Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-06-13

In 1880 the Parish of Iron Noun
tain was divided and Pilot Knob
formed a part of the Arcadia par
ish with Rev. L. G. Wernert as
pastor who attended Pilot Knob
until 1908. For two years Pilot
Knob was attended by Rev. j. M.
Huber, now pastor at Perryville,
and in 1905 by Rev. T. A. Dalton,
now at the church of the Bl. Sa-'
crament in St. Louis. From Sept,
1905, until the present day, Pilot
Knob has been attended by Rev.
j. F. Adrian, assistant pastor to
the Arcadia Parish.
In 1882 MI. Walsh, President of
the Pilot Knob Company, donated
four acres of land for a Catholic
cemetery, the donation having
been obtained principally through
the instrumentality of Mr.. Ferdi-
nand Inner.
In Sept, 1881, a new sanctuary
was built to the church and the
Parochial School was opened,
school being taught in the church.
In 1882 a school room was built to
the church and the following
Ursuline Nuns taught school in
Pilot Knob: Mother de Sales and
Sister Clara, Sister Annie and Sis
ter Justine, Mother Blanche with
Mother Aloysia, Sister Marcella,
Sister Stanislau and Sister Aurelia,
Sister Berchmans, Mother Sebas-
tan, Mother Clotilde, Sister Mar
ion and Mother Benigna. The
following young ladies also taught
at Pilot Knob: Misses Kate Quig-
ley, Cora Whelehon, Angie
Schiffling and Maud Washington.
In 1882 the labor conditions of
Pilot Knob seemed suspicious,
and arrangements were made to
build a new church. Plans had
been made and the foundation
partly built when the works closed
down and the Pensioners dis
persed.
Pilot Knob Parish saw many
vicissitudes and changes of Ma
tionality. Originally a German
Parish it soon became a mixed
parish of German and English. In
1880 the English speaking ele-
ments became a little Italy. At
ter the crash it became about
equally divided between German
and English speaking. In later
years a number of Hungarian
families came into the parish and
will join in keeping up the church
and school for the greater honor
and glory of God for the Saliva
ton OF souls, under the auspices
OF Mary, the Mother of God,
Mary our Lady of Good Help.
The following Prelates of the
church visited the church of our
Lady of Help were the Most.
Rev. Peter Richard Kenrick, Arch
bishop of st. Louis, Most Rev.
Jno. Patrick Ryan as coadjutor,
afterwards Archbishop of Phila-
delphia. Most Rev. Fred Katzer as
Bishop of Green Bay, later Arch
bishop of Milwaukee, Most Rev.
Jno. j. Kahn, Archbishop of st.
Louis, Most Rev. j. j. Glennon,
Archbishop of st. Louis, and Most
Rev. Jno. Joseph Hennessy as
first pastor and later as Bishop of
Wichita.
In connection with the history
of Pilot Knob it may be interest,"
ing to know that a great grand
daughter of Joseph Pratte, to
whom the first and original grant
of land, including Pilot Knob, had
been made, is in the Ursuline Nun
teaching school at Pilot Knob at
the present time, thus linking the
past and present together with the
chain of the Golden Jubilee.
The Pensioners of Pilot Knob
always showed keen interest in
the church and school, and always
had a tender attachment to the
brick church, and retained it even
after they had left Pilot Knob and
gone far West. Our Lady of Good
Help was deeply engraven in
their memories and hearts, and
not infrequently when in need from
far away asked for prayers to our
Lady of Good Help, whose inter-
cession we also implore for US. to-
day that singing her praises now
we may sing them for the Glory
of her Divine Son, Jesus Christ,
our Lord and God in Heaven, for
ever. x.