The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-22

at 8:15 o'clock, under the auspices
of Townsend lodge. Noble Grand
Joseph Handy will preside. Sc
lections by John Clark's orchestra
Will open the program after which
songs will be rendered by L. w.
Reichenbach, j, Mrs Frank Heis-
niger and Mrs w. Magee. other
features on the program will be u
saxophone duet by Wilson and AL
lyn Miller, baritone solo by
George Ratchelder and q vocal
duet by Ethel and Dorothy Miller.
Wales f.. Messenger will be the ac-
companist.
| AT the First church yesterday
afternoon double celebration
took place. The 2O0th anniversary
Of Washington's birth was celebrat-
ed but 1t was also the occasion of
the 2O0th anniversary OF the
founding Of st Johns Episcopal
church. At 4:30 O'clock Rev DR.
John N. Lewis, rector Of st Johns
was the guest of honor. The Mem
delssohn male chorus, under the
direction Of G.. Loring Burwell and
assisted by the church choir, rem
dered special musical program of
patriotic nature. Mrs Garfield
Weld was at the organ and Frank
G. Hill was at the piano.
Rev DR. Lewis spoke on George
Washington" and was followed by
remarks by Rev DR. James T..
Gregg. pastor of the First church.
The Daughters and Sons of the
American Revolution and the local
Masonic organizations were repre-
sented at the services.
| John Barr spoke on Washington
yesterday afternoon at the Y NJ G
A, and during the meeting T.. H.
Jones presented the "Y" with d
picture of Washington on behalf OF
the Waterbury Savings bank. Mr.
Barr read tributes to Washington
by Jefferson and Daniel Webster
and exhibited photostatic copies of
newspapers having to do with the
life history of Washington.
Tonight a special Washington
festival will be held at the Swedish
Lutheran church, beginning at .
ington Park Community club will
hold a Washington day observance
in Mulcahy school. Judge Martin
Gormley of Naugatuck will be the
principal speaker.
Thursday night, also. n Washing.
ton birthday party and spelling bee
will be held at Mount Olive A. NJ.
f. Zion church and Rev Kenneth
Kingston of st Paul's Methodist
church will be the speaker.
Tomorrow evening in Hiberian
hall Division of the Ladies' aux
iliary of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians will conduct special
Washington program. The speak
ers will be Alderman G. Arthur
Dubois, who will discuss "Patri-
otism" and Miss Mary Franklin,
who will talk on ITO Our Flag and
Washington" A special pageant
will be presented under the direc-
ton of Mrs William Cleary. The
cast includes Miss Inez Kelly. Mrs
John Hennessey, Maureen Cleary,
Lorraine Cashin, Mrs Cleary, Miss
Celestine Brangan, Mrs John Bran
gan, Miss Christine Shanahan. Mrs
George HOLMAN. Miss Agnes Lad
den and Mrs A. II. Merriman. The
costumes will fit the occasion. Miss
Madeline Dreyer will be accompan-
list.
The committee in charge in
cludes Mrs John NJ. Lynch, Miss
Mary lyman. Mrs Mary McGrath.
Miss Inez Kelly, Mrs Margaret
Tenney, Mrs Richard Savage. Miss
Annie Hoey, Mrs James Stevenson.
Mrs Edward Rafferty,, Mrs John
Ryan, Mrs Dennis Horigan. Mrs
John Branagan and Miss Mary
Franklin.
At the Union Lenten services to
be held at the First Congregation
al church Thursday evening. Rev
DR. Charles A. Dinsmore. professor
at Yale Divinity school and former
pastor Of the First church. VIII be
the speaker. His subject viii pc.
"The Refuge Of Our Spirits" At All
Souls church Thursday evening, hev
Thomas l.. Sinclair will speak on
"High and Low Church" The
weekly Lenten service at the swed-
ish Lutheran church will be held
wednesday evening at 1880 o'clock.
The mid week services at the First
Baptist church will be held
Wednesday evening at o'clock
with Rev David p. Gaines as the