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Registered at the G.P.O., Perth, for transmission by post as a newspaper.
Official organ of the Archdiocese of Perth.
Established 1874.
NO. 2,468
THURSDAY,
PHONE BA2837 (2 Lines)
OCTOBER 19, 1950 Seventy -Seventh Year
450 Hay Street, Perth. Box R1279, G.P.O., Perth.
Price Fourpence.
1,000 Babies Hold Reunion at Si. Anne's
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1, SOME OF THE 1,000 children born in St. Anne's who returned for the first reunion of the babies born in the hospital. The ceremony was held in conjunction with the Feast of the Maternity of Our Lady.
MISS BARBARA WESTERN, of 142 Eton street, North Perth, holds the last three babies born in St. Anne's prior to the reunion. They are Baby Jaffey, Baby West, and Baby Palmer. Baby Palmer was born at 10 a.m.
tF MRS. J. LOVE, of 24 Epsom avenue, Belmont, is pictured above with her five children, all born in St. Anne's. In his mother's arms is John, aged two months; others are (left to right) Mary, who was eight on the day of the reunion; Frank, 2; Brian, 4; and Patricia, 6.
THE FIRST BOY AND GIRL born at St. Anne's are pictured above. They are Anne Kalmund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Kalmund, of 81 Bennett street, East Perth, and Adrian Hinds, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hinds, of 48 Slade street, Bayswater. Anne was born July 17, and Adrian July 21, 1937.
An event unique in the history of hospitals in the staff at the hospital were present. Happy greetings were this State was held last Sunday, Oct. 15, in the exchanged with their former Archbishop Announces Special Devotions grounds of St. Anne's hospital, Mount Lawley, patients. Three babies were born that when approximately 1,000 babies born in the day, but whether it was due to In All Churches Nov . 1 to Mark Papal maternity section of the 13 -year -old hospital re- medical science or the protection of St. Anne, the maternity turned for the first "Old Babies' Reunion." Definition of Our Lady's Assumption staff had a free afternoon. The compilation of statistics More than 2,500 persons at- mired-often much to the The Central Committee of the Holy Year has tended the function; 700 of the youngsters' acute embarrass- for a maternity hospital presents difficulties of no small measure. suggested that the Bishops of the world exhort children marched in the Euchar- ment. Masterpieces of understate- It is something like trying to their faithful to observe the proclamation of the istic procession around the hosment were heard over the public count mushrooms in a field. By The spacious address pital grounds. system. The announcer the time you have finished the Assumption everywhere on the same day, and if lawns were dotted with prams would calmly notify Mrs. So- count the figures are out of date. possible at the same time.
and strollers and gurgling, and -So that Johnny or Billy was The best that "The Record" was The ceremony in Rome will crawling babies had the time of with the rest of the children at able to ascertain was that at the, take place Nov. 1 at 9 a.m., their sweet young lives playing the rear of the hospital and time of going to press there were mon was given by the Rev. Pat- which is 3 p.m. Perth time. In on the grass. would very much like to see her. 6,326 babies born in the hospi- rick O'Mara, hospital chaplain. accordance with Rome's wishes, At times the scene looked like If the truth be known, tear- tal. The function was held in con- the Archbishop announces that a convention of a Mutual Ad- drenched Johnny by that time The Rev. John Wallace, Adm., junction with the feast of the special evening devotions will be miraLion society. Women who was blue in the face yelling blue carried the Blessed Sacrament. Maternity of Our Lady. held in every parish, Nov. 1. shared the same room some murder for his mother. The Rev. Jim Bourke was deaThe Reverend Mother of St. They will consist of the recitayears ago were brought together Pride and satisfaction was con, and the Rev Bob Healy was Anne's wishes to thank the men tion of the Rosary, a sermon on again. Babies who were now written on the faces of the nuns sub -deacon. The Rosary was who assisted in the marshalling the Assumption, Benediction of grown into strapping boys and as they watched the procession. recited by the Rev. Myles Mc- of the children and the organi- the Blessed Sacrament, and the girls were duly paraded and ad- The original three members of Keon, and the occasional ser- sation of the day. Te Deum. I
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