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by Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT

Eighteenth Year - Number (Missing)

Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, December 25, 1907

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Popular Priest Celebrates.

    Rev. Father P. A. Heckman of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church of Temple celebrated the twenty-second anniversary of his ordination as a Catholic priest at a birthday dinner tendered in his honor by Mr. and Mrs. Pat Bracken, on May 31, at which were present a large number of invited guests.  Father Heckman was ordained a priest in Cincinnati and almost immediately came to Texas.  He was stationed at Westphalia in Falls county for several years, finally being sent to Temple remaining in charge of that parish for sixteen consecutive years.  He enjoys an immense popularity among members of all denominations and has often been styled "the most popular personage in Temple."

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by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas.