Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-02-14
ANNUAL REUNION
ST. MARY'S PARISH,
CITY HALL, FEB. 1916
Opens Tuesday Evening with a
Large Attendance and Many
Attractions - Pleasing Pro
gram for Opening Night and
Those for Tonight and Thurs
day Night Equally So

The first evening of the annual re-
union of st. Mary's Parish found a
large crowd in attendance at City hall,
where the reunion is being held, and
the brilliantly decorated booths and
purple and white streamers which were
used to brighten the edges of the bal
cony made pretty setting for this oc-
casion. which is bigger and better in
every way this year than ever previ-
ously.
The Drexels booth was decorated by
that master decorator. Thomas c. Buck
ley, the booth is very artistically orna-
mented with white and gold streamers
and electrical designs, and in it are sold
flowers and other things. The A. o. H.
booth was decorated by Earl Grenier.
assisted by Miss Ruth Gardner, and
shamrocks. harps and other Hibernian
emblems in green and white go to make
up very attractive little booth, punch
being sold.
The X. of c. booth is decorated in
purple and white. and Miss Dunn and
Miss Evers are in charge of it, the
committee being composed of Paul
Selgers, Leo Dunn. Joe Smith, Jack ke-
hoe and Robert Faulkner. The Holy
Name booth is decorated in the national
colors and in it samples Of all sorts
are for sale, the booth committee con-
sisting of Jack Hanson. Thomas Hickey.
Ed. Sullivan.
Other booths are those Of the sun
day school, Charitable Society, Chill
dren of Mary, and all are very pret-
tily decorated and illuminated. the
Sunday school booth, where candy and
nuts are for sale, being in charge of
the Misses Cecilia Buckley, Marian
Murphy and Annie Lynch.
The west side of the hall is partly
fenced off from the rest of the hall with
purple and white streamers, and in the
enclosure thus formed are a large num-
Der Of white tables, where ice cream
and cake, coffee and sandwiches are
served, the committee in charge of the
refreshments consisting of Mrs. John
Coughlin, Mrs. Charles White, Mrs. Nj.
Cullinan, Mrs. A. Larkin, Mrs. J. Houl-
chan. Mrs. Harry Percival. Mrs. d.
Lynch, Mrs. w. Allen, Mrs. William
Morrissey. Mrs. John fitzgerald and
Mrs. Clarence Cram.
The first evening was very largely
given over to the children, and the boys
and girs put on an entertainment that
the older folks would have to work
hard to equal. The first number, "The
Sweeping Brush Brigade" in which 20
little girls took part, was very pretty
and very nicely executed. the little
Misses acting like professionals and
getting their full share of applause
Miss Marie Simpsons solo, "Shes the
Daughter of Mother Machree" was
fyor nj tho
Der was a song, Guess Who" by 16
small boys. who rendered a very cred-
liable performance.
A solo by Arthur Lambert was great
ly enjoyed, and then Dorothy Ander-
son and Warren Fletcher appeared in
a little sketch entitled Points of
View" doing very nicely to judge by
the way they were received.
"A World Wide Peace was the next
number, in which all the larger nations
were~well represented, this tableau and
act being q very special feature Of the
evenings entertainment. M. c. Grady
of Bangor, who has remarkably sweet.
clear tenor voice, rendered selections to
the delight of the big audience and his
singing proved to be of that rare sort
which is 50 seldom heard at an anna
teur performance, and is appreciated
even more deeply on this account. One
Of the features of the evening was the
ventriloquistic performance Of Prof.
Raymond Demers of Gardiner, who can
do some very wierd stunts with his
voice. his act making a very favorable
impression on the big audience.
A fan drill, in which Is little, girls
took part, was the closing number for
the first evening. and it proved to be
a very fitting close to a most delightful
occasion This evening the knights of
Columbus Minstrel Show will be the
principal attraction, and those who at
tended the previous performance will be
10th to miss this repetition Of the show
which was fine one at it's first appear
ance. and has been greatly improved by
succeeding rehearsals