The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-06-06
OGDEN, UTAH.
(SpeciaI Correspondence.l


Mrs. Thomas Fitzgerald and daugh-
ter Miss Louise Scott, have returned
! from an extended visit in California.
Mr.. Paul Stocher, who has been
sightseeing on the Pacific coast for
the past month, returned during the
| week, bringing with his a pair of prize
dogs, the only dachshunde in Utah.
Decoration day was observed in the
! usual patriotic manner in Ogden. The
rain. which had been falling during
the week, ceased long enough to coax
people from their homes, and the cell
ebratlon took on extra eclat. Memo
rial services were followed by pleas
use excursion to various resorts, the
majority of Ogdenites fiocking to the
Ialr grounds, where horses and auto
MOBILES wed in arOuSing enthusiasm.
commencement exercises for the
graduates of the state school for the
deaf and blind were held in the gym
nasium at the school Monday night.
Ihere were eight graduates, two from
the high school and six from the
eighth grade. An excellent program
was rendered exceptionally welI.Icol-
sldering the natural disadvantages un-
der which the students labor.
Teachers for the city schools have
been named for the ensuing year. and
1t is worthy of note that in many
cases the same incumbents have been
CHOSEN. Many took outgoing trains
during the past week and will spend
the summer at their respective homes
in various states, or seek diversion
and instruction in the east.
Though postponed from Sunday
evening, owing to the inclemency nf
the weather, the procession of the
Children of Mary in honor of the
lost none of its devotional features.
The lowering skies and threatening
clouds smiled for an hour or two and
permitted the white-rObed maidens 10
form ranks in Liberty park and march
TO the church, where beautifully deco |
rated affairs shone in all their splen- |
dor under blaze of electric lights.
About $50 entered the church. head |
ed by Miss Rae Hook, the president
who carried the banner of the sodaU-
ty. Assisted by Miss Madge Leonard.
she bore Our Lady's emblem around
the aisles and finally deposited it be-
fore the altar The singing was devo-
tional in the extreme. Miss Coltman
an Ave Maria in her rsual
style; it was followed by 4 /
prayerful little hymn by Miss Nc
Nalty, and all the members of the So
1ality Joined in the old yet touching
'Macula Non Est In Te," DURING H
which Miss Hook crowned Our Lady. Il
Miss O'NeiTs reading of the Act OF Il
was simple and devo-
-ional, every syllable ringing through |!
he vast edifice, and proving that II
prayer to be audible need not be elo- j
'utionary. After the Rosary had been
said, Benediction of the Blessed Sa-
,rament was given.
A very welcome visitor to Sacred
Heart last Monday was Professor A.
: Williams of Idaho Falls, who, en-
cute to Texas, his old home, called
N Miss Coltman of the class of 'O2.
Though it was Professor Williams
irst visit to the academy, he is no
tranger to it's inmates, whose work
lie appreciates in very forceful terms.
\ successful teacher himself. he can {
'alue musical worth wherever he finds
Mrs. Dan Gamble of Peterson, Utah
$ in Ogden, where she intends re- {
naming until the graduation of her '
aughter Austa. who is a member of |
he class of 'OS, Sacred Heart acade- {
ny. Her son, Lester r.. received his s
iploma from the High school last NJ
yeek.