Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-27
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Baltic ctNvent. She remained there for five years and was then sent to St. Jo- seph's convent of this city. At that time there was no regular school building here the boys were instructed in the basement of the church and the girls at quarters in the convent (now the nurses home). After, several years a brick building (now St. Josephs hospital) was built for 8 home for the Sisters. AS the number of students increased other buildings were constructed
 Mother Tharsilla has been connected with St. Josephs parochia1 school for years, the past fourteen years of which she has filled the duties of mother su-
 perior. During her entire forty years
 here she has been directress of the
 school and over 600 students have been graduated during her time many of
 these are prominent in business life to-
 day. In June 1906 Sister Tharsilla was
 selected as mother superior to succeed
 Mother Superior Sister Lambertine, now
 at the mother house at Tflburg When the convent was made into hospital in 1907 she was appointed superintendent of the hospital which office she has since filled with signal ability
 Saturday is not to be allowed to pass
 unnoticed by those who revere Mother
 
 from the four convents of the order, The Academy of the Holy Family at Baltic, Sacred Heart convent at Taftville, St. | Mary's and St. Joseph's convents of this | city, and members of the congregations | of these churches. A solemn high mass 1 of thanksgiving is to be celebrated Sat l urday morning at 10 o'clock at St Jo- i sephs church at which the officers of the
 mass will be graduates of St. Joseph's | school under the supervision of Mother i Tharsilla. These priests are Rev James | A. Frederick of Terryville. Rev Eugene
 F. Cryne of Waterbury, Rev. D. F Mp 1 ran of Bridgeport, and Rev. Arthur Rou- thier of Putnam.
 1 canvassers of the First Baptist church. 1 were busy Sunday afternoon. and reports l of pledges received amounted to over se,- 1 900. At the meeting of team leaders held 1 Friday evening last $70c4 was pledged i The quota set for the committee to reach i before Sunday of next week is $35, ,000 and with over s16,000 of the amount ] raised in two days, from 115 pledges. it i seems likely that the congregation ifl- 1 tends to push the mercury over the top i by wide margin Reports of the prog i ress of the campaign are to be heard on l Thursday evening when team leaders will ] meet at the church. Although the final | report is supposed to be handed in on Sunday. May End. it is evident that many resident members of the church can
 not be reached by this time and reports
 will not be completed for several days ] after the official ending of the drive. Last fall. at meeting of the common 1 council, the street committee reported i that the gasoline pump in front of the i Allfng Rubber company on Main street i would have to be moved to make more 1 room for people using the sidewalks A
 meeting of members of the street com | mittee and of the common council was 1 held Monday morning "at the pump
 and it was announced that the company
 was to place a smaller pump in front of 1 the store and repair the sidewalk This 1 was done during Monday. work being i nearly completed by nightfan
 i \ special city meeting is to be held at I the town hall Monday evening, May 3, l for the purpose of levying tax to de- 1 fray expenses for the coming year. The
 voters will also be asked to appropriate
 the sum of $3600 for. the cost of repair