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Holy Cross Parish completes its centenary Homecoming celebration (1960)

Also 1960 Holy Cross centenary celebration completion

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

Holy Cross Parish completed its centenary Homecoming celebration on August 14, 1960. The reported program included a Solemn High Mass, an overflow crowd, a traditional roast-beef dinner, a parade of twenty floats, a dance, and newly completed hall improvements.

Evidence and limits

This is a retrospective report in the September issue. It records the principal participants and activities but does not provide a complete attendance count, program, or independent parish records.

Open questions

  • Which parish history, photographs, minutes, and cemetery records document the centenary in full?

See also

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, September 1960, “Holy Cross Parish Celebrates Its Centenary.”
    Reports the August 14 Solemn High Mass with Father Louis Wren as celebrant, Father Victor Gallagher as deacon, Father Vincent McCorry as sub-deacon and preacher, Bishop Allen J. Babcock presiding, an overflow crowd, the Altar Society roast-beef dinner, a 20-float parade described by Ken Gallagher, the Homecoming dance, and completed hall improvements including restrooms, water, and kitchen sink work. It does not provide a full program, attendance count, or parish-register verification.
    beaver_beacon · 1960-09_Beaver-Beacon