St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-12-01
COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS ORGANIZED.
Degree Teams From Chicago and New
Orleans, and Over 100 Delegates,
Come on Special Train.

stltute a lodge Of the Knights
Columbus at this point.
The delegation included degre
! team from Chicago. especially Ell
gagged for the occasion. The Chicag
! Knights have been in Louisiana Sc,
eral times assisting in similar worE
They conferred the third degree i
this council, while the first and secon
! degrees were examplifed by a tear
from New Orleans.
The visitors began to arrive on tn
regular train Saturday, but the bull
of them, especially those from Ney
Orleans and Chicago, as well as tn,
4 DonaldsonVille and Thibodaux dele
cations, came by special train which
arrived here Sunday morning.
/ Among the distinguished gentlemen
who were here and assisted in the
work Of organizing the Opelousas
Council were: George w. Young
State Deputy, New Orleans; Johr
Marks, State Advocate; James E.
Flynn, State Warden; D. B. Hagerty,
Grand Knight Of Orleans Council;
lChas. |. Deneehaud, District Deputy;
H. N. Coulon, Grand Knight Of La
fourche Council; Rev. John ]. Holt
greve, of Plaquemines; Rev. ]. Lam
glais, of Napoleonville Council; G. NJ.
Cambre and {. A. Turregano, of Alex
andria Council; John:B. Fisher, Deputy
Grand Knight Of Orleans Council;
James r. Randall, Editor Of the New
Orleans Star; Messrs Barry, Landry
and Barry, Of the Beaumont, Texas,
Council, and Mr. ?. A. Rutledge, Of
the Huntington, W. ", Council.
There are nine Councils in the State,
and all were represented except the
Baton Rouge and Shreveport Councils.
The visitors were received by the
local Catholics with usual 0pelousas
hospitality, and at 10 o'clock Sunday
morning all attended a special High
Mass at the Catholic church. Every
available seat in the spacious church
was taken up by the visitors, candi-
dates and the public, the two first
named bodies occupying the center.
aisles and the latter the other seats.
Rev. Father Engberink, the priest
of this parish, celebrated the Mass,
with Revs. Holtgreve, Of Plaquemines,
and Langlais, of Breaux Bridge, as
deacons.
Father Holtgreve delivered an inn
pressive and eloquent sermon, taking
his text from Eeelesiastes, referring
specially to friendship between men.
He referred to the great demand
among men Of this day to affiliate
themselves with fraternal societies,
their aim being towards each other of
close bonds Of friendship and esteem,
and to assist each other in the affairs
Of this world. He dWelt on the great
characteristics of the order of Knights |
of Columbus, whose principles were
beautifully and appropriately ex-I
planned. In concluding his sermon he |
quoted from IongfelloW, where this
soulful poet refers to the friendship
Of man and exhorts them to unity and
hrotherly love.
A choir, under the leadership Of |
Miss Alice Iabyche, rendered ex-
luisit music, the solos being deserv-
ng Of special mention. Some sweet
singers from the ranks of the visitors
took part in the rendition of the vocal
and the Knights and can
iidates as well as those who other
Il
wise graced the occasion with their
presence were highly delighted with
his feature.
Immediately after the Mass, the de-
yree work took place at Fraternity
Hall, some seventy candidates being
.eceived into the order. These exam
,lifcations of the degrees were strictly
ecret, no person being allowed to
inter the building who was not duly
qualified. It was learned, however,
hat the. ampEfcations in ali three
gegrees were most successful, the
listing officials and members Of the
teams being in accord as
o the statement that the class was
OF the highest quality of
nanhood, and that every feature Of