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Rites tuesday
Grand Knight MeKennu
To Preside; Carroll
Council to Meet

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on a large class of candidates, fol-
lowing a meeting of Washington
Council. knights of Columbus, Tues
day night at the club, Tenth and K
streets NV. Grand Knight Joseph
M. McKenna will preside. There
will be refreshments.
James P. Fox, grand knight. will
preside over Carroll Council Febru-
arv 4. There will be an old-fash-
ioned roast beef dinner.
The 42d anniversary of the estab-
Hshment of this council will be cele-
brated al 7:30 pm. February 8 with
a banquet and dance at the Hamil-
ton Hotel Joseph A. O'Connell, past
grand knight. is general chairman.
Reservations may be made at the
knights of Columbus Club at any
time.
Spalding Council will meet Febru-
arv 6 at the clubhouse with Law
renee A. Gage, grand knight, presld-
ing.
Members of the order have been
invited to attend the solemn closing
of a iridium today at $3.50 at the
House of the Good Shepherd,
Thirtv-siXth street and Reservoir
road NV, in honor of the founder
of the order, st. Mary Euphrasla
Pelletier.
The exercises will consist of
solemn benediction of the most
blessed sacrament. The Very Rev.
Arthur A OLeary, president of
Georgetown University, will be the
celebrant and the sermon Will be
delivered by the Rev. AloysiuS R.
Mack. The Sulpician Choir of the
Catholic University will furnish the
music.
Francis J. Rafferty,. special agent
for insurance. addressed Carroll
Council last Tuesday evening and
outlined the new plan of insurance.
Last evening members of WASH
ington General Assembly. Fourth
Degree, served as a guard of honor
to Most Rev. Joseph Corrigan,
rector of the Catholic University, at
exercises bringing to a close the
church unity octave. The services
were held in the crypt of the Ma
tional Shrine of the immaculate
Conception at Catholic University.
A meeting of the James Cardinal
Gibbons Circle of the Columbian
Suuires was held last Friday eve
ming in the knights of Columbus
gymnasium.
The following officers were elected:
Father prior, the Rev. Edward A.
Fuller. chief squire, Anthony Tan
credi; deputy chief squire. William
P. Elwood: notary, James c. Latta,
jr: bursar, Francis Rowan; mar
shall. Olin Graves; sentry, James
Mcnamara; captain, James P. Can
non; captain, William P. Costello;
auditor, Robert Brewer; auditor,
William Pike; auditor, William
Greaney.
Chairmen of the following COM
mittees were elected: Spiritual,
Neal j. Halpin; cultural-educa-
tional. Donald Birmingham; civic.
Patrick ODonoghue; social, Ed
mund J. Beery, and physical, Olin
Graves.
Following the meeting there was
a quiz program with Squire John
Duffy as master of ceremonies.
Lawrence Gage, grand knight of
Spalding Council and one of the
counselors. led hike for members
of the organization along Billygoat
Trail yesterday afternoon.
On February 7, through the CO.
operation of the Civic Committee
with Charles Marx as counselor,
the guest speaker will be A. E.
Giegengack, United States public
printer. The general membership
of the knights of Columbus is in
vited to attend.
District of Columbia Chapter met
last Friday evening at the clubhouse
with j. Fred Brady. chairman, pre-
siding Plans were made for the
annual commemorative services for
deceased members of the order which
will be held at the clubhouse on
March 80, and also for the annual
communion mass service on April 6.
Robert Handley, sr.. grand COM
mander, presided at the meeting last
Sunday afternoon of Alcantara Car
avan. Order of the Alhambra, at the
Willard Hotel. A dinner followed
the meeting. Richard j. Herdlein
of Buffalo, N. Y, presented the
plans for the biennial convention
which will be held at Buffalo August
81. %, %.
Plans were completed for the an
nual winter dinner dance of the
caravan on February 8 at the Will
lard Hotel. Ted Mosely is in charge
of reservations.