The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-10

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man Catholic Church-some New
Dances Regarded as Immoral by
Rev. B. w. Mcmahon.
Dancing is under the ban in the
Roman Catholic diocese of Vermont, in
so far as it has to do with fairs or
other public functions gotten up by
the Roman Catholic clergy. Conse-
quentIv there will be no dancing in
connection with the st. Patrick 5 day
celebration under the auspices of st.
MichaeI's Roman Catholic church of
this town. which will take place the
evening of Monday, March Il.
Announcement to this effect was
made in St Michael's church yester-
day by Rev. B. w. Mcmahon, curate,
who conducted the services in the alb
.senee of Rev. Father NJ J. Carmody.
For many years the statutes of the
Roman Catholic church for this do
cese have specified that no dancing
of any kind shall be allowed at any
fair or other public function gotten
up by the clergy, but that partic-
ular statute had become to a certain
extent obsolete through lack of en-
forcement.
The new bishop, Rev. J. J. Rice,
purposes to have the statute enforced,
and he has issued an order to that eff
feet. The statute infers that dancing
is not the best form of amusement
and that to allow it might lessen the
influence of the clergymen.
| In making the announcement Sun
day, Rev. Father McMahon alluded
to the advent of numerous new dances
and characterized them as being i'm
moral.
1t has been decided to offer at the
St Patrick 5 fair two prizes to be
known as door prizes, one for men
and one for women. Each person who
attends the fair will be given a mum
bered check, a duplicate of which will
be placed in a box. Later some sub,
stantial prizes viii be awarded to the
man and woman holding checks to
correspond with the first drawn from
the box.
The following committees have beer
appointed: Decorations, John Blake,
John Cavanaugh, Patrick Ferriter, Mi
Eckels, Charles Mann. Frank Adams
Thomas Perry, Henry Pelldfin; tick
cts, H. B. Haus, Daniel Shea. Thoma
Ryan, David Carey, ST.; drawing o
articles, G. 7. Kaine, Thomas Austin
ST., II. B. Haus, Charles T. Mann
! cloay room, John Cavanaugh, Law
renee Sheehy; floor, Francis Dunlevy
. William Blake, Louis Rate; amust
ments, NJ. J. Moran, DR.. f. II. 0 icon
: nor, J. p. Ferriter, D. F. Shea. Danit
Riley, Charles OiConnor.
. These women will have charge c
the different booths: Fancy table, Mr.
. John Guiheen, Mrs. d. Meany. Mis-
t. Norah Grady, Mrs Frank Holland
:, dolls table. Misses 5. NJ. McGratI
q : N. Fenton, Bertha Pellerin; candy t
" BILE, Mrs. Dennjng, d. Denning, I
= Flemming, Mary Haus, Mary McDo
II aid; cake table, Mrs. James Austi
= ST, Mrs. John Austin. Mrs A
, Wood, Miss Eliza Grady; ice creaI
y Mrs. NJ. Dunn, Mrs. T. Long; fl:
z pond, Mrs. NJ. J, Moran, Mary E. NJ
ran, Margaret Gorborino. Margar
= Fleming, A. Mcdonald; flower tab
Misses Mary Austin, Nellie Aust
Nellie Hamilton, May Noylan; lei
onadei table, Mrs. Hugh Harwood, NJ
h. Thayer, Lena Katie, Mary boy
Kate Quinn; coffee, Mrs Ferriter, NJ
T. Guiheen, Mrs Manning; apron sa
- Mrs. D. Carey.
The children of the parochial schc
o. win present the following program
= connection with the fair: The Minst
Boy and St. Patrick s Day, Pape, NJ
Agnes Blake; A Legend of st. PatriC
Master Bernard Dunlevy; lie Carill,
ice Misses Ruth Danyew, Emily Shea;
chestra, junior boys; The Snow Stor
. Spaulding, our little girls; Valse E
gante, Wachs, Master Horace W
"a come, Bryan Gale; vocal selection a
4 dance, Masters John Kennedy, Thon
hi Clune; The Harp That Once Thu
Tara's Halls, Fischer, our girls; n
itary drill, our boys, accompanied
Miss Agnes Blake.
On Monday afternoon there will
sale of homemade food and far
articles from to $50.