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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN S ASSOCIATION OF GEORG1 V
MAY 21, 1927
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NEWS OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Augusta Council’s
Silver Jubilee
To Be Observed June 5 and
6 in Connection With An
nual State Convention
Augusta, Ga.—The silver jubilee of
Patrick Walsh Council will coincide
with the meeting of the State Con-1
cil here June 6, and the local Council
is making elaborate plans for the
anniversary. The jubilee program
will open Sunday morning when the
members of the Council will receive
Holy Communion in a body at the
eight o’clock Mass at St. Mary’s-on-
the-Hill, Hcv. James A. Kane, pas-
tor.
Monday the State Council will
meet at Knights of Columbus Hall,
Slate Deputy Win. H. Mitchell of
Macon presiding. The state council
will bring to Augusta delegates and
visitors from all parts of Georgia
and this coupled with the jubilee
will insure the presence of Knights
from neighboring states os well. At
noon the visitor will be guests of the
local officers at lunch.
The sociol feature of the program
will be the dinner at Deans Bridge
resort at 6:30 Monday evening, and
the dinner committee under the di
rection of Dr. V. D. Barbot prom
ises a banquet worthy of the Ocea
nian. Dr. Barbot has been in charge
of the commissary department of
the laymen’s retreats for the past
few years.
J. Coleman Dempsey, grand knight
of Patrick Walsh Council, appointed
the following chairmen of commit
tees, which have been functioning so
efficiently for the past few weeks
that the plans are absolutely com
plete: General chairman, Lawrence
A. Dorr; invitations, Capt. P. H.
Bice; reservations, R. S. Heslin;
finance, Edwad Gallagher; dinner.
Dr. V. D. Barbot; music, Marion Col
lins; arrangements, Walter Murphy;
special, James B. Mulherin.
The fourth degree exemplifies
tion considered in connection with
the jubilee has been postponed un
til-later, probably Columbus Day, in
order to give the silver jubilee full
play at this time. A dance will fol
low the dinner Monday.
Atlanta Knights Observe Jubilee
By Breaking Ground for New Home
By Federal Government Urg
ed by New York Knights
Special Mass Opens Program —Initiation of Class and
Splendid Dinner-Dance at East Lake Country Club
Social Features—Observan ce Gratifying Success
(Special to The Bulletin)
Atlanta, Ga.—Atlanta Council,
Knights of Columbus, of which C.
C. McGowan is grand knight, ob
served its silver jubilee with an ela
borate religious and soci*ri program
featured by the breaking of ground
for the new Catholic Club, the rea
lization of hopes extending over
many years. Addresses were de
livered at the breaking of the
ground by Rev. Emmet M. Walsh,
of Atlanta, Wade H. Davis, pre
sident of the Central Improvement
Society, and Richard A. Magill, past
grand knight and past state deputy
.and now Master of the Fourth
Degree for Georgia and the Garo-
linas, president of the Columbian
Building Association. The police
band furnished music.
The site of the building is valued
at $21,000 and the building, which
it is hoped to have completed by
Columbus Day, will cost $8ff,0Cfc).
It is located on Courtland Street,
near Sacred Heart Church, not far
from the business district and much
nearer the down town section than
the present council home. It will
contain a large gymnasium, parlors,
meeting halls, ballroom, committee
rooms, swimming pool, billiard
room, card room, locker room, roof
garden, kitchen, library, and other
features.
The jubilee program began with
a special Knights of Columbus Mass
at nine o’clock at Sacred Heart
Church, members meeting at Marist
College campus and marching in a
body to the church. The sermon
was delivered by jRcv. Walter M.
Royer of Birmingham. After the
Mass the first three degrees were
exemplified on the jubilee class by
the Birmingham team; lunch was
served at 12:45 by Bradley’s House
Committee. The committee on the
initiation arrangements in addition
to Grand Knight C. L. McGowan
and District Deputy A. A. Baumstark
GEORGIA STATE COUNCIL
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
W. H. MITCHELL, Macon, State Deputy.
A. M. 13ATTEY, Augusta, State Secretary.
JAMES ». LYNCH Albany State Treasurer.
W. A. SAUNDERS, Savannah, State Advocate.
JOSEPH F. O’BniEN,^Brunswick. State Warden.
REV. PHILIP HASSON, S. M„ Atlanta, State Chaplain.
Atlanta Council No. 660
J. A. LaHatte, Grand Knight
Jos. I. Oberst
Financial Secretary,
Meets Every Tuesday
Evening 8 P. M., at
Knights of Columbus
Building.
18 E. Pine St., Atlanta, Ga.
Savannah Council
No. 631
ros. O. Maggioni, Grand Knight
L. A. Richardson, Financial
Secretary
■I. B. McDonald, Recorder.
Meets Second and Fourth
Wednesday, 8 P. M.
3 W. Liberty Street,
Savannah, Ga.
Bishop Gross Council,
No. 1019
M. TOBIN, Grand Knight
ROBERT GRIER,
Financial Secretary
GEORGE J. BURRUS
Recording Secretary
Meets First and Third Tues
day, 8:00 P. M., Columbus
Hall, 18 Twelfth Street.
COLUMBUS, GA.
Patrick Walsh Council,
No. 677
J. Coleman Dempsey,
Grand Knight.
R. S. Heslin, Financial
Secretary.
New Club House—Handball-
Showers — Radio.
Visiting Brothers Welcome
1012 Greene St. Augusta, Ga.
Macon Council No. 925
John J. McCreary, Grand
Knight.
M. J. Carroll, Jr., Financial
Secretary.
Meets the First and
Third Tuesday, 8 P. M.,
at Knights of Columbus
Hall.
Mulberry St., Macon Ga.
Henry Thomas Ross
Council, No. 1939
JAMES M. JONES,
Grand Knight
G. CECIL JONES,
Financial Secretary
JOS. F. O’BRIEN, Jr.,
Recording Secretary
Meets Second and Fourth
Tuesdays at Knights of
Columbus Hall
BRUNSWICK, GA.
FATHER PRENDERGAST COUNCIL,
No. 2057, Albany, Ga.
J. H. Lynch, Grand Knight. N, F. Dugan, Deputy Grand Knight,
Meets second Tuesday in each month at Knights of Columbus Hall.
included J. A. LaHatte, chairman,
John J. McGee, John Bradley and
,1. lid. Flynt,
The Wednesday program in addi
tion to the breaking of ground for
the new Catholic Club consisted in
a jubilee dinner-dance at the East
Lake Country Club, at which the
charter members were guests of
honor. Addresses were made by
several prominent Knights, includ
ing Capt. P. H. Rice, of Augusta,
past state deputy and the only mem
ber of the supreme board of direc
tors from the South. The recep
tion committee in charge of the- din
ner-dance, which was a formal af
fair attended by over 350 Knights
and their ladles, included: Paul
Hanley, chairman; Charles Gavan,
James Gillespie, A. A. Baumstark,
Charles Huber, Clem McGowan, P.
J. McGuire, C. L. Thomas, J. B. Mc-
Callum, R. W. Murray, M. C. Carroll,
Jr., John Bradley, John J. McGee,
J. .1. Deihl, Felix Commagere, P. A.
Aicklen, Frank Gillespie, T. C. Ham
ilton, George T. Iinnen, J. J. Con-
dou, J. A. Cassidy, Joseph Callaghan
and H. A. Kane.
The general committee on ar
rangements was composed of J
Charles Gavan, chairman, Paul Han
ley, John J, Diehl, W. J. Sullivan,
John Gardiner, Frank Gillespie, J.
A. LaHatte, and John Bradley, and
Grand Knight C. L. McGowan.
Surviving charter members of At
lanta Council who took the degree
with the original class a quarter of
a century ago are:
Charles A. Wrigley, J. Ed Ma-
Gujre, R. A. Magill, J. M, Corrigan,
Jr., A. J. Coleman, E. T. Murphy,
John Gardner, J. T. Doonan, B. Vig
naux, John V. Erskine, Henry L.
DeGive, J. Frank Lovette, E. W.
Gillespie, J. A. Magill, J. C. Gavan,
ri. I. Craft, John Kielley, Joseph A.
Gatins, John W. Malone, J. N. Wal
lace, E. A. Massa, Peter F. Clarke
Robert R. Otis, John M. Corrigan^
Jack J. Spalding, J. Carroll Payne.
John M. Graham, Daniel Carey, M.
A. Erskine, James R. Holiday, Eve
lyn Harris, C. J. Sullivan, John Mor
ns, Janies Gillespie, C. J. Sheehan.
Officers of the Atlanta council
® re T : £• J- McGowan, grand knight;
G. Deihl, deputy grand knight;
J. i. .Oberst., financial secretary; W.
J. Sullivan, recording secrctay;
Frank Gillespie, treasurer, and J.
Charles Gavan, Dr. Leo P. Daly and
C. L. McGowan, trustees. The re
ception committee for the exer
cises included Paul Hanley, chair
man; Charles GaVan, James Gilles
pie, A. A. Baumstark, Charles Hu
ber, Clem McGowan, R. A. Magill;
P. J. McGuire, C. L. Thomas, J. B.
McGallum, R. W. Murray, M. G. Car-
roll, Jra John Bradley, John J. Me-
Gee, J. J. Deihl, Felix Commagere,
P. A. Acklin, Frank Gillespie, T. C.
Hamilton, George A. Cassidy, Jo
seph Callaghan and H. A. Kane.
Dr. Taylor Heads Fourth
Degree At Daytona Beach
(Special to 'The Bulletin).
Daytona Beach, Fla.—At the last
regular meeting of the Fourth De
gree Knights of Columbus, No. 1895.
here, the election of officers for 1927-
1928 took place. The results follow:
Faithful Navigator, William H. Tay
lor, M. D.; faithful captain, H. H
Mills; faithful admiral, Michael Hal
ter, Sanford; faithful pilot, Frank
Dittman; faithful comptroller and
purser, Robert Angstadt, Holly Hill:
faithful inner sentinel, James Big
gin; faithful outer sentinel, John B
Lochner.
Many of the members of the third
and fourth degree attended the
state meeting' of the third degree in
St. Augustine, May 9-11. A third de
gree initiation took place during thi
meeting, candidates from the entin
state were given the degree.
ROMAN COLLEGE ALUMNI
Elect Rev. Russell I. Wilbur
St. Louis, President
Dayton, Ohio,—Election of the
Rev. Russell I. Wilbur of St. Louis
ns president; selection of St. Louis
as the city for tile 1928 reunion, and
receipt of a cablegram bestowing
the Apostolic Blessing were out
standing events in the program of
the two days reunion of 150 alumni
of the North American College held
here. Archbishop John J. Glcnuon
of St. Louis sent to the reunion a
telegram expressing his pleasure at
the selection of St. Louis as the next
meeting place of the alumni.
FLOOD RELIEF AID
Augusta, Ga.—A telegram re
ceived here from New York from
Col. M. J. O’Leary, in charge of
the Knights of Columbus relief
work in the Mississippi Valley
states that the New York State
Council, representing 120,000
members, in its annual meeting
here May 28, adopted a resolu
tion advocating an appropriation
from the federal government for
rehabilitation work in the flood
area. It was Colonel O’Leary’s
report to tho board of directors
of the Knights of Columbus at
Chicago a few weeks ago which
prompted the directors to appro
priate $50,000 for relief work in
the afflicted territory, $25,000 of
it going to the Red Cross and
$25,000 being expended for emer
gency relief under Colonel
O’Leary’s direction.
Arnold Mickler New State
Deputy of Florida Knights
(Special to The Bulletin)
St. Augustine, Fla.—Arnold Mick
ler of Live Oak and Orlando was
elected state deputy of the Knights
of Columbus at the twenty-third
meeting of the state council here
May 10. Mr. Mickler succeeds L.
A. Usina, South Jacksonville, who
retires after a most successful two
years in office. Other officers
elected included H. W. Barnum,
Winter Park, state secretary, John
W. Sullivan, Tampa, treasurer; Roy
Mundec, Jacksonville, advocate;
John Esperdy, Key West, warden;
Rev. P. A. Marnane, S. J„ Key West,
chaplain.
The convention voted to sponsor
a program of extension and im
provement totaling $50,000 for Crane
Hall, at the University of Florida,
and the usual Christmas appropria
tion of $2,000 for St. Mary’s Orphan
age was approved, as was the move
ment to raise $6,000 for the educa
tion of priests. Reports showed the
State Council to be in splendid con
dition. A donation was made to
the work for the veterans at Lake
City. Roy Mundee’ of Jacksonville
and Donald A. MacDougall of Mia
mi were named alternates to the
national convention.
(Vnnmittee chairmen were H. E.
Sehlarb, per capita; William Cates,
appropriations; C. E. Comines, au
dit; Rosso Marsicano, distribution;
P. J. Lanahan resolutions.
K. of C. Boyology Course
At Savannah Camp Ends
Boy Leaders From Distant
Cities in Attendance--Coun
cil Sponsors Movement
(Special to The Bulletin)
Savannah, Ga.—The boyology
course sponsored by Savannah Coun
cil, Knights of Colupibus, and
brought to this section largely
through the efforts of Grand Knight
J. O. Maggioni, closed here May 29
aftef making a record which sur
passed even its admirable one of a
year ago. One of four camps of
its kind in the United States and
giving a course identical with the
course at Notre Dame University
and similar institutions, it attracted
boy leaders from as far away as
Pensacola, FIa.,_ which sent Scout
master I. G. Quina for the course.
Joseph D. Becker, field secretary
of the Boy Life Bureau, New Haven,
was director of the course, assisted
by such authorities as Commodore
W. E. Longfellow, of the national
staff of the American Red Gross
Life Saving Corps; F. D. Chadwick
regional Boy Scout executive; At
lanta; E. D. Schirmer, boy scout
executive, Charleston; Wesley M.
Bagby, scout executive, Savannah;
Harry B. Stanton, general chair-
mna of the course; Rev. Bro. Bar
nabas, New Haven, executive secre
tary, Boy Life Bureau; Howell S.
Bounds, playground commissioner.
Serg. Morris Perlman, Headquarters
Battery, 118 Field Artillery, was in
charge of the commissary depart
ment.
The course was given at the beau
tiful Benedictine Camp, overlooking
and bordering the Vernon River, a
large salt water stream near the
ocean. Perfect weather attended
the course and the appointments of
the camp more than met require
ments for comfort. Certificates
from the Knights of Columbus Boy
Life Bureau and the National Coun
cil Boy Scouts of America, were
awarded those completing the course
which was under the auspices of the
Boy Life Bureau, Knights of Colum
bus, with the following agencies
co-operating: American Bed Cross
Association; Big Brothers Federa
tion, International; Boys’ Club Fed
eration, International; Boy Scouts of
America; Columbia Squires; Play
ground and Recreation Association
of America, Woodcraft League of
America.
Class Initiated At Albany
Seventy-Five Knights Attend
Banquet Following Degree
(Special to The Bulletin)
Albany, Ga.—Albany Knights of
Columbus witnessed on Sunday one
of the finest exemplifications of the
first, second and third degrees ever
given in Georgia. Candidates from
Albany, Atlanta, Macon, Fitzgerald,
Bainbridge and Moultrie were re
ceived into the Order.
All the candidates, local and visit
ing Knights attended Mass and re
ceived Communion in n body Sun
day morning at St. Theresa’s Ca
tholic Church. An excellent lunch
eon was served at noon at the K.
of C. Hall after which the three de
grees were conferred by teams from
Atlanta and Macon.
After the initiation a banquet was
enjoyed by about .75 Knights at the
New Albany Hotel. The speakers
at the banquet were: JRev. L. M.
Keenan, Rev. T. A. Brennan, Rev. J.
R. Smith, State Deputy W. H. Mit
chell, Macon, District Deputy, A. A.
Baumstark, Atlanta, James H. Lynch
Grand Knight of the local Council
acted as toastmaster. Visiting
Knights were loud in their praises
of Albany hospitality.
K. OF C. SCHOLARSHIPS
Avail able For Boyology
Courses at Notre Dame
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
New Haven, Conn.—The Knights
of Columbus are offering a limited
number of graduate scholarships for
the two years’ professional train
ing course in Boy Guidance at Notre
Dame University it is announced
here. These scholarships are open
to men between the ages of twenty-
one and thirty-three years, who hold
bachelor degrees from recognized
colleges and universities. Tuition,
board, lodging and special field
work expenses are included in the
scholarships.
Awards arc made on the basis of
character, college record in studies,
qualities of leadership, practical ex
perience 'n Boys’ Work and physical
fitness. Applications are now being
received by Brother Barnabas, the
exeeeutive secretary of the Knights
of Columbus Boy Life Bureau, at
New Haven.
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Meets First and Third Tuesdays
Barrett Harriss, Grand Knight
Leo H. Phelan, Fin. Sec’y.
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