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Fr. Tait Marks His 25th Year In Priesthood Charlotte — The Rev. Francis J. Tait, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in Charlotte, celebrated his 25th anniversary in the priest hood with a Solemn Jubilee Mass Thursday. His parishioners also sponsored a covered dish supper Thursday evening with all 500 families in St. Patrick’s encouraged to at tend. Father Tait took the 25-year ^ milestone in stride and with hu mility. He is looking forward to another 25 years serving North Carolinians “but only if I live that long.” ALL 25 YEARS of Father Tait’s priesthood have been in the Tar Heel State. His first as signment was at St. Anthony’s in Southern Pines. * Then he was transferred to Greensboro, New Bern, Sacred Heart Cathedral in Raleigh, Waynesville, Leaksville and Ham let. For five years he was at Our Lady of Lourdes in Raleigh and also was associated with Mercy Hospital in Charlotte for one year. BEFORE TAKING over as pas tor of St. Patrick’s in Charlotte in June of 1966, he was pastor of Our Lady of Assumption in Char lotte for four and a half years. - Father Tait succeeded the Rev. ^ Edward Sullivan at St. Patrick’s. Father Sullivan, who also' is cele brating his 25th anniversary in the priesthood this year, current ly is pastor of St. Ann’s in Char lotte. Among special guests at Father Tait’s Jubilee Mass and the par ish supper were his mother, Mrs. Emily Tait of Philadelphia, and father’s brother and sister. OAK HALL HOTEL TRYCJN. N.C. Troditionol Southern Cuisine — Speciol rotes for traveling ond weekend guests —most reasonable hotel. Church near. All sports ond diversions. Religion Inspired Greatest Art By J. J. GILBERT Washington — (NC) — Reli gious subjects h a v e inspired some of the world’s great art. This fact is brought home to many people at Christmas. It is particularly interesting to recall this year, because of two things that have happened here. In one instance, well on to ward Christmas, a U.S. District Court ruling saved more than a billion U.S. Christmas stamps which already had been printed and which you are using this year, which certain interests would have consigned to a gov ernment incinerator on the grounds that the government had no business “proselytizing” for any church. The stamp de picts the Madonna and Child, a segment taken from a world fa mous work in the National Gal lery of Art here. The second development is the publication by the National Gal lery of Art of a handsome bro chure marking the institution’s silver jubilee. It reveals that the first gift, in the nucleus of art works that started the gallery, was a Madonna. THE BROCHURE emphasizes that the tremendous collection of art works now housed here was brought together entirely by pri vate benefactions. The book is intended to mark the gallery’s 25th anniversary. Actually this anniversary fell in 1966, as it is recalled that President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the gallery on the “bitterly cold night” of St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1941. The National Gallery of Art has become in 25 years one of the leading art museums of the world; its growth has been more rapid than that of any other gal lery in history. And yet, it is stated, neither of these distinc tions could have been attained if a start on the gallery had been made even just a few years lat er. It is doubted that, no matter what the resources, such a col lection could be brought togeth - SEASON'S GREETINGS QUALITY COURT MOTEL and HILL TOP RESTAURANT Monroe, North Carolina Interstate 601 & 74 I FARMERS DAIRY I g t \ Home Office \ % i | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 5 i g Branches In \ 5 I l Elkin High Point \ 2- # i . I * s Lexington Mount Airy S \ * I Thomasville g . 2 g ★ 2 g North Carolina | | TODAY Is The Day To Think OF SAFETY % The Birth of Christ by Lorenzo di Credi Galleria Antica e Modema, Florence er today. The dwindling supply of old masters, taxes, death duties and restrictions which various nations have put on the export of their national art treasures have changed the whole picture of art collection. ANDREW MELLON, a one time Secretary of the Treasury, offered to give the nation a suit able art gallery and to give his own art possessions as “the nu cleus of a great national collec tion.” His offer was accepted, but Mellon died a few weeks after ground was broken for the imposing structure on the Mall here. In 1920, Mellon had learned that the Soviet Russian govern ment was quietly casting about for a purchaser of 21 paintings ^iatneb (H>lass Associates CRAFTSMEN—DESIGNERS Leoded Gloss Church Windows FACETED ICS-JSfcli LAMINATED P.O. Box 1531 Raleigh, N.C. 27602 in the world-famous Hermitage Gallery in Leningrad. In time, he acquired them all, and in a sin gle stroke brought to this coun try some of Europe’s greatest masterpieces. 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