The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-06-02
FIFTY NEW MEMBERS.

0wosso Council Knights Of colum-
bus Initiates and Entertains In
Grand Style.
Even more successful than its effort
OF two years ago was the. Memorial
Bay Initiation and banquet of Owosso
Council No. 1889. Knights Of Columbus.
Guests from many cities of the state
came early in the day and with the
hundreds Of members from Owosso
and Shiawassee county helped to fill
every hour with pleasant and helpful
work. At o'clock in the morning the
members and candidates marched to
st. Pauls church where Rev. Fir.
Wittlif of Pewamo sang high mass
and delivered an eloquent sermon. At
O'Clock the initiation of q class of
fifty candidates was begun at the X. of
p. hell, Flint council doing the work
in the first degree, Mt. Pleasant in the
second, and Lansing in the third. The
work was not completed until $50
when the members and their wives sat
down at banquet at the 1. o. o. F.
temple. The big room was filed with
tables. places having been prepared for
five hundred guests. The room had
been Hastily decorated with red, white
and blue bunting and flags and with
the tables loaded with shining silver
and glass and laden with meats jellies,
cake, fruit and other delicious eatables
madela welcome place for the hungry
Knights, especially the newly.made
ones.
Satterlee's orchestra furnished music
during the banquet and program fol-
lowing at which Major M. j. Phillips
presided in most acceptable manner
using but little of the time but appro-
priateiy and in each case wittily in.
PRODUCING the speakers to the guests.
T. A. Lawler had just time to con.
gratulate the council before leaving for
his home in Lansing. He spoke of the
excellent appearance of the class pre-
sented for initiation and was highly
pleased that the ladies had been invited
to attend the banquet.
Because of the absence of FIR. P. j.
Slaue on account of the death of his
brother his address was read by Neil
R. Walsh, welcoming the visiting
knights, urging them to be as in olden
times the bulwark of the church, not
disputatious, but ready to defend and
practice their religion and know it
thoroughly, not believing or becoming
careless in the idea that they are saved
by hereditary membership in the church.
Mayor o. L. Sprague welcomed the
visitors to OwOsso, because its citizens
were always glad to meet and greet
strangers from far or near, being proud
of our city, it's homes, churches, fac
tories, streets and its high standard of
citizenship and glad to bid God-speed
in their work of organizations which
looked to the betterment Of mankind.
FIR. s. A. Wittliff of Pewamo spoke
eloquently on the "Clergy's view of the
Knights of Columbus" telling of the
hundreds of duties and necessities that
the layment must perform-places they
can go, things they can see that the
clergy can not know Of. Earnestly as
they may work the clergy can accomp-
lish but little unless upheld and aided
by the big body of laymen. To the
Knights of Columbus they look for the
highest exemplifcations of the duties
of religion, morality and civilization.
He urged the purging of the public
libraries of literature unfit for use, of
children, the barring from theaters of
vile plays and from picture shows of
scenes no child should look upon. he
congratulated. the KNIGHTS on their
family lives and hoped the ties would
grow stronger and more powerful.
James H. Lynch of Pontiac paid a
tribute to Owosso, it's beauty, its in
dustry, its hospitality and it's women
their work being proven by the excel
lent church work done here, the struct-
ures erected, the constant growth and
the large attendance at services. He
spoke ironically of the failings of the
ladies as to "hirsute appendeges' and
hobble skirts but admitted the men
would be mighty helpless band with.
out them. In closing he asked the
ladies to be more charitable with their
erring sisters, be at least as willing to
forgive and forget in them what they
would in man.
Father Taylor of Laingsburg spoke
briefly declaring himself as the prize
ELL in the place" orator for Owosso
banquets-"Owosso, the place where we
change cars for Corunna", and the city
of state wide reputation for poor de.
pots.
DR.. James McEntee of Mt. Pleasant
recited the Frenchman's report of his
losing the race with the street car
horse. He invited the Owosso Council
to visit Mt. Pleasant at an occasion