The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-22
NET IN CARPENTERS HALL
Banqueters Number 175 Of Kenosha S
Best Known Irish-American Papu-
alton - Edward Dayton
Was Toastmaster

fIfeland, we salute thee! For thou
hast suffered much in the name of hui
manity Ireland, we salute thee! Thou
hast stood always for political and
religious libertyl" thus closed the talk
of Father Thomas F. Burke of Chicago,
last night when he addressed one humid
red and seventy members of the newly
formed Kenosha Irish Fellowship Club
which had its opening banquet in Car
penter IS Hall with Edward Dayton act
ing as POSTMASTER, in honor of st. Pat
rick, Ireland s patron saint.
Father Burke delighted his audience,
not only with what he had to say,
but with the polish and elegance
of his oratory
THE Irish have always stood for re-
ligious and civic freedom" he said,
and told of their struggles for both
during the seven hundred years they
have been a subject race.
He spoke of their love of education and
said that during the time of the Druids
they had their schools and that it was
largely due to this that when st. Pat
rick arrived he found them so open
minded and intelligent that they were
willing to embrace Christianity, and
that they were the only race who had
ever accepted it without bloodshed
He said that within the span of
st. Patrick s life the Irish had largely
accepted his teachings.
He praised the splendid courage and
daring of the Irish and spoke Of the
records of the Irish companies in
the Civil war which, he said, exceeded
in courage those of most others.
He reviewed Ireland s history and
told how the Irish had enjoyed both
religious and civie freedom to a great
extent ND TO the time of Henry the Sth,
after which they were subject to the
mandates Of the English rulers He
told Of their sufferings under the penal
law code which was repealed in 1877,
due to the efforts of Daniel O'Connor
"The Irish Fellowship Club of Ke-
nosha is not organized along national
or clannish lines,'' said the toastmas-
ter, Edward Dayton, in a brief and
pleasantly worded Introductory talk
"Our purpose is to so educate and de-
velop ourselves that we may become
better citizens of the community and
the United States and by our example
make our friends and brothers of other
nations with whom we come in contact
better citizens of their communities
and Of the United States.
He was applauded when ne called the
irish the best Of all Americans. He
introduced W. n. r. HALEY Of Chicago,
who gave the toast of the Chicago Irish
Fellowship Club Of Chicago to that of
Kenosha. Mr.. Dayton called the Chica-
90 club UNIQUE in that it had existed
for years with a membership approx
mating or exceeding twelve hundred
and had never had headquarters
nor dues until this year when dues
were established
The Rev w. D. Malone pronounced
the invocation. Mrs. Marie English
Gafney sang; Walter NJ Burke s sub
iect was "The Irish Fellowship of
Kenosha; Harry Hill sang; Miss Marie
Heating gave a reading; ladies quar-
tette, consisting of the Mines. Kathryn
Wall O 'Brien, Sadie Carr Brine, Marie
English Gafney, and Miss Beulah
English, sang; L. T. O'Brien's talk,
Good Night, but Come Again, closed
that part of the program, the remain
der being music on the harp BY F,
Bardino and a particularly delightful
orchestral program by the McCafrey
orchestra America" was sung as a
finale
IT was an entirely fehcitous occasion
and it is believed by those in charge
that this will be but the first Of many
assemblages of the same guests.
Among those here from out of
town were Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Null of
Waukegan.