This pamphlet was conceived in enthusiasm by men and women who are bristling with PEP to build a Beautiful Church in St. James Parish. They are impatiently waiting: they are clamoring for action. They want YOU to know what they propose doing. They hope you will be with them. Don't look for a seat in the Grand Stand-People who do things move-the disinterested sit and watch -- Our Parish Big Drum is beating a marching tune – “LET'S GO."
Dear Parishioners:
Before setting out on my trip to Ireland, I feel like a child whose parents are divorced and who contemplates leaving one to go to the other. I am glad to return to my old home, and lonely leaving the one of my matured years. I am of a sensitive nature and don't like the jar a vacation of this kind gives to my emotions. I deliberately said farewell to all that were dear to me in Ireland twenty-two years ago. I have become accustomed to the separation and I fear to tie another link to the past which I realize must soon again be broken.
I need a rest from the hustle and bustle of this busy world; recently I find myself irritable and nervous; I presume some of you have had reason for observing it; the : quiet of Irish life, the relaxation and proximity to the ocean I hope will improve my disposition in a short time and make me more fitting to be your spiritual father on my return.
The work of the Parish will fall on Father Pohl whilst I am away and he will be the chief contributor to Let's Go and the responsible head of the Parish. Give him your sympathetic co-operation.
I will remember you often and should you think of me, do so in your prayers. Should any of you care to write me, I will be glad to receive your card or letter. Address it to Rev. P.J. O'Connor, Ballybunnion, County Kerry, Ireland.
I tried to slip away without many knowing I was leaving; I don't like farewells or being unduly in the limelight.
With many kind wishes,
Your pastor affectionately in Christ,
Patrick J. O'Connor.
Mr. Fred J. Coad succeeded in selling eleven complete cards and two incomplete cards for the Alumni Raffle, bringing in a total of one hundred and five dollars and thirty-six cents; thus beating Mr. Dan J. Murphy, who disposed of ten complete cards, netting a total of eighty-five dollars. Miss Camilli Jones led the lady salesmen by returning thirty-four dollars from four complete cards. The watch must be awarded to Mr. Fred Coad. Miss Jones will receive a beautiful Rosary from the Sisters, and Dan Murphy, no doubt, will receive something else.
$100 to Robt. Owen, 5834 Victoria
$50 to Elias Allen, 1704 N. Taylor
$35 to Teresa Badendieck, 1903 Knox
$25 to Mrs. J. Ballard, 6332 Clayton
$15 to Joe Houlihan, 6319 Clayton
$10 to Max Buchholz, 6530 Clayton
$5 to Mrs. J. Cecchini, 6744 Wise
$5 to Mrs. Lucy Gittens, 6153 Victoria
$5 to Mrs. J. Capelll, 6456 Lloyd Ave.
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The winners of several raffle prizes have not yet called for them. They can be had at the school or by calling at the Convent, 1354 Tamm Avenue. ; $35 to Teresa Badendieck, 1903 Knox; $25 to Mrs. J. Ballard, 6332 Clayton; $15 to Joe Houlihan, 6319 Clay- ton; $10 to Max Buchholz, 6530 Clayton; $5 to Mrs. J. Cecchini, 6744 Wise; $5 to Mrs. Lucy Gittens, 6153 Victoria; $5 to Mrs. J. Capelll, 6456 Lloyd Ave. The winners of several raffle prizes have not yet called for them. They can be had at the school or by calling at the Convent, 1354 Tamm A venue.
It would be impossible to mention everyone working at one or other of the booths at the Carnival without having in hand a certified list of names. Much effort was necessary to attempt success in the undertaking, and certainly the many evidences of good will and real labor shown on the three nights involved too many persons to be remembered with an unaided mind. Without meaning to slight anyone or to draw comparisons, the following remarks are made.
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Murphy with Mr. John Moore seemed to be the most active booth judging by early activities each evening. John Usher, Arthur Pahl, Ray Usher and company voiced many an attractive call to the patrons as they entered the Clayton Avenue gate, many seeking the stand of Danny Murphy, the popular Scullin Boss.
Early prepared to serve the public with the tastiest and most wholesome barbecued meats and fish, Mr. Angelo Ponciroli's faithful workers, Charles Cunningham and John Willer, assisted so efficiently by Mr. Wm. Hense, kept the air filled with the cry of "get your barbecue here" until all had enjoyed at least one tempting sandwich.
Not to be outdone by the sandwich servers, Mr. C. Gesell, Mr. Dennis Brady, Mr. John J. Kelly, Mr. Arthur Pahl, Sr., and William Hefele, Jr., dispensed often at a terrific rate the refreshments of soda water and ice cream cones.
Mrs. Geo. Kletzer, Mrs. Cross, Mrs. Sallie Dolan, Mr. Geo. Kletzker, and Mr. Chas. Heil displayed wonderful salesmanship by successfully disposing of the many beautiful prizes which the Committee in charge had not apparently knowledge of in that their booth was designated as a "Dry Goods Booth" while in reality it was an artistically arranged "Fancy Work Booth."
At the Linen Booth which was so ably handled by Mrs. Irvin, Mrs. Bersch, Mrs Sauer, and Mr. Raymond Bayers, the prizes were so jealously guarded by the workers' taking them home every evening and bringing them back each night that as a final effort they called upon the comedian of the parish, Mr. Eddie Ryan -- to assist them in the disposal which they did most profitably, as evidenced by the large financial returns.
An unusual booth at affairs of this kind was the Bakery Booth. It took real salesmanship to put this booth across and the selection of Mrs. McDonnell with the able assistance of Mrs. Foley and Mr. John McAnnar, demonstrated that with the proper experience there is no such thing as failure in any well organized undertaking. Mr. O'Connor received many pointers as a Carnival Auctioneer which he may use profitably in the future for his home parish of the Blessed Sacrament.
The Narco Booth introduced the innovation of raising the caller to the heights of a pedestal where Mrs. Plengemeier sat in all of her glory. Mrs. Wiber ably made change for the many workers including the Misses Martineau, O'Shaughnessy, Plengemeier, and Messrs. Frank Strathman, Walter Sauer, Peno Sharamitaro and Ed. Loyet.
The Five Hundred Pounds of Harmony - Mrs. Gittens, Mrs. Conroy and Mrs. Wamhoff - of course made a huge success of the Blanket Booth, as was expected from so much weight, talent and energy of tireless workers.
You went as YOU pleased to see Frank Walsh, and you left as HE pleased. Nuff Sed!
To sum it all up, the words of Kipling are certainly appropriate:
"It isn't the individual
Nor the army as a whole,
But the everlasting team work
Of every bloomin' soul.
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Mr. Clem Placke spent his week's vacation on the Meramec River at his private club-house. Report: Not much fish but plenty of rest.June, July and August, the Summer months, are the time when most men take their vacations. The outdoors make an appeal to many, so that a week or two is generally spent on the Meramec River, on the auto tour or on a visit to country friends and relatives. Every man laboring through the remainder of the long year with brain and brawn is entitled to some relaxation and recreation. The routine habits of going to and from work and the monotonous repetition of the daily task make a man need a diversion from time to time. Vacation should affect the body and mind like food and study, refreshing and building up the whole human being for better activity in the future. Many people, and perhaps the greater number, stay at home for their holidays, taking advantage of the opportunity to become better acquainted with the family and enjoying an undisturbed rest from the strain of travel.
Physically every vacation time means a boon, and spiritually there ought to be a profit. Unfortunately, some persons abuse their free time by employing it in questionable conduct and even evil companionships and activities. The number of those committing sin at this time is comparatively few, but those few compel us to warn all, especially parents, that the world, the flesh and the devil never let up in their temptations to lead our souls from the service and love of God. Prayers in the morning and at night, prayers in time of doubt as to right or wrong, duties on Sundays and weekdays to God and the neighbor, and the ten commandments of God must never be neglected nor slighted. Confession and Holy Communion might very well be received more often during leisure time for the strengthening of the soul and the assurance of eternal salvation.
Allow us to suggest gaining the Jubilee Indulgence during your vacation, especially if you have not already planned spending the whole time away from home. The good works to be done may be performed more attentively and piously, and still leave most of the vacation period for innocent pleasures of the body. The conditions for gaining this great indulgence are; Visit twice the parish church either on the same day or different days and two other parish churches in the City of St. Louis, in all six visits; during each visit offer prayers for the Holy Father's intention; fast and abstain on two chosen days; give alms for some pious cause; and receive the sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion with the intention of gaining the Jubilee Indulgence.
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The final examinations for the school year 1928-1929 were held during the week of June 5th. The results on a whole were very gratifying and showed that considerable effort had been put forth by the greater number of the pupils. Those who won the honors in the several grades were:
Eighth Grade
Helen Hazelett
Veronica Duggan
Mary C. McGrath
Antonette Palumbo
Seventh Grade
Veronica Brady
Ruth Heil
Agnes Duggan
Mary Zielinski
Veronica Coad
Mildred Sull1van
Sixth Grade
Mary Godfrey
Mildred Saxton
Fifth Grade
James Kelley
John McCauley
Edward Corbett
Hubert Ward
Fourth Grade
Gertrude Foy
Rita Ward
Allen Baer
Benedict Moynihan
Third Grade
Stella Bill
Penelope Bill
Anna M. Lafser
Mary C. Kelly
Anna Dempsey
Helen Walsh
Second Grade
Lucille Boyce
Francis Smith
The feast of the patron of the parish, St. James the Greater, Apostle and Martyr, will occur on Thursday, the twenty-fifth of July. Our St. James is styled "the Greater" to distinguish him from the Apostle James "the Less," who was probably shorter of stature. We know nothing of St. James's early life. He was the brother of John, the beloved disciple, and probably the elder of the two. His parents seem to have been people of means as appears from the fact that his father, Zebedee, was a fisherman of the Lake of Galilee, who had some boatmen or hired men as his usual attendants. It is probable that John, and consequently his brother, James, had not received the technical training of the schools; and in this sense they were unlearned and without any official position among the Jews, but, according to the social rank of their parents, they must have been men of ordinary education, in the common walks of Jewish life. If a certain conjecture is right, Salome, the mother of James and John, was a sister of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and hence James the Greater and John were first cousins of Our Lord. The Galilean origin of St. James in some degree explains the energy of temper and the vehemence of character which earned for him and St. John the name of Boanerges, "sons of thunder"; the Galilean race was religious, hardy, industrious, brave, and the strongest defender of the Jewish nation. St. James, with St. Peter and St. John, alone were admitted to be present at the miracle of the raising of Jairus's daughter, at the Transfiguration, and at the Agony in Gethsemani. Our saintly patron won the crown of martyrdom, A.D. 44, at the hands of Herod Agrippa, son of Aristobulus and grandson of Herod the Great, who "killed James, the brother of John, with the sword." (Refer to the Catholic Encyclopedia.)
Two Masses will be celebrated in St. James Church on Thursday morning, July the twenty-fifth to give an opportunity to as many as possible to offer up the Holy Sacrifice to God in honor of St. James our Patron and Protector, who watches over us, parochially and personally, and brings to us many blessings from the Divine Throne of Our Heavenly Father.
On Sunday morning, June the twenty-third, Thomas Edward Phelan, with two companions, Ollie Metz and John Manion, met with a serious automobile accident due to a defective steering rod. When picked up by passers-by Eddie Phelan was found to have been instantly killed. His funeral from St. James Church on Wednesday morning was attended by an unusually large number of friends, very likely due to his popularity in St. Louis Soccer circles. R.I.P.
Although forced to retire from active duty as a policeman a few years ago, on account of ill health, the death of Peter J. Dolan of 6418 Lloyd, shocked his many relatives and friends in the community. Many of the old timers of this neighborhood recall gathering at Dolan's Corner, where Mr. and Mrs. Dolan conducted an hotel for the workers at Scullin's and the near-by factories. Young and old often experienced Peter Dolan's kindly hospitality and genial sociability. A long line of mourners followed his remains from St. James Church on Friday morning, June the twenty-eighth, to Calvary Cemetery. R.I.P.
On Saturday afternoon, June the twenty-ninth, whilst apparently in very good health, Mrs. Mary McVey, of 6412 West Park Avenue, received a peculiar warning of her fast approaching death. Contrary to the opinion of those around her, God had decided to call her out of this life before the advent of the next day. The priest administered the Last Sacraments, and the physician prescribed medicines and care. But the dreaded stroke of paralysis fell upon her and at eleven forty-five she breathed her last. The passing of "Aunt Mary" is not only the loss of a devoted mother to the McVey family but also the losing of a truly motherly soul in the whole neighborhood. Thus, crowds from near and far filled the house and sidewalk to sympathetically join with her sorrowing family at the wake. She was buried from St. James Church on Tuesday morning with interment in Calvary Cemetery. R.I.P.
THE FEAST OF ST. ANN Saint Ann (in Hebrew, Hannah, meaning Grace) is the traditional name of the mother of the Blessed Mother Mary. All our infor- mation concerning the names and lives of Saints Joachim and Ann, the parents of Mary, is derived from unauthentic literature. The supposed relics of St. Ann were brought from the Holy Land to Constantinople in 710 and were still kept there in the church of St. Sophia in 1333. The tradition of the church of Apt in southern France pretends that the body of St. Ann was brought to Apt by St. Lazarus, the friend of Christ, was hidden by St. Auspicius. who died in 398. and found again during the reign of Charlemagne; these relics were brought to a magnificent chapel in 1664. The head of St. Ann was kept at Mainz up to 1510, when it was stolen and brought to Dueren in Rheinland. St. Ann is the patroness of Brittany. Her miraculous picture is venerated at Notre Dame d'Auray, Diocese of Vannes. Also in Canada. where she is the principal patron of the province of Quebec; the shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre is well known. St. Ann is patroness of mothers; she is represented holding the Blessed Virgin Mary in her lap. who again carries on her arm the Child Jesus. She is also patroness of
Saint Ann (in Hebrew, Hannah, meaning Grace) is the traditional name of the mother of the Blessed Mother Mary. All our infor- mation concerning the names and lives of Saints Joachim and Ann, the parents of Mary, is derived from unauthentic literature.
The supposed relics of St. Ann were brought from the Holy Land to Constantinople in 710 and were still kept there in the church of St. Sophia in 1333. The tradition of the church of Apt in southern France pretends that the body of St. Ann was brought to Apt by St. Lazarus, the friend of Christ, was hidden by St. Auspicius, who died in 398, and found again during the reign of Charlemagne; these relics were brought to a magnificent chapel in 1664. The head of St. Ann was kept at Mainz up to 1510, when it was stolen and brought to Dueren in Rheinland. St. Ann is the patroness of Brittany. Her miraculous picture is venerated at Notre Dame d'Auray, Diocese of Vannes. Also in Canada, where she is the principal patron of the province of Quebec; the shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre is well known. St. Ann is patroness of mothers; she is represented holding the Blessed Virgin Mary in her lap, who again carries on her arm the Child Jesus. She is also patroness of miners, Christ being compared to gold, Mary to silver. (Catholic Encyclopedia.)
Friday, the twenty-sixth of July, will be the Feast of St. Ann. All the members of St. Ann's Sodality, as well as all the married ladies of the parish should observe St. Ann's Feast Day by hearing Mass on that day in her honor or at least by offering up some special additional prayers to ask her for her continued intercession.
John J. Mullin, of 1565 Buck Avenue, died rather suddenly Tuesday morning, June the twenty-fifth. He was buried from St. James Church on Thursday at 8:00 A. M., to SS. Peter and Paul's Cemetery. R.I.P.
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Miss Rosemary Haley of 1434 Tamm Avenue, suffered A double fracture of the collar bone about ten days ago. Although compelled to carry her right arm in a sling she is fast overcoming the injury.
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Mr , and Mrs. John Manion, with their daughter, Miss Mary, left St. Louis June the seventeenth for a tour of Europe to last a couple of months.
A very beautiful marriage ceremony took place on Wednesday morning, June the fifth, when Robert Ernst Sailer and Viola Theresa Barr received the special Nuptial Blessing of the Church. Walter J. Barr was best man, and Alvina A. Barr was bridesmaid. Viola Barr was popularly known to almost everyone in St. James Parish because of her untiring work with the Virgin Mother's Sodality, the Father Casey Dramatic Club and the St. James Alumni Dramatic Club. Mr. Sailer, a native of Rorschach in Switzerland, came to the United States a few years ago. We wish the young couple much enjoyment on their honeymoon trip through Europe and pray that their married life will be a blessed one.
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Mr. Jerry Gesell of 1101 Louisville Avenue, the talented entertainer recently appearing with the Holy Name minstrels, is now visiting points of interest in Germany, England, France and other places across the ocean, at the expense of his employers, the Cook Tours Company.
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There w11l be a meeting of the Carnival workers on Monday evening at eight o'clock. The booth captains and other heads of committees should notify their co-workers of this announcement, and make every effort to arrange a good attendance so that the final business of the affair may be transacted.
Many parishioners before going away on a vacation send in their donations for the Sundays that they will be absent from their parish church. One parishioner who is now enjoying a tour of Europe recently put in the basket his total amount for several months' absence. Such conduct shows genuine concern for parish affairs at home and indicates a mind that is provident and fore-seeing. We all appreciate that expenses run on whether we are present or not, and we know that we must meet the bills sooner or later. Even though you are taking only a two weeks recreation from home, try to anticipate your payments.
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Amongst those of our young parishioners who graduated from higher institutions of learning are Waldo Bisso from the Christian Brothers' College; Norman Fehrensen from the McBride High School; Estelle Coad, Catherine O'Shaughnessy, Lorraine Lutz, Philamena Shaffery and Catherine Reese from the Rosati-Kain High School; and Mayde Murphy from the Sacred Heart Convent. Miss Jeanne Chauvin Blythe received her A.B. from Washington University, and Miss Thelma Gesell won her degree with the highest honors at the Webster College of the Sisters of Loretta.
The Alumni Association held their annual banquet at the Chase Hotel on Sunday, June the sixteenth. The gathering was addressed by the Reverend Father O'Connor, Mr. Anthony Palumbo, Reverend Father Pohl, Mr. Ray Usher, Mr. Robert Mahoney, Mr. Dan Murphy, Mr. Ray Dolan, Mr. Ant, Arnold Clegg, and Miss Genevieve Mahon. Mr. Robert Mahoney spoke in behalf of the graduates of 1929. All had a very enjoyable evening at the table and on the dance fioor.
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The gross receipts of the Carnival are reaching the handsome sum of six thousand dollars. The expenses will make quite a difference, so we anxiously await the detailed report which will be published in the next issue of Let's Go.
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The School Children's Picnic on June the eleventh at Creve Coeur Lake suffered only two mishaps. Mr. Frank Walsh, whilst running over uneven ground, fell and injured his shoulder and Master William Hefele was unintentionally left on the grounds when the cars returned home. Mr. Walsh's injuries proved to be only sprains and bruises with no breaks. and Master Hefele finally reached home at a late hour to the great comfort of his worrying mother.
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Master Edmund Hefele, 1432 Tamm Avenue, will soon carry his repaired broken leg with the aid of crutches.
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When Mr. Robert Owen collected his Special Carnival Prize of $100.00, he made a donation to St. James Church of 10 per cent, $10.00. Mrs. J. Capelli and Mrs. J. Cecchini donated their prizes of Five Dollars each to the Convent Fund.
John Edward Kern, 6829 Wise Ave.
Frances Maria Moellenbeck, 6312a Victoria Ave.
Carl Edward Sydow, 2172 Clifton Ave.
Harvey Thomas Schmitz, 1304 Graham Ave.
John Patrick Wells, Woodriver, Illinois.
John Thomas McVey, 1130 Aberdeen Place.
The handsome Howard watch raffled by the school children has not as yet been called for. The holder of the ticket reading "5 hours 43 minutes 25 seconds," disposed of by Miss Gertrude Foy, may claim the prize by calling at the Dominican Convent, 1354 Tamm Avenue, and presenting the ticket.
Mr. John Pilla of 1101 Graham Avenue suffered a severe attack of his chronic asthma ailment last Tuesday night but with the attention of the priest and physician promised to quickly rally to good health.
Have you noticed little Bobby Coad's haircut? They say that Joe Connor's clippers went wild but Bobby knew how to be comfortable in the summer time when he ordered his clip!
Those sewing circle sessions seem to have given occasion to much interesting gossip but none of the ladies will tell anything.
Eddie Ryan's selling out has worked a real hardship on his former customers. Mr. John Ulrich, last Tuesday morning, ran out of gasoline in Forest Park while trying to find Eddie's face at the "gas" pump.
Friday afternoon and evening the Rectory enjoyed a visit from Rev. Dr. Henry Schuermann, pastor of Gildehouse, Mo., and Rev. Joseph Hirner, pastor of Luebbering, Mo.
From a personal standpoint, as long as he does not swoop up behind me and bunt me into eternity in his haste to get nowhere, and provided that he doesn't too frequently insist on my going there with him, I have no quarrel with the man who owns a car and enjoys driving it.
The man who likes to walk can still find rutty roads winding off into the hills, away from the dust and blare of traffic; away from the gasoline stands and duck sandwiches. When his legs protest, he can sit on a stonewall with the sun on him, and watch the fields drowsy with summer and the wind lazy in trees. And when it's time to turn back, be can trudge homeward with the dusk creeping out of the woods to meet him, and the little roadside noises running ahead. If he has the luck to be married to an old-fashioned girl, she may be swinging along beside him, content with the smell of his pipe and the companionship that doesn't need talk. Friends and country roads, beefsteak and good tobacco, clean sheets and windows open to moonlight. The things God gives us all are so much more important than the things men sell us and we worry for and buy on installments. Automobiles are all right but they're unimportant.
I suppose what I am trying to say is that we all get too interested in things. An automobile is an expensive and intricate thing, that is to very many men a necessary piece of equipment; to many others it's a means of pleasure which their income justifies. But there are thousands of us who don't need automobiles, and thinking we do, sacrifice too much for them. -- Columbia.
Miss Vera Bersch of 6803 Nashville Avenue underwent an operation for appendicitis Tuesday morning, June the twenty-fifth at St. Anthony's Hospital. She will soon be entirely recovered.
Pastors: Rev. Patrick J. O'Connor, Rev. N.E. Pohl. HIland 0167. 1368 Tamm Avenue
Teachers in School: Dominican Nuns. HIland 2171. 1354 Tamm Avenue.
Masses: From first Sunday in October to last Sunday in May. 6:00, 7:30, 9 and 11, High Mass.
Masses: From first Sunday in June to last Sunday in September, 5:30, 7:30 and 9, 8:30 and 10, Low Mass. Masses on Holy Days: 5:30, 7:30 and 9 and New Year's Day, same as previous Sunday.
Confessions: Saturday, 4:30 to 6, 7:30 to 9. An extra confessor at Christmas and Easter; on the eve of First Friday and Holy Days, 3:30 to 5, 7:30 to 9, and Sunday mornings for one-half hour before second Mass.
Week Day Masses: Always one at 6:30, the second varies. Bell rings a quarter of an hour before all Masses and public devotions.
Holy Hour on the eve of First Fridays from 7:30 to 8:30 p. m.
Baptisms: Every Sunday at 3:30.
To prevent errors, sick calls should be given directly to one of the pastors as soon as a doctor intimates the patient is in a serious condition.
Marriages between Catholics: Banns to be published on 3 successive Sundays and Baptismal records should be procured. The ceremony takes place in the parish of the bride
UNCLE HENRY'S LETTER
July 7, 1929.
dear Charlie:
Consederin how tuff times is, our carnival was very succesful, an it is due entirely to the way everybody worked. it got plenty publicity thanks to the efforts of del. Jones and Marie O'Gorman, an the help they had from gene Karst. there Charlie, is a boy that certainly nos how to write news, an how to get it published ware it will do the most good an we was mighty lucky to get him to help us.
the parade was a wow but they is a lot of dissatisfaction over the beauty contest on account of whoever was the judges must of been cock-eyed an blind, and had pore taste for beauty when they picket miss. St. James as the winner of the contest. i dont like to make no disparaging remarks nor hurt enybodys feelins but these judges mus of got there repertation at the dog show, an based there decision on "points" cause that is wot miss. St. James had, in abundence. i never seen anybody so long in 1 direction an so short in all others. i dent like em too fat but gosh, if this gal would swallow a bean i bet it would show
John McAnnor and dan O'Connor, another live wire from Blessed Sacrament parish, certinly pepped things up around the Bakery Booth, an as a result it went over big an wus a surprise to everybody. '"
corrine Gittins had adele and Bess, the rest of th "harmony trio," an lou Riegel helpin her with the Blanket Booth, an then they wus crabbin about not havin enuff workers an i guess it never oecured to em that the booth was crowded an if eny 1 of them had got out they would of been room for 6 more full grown workers. Adele wanted to stir up sum bisness, an she yelled to kate Klasek "come on all win yourself a blanket so you wont have to be tying your feet up in old coats and rugs again next winter."
i seen jim O'Gorman standin around an i said "jim, why aint you spendin sum money?" an he said "i aint got eny, an father O'Connor refuse to cash a check for me!" now jim is tryin to figger how much would be 4 per cent of the money he didn't lose on the raffle wheels. i guess the pastor didnt want to cash the check because he was afraid jim would lose the money at the booths an then "stop payment" on account of arguing that it is a "gambling-debt." jim will have just that much more to back up his judgment of a hand of "duces wild" or "spit-in-the-ocean" at sum Saturday night session.
i dont no jus how we come out on the carnival as i went into dry-dock immediately after the affair on account of my dentist wanted to go prospectin, an thought i was a good "location," an i have been completely out of circulation ever since. after i come too i ask him how many pearls he found an what was the value of the gold deposit, an he said "i-i-i, -- ah wasnt looking for pearls an gold, i e-e-expected to find ivory." i could of told him that he just miss a large deposit of it by not going deeper, but he would of stuttered out another wise-crack, an i wouldn't give him no more openins.
we had the school picnic on the 11th, an it was more monotonous than usual an i herd the cry from all sides "why don't we get nex to ourself an give the kids a reel, old-fashion picnic with a band an lots of races an good prizes, an a barrel of pink lemonade free for everybody," an i says to 1 feller that was belly-achen about it "maybe the reason we dont have a better picnic is becaus you an everybody else dont take eny interest but leave all of the work to John Bersch an this is about as good as eny 1 man can do an specially wen you dont give him eny money to do it with."
my idear is that we ought to start in about now raisin funds for a picnic nex yr. and wen the time comes have a parade headed by a band, an take the kiddies sum wares where they can play games, race for good prizes, an ware you can give each 1 of them a handful of tickets that they can use at the fish pond or refreshment booth, etc. i also would make up a fine picnic basket for the sisters an let em have there own table an enjoy therselves in there own way.
it wouldnt be a bad ideal either to have a doctor on the grounds to examine all of the contestants before a race so that fellers like frank Walsh, which is too old to run, an dont reelize it, could be eliminated an wouldnt be gettin there-self hurt.
Your perticuler friend and unkle,
HENRY
Mary Jane Mauldin, 6435 Nashville Avenue, who sustained a double fracture of the right leg while playing recently, is nearly recovered.
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