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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JULY 14, 1924.
NEWS ©F THE 1 NIGHTS ©F COLUMBUS
$800,000 CLUB HOUSE
FOR BALTIMORE K, OF C.
Council to Sell First and Sec
ond Mortgage Bonds to Fi
nance Great Structure.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Baltimore, Md.—With a novel plan
calculated to eliminate the “charity”
idea, the Knights of Columbus of
Baltimore have just put far “over
the top ’ a §450,000 campaign which
will insure Baltimore one of the
finest fraternal homes in the coun
try. Placing their figure at §450,000,
the Knights have collected §577.700,
and returns are still rolling in.
The proposed building ami grounds
will constitute a §1,000,000 project
and will provide a K. of C. home
and in addition a Catholic social
center and educational and athletic
headquarters The improvements
will cost §800,000.
The plan devised by the Balti
more Knights was highly unusual.
It evolved into a straight-out busi
ness proposition, recommended by
the most prominent bankers of the
city, whereby those who helped the
project merely invested in sound
lucrative bonds. A loan is to be
negotiated with a Baltimore finan
cial house on a first mortgage, and
second mortgage twenty-year 6 per
cent gold bonds were disposed of
to members of the order and their
friends. These bonds were sold on
their merits as investments, with
the _ commendation of a group of
bankers. The canvassers took a
short course in bond selling before
they started their work. The re
turns from the building itself, it
was shown by' careful figures, will
care for the bonds and free the
home of debt eventually.
Going out with this proposition,
after a rousing inaugural meeting
at which Archbishop Curley and
Governor Ritchie, of Maryland, ex
pressed. whole-hearted commenda
tion, the canvassers made short
work of their task.
The new structure will be erected
in three units, and will combine
every modern facility of a Catholic
club and center. The first unit will
he a club and hotel, exclusively for
men with 135 bedrooms, and will
have seven stories. The other two
units will contain a great audi
torium seating 1,600 with a stage, a
gymnasium, a swimming pool, read
ing and meeting rooms locker
rooms and a library. It is hoped
the club house will he ready in
1325.
South Carolina Knights Hold Their
First Annual State-Wide Picnic
One Thousand Members and Friends Gather From All Parts
of the State For Great Outing at Sumter—Success Sur
passes Even Optimistic Expectations.
Wanted—Council News!
Grand Knights of Knights of
Columbia Councils in the South
east are asked to see to it that
The Bulletin is kept informed of
Council activities so that they
may' be recorded in this depart
ment. The members of each
Council are interested in know
ing what other Councils are do
ing; this section of The Bulle
tin is their medium of informa
tion.
Sumter, S- C.—One thousand Cath
olics and their friends, representing
every part of South Carolina, came
to Pocalla Springs near'this city for
the first annual picnic of the
Knights of Columbus, held Thurs
day, June 26, and which proved to
be one of the finest gatherings of
its kind ever held in the .Diocese oT
Charleston.
Charleston sent a delegation of
two hundred considerably over one
hundred miles to tile picnic, and ad
ditional hundreds came from Colum
bia, Florence, Aiken, Camden,
Georgetown, Manning, Summerton
and other points.
The picnic culminated several
months of anticipation and prepa
ration. It was first intended to
make it a joint picnic sponsored by
the Columbia and Sumter Councils,
of which Phil H. Morgan and J. J.
Brennan are the respective grand
knights, these Councils having been
in the habit of changing visits and
staging joint entertainments al
though nearly fifty miles apart. The
idea grew, however, until every
Council in the state became inter
ested and Committees started to
work to make it a statewide af
fair. Rt- Rev. Bishop Russell en
dorsed the idea and the Sunday be
fore the picnic an invitation to the
Catholics of the Diocese t& attend
was read from every pulpit in the
Diocese.
A feature of the picnic was a
barbecue presided over by Brother
Michael Irwin of Columbia, well and
favorably known throughout the
Carolinas for his skill in directing
affairs of this kind. The thousand
guests were treated to a royal bar
becue feast, and the beauty of the
picnic grounds and the ideal weath
er added to their enjoyment. Of
ficers of the various Councils were
called upon for short talks. State
Deputy John I. Cosgrove in his re
marks said he could not allow the
occasion to pass without expressing
his wholehearted approval to and
support of the i<fc;a of the joint
picnic and suggested that it be made
an annual affair, an idea which had
more seconds than there were bal
lots at the Democratic convention.
The guests at the picnic have the
double pleasure, therefore, of recall
ing the 1924 picnic and looking for
ward to that of 1925.
The Knights of Columbus of
South Carolina have been repeated
ly complimented since the affair on
its wonderful success. It brought
people from all parts of the state
together for the day to participate
m the picnic activities, all of which
went oft with speed and smoothness.
The gathering revealed a splendid
spirit of cooperation, one which is
bound to result in constructive work
of a permanent nature.
Jacksonville Fourth Degree
Exemplification Scheduled
For July 27.
ILLINOIS K. OF C. TO
BUY FIRST MASS SITE
State Council to Acquire Spot
Where Father Marquette
First Offered Holy Sacrifice
Belleville, 111.—The site in Chicago
upon which Father Marquette offer
ed up the first mass celebrated with-
ing the present limits of Illinois
is to be purchased by the Knights
of Columbus. Action to that effect
was taken at the state convention
of the order here.
The Knights have gained con
stantly during the past year in in
surance 'membership, according to
the reports of the state officers.
There are now 75,968 members of
the order in the s'ate, of which
some 37,765, or practically one-half
are insurance members.
This large comparative showing of
insurance members, in which Illi
nois for years has been the lead
ing state, is due to the work of Su
preme Director and State Deputy
Edward Houlihan, in stressing this
form of membership.
GEORGIA STATE COUNCIL
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
L. C. KLNZE. Columbus, State Deputv.
J. .! McCREARY, Macon, State Sccretarv
JOHN G. DICKS, Atlanta, State Treasurer
J. B. MULHERIN, Augusta, State Advocate
D. W. MORGAN. Waycross, State Warden
Rev. LEO M. KEENAN. Albany, State Chaplain
Atlanta Council No. 660
Lewis D. Sharp, Grand
Knight
George T. Flynt, Financial
Secretary.
40 Cooper St.
Meets Every Tuesday
Evening 8 P. M., at
Knights of Columbus
Building.
18 E. Pine St., Atlanta, Ga.
•
Patrick Walsh Council,
No. 677
James B. Mulherin,
Grand Knight.
R. S. Heslin. Financial
Secretary.
Meets Second and
Fourth Thursday of
Each Month
1012 Greene St. Augusta, Ga.
Savannah Council
No. 631
M. J. O'Leary, Grand Knight.
M. C. M’Carthy, Financial
Secretary.
J. B. McDonald, Recording
Secretary.
Meets Second and Fourth
Wednesday of Each
Month.
2 West Jones St., Savannah.
Macon Council No. 925
A. A. Benedetto, Grand
Knight.
J. V. Sheridan, Financial
Secretary.
Meets the First and
Third Tuesday, 8 P. M.,
at Knights of Columbus
Hall.
567 Mulberry St., Macon, Ga.
FATHER PRENDERGAST COUNCIL,
No. 2057, Albany, Ga.
J. H. Lynch, Grand Knight. N. F. Dugan, Deputy Grand Knight.
T. S. Lynch, Financial Secretary.
Meets second Tuesday in each month at Knights of Columbus Hall.
ATLANTA KNIGHTS HAVE
OUTING AT AUSTELL, GA.
Annual Picnic of Council At
tracts Over Five Hundred
Members and Friends.
Special to The Bulletin.
Atlanta, Ga.—The annual picnic
of Atlanta Council, Knights of Co
lumbus, held June 26 at Pinecrest
Park, Austell, Ga., was attended by
over 500 members of the Council
and their families and friends, and
was the most successful staged by
the Council thus far. The day was
ideal, every moment during the day
was occupied, and the spot select
ed for the picnic was delightful.
The Knights, assisted by an Im
maculate’Conception parish pitcher,
defeated the Immaculate Conception
parish team 11 to 10. Paul Karst
won the 50-yard swimming race for
man, O. H. Jentzen the race for
hois and Miss Geraldine O’Donnell
the contest for girls. Miss Eliza
beth O’Donnell was the winner in
the 50-yard dash for girls, George
Boots, of the heavyweights’ race;
Miss Agnes Riordan, of the potato
race for girls; Jerome Wilson, the
sack race for boys; Eugene Bris
bane the shot-put, Mrs. P. E. Branch
the married women s baseball throw
and John Ryan and Miss Mildred
LaHatte, the prize waltz. The win
ners were awarded prizes donated by
the friends of the council, 'file
picnic was under the direction of
a committee headed by James A.
LaHatte, chairman.
Rev. O. N. Jackson and Rev. T. P.
Hayden were speakers at the June
meetings of the Council, Father
Jackson giving an account of his
recent trip to Europe and Father
Hayden explaining the workings of
the federal penitentiary, where he is
chaplain. The quarterly communion
breakfast of the Council was held
June 29.
James A. Lafitte, whose marriage
to Miss Lottie Winn took place on
May 28, lias returned with his bride
and is again holding down his po
sition on the council baseball team.
Games scheduled for the remaining
days of July are July 19. Gordon
street Raracas at Oakland City; July
26, Oakland City at Oakland City.
Church Progressive
Chesterton Declares in An
swering Contrary Charge
Special to The Bulletin.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jacksonville
Council No. 648 K. C. is making a
strong effort to increase its Fourth
degree membership by an increase
of at least 75. Up to this writing
72 members of the Council have
signed up; and it is expected there
will 'be an increment of one-candi
date from Daytona, one from the
government hospital at Lake City,
three from Tampa, three from South
Jacksonville, and nine from St.
Augustine. Subject to the approval
of the Supreme aster, July 27th has
been selected for the exemplifica
tion, R. A. Magill, of Atlanta. Master
for this section, having signified his
intention to try to obtain a dispen
sation from the ordinary usage of
picking some historic date in favor
of this day.
The council committee in charge
of this work is composed of Brother
A. J. Knowles, chairman; Leo. B.
Bowles, secretary; Steve A. Jack-
son. D. J. Landhan. W. J. O’Rourke,
L. J. Golden, F. M. Holbrook, G. E.
Therry and John B. Danese.—F. J. K.
Tuberculosis in Ireland
Decreases Encouragingly As
Result of Campaigns.
(By N. C. W. C- News Service.)
Dublin. June 26.—The number of
deaths due to tuberculosis was at
one time alarmingly high in Ireland.
The health authorities and voluntary
associations headed by the Women’s
National Health Association took en
ergetic action to check the ravages
of the deadly diseases. Sanitaria
were established in various parts of
the country and on an active propa
ganda was undertaken with the ob
ject of putting before the public the
grave peril involved by failure to
cope with the disease in the inci
pient stages. ,The measures taken
and the propaganda have been pro
ductive of good results. In 1912 the
number of deaths from tuberculosis
ir Ireland was 6,560; i n 1922 the
number was down to 4,614; and it is
believed that in 1923 there was a
further decrease. As a preventive
measure a campaign against the sale
of impure milk is to be started.
There is a suggestion that milk
should be graded and its price regu
lated by its bactrial contents.
BISHOP TIHEN LEADER
Of American Delegation to
Eucharistic Congress.
Denver, Col—Reports received here
from Amsterdam are to the effect
that Rt. Rev. J. Henry Tihen, Bishop
of Denver, has been selected as of
ficial head of the American delega
tion to the Eucharistic Congress in
Amsjerdam July 22-27. These re
ports said that Bishop Tihen would
take the place of Cardinal Munde
lein, who will be unable to attend.
FURTHER K. OF C. AID
FOR EX-SERVICE MEN
Washington Office Opened to
Assist Them in Filing Com
pensation Blanks.
(By N. C. W, C. News' Service)
Washington, D. C.—New offices
have been opened by the Knights
of Columbus here at 130 G street,
N. W., for the purpose of aiding
former service men in filling out
and filing adjusted compensation
blanks. Finger print apparatus and
every other necessary requirement,
including notaries puubiic, have
been installed. C. F. O’Connell is
general secretary in charge.
While the new offices will care
particularly for the needs of vet
erans resident in Washington or
who come to the capital, a great
amount of correspondence from K.
of C. workers in the same field
over the country already is being
cared for, and all assistance is lent,
particularly since the federal end of
the compensation work centers
here. Individual calls from any
part of the country also are cared
for. The bureau requires that the
date of enlistment or induction into
service, date of discharge and se
rial number in army, navy or ma
rine corps be given. In the case
of overseas men, it also is required
that the exact period of service in
France be given.
Papal Medal in Honor of
K. of C. Roman Activities
New York, N. Y.—A papal mcdaL
said to he the first of its kind
struck off in honor of an Ameri
can organization, was brought back
from Rome by Cardinal Hayes for
presentation to James A. Flaherty,
supreme knight of the Knights of
Columbus. The medal commemo
rates the establishment of the
Knights of Columbus oratory in
Rome, as an outstanding event of
the year in the view of the Vatican.
One side of the medal represent*
the pope wearing the tiara, and the
reverse side shows the Knights of
Columbus buildings in Rome with
an inscription written by the pope.
Two replicas of the medal, one gold
and one silver, have been brought
to America by the cardinal.
DR. WALSH, OF CHICAGO,
Medical Society Head
Chicago.—Dr. J. H. Walsh has
been elected president of the Chi
cago Medical Society, and trustee
of the American Medical Association
for the four-year term. He was a
member of the Chicago Board of
Education under former Mayor
Busse. He is on the staff of St.
Anthony’s Hospital and is identified
with various other institutions.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
London—Priests stand in history
as prophets and progressives, said
G. K. Chesterton at Plymouth, re
plying to charges that the Church
was backward. The Church, he de
clared, was always in advance of the
age.
Far from being behind the times,
he said, the Catholic was so much
in front of the times that he was
often misunderstood and martyred.
The only sense in which it could be
said that Catholics were behind the
times was that some of them wasted
a good deal more time over dead
Protestant arguments than those
arguments deserved.
South Carolina
State Council
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
JOHN J. COSGROVE, Charleston, State Deputy.
E. D. BUCKLEY, Charleston, State Secretary.
F. L. WITTHAMP, Greenville, Treasurer.
J. F. GALLIVAN, Greenville, Warden.
M. L. BROWNE, Columbia, Advocate.
REV. J. J. MAY, Charleston, Chancellor.
Bishop P. N. Lynch
Bishop England
Council
Council
No. 704
No. 724
Matthew A. Condon
Grand Knight.
Philip H. Morgan
Grand Knight.
Harry S. Kruse
Financial Secretary
Robert N. Civil
Columbus Hall,
Financial Secretary
Charleston, S. C.
Columbia, S. C.
Greenville Council
Bishop Northrop
No. 1668
Council
J. J. McDevitt
No. 2207
Grand Knight.
J. J. Brennan
Fred L. Wittkamp
Grand Knight.
Financial Secretary.
George W. McKiver
114 Central Ave.
Financial Secretary.
Greenville, S. C.
Sumter, S. C.