Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-11
KNIGHTS on COLUMBUS
INSTALL NEW LODGE IN THIS
CITY = DELEGATIONS FROM
ST. LOUIS AND HANNIBAL
COME IN SPECIAL PULL
MAN = JEFFERSON
CITY HAS SPECIAL
TRAIN.
THIRTY PIVE CHARTER MEMBERS.
Entire Day Spent in Services and
Banquet Held in the Evening
Toasts and Responses by
Well Known Men.
THIRTY FIVE CHARTER MEMBERS.

members OF the order from Jefferson
City, st. Charles, Hannibal, st. Louis,
Montgomery City, Moberly, Edna,
Marshall and Bonneville; the st. Louis
and Hannibal delegations coming to
this city In special Pullman's, and
the Jefferson City people on a special
train.
The new lodge has thirty.flye char.
ter members and many applications
are now waiting to be passed upon.
The order is beneficial as well as
fraternal, an institution to which Ro-
man Catholi cs alone are eligible to
membership. The entire day was de.
voted to the installation of the Mex
leo Lodge; a special musical pro-
gramme, as follows, being arranged
at 10 O'Clock mass at st. Brendans
church, in honor Of the candidates.
Choir-Kyrie, Seiz.
Solo Ave Maria Willard.
Mrs. Bowe.
Adesto Fideles : = Portuguese.
Choir.
Solo o S~alutaris : : Wely
Miss Hussman.
| Tatum ErZo Battman.
Misses Willard and Berry and Mrs. NJ.
Murphy.
March : Pouliticale : Gounod.
Mrs. Gardiner, Organist.
The work Of initiating the candid
ates commenced at 2 O'Clock in the
afternoon and lasted until nearly
eight, the first degree being conferred
by the Hannibal lodge, the second by
Sedalia and the third by St. Louis.
The initiation vas held In Fraternal
Hall, on Promenade street.
In the evening q banquet was given,
In the basement Of the Fraternal
Hall, In honor Of the visitors and
newly made Knights Of Columbus.
Over two hundred guests were gather
ed around the tables and the evening
was spent very pleasantly, toasts be-
ing given and responses made between
the courses.
Joseph Smith, or this city, very
ably oficiated as toast-master and the
toasts and responses were as follows.
Invocation. Rev. FIR. Haar, Mart.
insburg.
address of Welcome" Judge D A
Murphy, Mexico.
knights Of Columbus" Judge
James d. Fox Jefferson City.
"The Ladies'" William Lynch,
Marshall.
"Our Order" John eastman, Seda-
liza.
why / am a Knight Of Columbus"
District Deputy II. q. Whalean, St.
Louis.
"The Good Of the Order" Edward
Haley, Moberly.
1.-THE American Catholic Gentle
man." Rev. Err. Ryan, Moberly.
"Fratenalisn" John s. Leahy, st.
Louis.
Address, by Grand Knight John M
Hubur, Bonneville.
Farewell Address by Rev, Fir. J. J.
Dillon, Mexico.
"Apropos," District Deputy Edgar
P. Vail, st. Louis.
Mayor e. E. Jones was present and
made q very interesting and appropri.
ate talk.
The new lodge has not yet compleS-
ed its organization, and has not elect
ed its officers. The charter members
are:
Hugh Donnelly
Martin Donnelly
NJ Fl Murphy
John Sullivan
Rev ] ] Dillon
Ed O'Brien
Charlie Moore
Henry Albus
Frank Donnelly
A w Armstrong
Charlie Hayden
John Hayden
James L O'Brien
Ed Roden
James Brennan
d A Murphy
Joseph Smith
William Smith
@ Shahan
David Sullivan
James w O'Brien
Daniel f Ryan
LO O'Toole
Louis Carrlco
Patrick Kearns
William Sullivan
Michael Franey
Patrick Reynolds
Paul Sullivan
John Quinlan
FL Weinand
william Jordan
NJ A Jordan
Edwin Dermody
James Quinlan