The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-03
GRAND JUNCTION, COLO.
HAPPY DAY FOR MEMBERS.
1t Was Midnight Before knights of
Columbus Concluded Their Work,


Columbus Concluded Their Work.
That the Grand Junction council O
| the Knights of Columbus, that grear
| Catholic fraternal organizat ton, enter
! tains most royalty has been demon.
strated on more than one occasion, but
never more completely than last Sun.
day, when scores of knights and theil
| ladies from other towns f1ocked tC
Grand Junction.
AS announced, great delegations from
Montrose, Ouray, Delta and Other
points in that section, came in on a
| special train which arrived about II
o'clock.
Many knights and ladies came from
| Leadville and Glenwood, but owing tC
| a washout on the line of the Midland
| they were delayed in reaching the city
until in the evening. NJ. w. Purcell of
Colorado Springs, who was to have
charge of the putting on of the major
degree in the initiatory work, was on
this delayed train.
On the arrival of the special train
from Ouray and other towns in that
section the visitors and the local
knights marched to St. Joseph's cath
olic church where mass was said. The
Grand Junction band headed the line of
march.
Following the luncheon the big pro-
gram of the day opened. The knights
repaired to the Elks' hall, where the
work of initiating a class of thirty
two candidates for the Grand June
ton and MontrOse councils was
opened The three degrees were ey
emplified in fine shape, the teams doing
excellent work. Owing to the late
start the initiatory work was not com
pleted until quite late hour in the
night.
During the afternoon the visiting la
dies of knights were driven over the
city and through the valley. and ladies
were taken for drives around and 9th
erwise pleasantly entertained
Owing to the long delay of the train
on which Mr.. Purcell and several 9th
ers who were to assist in the major de-
gree work, it was impossible to put on
that part of the work until at night
Consequently the banquet was held at
an early hour, earlier than at first ar
ranged, concluded early and then the
work was completed.
Those who were prominent in the
initiatory work were w. M. Purcell Of
Colorado Springs, Patrick Harrington
of Leadville, William Dillon of Lead
vile and other visiting knights. as
sisted by some of the local knights.
The big banquet, the crowning So
cial feature of the meeting, took place
at Margery hall. About ninety knights
and their ladies were seated at the han
quet board. The menu which had been
prepared by the ladies of the church |
were in charge of the service and nat
urally the service was admirable. The
banquet was one of the best appOin+ed |
ever held in Margery hall.
The program of toasts was interest |
ing, entertaining, and each response
was heartily and happily received.
Among those who delivered short ad-
dresses at the banquet were Senator
Tobin, H. c. Fink and Thomas Fenlon |
Of Montrose; Rev. Father Mccormick
from Ouray, Rev. Father Cook of Del
ia, kand Rev. Father Conway of this
city; Messrs. John O'Boyle, Edward
Ryan and other local gentlemen. Ff4nk
=. Dean was toaStmaster, mad natural
y he filed that difficult office and sta
ION with ease and eminent satisfac-
ion to all.
Ii was 10 o'clock when the guests left
he banquet board, and it was about /
rclock when the special train left the
ity carrying the Ouray, Montrose
Delta and other delegations to their
ZONES. Some of the visitors, includ-
ng those from Leadville, Colorado
springs and Glenwood, remained over
ntiI Monday.
All the visitors were most enthusi
site over the manner in which they
1ere treated here. They declared thev
1ere never more happily entertained.
was g. joyous day, not only for the
listing knights and their ladies. but !
Or the local knights and their ladies
S well.-Daily Sentinel