Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-19
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Two Hundred Delegates at Tor ringlon To-Day = Father
 Martins Address.


 convention of the c. T. A. U. of Con necticut, which Is in session here for to-day and tomorrow.
 Many of the delegates arrived last evening and were rendered recep- tion. The exercises of the convention opened at 7:30 last evening, when the Rev Farrell Martin,D. D.. a can- didate for the state presidency, de- livered talk at St Francis church on the growth of the temperance movement.
 He declared that particular inter- est attached itself to meeting of the Connecticut c. T. A. U, as not only the first Catholic temperance gather ing, but the first state gathering of Catholic societies of any kind was held in this state, this historic meet ing having been in New Haven in 1870.
 The convention proper opened at the city hall at 9:3J this morning after mass ar St Francis church. The address of welcome was delivered for the borough board by Senior BurgessEdmond Wall, s. R., the founder of the local T. A. B. society. The Rev Father John Elty, of Strat- ford, president of the union, then read his annual address.
 The report of State Secretary Will liam J. Cronin was as follows: Father Elty, president of the union, made a short address, after which the report of the secretary was read as follows:
 Rev President and Delegates: To this the thirty-eight annual conven- i tion of the c. T. A. U. of Connecticut in convention assembled, respectful ly submit my fourth annual report as state secretary from July 1st, 1906 to July 1st, 1907 inclusive. We have every reason to be grateful for the excellent work accomplished during the year just closed All our societies are in a fiourishing condition with a strong desire among all the members in our union to build up, and as the increased membership of the society will show the good work that has been done. While we have added only three new societies during the year the older societies have taken on new life and to-day our union shows a membership of S,040, an increase oi TIT during the year ending July 1st 1907.
 The Catholic Total Abstinence union of Connecticut is composed oi I 80 societies as follows: 37 mems SO coieties with a membership of 3,504; 27 ladies' with 2,108; 16 boys and girls societies with 2,42S; Total 8,040.
 The following societies were reor. ganized during the year and admitted to the union: St Zaviere Ladies New London with 27; Immaculate Con. ception boys of. Hartford with 150; Immaculate Conception girls of Hart ford with 125. The Sacred Heart society of Taftville withdrew during the year.
 Membership of our union is divided as follows:
 New Haven county--13 mems SO cieties with 1,212; 10 ladies with 1881; 4 boys with 67S; Total S,251 l Increase361.
 Hartford county-6 mems socie' ties with $50: ladies with 232. boys with 656, girls with 425; total, D. 143. Increase for Hartford county 205. Hartford county shows an In crease of one boys society and one girls society
 New London county-4 mems so- cieties with 335, ladies' with 153 total 45S increase 19. New London had one society withdrawn from the union and one new society was add. ed.
 Fairfield county-3 mems societies with 233, 2 ladies' with 55. 1 boys with 1S3, one girls with POS; total 679, showing a net loss in Fairfield county of 313. Two mems societies were dropped. as they were out of existence. and two boys societies.
 Litchfield county-4 mems socie. ties with 40, 2 ladies with 172, boys with 153; total735, loss Of "A.
 Middlesex county-3 mems socie- ties with 2S0. 2 ladies with 135. boys with 54; total 469, a loss of 40.
 Holland county-2 mems societies with 179, boys with n; total 250 loss of II.
 windham county-1 mems society with 25.
 Membership July 1. 1907: Mems societies 3.5o4. ladies 2.10s, boys s1.7s5, girls 633; total. s.040. In crease for the year IF.
 The largest gain in membership is in New Haven county.
 With renewed effort on the part oi the delegates who are attending tni' convention and the officers in the so- cieties by holding open meetlngl could increase their membership ir their society they represent
 The souvenir program with tho proceedings of the last convention and the semi-annual report are ir the hands of the delegates at thl convention. and copies were sent {, every society In the union and trus 1t has met with approval of all thu societies.
 The annual field day for 1907 fl Naugatuck June 18th was a grea triumph of total abstinence through out our state The St Francis 90 ciety deserves a great deal of prais' for the able manner in which th' field day was handled. and greater credit is due the St Francis Ladies society of Nzugatuek for the able as sistanes given to the men society oi the field day. The union has bene I fitted by the showing
 | I would suggest the celebration O Fr Matthew's birthday ia October il s.