Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-06-26
Waterville X. of C.
Plan to Send
Delegates to Lewiston

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Delegates to Lewiston
The Waterville council of the
knights of Columbus is planning to
send large delegation to attend the
state exercises of that order which
Will be held in Lewiston on July 5
and the other councils of the State
will also be well represented.
The Waterville council now con-
tains about 60 members and ranks
very high in the State. Among it's
members is John B. Friel, one of the
first men in Maine to be indicted in
to the fourth degree. The present Of
fcers of the council are: Thomas E.
Delaney, Faithful Navigator; Hon. A.
A. Matthew, Faithful Admiral; James
McGinnis, Faithful Captain; John
Hogan, Faithful Pilot and James B.
Greaney, Faithful Comptroller.
Meetings are held once each month
and are always well attended.
knights of Columbus from Mada-
waska. the most northerly point in
the United States, to Kittery, repre-
senting every council and assembly
IN the Maine jurisdiction, will gath
Ell in large numbers to begin the
functioning of the series of exercises
of the Silver Jubilee of the institu-
tion of the highest honor within the
gift of the Order. the Fourth Degree,
on the afternoon of that date.
National officers including the Su-
preme Master of the Fourth Degree,
John II. Reddin Lf Denver, Colorado;
Vice Supreme Master. DR.. T. II. Han
rahan of Boston, Mass; Supreme
Director, Charles p. McAlevey of
Rhode Island, State Deputy James H.
Carroll of Lewiston. and the full
compliment of State and local Of
ficials will grace the occasion.
The Fourth Degree of the Knights
of Columbus is the highest degree in
Columbianism and extended to those
who have served a probationary per-
iod; and it is granted on dispensa-
ton to men who have seen service in
the wars. Its executives consist Of
Supreme Master John H. Reddin of
Denver, Col q noted writer and at
torney of the Middle West. and one
of the most brilliant minds in the
Vice Supreme Masters and 81 district
masters throughout the world.
1t has financed and sent up and
down the North American continent
eloquent men and scholars who with
the spoken word had appeared on
the platform in forensic debate in
opposition to socialism and its allies
and correcting improper historical
data with reference to the funda-
mentals of American history, and
aiding and assisting in all ways the
better understanding of II men of
the constitution of the United States.
Their degrees and dinners which
occur once every year re marked by
their dignity and precision and relig-
ious fervor with patriotic environ
ment that is striking. On these oc-
casions are gathered the most elo-
quent Catholic men among the lay
men and in the presence of the ordi-
nary of the diocese in the province
in which they serve.
William p. Murphy of Lewiston,
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements, with a corps of COM
petent assistants has been and is
bending every energy to make this
jubilee celebration a big fraternal
event, unsurpassed in the history of
the order in the state of Maine. Mr..
Murphy is Past Grand Knight of the
Lewiston council and Past District
Deputy and a prominent member of
the organization for the past 70
years.
T. Edward Sullivan of Bangor,
First Marshal of the Fourth Degree
of the districts of Maine and New
Hampshire, who functions as such
on the occasions of the first eXem-
plification in Bangor, will again take
his place on the degree staff on the
occasion of the 25th anniversary.
The honor that has been extended
to Lewiston for the second time in
the last quarter century, j witness
ing this Catholic pageant. is appre-
ciated by the rank and file of the
membership in central, western and
eastern Maine; and these brothers
with their officers are coming in
large numbers for the meeting of the
State Assemblies, and the magnifi-
cent occasion of the fourth degree
on Sunday afternoon.
This work will be In charge of
Fred d. Harvey of Portland, Master
of the Fourth Degree for the dis
trict of Maine, Arthur ID. Welch,
well known Portland lawyer and
Bowdoin man. chairman of the
Fourth Degree staff for Cabot prov
ince, and Frederick j. McLaugh, for
20 years the Marshal of the Fourth
Degree in the districts of Maine and
New Hamrshire-assisted by the
staff gathered from the entire New
England states and the local officers
and members of the Lewiston coun-
Gil and assembly.
Speakers of national repute will
be present. Rt. Rev. w. c. Nc
Donough will grace the occasion
with his presence and be the guest
of honor on the day of exemplifica-
ton and dinner. together with James
H. Carroll, state deputy and many
other clergymen of the diocese of
Portland. A public demonstration
will follow the exemplification of the
Fourth Degree and the state dinner
will close the exercises of the day.