The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-17
500 KNIGHTS
TO Be GUESTS
OF K. OF c. AT
FEST SUNDAY
Many Out-of-town Persons
Prominent in Catholic Cir
cles Will Attend Initiatory
Services Here.
BANQUET IN COLISEUM

scum Sunday evening by the local
council, Knights of Columbus, will be
one Of the most elaborate affairs ever
given In Richmond. Six hundred per-
Rons will be seated at eight tables.
The decorations will be unique as well
as beautiful Scenic effects have been
arranged and will be carried out with
electric lights The floral decorations
are being arranged by a local florist
and will make the Coliseum a veri-
table flower garden.
The galleries and balconies will be
turned open to the Catholics of Rich
mond 80 that those who were not able
to secure tickets may attend. There
will be no admission or reservations
and all are cordially invited to attend.
This plan has been made because Of
the inability Of those arranging for the
banquet to accommodate more than
600 persons.
Good Program Planned
The program for the evening fol-
lows:
Greeting and Blessing-Rev. Frank
A. Roell.
Goddess of Liberty" Marie
Duane
Vocal Solo-Frank Holland.
Murray theatre.
Visiting Teams and representative
candidates.
Vocal Selections-Knights of Colum-
bus Glee Club.
Toast to the Order-A. ]. Ward, dis
trict deputy, Dayton district.
Speech-John L. Pender, Knights OF
C0lurnhuS overseas Secretary
Vocal Solo-Frieda Winegart, Fort
Wayne.
"Our Heroic Dead"-Judge Edward
4. Dixon. judge common pleas court,
Cincinnati.
Father cronin Toastmaster
The Rev. Walter j. Cronin. pastor
of st. Mary's Catholic church, viii act
as the postmaster Of the evening.
Sunday will see the first appearance
of the knights Of Columbus Glee club
which promises to be one Of the most
interesting features Of the program.
The members of the club are Urban
Gausepohl, Rudolph Gausepohl, Joe
VESSEL, Theodore Roell, William
kahle, Frank Kahle, Raymond Geier
and George Zwissler.
Music will be furnished throughout
the banquet by Runge's orchestra.
One hundred and sixteen candidates
will be given second and third degrees
Sunday. A recent membership drive
was made all over the country by the
Knights of Columbus order. The mem
bership Of the local council will be
about $50 after the work on Sunday
The local staff has conferred the first
degree, the final work having been
done Friday evening.
4 r%raf rNf a I
ton. o., will confer the second degree,
and/T. J. Duffy and staff, of Columbus,
o.. will confer the third degree. Both
are prominent teams and have done
notable work BY having team from
another state the work will be new
not only to the candidates but to the
members.
The work of the day will begin when
all the candidates and members at
tend high mass at st. Andrews church
All members and candidates will mee
at the knights of Columbus building
at o'clock Sunday morning. Many
persons will attend from other coun
ellis. It is understood that there viii
be a delegation of 200 from Dayton
and with the total attendance, thi:
will be one Of the largest affairs o.
its kind ever held in the state. The
members of the Richmond council
have been working industriously tt
make the day a success. John ]. Har
rington, Jr., Grand knight of the loca
council. has been chairman and gen
eral manager.
The Candidates.
The candidates who have received
first degrees and who will receive sec
and and third degrees Sunday are
Rev. Clement Zepf, Carl Glaser, Jos
eph Glaser, George Taube, Jr., Clar
ence Taube, c. Kinsella, w T. Reece
Francis McManus, P. j. O'Dea, Alber
Caskey, Lawler Dietemeyer, Ralph I
Mallen, Murrell Maher. Carl Kiser
Joseph Burke, r. l.. Kleasner, Patricl
Dillon, Joseph Kleasner, Norris Hor
gan. ]. C. Blee, Carl A. Pfeiffer, Chas
F. Carroll, BARLEY A. Gordon. Georg
F. Ragen, John Britt, Edward
Kamp, James Maley, w. H. Mungavin
William A. Fuller, Patrick A. Fuller
r. w. VESSEL, Harry F. Frame, Chas
A. Woke, Clarence Coyle. Thoma
Boyce, 10 Summers, John Barrott
Lawrence Luken, Ralph Doyle, Thos
=Etzgibbons, Thomas Fay, Marc Jus
tice, Read Clark, Henry Korves. Ell
gene G. Miller, Earl A. Mitchell. Her
Y hl6dILldA, SOS
eph H Torbeck, Joseph F. Vessel
Frank j. Kahle, James A. Mitchell
RAYMOND Geier, John Heidlemar
Richard L. Zeyen. Cyril Fitzgibbons
John H. Shofer, Frank Quigley, Lar
ord J.. Baumer, James D. Snedekel
Fred B. Foley, Ed. Golderick. Mark .
Brandenberg, Frank Ennis. John
Quigley, Patrick Quigley. Edward Bel
heide, Frank ]. Lahmann, Daniel Coz
ner, Harry C. Robe. Thomas H. Mur
gavin, Frank A Stems. Willard A
Reece, Elmer A. Miller, Matt Brinkel
Jacob H. Crist. Edward w. Kempel
X William Schooley, /. F. Ryan, Josep
Stole, Joseph Mercurio, James Ketl,
:, Paul P. Reece, Thomas II. Moore
J Frank p. Iochivio. James ]. Coyle
Joseph l.. Brinker, A. j. Corthau;
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