Putnam patriot., 1924-06-06
DELEGATES TO CONVENTION
 PRAISE PUTNAM HOSPITALITY
LIEUT. GOV. BINGHAM, IN ADDRESS MONDAY CON DENNIS MOVEMENT BY CONGRESS TO UsURP
 STATES AUTHORITY
Bishop Milan and Other NotabIes Also Among Speakerar
 ford Scene of Next Annual Convention

comed the delegates Co Putnam and wished them God speed in the good things they are doing.
 Mayor Victor Chapdelaine spoke in French and in a neat speech. extended the official welcome of the city to the delegates.
 The response for the Federation, was given by Eugene Jalbert of Woon- socket. president of the Catholic Fed eration of Franco-American Societies of the United States.
 Following these speeches, the con vention went into executive session devoting most of it's time to hear ing the annual reports of the retiring officers.
 At noon dinner was served in St. Mary's Hall by the Putnam Fedora ton of French societies.
 The afternoon session was a busy one and great deal of business of interest and importance was trans acted. There were numerous stir ring addresses.
 Banquet Big Success
 In the evening came the banquet in St Mary's Hall and proved one of the chief events on the two day coa- vention program. The speakers inelud- ed Rodolphe Bedard of Montreal, general president of the Artisans society of the United States, Henri Ledeux of Nashua, N. H., president of the St. Jean de Baptiste society of the United States, Joseph Lussier of Holyoke. editor of "La Justice" and Eugene Jalbert of Woonsocket presi- dent of the Catholic Federation of Franco-Americap societies of the United States. Attorney Harry Gau- thier of Wiilimantic and Rev. ]. C.. Mathieu of Wauregan also spoke. | The dinner was attended by STA peo- pie and musical entertainment was afforded by Peps orchestra and the | Gounod quartet of Worcester. 4. A. Brodeur of Putnam was toastmaster l Following the banquet. the dele gates, their guests and friends were entertained with special showing of moving pictures at the Bradley Theatre It wns nearly ? o'clock q. m. when the performance was over. On Tuesday morning the delegates attended. at St. Mary's church, a solemn high mass of requiem, sung fol the repose of the souls of deceased members of all societies affiliated with the State Federation.
 The convention devoted much of it's session Tuesday forenoon to the question of establishing q strictly French newspaper in Connecticut. Ii was pointed out that the "Le Reveil, the official organ of the Federation maintains offices in Putnam, but is printed in Fall River, Mass. The Fed. eration voted to support a movement Co raise S25 ,000 to purchase a print Eng. plant for the newspaper and to loeate this print..ii.ssa equipment some. where in Connecticut, the hSes no' being decided upon at the meeting
 Officer. Are Elected
 Al the afternoon session the chief business was the election Of officers, which resulted as follows: Honorary president, A. A. Brodeur of Put nam; president. Joseph ]. Castonguay of Hartford; first vice president, Clement Trudeau of Hartford; second vice president. Edmund Cadoret of Torrington; secretary, Dr. George Lamarche of Putnam; assistant seere- tary, Joseph Lachafatiere of Meri- den; treasurer. Aiphonse Chagnon of Willimantic; sergeant of arms, Eu- gene Landry of Bristol; auditors. Michael J. Daigle of Hartford and Eugene Cartier of New Haven.
 Rev. U. O. Bellerose of Taftville brought in the report for the commit tee on resolutions. Among the resolu. tions adopted was one that called upon all societies affiliated with the Fedora ton to make a special effort during the coming year to induce all of their members who are not citizens of the United States now, to take steps to become such.