The daily sentinel., 1910-05-09
BIG BANQUET FOR
LOYAL KNIGHTS
tContinuea rrom rage IL

Following a most delightful feast,
Toastmaster Edwin A. Ryan, in a
very happy manner, GisCoursed upon
the organization, and then took up
the regular order OF the program for
the feast of wit and flow of soul. The
card called for short talks and these
were supposed to be limited to three
minutes, but which order was obeyed
in the breach and not in the observ-
ance, there being too lively a gath
ering ind too great flow of wit TO
observe the time limit of the worthy
toastmaster.
Brighter and more scintillating wit
was never more in evidence than II
was last night. The national trait
of bright and witty sayings and qulps,
the heritage of their Irish forebears,
shone forth with great brilliancy as
speaker after speaker added his con-
tribution to the splendid feast, Sto-
ries that had their origin in sons OF
the auld sod were flung here and
there, to occasion bursts of the most
hearty laughter, everyone of them
apropos to some telling point made
by the speakers.
The speaking continued for several
hours, and at no time was it dull and
tiresome. Some of the best known
men in the state-reverend fathers of
the Catholic Church and laymen,
members of the Knights of Columbus
spoke with loyalty for the nation
and the church and for the uplift of
their order.
1t was midnight when the services
were concluded of one of the most
brilliant banquets ever held in this
city.
The toastmaster and the members
of the executive committee having in
charge the banquet, headed by Lewis
Storm and Edward A. Ryan, with the
assistance of other knights, are en-
titled to great praise for their splen-
did work of providing for the i'm
mense throng. The Odd Fellows hall
was most beautifully decorated for
the occasion, the main feature of the
decorations being the pennants of the
Knights of Columbus and the ma
tional emblem. These were most ar
tistically arranged, creating an en-
semble which 1T would be hard to
adequately describe.
The audience fully appreciated the
work of the Grand Junction Council,
and frequent reference was made to
it,
The following is the list of the
speakers last night: Rev. Father 7.
NJ. Conway, pastor of the Catholic
congregation of this city; NJ. j. Pur-
cell of Colorado Springs, state deputy
of the order: John H. Reddin of Den
yer. national director; DR.. ]. S. Nc
Connell of Denver, grand knight;
Senator John j. Tobin of Montrose;
|. N. Bunting, representing the press
of the city; DR.. Delehanty, past grand
knight, Denver; Judge John |. Null
Inns of Denver, former judge of the
district court of Arapahoe county;
Rev. Patrick Richardson of Cork, Ire
land C. J. OConner of Boulder;
Charles Hankle, wholesale grocer of
Pueblo. state secretary; Rev. Father
Woolahan of Pueblo; NJ. J. Gannaon
of Salida, grand knight; Rev. Father
Gallagher of Salida; Hon. Hugh Gal
lagher of Montrose; Lawrence Hynes,
Frank e. Dean and James Mcconnell,
grand knight. of the local council;
Lewis Storm and Anthony Fidel of
this city; John Shyler of Buffalo, N.
Y; John Douggan of Durango, and n
number of others.
The evenings banquet and speech
making closed with prayer and the
singing of national anthem.
Sunday, the first day of the gath
ering of the knights of Columbus,
could not have been more beautiful
from the standpoint of the weather.
A special train, arriving at about
1890, brought in scores of visitors
from Montrose, Ouray, Delta, Salida
and other points in that section of
the state. On the regular trains a
goodly number of visiting knights
arrived.
During the early morning services
were held at st. Joseph's Catholic
church. all of which were largely at
tended.
In the late forenoon and through
out the afternoon initiatory work was
exempiified at Elks hall, and the
work aroused much enthusiasm
among the members owing to it's
splendid presentation.
The banquet was served at 1880
pm. at Odd Fellows hall.
Last night and today numerous
visitors reached the city.
This morning a reception was ten
dered the visitors at the residence of
Father II. M. Conway from to IL.
This afternoon at $3.50 from the
LaCourt the visitors were taken for
auto rides through the valley.
This evening at o'clock the visit
ors will be entertained at a theater
party at the Majestic.
Tomorrow the business sessions of
the convention will be held.
The visitors are greatly enjoying |
II l.
mittees are entertaining in a most
delightful manner, and the conven-
tion will prove to be one OF the most
enjoyable the state organization has
ever held.
Knights of Columbus colors and
Hmblems are displayed in nearly every
husiness-house window in the city.
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