Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-05-21
A SUCCESS.
full affair
Between Five and Six Hundred
Knights of Columbus Attend
Initiation and Banquet
in This City.
FIFTY -FOUR ARE INITIATED
Many of the Visitors Pronounce the
Affair the Finest They Ever
Attended.
FIFTY -FOUR ARE INITIATED

The initiation and banquet held
in this city Sunday by the local or
der of knights of Columbus was the
largest affair of the kind that has
ever been held here. Counting the
local members there were between
five and six hundred Knights pres
ent, many coming from all parts of
the state.
Candidates and members of the
order gathered at The Wilson cor
ner in the morning and attended
Mass at st. Thomas Aqudnas Catho-
lie church. The initiation started
early in the afternoon, the Chicago
degree team, under the direction of
E. G. Dunn, doing the work. The
Initiation was held in Elmo hall.
From there the knights went to the
Elks home, where the banquet was
served, the feast being in the hands
of the ladies of the Catholic church.
The hall was beautifully decorated
for the occasion. Two hundred and
fifty knights partook of the sumpt-
uous spread. During the banquet
the toast program was heard. The
different speeches, as we'll as the
musical part of the entertainment,
were among the finest ever heard by
the knights. "Jack" Dalton, editor
of the Manson Democrat, acted in
the capacity of toastmaster in his
usual pleasing manner. P. j. Cum
ningham Jr., of this city gave the
welcome address and his words to the
visitors were hearty and we'll spok-
en-. E. G.. Dunn of Mason City was
heard at his best in a short talk.
Mr.. Dunn is permanent fixture on
the programs given by the local or
der, but in his toast of Sunday is
said to have fairly outdone himself
A short but very interesting
speech was then heard from NJ. F,
Healy of Fort Dodge. Mr.. Healy is
we'll known as brilliant talker.
Attorney Ed F. Kelly of Des Moines
also talked for short time. This
is Mr.. Kelly's first appearance in
this city and his toast, using pros
pective Views as a subject, was
one of the finest on the program.
Father OMeara of Williams also an
swered the call of the toastmaster
for a brief talk. Father O'Meara is
considered one of the ablest Of
speakers and gave fine discourse.
P. T. Finn of Duncombe then en-
tertained the knights with an orig
inal poem, which received much ap-
plause The musical part of the pro-
gram was in good hands. R. J. Null
lins appeared in two selections. Mr..
Mullins has fine bass voice, fact
we'll known in this vicinity. Miss
Anna Fenelon 'Holohan of Waukon
also sang. Miss Holohan's soprano
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er heard in this city. James Con-
way of Fort Dodge also rendered a
bass solo. Mr.. Conway has been
heard in the city before and his
singing is always popular. Miss An
netta Stark gave a vocal selection
Miss Stark has a contralto voice
that is beautiful and she received
much applause. The entertainment
lasted until late in the evening.
The different functions of the day
were all successfully carried out and
the affair In it's entirety was a pro-
nounced success, many of those pres
ent declaring it was the finest and
most enjoyable gathering of the
kind they had ever attended