The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-21
OF PRIEST IS
 ON VIEW [ Friends and Relatives to Take Last Look at
 Father McElroy CATHOLIC SOCIETIES WILL GUARD CAsKET Many Beautiful Floral Tri- butes Already Received
 at Rectory

Clad in his priestly vestments. the body of the Rev. Charles J. McEIroy, R.. of St. Augustine,s R. c. church, was laid out in the north parlor Of the rectory this afternoon. At clock members of his family and view the body. The sdead priest lay in casket lined with black broad cloth. The casket has oxidized silver handles and is of plain and simple character in keeping with the tastes of the dead prelates
 The features of the priest were com posed. The same benign expression that was characteristic of him in life remained and his appearaIice was that of onewho lies down to q well merited rest with a sense of duty well per- formed. Already a number of beau tifu1 floral tributes have been received at the rectory.
 Tomorrow afternoon a guard of hon. or of devout. male communicates Of the church will carry the body to St. Augustine,s church, where it will lie in state before the altar where he celebrated his first mass as priest and where later he served as perman- ent rector.
 A special meeting of~ ~&ragon coun- cil, Knights of Columbus, of which n, has been called for o'clock tomorrow night when guard of honor of 100
 members will be selected to watch by the body until the burial on Saturday, Anqther special guard Of honor will be sefgeTed from the Tfoly Name so-s ciety Of St. Augustine IS church.
 From o'clock tomorrow afternoon until the funeral services at 1a:3O Sat- urday morning the body will lie in state in the church and his parishion- CTS and the public may take their last look at the body.
 Tomorrow night at S:3o all mem bers of all councils of the Knights of Columbus will meet in the Chapter room at Main and Golden Hill streets. The members of the order will then march in a body to St Augustine,s church to pay their last respects to the dead.
 Special meetings of Division No. i, A. o. H., Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Society. Catholic Benevolent Legion and other societies conunected with the Queens Daughters. the Elizabeth Seton guild and the Ladies' Charita- b1e Society of St. Vincent de Paul have been called to take action on the death Of Father McElroy.
 Edward Lonergan. president of the Holy Name society of St. Augustine's# church, has called special meeting of the society in the chapel at
  death of the pastor.
 Right Rev Joseph Milan, bish- op Of the diocese of Hartford, a fel- low sen1narian of Rev. Father McE1- roy. will oficiate at the pontiaeal hign mass of requiem Saturday morning. and Father cEIroy were fellow stu dents, although not c1assmates.
 The Right Rev. Monsignor Thomas s. Duggan, vicar general of the Hart ford diocese, will assist Bishop Milan in the pontifcal mass The deacon of F. R.. of the Immaculate Conception church, Waterbury. and Rev. Hugh Trainor of the Church of the Sacred Heart. Waterbury. The deacon will be Rev. John D. Coyle of St Johns church. New Haven; the sub-deacon will be Rev. James B. Nihin of St. Patriclz's church, of this city. Rev. John G. Murray, chancellor Of the dfo- cese will be master of ceremonies Rev. Thomas J. Finn of St. Mary,s church, Norwalk, will preach the eI-s logy-
 Thomas McMu11en, grand knight of the Knights of Columbus with other dignitaries of the order will attend the funeral services Arrangements will probably be made for a huge pro- march on foot as an escort to the hearse in which the body of the dead pastor will be borne to the grave in St. Michael's cemetery.
 The burial will be in the priests plot in St. Michaels where a brick lined grave is being prepared. Sym bols in token of mourning and as marks of respect to the dead pastor have already been placed in St. Au- gustfne's church where he was perma- nent rector and about the rectory near the church.
 It is expected that a large deIega- ton of his former parislioners at Derby and New Milford will come to Bridgeport tomorro night to pay their last tribute of respect to their former pastor and to attend the f1- neral Saturday ynorninr