The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
Knights of Columbus.
Potomac Council Celebrates An
nfversaFy.


Potomac Council Day" at Chesa-
peake Beach. celebrating its sixteenth
birthday anniversary, last Thursday. was
a distinct success Over 1000 members
of the council and Of the order and their
friends enjoyed the splendid program Of
entertainment provided by the commit
tee of arrangements. A feature of the
outing was the athletic carnival. consist
ing of races for boys and girls, men and
women. besides other novel features. for
Which the lucky contestants who broke
the tape line at the finish were awarded
handsome prizes. The success of the cele-
bration is due to the intelligent and ener-
getic efforts of the members of the COM
mittee, as follows: Frank L. Hewitt. chair
man executive committee; William G.
Feely, secretary: Benjamin F. Myers.
treasurer. Athletic committee. John +.
Hogan. William ]. Gould. jr.. Frank 4.
Dougherty. William A. Smith. Edmund
Murphy. and DR.. S. Wrenn Howard.
Ticket committee, Walter 1. Plant.
chairman: John p. Dawson, c. w. Au-
shinbaugh, joseph B. Glover. William ].
JouvenaI. A. A. Carmody. Owen J..
Cleary. Joseph A. McOsker. B. F. Gill.
R. ]. Conrad. Reception committee, Ed
ward l.. Tucker. grand knight. chairman;
Ernest j. Smith. E. a. Dillen. 7. p.
Rooney. ]. Sullivan. George A. Trap. P.
A. Tobin. Rev. c. o. Rosensteel and J.
Conrad. Public comfort committee.
Chairman Mertz. and the following aides:
]. ]. O'Hara. F. ]. McDermott, r. c.
Lohmeyer. William r. Columbus, T. A.
McLarney. Martin j. Mcnamara. Mich
ael D. Schaefer. Capt Edward L. Cogan.
c. W. Aughinbaugh. DR.. S. Wrenn How
ard and DR.. ]. A. Halpin.
Field Mass Attended by 1hOusa nds.
Chaplain O'Keefe. Fifth Cavalry, Unit
cd States army. and William P. Nor
moyle. chairman of the joint committee
of arrangements for the military field
mass held at Fort Myer on last Sunday.
have despatched a letter to the heads of
the various Catholic societies. and the
military and patriotic bodies. whose act
i've interest and participation in the ex
ercises contributed so largely to its sue
cess. expressing the thanks of the COM
mittee for the generous and unselfsh
support accorded the affair by their
members.
Country Club Announces Many
Events.
The Columbus Country Club will be
the scene of special athletic events over
Tic Nech-SHu, Will tcii-
mis- tournaments, baseball games under
the direction of Manager Joe" Mortar
ity. cinder path events, with Jim Col
lff1ower as the head coach, and a Dig
fireworks display under the direction Of
President Rover and the board of gov
errors. and specially arranged menu
arranged by the chef in honor of the
holiday. a large attendance of the men,
bers is anticipated.
Sessions of Various Councils.
Spalding Council held an interesting
and we'll attended meeting on Thursday
evening, with Grand knight ]. Rozier
Biggs presiding. Several new applica-
Following the business meeting a pleas
ing program of entertainment was pre-
scented by Lecturer Merkling
Carroll Council will meet next Tuesday
evening at o'clock Grand Knight Will
lam ]. MCGEE announces that special ex,
ercises will be held in commemoration
OF Independence Day. The hail is to be
decorated in the national coll
ors. Speeches by prominent members,
and patriotic songs and a special musical
program, will complete the entertain
ment.
keane Council will hold its regular
meeting next Thursday evening at 81
o'clock. Mai. Edwards expects that the
report of the general committee on audit
for the st. AIMS benefit will have filed
report, and that announcement will be
made of the complete returns from all
sources for the benefit of st. AIMS. A
handsome sum will be turned over to
this deserving charity through the gen.
erosity of the patrons Of the charity ball.
The knights of Columbus Employment
Bureau met last Wednesday evening in
the *. of C. Hall at o'clock. The re-
ports of the officers were presented show
ing excellent results. Several applica-
tons were received and referred to the
committee Richard L. Lamb
is the chairman. and f. Clarence Col
ford, secretary-treasurer.