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Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Feb.
Vol. 5, No. 8 ©
1961 The Anchor
NEW PARISH CENTER PLANNED TO MEET GROWING NEEDS OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH IN NOR1'ON.
Bishop Hails Taunton Drive Success President Kennedy Prais'es Overseas Relief Agen~ies
, . WASHINGTON (NC)-President Kennedy said pri-
wte relief agencies are doing a first-class job of distributing U.S. surplus food overseas and he would be reluctant to curtail their services. The Chief Executive said that eliminating private agencies , was asked to comment on a statefrom acting as distributors ment that private agencies canwould mean overseas gov- not- guarantee distribution of ernments would have to surplus food to the most needy. eal'l'y on. He said: "We have never felt that this was better than having \t done through voluntary groups." . The President's comments .me at R press conference. He
This claim, the questioning reporter said, was made' by Rev. Franklin Clark Fry, president of the World Council 'of Churches and president of the 2.3-million Turn to Page Twelve'
Fail River Residents Laud E'levation of Bishop Krol Members of the Fall River Diocese who participated in the Diocesan pilgrimage to Rome last Fall are' especially happy over the naming of Most Rev. John,J. Krol to the see' of ,Philadelphia. The Archbishop-designate was aboard the' pilgrimage ship Leo~a.rdo da ican COllege in Rome for visiting Vinci, en route to a meeting prelates. in Rome in preparation for Miss Margaret. Lahey, SS. h f thcoming Ecumenical Peter ~nd Paul parIsh, and Mrs. t e ~r Catherme Connelly, Holy Name
The total of $1,167,428.39 for the proposed Taunton Area Catholic Memorial High School for girls has been reached as.the last meeting of the 600 men active in the drive at CYO Hall reported additional gifts of $113,400 to bring the amount raised to thwt impressive figure. This is $41,744 above the minimum goal of $1,125,000 set last November at the .................. _ opening of the campaign to tributed to the'SUccess of the build the school. Four more drive. Feehan Registration par ish e s-St. Anthony, Dr. Clement Maxwell, lay The Most Reverend Bishop $117,496.40; Sacred He~rt, Chairman of the Campaign, in
l!las announced that registration for the first Freshman class for the new Bishop Feehan High School in Attle-, boro, .which will open in the . Fall of this year, will take place in St. John's School. Attleboro, on Saturday afternoon, March 11,' from 2 to 4. and in ·St. Mary's School, No. Attleboro, on Sunday afternoon, 'March 12, at the same hours.
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•.................... High Schools Set Entrance Exams For Ma'rch 11
P~incip~ls of St~ng High School; in' No. Dartmouth, Msgr. 'Coyle High School in ~Taunton, and Holy;' Family
High School in' New Bedford have announced that entrance CouncIl. parish, both of Fall River, had examinations for all t h l' e e He was traveling with Arch- quarters on the Leonardo da, schools will, be held at the bishop Edward F. Hoban of Vinci near those of the new 'schools at 9 o'clock A.M. on Cleveland, whose auxiliary he Archbishop. They had the oppor- Saturday, March 11. was at the time. He saw m~ch o~ tunity of several conversations The .four girls' Academies in Bishop Connolly and was with with him and Miss Lahey noted the ~ity of raIl River are also the Fall. River Ordinary at a that he was particularly intelJ- holding entrance exams at the dinner held at the North Arner- ested in work with retarded same time and on the same'day. ---.--.-.-.-- ·.......,~.chi1dren, her especial field of Girls desiring to enter the. Acad".. .[ in terest. . , emy of the Sacred Hearts, Do. 'She characterized the prelate minican Academy, Jesus Mary as "charming,' interesting and Academy or Mount St. Mary humble-a very gracious man." Academy will take the exams at "He played a good game of the school of their choice', pingporig, too, and never missed Stang High School will hold a his daily walk around the deck." registration day on Sunday, she added, March 5 from 2 until 5 P.M.
$100,190; Holy Family, $69,620; and St. J 0 s e ph, $126,040, joined .the ranks of those which had surpassed their quotas. The largest single total reporte~ by any parish wa~ $231,625 by Saint Mary's. . ,
his remarks stated that "the climax of this campaign has written a page in the history of the City of Taunton. The school will be a boon to all and appreciated as such when open but a shori time," Dr. Maxwell said.
Rev. James F. Lyons, Campaign (Director, acknowledged the work and the cooperation of the gen~ral committee and the parish committees which con-
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Council Insists· On Federal Aid For Higher Education WASHINGTON (NC) - An types of colleges and universities mus'$ ·be aided by the Federal government, the influential American Council on Education has said. This aid must be forthcoming if the essential national goal of providing for future stu- to increase ~ supply of coilege dents is to be met, said the teachers. federation of more than The council also favored con1,000 educatio~al institu- tinuation and expansion of the tiOlv. and 144 organizatiollB~ It proposed' the Federal government provide $350 million each year in loans for dormitory construction and an average of one billion dollars in both loans and matching grants for classrooms, libraries and laboratories. It also recommended a broad expansion of fellowship programs under the National Science Foundation, a government agency encouraging scientific research, and under the 1958 National Defense Education Act
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NEW ARCHBISHOP: Most Rev. John J. Krol, former Auxiliary Bishop of Vleveland, haft been named by Pope John to be Archbishop of Philadelphia. NO
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NEW DIOCESE: Most Rev. Joseph McShea, former Auxiliary Bishop of Phila-' delphia, lias been named by Pope John to be bishop of the newly formed diocese of Allentown, Pa. NC Photo.