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THIi BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
APRIL 27, 1
Summer
bourses
16,000 Reiurn to Church
at Los Angeles Missions
Nearly One Thousand Non-
Catholics Under Instruction
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Los ..Angeles.—Partial returns
from the final report of the Lentin
Mission held in 262 parishes of the
diocese of Los Angeles and San
Diego under the direcction of Right
Rev. John J. Cantwell, D. D., reveal
that the success of the great spirit
ual campaign exceeds even the fond
est hopes of those interested in
planning and carrying put the pro
gram.
A conservative estimate of the to
tal results of the missions for all
the parishes would be 632,988 Com
munions, 16,204 persons brought back
to the practice of their religion, and
962 non-Catholics who have taken
up instructions with the intension of
becoming Catholics.
Florida K. of C. to Meet:
in S. Jacksonville May 27
Special to The Bulletin.
Orlando, Fla.—Arnold P. Mickler,
state deputy of the Florida state
council, Knights of Columbus, has
announced that the twenty-fifth an
nual convention of the Florida
Knights will be held May 27 and 28
at Jacksonville Beach, Bishop Ken
ny Council, South Jacksonville, be
ing host. This is the first state con
vention of the order ever held in
South Jacksonville.
S. C. CONVENTION MAY
27, WEEK AFTER DEGREE
Special to The Bulletin.
Charleston, S. C.—An exemplifi
cation of the third degree sponsored
by the councils of South Carolina
will be held in Charleston May 19,
Grand Knight Basil R. Kerr of
Charleston council announced at the
recent meeting. Plans for the de
gree were made at a recent meeting
of state officers in Columbia. The
degree will be held about a >eek be
fore the state convention in Sum
ter May 27.
Miami Council, Fifteen Years Old,
One of Leaders in the Southeast
Its History from 1914 to Pre
sent Time One of Service and
Splendid Progress
(Special to The Bulletin)
Miami, Fla.—January, 1929, wit
nessed the passing from the stage
of life of the man whose name was
written largest in the annals of
Miami Council, Knights of Colum
bus, when Gus A. Mills, virtual
founder of the council, its first
grand knight, continual benefactor
and several times District Deputy
of this district, died peacefully at
his home here after a long illness.
Brother. Mills, ardent Knight that
he was, ever had the welfare of the
order in this section of Florida
closest to his heart, and such prog
ress as it . has made here, (and we
all admit it to be wonderful) is due
greatly to his inspiration and fi
nancial assistance.
Since Mr. Mills’ life in Miami was
so intimately tied up with the
Knights of Columbus it would seem
appropriate at this time to review
the history of Miami Council, more
or less hurriedly to be sure, from
its foundation up to date.
Early in 1914, led by Mr. Mills,
and ably assisted by D. J. Heffer-
nan, a group of forty-one pioneer
Catholics from Dade, Broward and
Palm Beach counties organized a
council of the Knights of Columbus
and were granted a charter by the
Supreme Council under date of
March 29th, 1914. Among the char
ter members was John B. Reilly,
first mayor of Miami, who also
passed away recently amid the gen
uine sorrow of the community.
The new council started out aus
piciously under the leadership of
Mr. Mills as grand knight, the early
months of the council’s existence
being taken up mostly in getting it
into smooth running order. At the
regular election of officers in Sep
tember Mr. Mills was once more
elected to office and a year of much
progress was opened up.
GEORGIA KNIGHTS MEET
JN COLUMBUS ON MAY 13
Special to the Bulletin.
Columbus, Ga.—Bishop Gross
council, Knights of Columbus, of
which Joseph Spano is grand
knight, will be host to the 1929 con
vention of the Georgia state coun
cil, Knights of Columbus, which
will be held here Monday, May 13.
J. Coleman Dempsey of Augusta,
state deputy, will preside.
September 1915 saw D. J. Heffer-
nan, who was also very active in
the organization of the council,
elected grand knight, and a term of
much activity was inaugurated.
During this year the council took
part in a historical pageant, win
ning the silver loving cup presented
for the best float. The winning
tableau was a representation of the
landing of Columbus, the character
parts all being taken by members of
the council. Mr. Heffernan has
served Miami Council several years
as Chancellor. He is now Judge of
the Civil Court of Record of Dade
county.
The election of officers in 1916 re-
GEORGIA STATE COUNCIL
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
J. COLEMAN DEMFSEY, Augusta, State Deputy
W. II. MITCHELL, Macon, Tast State Deputy
FRANK GILLESPIE, Atlanta, State Secretary
N. T. STAFFORD, Savannah, State Treasurer
J. B. TOUHEY, Brunswick, State Advocate
JOSEPH J. SPANO, Columbus, State Warden
REV. HAROLD BARR, Augusta, State Chaplain.
ATLANTA COUNCIL
No. 660
Lewis F. Gordon, Grand
Knight
26 Walker Terrace
J. I. Oberst, Financial Secretary
1431 Beecher Street
Charles B. Cannon, Recorder
1200 Peachtree
Meets Every Tuesday Evening,
S p. m„ at 1200 Peachtree
SAVANNAH COUNCIL
No. 631
N. T. Stafford, Grand Knight
J. B. McDonald
Financial Secretary
A. R. Winkers, R. S.
Meets Second and Fourth
Wednesday, 8 I’. M.
3 W. liberty Street,
Savannah, Ga.
Bishop Gross Council
No. 1019
JOS. J. SPANO, Grand Knight
li. S. GRIER,
Financial Secretary
GEORGE J. BURRUS
Recording Secretary
Meets First and Third Wed
nesday 8:00 P. M., Columbus
Hall, 18 Twelfth Street
COLUMBUS, GA.
Patrick Walsh Council
No. 677
R. B. Arthur,
Grand Knight
R. S. Heslin, Financial
* Secretary
New Club Ilous'e—Handball-
Showers — Radio.
Visiting Brothers Welcome
1012 Greene St. Augusta, Ga.
Macon Council, No. 925
A. A. Doncdetto, Grand Knight
M. J. Carroll, Jr., Financial
Secretarfy.
and
Meets the First
Third Tuesday, 8 p.
at Knights of Columbus
Hall.
m.
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.
Henry C. Kleier, grand knight
of Miami Council, Knights of
Columbus, from 1X3 to 1923,
who was again elected last Sep
tember.
suited in J. J. Fitzgibbon being
made Grand Knight. About the time
of his election the council, which
had hitherto been located at the old
Carpenter’s Hall, took new quarters
in the Seyboid Building, now known
as the Central Arcade. Mr. Fitzgib
bons’ administration was featured
by a large increase in membership
and much patriotic activity, moti
vated by the declaration of war
against Germany by the U. S. in
April, 1917.
AUGUSTA COUNCIL HAS
ANNUAL EASTER DANCE
Augusta, Ga.—Patrick Walsh coun
cil, Knights of Columbus, held its
annual Easter season ball here
April 15 and it was a gratifying
ccess. John T. Buckley was
chairman. The dance, which was
held in Masonic hall, was sponsor
ed by the lecturer’s committee,
Thomas P. Danehey, lecturer.
April 28 Communion Sunday.
Grand Knight R. B. Arthur an
nounces that the quarterly com
munion of Patrick Walsh council
will be at Sacred Heart church next
Sunday at the eight o’clock mass,
and a communion breakfast will be
served immediately after at Stulb’s
restaurant, under the direction of
Lecturer Danehey.
K. of C. Arranging
Boy Leadership Courses
Boy Work Bureau Program for ’
Cliff Haven, ,N. Y., and On
tario Announced
J. J. Bridges was elected Grand
Knight in September, 1917. Soon
after his taking office the matter of
establishing a K. of C. recreational
building in the several training
camps in the Miami area was taken
up. With the able assistance of Mr.
Mills who was at this time District
Deputy, buildings were erected or
quarters secured at the Naval Air
Station, Marine Flying Field and
Chapman Field. Much work was
done also by the council in its own
building for the entertainment of
the men located here.
More than eighty members of
Miami council enlisted for services
in the army or navy, a fact borne
but by the list of names published
in the order’s roll of honor in the
second volume of “The Knights of
Columbus in Peace and War.”
The election of officers in 1918
witnessed the elevation of G. A. Mc
Kinnon to the grand knight’s chair
and saw the inception of a season
of much council activity. Because
of the large number of men quar
tered in the several camps, the
council greatly increased in mem
bership, the majority of the service
men, naturally, later transferring
to their home councils. Following the
Armistice the council was confront
ed with the necessity of securing
positions for the discharged men
and otherwise assisting them.
During Mr. McKinnon's adminis
tration the council secured new and
more spacious rooms in the Rhodes
building on Flagler street.
knight in September, 1921. His term
began auspiciously with a Columbus
Day banquet at the old Wayside Inn
at which the late William Jennings
Bryan was the principal speaker.
This administration was featured by
well attended meetings and a very
successful bazaar. A substantial in
crease in the council membership
was a result of the united efforts of
the officers and members.
September, 1922, witnessed the be
ginning of almost three successive
terms of office in the Grand
Knight’s chair on the part of Henry
C. Kleier, the present grand knight.
The first term of this administration
was particularly remarkable for the
large increase in membership, and
for renewed interest in council
affairs. The outstanding feature of
the term beginning in September,
1923, was the inauguration of the
annual Charity Ball which has since
proved such a social and financial,
as well as charitable, success.
In September, 1924, Mr. Kleier, as
already remarked, was again elect
ed. This term was featured by
continuation of the very successful
methods used in the other two,
namely well attended card parties
and socials, appealing especially to
the younger set. The Charity Ball
was also a brilliant social event of
the season this yean Owing to the
press of personal business Mr. Kleier
felt called upon to resign his office,
which he did in July 1925, being suc
ceeded by Thos. F. Duckett, a char
ter member.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
New Haven, Conn.—The Knights
of Columbus Supreme Council
through its Boy Life Bureau i3
planning an extensive training pro
gram in Boy Leadership for the com
ing summer. TeH-day training
schools will be conducted at various
vantage points so located that the
maximum number of Catholic men
may be enrolled. Since entering
the field of Boys’ Work at the re
quest of the hierarchy of x.orth
America the policy of the Knights
has been to provide the best ^oppor
tunities for Catholic men to receive
training for the free-time guidance
of boys. The Boy Program of the
Knights of Columbus, of which the
summer training school is but one
phase, has the whole-hearted appro
val of the hierarchy of the United
States and Canada.
Dr. A. F. Kasper was advanced
from the office of deputy grand
knight to the grand knight’s station
in September 1919. Much progress
was made in his term and many
notable incidents featured it, among
which was a brilliant reception ten
dered our then Deputy Supreme
Knight Martin H. Carmody, and the
participation by Miami Council in
the ceremonies incident to the in
stitution of Palm Beach Council
2075, at West Palm Beach. Mr. Mills,
as district deputy, was the moving
spirit in the Palm Beach ceremonies.
Mr. Kasper has served the order as
district deputy for three yeaio
namely, July, 1923 to July, 1926.
Following the precedent set hi
his predecessor, D. A. MacDougall
stepped up from the deputy . grand
knight’s chair to the office of grand
kpight in 1920. This administration
was signally marked by the high
attendance at its meetings, largely
due to the services of the lecturer,
Harry F. Brown. During this term
the council took part in several pub
lic and social functions, notable
among which was a Columbus Day
banquet tendered Gus A. Mills who
had lately returned from the K. of
C. Pilgrimage to Metz and Rome.
At this banquet, during which. Mr.
Mills described his trip, he was pre
sented with a gold-headed cane as a
token of the affection of his brother
members. In January the council
participated in the great Palm Fete
celebration and February witnessed
the exemplification of the Fourth
Degree followed by a colorful ban
quet at the Gralyn Hotel.
Mr. Duckett was re-elected in the
following September, and gave the
council a progressive administration.
He concentrated his efforts on in
creasing the membership, with the
result that he raised the total to
over four hundred, the highest point
it has ever reached. The Charity
Ball was again the outstanding fea
ture of the year. Towards the close
of Mr. Duckett’s administration,
Miami was visited by the terrific
and unforgettable hurricane of 1926,
and, under his leadership a relief
station was opened up on the steps
of the parish church Saturday after
noon, just after the storm. The
council did valiant service carrying
on relief work, and distributing
funds and supplies sent by the Su
preme Council.
Thomas J. Kelly, former deputy
grand knight, took over the office
of grand knight in 1926 at a very
trying time. The council home was
wrecked by the hurricane and the
membership badly disorganized.
However, under his leadership, the
members got together and put the
council rooms in a presentable con
dition, so that council meetings
could be held. Owing to conditions
it was thought advisable to dispense
with the Charity Ball for the
year.
J. E. Marcoux, who had been hold
ing the office of deputy grand
knight, was elected grand knight in
the- fall of 1927. His administration
was featured by a very successful
series of minor degrees, and by the
exemplification in the spring of
1928, of the third degree. . The an
nual Charity Ball was sponsored
again, and proved a great success.
In mid-summer of 1928 the council
took over the entire nineteenth floor
of the Congress building as club
rooms, and are now in possession of
the finest in the state.
Courses will be conducted at the
Catholic Summer School of America,
Cliff Haven, N. Y., during August.
The first course opens August 1 and
will continue for ten days, while the
second course will be held from Au
gust 13 to 22 inclusive. During July
a ten-day course will l be held at De
La Salle Camp, Jackson’s Point, On
tario. The first course in Boy
Leadership was conducted in Cana
da at this point last August and met
with such enthusiastic response that
it will be repeated .this year.
The school at Cliff Haven, where
the Knights of Columbus have equip
ped their own training plant with
cottages, assembly hall, swimming
pier and conveniences necessary for
such a course, is now in its sixth
year.
Any practical Catholic over 18
years of age, who is interested in
the leisure-time welfare of boys may
enroll for the course. Members of
the Boy Life Bureau staff direct the
courses assisted by national repre
sentatives of the major boys’ work
organization. The training program
and location of the schools are su
pervised by Brother Barnabas, F. S.
C., Executive Secretary of the Bu
reau.
Among the subjects covered in the
Leadership Training Schools are:
Boy psychology and boy needs, prin
ciples of recreation, programs for
younger and older hoys, policies and
programs of all approved organiza
tions with whom the hoy may come
into contact such as the Columbian
Squires, Boy Scouts, Boys’ Clubs,
Big Brothers and others. The school
program consists of lectures, demon
strations and practice of the activ
ities in which boys are interested.
Life saving and swimming, indoor
and outdoor activities, handicraft,
game and song leadership are in
cluded in the intensive program for
the ten days of the course.
The plan of organization makes
possible the bringing together of
some of the foremost experts in
Boys’ Work today. In previous
courses priests as well as laymen
have enrolled. Information on these
summer schools may be secured by;
writing Father Barnabas, F. S. C.j
Executive Secretary, Knights of Co
lumbus Boy Life Bureau, New Ha
ven, Conn.
During Mr. McDougall’s term 01
office the council took over the old
Conservatory of Music building as
club rooms. Mr. McDougall was
named district deputy to succeed
Mr. Kasper in July, 1926, and still
holds that office.
Carl T. Hoffman became grand loved Brother Gus A. Mills,
Popular demand brought Henry
C. Kleier back to the grand knight’s
office in September, 1928. His
present administration has been
Very successful, despite financial
viccissitudes, and a year of great
advancement is expected. Already
this season the council has sponsor
ed a lecture by David Golstein en
titled "What is Wrong With the
Family.” In February the Su
preme Knight was tendered a re
ception at the new club rooms upon
the occasion of his visit to the coun
cil.
A word must he said, in closing,
for those officers, other than grand
knights, who have so ably served
Miami Council. From outside guard
to deputy grand knight and trustee,
Miami council has been particularly
fortunate in the quality of her of
ficers. The position the council holds
today is due in a great measure to
their efforts, to which, of course,
must be added the overwhelming in
fluence of the membership as a
whole. But officers and members
feel that Miami Council is and
should continue to be a monument to
our lately departed and greatly be
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Meets First and Third Tuesdays
C. A. Williams, Grand Knight
E. L. Pennell, Fin. Sec’y.