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History of Parish of St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Pa. |
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Foreman
George Valentine, St. Mary's, Penn'a. 1893
This year the Great World's Columbian Fair is being held in Chicago, Ill.
The Catholic Population of the United States of America is Six Million Two Hundred and Twenty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred and Seventy-Nine (6,228,579) members. - American Statistics.
The above selections from History are facts of the present date which I hereby certify to as being correct, under my hand and Seal - and the enclosed Pieces of Silver Coin are specimens of our silver currency now in circulation.
EDWARD RIDDLE DUNEGAN.
(Seal)
The Cost of the Present Church.
A careful computation of the various sums paid Contractor W. B. Auman from accounts kept, shows that he received in all for the construction of the building, pews, altar and other inside work $12,116. The materials and labor furnished by the parish would far exceed that sum, perhaps by $3,000 to $4,000.
The blessing of the church, as near as can be figured out from the records, was on Sunday, July 1, 1894,. Rev. O. P. Gallagher, in the absence of Bishop Phelan, or Very Rev. E. A. Bush, the Vicar-General, who was sick, blessing the church.
The Choir and the Mass Rendered at the Dedication.
The Mass was Leonard's, in B Flat.
The members of the church choir were: Miss Margaret Dunegan (now Mrs. Margaret Brooks), organist; sopranos, Miss Maude M. Behe (now Mrs. Walter A. Parrish), Miss Annie Dunegan (now Mrs. Annie Adams), Miss Francena Ivory, Miss Stella Dunegan (now Mrs. Charles Douglass), Miss Minnie Ivory (afterwards Mrs. Elmer Dimond, now deceased), Margaret Mary Krise, Miss Zena Krise; altos, Misses Mary Behe, Margaret Dunegan, Josephine Dunegan (now Mrs. A. Ryan); tenors, Messrs. Will and Paul Behe.
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