The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-03-07
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Division Nos, Of Ramsey county Is
crowding to the front rapid and. is
pushing the older divisions hard for first
place The following communicati ton
from Bro. r. J.. Mccormick will prove in e.
teresting III Si: t.;ass. W.
Division No. g, s you Will see BY the
last report on the Insurance. is the larg-
est in the county Of Ramsey, being the
second youngest, composed Of young pa
triotic Irishmen. t. s' 'ss 7a
Regarding the object Of this communi-
cation, the members talked over the
matter of getting a class for initiation
about six weeks ago and appointed a
committee to secure prizes foriftffe mem
bers bringing in the largest number for
initiation. We have had two regular
meetings since and one special on Sunday
last, with the result that we balloted for
and elected IS candidates, Sunday, We
also expect to secure the large hall in
Cretin school building for our regular
meeting, Tuesday evening, March 10, for
the initiation, and a very good musical
and literary program will be in order by
our literary committee. Division No. s
is making excellent strides, We"have a
very large treasury and also thanks to
our respected treasurer, Bro. Pm. Mo-
rGney), very fine library of Irish and
American history, free for the members
of Division No. 8, and also for the mem
bers Of the. other divisions if they wish
to avail themselves of the opportunity. "
division of the Daubhters of Erin
was organized at Rochester on the even
ing of February 9th, with % charter
members, by County President Heffron.
The following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Miss Margaret E. Sullivan;- vice
president. Mrs j. w. O'Rourke; record
ing secretary, Miss Katie Conaty;; treas
urer, Mrs. NJ. c. Lawler; financial secre-
|'tary, Miss Katie McCloskey; sentinel.
Mrs. j. p. McGovern, sergeant-at- arms,
Miss Belle Gum The new division
will hold regular meetings on the second
and fourth Thursday evenings of each
month. The members all seem to be
very enthusiastic in the work and it is
thought that. the number enrolled will
be. doubled in very short time.
Division No. g. Daughters of Erin, will
give card party next Monday evening
at their hall, Washington and Tenth
avenues north, this city, admission one
dime. All members Of the order and
friends are. cordially invited. : The COM
mittee having the matter in charge are:
Mrs. Sommers, Mrs. est. Mrs.4Allen, G.. B.
Hoy. The reception committee COM
prises Maggie Flaherty, Mrs. Gleason,
Mrs. Harold. Mrs Gaughan, Mrs. Ryan,
Mrs. S. Kennedy, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. j. j.
Doran. Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. P. Gleason, Mrs.
j. Quinn, Mrs. McDermott. Mrs. Blake,
Rose McGurk, Agnes Hoy. Miss Gaughan,
Josie Donovan, Mary v. Coskran, Maggie
Coskran, Nellie Hoy, Annie Shea, Annie
Fleming, Mary Gleason, May Flaherty
Mary McGrath, Mary Hoban, Mrs. H. r.
Breen, Mrs. J. H. Benson, Annie McGillis.
The Graceville division, A. O. H., Big
Stone county,, has elected the following
officers: County president, d. z. O'Neill:
president, II. w. Grove; vice president,
Patrick Healy; recording secrtary, Rob-
ert Brennan; financial secretary, j. L..
Mccormick; treasurer, Alex Moran; in
s,1rance secretary, Joseph Brennan. Nest
ings, first Sunday of each month.