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 appeal made in the last issue of Let's Go brought a generous response. One family who had not contributed during the year, sent a check of $200; another sent $25.00 coverning dues for the past quarter. There were many other indications of a spirit of co-operation and goodwill such as donations from wage-earners who have returned to work and first payments from new families. We have accumulated $5,000 with which to meet the principal note but we are short $1,625 to meet the interest. We have till November 15 to meet the demand.
Our method of raising funds is one based on honor and faith. It supposes the individual parishioner to be conscientious and just.
The Church and School is a community interest operated for the Glory of God and spiritual welfare of every member of the flock. Each individual has a moral responsibility to contribute in accordance to his ability to earn.
Unfortunately only a few of our parishioners are even moderately well off and many of them have been unemployed or working halftime. Only a spirit of self-sacrifice and a kindly insight into parish needs inclines the majority of the congregation to give. If they were looking for excuses they could easily find them, but they brush these aside, they know the church would starve in a poor neighborhood unless a majority of the congregation were willing to give even out of their necessities.
We are therefore very grateful to all our contributors. Their generosity and sacrifice make it possible for us to conduct a church as we think it should be conducted. The Gospel is preached on Sunday every minute of the limited time there is at Mass. There is no irritation or humiliations caused by "money talks." Pews are open to all. Rich and poor have the same standing in church and school and the dignity of the Ritual is maintained in all devotional exercises.
Your contributions, dear parishioner, are known to yourself. We keep a record of those you enclose under your name and place in the collection basket or mail us. God knows the sacrifices you make to keep His Church and School operating in St. James Parish. Unless there were people in the parish ready and willing to stand behind the Pastors and Nuns, their efforts would be hopeless.
Please do the best you can in making contributions to the Church. Your generous co-operation is needed especially under the stress of these hard times to meet the current operating expenses and the note now due. If possible make, at your earliest convenience, at least a partial donation on back dues.
The week of November 1 has been designated for the appeal of the "Archbishop's Emergency Charity Fund." and an intensive effort will be made in every Catholic parish in the City and County to raise sufflcient funds to provide relief for those in distress due to unemployment
There will be no set goal, the Archbishop announces, but every parish will be expected to raise as much money as possible. It is planned that each parish be districted in blocks with a committee of 2 assigned to each block for a door-to-door canvass.
The fund is to be disbursed through the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, says His Grace, and those Catholic Charities engaged in caring for the poor, and relieving the needy.
The Archbishop emphasized that it was not intended that the appeal, the first of its kind ever made in St. Louis, should in any way interfere with the customary support given the various established Catholic Charities of the city. This fund, he added. is only intended to supplement the ordinary budgets of the charities engaged in relief of the poor that are hard pressed at this critical time of depression, and will parallel the other relief activities of St. Louis. "We want to co-operate with every established agency engaged in similar work," he said. "There is no question here of isolation, we propose to work in harmony with one another and with the various agencies already established."
Besides the relief question, employment is to be given attention and committees are to be formed in every parish to find employment for those out of work and if there be positions not open, to create them.
"In present day Russia," His Excellency asserted, "places of worship were sacked and sacred vessels desecrated. But I say to you. if it is necessary to relieve the needy we must he ready to melt down the sacred vessels of the temple. We have to relieve the needy and find employment for the unemployed. The crisis must pass but there is the danger that confronts the American people when they are reduced to the starvation line. What we must do is go out and feed and clothe these people. Now, what I propose is that we do something ourselves for our people.
"All I have said is in the hope that our three or foul hundred thousand Catholics will rise to the full height of their Catholic faith and do what they can. God willing and God helping, I suggest an organization throughout all the parishes to aid in the relief of the sick the down-trodden and the poor, and to aid in employing those unemployed, and to co-operate with all others engaged in a similar work."
The organization in each parish will be as follows: Honorary chairman, the Pastor; active chairman, a layman directly responsible to the Pastor; a district director and field workers. In this drive St. James Parish is listed as district 14 and number 51.
Lo! Winter's here, by dreary woes attended,
And at his frown how many hide in fear -
To shield the poor be all our power expended,
In joyful giving and in kindly cheer,
For Nature shows to every heart its duty,
'Tis Heaven's voice the suffering to relieve;
Birds give praise to God in songs of beauty;
The poor, then help, and lighten hearts that grieve:
Go charity! sweet and bright-purest blessing!
Go bear to hearts thy dear gifts of delight!
And with loving voice thy tender mercy and caressing
Give to the needy, give thy mite!
Fair Charity the plea of sorrow heedeth,
And dries the tears of sad and weary eyes;
With saintly grace whenever suffering pleadeth,
She stands an Angel of pity from the skies!
Let every heart in blessed imitation
Do of its best to cheer life's weary way;
The smile of God, oh, sweetest compensation;
The rich reward to comfort thee each day!
Charity! sweet and bright, purest blessing;
Go bear to hearts thy dear gifts of delight.
And with thy tender voice thy mercy and caressing
Give to the needy, give thy mite!Old Song and Cooper
At a meeting of St. Ann's Sodality, Tuesday evening, October 20. 1931, the following officers were elected for the coming year: Mrs. B. Plengemeier, President: Mrs. J. Foley, Vice-President; Mrs. W. Griffin, Secretary; Mrs. J. Wack, Assistant Secretary; Mrs. E. Nixon, Treasurer; Mrs. C. McDonnell, medal bearer; Mrs. M. Cooper, assistant medal bearer. These ladies will be installed at the next regular sodality meeting in November.
The Emergency Drive that is being organized by the Archbishop will give you an opportunity of expressing in a practical way your sympathy for the poor and distressed: possibly you might be one of the distressed and unemployed yourself and will appreciate the effort that is being made to help you.
Christ's Church should not remain inactive in relieving distress, especially at a time like this when there are so many individuals and families who, through no fault of their own, are in the actual grip of starvation.
Those who are moderately fixed won't have to walk very far from their homes to find families in which the parents are almost distracted trying to find a bite for the many little mouths of famished children whose appetites are not appeased by the theories and discussions that are being carried on by the Press about depression. They have heard enough or talk; they want bread and milk, vegetables and meat, money to pay rent, gas bill and water rates.
It is appalling to think or a family being without food, clothes, but the facts are evident to anyone who takes a sympathetic interest in the less fortunate members of this or any other community. Their mental distress is not modified by the fact that their gas, electric light and water supply will be cut off if they fail to pay their mouthly bills, and in a great many instances landlords, often perhaps under the stress of their own difficulties, are compelled to give a notice to vacate.
There are innumerable families in the City of St. Louis who are scantily clad and who have entirely insufflcient beds and blankets - not at all enough to stand the cold winds of Winter and its impelling hardships in a house that is poorly heated.
Perhaps you have never felt the stress of hard times and have no idea what it means to come home from work to a shivering, half-starved family. You enter a "warm, well-kept home that is neatly furnished and comfortable, you sit on a lounge, remove your shoes perhaps, and put on your slippers; you take the newspaper and smoke a cigarette or a cigar whilst you are awaiting an appetizing meal that's about to be placed on the table. You may be even thinking of going to a show or a prizefight - you are a lucky fellow and ought to be thankful to the Almighty God who has blessed you with so much prosperity. How about dividing up a little with those that are starving? Yes! I know, you are having a hard time yourself, meeting your weekly and monthly bills at the grocery store and the office, but you haven't cut out any luxuries. When you realize what constitutes the bare necessities of life you will appreciate how well off you are, and, perhaps be a little scrupulous about the money that you are now wasting on luxuries such as dainty foods, sweets, chocolates, smokes, picture shows, plays, automobiles, cards, etc. You are not asked to impoverish yourself that you might contribute something substantial to the poor, you are simply requested to taper off a little bit in your luxuries and give what you thus can spare to those who are in need.
How much should you give? Well -- you will have to make an estimate yourself as to how much you can afford but before doing so write a list of the unnecessary things that you eat and drink and use or employ for pleasure or social standing, be just in stating the cost of these things for one year, then add up the total cost and divide the sum by 2: half of the luxuries you will keep for yourself but the cost or the other half at least give to the poor.
The collectors for St. James Parish intend making their visit a day early, they prefer Sunday to week evenings and will endeavor to call on every family today, November 1, between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock. If they should not reach you within that time give them an one-half hour's grace, and if they fail to arrive expect them the next evening after supper. Please stay home.
The Archbishop has taken the bull by the horns. He has decided to keep St. Vincent de Paul Society independent of the Community Fund and the Citizen's Committee and is makind a sparate appeal to the people of St . Louis and St. Louis county for the purpose of establshing a fund to he called "Archbishop's Emergency Charity Fund."
He will disburse this fund, he said, through the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and those Catholic Charities engaged in caring for the poor and relief of the needy regardless of race, color or creed.
St. Vincent de Paul Society has probably a closer contact with the poor than any other charitible organization in the City. Its field workers are local volunteers, thoy keep their records in their brains and hearts. They know the case with the intimate knowledge of a neighbor, they carry little red tape, and ask few questions. Their main ambition is to help in the least humiliating manner the involuntary idle and the self- respecting poor, regardless of religion, race or color. The persons who operate this Society are with the exception of a few stenographers in the main offive volunteers who work without pay. They give to the poor 99c out of every dollar they collect, and in all probability will distribute this Emergency Fund without taking from it one-half of one per cent.
In a very short time the weather will be cold and many children who are living far from the school and cannot go home to lunch will be glad to avail themselves or the lunch which is being provided by the Mothers' Club under the direction of Mrs. Chas. Klasek, 6212 Victoria Avenue.
She is busy marking arrangements to have sufficient service and will gladly accept the help of any lady in the parish who is willing to give one day in the week in the lunchroom to provide hot and nutritious lunch for the school children.
The volunteer is given the privilege of selecting her own day but she must be regular or arrange with another lady to act as substitute. She shall arrive in the cafeteria at 10 a.m. and will be free to leave at 1:30 p.m. There are ladies in the parish who for several years have been sacrificing their time and it is doubtful if many of the parents of the children who are served are sufficiently well acquainted with them to give them a nod on a Sunday, but they don't mind this indifference to their labor and sacrifice, they aren't working for social distinction, they are simply the little servants of Christ working in the interest of His church and in that department where the seed is sown they give a helping hand towards the spread of Catholic education and Christian principles. You are asked to be one of those and if you can find time vour assistance will be greatly appreciated by the pastors and the nuns.
You can earn for the Mothers' Club 25c if you attend with St. James Mothers' Club members a demonstration on cooking at the Laclede Gas Co. auditorium, 1017 Olive Street, next Thursday, November 5, between the hours of 2 and 4 P.M. The Mothers' Club think this is a good opportunity for getting together a little cash to give free lunches to poor children and request that in your charity you will endeavor to interest other ladies to accompany you. It isn't necessarv that they should be from the parish or Catholic, just request them to come along and they will be treated with the greatest cousideration.
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All Souls' Day is a memorial day for our Christian dead. To some it is a welcome reminder of a duty which our natural affection cherishes and our faith approves. Time blots out the deep-cut lettering on monuments and it does something too with our hearts and memories. We easily forget our dead.
The clarion call of the Church awakens us from forgetfulness and reminds us it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they be loosed from their sins. Prayers entwined with memories are pleasing tributes to place on a tomb; flowers wither and are not seen by the dead, but the blossoms in a spiritual bouquet are presented by God's angels to souls in Purgatory, and your loved one will know of your prayers because a prayer for one in Purgatory is like a summer shower. It brings relief or hope.
Belief in Purgatory is rational enough, though there are many rational people who without giving the matter sufficient thought, shrug their shoulders and in other ways signify their dislike for the whole business. These may champion freedom of the press, free speech, etc., but they stop short when it comes to freedom from prejudice. This is a freedom they do not claim; by some psychological law the human mind binds itself to blindness and it is even so unfair it will not allow itself to think.
I consider Purgatory, apart entirely from the teaching of the Church, as being very reasonable, and this is the mental process by which I arrive at my conclusion: The human family as a whole, as far as can be judged from its records, have believed in the immortality of the soul. I have in mind not only the illiterate savage whose inclinations are considered the tongue of nature itself, but also, scholars whose writings are most prized and whose merit is acknowledged by each succeeding generation. That the soul is immortal or never dies, is a conclusion arrived at by nearly all these men. True - it is not a scientific fact but the greatest scientists have on other grounds accepted immortality as a truth.
The whole scheme of Christianity supposes a hereafter and a Kingdom of living souls, or Immortality. And were the whole human family uncertain or adverse to this truth, a person who is a Christian and believes that Christ is God, is reasonable in believing it.
Purgatory is a rational conclusion if one believes there is in the hereafter a just appreciation of love and sacrifice and a repulsion to wickedness and sin.
Our experience of human beings makes us soon realize the sordid selfishness of some and the nobility and goodness of others. This difference might be condoned and attributed to temperament, education, infirmity or progenitors, so that the ordinary individual after death might be expected to pass into eternity and enjoy a communism of reward - the imperfect receiving the same as the perfect and the selfish as much as the unselfish. Our human judgment will not approve of this and say it is just. We are inclined to believe at least in a graduation or a proportionate recompense, the perfect receiving more than the selfish.
But how about deliberate cut-throat deviltry continued through life and unrepented of at death? The kind that knows no mercy and cannot be too diabolically cruel in torturing his fellow men? The venemous brute that will kill children and women with the cold calculating accuracy of an adding machine and who will calmly sit at his supper after a murder as one of the rest of us might after killing a rabbit? Is he to receive a reward after death? Is the God of the Christian so blind and deaf to cruelty and injustice as to greet the culprit with a smile of kindly regard and approval, or, are the heart-rending shrieks of the murdered ones still ringing in His ears?
Decide for yourself what justice demands!
But I have depicted an extreme case. I will be more human. I shall exhibit a Purity Jones, a gladhander who won the confidence of many and cheated until many a victim wondered at his capacity to be a sucker and found his family without food. We will suppose Mr. Jones to be ill and dying after a long life that was not as conspicuous for a keen conscience in matters pertaining to his neighbor's property as it might have been. In fact, Mr. Jones' dealings up to the time of his illness in many instances would not bear a strict investigation; but when he found that there was imminent danger of his passing into eternity, the teaching of a good mother came back to his memory and lessons that long since were forgotten became vivid to his memory. His mind also became active, "Mr. Jones," he said to himself, "you have been, a D-- scoundrel, you have cheated many and now you are to stand before the judgment Throne of God." This thought perturbed him immensely and his soul became tormented with fear and anxiety. In this mood he reflected bitterly of the folly of his life and called upon God's angels to witness his repentance. He even resolved, that should he get well, he would spend the rest of his days in making an effort to compensate to some extent those whom he had most grievously defrauded, but Mr. Jones had completed the space of time that was given to him to live and now his probation was over and he was standing in the presence of an All-just-Judge.
His tears were observed and the infirmity of his nature was accurately measured but the advocate of justice held out before his vision a long and ugly record that must have involved the peace and happiness of some with whom he made contracts whilst on earth. There was one especially that emphasized his chicanery, he had coldbloodedly defrauded a widow, the mother of seven orphans of her little home and savings and she had through his villainy been compelled to separate from her children who became inmates in orphan homes.
Do you who doubt there is a Hell, conceive of a court and a judge who would decide that Mr. Jones' tears were sufficient reparation for all the injuries he had done? Do you portray, in your fancy of what happens in the hereafter, a court or a judge who is forever analyzing and examining the good and the bad in each man's life and rendering a favorable sentence to everyone? Does He say to the murderer the same sweet words that He says to the saint, and is there any rebuke for Mr. Jones? Is He a judge who keeps forever repeating, "Heaven," "Heaven," "Heaven" to the whole cheating lying crowd of charlatans that pass before Him?
If it were so, my tortured imagination would find some relief to hear someone call out in the way of justice, "Hell and Purgatory."
The whole scheme of morals and religion is ridiculous unless there is a reward and a punishment after death.
The Catholic Church speaks like a thoughtful conscientious judge and says there is eternal damnation for the unrepentant wicked, a Heaven for the just and perfect and a place of purgation for repentant sinners and slight offenders against the Laws of God. It also teaches that God approves of friendship and listens to appeals made by the just for those who are in Purgatory. If you love the memory of dear departed relatives and friends you wlll do them a service by prating for them.
P.J. O'C.
William J. Volz, age 62, president of the Volz Fire Clay Co., died after a lingering illness of nearly two years on Oct. 6th at the Gittens home, 6153 Victoria Ave. He was born in the Frisco Park District which in his childhood was known as Frenchtown and spent the greater part of his life in this community.
Before establishing the Volz Fire Clay Co. in 1913 he had been general manager of the Evans & Howard Clay Co. and in this and his own factory he had direct supervision of hundreds of workmen, the majority of whom, it is reported, regarded him as a man of fine sympathies and high ideals. He has many intimate friends by whom he was much beloved and the urgent appeal of one in distress made him others who regarded him as a benefactor.
Several weeks previous to his death he suffered excruciating tortures and bore them with patience and Christian fortitude. His character and manhood were tested by these trials and he remained considerate and gentle under every affliction.
His sister, Mrs. Lucy Gittens, and her family rendered him every kindness and assistance that it was possible to give to a sufferer. They shared his agony over a long period of weeks and became more endeared to him because of his helplessness.
He frequently received Communion during his illness and would insist the priest recite appropriate prayers with him.
His wake and funeral were attended by a considerable gathering and on Oct. 9th after solemn requiem Mass his remains were borne to Calvary Cemetery. May he rest in peace.
Patrick J. Ludden
Edward Francis Pierce
Mary A. Wilson
Margaret M. Rehagen
Bridget M. Foy
Margaret C. Newman
Paul Colombo
Elizabeth Christman
James J. Carr
Michael J. Shelley
Joseph Lesyna
Julia Hasty
Amelia Carreras
Della Purcell
Anna Bosche
Bertha Bond
Ella M. Kelly
Patrick J. Phelan
Margaret W. Ryan
William J. Volz
Baby Rita Schmaltz
They took with them only their good deeds. The only worthwhile friends they now have are those that pray for them. Some were children adopted by Christ and taken by Him without any deserts of their own into the joy of the blessed.
Jack Houlihan, representing all the young people's societies and sodalities in the parish, reports that the young folk are united in presenting a play, "The Whole Town Is Talking," at Yale Hall, 7141 Manchester Avenue, on Wednesday, November 11. The cast was selected at a meeting held October 20, presided over by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Staab and Jack Houlihan. Those assigned a part are Margaret O'Shaughnessy, Jerry O'Connell, Betty .Kavanaugh, Ida McCauley, Florence Wack, Jack Coad, Charles Corbett, Glennon Burke, Mary Corbett, Florence Wilsdon, Veronica Coad and Jack Houlihan.
Ads for the Program are being solicited by Jack Houlihan. Margaret O'Shaughnessy, Rita Ward, Charles Corbett, Harold Thompson, Florence Wilsdon, and the entire athletic group are soliciting patrons. The greatest progress has been made by Jack Houlihan who has received donations from among his immediate relatives and acquaintances to the amount of $85. He is very modest about his success and would not have revealed it were it not that other members knew of the tickets that were assigned to patrons. Undoubtedly all the workers will endeavor to find at least one patron among their friends. A patron's donation of $1.50 entitles him to two of the best reserved seats that are open, and to having his name published in the program. Tickets 50c. Reservattons 15c additional.
The money raised from this play will go into a fund that will be directly in the hands of the young folk for improvements in the hall and other recreational needs.
Many of our young people who get married regretfully have to leave this community because a suitable residence cannot be found in the parish or the rents demanded are higher than they are in other parts of the city. Fortunately, developers of real estate and contractors are realizing this and building activities have not diminished this year in this locality. Seven modern bungalows have been erected on Lloyd Avenue and several individual residences in other sections. There are ten homes now under construction on Louisville Avenue between Dale and Nashville. There is a big call for flats and few in the market.
The Masses on the Feast of All Souls' Day at St. James Church will begin at 5:30 a.m. There will be five Masses, each on the half hour, until 7:30 when there will be a High Mass that will be followed about 8:30 by a low Mass.
The High Mass is a memorial Mass for all the dear departed whose names shall be listed on the Purgatorian Society lists and returned to us.
A daily memento will be made of the souls whose friend volunteers to become a living member of our Purgatorian Society, and a Mass on the First Friday of each month will be offered for them.
To become a living-member sign your name as such on the sheet and give your address and $1 dues.
Advantage to be derived by living members consists of a memento in every Mass said by the Spiritual Director and a participation in the Mass on the First Friday, also assurance that if death should come within the year there will be three Masses offered for your repose.
Obligations: Attend the Mass on the First Friday and offer Communion frequently for living and deceased members. A reasonable cause excuses from this obligation.
On Wednesday evening, November Virgin Mother's Sodality will hold a card Party and Lotto in St. James School Hall. Tickets 35c or three for $1.
It has been decided that children attending the Lotto will play in the girls' playroom. The Lotto will be in charge of Mary Smith, Amelia Masperi, Ruth Wynne, Helen Quirk, Virginia Jones, Eleanor Egli, Genevieve Saxton. The Bridge Game: Margaret McDonnell, Rosemary Wiss, Ethel Irvin. The Euchre: Margaret Irvin, Nell Walker.
Prizes are being solicited by all members of the Sodality. They will appreciate a donation or prize, the same may be given to any of the above mentioned.
Two tickets will be mailed each girl eligible to membership in the Sodality, and each is requested to donate or solicit two or more prizes. Returns on prizes shall be made to Mary Lawless, 1139 Childress, or Genevieve Mahon, 1534 Tamm Avenue.
A Toties Quoties Indulgence to benefit poor Souls from noon Sunday to Monday midnight - a plenary indulaence as often as a visit is made to a church-usual conditions.
Miss Frances Doering, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Doering, 6432 Wade Avenue, and Michael Newport, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Newport, 6420 Wade Avenue, a nephew of the late Father Coffee, were married at St. James Church from Nuptial Mass by Father O'Connor, October 7 and were given an unusual manifestation of goodwill by their neighbors and pastors. The day previous to their marriage the residents in the neighboring blocks gave them a shower awl many of them met to discuss plans for maklng the nuptials a happy and notable occasion. Father O'Connor entered wholeheartedly into the scheme of making the wedding a parochial event of unusual imnortance.
The church was decorated elaborately at the parish expense. A new and attractive antependium was placed for the first time on the altar. The music of the Mass was elaborate and many candles burned among a profusion or the biggest and most beautiful chrysanthemums that could he found in the flower market. The church was well filled with parishioners, relatives and admirers, and Miss Carreras was at her best when playing the wedding march. Mr. Thompson, the janitor, made the church bells peal with the delight that was in his heart as the bride, accompanied by her father, entered the church preceded by the bridesmaid, Miss Rosemary Newport, sister to the groom. Michael, the groom, attended by John Doering, awaited the approach of the bride at the altar.
The bride wore a gown of white satin on princess lines, trimmed with rhinestones. A beautiful long lace veil was fitted to her head with pearl bands and she carried a bouquet of white roses and lillies of the valley. Her only jewelry was a heavy gold chain and cross, the same worn bv her mother on her wedding day. The bridesmaid was gowned in a pale green taffeta with a close-fitting green maline hat. She carried pink roses.
Michael and Franccs are Alumni of the parochial school, as are the attendants. They have been among the most faithful of the graduates. Since they became big enough to run errands they have been actively engaged i in church work. Frances has had charge of the book rack and has assisted the clergy frequently in counting collections, mailing statements and other clerical work. Michael is never too busy to take the pastors to wakes and sick calls.
The wedding breakfast was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Doering and neighbors assisted and participated in the festivities until late in the evening. The young couple now reside at 6l05a Clayton Avenue, and are having many callers. Let's Go extends to them its good wishes and congratulations. It so happens that the book for recording marriages covering a period of several years was filled and Michael and Frances are the first to have their names in the new record.
Kathleen Dorothy Murphy, 1407 Tamm Ave.
Margaret Anna O'Brien, 6423 Nashville Ave.
John Joseph Hofstetter, 1319 Ripple Street.
Mary Patricia Gallaher, 6512 W. Park Ave.
Marilyn Frances Worstenholm, 1448a Tamm Avenue.
Mary Katherine Cook, 5917 Nashville Ave.
Purgutorian sheets and envelopes can be had today in church.
Spencer Coleman, 6902 Magnolia Ave., had his appendix removed recently.
Emmet. F. Schooley, age 42, husband of Bernice, nee Corcoran, died suddenly at his home, 1514 Louisville Ave., of acute heart attack. His wife went on an errand after supper and when she returned she found him dead in the bathroom. He was a contractor and builder and was not affiliated with any church. Deep sympathy is extended to his bereaved ones.
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Peter LaGarce, 1309 Graham Ave., was necessitated to have one or his eyes taken out last week because of an infection.
The marriage of Miss Ann Margaret Crotty, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Crotty, l423 Tamm Ave., to Richard Weingartner, St. Louis, took place October 17th at St. James Church and attracted a great deal of interest because of the unusual formality that accompanied the ceremony, the attractiveness of the bride, and the peculiar distinction her father, Mr. Crotty, has in parish circles as an outstanding parishioner of pleasing personality and notable virtue.
The formality unusual to marriages in St. James Church consisted of an awning from the street to the door of the church, a canvas spread along the aisle to the altar rails and a full retinue of attendants.
The bridesmaid, Miss Grace Weingartner, the groom's sister, was effectively gowned in pale green satin with green velvet hat and plume to match.
Mrs. M.J. Lanahan and Mrs. Walter Adams Mack of Chicago were matrons of honor. Mrs. Lanahan wore an orchid satin gown with velvet hat and plume. Mrs. Mack also wore a velvet hat and plume with a peach colored gown.
The best man was Dr. Joseph P. Costello of St. Louis. The groomsmen were Arthur L. Merriman of Milwaukee and M.J. Lanahan of Chicago.
Mr. Harold Gilmore of New Orleans and Mr. Paul Daniels served as ushers.
Father O'Connor, pastor, officiated.
The attractive bride who was given in marriage by her father, Mr. Joseph M. Crotty, was exceptionally lovely. She wore an exquisite gown of lustrous ivory satin made into a tight fitting bodice and rosepoint lace bertha, long close-fitting satin sleeves terminating with a cuff of rosepoint lace. The graceful skirt flared from the waist ending in a petal shaped train. Hanging from the shoulders was a handsome court train of embroidered satin and tulle and rose point lace lined with pale blue chiffon. Her veil of illusion fell from a close-fitting cap of beautiful rosepoint lace which was caught in back with a cluster of orange blossoms. She carried roses and lilies of the valley.
The elegant Gothic Church was brightly illuminated, the artistic decorations of the altar were heightened by chrysanthemums, roses and gold braided antependium.
Miss Minnie Carreras performed at the organ and Mr. Charles Heil sang in rich baritone selected and appropriate Latin hymns.
Breakfast and a reception for the bridal party and the immediate families were held at the home of the bride's parents. The bridal couple left in the afternoon for a short honeymoon to Ashville, N.C.
Other out-of-town guests were Mr. D.A. Merriman, Mr. and Mrs. John James Gilmore and Miss Betty Gilmore of Birmingham, Ala.
At the installation of Reverend John Lonergan as Pastor of St. Cronan's Church, St. Louis, October 18, the official dean of south St. Louis, Rev. O.T. Siesner, V.F., said in part:
Father Lonergan, you are by these acts officially appointed to be the pastor of St. Cronan's Church. Henceforth the people of this parish will be your Sanctuary. It will be your duty to keep them in holiness and truth and direct their steps to Heaven. They will give you obedience and co-operation because you are God's representative among them. You will watch over them as a shepherd watches over his flock. You will feed them spiritually with the Sacraments. The little ones you will love, protect and cherish with a father's love. The youth you will guide and encourage, and the older ones you will sustain and strengthen in the faith and exhort them to co-operate with you by word and example in maintaining discipline, upholding authority and extending Christ's Kingdom.
Father Lonergan, is a capable, conscientious priest and from our knowledge of people who have come to St. James Parish from St. Cronan's, the flock entrusted to his care is docile and zealous. We congratulate the parish on their pastor and the pastor on his flock and wish them many years of mutual service and happiness.
UNCLE HENRY'S LETTER
November 1, 1931.
dear Charlie:
you and me an the rest of the men are in disgrace an if you would of been here last Sunday and herd wot Father Quinn said about us you would agree with me. an understand wot we done to get that way. we are a bunch of back-sliding slackers, an Father Quinn dent care who knows it.
the occasion of our dereliction was the disgraceful lack of interest we showed in the Triduum which Father Quinn, who came all the way from Perryville, so ably conducted last week. i have to admit charlire, that the poor showing the men made must of been disgusting to the good priest, an he is justified in going back to Perryville with it rotten opinion of the men of St. James parish.
Most of em sneaked in for the last service on Sunday morning in honor of the Feast or Christ The King, but during the Thursday, Friday and Saturday services you would of thought they was a small-pox placard on the door of the church, with the exception of a handful of the old reliables, the congregation was A.W.O.L.
i dont doubt that most of em had a good excuse, like lou Riegel went out to his club house to put up the stove; eddie Cross was busy packing noodles an coffee for his Saturday delivery; charlie Klasek done a full day's work an was sick as a result; dan Murphy had to attend a very important football game; will McGann was sorry but he had some goods set which would go sour, if he didn't "pack" it; Ed Cody an john Newport has been having a run of bad luck, an was practicin with Jim O'Gorman: Ollie Dolan also had a good excuse, an so did walter Lambert an Johnnie Wack. I thought sure the Pastor would be sore on a count of so many staying away but he didn't say a word. of course, if he cant get his own nephew to attend, he aint got no lisence to condemn eny body else.
i guess you are getting ready to do your bit for the Relief Fund which the Archbishop is collecting to relieve suffering among the poor this winter. the Pastor has called in every man he could get to serve on the Committee for collecting funds, and to form a St. Vincent de Paul Society to distribute the aid where it is most needed.
they is one thing you can be assured of charlie, the fund will be used to relieve suffering, an not for organization expenses; it will buy meat and vegetables for unemployed fathers, milk for half-famished babies, coal and rent for harassed mothers; and no part will go to the support of preachers and social secretaries with a bent for "moral uplift." these are times when our efforts must be directed to feeding hungry mouths and clothing naked bodies, and it must be done where and when necessary, without the loss of time and effort created by hide-bound rules and regulations.
sum of the folks around here that are expected to contribute, have been wondering if they wont be asking for help before the winter is over. it looks like everybody is "feeling puny" in the pocket-book an if conditions dont improve we may have the unusual circumstance of the president or chief contributer to the St. Vincent de Paul Society asking the society to buy him a ton of coal.
Even the spiritual director was telling me that he might have to apply for a dole unless sum thoughtful person leads the wolf away from the rectory door. he says things are so bad, the howling of the beast keeps him awake at night.
for some time the Pastor has been very generously contributing to the needy of the neighborhood - if you don't think so ask some of the storekeepers. he should, therefore, be considerably relieved by the Relief Fund.
the Pastor was telling me about the big weddings that frances Doering an Ann Crotty had during the month, an to hear him talk you would think he is society editor for the Post-Dispatch, or Ladies Home Journal. you ought to hear him describe the way the brides was dressed. "rose-point lace on saffron chiffon"; "close fitting bodice of pale satin with jade trimming"; "flowing petal veil of madeira and tulle"; "the bride wore pale blue taffeta with maline spangles"; or sumthin like that. such super-technical terms rolled off his tongue like he was head buyer for the "ladies ready-to-wear".
oh, i guess it is all right for a priest to be conversant on all subjects, but it seemed like to me the "old boy" was getting entirely too observant for his own peace of mind. they must of been a couple of lovely brides, however, an maybe he thought he was describing angels.
your pertickler friend & uncle
HENRY.
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