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2 THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA MAY 30, 1925 NEWS OF THE KM1GHT! OF €C I Ufl mm) L A. Ursina Heads Fla. Knights Jacksonville Banker Suc ceeds Ambrose O’Keefe, Retiring with Fine' Record. Special to The Bulletin. Tampa, Fla.—Leonard A. Ursina, South Jacksonville banker, was elected state deputy of the Knights of Columbus of Florida at the an nual convention held here May 11. Other officers elected were: Secre tary, C- Hoy Mundee, Jacksonville; treasurer, John W. Sullivan, Tampa; advocate, C. T. Hoffman, Miami; warden, R. L. Nickelsen, Pensacola; chaplain, Father Sands, Pensacola. Pensacola was chosen as the 1926 convention City. Rt. Rev. Patrick Barry, D. D„ bishop of St. Augus tine, was present at the conven tion and made an inspiring address to the delegates. Tampa did herself proud in the entertainment of the convention. The local council committee on en tertainment was headed by Past Grand Knight McGraw, and the Catholic Women’s club committee by Mrs. Clarke, president. Mayor Perry G. Wall welcomed the dele gates to Jacksonville. The convention appropriated funds to assist Rev. Ur. Nolan, pastor of the church at Gainesville, and in charge of Crane Hall of the Univer sity of Florida, to aid him in help ing Catholic students at the univer sity. The Tampa convention brought more of the ladies to the city than previous conventions, many of the delegates bringing their wives. Mr. and Mrs. O'Keefe, Mr. and Mrs. Mundee and Mrs. Rae Armstrong drove down from Jacksonville, and there were similar parties from other points. The convention voiced its thank ful appreciation of the efforts of the retiring state deputy, Ambrose O'Keefe, of Jacksonville, who made a wonderful record during his term of office. A huge bouquet of flowers was presented Mrs. O’Keefe by the delegates. State Deputy Ursina is a native of St. Augustine, was educated in the schools of the Sisters of St. Joseph, is vice-president of the Bank of South Jacksonville, president of the Bauk of Pablo Beach, vice-president of the Guaranty Securities corpora tion, of Jacksonville, and managing director of the Ideal Investment company, of South Jacksonville. He is very active in civic affairs • in Jacksonville. Alabama Knights Re-Elect C. M. Grace State Depty Special to The Bulletin. Montgomery, Ala.—C. M. Grace, of Huntsville, was re-elected state deputy of the Alabama Knights of Cofumbus at the con vention held here May 4 and 5. Other officers elected were: Secretary, Maurice Walsh, Bir mingham; treasurer, Joseph De Rago, Sheffield; warden, W. II. Clark, Cullman; advocate, John A. Hughes* Mobile; chaplain, Rev. Dr. P. J. Walsh, Birmingham. Resolutions were adopted on the death of Sterling Wood, Birmingham, former state dep uty, donations to , the American Legion were endorsed, and Mo bile was selected for the next convention. St Louis University R.0.T.C Medical Department Leads CBy-N. G. W. C. News Service) St. Louis.—St. Louis University Medical school furnishes this year the largest medical department group of R. O., T. C. students in the United States, as 32-4 medical students and 304 dental students are taking their work under government supervision at the St. Louis school. The largest group of medical graduates to be commissioned this year by the government is also credited to St. Louis university, when 36 students from the medical school and' 56 students from the dental school will be appointed to the officers reserve. These figures are compiled by Major Val E. Miltenberger, M, C.. U. S. A., professor of Military Science and Tactics and commandant of the medical unit of St. Louis uni versity, and by Major C. E. Lauder dale, M. C., U. S. A, assistant pro fessor of Military Science and Tactics and commandant of the dental unit of St, Louis university. Major Miltenberger has been ap pointed by the war department to command all medical units for uni versities of the middle west at the 1925 summer camp at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, from June 12 to July 23. At this camp, St. Louis university medical school will be represented by 177 students. N. CAROLINA RE-ELECTS CHARLES F. LINTHICUM State Council Felicitates Bishop-Elect Hafey and Abbot Vincent, Its Chaplain (Special to The Bulletin.) Charlotte, N. C.—The sending of a letter of felicitations pledging the support of the Knights of Colum bus in behalf of his efforts to Rt. Rev. William J. Hafey, I). D., Bishop- elect of Raleigh, voicing congratula tions and offering cooperation to Rt. Rev. Abbot Vincent, O. S. B., D. D., State Chaplain, on the honor which has come to him since the last con vention, and the reelection as state deputy of C. F. Linthicum, absent from the state on an extended rest following a breakdown in. his health, featured the Fifth Annual Conven tion of the North Carolina State Council here May 12. Other of ficers elected were: State secretary, George T. Carey; treasurer, Jame^ J. Allen; advocate, J. J. McSorley; warden, M. P. Mulvaney. State Secretary Carey presided at the meeting, which opened with prayer by Rev. Ambrose Gallagher, O. S. B, pastor of • St. Peter’s Church. Past State Deputy W. V. Hail delivered the .address of wel come. J. J. Montague acted as secretary. The delegates present, besides the state officers, were: Wilmington, J. O. Reilly and P. J. Baschon; Raleigh, J. J. Murphy and P. D. Edelon; Qreensboro, O. E. Kuhn and A. L. Goodwin; Charlotte, J. J—Montague and Themas E. Rea; Asheville, F. J. Haezal and J. J. Dale. The State Council decided to raise a purse for Abbot Vincent’s trip to Rome and to continue the assess ment of one dollar a year for the orphanages, the fund to be divided between the Nazareth and Belmont institutions. Resolutions were adopt ed congratulating the national of ficers for their good work, fifty dollars was appropriated as a prize for the best essay on American History, and greetings were sent to the various Sisters in the state as a token of appreciation of their good work. Raleigh was selected as the convention city for 1926: J. J. Allen was elected alternate to the state deputy and J. J. Montague to the past state deputy. Flying Squadron at Cheraw S. Carolina Knights Visit Camden Mission. Special to The Bulletin. Camden, ,S. C.—Knights of Colum bus from Columbia, Sumter and Camden, constituting the now fa mous “Flying Squadron,” came to Cheraw May 17 and left a favorable impression that will not be forgot ten here in a long time. There were confessions at 10:3,0 and a High Mass at eleven, celebrated by Rex. M. J. Reddin, pastor of the Camden missions. The Sumter choir fur» nished music and a sermon adapted to the occasion w r as delivered by Father Reddin. It is seldom that the Catholics of Cheraw have an op portunity to meet so man- of their co-religionists, and they appreciated it. There was great interest through out this territory in the degree in Columbia May 24 and the convention in Sumter the day following. Dele gations of Knights from Camden Sumter and Columbia visited Charleston May 6 in its interests, and the Camden Knights attended special meetings in Sumter May 10 and Columbia May 14 to further plans. Arkansas Abbot Honored (By N. C. W. C. News Service) Little Rock, Ark.—Official letters have been received from Rome by the Rt. Rev. John B. Morris, Bishop of Little Rock, notifying him that the honor of the Purple Zuchetto has been bestowed upon the Rt. Rev. Abbot Ignatius Conrad, O. S. B., of the New Subiaco abbey. Arrangements have been made to hold the solemn conferring of the honor upon Abbot Conrad Monday at the abbey. Bishop Morris and many priests of the diocese will he present at the ceremony. Founder of Order Dead (By N. C. W. C. News Service) Lafayette, Ind.—Sister Mary Au- gustina, who was the last member of the little band which founded the Poor Sisters of\St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration in this country, is dead here. Sister Mary Augustina was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1845, and entered a convent in that coun try. In 1875, with a company of six sisters, she came to Lafayette where they established St. Eliza beth’s hospital, which became the motherhouse of the order in this country. The hospital, at first a four-room structure, now occupies a four-story huildiug with 366 MOnp, GEORGIA ST KNIGHTS O L. C. KUNZE. Coiuml ,t. .1. McCREARY, Mac JOHN G. DICKS. Atla .1. B. MUI.HERIN, An I). \V. MORGAN. Way Rev. LEO M. KEENAN F )US on nt £U! crc . tTE COUNCIL | COLUMBUS , State Deputy. State Secretary, i, State Treasurer. >ta, State Advocate, ss, State Warden. Vlbany, State Chaplain. Atlanta Council No. 660 A. A. Baumstark, Grand Kuight George T. Flynt, Financial Secretary. Meets Every Tuesday Evening 8 P. M., at Knights of Columbus Building. IS E. Pine St., Atlanta, Ga. Patrick Walsh Council, No. 677 Charles C. Stulb, Grand Knight. R. S. Heslin, Financial Secretary. Meets Second and Fourth Thursday of Each Month 1012 Greene St. Augusta, Ga. * Savannah Council Nor 631 Meets Second and Fourth Wednesdays. 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. 507 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. D" LH. J - Murphy, Grand Knight; Disnop LlfOSS Robert Grier, Financial Secre- *1 NT lain tary; George J. Burrus, Record- 1 nnnril INO III O Secretary. V/UUUi/U I’D. 1 \J l s Meets First and Third Tuesday, y-x j i 8:00 P. M., at Knights of Colum- Columbus, Ga. a G n a d Thirteenth State Deputy Cosgrove Re-Elected Large Fourth Degree Class For Savannah June 14 Special to The Bulletin. Savannah Ga.—Applications of Knights of Columbus wishing to take the Fourth Degree are pour ing in to the committee, and over one hundred will be in f he class _ on which the degre will be exemplified June 14. The committee is making ela borate plans and hopes to make the June 14 exemplification the most successful and the largest ever held in the Southeast. The committee in charge of the ar rangements for the class follows J. O. Maggioni, chairman; C. E. Feuger, D. V. O’Driscoll, C. A. Buchheit, Eugene G. Butler, Harold McCarthy, Leon Butler, Dr. J. J. O’Connor, W. F. McKay, M. T. Hartnett, George Rice, James P. McMahon, W. T. Walsh, Alfred Courvoisie. NICHOLAS CONTI AGAIN DEPUTY IN MISSISSIPPI Re-Elected at Biloxi Conven tion Which Was Featured by Great Initiation. Special to The Bulletin. Biloxi, Miss.—Nicholas Conti was re-elected state deputy of the Mis sissippi Knights of Columbus at the 21st annual convention, held here May 12. Other officers elected were: State secretary, E. L. Luecken- back, Greenville treasurer, G. O. Korndorfer, Natchez; advocate, J. T. Savage, Jackson; warden, Peter Bugna, Gulfport; alternates to na tional convention, C. B. Boone, of Jackson and W. J. Volker, Vicks- y St. Louis and Jackson both offered invitations to the State Council to come to their city for the 1926 convention; Bay St. Louis finally triumphed. The day previous to the conven tion over fifty candidates were ad mitted to the order, and although more rain fell that day than for the six previous months in Biloxi, it failed to dampen the ardor of the Knights: The New Orleans and Algiers Councils, sent lover several hundred members for the degree, the party coming by special train over the Louisville and Nashville, accompanied by its famous Cres cent band. Mobile Council sent 200 members, coming in special cars, and every city in Mississippi was iepresented. The Knights attended Mass at the Church of the Nativity at 9:30, Father McKenna officiating and Father Keenan delivering the siit> mon. The degree, followed under the direction of W. J. Guste, grand knight of the New Orleans Coun cil Supreme Secretary Win. J. Mc- Ginley was a guest of honor at the banquet in the evening, and he delivered the principal address. I he morning of the convention proper the delegates attended mass a ’m received Holy Communion for the late Bishop Gunn of Natchez, who was a devoted friend of the Knights of Columbus in his Dio cese. ANTI-CATHOLIC LAWS In Great Britain Would Be Repealed by New Bill. CBy N. C. W. C. News Service) London.—Mr. Blundell’s Catholic relief bill, which .will he considered soon in parliament, has the support of the Freedom association, a non- Catholic organization. Characterizing the anti-Catholic laws as a “disgrace to the statute book,” the Freedom association says that although the laws are not en forced, some chance majority of fanatics might in the future avail themselves of these iniquities. “It is well, therefore,” continues a memorandum, “to wash the law clean of them, and it is to be hoped that this little measure for making the statute hook better suited to a country which professes religious freedom will be passed during the present session without a hitch.” California State Deputy (By N. C. W. C. News Service) Fresno, Cal.—Michael E. Griffith of this city, prominent attorney and civic leader, was unanimously elect ed State Deputy of the California jurisdiction, Knights of Columbus, for the year’s term commencing July 1, at the State convention which closed. Mr. Griffith succeeds Thom as P. White of Los Angeles. The attendance at this year’s state con vention exceeded in numbers that cat any previous conclave. Other S. Carolina Officers Renamed at Sumter—Mag nificent Degree at Columbia Special to The Chronicle. Columbia, S. C.—May 24 and 25 were red letter days jn the history of the Knights of Columbus in this part of the Carolinas. On May 24 a class of seventy-five candidates, one of the largest ever initiated in the Carolinas, received the major de grees, and the day following the annual convention of the state council was held at Sumter. At the Sumter convention John I. Cosgrove was re-elected state deputy, and the other officers were re-elected as follows: Secretary, Edward D, Buckley, Charleston; warden, J. F. G-allivan, Greenville; advocate, M. L. Browne, Columbia; treasurer, J. M. O’Connor, Green ville. The Degree The program at Columbia the day preceding the convention opened with the knights marching to SL Peter’s church from their hall for Solemn High Mass, celebrated by Very Rev. T, J. Hegarty, pastor, with Rev. M. J. Reddin, of Camden, deacon, Rev. J. D.,Quinn, of Sumter, sub-deacon, and Rev, Edward Sweeney, of Greenville, master of ceremonies. Special music was sup plied by the church choir. ‘ Rev. J. J, May, rector of the cathedral at Charleston, delivered the sermon, an eloquent discourse in which he traced the history of the order back to his foundation and reminded the candidates of their oth- ligations to God and country. The exemplification of the degrees, which was attended by nearly four hundred knights from the cities of the Carolinas and Georgia, was fol lowed by a sumptuous banquet at the Jefferson hotel. The exemplifi cation of the degree was in charge of the Columbia knights, P. H. Mor gan, grand knight, assisted by visit ing officials. The degree team was from Charlotte, N. C. The Convention The delegates and visiting knights proceeded to Sumter for the con vention the following day. The sessions were held in the old Masonic hall, and the delegates were welcomed by Mayor R. D. Epps, who was introduced by Grand Knight J. J. Brennan, of Sumter council. State-Senator David D. Moise and Representative John D. Duffic also made welcoming remarks, State Deputy Cosgrove responding. After the business session in the morning, the delegates and visitors were en tertained at luncheon, and in the evening they Vere guests at a great banquet at the Claremont hotel. The insurance feature of the order and the approval of educational work for deserving boys attending state in stitutions received the chief atten tion of the convention. Columbia was chosen for the 1926 convention. 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. DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION NEED FUNDS? During Press Month great mis sionary work was done for the Catholic Press. The ground was prepared. 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