St Patrick's Day

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XXIV, Issue 427, 19 March 1921, Page 3

St Patrick's Day

LOCAL CELEBRATIONS.

St. Patrick's Day, the anniversary of the patron saint of Inland, was observed in a: fitting manner in this "district, in conimoii , with most other districts throughout vthe Dominion. The congregations of the Southbridgeand Leeston Catholic Churches held- then ; , annual eombiiied picnic at the Ellesmere Domain. A very large gathering, representative of all .parts of the district, and including many non-Catholics, assembled at the domain and a very enjoyable time was spent. During part of the morning a strong wind blew and threatened to mar to some extent the enjoyment of the outing, but at noon the wind ceased and through out the afternoon there was just a light easterly breeze. This annual picnic is held primarily for the purpose of giving the children a good time. The young folk turned out in force on Thursday and enjoyed themselves to their hearts' content running races, playing games and enjoying r ... the good things their parents had provided for them- The parish priest, Rev Father Creed, took a vci-y active part in the day's proceedings and sparedno effort to give everybody a pleasant outing am! to make the arrangements run smoothly. An interested" visitor was the Rev. Father Dillon, of New Plymouth, who was .FatherCreed's guest. The officials were as follow:'— ' Stewards, Messrs B. Greenan, J. 0 'Gorman, T. Holley, F, MeCormiok, E- Bohan, P. F. O'Boyle, J McCartin, P. Slattery, J. O'Brien, P. McCloyß. Twiss, J. McEvedy, P. Luddy, D. Kelleher, R. Mpr'iW arty and A. D. Carroll; handieappers, Rev Father Creed, Messrs B. . McEvedy, J. Galvin, E- Winter, T. Staplcton; starter, Mr M. Slattery; judges, Messrs M. Twiss, I. N O 'Boyle, M. O 'Brien; bell steward, SFr W- O'Boyle; hon. secretary, Mr V. A. Bendall. A better man for the office of secretary it would have been impossible to find. Following are the results of the sports events:— 100 yds, boys over 13— J. Treves 1, S. Gibb 2, L O'Boyle Sr • ; 50yds, girls over 13—D. Curran >-- 1, Vera McCabe 2, Maud Smack .3. 25yds, boys 6 to 8 years—Leo o'Gorman 1, Pat McCabe 2, S. McKenzie 3. - 25yds, girls 6 to B—Maureen McCabe I-, I*. Marshall 2, Kathleen -^ -jy Slattery 3. ! Ijong jump, boys over 13—Say- ' age 1, Rourke 2, Dugan 3--50 yds, boys 9to 12— T. Slattery 1, F. McEvedy 2, A. MeCartin 3. Girls' three-legged race, 8 to 10 . years—Lizzie O'Boyle and VCurran 1, Betty Bendall and K. Slattery 2, Mary O'Boyle and Connie O'Gorman 3. ■ ("!iris'three-legged race, 10 to 13—D- McCabe and K. Gibb 1, J. Holley and K. Aiken 2, L; McCar- ; tin arid K. Moriarty 3. . :" Boys' 1 mile cycle race, 12 to 16 years—S. McCartin 1, S. Gibb 2, ' D. Savage 3Single women's race—Miss MeCormick 1, Miss K. Holley 2, Miss F. Gibb 3. High jump, boys over 13—D. Treves 1, S. Gibb 2, J. Treves 3High jump, boys over 13—D. Treves 1, S. Gibb 2, J. Treves 3. High jump, boys under 13—W Brizzle and A. McCartin equal £ T. Slattery 2. 50yds, girls 8 to 10—V. Curran 1, I, Holley 2, L. O'Boyle 3--50 yds, girls 10 t ol3—C. O'Gor t ' . man 1, D. McCabe 2, M. O'Boyle 3 100 yds, boys over 15—F-' Me Evedy 1, A.. MeCartin 2, 1 mile cycle, boys 8 to 12—Lee O'Boyle 1, Leo O'Gorman 2, 1. Slattery 3. Boys' sack race—T. Slattery 1, . R. O'Gorman 2, F. Slattery 3-' Pillow fight—Savage 1, 'McOartin 2. 220 yds St. Patrick's Handicap open—H. D. Jones 1, J- Christey 2. J. McGartin jiin. 3. " '■