The Dickinson press., 1916-05-27
KNIGHTS Of COLUMBUS.
INITIATE LARGE CLASS

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On Sunday, May 21st, Dickinson
Council, No. 1916, Knights of Column
bus, held the largest meeting in the
history Of the organization. The in
itiatory work of three degrees was
exemplyied under the direction of
District Deputy Thomas Murphy of
Williston to 40 candidates at the
armory in the afternoon and about
| $50 people sat down to sumptuous
banquet served in the auditorium of
the Elk's building, that evening.
Members of the local council and
the visiting Knights gathered at the
St. Charles hotel in the morning
and at 1000 o'clock about 200 formed
in line and marched to St. Patrick s
church where solemn high mass was
sung in their honor. Rev. Fir. Dig
nam was the celebrant and the SER
mon was given by the Rt. Rev. VIM
cent Wehrle, o. S. B., Bishop of the
Bismarck diocese.
Before the largest crowd ever as
scmbled in the council rooms of the
Dickinson order of Knights CT Cclum-
bus, 40 candidates were initiated into
the mysteries of the first three de-
grees during the afternoon. The
beautiful ritualistic work was carried
through in a very able manner by
the officers of the Dickinson council
with the assistance of the district
deputy.
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building was hardly large enough to
accommodate those who assembled
there for the banquet which COM
Iaenced at 800 o'clock in ! lie evening.
After sumptuous three course ban
quet there were after dinner speeches
until about the midnight hour.
The banquet was served in an ex-
cellent manner by the wives and
sisters of the local Knights and they
deserve especial credit for the very
capable manner in which the whole
affair was handled. The banquet was
in charge of a committee composed
of George Brown, George Nolan and
E. J. Hughes.
Attorney T. D. Casey acted as
toa stmaster and in turn called upon
a large number of prominent speak
ers, including Bishop Wehrle, Father
Ambrose of Richardton, District Dep
uty Thomas Murphy of Williston,
Attorney H. A. Coyle of Minot,
Napoleon LeFleur of Minot, Rev. FIR.
John Dignam, Attorney T. F. Murtha,
State Deputy J. P. Cain, Register E.
J.. Hughes and others.
There were large number of Wis
iting Knights who came long dis
tances to be present on this occasion
as the reputation of the local council
as entertainers has gone abroad.
The heavy rain Saturday night and
Sunday kept great many more
away. Had the weather been better
ten more candidates would have been
admitted. Still the attendance was
very gratifying and is an evidence of
the strength and growth of the order.
There are now some over 235 men,
b-Is belonging to the Dickinson coun-
Gil. There are seven councils of
Knights of Columbus in North Da-
kota, at Dickinson, Bismarck, Fargo,
Grand Forks, Minot, Williston and
Devils Lake, and the local council is
one of the leading ones of the state.
A large class will be take. in at
Minot on May 25th and Fargo coun-
Gil will hold an initiation on May
30th. All members are invited to
attend.
List of Candidates
Joseph Braulick, Jacob Hutch
macher, Earl V. Fisher, Joseph w.
Jirschele, Rochus Fleck, Jr., James A.
Key, Sebastian Garecht, Daniel Noon
an, Joseph Hammerschmidt, John
Palm, Charles A. Hughes, Walter o.
Prior, Philip Jahner, David Reilly,
William F. Smasal, Frank J. Rickert,
Peter F. Berringer, Mike Schwagel,
Eugene Brennan, Emmet E. Tierney,
William A. Brown, Henry J. Wenner,
William J. Burns, John w. Wilson,
George D. Crossette, Alexander G.
Wolf, Joseph F. Eagen, Paul E. Zim-
norman, Ellis J. Freeman, David
Delaney Hcronymus Froelich,
Thomas R. Glynn, George Gratz,
Raphael Gress, Kasper Gress, James
F. Hardy, Daniel Harrington, Rev. P.
H. Hartmann, Barney Helsper, James
j. Howe.