New Britain herald., 1923-01-08
ANNUAL REPORT OF
 CATHOLIC CHURCH
Rev. John E. Fay Makes an 40. counting Of Receipts and Expenses
GIVES THANKS TO PARISH
Christmas seal Sale Nets slse.sI- storm Hampers Traffic in Town Congregational sunday seho0i Tn. terlainnieai-iiriefs.

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 III Rev John F. Fay. pastor Of the church of Our Lady Of Mercy read the annual spiritual and financial report Of the parish for 1923. al all the masses yesterday IL is as followsl HI Receipts: Amount on hand January l. iees. siee.6i; ordinary revenue. ss.bs2.63; extraordinary revenue. s6.-
 is4.22: diocesan missionary and
 charity collections. s6si.7i; total rev.
 enue. so.5ss.20..
 II Expenses; Total expenses including
 payment of s350 on the church ,.ebt,
 ss.i0a.aa: balance on hand on De- cember si. 1922. si.42s.2i; total. se.- 53s.a0.
 The revenue for the past year was very much better than it was for 1891 which is m evidence Of the better CO., operation Of the people Of the parish with the pastor. Last year, the re- port showed falling off of several hundreds of dollars due to the stress of hard times and the scarcity Of work. Father Fay expressed himself as pleased with the response of his par ishioners during the year and extends his sincere thanks to all those who co-operated with him in carrying on the church work during 1922. He stated that he is very optimistic for | the coming year and hopes that the people of the parish will work with him with the same spirit that they have In the past.
 Christmas Seals
 The semi-fnal report of the com mittee in charge of the sale of the Christmas Seals this year shows that . total of s199.57 has so far been turned in. The total of the entire sale will not be learned until about l February 15, because some of the | sources will not be able to. make a | final report until that time. Of the above amount, s64.02 was turned in from the public schools as the result of the efforts of the children. This is below the amount sold by the chil- dren in former years Fifteen per cent of the total will be turned into the treasury of the National Tubercu- osis association in New York to be used in the work of combating the ravages of the disease throughout the 1 country, and the remainder will be ] used in local work. The committee feels pleased that there was such a i general response to the appeals and { feels confident that a great deal of ( good will be done with the funds al- ready collected.
 storm Hampers Traffic
 The storm which broke on the town during the night, served to in- terrupt both the trolley and steam il service to a great extent. Trolleys I were between 20 and o5 minutes late s in the early morning, but as the day C progressed and the blows got to work, L they were slowly resuming their H schedules. Il The selectmen have made arrange ci ments to take care of the surplus snow N which has collected on the streets. M Gangs had just cleaned away the piles " of snow about town when this storm broke. The expense of clearing away he snow this year will be much greater than it was last year. F
 Grand List.
 The board of assessors Is busy working on the grand list of the :. ou,, ana avnac+s to ,,ava th. o,tiro M
  ist completed within short time. cl The board must have it finished in M ime, for the meeting of the board of re elief which takes place the first of WI February. The list will be published ic' s soon as it is completed and the pc oard of relief will then meet to hear Ia Il complaints of the property own an rs whose property valuation has cen increased. he
 Sunday Scnool Entertainment. Le The third of series of contest en- Ju ertainments will be given by the ar' oung Ladies' class of the Congrega- we onal Sunday school on Friday eve- ing, January 12, at 7:45 o'clock in grt le church parlors. of Throughout the winter, the senior Bo apartment classes have given enter too .inments in order to stimulate inter- fac tt in the attendance at the school. tin he winning class is to be given a ban sai let at the close of the contest. All the tends of the church and others who e interested are cordially invited to CA tend and witness the entertainment. V
 We-Uns To Meet val, The We-Uns Club will hold an i'm the
 
 me of Miss Dorothy Clark. All Pac ambers are requested to be present, Uni many matters of importance are and be acted on. -
 PIainyille Briefs.
 The next regular meeting of the l c. T. U. will be held Tuesday af- r. noon at 8 o'clock at the home of E s. Charles Bronson of Maple street. There will be q regular meeting of F. Post, American Legion, M s evening. All members are re- kf ested to attend.
 The Ladies, Auxiliary of Brock rnes Post, American Legion, will 0I ct tomorrow evening at the home H( Mrs. Harriet Barnes at 124 Maple k3s get.
 Court General Lawton, Foresters of Ierica, will meet tomorrow evening ction of officers and celebration of 23rd anniversary of the court will E8 e place. k here will be meeting of the Ep- & tn league tomorrow evening. R Big sale of odds and ends at Birn- E ms. Big bargains this week. t. ost-white gold wrist watch, be- en Canal street and the Center. der please leave same at Ryder's C and receive reward.
 UT 10th annual sale opens Satur- Jan. 9th, and lasts two weeks per cent discount on entire stock |
 H. A. JAMES. |