The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-09-30
GETS A PLEASANT SEND off.
Friends of Father Woods Bring Pleas
ant Greetings and a Fine Gift.

The great rush of humanity at
the fair last Thursday did not en-
tirely eclipse the meeting announced
for farewell greetings to Rev.
Father Woods, at the opera house
that evening. With considerable
noise and revelry in progress on the
streets. a goodly representation of
the men and church-goers of the
city met at the hall and enjoyed
very pleasant farewell function.
The guests were seated facing to
the center of the hall on the east
and west sides, with the toastmast-
err, III. A. Baldwin, Father Woods;
Mayor Philbrick and two visiting
priests seated at the end of the line
near the stage.
Mr.. Baldwin called the meeting
to order at the proper time and
proceeded to give number of valid
reasons why Redwood Falls had
found Father Woods a good citizen
as well as faithful priest, and why
its citizens honored him for his en-
terprise and hustling qualities as
we'll as for his genial kindness and
hopefulness. Father Woods had
come here young priest and after
eleven years of service here had
grown much in character and repu-
tation, for which the POSTMASTER
intimated that some credit was due
to his association with the people
of Redwood Falls. Mr.. Baldwin
concluded with a playful reference
to the sly way in which Father
Woods had dealt with some of the
redoubtable masters of the game of
chess in this city during his stay
here, and introduced the mayor as
one of his occasional victims in these
encounters, raising a laugh by in
timating that if the father had
stayed here long enough he might
have accumulated as much avoirdu-
pois as the mayor.
Mayor Philbrick evened up the
score with the POSTMASTER by pro-
ducing the notes for his talk and
explaining that he had not had time
to commit his little piece to mem
DRY. He paid deserved tribute to
Father Woods for his genial helpful
ness as a priest.
| Father Woods made a brief and
modest little acknowledgment OF
the kindness of his Redwood Falls
friends, and announced that he
would assume charge Of another
parish at LeSueur next month, with
largely increased congregation
and corresponding increase in in
come, amounting to nearly $500 !;
year in salary and fees. He declared
that he should always keep in mem
DRY the friendships formed here
and by way of acknowledging tn
suggestion of his getting into tn
same class as Mayor Philbrick, ad
mitted that he had increased hi
avoirdupois from 125 to over 20
pounds during the eleven years h
had spent here.
C. T. Howard added his contribu
ton of eulogy and anecdote, wit
special emphasis on the courag
shown by the departing priest !
; standing out against the saloo
traffic at all seasons, and his broad
Q minded ways of helping in all move
ments for the library, the school
0 and the betterment of society in a
lines.
Rev. R. F. Chambers thought tn
/ topic assigned to him, "lnterdenon
2 inationalism," was best exemplifie
9 by the cordial and brotherly way
9 which Father Woods greeted him
. a fellow-worker in a common caus
6 when the speaker first came to Re,
e wood Falls, introducing himself Q
! the public street. Interdenomin
: tionalism had arrived and was rev
u lutionizing modern Christianity.
, S. J. Race was warmly greete
I and testified to the help Faith
n Woods had given him in his educ
y tional work in this county.
. thought that the great social trim
was the church. the schools and t
u library, and that Father Woods
: ways stood ready to help in all
y these lines.
> w. II. Gold stuck to his tie,