The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-15
COL UMB|AN KNIGHTS
HAVE A GREAT DAY
Sixty Men Initiated Into
Enthusiastic Fraternal
Order Yesterday.
BANQUET WINDS UP The DAY
Glass Made Up of Young Men Who
Join Fraternal Order With
Eagerness.

Second and third degrees In the order
of Knights of Columbus were exempIified
Ia Hammond yesterday, I'm Unity council
in manner which heretofore hns been
unprecedented for size of a class and
the thorOughness with which the work
was done.
Not until nearly eight in the evening
were the candidates, nearly sixty of
of them initiated into all the mysteries
and beauties OF the order, and though
the day was hot, especially for the
candidates who sat ON the anxious seat
from one O'Clock, they ready today
to journey 10 another council to see the
work exempIifed.
In the words of one of the new third
degree members: 1T is owing to this
work, that such enthusiasm for the
Knights Of Columbus is being spread
over every state until now 1t is one
lof the strongest organizations in the
country"
Col. Walsh a X. G.
1t was the manner of the work and
the spirit with which the degrees were
exemplified that enabled the aged Col.
tending high mass at All Saints until
near the midnight hour when he sat at
the banquet table to undergo the strain
with pleasure.
The class was made up of men from
the entire county most of them young,
but drawn into the order by gracious
ness with which the young man is re-
ceived into the order and the prominent
place which the council as a whole &C
cords him. There were gray heads
among the candidates. who having real
lied what an influence the order has
attained in the county wished to join
| " too old as an insurance member then
at least as an associate member. Prom
inent among Hammond people who took
/ the degrees are Councilman John c.
Becker and Barnie Young. Dyer having
furnished a goodly part of the class
membership was especially well rep
resented by Charles Stommel and John
Gilman. the two leading merchants OF
the town. Attorney William II. Fitz-
gerald of Gary was the first new mem
Der to come into the fold from the steel
city.
| The Days Program.
| The suspicious day for Qnights of
Columbus in Lake county opened at 1C
o'clock when the candidates marched
in body from the club rooms to All
Saints church. The candidates were
followed by the third degree members
seats having been reserved in the
church for the knights.
A vested boys choir having marched
through the center aisle of the church
sang "The Holy City at the alter and
during the high mass served as alter
boys. Special music had also been pre-
pared by the choir of the church, which
was Joined at the end of the service,
by the Knights in singing Holy Coo
We Praise Thy Name"
After the high mass the knights re
assembled in the club rooms and a
two o'clock marched to Longs hall
where the degrees were to be given
The third degree was conferred by Mar
tin A. Quinn of Lafayette, distric
deputy and an able staff
The final work over the three hun
bred people who went to Masonic hal
where a banquet had been spread by
the Ladies of the knights of Columbus
Barnie Young's orchestra played dur
ing the intermission when there wa.
no speaking, the committee having pro
vided an able list of speakers for the
evening.
The program was as follows:
Toastmaster, ]. J. Malloy of Unity
council; Invocation Rev. FIR. Barrett
Address of Welcome, ]. w. O'Brien, the
Grand knights Of Unity council 1.-THE
State of Indiana" NJ. A Quinn; ''Th'
nights of Columbus" Rev. FIR. Mum
gonvan THE Ladies'" T. S. Boyle
Unity Council" D. j. Moran; ''Th'
Pleasures of Life" U. S. Parker.
The Glee club of the council lead b!
]. ]. Kennedy, sang a number of selec
lions. and every body joined in fina
chorus for pixie" and America" Tn
class of yesterday was composed of thu
following men:
List of Candidates.
Joseph Kelley, And J. Keilman, Emf
~. Keilman, Leo F. Carroll, Geo. Rohr
man. Frank ]. Backe, Frank l. Hoess
Frederick Einsele. p w. Rohrman. Gee
Knoerzer. Alfred c. Hill. Nick. ]. Aust
gen, Edw. M Dibos, VIM. Bieker, M. j
Kolb, Joseph F. Suffer B. Rettig, II. W
Dufner. Carl E. Weis, r. d. Walsh
Peter ]. Moser, Jno. J. Nobel, NJ. F
Ludwig. Nicholas Maune, Nicholas Mo
ser, Thos P. Mahon. B. G. Young, Jos
A. Emmerling, Pat. J. Lenahan, Vim.
. Schultz. Edw. Kennedy Harry E. Dea
kin. Edw. ]. Eder Henry Miller. Nick
r. Keilman, And. ]. Peschel. F. Fl. Keil
man VIM. H Keilman, Albert Schaefe1
, Paul MuscheleIewig. Urban A Cadott
VIM. H Fitzgerald. Michael Rolling
John c. Becker Chas Stommel. Waite
Halfman, aim ]. Schneider, James Mar
tin. John McGaff, Joseph G. Hickey, F
A. O'Donnell, Jules F. Cadott, ]. N
Flavin ]. L. Keilman, c. P. Burgman
. IJ X. Reppa, c. B. Hasse.