The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-04-28
nidated and misrepresented.

1t is time for this w-abiding ele-
ment to come forward and assert
themselves.
Have the clustering self-elected
leaders of the Italian colony done you
any good? Where? When?
Did any Of them aid in saving your
church property when it was to be
sold by the sheriff?
About ten years ago a bazaar was
held for the benefit of your church
under the management of a few Irish
| Catholic ladies and about $4,000 was
realized. This sum was given to your
congregation and $500 was applied on
church debt. The balance, $1,292.00
simply vanished. The courts might
have found the persons responsible for
this vanishing act, but they were not
asked to do so.
No wonder the congregation could
not pay it's debts until Father Perardi
took the management of church finances
into his own hands.
Early last summer Father Perardi
left for visit to his parents in Italy.
He was away four months. Church
finances were in the hands of the COM
mittee. Now was the chance for the
leaders to show the people how we'll
they could work for the benefit of their
church. They conducted two great
festivals, one in July and another in
September. They posted a signed re-
80 ira
on the door of the church. | took a
copy of these two reports. The two
showed a net income for the church
of $s6953. Fine!
However, not cent of this sum has
been placed into the church treasury
for the benefit of the church.
The festival committee, it is pre-
sumed, still holds all this money that
had been contributed for the church
in their own hands and refuse to
surrender it.
When the pastor demanded account
ing and payment, the leaders started
an agitation to remove him from the
parish. What was their motive?
now took the two copies of the ac-
counts of the festivals TO rmore cri-
teal examination. These accounts show
that there were donations in cash Of
81 ,122.17 The income from the fes-
rivals for cigars, eatables and bever-
ages of all kinds and ice cream was
81 ,120.78 and expenses were $1,373.42,
which is loss of $252.64. How did
this loss occur as such entertainments
honestly conducted usually bring not a
loss but profit amounting frequent
ly to one hundred per cent.
/ According to usual honest practices
when the expenditures amounted to
$1,373.00 the income from the festi-
walls should have been about $2,500.00
/ in addition to the cash donations
amounting to S1,122.17. Total net in
come for the congregation should have
been at least $2,00000 They report
only $S69.53
Father Perardi, you have been too
lenient."
! No announcement was made of the
re-opening of the church this morning
and it is forecasted that no services
i Will OS HC4u at A1Oly ROSdIy vi OuH-
day. The re-opening of the church
depends upon the order of the arch
bishop and it is understood that as yet
he has set no date for the hearing of
the troubles of the congregation.
Leaders in lie church said that they
knew nothing Of petitions for the re-
opening Of the church which are said
to have been circulated and it was de-
clared that they were not authorized
by the archbishop.
Leaders of the church were asked
today why suits had not been brought
to collect money alleged to be due to
the congregation and they declare that
such suits would be brought later on
1t was declared that no action had
been taken on account of the fact that
the matter had been laid before the
archbishop for action.