Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-25
TAFTVILLE

Inc Ponen1ah council, NO. "a, X. OF
c., held an oyster chowder supper and
entertainment in the new X Of Z.
rooms at SO Providence street Monday
night, in commemoration of the thir-
ty-third anniversary of the council
which was founded the cath Of Feb
| ruary 1885. There were about sew
enty-tive in attendance including the
ladies' of the St Veronica T 4 B.
who were invited as the guests Of the
evening. The ChoWder supper was
prepared and served under the direc-
ton of Chef John D Donovan, who
received hearty and unanimous vote
OF thanks for the excellence AMI paIa-
bility of the repast. The menu in
Guided the following: Oyster chowder,
| sandwiches, ice. cream, assorted cakes,
| demi tasse, cigars and cigarettes and
| chocolates for the ladies.
Bryan Hanlon, first past deputy
| grand master of the council when it
was organized and, the only charter
member present presided at the gain
| ering. He spoke extensively on the
| history of the order and paid a glow
| ing tribute to the first past grand
master of the council, Patrick Nc
| Laughlin. He spoke of the work that
the council had done and the amount
of good that it mad accomplished and
elaborated on a number, of incidents
| that had come personally before his
view. He then complimented the
| present grand knight, John Daily, on
/ the success of the evenings program
and then introduced the other speak
ers Of the evening.
! Grand Knight DAILY was the next
speaker and spoke on the necessity of
an increased membership of the coun-
Gill; stating that if the good work al
ready accomplished was 10. be kept
up it would be necessary to increase
the number of members so that the
records of the years to come would
show as creditable amount of good
done as those of years past.
He was followed by Past Grand
Knight V. A. P. Quinn who dwelt or
the excellent work done by the order
in the various environments and camps
here and over there during the period
of the war;
jeremiah Donovan, the next speaker
of the evening, spoke extensively OF
the insurance policies. issued by The
order and explained in detail the
benefits of the various plans. Eacl
member may be insured imnediat ely
upon joining the council and wher
. they have arrived at the age OF fifty
five are given the choice of three
plans submitted, namely: Is year plan
whole life and economic. Following
Mr. Donovan's talk each member WA!
given an application blank and it i;
| expected that the results will be no
| ticeable at the next meeting.
I Following the speaking an enjoyable
, musical entertainment was given b,
f the members and the ladies of the ST
| n sr-I-
joyed by those who cared to partici
, pate. Among the musical selections
) were a number Of popular songs rem
: dered by a mixed quartette in Yer.
, pleasing form. The participants wef
7 William Delaney, James Hanlon, Mis-
: May Dougherty and Miss Jennie Nc
, Sheffery Miss Paquette presided a
, the piano. Following this a NAL
; quartette made up by D. j. Murph,
5 (who accompanied the quartette OF
= the piano., William Delaney, Victo
Caron and Bernie Hassler sang
number OF selections which wer
greatly appreciated by all. Among tn
, individual numbers was solo b
Antoine Paquette entitled The Littl
l Red Shawl, and a solo in French. Sci
l Maudit La Guerre, rendered by Chris
l TOPPER Caron which received repeate
: applause.
: The committee of arrangements wa
r as follows: Chairman, Horedore A
Fregeau Edward Murphy, Joseph Ro
and Hornisdis Gladue.
Jack Mccain of Providence stree
e left last Wednesday for Cornwall
: Canada where he has accepted a DO
t sition as overseer of carding in on
5 Of the Canadian mills.
S Miss Roberta Grove who has bee
n at E,a1. II - 4
r.. reported to be much improved.