Re: League of the Cross, they were a temperance league of young men, organized by Fr. Yorke and the Archbishop. The Catholic newspaper, The Monitor, should have a history of the group in their archives. Julie In a message dated 6/27/2008 12:02:54 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, casanfra-request@rootsweb.com writes: Visit SFGenealogy.com! http://www.sfgenealogy.com Today's Topics: 1. Re: CASANFRA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 95 (Niftynapa@aol.com) 2. Old Organization - League of Cross Cadets (Margaret Warren) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:02:28 EDT From: Niftynapa@aol.com Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] CASANFRA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 95 To: casanfra@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <c89.2d596669.3594a714@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Hi The Street Car went as far as San Mateo. I rode on it many times. >From San Mateo south you needed to take the Greyhound Bus. Evalou **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:06:14 -0700 From: Margaret Warren <maggiewarren@comcast.net> Subject: [CASANFRA] Old Organization - League of Cross Cadets To: casanfra@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <79CFFD77-AB92-419D-A01B-9F1D7D52A27C@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed I am trying to trace down information on an organization to which my late father belonged. It was called either "League of the Cross Cadets" or "League of Cross Cadets" and may have been related to the Catholic Church. It existed in the early 1900's (I found one newspaper article on the internet referencing the organization's participation in a parade honoring the GAR in San Francisco on August 18, possibly in 1903). My father played in the band in the organization and the drum he played was labeled "League of the Cross Cadets San Francisco". He was probably around 18 or maybe as old as 25 when he was a member, which would make the year(s) of the photos around 1919-1926. The young men appear to be in military or quasi-military uniforms and a couple of the photos appear to have been taken on the grounds of the Presidio (or at a place that looks similar to the SF Presidio). Some of the pictures are snapshots and others are photos where the backing is a postcard - a practice that appears to have been common in the 20's and 30's. Has anyone heard of this organization? Any information would be appreciated. Many thanks, Margaret ------------------------------ To contact the CASANFRA list administrator, send an email to CASANFRA-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the CASANFRA mailing list, send an email to CASANFRA@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of CASANFRA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 98 *************************************** **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)