Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-19
BISHOP DAVIS
CONFIRMS CLASS
TWO OTHERS WILL FOLLOW THIS
AFTERNOON AND
TOMORROW.
SACRED HEART HAS So
Bishop of Davenport Diocese Says
Work on College Addition Will
Be Commenced Within Week
or Two as Planned.

| lIllS morning at tne CnuTCu VI Lue
Sacred Heart, at Ash and East Sec
ond streets, occurred the reception Of
the sacrament of confirmation by a
class Of SO children and adults, the
| first of three classes to be received in
Ottumwa, the ceremony being per-
formed by Rt. Rev. James Davis, D..
D., of the diocese of Davenport.
Bishop Davis arrived in the city
last evening on Burlington No. from
Fairfield, where he offciated yester-
day at the dedication of st. Marys
church at that place. He was met at
the depot by Very Rev. F. w. Hopp-
man of st. Mary's church of this city
and driven to the rectory Of St.
Mary's, where he spent the night as
the guest of Father Hoppman.
Accompanied by Rev. Father T. Lof-
tus of Centervillle and Father Hopp-
man, the bishop drove to the Sacred
Heart church this morning about $3.50
o'clock, where the confirmation cere-
mony was performed by the bishop,
Immediately following the celebration
of mass by the pastor, Rev. Father
James Foley. The following comprised
the confirmation class at the Sacred
Heart parish
Confirmation Class.
Clarence Glenn, Albert Stoessel,
Charles Headman, Robert Cornell,
Paul Van Gent, Peter Orman. Domin-
lex McDermott, John Cornell, Frank
Caughlan, Charles Mckinney, John
Kavanahaur, Edmund Hitler, Henry
Doran, Ambrose Linehauser, Joseph
Tee, Charles wilkins, Leo Doran,
William Huyck, Francis Doran, John
Phillips, John Belgard, Frederick Bel
gard, Edward Jordan, Henry Hash
ore and Lee Halpin.
Girls = Josephine Denefe, Angela
Dunning, Mary Blitz, ! Gertrude
Broich, Theresa Brady, Frances Hill
Ter, Orphelia La Dew, Theresa Nc
Aloon, Florence McInerny, Alice Nc
Dermott, Florence Glenn, Lillian Con-
sodine, Ethel MCGUIRE, Helen Nc
CURE, Cathyrn Gallagher, Elizabeth
Halpin, Julia Dalton, Nellie Huyck,
Marie Vaughn, Hortense Leinhauser,
Ethel Tox. Stella Hess, Mary Whalen,
Stella Bashore, Sarah Cornell, Cath
ryn Wren, Loretto Dunning, Catherine
Walsh.
Sponsor for boys - Frank Shafer.
Sponsor for girls Miss Margaret
Sheehan.
School Question Up.
At the conclusion of the confrma-
ton ceremonies Bishop Davis took oc-
casion to speak to the congregation
on the school question, causing no lit
tie dissatisfaction among his hearers
by his attitude on the question at this
time. He urged in no uncertain tones
the desire to have a school reared in
this parish without further delay and
generally took to task the congrega-
ton for their seeming Indifference on
this question.
The effect of the bishops remarks
aroused sentiments in the members of
the parish that they do not hesitate in
giving their expression to. The mem
bers of the Sacred Heart parish are
greatly disheartened by the remarks
of the bishop and assert that notwith-
standing his exalted position as a
churchman in the diocese, he failed
to appreciate their efforts in their
struggles for the past six years. The
general sense of those present at the
services and who heard the words
of the bishop. say that they were
most uncalled for and likely to lead
to complications between the parish
and the head of the Davenport see.
st, Patrick's Church.
The following class o. seventy-fiva
children and adults were confirmed
by Bishop James Davis at st. Pat
rick's in South Ottumwa at 2:30 this
afternoon:
Marie Mottet, Josie Amelang, Marie
Doherty, Ellen Royland, Gertrude
Sweeney, Edward Watcher, Berle
BOSNIAN, Clara Schwartz, Osro Nor
thrope, Bernadine Berry, Elizabeth
Wagner, Alice Snea, Lorenzo Glenn,
Mary Berry, Lillian Genochio, Albert
Stark, Bertha Schwartz, Carl Fa-
britt, Anna Herber. Pauline Van
Gent, Herman Morgan, Clara BOSNIAN,
Richard Travis, Edward Rufing. Mar
garet Stark, Christina Berry, Cecilia
Stark, Bertha Van Ollie, Anna Mum
ley, Lena Rufing, Ada Mier, Michael
Keller, John Shea, Margaret Helm,
Horace Travis, Jennie Travis, Lora
Genochio, Barnard Sweeney Leo Ber-
ry, Catherine Bennett, Maud Cloyd,
Kate Carr, Henry Rufing, Lowrence
Whelan, Carrie Harden, Dorothy
Scannell, Willie BOSNIAN, Eugene
Whelan, Ernest Schwartz. Cornelius
Carr Lenora Schwartz, Harold Van
Dello, Anna Ruffing Lawrence Swee-
ney. Edna Mottet, Frank Stark, Leo
Bongers, Lucille Dumler, Nick Wag-
ner, John Shoemaker, Walter Watch
Ter, Bernard BOSNIAN, Eorra Schwartz,
Lena Mier, Frank Deiters. Gladys Do
herty, Willie Larkins, Rose Mier,
Barbara Mier, Edward Sweeney,
Francis Sweeney, Lizzie Roberts, Ed
die Mier. Lena Shoemaker, Frank
Genochio.
When seen by a Courier representa-
tive this morning, Bishop Davis said
that the Davenport diocese is accom-
plishing great things and among 9th
ers, along the line of advancement,
an addition is to be built to the do
cesar seminary at Davenport, ST.
Ambrose college. The projected i'm
provement is to be begun in the
course Of week or two and will be
wing added to the present college
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