Feilding

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 4, 28 January 1925, Page 30

Feilding

(From our own Correspondent.) v c /././''..'//. January. 10. ..After the rough unsettled weather " experienced during the latter partof the old year, 1925 dawned to the : tunes of singing birds and sunshine, and to the new year everyone gave ! their best smile. At early Mass old St. Brigid's was * much'.itoo'/ small for the large congregation, and it was pleasing to ' see /the/ number who approached the Holy Tab!?. For 1924 the Feilding parish .can show more progress than -it,has done/for many years past. Our much longed /for new church is well; on the | way—for , which ■ our heartiest thanks are due to the Rev. 'Father" Cahill, who is untiring in his efforts to "keep things/ moving"—both as 'parish priest and clerk of works. He is invaluable to us. The section is ;at present a' hive of industry, and the contractors— Trevor Bros., of•■•' Palmerstqn ■■;' North—expect to have, the'new house: of worship completed in / about /six-. months' time. On March 1 the Archbishop is coming up to perform the ceremony of / laying the ■ foundation stone* ' Let us hope the weather''treats us J 'better than it did Palmerston ; North on the day of the laying ox g St. Patrick's J foundation stone! ;'"//• '^ /' H is ° but seldom the Christmas season passes without leaving some home bereft of

\ ■ / a loved one. As Christmas Day dawned, =Mr. - P. J-. Kelly,'; solicitor, and highly respected ;; resident of this > town passed quietly I away to the Great Beyond. '::-; Though he :had been "in hospital fort some weeks, the-inews;of; his i death -. came J- : as i J a, shock to all, t and I tinged the Christmas festivities 1 with a sorrow that {only death can bring. The i Rev. -Father Murphy, of St.. Mary of the Angels,' Wellington (cousin' of: Mr. Kelly's);' officiated 'at ; the : interment. To Mrs. Kelly and her son, Tom, sincerest sympathy is offered.—R.LP. 7 Mr. H. E. (Mick) King, an .•: Australian, but ; for the last few/; years' -a-/ resident of this town, passed away-suddenly; on December 23. He was not very -well: known here! in Catholic.'circles,' but- during oar recent bazaar his generosity seemed unbounded. He was a great sporting enthusiast', i and as a man, seemed to have no' enemies. ■: Our sympathy goes to his mother across the Tasinan. On the result of the 1924 examinations at -our local school, our congratulations are due to the Sisters of St. Joseph, the following being the names of those pupils gaining? pi-o-ficiency certificates :William Campbell, Alex Fidler, : Cecil Warn, Emma Fraser, Kathleen Warn, Mary Marston, and Loraine Coulter. •Competency: -Constance • Enwright. ; Their music pupils were equally successful,'<those gaining passes being:-—Higher Local: Elsie Green. Intermediate: Nellie . Green and Eileen Mitchell. .Junior: Doris-Wells, K. Green, Marjorie Garrett, and Tom IMaroney. Theory (Intermediate): Phyllis Baker, Irene Benge, and Marjorie Morphy. Theory (preparatory)*: Marjorie Garrett and Tom Maroney. Hats off to our. Sisters! ; On November 26 one of the prettiest wedI ding ceremonies ever ; seen in St. Brigid's was solemnised > by the Rev. Father Oahill, the contracting parties being Kathleen, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Owen McElroy, of Feilding, and Noel, eldest son of Mr. Robert Shortall, of Colyton. Miss E. McElroy acted as bridesmaid, with little Peggy McElroy. as flower girl. Mr. Wishart Shortall capably carried out the duties of best man. The church, which was crowded with guests, was' tastefully decorated, the centre of the decorative scheme being a beautiful "wedding bell' 'of roses. '■'. This' was : the work of; the relations and friends of the bride and bridegroom. ' The' choir 'rendered .appropriate hymns throughout >- the ceremony,' while the . happy couple left the church to the strains of Mendelssohn's ; "Wedding March," the organist. being! Mrs.: Christie. May Mr. and Mrs. Shortall's married life be long and : happy. ~.]■::■.;,,_;..,,.■■;' ~;; .... ,:.,,.; > / < .. : -., ; ~<".,. .■." .The children from our local school are showing their interest in the'new church in a very practical, way., Tdwards the end of the year the junior pupils promoted small guessing competitions as a way of raising funds, and the senior 'pupils' held a miniature bazaar/'' ultimately.; augmenting the church funds to the' extent of ' about £3O. It is now going the rounds 1 that before the year, is out, we will be having another bazaar, probably to eventuate somewhere about the ( r time of the opening of the new '..'St; -Brigid's, Sand thereby .make a final effort to erase most Co* the debt that may be owing on the new building. After ~> all, ! it is ;r a good thing to

"strike-.while: the iron- is hot" v and; catch: all and sundry when they are so interested. On Thursday, January 8, a dear little baby girl came as; a, New . Year gift to Mr. and Mrs. Simson, of Beattie Street. Congratulations to them. '*■' ' ,J ;' ' ' -" ; '; ;;: ;-<- '•■• i < Mr. W. J;'Mjnbgue, of the Feilding -Post Office, has news of a transfer -to Reef tori, where he is to take up the position of post master. Mr. and Mrs.' Minogue and family leave on the". 20th for the South and all wish them '"success, ; health, r and'.happiness. They will be rich missed from the Feilding congregation, as they were popular members, and most helpful in all church affairs. ! The Feilding parishioners have said cm re voir to Miss Patricia Bell with intense regret. Her popularity was manifested in her election recently as queen of the Sports Carnival. The crowning ceremony was very beautiful. Miss Bell's health has not been so good of; late and she has gone to a position in Blenheim, but all hope to see her back soon again in the best of health. We are pleased to see that Mr. D. C. Cullinane, LL.B., has taken over the legal practice of the late Mr. P. J. Kelly. The business will be conducted under the title of Kelly and Cullinane, and we wish the new firm a prosperous career. Mr. Cullinane. belongs to the well-known family of that name at Oringj, Dannevirke, and he has com to Feilding from the firm of Chapman, Skerrett, Tripp, and Blair, Wellington.