The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-14
DIOCESE Of DENVER.
CITY OF DENVER.
Gratifying Results of Recent Fair For
Sacred Heart Church.
special Correspondence

especial Correspondence
complete and itemized report of the
-g-ont fair in lid of the Church of tn.
sacred Heart was last Sunday morn
Inc presented To the parishioners, and
WIS a source of considerable gratifica-
fion. The fair WAS held for nine nights.
npcuing oct. !. and, from the net re-
CENTS. 1t was an unprecedented finan-
cial success. over $1,000 Of the debt Of
$4,000 was raised and, with this encour-
agement ii viii hardly require rnuch
time before the balance will be forth
coming. The fair was held in Abel
lhia hail. which is the property of the
church, and the rent that was thus.
sawed is a material aid toward the
fund. The report of the fair in detail
follows:
Married ladies' booth, in charge of
Mrs. T. w. Day. $l,21S.71: young ladies'
booth in charge of Miss Mamie O'Hara.
Sl.o2A05. Sacred Heart High school
booth in charge Of Miss KITE Carr.
Sl45.O4; ice cream table. in charge of
Miss Gertrude Walsh and Miss Annie
'onnors. $llL25; gypsy camp, in charge
OF Mrs. J. White $3.50: candy kitchen,
I'm charge of Miss Mary kennedy. $50 So
lemonade booth, in charge of Miss Mar
Saret Tierney, $57: amusement booth,
!.
ttuiry, S11476: monograph and horse
races, i'm charge of Joseph Weber.
$l3.4O: hat and coat room. in charge of
A. kissler Joseph Bautsch and John
Bautsch $20.95: bagatelle board, in
charge Of George D. Kempton, $12.2E
flower booth. in charge of Miss Louise
Phillips. $1465
The pastor. Rev Edward Barry. re-
ceived personally from private dona-
lions the sum of $254.50. and the sale of
tickets with door admission netted
S6l4.50 From the prize contests, ST.
425.50 was realized. making the total
receipts $5,470.29. The entire expendi-
ture was $3l740, making a net sum
raised. S5.152.89.
Previous church fairs held in the
downtown halls have scarcely brought
in such excellent results as this but,
Withal, Father Barry sticks to his reso-
luton to utterly abandon the fair as
means of raising money. Since the fair
Father Barry has been irdispOsed most
OF the time and remained for quite a
few days at st. Joseph's hospital.
Report of Charity Organization.
The report of the charity organiza-
ton which was made last Monday ]
speaks i'm a most favorab BILE manner of I!
the new St. Nincents orphanage. Mrs ]
Izetta George, secretary of the society,
made a tour of inspection through all !
of the charitable Institutions which re-
ccye aid from the associated charities. /
and said in her annual report that she
was especially pleased with St Vim
cents. Mrs. George highly recon-
mended the work of the sisters in re-
building their home. There are at pres
ent in the institution 100 little children.
of whom fffty-four are paid for by their
parents The charity organization sub
earibas annually to the home and this
money is reported to be well spent.
At the meeting Of the society Of Mon
day Rev. William Organ was unani-
mously reelected president He was
put in nomination by the president,
Rev. Richard F. Sykes. as a representa-
i've -aLhn-ic nriast to saI-nn or, he