Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-22
MINISTRIES CROWD OLYMPIC HALL
Young Ladies Sodality of St. Marys Church Had Record Breaking Attendance-Loca Soloists, End Men and h. terocutor Are Warmly Greeted Society President Miss Mary E. Reardon, With Officers Scored Big Success.

Josephine Neilan, Mary Nolan, Grace
 Reed, Helen Sullivan. Mary T. Sulh-
 van, Elizabeth Sullivan, Anna Sliney,
 Catherine Sliney, Cecilia Sweeney, Lu-
 cy Woods. Catherine Warrington. All the boxes in the gallery were
 taken, the following being the occu- | pants:
 Box Mayor and Mrs. T. c. Mur-
 phy and daughter, Revs, William H.
 Kennedy, John H. Broderick, William F. Cavanaugh, Thomas A. Grumbly of
 this city and Rev. ". A. Keefe of
 Plainfield.
 Holy Name society. 3-Father Mathew society. | EKnights of Columbus. | 5-Private party from Engine com 1 pany No. 2.
 S-Miss Mary Osullivan and party 7-Mr. and Mrs. c. J. Downes and | party.
 8-First division, A. o. H. 9-Ladies' Charitable society. 10-Second division, A O. H. 11-St. Joseph's sodality. 12-Young Ladies' sodality. The arrangement of the costumes
 and the makeups for those on the stage showed the good taste and judgment
 of Mrs. Mary L. Sliney and Miss Lena c. Budreau.
 At the close of the performance Rev.
 J. H. Fitzmaurice, the pastor, briefly
 but cordially thanked the audience for it's attendance and the liberal patron age given by the parish. After the stageperformance dancing,
 for which the Cadillac orchestra play ed was enjoyed. and attention was
 also given to the prettily decorated
 booths around the hall. These were
 the following: Fancy work, in charge of Miss Mary E. Reardon. president of
 the society with the Misses Theresa Coughlin, Helena Coughlin and Han-
 nah Malone as assistants; domestic ar
 ticles, Miss Elizabeth M. Downes, as-
 sisted by Miss Hattie Durkin: Re
 bekah at the Well. Miss Nellie O'Don-
 nell, assisted by Misses Mary and Hannah O'Donneii; flowers, Miss Eliz- abeth Curran. assisted by, Misses Catherine Neibert, Sarah Kelly, Cath ] erine Bray. with little Misses Helen and Josephine Curran as flower girls, Half a dozen children circulated around the hall with grab bags. The heads of the booths comprised the of fcers of the sodality, who chose their own assistants, but the great success of the evening was due in a large
 measure to the able direction of the
 president, Miss Reardon, and the ca pdUl6 dSSlSldHS6 SIl6 received. In the afternoon from 3 to o'clock there was heavy patronage at the sale | and the Rebekah at the Well booth was l busy place dispensing coffee, sand wiches and home made punch. The men. of the parish who rendered valued assistance at the minstrels
 were the following: Ticket office, John T. Sullivan; door, Patrick Sullivan; | ushers, main floor! Charles J. Mulla- I ney, Simon J. Fahey, Joseph A. Don | nelly, Michael J. Dwyer, Thomas J. l McHugh, Matthew Sullivan; ushers, gallery, Augustus Musseii, Joseph l Belletieur, James NJ. Murphy, Daniel Mccarthy, James Mccarthy; hat room,
 Charles Young, Charles ogden, James
 Redden, Ernest Fox programme dis tributors, John Sullivan, Michael Bar
 ry, Joseph Harty.
 The sodality has a membership of | about 100 and is doing a good work in 1 the parish, to which the proceeds of | the evening will go. Its officers are: Chaplain, Rev. John H. Fitzmaurice; president, Miss Mary E. Reardon; first vice president, Miss Elizabeth Curran
 second vice president, Miss Nellie M. 1 O'Donnell; secretary, Miss Elizabeth l M. Downes: treasurer, Miss Elizabeth
 Malone, and a council board of twelve | members.