Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-11
CITY TO SHARE IN
HONORINC PRIEST
Public Banquet. for Which Six Hun
dred Invitations VIII Be ISSUED,
for Father Kelly.
Practitioners of St 1Tary's Make Ex-
tensive Plans for Observance OF
Event Next Month.

At a largely attended meeting held
last evening in the parish hall ar
rangements for the celebration of the
25th anniversary of the ordination to
the priesthood OF Father Joseph
: Kelly of St. Mary's church were
advan
Festivities will open Wednesday,,
Aug 16. with a citizens banquet, to be
served at in the evening. W. r.
Moore Will be POSTMASTER and the ban
quet place and speakers will be an
nounced later. Thursday. Aug. It,
there will be solemn high mass at 10
a m, the sermon to be preached by
Rt Rev. Austin Bowling, d. D., bishop
Of Des Moines. A banquet for visiting
clergy Will be served at l p. m, and
there will be a reception at S p. m.
Fifteen hundred badges. each to
bear a likeness of Father Kelly, have
been ordered, and these will be dis
tributed TO members Of the parish and
10 visitors who gather to honor Father
Kelly. Six hundred Invitations to per
sons outside the parish are to be is
sued 1t is made clear that no par
ishiOner will receive an invitation TO
attend mass. banquet or reception.
Each parishiOner is considered spon-
sor for the tribute to the beloved head
of St Mary'S church. and so is eligible
for attendance at all events arranged.
Officers and committees in charge Of
the celebration:
President-W. R. Moore.
First vice president-Mrs. George
Rank.
Second vice president Joseph V
Cain.
Secretary-A. T Ripping.
Treasurer-Miss Louise DeJaeger.
General arrangementS-J H CO.
burn. W {. JirdinstOn, W. Q. Mum
roe. r. ". Rank. Mrs. +. A. Pierr.
Miss Hattie a. Moore, Miss MolIie
MCEniry.
Banquet. W Rank, H. T. Moss, /
C. f. Bold, Dr. NJ S. DondanvilIe, p. I
j. Meersman. G. S. FitzGibbon.
InvitatiOn-Rev. NJ. s. Gildea, Rev !
d. Monaghan. DR.. +. J. Duffy. Frank
Rogerson. Mrs. W. Aubrey, Miss Clara
Buckley, Mrs. John F. Cunningham, |
Miss Mary F. Penney. Miss Catherine !
NJ. Mccain. Mrs. p. J. Meersman. Miss
May l., McElrOy. Miss Katherine An
dersOn. Miss Clara Schug, Miss Agnes
NJ Monaghan. Miss Lucy NJ. Quirk
Trains and pleasure drives Grover
5 CoTdill, NJ. F. Bockaert, F. W. Rank, /
=. J. Meersman. J. s. Pierr, Charles J. !
King, ]. T. Stewart, R. W. Rank, ]. l.. /
GasnOw, Joseph King, c. W. Johnson, /
W. J. Odendahl.
Ushers at the mass-E. A. Pierr, J. !
;. Pierr, W. +. Furgie. DR.. T. J. Flat /
.ey, Francis DeJaeger Or. J. T. DOlan, /
W. c. Holms, J. F. Murphy, William /.
Coyle.
Church decOratiOns-Mis Clara /.
Pierr, Miss Mary Meersman, Mrs. p /
]. Meersman. Miss Maude Washington. /
Miss Irene r. Flatley, Miss Theresa (,
Buckley.
Mi. Co. ,,,o,- 49,, - NJ =,
Cunningham. Miss May f. Kearney. /
Miss Isabel Kelly. Miss Mary Meers- |
man, Miss Anna X. McElroy. Miss Anna |
Kennedy. Miss Rose NJ. Bowan Miss |
Catherine NJ. Mccain. Miss Alice L. /
Murphy. Miss Catherine Anderson, |
Miss Ethel G. Starofsky Miss Martha !
StarOfsky. Miss Louise DeJaeger. Miss
Ethel Ross, August c. DeClerk, f. Bell, I
Y. VanVorren. L. T. Huth, Mr. McCas-
son, Leo Kautz.
Banquet for clergy Rev. VI. s. Gill
dea, Mrs. John McEniry, Mrs D. ~ |
Kelly, Mrs. II. j. SteckeI
Reception. Aug. 17-Miss Minnie J.
NcGovern. Mrs. w. ]. Ball. Mrs. ].
McEniry. Mrs. r. W. Rank. Mrs. NJ S.
DOndanville. Mrs. 5. G. Mace. Mrs L.
W Mcclellan. Mrs. Frances DeJaeger,
Mrs. j. l.. GasnOw, Miss Della Trem-
blay. Miss NJ. J. McEniry. z. T. HUH,
=. Mullane and officers Of general
committee
Decorating St. Mary's hall-Mrs
Austin Bell Mrs J. V. Cain, Mrs
George G. Henning, Mrs. Harry Sill.
Mrs G. ". Johnson. Mrs. T. W. Maber,
Mrs. W. D'Autremont. Mrs W f. Suth-
erland, Mrs. =. J. O'ConneII.
Plan for Picnic.
Annual picnic Of St Mary's parish
Will be held at Tampbells island July I
20. and the committee in charge will
meet Friday evening in St Mary's hall
for the purpose of completing arrange
ments for the affair
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