. 1t will be in keep
ing with our beautiful church. BY the
time we are to enter our new home !
hope we will have a very strong club.
The members really have better times
thar those of other clubs and for less ex-
pense, too. l dislike very much to hear
young men find fault, and say to myself
when I hear it. that those young feiioWs
will never get married, as they will never
find women who would have them. II
the young fellows fndfault, what will they
do when they get older.
81 win call the committee together dur
ing Christmas week to arrange for the
big euchre, as you know it would hardly
do TO hold such an event so near Christ
mas. Our Christmas collection must be
taken up. and I would not spoil that. |
went out Monday to visit some of my
parishioners, but I met with two frosts.
One in the air and the other when I was
told that all were now buying Christmas
presents.
1.-The prizes yon are to play for this
evening are valuable ones and those who
win will be quite Ii One prize
is an order for a hat. The winner would
do we'll to wait until after New Years
Day before he gets the hat. Tomorrow
I am going to sit for my picture, SO offer
up a prayer for me, SO that the camera
will not be demolished. That is about all
I have to say, but let us stick together
The Entertainment Committee then ar
ranged for the euchre. The members,
with pipes in their mouths, played this
interesting game for two hours, at the
end of which time the following vim
ners were announced:-Mr. w Riekerich,
first prize, a shaving set; Mr.. Frank
Maher, second prize, an order for a hat;
and the third prize was won by Mr.. Ber-
tram P. Farrant. This was a silver top
ped ink-well
The Others who participated were Fa-
theirs Carroll, and Kehoe, NJ.
Dewitt, r. Collins, D. Pierce, J. Dunn,
r. Hurley, J. Langdon, d. Price, F.
Maher, C. Connors, ]. Cassidy, r. Lynch,
+. McAvoy, j. Warren, J. Driscoll. J..
Lane, b. Burns, j. Burns, T. Burns. J.
Brothers. C. Conway. ]. Klein, P. Dom
nelly, T. Miskel. j. Manning, Mr.. Reilly,
r.. Croker. E. Cummings, j. Pierce, G.
Rickerich. f. J. Brady and Andrew
Klein. The two latter gentlemen were
in charge.
stalled:-President Father Carroll; Vice
President, James Pierce; Secretary. Pat
~sol nsT1anrail. Financial Secrafary