New York City Firemen Award Scholarships
The New York Fire Department Holy Name Society, Branch 141, recently awarded 14 high school scholarships to sons and daughters of members. The 30 youngsters who placed highest in the scholarship examination were given scrolls at a meeting of the society on June 7. The certificates were hand-lettered by the former president of the society, Lieutenant Joseph J. Reilly, and the Very Rev. Msgr. Leo G. Farley, fire chaplain, presented them. Brother Lawrence Killelea, principal of Power Memorial Academy and son of a New York City fire fighter, was the speaker. The Rev. Vincent A. Kennedy, Nassau County fire chaplain, also spoke briefly. He was accompanied by Wayne Myers of the Rockville Centre Fire Department.
The New York Fire Department Holy Name Society, Branch 141, recently awarded 14 high school scholarships to sons and daughters of members. The 30 youngsters who placed highest in the scholarship examination were given scrolls at a meeting of the society on June 7. The certificates were hand-lettered by the former president of the society, Lieutenant Joseph J. Reilly, and the Very Rev. Msgr. Leo G. Farley, fire chaplain, presented them. Brother Lawrence Killelea, principal of Power Memorial Academy and son of a New York City fire fighter, was the speaker. The Rev. Vincent A. Kennedy, Nassau County fire chaplain, also spoke briefly. He was accompanied by Wayne Myers of the Rockville Centre Fire Department.
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