New Britain herald., 1924-04-22
COURT COLUMBIA HAS DINNER AT BURRITT
Annual Banquet Attended by t6O .-InterSting Speeches Delivered

One of the most brilliant socia events of the year was held last eve ming at the Burritt hotel when Court columba, No. 27. Catholic Daughters of America. held its 18th anniversary banquet There were 166 members and guests present. Among the guests of honor were Mayor Angelo M. Fao- nessa. State Regent Mrs. J. McNamara of Bridgeport, William J. Mulligan of Thompsonyile, state deputy Of the Knights of Columbus: John OLeary grand knight of Daly Council, K. el c, and members of the Catholic clergy.
 An excellent dinner was served.
 Rev. Charles Coppens. pastor of St Peters church, pronounced grace and Mrs. Mary Mcguire acted as toast mistress. Following the banquet, Miss Catherine o'Leary, grand regent of Court Columbia, welcomed those pres ent.
 Mayor Thanks Women For Support
 She was followed by Mayor Paones- ga who thanked the women of New Britain for helping to reelect him. He urged the women to become voters whether they selected a party or not and said that women should take a deeper interest in politics.
 Rev. J. Leo Sullivan of St. Joseph's church spoke along the same lines as the mayor. urging the women to be- come voters. He said that the women would be the means whereby politics would be purified, He said that not more than 40 per cent of the women of the country were voters and this was proved by statistics. He said he would be satisfied only when every Catholic woman becomes a voter and exercises her rights. He said that the women were going to preserve the na- tion, state and city through the home,
 Mrs. Neil Murphy followed Father Sullivan and rendered Roses of Picardy" and Someone Loves You After All" in her usual excellent man ner. She was followed by Mrs. J. McNamara, state regent who con- graduated the, local body on it's eN- cellent showing at the banquet. She stated that there were 35n.000 mem bers of the order in America: there were six courts in Porto Rico and two in Cuba and efforts were being made 10 have the society extend it's actiFir ties into Canada. She congratulated Miss Agnes Fox of the local court on her work with the juvenile branch of the society and urged the members to support tho movement.
 John o'Leary. grand knight of Daly Council, K, of C., expressed the wish that the court would enjoy a prosper ons year and extended to tho mem. bers the aid of naly Council whenever, it is able to help
 Mrs. D. Jngo rendered several vocal numbers which were received with applause. Mrs, Jugo proved herself a singer of powerful voice and won- derful expression. She was followed by Rev. Q. T. Magnet. pastor of St Joseph's church in Bristol, who con graduated the court on it's work in the city.
 William I. Mnlligan speaks.
 William J. Mulignn, state deputy Of the Knights Of Columbus, the prin- cipal speaker Of the evening. delivered m excellent address on patriotism and religion. His speech was as fol- lows.
 Patriotism and religion 20 hand and hand, you cannot divorce one from the other and expect to have either stand. The people Of the Cath ollie faith have an interest in tho gov ernment Of the United States as we'll as the followers Of other faiths. There is no class Of people in this country today who havo any better right 10 claim pure Americanism than the Catholics, and there is no class of people who have done more for the country than the Catholics. Christo- pher Columbus. the man who discov- cred this great country of ours. was q Catholic, as were the ones who first made their home on it's soil.
 "The majority of people in Ameri- ca today are Catholics but there are many sections of tho tinted staties where the people Of the Catholic faith are few and scattered and il was in one of these states t0regonD, that bill was passed that would close all the private and psrochial schools in 1928. The bill went along fine until f came to one of the courts where it vas said 10 be unconstitutional by the judge. At this time the Ku kluk klan stepped in and appealed inc case i 70 the United States Supreme court l
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