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Show EUREKA, UTAH. CHURCH NOTES. The Children of Mary held a special meeting last Sunday for the purpose of fixing their hours of Adoration for Holy Thursday. St. Patrick's Day being the patronal feast of this congregation, a full holiday holi-day was given at St. Joseph's school. St. Joseph's statue in the chapel is almost al-most hidden by the dozens of sealed letters let-ters to the dear saint from his devout clients in and outside of the school. According Ac-cording to an old-timel customed these petitions will be placed on the altar, and mass will be said in honor of St. Joseph on his feast day, and the letters will be burned immediately after. SCHOOL NOTES. In a contest in the seventh grade last week Miss Grace Hennifln was the victor. vic-tor. Before being promoted to the third grade, the second graders held an old-fashioned old-fashioned spelling match on all the most difficult words of the second read er. "Doris Potts, Margaret Franke and Justin Matthews stood to the last and could not be made to miss. Eddie Fan-nell, Fan-nell, Margaret Shea and Louis Kroeger were next best. Twenty happy boys and girls received new second readers on Thursday, after undergoing an examination in reading, spelling, writing and numbers in the presence of Rev. Father Manion, who, though very busy now 'with parish work, responded to their invitation to be present. Mies Irene Parsons of St. Joseph's school has accepted a position as bookkeeper book-keeper at P. J. Fannell's. Miss Parsons has been an earnest student, apt and reliable, and her many friends predict perfect success for her in her present work. PERSONALS. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Driscoll visited friends in Salt Lake last week. . Mr. J. C. Sullivan returnel last Sun day after a business trip to the capital. City Marshal D. B. Cronin is at the Ogden Hot Springs taking treatment for rheumatism. |