Putnam patriot., 1925-10-30
OFFICERS CONFISCATE 71
 QUARTS OF HOME BREW
CATHOLIC WOMEN WILL HOLD MEETING
Connecticut Council Conyenes At Hartford, Hotel Bond,
 Saturday. Nov. 7th
Active Organizations In Putnam and
 Pomfrct

Active Organixationh Tn Putnam ana
 Pomfret
 The Connecticut Council of Catho- lie Women will hold it's fifth annual meeting on Saturday. November ' at Hotel Bond. The business session will open at 10 o'clock An address Of welcome will be given by Rev. Mat thew J Judge. Diocesan Director of Charities Reports of the activities of the Council throughout the Dio- cese will be made by the chairman and the county representatives. Mrs. F. Arthur Emmett sill make report on the work of the Big Sister Committee Miss Mary P O'Flaherty. chairman of the committee on social legislation. and Mrs. James j. Quinn. chairman onI national memberships, will also make reports The luncheon will be serv-I cd at 1230 o'clock Reservations tsl 3 per piate1 may be sent to the committee on reservations, care of the Diocesan Bureau of Social Service. 28. Main street Hartford, Conn.
 Bishop Will Attend
 Right Reverend John J. Milan. will honor the meeting with his presence, and will addTess the gathering .DT John A. Lapp. director of the social action department of the National Ca tholic Welfare Conference. will also speak. Dr. Lapp has just returned from six months tour abroad where he was in touch with the work of many welfare organizations He has been associated with the National Ca tholie Welfare Conference from the period of it's organization and is a recognized authority in the field of social action.
 The purposes of the Connecticut l Council of Catholic Women are edu- cation and service The work is un- der the direction of and the chairman i is appointed by the Bishop of the Dio- cese and the administrative commit i tee is made up of one representative | from each county. elected at the annual meeting
 Councils Activities
 The educational program of the ] Council is presented through lectures and study clubs of the various local branches throughout the state At the present time there are forty local branches of the Council The Con neetieut Council of Catholic Women has raised scholarship fund for Che l National Catholic Service school and every year ypung woman from Con neeticut is sent tn Washington Co take un training for social work. Lake vile Manor. the vacation house at Lakeville. Conn. Is another under taking of the Connecticut Council If Catholic Women. IL has had three successful seasons and approximately eight hundred women and girls have enjoyed delightful vacations at Lake vile during the past three years.
 Putnam and Pomfret both have lo- cal Councils and they are active or ganizations
 Putnam Council
 Mrs N J Keefe. chairman Mem bership l2S and two affiliated soeie- ties
 The educational program comprised a lecture on An Ecclesiastical Pil- grimage to Rome" and one on "The I Aim and Purpose of the National Catholic Welfare Conference" and a discussion on Legislative Measures. !" Articles on the work of the council were read and report of annual meet ing given by the president
 During the year eightv-two fami- lies were given aid-food. fuel and clothing provided and positions found for several persons. Transportation was furnished for two nuns from the Putnam convent to visit the County Home each week to give religious in- struction to the little Catholic child ren there. who are too young te at tend mass and Sunday school 4 tele- phone was installed and is maintain ed by the council for the use of the sisters at the Putnam convent. who find it a grcnt convenience. Masses have been said for deceased members and much work done among deliu- ouent Catholics. in an effort to bring them back to the church. Ten dollars was donated to the scholarship fund.
 Pomfret Council
 Mrs Charles O Thompson. chair man. Membership 79 The service program has been conducted along usual lines, namely. visits to the hos pital with gifts. of fruit and flowers for sick members and others: visits to the town farm; care of the altar. relief work among the needy of the parish, etc. A Christmas tree with appropriate program and gifts was enjoyed by all the children of the parish.
 The sum of s25.00 was donated to the scholarship fund. About $500 was expended during the year.
 For several months the sum of three dollars has been paid weekly for con yeyance of a family of five living in the outlying district. to church and eatechsm on Sunday.
 The first historical mention of n balloon is a record of an aerostat car rying several persons that descended into the city of Lyons during the lat ter part of the reign of Charlemarne I4o NHII ll. a