Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-04-17
CENTRAL ATHLETIC CLUBS
THIRD ANNIVERSARY.
Celebrated by a Concert and Ball at
Olympic Hall.

In Olympic hall ON Friday evening
the Central Athletic club, the most
prominent of the athletic clubs Of Nor
Wich, celebrated it's third anniversary
with a concert and ball, making the
occasion the biggest success Of the club
history. Throughout the evening the
hall was filled almost 10 the capacity
of the floor and with the fine music
provided and the dilgent attention Ol
all the committees to each detail for
the comfort of those present the social
evening was pronounced an unqualified
success by all attending.
On the stage as a setting for the or
chestra was a particularly neat little
garden scene comprising a fence and
gateway with pillars, palms and ferns,
and the refreshmant stand at the other
end of the hall was in a prettily lat
ticed bower over which dark red roses
and laurel were twined. The decora-
tions were the work of jeremiah A
Desmond, Cornelius Crowley Henry
Farrell and Theodore Kennedy.
The evening opened with a concert
from to by GOodwins' orchestra. al
of whom were members of the club,
and the following programme was ad-
mirably rendered:
March, The Call to Arms. Rolfe
Medley, The Harry Lauder.
Patrol, The Guardmount. Eilenberg
Bell solo, Dance of the Sunfowers,
F. S Christman.
Waltzes. Cupid's Awakening, Sintenis
Oddity, King of Rags, Swisher
At o'clock the grand march, in
which 100 couples participated, open
ed the dance programme of twenty
four numbers, which was not 'conclud-
ed until o'clock this morning. The
march was a feature of the evening
universally commented upon for its
effective figures and was a tribute to
hr Of prOfaeCO7- n vi -
had 1t under his personal dire II
was finely led by the club president,
William Houlihan. with Miss Florence
Morgan. and Vice President Patrick
Sullivan. with Miss Annie Sullivan.
They were Immediately followed by the
following club members with their
partners: Joe Desmond, its organizer;
Timothy Fields. treasurer; John Nc
Gibney, secretary: Luke p. Riley,
chairman of the arrangement commit
tee, and then the members of the com
mhtee. who were the following: II.
Farrell, F. Swan, 7. Kennedy ]. Bow
en-, w. Fitzgerald, T. Fields, W. Houli-
han, ]. Holland, jeremiah A. Des-
mond.
Pretty souvenir programmes in blue
and white were distributed by Master
Harold Desmond and little Miss Mary
Holland. The two large boxes in the
gallery were for the invited guests,
among whom was Mayor Lippitt, but
he was obliged to send regrets. The
following were the box holders: No. l,
Luke p. Riley: No. 2, st. Cecilia So
ciety; No. 3. William Houlihan Pat
rick Sullivan. Frank Carbrey. John
Sullivan, John Bowen; No. 4. William
Sattery, John Cunningham; No. ;.
Charles LeVarge, Professor Holland,
Conrad Swan; No s. William McMa-
hon, William Gallivan. Fred Boucher;
No. Z Thomas Riley and Matthew
Sheridan, j. A. Desmond; No. 8. Fred
Swan, William Patton, Thomas Me-
Guinness Timothy Fields.
For the attractive dance programme,
which was enjoyed by over 500, Pro-
fessor Mccarthy was prompter. and
the following served on the commit
tees:
Master of ceremonies William Fitz-
gerald; floor director, Henry Farrell;
aids, T. Kelly. J. Sullivan. F. Boucher.
]. Counell, w. Gallivan, c. LaVarge,
f. Kristek j. Beausoleil. W. Siattery,
J Burke. p. Sullivan, d. Patton. w.
McAIahon. ]. Mcmahon: ushers, c.
Hero. P. J. Desmond. J. Mccarthy. T..
Carberry. r. Riley ]. Foley. r. Boltz,
]. McGibney: reception committee. DR..
]. ]. Donohue, John Donovan, Thomas
A, Robinson, DIR. E. J. Brophy Col.
Hugh Duffy. DR.. w. 3. Casey, DIR.
George A. Comeau, Nelson j. Ayling,
Arthur d. Lathrop. DIR. p. H Harri-
man, Howard l.. Stanton. George z.
Parsons; refreshments. Thomas Ho-
gan, c, 1irman, assisted by Fred Swan.
Albert Murphy William Nichols, Tom
Shea; coat room. Fred Kristek Henry
White Wesley Calkins. ]. AUSTIN box
Office John Fields.