Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-18
PRESENT AUTO to
REV. DEAN SMYTH
Isnecial to the Evening star.I


JERSEY CITY, May 1S.-The golden
Jubilee of the admission to the priest
hood of Very Rev. Dean 2. E. Smyth,
is being celebrated by the parlshlon-
ers of St Joseph's Church. The cele-
bration began yesterday and con-
tinues with religious services today.
An evidence of the esteem in which
Dean Smyth is held by the members
of his parish was shown in the pre-
sentation to him of an automobile
and a purse of $1,000, at the reception
in Dickinson High School last night
Many prominent men of this city
wer present.
The jubilee was opened at IL o'clock
yesterday morning with services in
st. Joheph's when Rev. Bernard M.
Began, pastor of St. Mary's Church,
of Plainfeld officiated.. In the after
noon. Dean Smyth was entertained at
the Orpheum Theatre by the pupils of
st. Joseph's School, who presented a
play in his honor, entitled, "A Triple
Tribute to Dean Smyth." Sister
Mary Agnes was in charge of the ar
rangements.
Prominent local men assisted in the
reception in the Dickinson. High
School Among those who spoke
were: Father Flood, of st. Saviour $
Church, of Brooklyn; Joseph Noonan,
who spoke in behalf of the parish;
Surrogate John p. Egan, Judge
George G. Tenant, former Judge
Joseph Butlermer, Supervisor Luke
Clark and DR.. Frederick McKechnie.
All paid tribute to Dean Smyth and
lauded his fifty years of service in
the church. Dean Smyth responded
with a short address. Announcement
was made that eDan 'Smyth had been
appointed Domestic Prelate through
the efforts of Bishop O'Connor. who
is now in Rome. More than $500 per-
sons were present in the auditorium.
A solemn high mass was celebrated
in ST. Joseph's this morning, at which
Rev. John Butscher, of the Church of
Our Lady of Good Counsel, of New
ark, assisted.
Dean Smyth was born in 1871 in
Ballyjamesduff, County Cayan, Ire
land. He attended the Latin school
at that place. entered st. Patricks
College at CaVan, and having COM
pleted his course there, went to the
institution beloved by all Irish priests,
Maynooth. His kindly disposition,
even at that age, endeared him to the
students of this far-famed college,
where he had a fellow competitor for
college honors and student popularity,
the present Cardinal Logue, OF Ar
magh After five years he was or
dained to the sacred priesthood His
priestly ministrations were first ex-
ercised in the cathedral at Cavan,
where he spent seven years, being at
that time administrator of that
church. He then came to America
and was kindly received by Bishop
Bailey and given a curancy in Phil
In a short time he was sent to build
a church at Washington, Warren
county, where Father Smyth found it
hard to make any progress. His zeal
exerted him to go collecting through
all New Jersey to obtain funds to
lihuidate the debt of his church.
Later he became pastor at Madison.
where he had jurisdiction over all the
surrounding country as far as sum
on to take charge of st. Bridget's |
Church, Jersey City, where he re-
NAMED for seven years His health !
being threatened, he found it neces- |
sary to relinbuish his duties there
and take an extended trip abroad to
his wasting strength.
After a sojourn of some months
abroad Father Smyth returned and !
his bishop sent him to Plaintield, sue |
ceeding Father Morris. This was In |
1888. Under his leadership the church |
advanced rapidly. in a few years be- |
coming one of the most influential in |
fhe Newark diocese. Twelve years
ago he was transferred TO this city.