The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-26
AN AUTOMOBILE
FOR FATHER COYLE
Christmas Gift From Mem
bers of His Parish
SURPRISE OF HIS LIFE
Says He Will Try Not to Break the
Speed Laws and Hopes To Be
More Successful Than Old
Doc Yak
SURPRISE OF HIS LIFE

When Father Coyle went to breakfaet
yesterday morning after celebrating his
three Christmas masses he found a pile
o. packages, letters and postals by his
plate.
Among the letters 4 bulky envelope
was conspicuous This he pushed to one
side as ii looked rather legal and formid-
able, and he thought it was either cam
didate's platform or a prospectus from a
western gold mine. After glancinc through
| the other letters and postals, he took
this up resignedly and got what he says
vas the surprise of his life. 1t read as
follows:
birmingham, December 25, 1918.
The Rev. James f. Coyle. Birmingham
Dear Father Coyle-Gnclosed you will
find. the formal receipt of the Brownell
| Auto company in full payment for one
Ford runabout automobila. complete, with
| accessories, to be delivered to you inn
mediately upon arrival of the machine
from the factory; also receipt for the Ii
cense tax for the year 1914.
This is the gift of a few of your friends
who realize that all material things are tc
you important only so far as they car
be used for furthering your ministry
among us. We honor ourselves in plac.
ing at your disposal this means OF greater
| facility in reaching with the supreme
comforts of the church the stricken
( hearts in our parish.
THE names of the friends here inclosed
| are only a few of the many who would
| have been glad to be SO enrolled but
| the response was SO prompt and so gem
| erous the part of those to whom the
Gggestion was first made that the re-
quired sum was contributed before many
had even been afforded an opportunity
of including themselves.
while the prime motive in making
| this gift Is to assist you in the perform
| ance of your prestly duties to the sick
anu the dying, we also sincerely hope
that it's use may afford you much needed
| recreation and pleasure.
1T is to be noted that the donors are
not limited to your own parish, and that
the largest single contribution is that of
| the Brownell Auto company, which was
| made of their own initiative ana wholly
without solicitation on the part of any,
| one.
For ourselves and for all the ever wild
| ening circle who count it among their
! chiefest blessings that you have been
| called to minister to our spiritual welfare
| IN this city, we wish you q plenitude of
blessings at this holy season and for
many years to come
John F. Andrews, John F. Antwine,
| II. l.. Bailey, j. ID. Beavin, j. T.. BIan-
ford, l.. r. Beecher j. J. Bogsan, James
| Bonnyman, William Brown, Brownell
Auto company, T. ]. Critterden, Mrs.
! T. r. II. Daniels, Mrs. II. +. DeBarde-
, leben, Charles Dickas. J. L. Dillon, e. u.
Donnelly. C. ]. Dougherty, ID. o. Dough-
erty, Mrs James Donovan, II. r. Dun
kaly. DR.. ]. j. Duncan, r. f.. Dupray,
Martin Egan, w. F. Enneking. William
| Fex, C. c. Fleming, W. b. Ford, DIR.
Bertram A. Fox, j. c. Gallagher, Tom
Gallagher. p. j. Garland. ]. j. Gilmore, A.
C. Granville, Mrs. w. l. Grub, j. ".
Hafer, Mrs. Clement Harris, L. r. Houli-
| han, Mrs Charles Houppert. James
/ Francis Houppert, Joseph Houppert, Omer
| Horst Oscar X. Hundley, Henry w. Jun
german, Ed f. Jungerman, John l.. Kaul,
Mrs. s. e. Kindt, Allen J. Krebs, H. j.
Kribs, p. II. Lallande, John A. Lambert,
S. S. Lanier 4. J. Larkin, w. p. Leon
ard, NJ. E. Linnehan, j. II. Linnehan,
John j. Luby, John McCloud McGeever
Bros. Robert McGrady. w. J. McGrail,
Frank MCGOWAN, Fred G. Macke, Macke
| Marble and Granite works, Terence Mack
| in Arnold Masburg c. r. Mason, F. /.
Monks, M. r. Mullane. Frank S. Noon,
| W. j. O'Brien, ID. j. O'Connell, Mrs.
Margaret O'Connor. Father OKelly, John
w. O'Neill Rodman p. Pierce, J. j. Plat
ten, l.. G. Richter Mrs. Charles Roy,
| Mrs w. b. Leedy, Jr., ID. ]. Ryan, ]. A
Ryan, William Ryan, Horny Ruff, w. f.
| Savage, w. f. Shine, b. r. Smith,
James J. Smith, T. r. Thornton, DR..
and Mrs. Ward, Mrs. William c Weston,
| Sterling A. Wood, DIR. II. A Elkourie
the Rev. Father Bellama Joseph Tan
rory. f. Nosser, Joseph Tyne Elbadwy
! Simon. A. Mikory, A, Kassouf, Joseph
| Kenay. Hoiekel Gideon, M. Domit. John
| Sharbel. Louis Tobia. Milad Mossod, A.
Torshisly, N. Jarvis
Father Coyle, speaking of this yester-
day evening. I'D he was deeply touched
by the gift and by the generous. cordiai
spirit of the donors.
II am especially pleased said he.
! Since the people who got up the grand
surprise were among those who worked
so hard few weeks ago to make the
bazaar the great success it was. 1t evil
oences a spirit of cordial cooperation and
good will that will be an encouragement
| TO me I'm my future ministry. l have al
ways met with generous responses TO my
/ appeals for every good csuse-for the af-
nicted, the orphans and Gods poor-and
have not been sparlns in these appeals
This most generous voluntary gift, there
| fore. naturally gives me the greatest
/ pleasure and | find myself unable tc
properly express my appreciation, but
II hspe by renewed earnestness and fidel
/ ity to duty to show appreciation of tn,
gift and the spirit that lies behind the
| GIFT"
Father Coyle said whimsically that h,
would endeavor to keep within the speed
; limits, being a law abiding Citizen and
that he had hopes of being moro success
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