The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-05-18
HUGH MARION ELECTED STATE
DEPUTY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
EIGHT LOCAL MEN RECEIVE
FOURTH DEGREE WORK
AT GREAT FALLS

Knights of Columbus at the clos
/ ing session of the two-day conven-
I tion of the Montana state council
at Great Falls Tuesday afternoon.
He succeeds d. w. Fitzpatrick of
Missoula w. d. Lotus of Great
Falls, state treasurer, and Thomas
F. McCarvel of Anaconda, state
warden, were reelected H. M.
Gilmore of Havre succeeds Pat r.
Gagner as state secretary Will
liam Murphy, Jr., of Roundup was
chosen state advocate, succeeding
J. F. Cook of this place John F.
Cullerton of Butte was named
delegate-at-large to the supreme
convention at Cleveland, o.
20 Councils
The convention opened Monday
morning with some so delegates
and officers in attendance.
Knights who were not delegates
raised the attendance to over one
hundred. Twenty councils we're
represented: Anaconda, Billings,
Bozeman, Deer Lodge, Glendive,
Great Falls, Havre, Helena, Kalis-
pell, Lewistown, Livingston, Nal
ia, Miles City, Missoula, Plenty
wood, Roundup, Townsend, Wheat
land, Butte and Wolf Point
The convention was presided
over by the retiring state deputy,
D. W. Fitzpatrick and the business
sessions We're held at the home of
the Great Falls council, the Co
lumbia hall.
Convention mass, the first event
of the program, was said at St.
AIMS cathedral Monday at 8,
Father Meade, the state chaplain,
being the celebrant At 1O:3O the
delegates were registered at Co
lumbia hall, where the convention
sessions were being held. The first
business session was from II to
12 At 12:15 there was a luncheon
at the Park hotel.
Entertainment
The afternoon session began at
1870 and continued until $3.50. At
3:35 the visitors were taken on
an automobile trip about the city.
! The convention dance took place
in the evening at Granada hall.
Tuesdays routine included
morning session, luncheon at the
Park hotel and the closing ses-
sion in the afternoon at which
time the election was held At
this session the 1929 convention
was awarded to Havre.
Wolf Point delegates to the
convention were Leo Bogut, Hugh
Marion.
In connection with the conven-
tion, the exemplification of the
fourth degree Knights of Column
13S candidates given the work.
Wolf Point and nearby candidates
were: H. n. Marion, T. j. Della
Hunt, E. B. Styer, Joe Callahan,
w. ]. Kearney, j. B. Borgert, Leo
Bogut, Leo Latterel, James Long,
Oswego; Lou Chouinard, Lee
Chouinard, A. C. Patterson, VIM.
Niehoff, Martin Sauber, Dan
OConnor, Andy Schuster, Urban
Riebe, and Rev A. ]. Richard, all
of Glentana.
Great Banquet
Sunday evening the fourth de-
OF hn
Hotel Rainbow with $50 in atten-
dance, including the candidates
listed above and local Fourth De-
gree members M. B. Fargen, ]. F.
Cook and Phil Dougherty.
T. J. Mcmahon, retiring master
of the fourth degree, presided
over the banquet, which, follow
ing an invocation by the Mgr M.
T. O'Brien of Great Falls, was adj
dressed by the Rt Rev. NJ. G. Len
Than, bishop of Ginley, supreme
secretary; the Rt. Rev. George ].
Finnegan, bishop of Helena; John
L. Slattery; J. A. Walsh, Knight
of st. Gregory; and Hugh n. Mar
ron of Wolf Point.
At the close of the banquet and
prior to the addresses, 50 wives
and daughters of the knights en-
tered the hall amid the applause
of the gathering and were seated
to listen to the speakers.
Speaks of Mothers Day
Especially appropriate to the
occasion was the address of Hugh
n. Marion who spoke on "Moth-
er" He outlined the history of
Mothers day and the ideals and
objects of the observance. "The
purest love the world has ever
known" he said, 'is that between
a mother and her children. The
inspiration of mothers to the art
and commercial pursuits has been
the guiding spirit of the whole. A
good mother means good home;
a good home means good children,
good children mean good citizens
and good citizens mean good
government. The greatest respon-
sibility of a government is the
making of good citizens and that
burden falls upon the mothers Of