The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-11-26
CHURCH OF SACRED
HEART OBSERVES
ANNIVERSARIES
First Service Ii, Parish Held Thir-
ty Five Years AGO
PASTOR 35 YEARS IN PRIESTHOOD
Parish E'inner in the Evening With
Program of Music and Speeches
Followed by Dancing.

Inlrty-HNe years dSo lHuASuas thO
first service in the parish of what
later became the church of the Sac
red Heart of Jesus was held at the
home of Leon LaMarre in this village
and 35 years ago to day Kew
Charles T.. Provost the pastor was
ordained to the priesthood. In hon
or of these two anniversaries SOL
emn high mass was celebrated at the
church in the forenoon and in the
evening the parish held family din
ner at Apollo hall with musical
program by the orcestra and short
addresses by prominent members of
the church.
feature OF the evening was the
presentation to Father Provost OF
large bouquet of chrysanthemums to
which were attached a number OF
five dollar gold pieces. The gift was
from the society of the Children OF
Mary. The address OF presentation
was made by Miss Donalda Rousseau
and the bouquet was given by Miss
Blanche Bourgeois.
The concert program was as fol-
lows:
Solo-"Dieu Sauve la France
Ernest Lavigne
Miss Alma Rousseau and Chorus
"Vive la Canadienne' Chorus
Solo-"Petits Oiseaux"
by j. Ernest Philie
Miss Alma Rousseau
Solo-"My Holy Cross"
Mrs. Fred Theberge
Composed by Mr.. and Mrs Theberge
.'Silvio Peilico" j. Manet
Chorus
Piano solo Miss Eva Lessard
90 Canada c. Lavallee
,AG Chorus and Orchestra @e
Director Edmond Noel. sr"e
Music was provided during the din
ner by the orchestra consisting o.
Fred Theberge. cornet; Wilbur Lam
bert. clarionet; Miss Eva Lessard and
Arthur Theberge, cornet; Miss Emma
Lamarre, piano.
At the postprandial exercises Peter
Longtin presided as toastmaster and
brief addresses were made by Rev
FIR. Provost, Edmond Lafranchise,
Damasse Lafamme. Alex c. Lamarre
and Edmond Noel.
Following the dinner and exercises
the floor was cleared for dancing and
the young people were given an en-
joyable period. The observance was
characterized by pleasing lack of
formality and developed into just
what the committee had planned. a
family party in honor of important
in the history OF the
parish 4e yrvf ptt
The committee 1of arrangements
was composed of the following;
Edmond Lafranchise, president
Pierre; Longtin Joseph Monat, Archie
,Belanger, Joseph Pellerin. Adjutor
Marcoux, Damase Laflamme, Edmond
Noel, Mrs Edward .Bergeron, Mrs.
Marcelin Bellemarre, Mrs. Edward
Bourgeois, Mrs. ID. Rousseau, Mrs.
Emma Ploude, Mrs. p. Pinsoneault,
Mrs. V. Lessard Miss Emma La
MARIE, Miss Denise Bellemarre, Miss
Marie Anne Gauthier, Miss Ida Vac
hon, Miss Marie Benoit, Miss Lydia
Longtin, Miss Eva Lessard.
During the day FIR. Provost also re-
ceived remembrance from the
children of the parish.
While the first service in the his
tory of the Sacred Heart church was
held 35 years ago, the parish did not
become firmly established until five
years later, in 1885. When Fir Pre-
yost first came to Bennington there
were only % families enrolled; today
there are 166 representing $50 souls.
.Fr,4 Provost is a native of Quebec
where he was born May 15,o 1854 He
was educated at the general seminary
in Montreal and tu was ordained by
Archbishop Fabre 80 years ago He
was first an assistant at Brandon
where he was with a mission for a
short time before taking his first
charge at Milton. He was for nearly
10 years pastor at st. Adams and has
been with the Sacred Heart church
for 90 years.