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."
The children of the Parochial School are preparing a spiritual bouquet to present to their mothers on Mother's Day. This takes the form of a pretty card on which the spiritual flowers are listed which each child will present to his mother.
It has been agreed upon that all the school children attend with the Alumni at the 7:30 Mass on Mother's Day and that they unite with the celebrant in offering Mass for their mothers.
Undoubtedly this union of faith and attection will greatly delight every mother who receives a bouquet.
Will there be room also for the mothers at the Mass? Yes, if the rest of the congregation be kind enough to go to another Mass.
Loving eyes that I always see
Shining with trust and faith in me,
A heart that's tender, a smile divine,
You, just you, dear Mother mine.
To My Dearest Friend and Fondest Benefactor
My GOOD MOTHER
I Dedicate This
SPIRITUAL BOUQUET
It Consists of Three Choice Flowers
A Holy Communion to be offered up for you
on Mother's Day.
A Holy Mass to be said for your temporal
and spiritual welfare.
A Fervent Prayer to God that He spare
you for many, many years.
St. James Parish Carnival will be held on Thursday. Friday and Saturday, June 19, 20 and 21, on the grounds on which it was held last year at the junction of Clayton Road and Berthold Ave. The privilege of using the grounds has been secured for the parish from the owner through the effort of Edw. J. Coff, 6502 Oakland Ave., from the owner, Mr.
Mr. Sadler, although not a Catholic, was sufficiently big hearted to be at the Carnival last year and spend a few dollars at the various booths. Thanks, Mr. Sadler.
The nuns who teach in St. James Parochial School are parish servants and yours to care for. For many years they have been poorly housed and years will elapse before they get a better convent unless the parishioners wholeheartedly cooperate in every effort that is made to raise a fund for the erection of a new Convent.
The residence in which they now live was purchased second hand 29 years ago and cost $2800. It was sufficiently commodious then for their immediate needs because there were only three sisters and it was generally understood that it was a temporary arrangement for housing the Community.
There are now 7 teachers in the parochial school and a servant is necessary in the Convent. The congestion and the other inconveniences in the Convent are archaic and deplorable. Something should be done, something must be done to relieve the condition and the only immediate way we see towards raising a fund is a series of Carnivals.
All of the parishioners have a duty in justice and charity to make living conditions tolerable for these sisters who are givIng their lives for the welfare of the children of this congregation. The effort to raise funds for a convent should not be left to a few. It's the duty of all.
You can do your little bit. If you fail the efforts of the rest of the congregation will fall short of the goal by the measure of what you did not do.
The task assigned to you is not difficult. There are people that you can reach that no one else can reach; admittedly it will require an effort on your part but we believe that you are capable and willing to make a little sacrifice for the love and reverence in which you hold all nuns but especially the nuns who are so tireless and self-sacrificing in promoting the education of our children in the parochial school.
Are you ready to undertake a little bit of work that we are now about to assign to you? Well! here it is! A raffle is being promoted that is planned with so much detail you have only to show the card and your friends will quarrel with one another in their efforts to secure - a chance.
There are 20 prizes and it is possible to get a chance on all of them for one penny, at the worst for not more than 10c.
Here is a list of them: Prize No.1, a crate of spring chickens. Mention that to any man, woman and child in the city and he will think he is cheating himself and his family unless he takes a chance; there are also two sugar cured hams which we have not yet begged but we know we will get them from the Heil Packing Co.. isn't that nerve! after Charlie Heil has donated all the sausage and meat that was eaten by over 200 people at the picnic supper last Tuesday evening! But we know Mr. and Mrs. Heil and most of their relatives. If all the parishioners will work as hard for the Carnival as they do, there will be no danger of failure.
But we are talking about prizes. Think of it! for a penny there is a chance of winning 7 handmade beauty satin quilts, and 19 other valuable prizes including a 15 jewel Elgin wrist watch, for man, woman, boy or girl, an electric percolator, complete set of Haviland China dinner ware, an onyx floor lamp, an electric iron, an artistic vacuum set, an electric heating pad, a sanette garbage can, two lawn chairs, electric iron, a lawn mower, 50 ft. hose.
And for your boy, a bicycle, a baseball bat, catcher's glove, two sugar cured hams and a crate of spring chickens.
We are not forgetting the Mrs. There is a half dozen pair of silk hose which she will appreciate, the neatest and the best on the market. You won't have to buy a new skirt for her if she wins this hose, she will be willing to wear her old short dress to display her stockings, and for the young man and even for the old man there is something - an L.C. Smith double barrel shotgun, a high class fishing rod and perhaps if he is a good fellow a hunting and fishing license for the whole state of Missouri.
The Isaac Walton Club are busy propagating game and fish just for him to shoot or catch. Ray Dolan and Martin Coad and perhaps the pastor will act as guides and show him the best hunting and fishing grounds in the state should he win the rod or gun.
No, we have forgotten nothing, there are 20 gallons of gasoline for the old Ford and if the man to whom you sell a ticket for a penny thinks he is getting cheated, tell him to come to us and we will give him back his money.
There is another nice inducement for a person who has taken a few chances to be more prodigal, if he takes 5 chances on one card he will be given by the salesman a ticket that will entitle him to a chance on a $50 bill; a prize that will be confined to purchasers of 5 chances.
About those 7 beauty satin quilts, we know it is folly giving them all in one prize; it is simply throwing them away and giving them just perhaps for a penny, a nickel, or at most only a dime. There isn't a ticket on the card that does not sell for a penny, a nickel or dime; even people who are out of work can afford to take a chance. It might be the means of getting them back on their feet.
The quilts are being made, mostly, by new parishioners, the old ones have set about the task of making money, that's what counts when all the dust has settled and the Carnival is over.
It might be, however, that the ladies want to see how good the new parishioners are at needlework and at parish work. We want to get them acquainted with their neighbors and when several of them stand around a quilting frame they can't help but get well acquainted. A woman never broadcasts as well as when she has a quilting needle in her hand.
The new parishioners are already getting enthusiastic, there is a fine crowd of them in the new apartments at Oakland and Tamm, Art Hill Place and there are a tew good ones also in the apartments in Berthold Ave. Ben Maloney has come back to the parish and his pretty little wife has been trained to church work at Holy Rosary Parish since she was in the Kindergarten.
In the Subdivision the new parishioners are like a beverage matured in a charcoal barrel; although they are comparatively new they are just as good as the old ones and Mrs. Meyer, Lindauer, Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. Radin, Mrs. Frteman, the Maloneys, Schweitzers and Morkoetters are as well known as Mrs. Peter Dolan and Mrs. McEvoy. Mrs. Schmalz and Mrs. Friedrichs are so busy having children they haven't time to get acquainted, but their husbands are going to help and everyone down there including Mrs. Ashby will get busy right away.
There are many other new parishioners scattered through the parish, whose names we have not mentioned but we expect you will get to know them very soon; they are all expected to join one of the seven groups into which the parishioners are divided for the purpose of organizing the Carnival campaign. There will be seven booths each under the direction of a Captain. Mrs. McDonnell will have charge of the group in the West end; Mrs. Bovard, south Benton; Mrs. Wack, south Tamm Ave.; Mrs. Pierce, central; Mrs. Klasek, Hampton Ave. district and the East end; Mrs. Marshall has been assigned the duty of uniting the efforts of the Phelans, the Saxtons, Mahons, the McGuires and the Graham Ave. contingent; Mrs. Lawless is delegate at large; she has been given the whole city and she has captured for her organization about half of the workers of the entire parish.
There are seven teams being organized for the Carnival.
Parishioners who want to give any assistance even in the smallest way should register as soon as possible with one of these teams.
To which do you belong?
Perhaps you have been overlooked by the divisional captains and lieutenants. Don't take offense, the ladies in charge have a difficult work to accomplish and they have not yet completed their search for workers. Should you volunteer, anyone of your neighbors will be glad to have you in their team.
The divisions are personal and not geographical. This arrangement is deemed wise because it assures each family freedom to join the group with whom they prefer to work.
The following is a partial list of those who have already volunteered. Group 1 is organized mostly in Benton district and is under the direction of:
Captain. Mrs. Emma Bovard, 6906 Bruno Ave. HIland 1147.
Assisted by Lieutenants Mrs. Chas. Heil, Mrs. John Long, Mrs. John Oates, Mrs. Don Killian, Mrs. Ed. Nixon, Mrs. Robt. Barr, Miss Edna Willer.
Team: Mrs. Koncen family, the Bisso family. Mr. Ed Lovet, Mrs. McShaffrey, Charles Heil, Sr. and 42 Hell relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Buchholz, Mrs. Clegg family, Mr. John Long family, the Flynn family, Robt. Barr family, Mr. and Mrs. Bayers, Mr. and Mrs. Pauk, Eugene and Mrs. Lively, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Kessler, Ed Nixon family, Misses Moriarity, Albert Arnold family, Ed. Mergenthaler family, Sarah Ritchel, John Willer family, Mrs. Rickner, Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Matreci family, Michael Regan family, Mr. and Mrs. Killian, Mrs. H. Ruby, Mr. and Mrs. Dufner family, Jos. Bigney family, Oliver Roth family, Geo. Jenneman, Henne family, Rose McCaffrey, Catherine Coad , Loretta Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Maher, Art Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Banks, Kraft Ave., Mrs. Renold, Mr. and Mrs. Shinsky, Jos. Schuler family, the Arlt family, Mrs. B. Buchanen, Mrs. Darvicy, the Tillie family, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Cooper.
Assisted by Lieutenant Mrs. P.H. Murphy and team, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Collins, the Lott family, Mrs. Engelhardt, Mrs. Donlin, Miss Wall, Mrs. Joe Connors.
Lieutenant Mrs. Sam Gittins and team, Mrs. W. Percy Hartnett, Mrs. Adele Conroy, Mrs. Wamhoff, Mrs. Larson, Fred and Mrs. Coad.
Lieutenant Mrs. John O'Shaughnessy and team, the Pursley family, Sauer family, Dailey family, Schulers, Victoria Ave., Miss Helery, Mrs. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. R. Barry, Mr. and Mrs. Ahearri and family.
Lieutenant Mrs. B.P. Brady and team, Mrs. Mary Jones family, Mr. and Mrs. Meehan, Mr. and Mrs. Chevalier, Mrs. Collins, Mae Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Harris, Mary McKevitt and Serg Martinea family.
Lieutenant Mrs. Brennan, Art Hill, and team, Mr. and Mrs. Shea. Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Hodnett, Dan K. Butler family. Jos. Strunk family, Paul McClernon family, Mr. and Mrs. D.P. Lyons, Naughton family, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mitchell, Mrs. Bruno, Mrs. Murphy. Mrs. Seifried, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Buescher, Mr. and Mrs. Daniels, Alphonse Hummert.
Lieutenant Mrs. Geo. Wiber, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Placke, Miss Madge Wiber, Geo, Wiber, Mr. Louis Haenichen, Mrs. John Ulrich, Mr. and Mrs. H. Range, Mr. Anthony Palumbo, Messrs. James and Francis Dwyer, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williford, Mrs. F. Murphy.
Capt. Mrs. C.B. McDonnell, 6814 Clayton Road. HIland 9608.
Assisted by Lieutenants Mrs. Thos. Cullen, Mrs. John Houlihan, Mrs. Foley, Miss Vera Bersch, and Mrs. Schollemeyer.
Team, All the Houlihans, McLaughlins, Faheys, Roses, Irvins, Whites, Dohertys, Smiths, Schatales, Kerns, Mr. and Mrs. John Bersch, Mr. and Mrs. D. Jackson, Margaret McDonnell, Mrs. Kemsley, Mrs. Billings, Mrs. Stahl, Mr. and Mrs. McGuire, Mrs. Nuelle, Mrs. Vogel, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll. Mr. and Mrs. Mellor, Mrs. Patterson family, Mrs. Nolte, Mrs. Wagner and family, Mrs. Gustave Kramer, Mrs. Mullahy, Clem Placke, Mrs. Harold Kerns, Mr. and Mrs. Duvall, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maloney.
Capt. Mrs. R.E. Pierce, 1223 Childress Ave. HIland 4405.
Assisted by Lieutenant Helen Dolan Walsh, and team, Mr. and Mrs. Hastey, Mrs. Begley family, Ollie Dolan family, J.P. O'Gorman family, Bessie Gallaher, the Barni family, Mr. and Mrs. Paul O'Gorman.
Lieutenant Mrs. Arthur Pahl and team, Arthur Pahl, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pahl, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McVey, Miss Maria Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. M. Coad and family, Mr. Eddie Ryan, Louis Riegel and family, Clarence Gesell and family.
Lieutenant Mrs. V. Bosche and team, Mr. and Mrs. W. Boman, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Boerckel, the Misses Bosche, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Moulden, Mr. Cross, Walkenhorst family. R.E. Pierce, Mrs. Graupner, Mrs. Frey, Mrs. Guignard.
Lieutenant Mrs. Geo. Kletzker and team, Geo. Kletzker, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Bante, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dolan, Mr. and Mrs. Coff, Mr. and Mrs. Roach, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Corcoran, Mr. and Mrs. Kilderry.
Lieutenant Maria Shaffrey and team, All the Shaffreys, Mr. John Bisso family, Mr. and Mrs. John Lawrence, Myra Gallaher, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hense.
Capt. Mrs. J. Lawless, 1139 Childress Ave., HIland 0631.
Assisted by Lieutenant Mrs. Holland, Mrs. James Kelly, Mrs. Leo. Meaner, Sr., Mrs. A. H. Mudd and Mrs. Cross.
Team: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McGann, Chas. O'Keefe, Dan O'Keefe, John Martens, Ed. Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Hausman, Mr. and Mrs. Ward, the Huger family, the Walker family, Forrest family, Mrs. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. John O'Hare, Mrs. Doran, Mrs. Duggan family. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Manion, the Gibbons family, Reeces, Officer John Manion family, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Hugeback. Ready family, O'Sullivan family, Louisville Ave., Godfreys, P.J. Flavin family, Mrs. Flynn, Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Witte, Mr. and Mrs. McMaster, Mr. and Mrs. Bisch, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. Menner, Mr. and Mrs. Gruner, Mrs. Wilson. Mr and Mrs. Mudd, Mrs. Sladek, Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Menner, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. W. Henkle, Wm. Driscoll, Mrs. J. Gallagher.
Capt. Mrs. John H. Wack, 1546 Tamm Ave. HIland 3648.
Assisted by Lieutenants, Mrs. Danny Murphy, Mrs. Henry McCauley, Mrs. Wm. Hefele, Mrs. John R. Dempsey, Mrs. John A. Murphy, Mrs. Jack Corbett, Mrs. Jerry Corbett.
Team, Mary Syron, Mary Dorsey, Nell Usher LeRoi, Dan Murphy, Mahon family, the Wack family, Mrs. Jerry McGrath, Nettie Lavelle, Mary Catherine McGrath, Mrs. Ella Graves, Miss Rosalie Moran, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Bender, Henry MeCauley family, P.J. Luddin family, Jerry O'Connell family, Mrs. Moore family, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Brady, Eddie Burke family, Wm. Jones family, Officer Wm. Hefele family, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McVey, Mr. and Mrs. Hartnett, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Kelly, the Sheehans. the Gioia family, Joe Sharamitaro family, Mrs. Dempsey, Margaret Herbert, Mrs. Donnelly, Albert Haffler, Mrs. Morrissey family, Mr. and Mrs. Jakle, Mr. and Mrs. Hess, Mr. and Mrs. Manestar, Mrs. Agnes Bayer, Mrs. Gllbane, Mr. and Mrs. Craig, Mr. and Mrs. Zundel, Corbett family, Mr. and Mrs. Scherzinger, Mr. and Mrs. Doering, Mr. and Mrs. Newport, Mahoney family, Mr. and Mrs. Glassbrenner, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Thompson, Mrs. Harrison, the Maloney family, Gregg Ave., Mrs. Tim O'Brien, Miss Agnes Eagan.
Capt. Mrs. Hugh Marshall, 1310 Graham Ave., HIland 7646.
Assisted by the Phelans, the Saxtons, the Mahons. the McGuires, the Lafsers, the Winters, the Rooneys, the McAnnars, the Lossos, Palumbos, Colombo, Strathmans, Bujewskis, Mike and Norman Brady, Mr. and Mrs. B. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kirby, The Quinns, Mr. and Mrs. Greenwell, May Retnert, Agnes Custard, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Conklin, Margaret Ryan, Fanny Ryan, Misses Nora and Mary Manion, Miss Helen Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Schmitz, and the following new parishioners in the subdivision: Mr. and Mrs. Koncie, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Baerveldt, Mr. and Mrs. Morris McEvoy, John Lindauer family, Mrs. Agnes Ashby, Peter Rademeyer, Mr. and Mrs. August Drier, Frank J. Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Chiodini, Mr. and Mrs. Friedrichs, the Morkoetters, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schmalz, the Schweitzes, Mrs. Freiman, the Merlottis, Mary Brady, St. Margarets Parish, Mrs. Nitchze, Miss Agnes O'Neill, Bill Vaghon, F. Morton, Emil Vilcek, Mrs. Wm. Meyer, Mrs. Dodd, Mrs. Herbert, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lenci, Mr. Hoss, Rose Collier, Mrs. Radin, Mr. and Mrs. Frankler, T. O'Connor, Helen Miller, Badendieck family, Mr. and Mrs. Beineke.
Each team should be so organized that there will be perfect order and a blue print for workers, the captains should see to this. It is desirable that the captain and all who intend running the booth on the nights of the Carnival should assemble in the school hall to receive final instructions and to decide on the prizes that they desire the purchasing committee to provide for them.
It will be seen that there is already a fine organization. Your Captain will be glad if you offer her suggestions. Remember you have a right to dictate at the preliminary meetings how the booths should be run, but not on the nights of the Carnival
More than twenty city pastors are expected to be present at the annual celebration of the crowning of the statue of the Blessed Virgin in St. James Church on Mother's Day, May 11th, at 4 p.m.
The Statue of the Blessed Virgin will be carried in procession from the Old Church to the Blessed Virgin's Altar by the school children, Children of Mary and Virgin Mother's Sodality. They will sing appropriate hymns as they proceed, and when they arrive at the altar they will sing "0 Mary, We Crown Thee Queen of the May."
Miss ........ has been selected by the Children of Mary to crown the statue.
Rev. Francis W. Eagen, brother to Mrs. Wack, will preach the May sermon, after which the congregation will be dedicated to the Blessed Mother and Benediction will be given.
Added importance is attached to the celebration this year because it will take place on Mother's Day which the Holy Father has graciously raised to a Feast, Mary Queen of Mothers.
The appropriateness of the celebration in St. James Parish will be appreciated by all who remember how zealously the great Apostle St. James fostered devotion to the Blessed Mother. The first shrine erected to the Blessed Mother was erected by him and wherever he preached the Gospel he inculcated a love for Mary.
There is a mistaken notion among Catholics that only young girls can be Children of Mary. As a matter of fact, the Church exhorts young and old of both sexes to be Children of Mary and grants special indulgences for going to Communion on the Sunday set aside for the Sodality as well as for all Feasts of the Blessed Virgin.
An effort will be made in this and future years to make Mother's Day a magnificent expression of devotion to the Queen of Mothers. The Alumni Association wlll hold their annual Communion and breakfast on this occasion and Father O'Connor intends making it a rallying day for his clerical triends whom he intends to have with him at the church celebration and later at supper.
Bernard P. Brady, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.P. Brady, 6235 Victoria Ave., pupil of McBride High School, was awarded a silver medal second prize on Historic Essay at a meeting of the Fathers' Club of the school which was held on the evening of April 28, 1930. Bernard graduated from St. James School in the class or June, 1927, and we are rather proud of his record as we are of the records of the majority of our boys and girls who are in high school.
Woodrow Foley, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Foley, 1017 Central Ave., was awarded a medal at Christian Brothers College for effciency in typewriting. .
Ruth Bovard, daughter of Mrs. Emma Bovard, 6904 Bruno Ave., was awarded a medal also for typewriting at Rosatt-Katn High School. We offer our congratulations to these students.
Thomas Coad, son of Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Coad of Victoria Ave., ran a nail into his hip several days ago. After the wound healed blood poison developed and symptoms of lock jaw which necessitated his being removed to Children's Hospital, where he is now a patient. His condition is no longer regarded as being critical.
Six room modern dwelling at 1444 Graham Ave.
Two rooms for rent - 1323 Ripple, furnished or unfurnished.
Father O'Connor has continued taking a census and finds it very difficult, since the weather got moderate, to catch people home. He has made more than 3 visits to some of the new families who are supposed to be Catholic without success. The greatest difficulty arose in the apartments. The Catholics in these buildings are not easily found amongst so many non-Catholics. This was especially true of the apartment at Clayton and Grandview in which no Catholic could be found among the 50 or 60 families.
The territory covered since the last issue of Let's Go is the district on Clayton Road west of Tamm Ave. and north to the Park in which he visited the following families. Should
your name be omitted please mail to the Rectory the number of your house, names, ages
and occupation of all who dwell in it.
| McCausland Ave. | Grandview Avenue | Clayton Avenue |
| 6408 Frank Barron | 1022 H. C. Maloney Lieut. | 6122 Mrs. F. W. Skinner |
| Mrs. Marg. Ryan | 1036 Robt. Raphael Dolan | Marg. McCoy |
| Fred B. Murphy | Louisville Avenue | 6337a Henry Sanzottera |
| Mrs. J. Branch | 1014 Nick Cusanelli | 6490 Mrs. Mary Barletta |
| Miss M. Coughlin | 1023 Peter L. Walker | 6492 Mrs. Annie Barletta |
| Mrs. Irvin N. Bushey | 1033 Harry A. Huger | 650Sa Frank G. Ebenreck |
| 6412 Arthur McCabe | 1041 Hubert A. Ward | 6516 George Roach |
| 6416 John A. Gorman | 1100 John Kilderry | 6520a Mrs. Mary Bonzon |
| 6416 Mrs. Anna Hughes | 1103 Clarence Gesell | 651Sa Francis Schroeder |
| 6428 Mrs. W. A. Stattler | 1107 Mrs. B. Bond | 6526 Mrs. Quan |
| 6428a Patrick J. Phelan | 1111 Pat J. Flavin | Mrs. Theresa Jones |
| 6430 Henry Loehr | Wm. J. Masterson | 6529a Mrs. Vernon LePage |
| 6450 Melvin F. Foeller | 1112 Mrs. Frances Dieckhaus | 6530 Mrs. Vasco Cortepassi |
| T. E. Cavanagh | Maria Sladek | Mrs. Tosca Wehking |
| 6502 Edw. J. Coff | Mrs. Edw. W. Roach | 6532 Robt. E. COsgrove |
| 6510 Samuel Ford | 1115 Victor Tomiser | 6536a Edw. O'Neill |
| 6648 Officer John Manion | 1117 Geo. Rubenaker | 6536 Wm. J. Patterson |
| 6660 Mrs. S. Kammerer | Aurelia Aydt | 6600 Mrs. Thos. Saxton |
| 6672 Edw. Miller | 1120 Jerry M. Hanrahan | 6606 Mrs. Robt. Bisch |
| 6678 Nicholas Fehrenback | 1120a John O'Sullivan | 6612 Mrs. Fred H. Walden |
| Mrs. Fred Witler | Childress Avenue | 6704 Mrs. J. Justice |
| 6682 Mrs. Irene Mills | 1021 Mrs. H. Diepenbrock | 6721 Mrs. Gustave Cramer |
| 6732 Edmund E. Manahan | 1022 Mr. Joseph Mestres | 6727 Marx Vuchholz |
| 6736 Louis Freimuth | 1022a Mr. McGuire | 7 Marx Buchholz |
| 6738 Mrs. Kate Wagner | 1028 Walter McKenna | Mrs. Ella Robins |
| Margret Simon | Art Hill Place | 6833 Mrs. Anna B. Casey |
| 6744 John G. Houlihan | 1003 Thos. F. Maher | 6830 Mrs. John Pat Mullahy |
| Fairmont Avenue | 1013 Andrew M. Shea | Berthold Avenue |
| 1015 Wm. Forrest | Joseph Walsh | 6225 Mary C. Lorenz |
| Nan and Margt. | 1013a Charles F. Murphy | 6229 Mrs. Wm. Pourcellie |
| MfS. Mary Parsons | Jennie Michels | Dorothy Ehrlich |
| Mrs. B. Murphy | 1015a Bayard Brick | 6514 Alphonse Carron |
| 1032 Arthur F. Hausman | 1019 Arthur W. Schuchat | 6518 Wm. H. Corcoran |
| Gertrude Holland | 102U1. Mrs. Math. Seifred | 6518 Mrs. Albert Hoffman |
| 1033 Dennis Harris | 1025 Dr. Wm. Brennan | 6542 Edw. F. Cross |
| Michael Toomey | 1031 Mrs. Irene Bruno | 6544 Jos. J. Witte |
| 1037 Harry Bante | 1031a Mrs. LIllian Hughes | 6647 Leo. B. MenneI |
| 1040 Wm. Henkel | 1039 Geo. B. Dent | 6651 Benjamin Maloney |
| 1041 Geo. Kletzker | 1042 Nick Marcheski | 6657 Meer Stoltman |
| 1043 Frank Kriz | 6663 Rutledge Mellor | |
| 6669 Mrs. Mary Roller | ||
Scholarships are offered to the graduating classes of the city parish schools by the Christian Brothers, Font Bonne, Rock Church School and the Ursuline Academy.
Only children of exceptional ability who are well drilled can hope to secure places. Sister Gabriel volunteers to coach boys and girls from the 8th grade who intend competing.
Last year at great inconvenience to herself and with much sacrifice she held a special class each afternoon at 4 o'clock but did not get the cooperation that she expected from the parents and the children. She intends having a special class again this year and it would be to the best interest of those who intend entering the examination to attena regularly. Knowledge maketh a bloody entrance; it's acquired only by painful effort and much sacrifice.
BY REV. P. J. O'CONNOR
The income tax report for 1929 indicates that the corporations of the land had a big year. Economists say the country is prosperous; statesmen from the President down assure us there is nothing wrong with business. Our every day local experience makes it evident that there are innumerable families in extreme want, many are on the verge of starvation or living in a condition of poverty that is conducive to vermin, disease and rebellion.
Business experts and economists have diagnosed the case-Supply and demand, they explain, control the price of everything even of labor. When the market is glutted with overproduction there is no work because there is no demand.
The inference is the more we produce the worse off we are; and as a corollary, the poor are starving because there is too much of everything.
An agricultural expert advises the farmers to lessen their products by eliminating tractors and doing more of their farm work with mules. "Mules consume products of the farm. Tractors don't. How about using man power instead of machinery everywhere and feeding human beings?
The problem seems to be solved by experts after this manner: the busy bee is starving because there is too much honey, he is fed only when he produces; when there is no market for his produce he must go hungry.
Why not give him the honey he has produced? That would be Communism! No! It would be justice.
If he got a proportionate share of the honey he made he too could view complacently the closed down factory and enjoy the general prosperity. The fact is he has not been getting a living wage and his only hope of redress is organization and insistent demand.
The problem that confronts the country is not prohibition or tariff; it resolves itself into a moral question which has its source in avarice. The key to the honey-house is money and the captains of industry have most of it in their ring, and the door will remain locked as long as they cannot sell at a profit. Only people that have money can buy, and these are getting fewer and fewer because the capitalist is like the gambler, in time he gets all of them.
This is how the system works: Quick turnovers make quick profits, and machinery makes easy production. He who owns the machines in modern methods is much like the gambler, he makes and takes as long as there are purchasers and does not cease until the profits do not cover the cost of operation. At this high water stage, a few have most of the money and the majority are broken players. They can't purchase because they haven't money and the capitalist won't operate his factory because of the scarcity of purchasers, so there is an impasse. and the busy bee is the sufferer. He must wait till somebody consumes -the over product, and when there is need of something he is called back to run the machine.
The solution of the problem will not come through legislation or government. The evil is deep rooted and is innate to the heart of the individual capitalist. A rough and ready way to get him to open the door is revolution and Communism. God forbid that this should ever happen in the United States. The chaos that should follow would be the worst the world ever experienced.
A better way would be to teach him to have a heart for the Love of God and be mindful of the poor whose steward he is. The surplus products and profits belong to the poor. God created the world for man and still retains supreme dominion even over profits. He commands those who have a surplus of worldly wealth to give of this surplus to those who are in need, not by doles and crumbs of charity but by a substantial living wage.
The Catholic Church has long ago listed among the sins that cry to Heaven, "Defrauding the laborer of his hire." Accumulated wrongs bring their own revenge. The abuse of the saloon brought about prohibition. The abuse of wealth is making ready for the approach of the Red Flag. To prevent revolution labor must organize. Every man who sells his labor should belong to a union.
And labor unions must become conscious of their responsibility. Tyranny on their part and injustice can no more be defended than can the injustice and inhumanity of capital.
Labor unions should not be confined to mechanics; every kind of labor should be unionized.
I know union labor is often silly and even tyrannical - poor leadership and too little thought. But laborers are not University professors and have their limitation in wisdom and are liable to be imprudent. Their mistakes are often a counterpart of those on the other side who are over-confident because of their strength which blinds them to justice and charity. Their errors are usually the result of ignorance and a return of the pendulum.
The worst sufferers in the present deplorable economic condition are those who are neither capitalists nor belong to unions; and these are the majority of our men and women who, day in and day out, can be found early in the morning and late at night riding on the street cars going and coming from their arduous and unprofitable avocations. They simply exist whilst there is work and when there isn't they starve. These are the sufferers whose problem seems to be excluded from the arbitration courts of both capital and labor. The best brains and the best hearts of those who love church or state should become interested in the amelioration of their wrongs.
The nuns have arranged a raffle of five Dominican dolls for the school children. The dolls are dressed in the habit of Dominican Sisters and are very attractive. The children say they are going to hold up their end of the Carnival
Pastors: Rev. Patrick J. O'Connor, Rev, N.E. Pohl, HIland 0167
Rectory: 1368 Tamm Ave.
Teachers in School: Dominican Nuns. HIland 2171.
Convent: 1354 Tamm Ave.
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, 7:00, 8:30 and 10 o'clock.
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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 Fridays 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.
Method of supporting parish: Each wage earner is expected to give
4 per cent of his actual earnings to church or at least some percentage
weekly.
Instructions for Public School Children: Through school year on
Fridays at 4 p.m. and Sundays, 1:30 to 2:30.
Business hours: 9 a.m. to 12.
Meeting of Holy Name Society: Monday after second Sunday in each month, 8 p.m.
Meeting of St. Ann's Sodality: Tuesday after third Sunday, 8 p.m.
Meeting of Mothers' Club: First Friday at 8 p.m.
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.
Mixed marriages are to be preceded by six instructions at the Rectory.
Many of the parishioners have requested that the hours of funerals be contmued at 8:30. They say this give'S them an opportunity of working in the afternoon after attending the funeral.
The traditional time is 9 o'clock. This goes back to the days when there were carriages, when it would take an hour to go across the City and a funeral took a whole day. There seems to be a good reason for a change.
Let's Go is published to keep you informed in all that pertains to your parish. It is issued on the first Sunday of each month and can be had in the vestibule free of charge. The advertisers on its pages make possible free distribution and the congregation are reminded that they owe them practical appreciation which is interpreted in business transactions. Read over the ads,and now and then remind the advertiser that you appreciate his helpfulness to the church. A kindly word from you will make easy Mr. P.H. Murphy's efforts to hold the interest of our advertisers. Mr. Murphy has for the past several years solicited ads and kept Let's Go on a paying basis. To make some recompense for the time that he devotes, free of charge, to this work parishioners are requested to remember he is an agent for the Missouri State Life Insurance Co. and can be helped by giving him consideration when they are contemplating taking insurance. He has many attractive policies and our slogan is "why give preference to a stranger when there is a neighbor that can supply our needs as cheaply and as efficiently." We say this not only for Mr. Murphy but for all our advertisers, they are always with us and we should be always with them.
One copy of Let's Go should be sufficient for each family. There are distributed each month 750 copies and these are not enough to supply the demand. From this it is evident that more than one copy goes into many homes and that other families are deprived of their copy. Children are not apt to be considerate. Should you find your children taking more than one copy, return it at once to the vestibule.
For your convenience we make persevering efforts to distribute information. It is very irritating to have the housekeeper in the rectory and the priests constantly disturbed by requests for information concerning matters which have been frequently published in our issues.
You won't have to ask the hours of Masses or the time of Baptisms if you retain your copies of Let's Go.
In thts issue you will find a parish directory which you should retain for reference.
Miss Jane Butler, 1033 Tamm Ave., is recuperating from an abscess in the pleura.
Mrs. Delia Mahon, 1534 Tamm Ave., has come home from Mullanphy Hospital and is very proud that a woman of her age could survive so serious an operation.
John P. Lavin, 6439 Wade Ave., has been suffering from acute attack of kidney trouble and is a patient in the St. Mary's Infirmary.
There is a picture in the sitting room at the rectory of the members of the Alumni Association who in the year 1925 had breakfast in the parish hall after receiving their annual communion in the church. It is an attractive picture and is impreasive because of the numbers and the youthful vivacity of those who were present. They are among the very best of the Alumni Association and the parish points to them with pride.
"By their fruits ye shall know them" and the maturing years of past pupils and their fidelity to their faith is the best assurance their teachers can have that their labors in the school have been blessed by beneficial results.
The school means nothing unless it developes virtuous young men and women.
The association will again assemble and go to Communion in a body on the morning of Mother's Day, May 11th, at St. James Church at 7:30 o'clock. Invitations have been extended to those who no longer reside in the parish and these include more than one-third of the entire membership.
The committee in charge of arrangements includes Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hefele, Mrs. Scherzinger, Dan Murphy, Ray Dolan, Genevieve Mahon, Fred Coad, Delphina and Virginia Jones, Florence Ehle Hilton, Chas Heil, Jr., Helen Dolan Walsh, Mary McCauley, and the officers of the association which are: President, Mr. Arnold Clegg; Vice-President, Mr. John Moore; Secretary, Miss Helen Saxton; 1st Asst. Sec.; Rosalie Moran; 2nd Asst. Sec., Miss Mary Wack; Treasurer, Euphronius Jones; Asst. Treas., Mr. Walter Strathman.
After breakfast there will be a business meeting at which officers will be elected for the ensuing academic year and preparations will be made for the annual banquet.
The children who are being prepared, w1ll make their First Communion on Ascension Thursday, May 29th, at the 7:30 Mass. Parents of the children are expected to be with them on this momentous occasion and also receive. The official dress will be white; sample suits can be seen in the Convent and as Sister Superior can purchase cheaper if she gives an order for the whole class, it is suggested that those who wish to avail of moderate prices will give her the order. This is intended to be a convenience and the parents may or may not avail of it. Public school children who intend making their first Communion must attend class daily at 4 p.m. beginning May 5th. Certificates of Baptism must be presented by each child.
The month of May is dedicated to Mary, the Queen of Mothers.
She is the Mother of our Lord and of all His adopted children. She loves each one of them because they were purchased by the blood of her Son and through His grace bears His image on their souls. When she looks at us, she seen on us His image and loves us for His sake. The more we resemble Him in our conduct the better she will like us.
And even if we should be sinners she loves us with the love with which Christ loves the lost sheep,
O Mary, refuge of sinners, pray for us,
Many of those who went to Mass in Lent are going during the month of May.
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Tis the month of our Mother,
The blessed and beautiful days,
When our lips and our spirits
Are glowing with love and with praise,
CHORUS
All hail! to dear Mary,
The guardian of our way,
To the fairest of Queens,
Be the fairest of seasons, sweet May.
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Oh! what peace to her children,
'Mid sorrows and trials to know
That the love of their Mother
Hath ever a solace for woe.
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And what joy to the erring,
The sinful and sorrowful soul;
That a trust in her guidance
Will lead to a glorious goal.
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Let us sing then, rejoicing,
That God hath so honor'd our race,
As to clothe with our nature,
Sweet Mary, the Mother of grace.
The pastors of the parish extend their gratitude to all who contributed to the Easter Collection, The contributors undoubtedly must have made sacrifices to give as generously as they did. Many of the donations surpassed our expectations and are an indication of big heartedness, affection and loyalty.
The collection this year was about $150 less than it was last year but this was to be expected because of the number that are out of work.
The church looked as neat as if it came out of a band box on Holy Week, the floors shone in a new polish of oil and wax and everything looked as spick and span and as free from dust as a convent chapel. The reason being sixteen ladies of the parish volunteered to go on their knees and scrub for a whole day and assist the janitor and Nuns in polishing and decorating.
Among those present were Mesdames Cullen, Foley, Plengemeier, Engelhardt, Wiber, Dieckhaus, Moore, J. Kelley, Menner, Ready, Marshall, Griffin, Doering, Corbett, Cooper, and Menner, Jr.
The ladies dined with Father O'Connor and a sumptuous lunch was served in the Cafeteria by Mesdames Klasek, B.P. Brady, Lott, Meyer, Lambert and Sauer.
Many of them returned a second day to complete the decoration and the sisters gave the finishing touch to everything. The ladies who assisted said the day was as happy as any they ever spent at a picnic. This may be attributed to their good dispositions and their fine health of body and soul. LADIES WE THANK YOU.
Mrs. John A. Bisso, 6317 W. Park Ave., fell and broke her hand. She has suffered a great deal.
Mr. Stephen Boyer, 6705 Garner Ave., has a recurrence of an abscess on the lung. He underwent nine operations a few years ago for this trouble and was considered completely cured.
Mr. Wm. McGann, 1301 Childress Ave., has recuperated so much that he has gone back to work.
John Jones, 1518 Sulphur Ave., has been a patient in St. John's Hospital as a result of a brick falling on his head at the Scullin steel plant.
At a meeting of the South Forest Park Improvement Association held in Dewey School Thursday, April 17th, Mr. Eberle, chairman of the Committee of Schools, reported that the chance of immediate action on a high school for the west end was vague, the committee promised further work.
The committee on Parks urged opposition to the widening of the tracks for equestrians and the erection of shacks in Forest Park for riders. The shacks promising to be the loafing places for undesirable characters. The committee also suggested that the Mounted District Station when turned back to the Park Commissioner, be retained and converted into a citizens club and the grounds be added to the A.A.A. golf links and thus make possible an 18 hole course.
The committee on taxes reported efforts made by them to oppose traffic circles at Kingshighway and Oakland and Skinker and Oakland on the grounds that the cost or these improvements would to a great extent have to be borne by the property owners on the south side of the Park. Mr. Kauffmann, Alderman for the 25th ward, informed them that the proposed circle at Kingshighway and Lindell would not cost the property owners, all rich people, adjacent to that circle, one cent, whereas the poorer tax payers south of Forest Park would have to pay approximately one-third of the cost of the circles proposed for the south side.
The Improvement Association have urged as a solution of the traffic problem in Forest Park the surfacing and widening of Clayton Road from Kingshighway to Skinker, cost to be borne by the City.
Mr. Rothenheber, chairman of this committee reported the City Hall gave his committee a kindly hearing but promised no immediate action because the available fund now on hand was not more than $25,000.
By vote, acting on recommendation of the Board of Directors, the Association decided to join the Federation of Improvement Associations.
Mr. Percy W. Schull gave an educational and interesting talk on the making of paper.
About 50 members present joined in giving him a vote of thanks.
The church and its surroundings looked very beautiful during Holy Week. The shrubbery in the yard was in leaf and the tulips were in bloom. Visitors from all over the city came on Holy Thursday and their admiration was fulsome and very delightful to listen to. Many of them wondered that a little parish like St. James could have conceived and constructed so beautiful an edifice.
The Altar of Repose in design and decoration fitted in to the general scheme of the church architecture. Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament was all that could be desired. The Holy Name kept guard before the Blessed Sacrament all night on Holy Thursday and a large congregation was present on Good Friday at the Mass ot the PreSanctified, the Tre Ore and the evening devotions.
The musical program rendered by the choir at the Three Hours attracted the admiration of all who were present. Their performance aroused deepfelt appreciation. One lady was heard remark, "it was as good as anything I ever heard at the College Church." The attendance was not as great as it was last year though all the pews in the church were occupied. This may be accounted for by the fact that the Three Hours Devotion is becoming more general and is being held in many of the parishes.
There were big congregations at all the Masses on Easter Sunday and over 1000 people went to Communion. During Lent 10,253 Communions were received.
Miss Mary Hestor Bovard, 6906 Bruno Ave., is much improved by her trip to Davenport, Ia. She was seen in church last Sunday.
Mrs. Eckhardt, 1111 Central Ave., mother of Mrs. Jirauch, is convalescing after an attack of pneumonia.
The DeSoto Council of the Knights of Columbus will make their annual Communion this year at st. James Church on Sunday, May 18th, at 7:30 o'clock Mass.
Their coming is a compliment to the parish and is intended to give many of the members an opportunity of visiting the New Church and observing its attractions.
The Mothers Club will be hostess at breakfast and the young ladies of the parish who may serve at table will be selected from those who shall march in the procession at the crowning of the Statue of the Blessed Virgin on Mothers Day.
On the last occasion when the Council were guests of the parish an informal entertainment followed the breakfast and humor and laughter punctuated the various speeches and distinguished the speakers. A very pleasant time is anticipated and the Council will have a hearty welcome.
An early Mass for the convenience of those going on touring trips will be said each Sunday at 5:30 in St. James Church beginning the first Sunday of June and continuing till the last Sunday in September.
An effort will be made to have the congregation leaving the church as the Angelus bell rings. To make this possible Sodalities will go to Communion at the 7 o'clock Mass and announcements will be curtailed.
The summer schedule for Sunday Masses goes into effect Sunday, June 1st, and will continue for three months. First Mass, 5:30; Second Mass, 7:00; Third Mass, 8:30 ; High Mass, 10:00.
It will be noted, an hour and a half intervenes between Masses.
On Sunday, April 20th, Thos. A. Foy, 35 years old, died at his home, 5912 W. Park Ave. after a lingering illness. An hour before his death he received the last Sacraments with great devotion and continued to pray until the moment of death and was encouraged to do so by his wife, Maria, and his two little girls, Florence and Gertrude, who repeated with him the prayers for the dying.
He was a street car conductor and a member of an old family of St. Malachy's Parish. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. J. Foy, now reside in the parish at 1054 Forest Ave. His two girls attend the parochial school and are numbered amongst the cleverest and best pupils. Mr. Foy was a neat, clean cut young fellow, deeply religious and much beloved by all who knew him. His exacting labors as a conductor gave him little time for parish activities, consequently his acquaintanceship with parishioners was limited. Since he became ill he frequently received Holy Communion; though he felt it difficult to reconcile himself to parting with his family he accepted with great fortitude his illness and faced death with resignation. To his bereaved ones we extend our deep sympathy and request prayers for his repose. May he rest in peace.
Miss Jeanette Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith of St. James Parish, was married in the Rectory April 22, 1930, to George Loesche, a non-Catholic of 5929 Spalding Ave.
Mr. Loesche received six instructions before his marriage and is now fully informed as to his wife's code of morals. He seemed to think all the more of her because of what she believes to be right and wrong. He promised to respect her conscientious viewpoint of Christian life.
Norman Friedrich, 1444 Gregg Ave.
Ulysses Gregory Grant, 1365 Louisville Ave.
Thomas Edward Placke, 1032 Tamm Ave.
Joseph Edward Lavin, 6439 Wade Ave.
Susan Teresa O'Gorman, 6459 Lloyd Ave.
Joseph Edward Liston, 6018a Loretta St.
April 27th was a big day for the Epiphany Parish and Rev. Joseph English, a former assistant of St. James Parish. It marked the completion of 19 years' effort and the cornerstone was laid for a new church which completes the program of parochial buildings. Though the cornerstone was laid the church is almost completed and His Grace, the Arch, bishop, announced that if there was a delay of a few weeks there could be a double ceremony of cornerstone laying and dedication. He attributed this to the progressiveness of the congregation and their pastor.
The church is a brick edifice that has a seating capacity of about 700. It is Romanesque in style and elegant in construction and design, though it cost only $100,000 it is all that could be desired for a congregation that has been under a constant building strain. It is commodious, devotional and neat. We congratulate Father English and his enthusiastic congregation.
The John P. Dolan Realty Company announces the opening of a Building Department, specializing in the building of residential property in the western part of St. Louis and St. Louis County. This department will be under the management of Lon Hunicke, who will be connected with the above mentioned firm on and after April 25, 1930. Lon Hunicke has had many years of building experience, operating in the northwestern part of St. Louis and St. Louis County. The John P. Dolan Realty Company has operated in the western part of St. Louis for the past 22 years.
1432a Tamm - Dandy 4 room, all modern brick flat - $42.50.
6418a Lloyd - 5 room brick fiat, hardwood floors, garage $40.00.
6447a Dale - 5 room brick single flat - $30.00. 2607a Ecoff - 3 room brick flat, bath - $22.50.
6021a Manchester -5 room brick flat, bath $25.00.
6426 Lloyd - 7 room wonderful residence. all conveniences, large yard.
6237 - 41 Clayton - 3 large rooms, automatic oil burner heat, electric refrigeration, Pullman kitchen - $55.00.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Kehm manifested the respect in which she was held by the local community when a large congregation assisted at the Mass of Requiem held in St. James Church on Monday, April 28th.
During the Mass and whilst the remains were borne from the church her sons George. Hugo, Otto, Paul and William were in tears as were many of the others present.
Mrs. Kehm and her husband, Louis, have been old settlers and resided where the family now lives, at 1333 January Ave., for many years. She was a woman who devoted all her time to her family except the hours she gave to help a neighbor in distress. Her boys are fine manly young fellows and their deep affection for their mother and their grief for her loss is a tribute to her character.
Her death was the remote result of an accident. A year ago she fell in her home and cancer resulted from a contusion of the breast caused by a chair. After the cancer was removed pneumonia set in which resulted in her death. She received the Last Sacraments and was well prepared to meet her God. May she rest in peace.
The Committee on the Parochial School Picnic are busy planning to give the children a good time. Through the kindness of Mr. Eberle a permit to hold a picnic in Carondelet Park on June 4 was obtained.
A supper to raise funds was given in the School Hall last Tuesday evening. There were over 175 present.
UNCLE HENRY'S LETTER
Ma4 4, 1930
dear Charlie:
"step right this way, ladies and gentlemen and get your tickets for the big show which is just about to commence on the inside. St. James Consolidated Carnivals of America; I make no exageration, ladies and gentlemen, when i say that this is the world's greatest collection of carnival attractions ever shown under a single top."
"we have wild animals that have never been tamed and tame animals that never get wild. tame or wild, our animals are all trained - they do things. they talk - they sing - they entertain - an how. stand close, friends, an let me tell you all about it."
"Teeny, the fat lady! we dent advertise our fat lady, folks, because we have so many fat ladies they are no attraction. Bono the thin boy, who has to stand with his brother to cast a shadow."
"madam Lawless, worlds premier chance seller; only folks, when the madam sells you a chance it is an absolute certainty. you either win or lose, friends, you take no chance. the madam dont even give you a chance, ladies and gentlemen, she is an artist who believes that quickness of the hand deceives the eye, and entertains the mind."
"over here we have Klasek, "the miracle worker" the lady who feeds 300 children with a spoon and a dish. just think of it folks, she has so many children she has to live in two shoes, and the're both crowded. Klasek, the wonder girl; how we wonder what she wonders - step inside, folks, and see for yourself."
"Also, frau Wack, the mind reader, who tells her husband what he did before he did it; where he was before he got there. bring your husbands in ladies and learn the secrets they have been keeping from you; come in yourself; you'll be surprised at your own thoughts".
Just to the left you see Riegel, the bearded man. - no moustach, but what a beard, captured in the wilds of St. Bernards and brought to civilization at tremendous expense. he is the bear man; he walks; he talks; he acts like a bear; in fact he was a little bare when he was born. next we have Murphy, who roars like a lion; every time he roars, his wife knows he's lyin; Ryan the wizard, by the simple manipulation of a piece of pipe he converts gasoline into profit; and last but not least, the marvelous Loyet, who changes ordinary fiowers into bouquets, before your very eyes,- marvelous,- marvelous."
"Purchase your tickets at this window and don't crowd. it costs you nothing to get in, and we promise to let you out, - we hold no one for ransom. Unlike most things you get for nothing, this show is worth every cent of it."
no, charlie, 1 have not gone off my nut, i am only doin wot every body else around here is doin, bally-hooing for our carnival on account of it is to raise funds for the Convent, an so the whole parish is organized an "pluggin" for it to be a big success. if you cant attend, charlie, at least buy a few chances an win some of the wonderful prizes we are giving away.
we had a fine time the other evening at a manufacturers dinner which Marge Kletzker an her committee give at the school hall to raise funds for the school picnic. A few fellers though, was disappointed like geo. wiber figured it would be like most of these dinners an he wouldn't get enough to eat to fill his eye tooth, an so he ate a good hearty meal before he went to the dinner an then wen they started bringin out a wonderful assortment of food includin hot biskets an jam, an about six kinds of Heils sausage, he was kicken hisself because he was full an didnt have no apertite. i aint got no sympathy for him, or any body else that is a slave to there stomach. he should of been satisfied with a "snack" like arthur Pahl only ate a sandwich an piece of pie with a glass of milk before he went to the dinner an so he had plenty of room for a couple of helpings an the dozen or more biskets he got by havin a stand-in with mary Murphy.
martin Co ad took ray Dolan and the Pastor on a fishin trip ware they wus plenty of fish, an they was just as many after there trip as before. they tried every kind of bait an every trick known to the fishing art an the fish only give em a sly look. wen ray seen they was too smart for ordinary methods he tried to get there attention by offering choice bits of Dale Ave. real estate in the form of fat, squirming worms, and martin offered a nice ride to town on his Missouri Pacific pass. but they was on a buyers strike and just swam off wavin there tales. they wouldnt even listen wen the Pastor delivered one of his best sermons, an so the "boys" come home weary and unburdened.
your pertickler friend & uncle
HENRY
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