The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1906-01-19
OF
COLUMBUS
ORGANIZE
Healthy Lodge Of the Great Catholic
Organization Instituted In Gold
field by Visiting Knights

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Prominent members of the Catholic
clergy and of the order of the knights
of Columbus, from many distant points,
participated in the institution of a
branch of the order in this city last
Sunday, the second to be organized in
the state of Nevada.
The entire day was taken up with ex-
ercises incident to the proper institu-
ton of the lodge, and the Reno delega-
ton remained over until Monday to
make an inspection of the camp. They
visited the principal mines of the dis
trict and were taken on automobile
rides to nearby points of interest. The
San Francisco delegation returned on
Monday mornings train.
Two Pullman sleepers attached to
the regular train arriving in Goldfeld
Saturday night brought a delegation
of As prominent lo%dgemen from San
Francisco, 25 from Reno, 5 from Sacra-
mento, a number from points In Ne
vada and California.
The visitors were met at the train by
a delegation headed by Father Der
mody, pastor of the Goldfeld church,
and Frank McCafferty, George D. Pyne
and E. C. Walsh.
Sunday morning the visitors, with
the 80 charter members of the Gold
field lodge assembled at Ladies' Aid
hall and marched in a body to the
Catholic church where special high
mass was celebrated by Father Conner
ford, pastor of the Sacred Hearts
church of San Francisco. The follow
ing members of the clergy sat in the
sanctuary: Rev. J. J. Gleason, Jack
son, CAL; Rev. Thomas Tubman, Reno;
Rev. Thomas Horgan, Sparks; Rev.
Dennis Horgan, Pl%acerville; Rev.
Thomas Dermody, Suffer Creek, and
Rev. c. Kennedy, assistant pastor OF
st. Paul's church, San Francisco.
Immediately after l O'Clock all mem
! bers of the order met at Ladies' Aid
hall where the institution exercises oc-
cupied the afternoon and a portion of
the evening. The instituting officers
were as follows: John B. O'Sullivan,
assisted by Rev. j. B. Dermody, F. E.
McCafferty, John Horgan and Captain
]. F. Murphy. The officers of the first
and second degree staff consisted of the
following officers of Reno council:
Charles Gulling, M. j. Kelly, Jere
Walsh, H. R. Buckley and Thomas w.
Horgan. District Deputy J. J. Ros-
borough, of San Francisco, conducted
the third degree exercises.
In addition to the charter list of
Goldfeld several out of town members
were initiated. The following is a list
of the candidates for lodge honors who
were given the three degrees: Rev. J..
B. Dermody, Rev. Thomas F. Dermoly,
Rev. j. Gleason, F. E. McCafferty,
Michael Kloskey, John Horgan, DR.. ].
H. O'Connor, M. w. Jelinek, Captain
John F. Murphy, John ]. Walsh, E. G.
Walsh, James J. Butler, Will B. Malone,
F. H. Hipp, Peter Erbel, Charles Miller,
w. H. Weishar, J. j. Mcdonald, j. F.
Powers, H. M. Kelly, Thomas d. Hig-
gans, L. E. Glass, Patrick O'Neil.
George d. Pyne, Mathew Lemon, Jere-
miah Healy, Miles Hamill, E. F. Pat
rick, Miles Birdie, Dennis Boyle, DR..
Joseph Gunville, A. P. Mallon, Joseph
Mclaughlin, H. f. Farrell, Anthony
Carlin, James A. Mclaughlin, B.
Monaghan, James Hefferman, V. A.
Hipp, Michael A. Dunn, Thomas Lynch,
John Lynch, ]. L.. Sullivan, Leo NJ.
~Spengler, P. w. Feeley, James J. Nc
Kewen, Patrick Farren, Robert Green,
w. S. Sillman, John NJ. Rea, George
Rhelan.
Later two hundred knights, either
charter members of the Goldfeld lodge
or local members who belong to other
lodges, and the visiting delegations,
gathered at Miners Union hall and
enjoyed a tempting spread. The pro-
gram was ~interspersed with speech
making by members of the clergy and
others. George d. Pyne, grand knight
of Goldfeld council, ofieiated as toast
master and on either side were the
members Of his stan. The tables and
hall were prettily decorated and the