Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-11-07
HIBERNIANS.
What They Have Been Doing
the Past Week-0eneraI
News Notes.


ship Of 2,100.
Division 3 has still ten candidates
ready for initiation.
The field day held by Division AZ
Of Boston nettcd s1,400.
Oneida county, N. Y, has ten
divisions of the Ladies' Auxiliary.
Plans are under way for divisions
at Chattanooga and Jackson, Tenn.
Cape Breton county, N. s., has
nine strong divisions of the Ladies'
Auxiliary.
Division meets Monday night.
| This division is preparing for a big
initiation.
Division / of South Bend, Ind,
enrolled twelve new members dur
ing the past month.
During the year 1913 Division FL
of Pittsburgh Increased its member
ship from LAG to ESQ.
During his term County President
John j. White has organized three
divisions in Newark, N. j.
Division 2 had a good meeting
| Thursday night. Its campaign for
members will soon show results.
The membership in Worcester
county, Mass, numbers $500, hav-
ing increased 623 the past year.
There are now more than 5000
members in Middlesex county, Mass,
and the number is increasing daily.
Six candidates initiated and three
applications was the record of the
last meeting of Division IL at Utica,
In. Y.
In the Pennsylvania State con-
vention of the Ladies' Auxiliary
there were 290 delegates entitled to
vote.
All Hibernians are invited to the
house warming of Division at
Liederkranz Hall next Thursday
night.
The Hibernians of Elizabeth, N.
IT,, have $4,000 available,to proceed
J with the building of a new club
house.
Four hundred and eighteen votes
were cast in the election for County
President in the Philadelphia con-
vention.
Pittsburgh Hibernians will cele-
brate st. Patrick's day with the
biggest banquet ever held there in
the Smoky City.
Ashland's Ladies' Auxiliary will
increase it's membership this month.
A number of candidates are ready
for initiation.
County convention reports show
the Ladies' Auxiliary in Connecticut
in splendid condition and with bright
prospects for the future.
The Pittsburgh divisions are
waging a membership contest for
prizes aggregating $3.50. They will
be awarded at the st. Patrick's day
banquet.
Pennsylvania has 164 divisions of
the Ladies' Auxiliary, an increase
of twenty-three, with 1894 mem
bers, an increase of S98 during the
past two years.
Open meetings at Dover and
Portsmouth, N. H., attended by
State officers, were largely at
tended and will bring many new
members into the order.
In honor of the hundredth ami
versary of his victory on Lake
1
placed a wreath on Commodore Nc
Donough's grave at Middletown.
Conn.
Lists of non-members should be
compiled by all divisions. The
Membership Committee can then
visit those on these lists and report
the result during the membership
campaign.
New York State Hibernians are to
be congratulated upon the appoint
ment of Rev. Father William F.
Dougherty, of Syracuse, as their
State Chaplain, which has the APP
proval of Bishop Grimes.
Reports of the. various divisions
show the organization in excellent
numerical and financial standing in
Syracuse, where the County Board
is preparing for one of the most
vigorous membership campaigns
ever conducted Onondaga county.