Bisbee daily review., 1913-11-21
POPULAR PRIEST
 GIVEN FAREWELL
Prescott People Tell Father Mandin of Love and Es- teem Before He Left for Bisbee


 PRESCOTT, Nov. aO.-Without re- gayl 10 crses. station or nationality, the people of Prescott in .e-ge mum LeEs met Sunday af;err O.. st the C2ESlic church ard tcudered Father Aa3.din a reception ca ms departure i1r Btsbse, in whieE pasi:n ha NIll succeed the late Father Muerer. Al the appointed time Dr. John W. Finn was chosen chairman, and Miss Anna Cahill, secretary. The char then appointed P. w. O'Suliyan and E. J. F. Horne a committee to escort Father Mandin into the midst of his assembled admlress.
 Dr. Finn in his usual and i'm presslve manner informed his audi ence that the object of the meeting was to show the high esteem in ahich Father Mandin was held in his community, where for nine years his work had made for the highest standard of morals and good citizenship, and wish him God-speed to his new parish at Bisbee.
 Joseph II. Morgan was then in troduced and as grand knight of the Yavapai council of the Knights oi Columbus. in well selected words pres ented to the reverend gentle man resolutions a1opted by the To- cal council, which had been beauti' fully engrossed by Jules Baumann.
 Robert F.. Morrison was called upon to speak for the congregation. He told e the untiring labors and business a5il.ty Of this worthy priest who had in five years wiped out the church indebtedness of nearly slO.OG0. and he related the history of Father Mandin during his resi- dence in Arizona, filled with acts oi self-denial, Christian charity and eX' emplary conduct, all of winch had made him respected, loved and hon. ored by all, rendering to the gentle man the fealty and devotion of his parishioners and a safe journey to his new field of labcr.
 Mr. Morrison then told how tEe members of his flock, knowing that ze vas possessed only CT an empty purse. occasioned by his turning every spare dollars into the church treasury, had decided to raise fund LOT him as material evidence Of the sincere friendship they possessed for him, and that when it became known that this was being done. Father Mandin's friends who were not mem Ders Of his congregation, in a spirit of unusual generosity, insisted upon contributing. MT. Morrison then delivered to Father Mandin purse containing s400 in gold, and stated it was a mere rittance as compared with the obligations under hiCh the community was under to him for the good he had so unset fishly done while here.
 Judge Daniel E. Parks was Ie quested to say a few wor1s. The judge said his heart was full and ne could only say Amen" to whai had been stated.
 P. w. O'Sulliyan spoke feeling y of the religious fervor which Father Mandin had developed in his church peCp.e and compared him to the great Father Marquette, tine French missionary who devoted his life tc the welfare of the Indians on the western shores of Lake Michigan.
 l.. J. Thompson was discovered in the audience and when asked tc speak, in most appropriate manner and thrilling words testified to tht great respect in which 4e personally held the Catholic priest, althousi he was not a Catholic.
 Judge F. 0. Smith in a few sim Die bat effective sentences ex ] pressed his afTectionate friendship. Several of the ladies present T feeling language told of how the! would miss their pastor.
 When Father Mandin arose t' ! respond, his voice tremoled witl 1 emotion and it was several moments begcre he couI5 proceed Manl were in tears and few dry eyei were in the assemblage. Fathe i Mandin then expressed his. heartfei thanks for the good things whicl had been spoken of and presente' to him. He insisted that 1t wa. not his work but the liberaiity of h.i ' people which dad enabled him u