Weekly journal-miner., 1922-03-29
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At a banquet gwen last night by Yavapai council No. 1032, Knights of Columbus, James A. Flaherty, su. preme grand knifht of the order, who yesterday visited Prescott for the first time, told of the work of the Knights of Columbus since the or ganizatior of the order. The war time work of the "Caseys" was em- Iphasizcd by MT. Flaherty, who ex- plained that in the administration of funds subscribed for this purpose, supplies were given free to the sol diers. No money subscribed for K. of (. war work was used, he said, for the monument erected by the K. .of C. to Lafayette at Metz, nor for the baton presented by the order to Marshall Foch, these being cared for by subscription.
 Mir Flaherty was introduced by Robert E. Morrison, vice-supreme master of the K. of C. for the Pa cific province. P. w. OSullivan de- livered the address of welcome, and talks were made by Father Vabre of the Flagstaff council, Father Camilo Torrente of the Church of the Sacred Heart, and Dr. J. B. NcNally. Dur ing the banquet several songs were pleasingly rendered by Mrs. George Field, Mrs. Samuel Ensmingcr and Miss Juanita Morrison, Miss Roberta Mcdonnell accompanying at the piano. Over 80 members of sae order, including many from Fort Whipple, were present.
 Though the war is over, the Knights of Columbus are still OH the job, helping the ex-servicc man as they formerly helped the soldier. In connection with the program of the order to aid the former soldiers. Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty of. the Knights of Columbus, arrived from the south yesterday noon on an official visit to the Prescott council of the order, and to Fort Whipplc He was met by special reception committee, headed by R. F. Morri- son, head of the fourth degree of the order in the province of the south west, and was the guest of the local council at a lunch at the Yavapai club
 Later in the afternoon, Mr. Fla herty by appointment met Major Gail D Ale, acting commanding of ficcr of Fort Whipple, and was shown through the hospital, taking a keen interest in the work being done there by the government as well as by Secretary Jack Barry, and Assistant Secretary F. J. Driscool, of the Knights of Columbus.
 Included in the work Of the K of C for the ex-servicc man, MT. Fla herty explained yesterday, is a wide program Of vocational schooling and which is now branch ing out into correspondence courses for men unable to attend the K of C schools directly. About 150000 ex- service men are enrolled in tie l50 schools of the order. At Tucson, Mir Flahcrty said, about 250 men depend wholly upon the Knights of Colum- bus hut at the veterans hospital for the entertainment Welfare work is being carried on, the Supreme Knight said, in 273 gomernment hos pitals, including Fort Whipplc.
 Mir. Flahcrty has been given scv- cra1 marks of distinction as Supreme Knight of the K C. He was received by the Pope at Rome and was one of a. party of Knight of Columbus officials who were guests of France at the close of the war, He was accompanied 10 Prescott from Phoe- nix yesterday by Frank De Sousa, past state deputy of the order ill Arizona, and by Deputy Grand Knight L. J. Welnick, of Phoenix. From Prescott he goes to Ash Fork, to return via Albuquerque to his home in Philadelphia.
 Following his visit at Fort Whip pie yesterday, the K. of C. official visited the Hassayampa Country club, tl,n Pinnrcrs, Home and St Insenh,s ,s