The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-23
ST. PAUL'S ORPHANAGE.
Final Arrangements For It's
Great Benefit
Festival.

The general committee in charge OF
the harvest festival to be held in Me-
chanics hall, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, in aid of the St. Pauls or
phanage, met yesterday afternoon in
st. Pauls hall and made final arrange
ments
1t was decided to appoint Walter N
Drohan and Daniel Downey commit
tee to select music and entertainment
Tor two evenings. Miss b. e. Kelly the
head of the mystery table, reports on
the outcome of the recent Holy Cross
Trinity game. The sole expense of the
game was the payment to Trinity Col
lege of 500, which left the net receipts
$317.10. A vote of thanks was passed for
Holy Cross faculty. Father Hansel-
man and Father Doherty and the mem
bers of the foot ball team for the SER
vices they performed in making the
game such a success. A vote of thanks
was also passed for Michael F. Garrett,
the prominent labor unionist who aided
the ladies in disposing of so many tick
cts
The different societies who purchased
tickets were also thanked by the COM
mittee, the Building laborers, Brick
layers and plasterers, Steamfitters and
their helpers, Painters, Brewers and the
other unions who so generously appro-
priated money and bought tickets for
the game. The Wachusetts, ST. Annes,
Emmett Guards and other organizations
who purchased tickets We're also given
a vote of thanks, as was the Knights
of Columbus for their untiring efforts
to aid the committee and orphanage.
John Jay O'Donnell for his aiding the
ladies in many ways, H. H. Bigelow for
the oval and the Consolidated street
railway were also rendered a vote of
thanks.
1t was decided to have several tables
at the hail. and the following ladies
were appointed to take charge and Sc
lect their assistants: st. Johns table
will be under charge of Mrs. Daniel F.
Kelly and Mrs. James E. O'Leary; st.
Paups table will be taken care of by
Mrs. Mary Crane, with this list of as
sistants: Mrs. Mary Fitzgibbons, Mrs.
0. j. Carroll Mrs. Mather Fitzpatrick,
and Mrs Denis Lynch. The supper table
head and assistants are: Mrs. B. l..
Welsh, Mrs. McGrath, Mrs. Winslow
Harrington, Mrs. M. j. Moriarty, Mrs.
Mary O'Grady, Mrs. David Goggin,
Mrs. James McDermott, Mrs. William
Hyland. The post office and gypsy
tables will be looked after by Miss
Elizabeth Carmody and Miss Elizabeth
Kelly and Miss Nellie A. Carney.
Lemonade table, Mrs. James P. But
| Ter; book table Miss NJ. l. Melanefy and
Mrs. John ]. Reardon; ice cream table.
Mrs. Anthony Rebboli, Mrs. James
Downey and Mrs Ellen McGrath agri-
cultural table, Miss Maud Chase, Mrs.
DR.. NJ. F. Fallon and the Patricia club;
fish pond Miss NJ. P. McGrath and Miss
Annie Duggan; mems table in charge of
John ]. Harrigan with the other male
members of the general committee aid
| ing
Tonight the ladies in charge of st.
| Johns table will hold whist party in
St Johns hall on Winter street. This
table will have lunch, candy, flowers
and art departments. Already many
! tickets have been sold for the affair.
The hall has been given free of charge
of Ri Rev. Mgr. Thomas Griffin. The
committee is DESTROYS of having returns
for tickets made as soon as possible.
The tickets can be obtained at the shoe
department of the Boston store from
James E. O'Leary. The reception COM
mittee at the whist party tonight will
| be made up of James E. O'Leary, Ed
win M Wheeler. John W. Maher, Mar
tin A Howard, Frank D. Hickey Pat
rick M. Conlon, J. Charles Bowles, John
F. Riley, Timothy Riley, Frank j. Kelly
w. 1. Mclaughlin, Philip j. OConnell,
Michael j. O'Rourke, Charles NJ. Gala
han and Charles M. Padula.