New Britain herald., 1930-01-20
CATHOLIC PARISH
 VERY SUCCESSFUL. Annual Report of Church Is
 Read to Members MEMBERSHIP IS OVER 1000
plain,il Grange to Meet Tomor- TOW ENcnins-IIi.h school Tive to Meet South;ngton Aggregation Board of Relief Sessions.

The annual report of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy for the year 1929, read at both masses yesterday morning, indicated the most success ful year in the history Of the parish and was very gratifying 10 the priests and members Of the congrc- gation.
 The ordinary revenue, consisting Of pew rent. seat money. offcrtory etc.. amounted to s4,0G1.oS. Tho extra ordinary revenue from extra collections, entertainments societies. special donations, etc. totalcd s. 76O.12, making the total receipts S13.S21.@0.
 The expenses for the year includ ing salaries of priests, orcanist, sex ton, teachers, and also insurance, church and rectory repairs and furnishings fuel aud light. mission ary and charity donat tious, and other expenses, amounted to s9,107G3, leaving q balance of :4.l13.S7 for d reserve fund.
 The parish has more than 1000 members at the present time. The average number of pupils attending Sunday school is 2G0. During the past year 5 persons were baptized. seven couples were married. 195 persons were confirmed. and S3 children received first holy con- munion. There were 1G deaths in the parish during the year.
 Rev. John E. Fay. pastor, thank cd all those who helped carry on the parish work during the past year and urged continued coopcra- i ton and assistance in the future for the temporal and spiritual welfare Of all in the community.
 Parish Supper Tonight
 There will be a parish supper at the Episcopal church this evening at G;30 o'clock. All those who arc interested in the church work arc invited. Following the supper there 1 will be q brief recrcational period 1 This will be succeeded by the annual i parsh meeting with reports of the work carried on by the various organizations during the year, tho rector's report. and the election O. officers for the coming year.
 Capture Silver Cup Troop 24. Boy Scouts, Of tn, Episcopal church, is the proud hold CT of a silver loving cup presented to it Saturday night at the scout ex hibition in New Britain in recogni ton Of it's craftsmanship. It rank cd third among all inc troops 0 New Britain and vicinity. The troo is under the leadership Of EdWar' Lackey and Al Hemingway
 Grange Meeting
 The regnlar meeting of Plainyll will be held tomorrow evening a 7;S0 o'clock in Grange hall 0, Pierce street. After q short busi nes. meeting the members will wis it Berlin Grange, where they vii witness the installation of inc Ser lin officers by Charles NJ. Gardin CT, high priest of demeter. a ma tonal officer.
 It is expected that a large mum Der of local Grangcrs will make tn trip to Berlin. MT. Gardiner wi give an interesting talk on "Na tional Grange Affairs" A mum Der of state officers will be prescn Refreshments will be served.
 Board of Relief Sessions
 The board of relief, headed b o. l. Cooley, has announced th dates tor hearings to be held i the town hall for the purpose ( listening to any who may wish { appeal from the assessments 0 their properties as made hy th board of assessors.
 The sessions will be as follows February 1, 1 10 ?. m.; Fcbruar | ]. l 10 p. m. and : to D. m