The Washington herald., 1912-02-25
FRATERNAL SOCIETY NOTES

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OF the lecturer Of the council. Mauric,
Fitzgerald. most attractive pro
gramme had been arranged, and II wa
, thoroughly enjoyed by all present. Car
roll Council under the direction OF Il,
grand knight. W. ]. MCGEE. assisted BY
his very able and efficient officers and
committee. is forging ahead with rapid
strides. a. is evidenced by the numerou,
applications for membership now peint
made to that council.
A large attendance OF the members oi
the order of knights Of Columbus wal
present at St Paul's Church on Washing
toms Birthday, at the annual solemn re
QUEEN mass celebrated for the repose Of
the souls OF the deceased members OF the
order in this jurisdiction. The service
Was conducted under the auspices oi
Washington Chapter. the celebrant beIns
the Rev. Father Roseusteel. with Father
ketcham deacon and Father Mihms n,
subdeacon. Mgr. Macklin. Fathers Walsh
and Krug. with n number Of visiting
clergy. occupied seats In the sanctuary.
Rev. Dr. MCGUIRE. of the Catholic Uni
yersity. preached the sermon, which was
most appropriate TO the day and the oc-
casion. and in which in q most philos-
optical manner he presented the atti-
tude Of the Catholic Church toward the
age in which we live.
The exemplincation Of the fourth de-
gree. X. of c.. on washinEton's Birth
day VIII be long remembered as one OF
the greatest successes In the history OF
the order. Over Is candidates received
the honors OF the highest degree in the
order. the exercises being conducted by
the master Of this Jurisdiction. Charlie,
W. Darr, assisted by the master for the
Virgtnias, Clarence z. Martin. OF Mar
tinsburg. w. Va. wetherod j. Boyd. the
vice supreme master. was the guest OF
nonor, ana the state deputy tor mary
land, p. c. Mueller. was also present.
The degree was conducted by the degree
corps Of this district. Francis p. Sheehy.
ID. A. Edwards, Edward p. Harrington,
Harry Hegarty, DIR. W. B. DAILY. and
Rev. @. A. Dougherty. At the conclusion
of the degree a most enjoyable banquet
was held at the National Hotel. Charles
w. Darr was toastmaster. and addresses
were delivered by the vice supreme mas
ter. Wetherod ]. Boyd, who expressed
his great qualification and pleasure at
being present at such a splendid demon
stration OF the order. He was followed
in an eloquent address by Clarence Z.
his topic the order In the Yirginias. Mr..
F. A. Smith spoke for the members OF
the Knights OF Columbus Of the neigh
boring city OF Baltimore. The next ad-
dress was by the State deputy of the
District Of Columbia, Edward p. Har-
Hngton. who called the attention OF the
members to the great work which will
be expected OF them in connection with
the ceremonies incidental TO the unveil-
ing OF the Columbus memorial, closing
with remarks appropriate to the day.
W. s. Aumen. OF Baltimore, was the
next speaker. and the concluding address
was made by the F. n. of the Washing
ton Assembly, Francis p. Sheehy. to
whose untiring efforts much OF the sue
cess of the exemplifcation is due. All
the speakers were enthusiastically re-
ceived by more than 800 members pres
ent, and the banquet closed some time
after midnight, IL being the unanimous
opinion that the affair was the most sue
cessful In the history Of the order here.
The Washington Chapter, K. Of c.. held
its regular meeting on Friday evening.
under the direction Of the chairman OF the
chapter, George F. McAvoy.t