Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-10
St. Mary's Lawn Fete Decided Sue cess-Attendane of 80o--Athietic Meet in Afternoon-Prixe Winners.

The annual lawn fete of St. Mary's parish was held on the Convent ave- nue grounds on Thursday evening un- der the direction of the Young Ladies Sodaiity, who were given full charge Of this years event. The lawn fete was a big success and it was estlmated that the attendance numbered around 500. The sole proceeds of the affair will go towards reducing the debt on the parish mortgage. Miss Mary B. Reardon was chairman of the general committee.
 "A dozen or more slarge arc lights placed at various points around the grounds provided plenty of light, and in addition there were long strings of colored bulbs hung about the grounds. The various booths, tents. etc, were very prettily decorated. and they all received very generous patronage from the large number attending. The fortune telling tent was especially ac- tive, and Madame Laconie was kept busy revealing the futures of many. Another attraction was the art gal lery located in the basement of the school, where many of the old masters paintings were on exhibition. The candy, cake and soda booths received their share of the patronage, and the African dodger Joseph Gadle, provided amusement for large number Drew's orchestra, located on raised platform, rendered the dance pro- gramme-
 The various committees in charge were as follows: Soda. Misses Mary T. Sullivan, Julia Malone. Frank P. Mur- tha, John Carroll; candy. Misses Eliz- abeth Curran Mary Delaney; cake ta- ble. Miss May Downing, Mrs. Mary C. Moriarty. Mrs. Elizabeth Mccormick; flower garden, Misses Teresa V. Coughlin and Helena Coughlin; art gallery. Misses Hannah ODonnen and Camilla Healy; amusements, Matthew F. Sullivan, Joseph R. Portelance and Francis J. Murtfla, Sr.; dancing. Ed Thomas Donovan, Joseph Warrington; gates. Patrick J. Sullivan. Charles J. | Mullaney; general work, John T. Sul- Hvan Patrick J. Sullivan, John Barry. Patrick Barry. William T, Mahoney, i Cornelius J. Downes, Michael J. Dw- l yer; announcer. Joseph A. Donnelly. I The Senior Holy Name society rem l dered valuable assistance under direc- ton of Michael J.. Curran. president In the afternoon it was estimated that several hundred people were pres ent at the athletic meet. The grounds were opened at 2 o'clock and the pro- | gramme lasted until 5 o'clock. A spe- I cial committee had their hands full keeping the boys and girls behind the ! lines so that. the contestants could i have a clear field. No one over II i years was allowed to compete. The 1 events and winners were as follows: 100 yard dash for boys between Il | and 14 years-Downing first. Twohie l secs.nd
 1 Standing broad jump-Downing first l Carter second.
 Rope skipping contest for girls of al 1 ages-Beatrice Cayouette 142, Loretts l Liberty and Mary Howard. both. 117 ! Somersault race for boys. to Il
 years-James Purdon first, Joseph Por.
 teiance second.
 ow-I for. i &1d l-Michael Downey first, John McNeel.
 second.
 l Cracker race for girls. g to 12 year,
 -Alice Tournure first. Alice Hoar sec Il ord
 High jump for boys, all ages-Johl
 Keenan first, Henry Boyd second.
 Boys bicycle race-John Higgin first, Arthur Pprtelance second Popcorn race for girls, g to 12 year
 Mary Tillon first. Alice Hoar sec
 ond.
 Pie eating contest, boys-Henr,
 Boyd first, Gerald Sullivan second
 Hoop race for girls. to 12 years I Anna Nevins first. Mary Tillon second
 Relay race for boys-Captains Nev
 ins, Downey and McNally. Downey' l Swanton and Fred Carter, first prize a watermelon; Nevins team, Cap
 Nevins, Arthur Boyd. Carroll an Carey. second.
 R Three legged race for boys-McCor
 mick mi, sand and Garter first. Carter and Nev Hop, skip and jump-Connors frs (S0 it. Il in.), Downing second (s0 f I g in.).
 H The committees in charge: Starter Cornelius J. Downes; judges and as
 sistants, John Walsh, Paul Gadl,
 Charles Young, William Shea, Fran P. Murtha. IT,. and Eugene Carroll official scorer, James Shea of Ne1
 Haven High school; announcer. Mi chael Curran.