Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-20
PLANNING FOR new HOME
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBER-
MANS ISSUES APPEAL. /:
Building to Be Erected in Central
Section Of City-Members Of
Committee.

The movement to erect a Hibernian
home in Washington received attention
at the meeting Of Division No. 2. A. o. H..
held Sunday afternoon in Eagles Hall.
9th and E streets northwest. President p
j. Haltigan presided and prominent speak
ers discussed the project. An appeal on
the part Of the building committee of the
A. o. H. and Ladies' Auxiliary of the
District of Columbia has been issued out
lining plan Of procedure
AT the meeting last Sunday Joseph D.
Sullivan. president of the building COM
mittee. announced the readiness of the
committee for practical business The
appeal has been mailed to each member
of the ancient society and it's ladies' aux
Hilary. :,
THE Ancient Order of Hibernians and
the Ladies Auxiliary in the District of
Columbia are In need of a home.' says
the committee. "a suitable building for
the use OF our order will require the ex-
pendIture of considerable sum of money,
which must be raised principally among
the members of the organization. The Or
der has never before sought your assist
ance In this way. and we feel that this re-
quest Will not be In vain. Whether we
have hall or not will depend upon the
.xtent to which our members subscribe.
the foundation for building in the cap
ital OF the nation that will be an ever
.asting credit to all people Of Irish blood
Prompt announcement will be made Of the
amount subscribed"
Central Site in View.
1t is proposed by the building commit
tee to set this home up in a central por-
ton of the city and to make it Of a char
acter that will be credit both to the
society and the city. Very Rev. Thomas
]. Shafan of the faculty Of the Catholic
University of America declared Sunday
that there is great need for Hibernian
home here. There is" he said, ''some-
thing uplifting and powerful In an archi-
tectural symbol. which lends a prestige
that can be had in no other way. 1t is
not well to put the matter of any longer.
We really owe it to posterity to
take I'D the work of building this hall.
We owe 1t to those who have gone befor~
US, and we owe 1t even more SO to those
who are to come after. for it is a de-
cidedly pagan idea, to. Let the devil take
the hindmost'
Edward A. Moseley. secretary of the
interstate commerce commission. also
commended the project. He announced
a subscription of 500 to the building
fund. His address was fraught with pa
triotic sentiment.
National Director P. T. Moran. who has
been one of the stalwarts of Hfbernian-
ism in the District of Columbia, expressed
himself as intensely interested in this
movement. So have the other officers,
and 1t Is declared that 1t only needs the
working out of the systematic plan al
ready outlined to have Hibernian home
in Washington a reality at a compare
lively early date for such large enter
prise.
Building Committee.
Following are the officers and members
Of the building committee Ancient Order
Of Hibernians and Ladies' Auxiliary Of
the District of Columbia:
Joseph D. Sullivan. president: Miss
Mary E. Sullivan. vice president; Ed
ward L. Cogan. recording secretary; Mrs.
Mary Hughes. financial secretary; Pat
rick Kennedy. sergeant-at-arms: Maurice
Sheehan, treasurer: Francis p. Sheehy.
Patrick T. Moran. Patrick F. Carr, Pat
rick H.. Gallagher. NJ. e. Buckley, Hugh
F. Harvey. M. ]. Colbert. William ]. Nc
Evoy. Charles J. Columbus John J. BROS
nan. Michael shugrue. w: L. Baker. NJ
r. O'Meara. w. J. Frizzell. D. NJ. Stan
ton. T. NJ. Boland John ]. Flanagan. P.
A. Drury. NJ. p. Sullivan. Rosa F. Dow
ming. Daniel F. Manning. Richard A. Cur
tin, Michael Mahaney. ]. D. OConnor.
j. Frank O'Meara. William E.. Carr. Ed
ward: o.Nelll. James T. o'B1ien; James
Miss Julia Collins, Miss Mary Moore,
Miss NJ L. Brosnahan. Miss Catherine
Downing Miss Katie c. Horigan, Miss
Mary Flanagan. Miss Catherine Breen.
Miss Elizabeth Healy. Miss Cecilia Re-
gan, Miss Mary Connors. Miss. Katie Sui
Ivan. Miss Annie McGinniss. Mrs. A. M.
King and Mrs. D. NJ. Stanton.