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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FEBRUARY 14, 1925.
1 EWS OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
WASHINGTON BIRTHDAY
BANQUET AT SAVANNAH
Third and Fourth Degree
Knights Unite to Arrange
Elaborate Annual Dinner.
Special to The Bulletin.
Savannah, Ga.—W asliington’s
birthday will be observed here this
year with a banquet at the Catholic
Club February 23 under the auspices
of the Fourth Degree Knights of
Columbus. Plans for the banquet
were made at a recent meeting'of
third and fourth degree members.
Washington birthday banquets of
the Savannah Knights of Columbus
arc always splendid affairs, but il
is hoped that the 1925 dinner will
surpass all proceeding ones. A
composite committee of third and
fourth degree knights has been ap
pointed to care for the details of
the banquet; its members from the
fourth degree are Walter Powers,
J - T f Sheehan, J. p. McCollougli,
B. Heller, W. J. Ryan; from the
third degree, J. 0. Maggioni, C. E.
Feuger, D. V. O’Driscoll, C. A. Buck-
heit Eugene G. Butler. Harold Mc-
Carthy, Leon Butler, Dr. J. J.
O Connor, W. F. McKay, M. T. Hart-
?, e H> George A. Rose, Jr., James P.
McMahon, W. T. Walsh and Alfred
Lourvoiser.
This, same committee has been
authorized by Grand Knight M. J.
y. Beary to prepare for the exempli
fication of the Fourth Degree Flag
Y ay L J " ne 44 ’ A banquet will no
doubt be a feature of the Flag Day
observance and degree as well.
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New California Coimeii
Organized in. Ban Francisco
—Named for Dante.
Georgia State Convention
Of K. of C. to Be Held in At
lanta in May.
Special to The Bulletin.
Atlanta, Ga.—The 1925 convention
of the Georgia State Council,
Knights of Columbus, will be held
this year in Atlanta, it has been
announced. Atlanta Council is dis
cussing entertainment plans for the
May gathering already.
ATLANTA TO EXEMPLIFY
DEGREES FEBRUARY 22
Council to Attend Mass in
Body—Banquet in Evening
at Ansley Hotel.
San Francisco—Before a vast as-
r/ er ^ v! a ^ e °* local and visiting
Knights of Columbus, the new Dante
council, K. of C., was formally insti-
tuted here. The new council, insti-
Hued m the North Beach district
ot San Francisco, commences its ca
reer with a charter membership of
aprpoximately 200 Italian-Americans,
beaded by prominent c : vic, profes
sional and business Catholic leaders
<.* the Latin quarter.
Dante council is the sixth K. of C.
branch in San Francisco, and the
lourth to be instituted here within
the v>ast fourteen months. All four
of the new distr et councils were or
ganized by District Deputy Joseph L
Sweeney, and have added to K of
C membership statistics, an aggre
gate of 1,500 new Knights of Colum
bus in San Francisco.
Special to The Bulletin.
Atlanta, Ga.—Atlanta Council will
exemplify the first three degrees on
a large class Washington’s birthday.
The entire membership will meet
at the K. of C. Hall at 10:30 and
attend! 11 ©’clock Mass at Sacred
Heart Church. After lunch at K. of
C. Hall degree work will start at
1:30 and is expected to be over at
six. In the evening there will be
a banquet for members at the
Ansley Hotel.
The council is planning a St.
Patrick’s Day card party and dance
at the Ansley Hotel for the benefit
of the Catholic Community Club
House fund. The Minstrel Show
planned by the Knights is scheduled
for the first week after Easter.
Dr. Horace Grant, president of the
National Order of Pipe Smokers, de
livered an impressive address on
“Tolerance, Justice and Fraternity”
at the February 4 meeting of the
council. A colored quartet secured
by Lecturer J, J. Byrne entertained
at the same meeting.
The ladies who acted as chairmen
of various committees at the recent
frolic were the guests of J. H. Dillon
at a dinner at the Ansley Hotel
February 10. The women were large
ly responsible for the success of the
affair, and the members of the
council are showing that they ap
preciate the fact.
NORWEGIAN CATHOLIC LEAGUE
(By N. C. W, C. News Service)
Frederikstadt, Norway .— Madame
Backer, prominent Catholic woman
leader of Norway, has officially in
formed headquarters of the Inter
national Union of Catholic Women’s
Leagues that a Catholic Women’s
League has been formed in Norway.
'The first meeting of the new or
ganization already has been held
in Oslo.
JACKSONVILLE KNIGHTS
AT “VICTORY DINNER”
Grand Knight O’Rourke Host
After Successful Christmas
Campaign for Orphans.
National Convention
Of Knights to Be, Held in
Duluth in August.
GEORGIA STATE COUNCIL
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
L. C. KUNZE, Columbus, State Deputy.
,J. J. McCREARY, Macon, State Secretary.
' JOHN G. DICKS. Atlanta, State Treasurer.
J. R. MULHERlN, Augusta, State Advocate.
I). W. MORGAN. Wavcross, State Warden.'
Rev. LEO M. KEENAN, Albany, State Chaplain.
Atlanta Council No. 660
A. A. Baumstark, Grand
Knight
George T. Flynt, Financial
Secretary.
Meets Every Tuesday
Evening 8 P. M., at
Knights of Columbus
Building.
IS E. Pine St., Atlanta, Ga.
Savannah Council
No. 631
Regular Meeting
Savannah Council, 631
K. of C.
Social Meeting
Jan. 28th, 1925.
Patrick Walsh Council,
No. 677
Charles C. Stulb,
Grand Knight.
B. S. Heslin. Financial
Secretary.
Meets Second and
Fourth Thursday of
Each Month
1012 Greene St. Augusta, Ga.
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.
Bishop Gross
Council No. 1019
Columbus, Ga. _
H. J. Murphy, Grand Knight;
Robert Grier, Financial Secre
tary; George J. Burrus, Record
ing Secretary.
Meets First and Third Tuesday,
8:00 P. M., at Knights of Colum
bus Hall, Broad and Thirteenth
Street, Columbus, Ga.
By FRANK J. KELLY
Jacksonville, Flo,—A little affair
brought off in the club rooms of the
Catholic Daughters of America on
the evening of January .29, was en~
tirley “Bill’s.” “Bill 1” “Who is
Bill?’ Who but Bill O’Rourke of
648 Caseys; Bill of wild Irish an
cestry but with a] of amiable dispos -
tion; otherwise William James O’
Rourke, Worthy Grand Knight of
Ours.
Bill and Stephen A. Jackson were
in the forefront of the fight to put
over the entertainment to furnish
funds for St. Mary's Orphanage
Christmas Tree, and when the aggre
gate reached $800 or so and not
such more money in view it became
a debatable point between these gent-
lement whether the $1 000 mark, the
goal aimed at, wouid be made. Bill
was optimistic; Stephen A, hopeful,
but doubtful. Bill took a bull dog
grip on his hunch and asseverated
his belief that the Council would
take in $1,000; the others expressed
negations, Ult'mately-backing up his
convlction-Bill declared w 7 ith Celtic
emphasis that if the total reached
$1,000 he would forfeit a dinner to
the entertainment committee.
And because Bill won, and was
completely satisfied, and the com
mittee was satisfied because Bill—
and the orphans’ cause—had won.
some twenty-two Caseys, with Father
James J. Meehan, of Inmaculate Con
ception as an invited guest, sat down
to enjoy Bill's feast of turkey and
trimmings, cooked to a turn dished
up to the minute, and served ini ad
mirable manner by several lovely
Daughters; no small thanks for the
success of the affair being due t<5
the able supervision of Mrs. Verot
Pacetti.
Brother O’Rourke expressed his ac
knowledgments to the committee for
their efforts on behalf of the or
phans and hoped that each succeed
ing year would duplicate this year’s
performance, in doubling the amount
of the annual donation.
For the first time St. Mary’s Home
became of state-wide concern when
the state Council of the Knights of
Columbus last year took action mak
ng each Council a factor in support
ing the Home. The annual enter
tainment for the benefit of the or
phans was started in 1916 under the
leadership of Brother C. Roy Mun-
dee, who was then, and for two
subsequent terms, Grand Knight of
648. Each year witnessed the in
creasing importance and popularity
of this worthy object, culminat'ng
last year in a donat-'on of about $1.
600, of ., which Jacksonville council
contributed in round numbers $1.-
100, and 10 other state councils $500.
The various amounts tendered by the
latter were as follows: Tampa $85-
Apalachicola, $10; Miami, $180; Lake
land, $40; Daytona, $40; Palm Beach,
$25; Orlando, $20; San Antonio, $41;
St. August ne, $25, and Key West,
$14.
During the year the capacity of the
Orphange has been eons'derably in
creased by the addition of a three
story and basement extension of the
original building equipped with
every modern appliance at an ex
penditure of about $50,000.
Notre Dame Vs. Furman
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
New York,—The 1925 National Con
vention of the Knights of Columbus
will be held in Duluth, Minn., August
4, 5, and 6, according to announce
ment made following the recent
meeting of the Supreme Board of Di
rectors here. The Board will hold
its next meeting in Montreal, in
April.
OLD TIME BAZAAR FOR
COUNCIL AT AUGUSTA
Indiana Nine to Play in
Greenville in April.
Greenville, S. C.—The Notre Dame
university baseball nine will play
Furman university here April 13 and
14, according to the Furman sched
ule recently made public. The No
tre Dame baseball nine includes
several of the football stars re
sponsible for Notre Dame’s unpar
alleled football record this year.
Chester, S. ■£, — Dr. U. S. Rou-
millatt, 72, a former resident of
Charleston and Columbia, died here
January 24 following a stroke of
paralysis. Dr, Roumillatt had been
in Chester about a year, making his
home with his daughter, Mrs. Ida
Henderson, and had in that time en
deared himself to all who met him.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Henderson and Mrs. P. H. Jeffords,
of Greenville, and a son, also of
Greenville. The funeral was held
from St. Peter’s church, Columbia.
CENTENARIAN SERVANT
Entertainment Plans For
Week of February 16 Bring
Back Bygone Memories.
Augusta, Ga.—An old time bazar
which will bring back memories of
the days-when the Catholics of Au
gusta were striving to pay off the
debt on the down town’ churches
will he conducted by the Knights
of Columbus at Masonic Hall the
week of February 7 16 to raise money
to pay off the debt remaining on
the palatial home of Patrick Walsh
Council. The enthusiasm with which
the plan was greeted and the re
ception being given the workers in
dicate that the ambition of the
council to discharge the debt wilt
be realized when the bazar is at an
end.
J. Coleman Dempsey, lecturer, is
general chairman, and Grand Knight
C. C. Stulb, Jr., is taking an active
part in the arrangements. The wo
men of the Augusta Council of
Cathoilc Women are giving their ser
vices freely and willingly and are
doing the bulk of the work in ar
ranging the booths and other fea
tures.
There will be dancing each eve
ning, with music by Van Pelt’s or
chestra. One afternoon will he given
over to the children. There will
be a country store, booths of nearly
every conceivable kind, and various
sources of amusement for those who
do not dance. The week’s enter
tainment will come to a close Sat
urday night with a brilliant fancy
ball.
KNIGHTS AT KNOXVILLE
ORGANIZE DINNER CLUB
Special to The Buleltin.
Knoxville, Tcnn.—Knoxville now 7
has a I\. of C. dinner club as a
result of action taken at a meeting
of fifty members of the Knights at
a dinner the evening of January 20.
The club is to be conducted along
lines of a civic luncheon club, Chas.
J. Guzzo, grand knight, was elected
temporary president; other officers
elected for the time being were
George Mankel, secretary, and, D.
K. Coen, treasurer, M. R. Grace,
Martin Eberly and W. J. Witen-
kamp have been appointed a nomi
nating committee to select perma
nent officers, and John T. O’Con
nor, T. J. Scott and G. F, Mona
han were appointed members of the
committee on constitution and by
laws.
The initial dinner of the organiza
tion was featured by addresses by-
Carlos C. Campbell, acting manager,
of the Knoxville chamber of com
merce, and E. L. McClurken former
secretary 7 of the Knoxville Y. M
C. A.
Chicago Knights
Sponsoring July Holy Year
Pilgrimage to Rome.
Honored By Bishop Whose Family
She Served 86 Years.
(By N: C. W. C. News Service)
Paris.—Msgr. Lecomte, Bishop of
Amiens, has been to Coniines, near
Lille, to his parents’ home to pre
side in person at the celebration in
honor of a centenarian, Mademoiselle
Victorie Desrumaux.
Mademoiselle Desrumaux has
spent her life in the service of
Msgr. Lecomte’s parents. She has
been attached to the family for 86
years.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Chicago, 111.—The first Holy Year
pilgrimage to Rome to be an
nounced by Chicago Catholics w 7 ill
be under tne auspices of the Fourth
Degree, Knights of Columbus, with
the cooperation of Rt. Rev. Mon
signor Moses E. Kiley, director of
the central bureau of the Associated
Catholic Charities, and Rev. Thomas
Harmon, overseas chaplain of the
marines and pastor of Annunciation
parish.
The party, which provides for
minimum of 150 and a ijiaximum of
500, plans to leave Chicago on the
morning of July 2 for a 65-day
trip, visiting Montreal and Quebec,
from which latter city it will sail
on July 4, In addition to visiting
Rome the party 7 will make a tour
of some of the principal cities and
battlefields of Europe.
Monsignor Kiley and Father Har
mon who w 7 ill accompany the pil
grims as spiritual directors will ar
range to say Mass for the pilgrims
each day aboard the ship. A large
number of prominent Chicago Catho
lics have already made reservations
for the trip.
CHARLESTON K. OF C.
BALL ON FEBRUARY 23
Matthew A. Condon. Chair
man of Pre-Lenten Festi
vities at Columbus Hall.
Special to The Bulletin.
Charleston, S. C.—A great Charity
Ball will be conducted by Bishop
P. N. Lynch Council, Knights a?
Columbus, February 23, and the
committee in charge, headed by M.
A. Condon, has preparations and
plans well undo? way, Dancing will
be enjoy-ed In the upper hall from
nine until two, and the lower ball
will he devoted to a novelty dance.
An admission fee will be charged
gentlemen, and' the proceeds will be
devoted to the support of the Boy
Scout band and to the various
charitable activities of the eounciL
Sub-committees, were appointed as
follows: Tickets, A. M. O’Neill;
music, Thomas A. Hennessey; deco
rations, William B. Vaughan; re
freshments, H. S. Kruse; booths,
Joseph Rahb, James Dawson, Harry
Dengate and James Ciarkin; danc
ing, Thomas A. Ccoghan; door,
George LaRoachc; program, W. I.
Cromier, Jr.; constitution of booths,
T. J. Sheridan; publicity, J. J.
Vaughan. M. A. Condon and J. F.
Hagan; speakers, John I. Cosgrove;
singers, John M. Maguire.
The first degree of the order was
conferred upon a large class at the
January 28 meeting of the council.
District Deputy Rooks
Of Savannah Leaves Geor
gia For Virginia.
Special to The Bulletin.
Savannah, Ga.—W. A. Rooks, past
grand knight of Savannah council,
Knights of Columbus, present dis
trict deputy, and widely known in
Knights of Columbus circles, has
been appointed auditor of freight
accounts for the Seaboard Air Line
railway, with offices at Portsmouth,
Va. Mr. Rooks is a former railroad
man, but for some years has been
office manager for Leopold Adler.
While his friends felicitate him on
his new appointment, they regret
that it means his departure from
the city and state. There are few
members of the Knights of Colum
bus much active or more efficient
in their activity than District Dep
uty 7 Rooks, and his going leaves a
large place to be filled.
BRUNSWICK KNIGHTS
Show Health Motion Pictures
At K. of 0. Hall.
Special to The Bulletin.
Brunswick, Ga.—An educational
picture on germs, endorsed by the
Board of Health, was shown by the
Knights of Columbus at K. of C.
Hall January 30. There was a per
formance at four o’clock in the
afternoon for school children and at
eight'o’clock for adults. No ad
mission was charged.
CHARLOTTE COUNCIL NO. 770
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Charlotte, N. C.
Meets First and Third
Tuesdays
J. J. Montague, Grand Knight.
P. J. Conlin, Financial Secty.
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