Other communities on the Island also produced plays, and so there was a ready exchange of them from community to community. Father Willie Monaghan was a great director, and produced several plays which were staged in Kelly’s Cross which club usually responded with one of their own and travelled to his parish.

The only means of travel was by a truck owned and driven by John P. Bradley. He loaded the players on, and took off with lots of singing and fun making in the back. On one occasion unknown, of course to John 1)., a barrel of home made “stuff” was smuggled aboard. Say what you like about the Irish, they never touched a drop, until after the play except “just to wet me whistle a bit”. That was one time the cast could sing, “we’ll not get home until morning”.

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE By Mrs. Joseph Kelly and Mrs. Katherine Creamer

The Catholic Women’s League was organized in St. Joseph’s Parish in 1922. The ladies had been meeting throughout the winter, under the leadership of Father Tom Curran, the Pastor, to discuss the aims and objectives of the League; the advantages to be gained through member— ship, and the contribution their unit could make to the League at the National and Diocesan levels. It was decided to organize a unit, and to invite the diocesan officers to a meeting in June.

In late June, 1922, Mrs. W. J. McIntyre, Diocesan President, and Mrs. Frank Casey, Diocesan Secretary and organizer for Queen’s County, met with the ladies, and after a discussion centered around the aims and objectives, the obligations of members, the benefits to be derived from membership, and the contribution such a unit could make to the League, it was unanimously agreed to set up a unit in the parish.

Mrs. Katherine Creamer was elected President, a position she held with distinction for two terms. She was a tireless worker for the League, and after moving to Charlottetown in 1937, she continued her interest, and became Diocesan President. It is to be regretted that in the transfer of records and minutes from one executive to the other, these have been lost, so that it is impossible to single out the ladies, whose contributions to the League over the years merit recognition.

Mrs. Joseph Kelly, who was one of the early presidents, and Mrs. Creamer, the first president, with an assist from other ladies have com- piled a list of the presidents (perhaps not in rotation) :

Mrs. Francis Hagan Mrs. John E. Trainor Mrs. James E. McDonald Mrs. Clarence Curley Mrs. John H. Nantes Mrs. John Molyneaux Mrs. John W. Bradley Mrs. Maurice Bradley Mrs. John W. McKenna Mrs. Mildred Kelly Mrs. James Flood Mrs. Cecil Molyneaux Mrs. Bennet Trainor Mrs. Gerald Monaghan

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