The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-15
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Graduates O: Holy Cross from Wa terbury and other points in Con- necticut will gather tonight in the Hotel Elton to pay honor to a dis tinguished number of alumni who will be present in Waterbury for the annual reunion and banquet of the Naugatucls Valley club.
 :. reception will be held at the hotel from 7:3O to 8 o'clock, at which t; ,e Bishop Joseph N. Dinand, s. J., former president of the college, and the Rev. Francis J. Dolan, s. J., present rector, will meet all mem- bers of t,le alumni present. The dinner is to be served promptly at 8 o'clock and all those planning to be present are urged to be on time.
 One of the features of the night is to be provided by the appearance of the Holy Cross Gleesters, quar- tet composed of former members of the Holy Cross Glee club at vari- ous times in their college careers. line members include: Dr. Joseph E. Reynolds and Stephen O'Brien, ten ors; Timothy s. Sullivan, baritone; and Dr. w. Clement Kennedy of rrington, bass.
 In addition to Bishop Dinand and Father Dolan the speaking list en- brl ;eS an unusually large number of illustrious names. Mayor Frank Hayes of Waterbury is to extend the welcome of the city to the alumni and their guests.
 Attorney Joseph F. Murray, na- tive of this city and now of New York city, will also speak, as will ex-Governor William s. Flynn of Providence and Dr. Thomas w.. Wickham of Boston. Charles Bow man Strome, alumni secretary, will al-o be heard and also former Sec T Gary of State Francis A. Palotti of Hartford, Attorney Frank Duly of the same city, J. Robert Clair of Boston, Edward J. Brown of New Haven.
 The Waterbury end of the pro- gram will be upheld by none other than James w. FitzPatrick and also by. the toaStmaster. who will be Dr. M. J. Lawlor, president of the local club.
 Committees in charge of the ban quet tonight include: Timothy S. Sullivan, general chairman; George Grady, William B. Fitzgerald, E. Vincent Maloney, John P. Kinney, William B. Hennessey, Edward Ber- gin, William Nixon, Dr. w. Clem- ent Kennedy and John Luddy.
 Publicity and entertainments: Cor neli,s F. Maloney, Raymond J. Fitz- patrick, William B. Hennessey Ed ward Dinneen, Frank Summa, Wal : r Monagan, Jr., Maurice P. Wrenn, Thomas Morris. Frank Healey, Vim cent Miller and Dr. John Fruin.
 Speakers: Dr. M. J. Lawlor, Judge Edward J. Finn, John G. Gil- martin, Thomas Nolan, William T. Roland, Rev. Eugene P. Cryne, E. Vincent Maloney, William B. Fitz- gerald, Charles Summa, Rev. Ray mond Kennedy, Rev. William Casey. Terence 0. Carmody, Frank Mc- Donald and Vincent Scully.
 Dinner: Dr. M. J. Lawlor, Mau- rice P. Wrenn, George V. Grady, Cornelius F. Maloney, Charles s. ] cCarthy and John P. Kinney.
 Reception: Dr. M. J. Lawlor, Judge Edward J. Finn, James w. Fitz- Patrick, Maurice P. Wrenn, E. Vim ( Maloney, Rev. William Casey, Rev. Raymond J. Kennedy, Dr. Jo- seph Burke, Andrew Ryan of Rox- b try, J. E. Feeney of Cheshire, Dr. Christopher E. Dwyer. Vincent Scul- ly, Walter E. Monagan, Sr., Edward Griffin, John Fitzgerald, James J. Doran, Maurice Fitzgerald, Dr. Ed ward Claffey, George Gaffney, Charles s. Mccarthy, J. F. Roland, Frank Mcdonald, Eugene O'Sulli- yc-l of Torrington, Joseph Maloney of New Milford, J. B. Hannon or Bristol, Dr. A. F. Mcdonald, J. B. Thompson, John E. Whelan, Joseph Scully, Cornelius F. Maloney. Thon1- as F. Nolan, William J. Nixon, Jr., of Naugatuck, Dr. w. Clement Ken Il " of Torrington, Dr. John Ric- cierdi, Thomas Byrnes Edward Ser gi- Edward Derwin, Maurice Con- nors, George Chapman, Rev. George Curtis, Rev. Thomas F. Lawlor, Stephen Bergin, Gerard McEvoy,