munity room has been the scene of many improvised concerts, some put on by local musicians, Joe Kelly, Louis Hagan, Joseph Flood, Maurice Mc- Donald, and the O’Leary Curley group, when here on vacation. Besides the local talent, it was not unusual for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kelly and their talented family to drop in, and make the home alive with their stirring music and songs. The community room is used for meetings as well.

A Senior Citizen’s Club was organized about a year ago with over thirty members. It meets once every month or so. but more often when the busy farming season is not on. The officers are: President, Mrs. Joseph Kelly, Vice-President, Mrs. Agatha Campbell, Secretary, Amos Curley and Treasurer, Peter Stordy.

CENTENNIAL OBSERVANCE, KELLY’S CROSS. 1973

The people of St. Joseph’s Parish, Kelly‘s Cross. chose for their Centennial project the restoring and erection of the church bell. This bell had been in the tower of the brick church which had to be demolished in 1953. It was too heavy to install in the new church, and was placed in storage. It was donated to the parish by Rev. Thomas Trainer, in memory of his parents, James T‘rainor and Mary Haughey. Father Trainer, a former parishioner, laboured in the Diocese of Fall River. New York, donated the bell after the brick church was built in 1916.

The erection of the bell was directed to Edward McDonald, Kelly’s Cross, and the steel structure was built by Robert Linkletter, Bedeque. The steel frame work and the bell were raised on May 24th., with a large crane owned and operated by Timothy Mossey, Charlottetown. During the days immediately following, the finishing touches were added, with the result that the “old” bell now hangs in a beautiful tower, where it calls the faithful to worship once more.

During the Winter months a Centennial Committee was formed and plans were made for a “Homecoming Day”, on July 18th. Almost 400 invitations were sent to former parishioners to come home for cen— tennial observance on that date.

At 2 pm. on July 18th., a Mass of Con-celebration was offered. The chief celebrant was Bishop F. J. Spence, Bishop of the Diocese, with Rev. Eric Robin, pastor, and Rev. J. C. Pitre, Charlottetown, Rev. W. A. Keefe, St. Teresa, Rev. David McTague, Cardigan, former pastors, and Rev. Austin Bradley, Tignish, St. Clair Monaghan and Alfred Monaghan, of the Society of Jesus, and former parishioners, as concelebrants. Rev. F. J. Ritchie of Newburyport, Mass. and Rev. Charles McCarthy, Lot 65,

assisted in the sanctuary.

Father Bradley delivered the homily in which he reminisced the history of the parish and recalled the faith and perserverance of the early parishioners, and commended the faithful for their zeal and devotedness

to the church and parish.

After the Mass His Excellency, Bishop Spence blessed the bell and for the first time in twenty years its beautiful sound echoed across the

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