The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-30

der of Eastern Star were 1nSCaIleu Wednesday evening in Masonic hall by Past Grand Matron, Mrs. Ruth A. Jones; worthy grand patron, Ed- win Jones; grand marshal, Miss Lois Fenton; grand chaplain, Miss Caroline Shaw; grand warder, Mrs. Helen Wookey; grand sentinel, Her bert Shaw; grand organist, Mrs Druscilla Littlehales.
 Odacers installed were: Worthy matron, Mrs. Bessie Hewitt; worthy patron, Douglas Cameron; associat- ed matron, Miss Louise Johnson; associate patron, Harold Seymour; secretary, Mrs. Elsie Thompson; treasurer, Miss Ann McCleary; conductress, Mrs. Mary Cameron; associate conductress, Mrs. Eliza beth Olson, chaplain; Mrs. Lillian Wildman; marshal, Mrs. Florence Butterf1eld; organist, Mrs. Elizabeth Whiteside; Adah, Miss Irene Watts; Ruth, Mrs. Dorothy Chapin; Esther, Mrs. Elizabeth Geoghegan; Martha, Mrs. Octavia Gibbs; Electa, Mrs. Abbie Beauty; Warder, Mrs. Olive Upton; sentinel, Mrs. Sophie Hlav- na.
 Committees Appointed
 The newly elected worthy rnatron has announced her committees for the coming year as follows: Enter tainment, general chairman, Mrs. Marion Mcintyre; refreshments. general chairman, Mrs. Sophia Havna; ways and means, general chairman, Mrs. Florence Butter field; relief and sick visiting, chair man, Mrs. Helen Wookey; auditors Harold Budge and Miss Evelyn Bes- ancon; custodian, Miss Louise John- son; official hostesses for official visit. Miss Evelyn Besancon and Mrs. Elsie Smith.
 In behalf of the chapter, Worthy Matron, Bessie Hewitt, presented gifts to the installing officer, past grand matron Ruth A. Jones; Miss Lois Fenton, retiring worthy matron was president with the officers jewel by past matron Caroline Shaw and a bouquet of flowers and a gift from the retiring officers were also given to Miss Fenton. The lat ter presentation was made by Mrs. Marion Mcintyre.
 Past-patron, Rollin Cashman pre- sented the of1cerS jewel to the re- tiring worthy patron Harold sey- mour.
 Present at the installation were: guests from New Haven, Waterbury, Bristol, Seymour and Naugatuck. | Soloists Announced
 Rev. Gerald Gancher, director Of the minstrel show to be given by the Catholic Youth Organization in the Watertown high school audi tortum Monday evening, April 3, has announced the Soloists for the per- formance. Local talent has been used almost entirely in the solo parts and many of the SoloistS are well known from their previous ap- pearanceS-
 Vocal solos will be given by Mrs. Madeline Farrell, Alice Sullivan, Gertrude Centrella, Claire Milot Andre Giroux and Anthony Lam- pron. Lorraine Guesnel and Har- riet Pondrier will present 8 vocal duet and C1audeette Hamel and Donald Giroux will appear in a musical sketch.
 Instrumentalists on the program will be Lillian Freeman. xylophonist and Gerard Canty, trtmpeter. Tap , dancing numbers will be given by i. Mrs. Madeline Farrell and Grace Collins and by Paul Devoe of Wa , terbury.
 Mrs Christopher Ryan, church organist, will serve as the piano ac- ;; companist for the performance.
 Children in Procession Pupils of St. Johns school took part in the procession of the Blessed Sacrament which followed the high [ Mass in St. Johns church, Holy Thursday morning at 8 o'clock.
 Each of the boys in the procession carried a white carnation, and the girls, wearing white dresses and with
 reaths on their hair, carried white
 baskets filled with vari-colored flower petals.
 Children trained by Sister Emil iana to take part in the procession were: Mary Jude Cleary, Anna Cook Margaret Cook, Josephine Cameron ? Ellen Egan. Elaine Harrison, Eleanor ONeil, Claudette Hamel, Kathleen McGaugh, Paula Johnson, Irene
 Ricard, Carol Ransom, Carol Luko.
 savage, Joan Dillon, Joan Nester , Dolores Nester, Shirley Dunn and Betsey Lampron.
 Also: Alex Boucher, Leonard
 Grenier, Bernard Marcoux, Anthony Roberts, James Warren, Paul Mail
 hot, Mortimer Keilty. Joseph Keilty
 Joseph Pedani, Douglas Sonillard
 James Tignor, Louis Paskevicz, Car roll Gee, Laurence Griffin. Roy Lampron, Donald Nadeau and Thomas Campbell.
 Easter Offering
 By recent action of the Vestry ot Christ Church 1t was decided to des- l ignate this years Easter Offering te the general program of the church The objectives of the Episcopa |, church for the year 1945. call fol ! $83, ,0OO from the Diocese of Connec.
 ticut. The objectives of the church within Connecticut will require $47, 900, which makes the total bud. get to be raised in Connection :. $13O 900. Last year about $112,OOl was received, and all parishes art :. asked to increase this year. Last year the proportionate share
 asked of Christ Church Parish wa!
 $1,596 and $1,607.15 was given. Thii
 year the quota assigned to Chris r Church is $1,62l, and the parisl = hopes to strpass this quota. Th' = first great step in this direction wa ' well prepared and thorough can y vass. Other steps will be the specia