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a n*v a(.aril!nnee rt Held AtStThaddeus SundayReverend John A. Pinckney, Bis* hop of the Diocese of I’['per South Carolina dedicated the 21-bell carillon at St. Thaddeus Church Sunday afternoon to the Glory of God in loving memory of Marguerite Ku-lalie Chafee by her daughter, Mattie Chafer Hall.*'The bells were installed in the church tower early this fall by the I. T. Verdin Company and werecast in the foundries of I’etrt nnd1 f'ritsefi. Aarlc-Rixtel. Holland.A carillon concert, featuring Mri*DEgitoC AJUI JjONNEI R SHOWS HOW IT IS HONE—Seated il the console, Mr. Albert Meyer, Cincinnati, Ohio shows Mr. Rr*bert McKellar and Dr. James K. Padgett, Jr., meml ers of the music committee at St. ThaddeustKpifcopal Chutrh, that he must use hoth hands and feetto p;rs* the carillon. Mr. Mover plaved for the dedication of Uie Marguerite Eulalic Chaffee Memorial chimesnday afternoon. To play the canllon the be struck with the side of the hand.—BusrhN. P. Cato Succumbed ThursdayNattu.n Purvis, Cato of RED2. Aiken died near Aiken at approx imr.'cly C: 10 p. m., Thursday.Services were held at the George Funf ral Home Chapel at 2:.TO p. m., Saturday. Interment followed in Sunset Memory Gardens.A native of Edgefield County, Mr. Cato w« a son of the late Aaron and Retera Franklin Cato. He had lived at Aiken for a number of years. Mr. Cato engaged in the sawmill business most of his life, i etinng in 1954. He was a memberof I Tkimi nme/*hMarshall Cato of Aiken. B. F. Cato of Fayetteville, Ga.; five half-sisters, Mrs. Peart Douglas of Trenton, Mrs. Ruth Cook of Trenton. Mrs. Annie Mae Powell of Trenton. Mrs. Carrie Ballc Watson of Granltevi’.le, and Mrs. Inez McGee of Rilt;Ve Spring; one bi other. Boyd Cato of Trenton; two half-brlt;*thers. Hubert Cato of Trent«m. nnd J. W, Cato of Trenton; and 15 grandchildren.Active pallbearers incltuled Harold Moseley, Wil iam Youngblood, Sam Morton, Ernest Rains, JohnV PMrm and Jack Yoon blood.Albert Meyer, was held ffdlowing the service of rvemng prayer whichbegan in the church at *1:00 p. m.A student member of the gtrilti of Carillenneurs in North America.AHx’rt Meyer is from Ohio, where lie is engaged in resea tch on electronic organs at the D. If. Baldwin Company. A gradual e of the University of Cincinnati and foimer electronics officer on a navy escort carrier, he studied the carillon at a carillon playing seminar at Michigan State University, East Lansing. Michigan, in the summer of 1961, umku* the direction of Staf Nees, the director of the Carillon School at Mechlin. Belgium Meyer plays the carillon at Behanny School, Glendale, Ohio, at Wilmington College, Wilming ton. Ohio, and is organist at the Blue Ash, Ohio, PresbyterianChurch.His program began with tht Westminister chime and the doxo-logy, and continued with: TheChurch'* One Foundation, by S. S Wesley, Ave Maria, Jef Denyn XIX Pslam, Bedetto Marcello, Staf Nees, and Deep River, a spiritual.He then presented No. aix and No. five of Fernando Sor’a Studies for Guitar, and another Staf Nees selection. Theme and VariationsAlso presented in the eoncer were; Wilt Hedn Nu Tredrn Dutch Folk song, Pi/zicati, by k. C. Verrees, Dear Lord and Father,by F. C. Maker and Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring, by J. S. Bach.He also played* What Child Is This, a traditional English tunc, O litttle One Sweet, a traditional Christmas carol. Sonata for a Musical Clock, by G. F. Handel, Aura la*e, an American Folk Song, Fairrest Dwd Jesus, a Sicilian Folk Sung, Ik 7.ag Cecilia Kim men, Iaren’t Hart, Sweet and Low, J. Bamby, and Andante Cantabile,by Jef Denyn.RRSwlRin01wleVIIrwnrsiKrrC/\rkITlie concert concluded with lirecarillon arrangement of America the Beautiful, by S. A. Ward. Both indoor and outdoor seating was provided as the helis are best enjoyed outside the church.
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Aiken Standard and Review
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Mon, Dec 07, 1964
Page 7
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