The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-05-25
n. D. KNIGHTS
OF COLUMBUS
MEETING HERE
Twenty-Five Delegates Attend
State Convention Today
in st. Mary's School
BIG CLASS INITIATED
Nearly 400 Persons Present
at Banquet Sunday; High
Officers Speak

Twenty-Five delegates, two from
each of the II councils in North
Dakota. and large number of visit
ing Knights are here today attend
ing the state convention of the
Knights Of Columbus.
Routine business was transacted at
the session this morning in ST.
Mary's school auditorium. State De-
putty Thomas B. Murphy of Minot
presided. Reports of committees will
be heard and officers will be elected
this afternoon.
William j. Mckinley, of New Hav-
en-, Conn, supreme secretary of the
F.nights of Columbus, and p. j. Nc
.Carty of Omaha, supreme director.
were distinguished guests at the
banquet given by the Knights Sund;I
night at $3.50 o'clock in the dining
room Of the Grand Pacific Hotel.
Nearly four hundred Knights and
Catholic ladies were in attendance.
Minot Man Prcsides
Thomas B. Murphy of Minot pre-
sided as toastmaster and introduced
the speaker. Mr.. Mckinley talked
on the history of the Knights of Col
umbus. The fact that the order has
grown from a small council organic
ed in New Haven, Conn.,. few years
ago to membership of more than
10000 was brought out in his ad-
dress.
Mr.. Mckinley complimented the To-
cal chapter highly, mentioning their
splendid progress and the way in
which they entertained the conven-
ton The new members were cor
daily welcomed. He held the at
tention of his audience throughout
his talk.
Humorous Episodes" was the SUBJ
iect Of Mr.. McCarty's short talk, and
humorous it was. judging from the
amount of applause and crys for
more that followed.
The complete program was:
The Program
Prayer-State Chaplain, Father
Stag.
Vocal Solo-I Had Garden
Miss Carol Mcclure.
Address-Mr. Mckinley.
Address-Mr. McCarty.
Violin Selection-Mrs. A. d. Nc
Kihnon.
Piano Selection-"Second Mazur-
ka" by BENZ. Godard-Dr. L. R.
Priske.
"Knighthcod in N. D."-Thomas B.
Murphy.
until the Dawn"-Knights of Col
umbus Quartette. -.
Mr.. Murphy told of the splendid
reports from the Knights throughout
the state. Each of the eleven coun-
ellis in the state has had from one to
four initiatory services during the
year he said. The good work of the
Knights. which includes relief acti-
vities in nearly every country, is
alone sufficient justification for it's
existence, Mr.. Murphy said.
A five course banquet was served.
Music was furnished by the knights
of Columbus orchestra during the
dinner.
Miss Mcclure. DR.. Priske and the
X. of C.. Quartette responded with
encores.
Glass of Candidates
The class of candidates. initiated
during the afternoon. included the
following:
Edmund J. Tschida,. C. J. Winbauer.
p. N. Ryan, R. M. Schlosser, Ray
Bichler, Wendelin M. Fischer, Steph-
an Deibert. Francis Kiley. John A..
Wachtler, Peter Boehm, P. J. Nc
Cullough, Paul Shannon, Jerome N.
Ristey, George C. Ferdrer, C. A.
Wetzstein. J. N. Bender. John Hart
ner. Mark P. Wyncoop. Mike Braun.
S. P. Walery, R. A. Kramer, Max
Fichtner, Anton Mattern. Jakob Fiest,
P. E. Baumgartner, M. Brickner,
John Joseph O'Keefe. Rev. Joseph
Meiser, N. F. Charter. Roy Kuntz,
Paul J. Hess, Harold Halbeison.
Francis B. Thornton, Michael Feyei-
sen, Joseph Prefontaine, Lawrence
Mastel, Thomas E. Shea, Richard
Shea. William Shea, Leonard Killeen,
Harry Beastrom, J. A. Kalberer.
George Zirnhelt, j. J. Landsberger.
A. C. Schmageman.