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St. Patrick's Banquet

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
March
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

                       A Correspondent Gives an Account
                                  of the Dexter Banquet.

The ladies of St. Joseph's parish, of Dexter. gave their yearly banquet in honor of St. Patrick at the opera house Thursday evening. It was a most elaborate affair, eclipsing their famous efforts along this line in former years.
Rev. Fr. Rayn conceived the happy thought tonight of having the entire literary program given by former Dexter boys now abroad.
Rev. Fr. J. Wall, of Paw Paw, Rev. Fr. Joseph Connors of Mt. Clemens, and Hon. Jas. Mc, Namara, of Bay City, all gave eloquent and stirring addresses, full of patriotic sentiment and love for this their native country, and reverence for their loved and honored Ireland.
About 600 people were present and enjoyed the banquet and rare literary treat. The songs by Rev. Fr. Goldrick, of Northfield, and James E. Harkins, of Ann Arbor, were inimatable and the elocutionary work of Miss Rose Murray was clever indeed.
But the festivities were saddened by the fact that Mrs. John McCabe was taken suddenly ill and died before she could be removed to the house of a friend.
Her sudden death has cast a gloom over our entire town.
Deceased was an old settler in these parts, having lived on a farm three miles north of here for many years.
She was highly respected by every one who knew her.