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Show (CARDINAL GIBBONS 50 YEARS A PRIEST 4fSk Hi; Baltimore, June 30 In a llttlo chap-Hfccl chap-Hfccl at home, where he is at present vis- g i Ring, and aboutffifty miles from BalU-raore, BalU-raore, Cardinal gibbons this morning offered up a mata of thanksgiving in honor of the moB momentous event of his long carePrMToday he completes fifty years of aTJucccssful priesthood and twenty-fivelybars as cardinal and nominal head ofjtho Catholic church In the United S&tos. It was on Juno 30, 1SG1, that Ry-ther Gibbons, after finishing his eilijcatlon for tho priesthood priest-hood at St. Mate's seminary, was ordained or-dained at th ciihcdral hero b Archbishop Arch-bishop Kcnrlck in tho twonty-flvc years followlngjthc red hat was conferred con-ferred on him alto at the cathedral. This mornlngljhe cardinal arose at his usual hour, fa o'clock, and, with a single asslstant.jcelebrated a low mass with the members of the household, the only attendants |