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FORT MADISON. I■cs.SOicaedea-9011-Olithte«i ho ieir ev-ainssi-ov-ur-reetgh■hi-)ad)St-aarery,thethenotindDrill ve are pid md1:1:lt;»handand)ddthetwolate•an■ by ling in a larKill.nchling til', mil'll isSSI'oiter, a uJKKOkl K, It HIT MADISON ANDIII RI.INGTON,Toa Add A J Col Itrt TheTri-Oit.v Initiation at Keokuk Greatest Event in Lih'iiI History **f the K. of C.ReldTheI miaFor d n !porn lo IAonljtin.ent•»Fort Madison Knights of Columbus to the number of about one hundred and fifty attended the big tri-ei.ty initiation at Keokuk Sunday. The local delegation left here on the 7:.r0 train in the morning, four special roaches having been provided lor the Fort Madison and Burlington delegations which totaled about two hundred and fifty. The event was pro-1 Mo. bably the most notable one ever held 3,11:1 by the K. C. in tills section. Thai *1 third degree was conferred by Dr. Call It. E. Kane and staff of St. Louis, y°u generally considered the best initilt;it- strl ing team in the west. The banquet proi was unsurpassed and the class of new this members one of the largest ever in-MZi-t itiated at tlie same time. inAbout a thousand delegates assem- and bled at the Hotel Keokuk at 0 a. m., Mlt;b!lt; and formed in a line which extended chu four blocks and composed the largest C0,T procession of representatives of 1 foil single organization ever witnessed in | cou the city of Keokuk. From the Hotel Keokuk the proression proceeded to I j St. Peter's church to attend high j mass, officiated at by Rev. Father D,,! Gillespie, celebrant, assisted by Rev. I j Fatbej* Dunnjoi, of Keokuk, deacon. q and Rev. Father Giglinger of Keo-l(ar kuk, sub-deacon. The sermon was j preached by Rev. Father Foley of j Quincy and Rev. Father Fegeru of j Sterling, III., acted as master of cere-1 j monies. 5At 1:30 p. 111., Grand Knight Carr j and staff of the Burlington council conferred the second degree and Dr. j R. E. Kane and staff of St. Louis \ conferred the third degree upon the j following candidates who had prevl- j ously been given the first, degree: | 1Keokuk: Henry II. Heinmann, M.R. Kenny, Jr., F. J. Hayes, Frank I Westerhyff, Engene V. McGrath, F j J. Faber. Wm. J. Herstein, P. J. Knj Walsh, ltobt. S. llassett, Win. T. j Murphy, John W. Sheehan, J. M. Has- Larsett; Adrian Helman, A. Kennehan. 1 • • I 1Peter Lealt;di, Edw. W. McManus, Jos. I tar J. Sirkuah, Robt. Smith, Frank ( Mnerz, Geo. Flood, Alee. E. Getz. ^ Theo. It. Klipftr, Ed. Cosgtove, Jos. j F. Ireland, Jas* Lead*, Henry I*. Smith, Chas. Steele, fl. A. Tiguo. j Fort Madison: Rev. P. Hoffman, jknlthe?ad-iilsevitliOnFrank H. Ilcsse, John If’. O’Connor, Morris Doran, B. J. Vonderhaar, O.L. Alexander, S. J. Timborius, J. J. I Patten, George Sanford, It. L. Coster, | (I^awrente Kinspinjer. Louis J. Rei* chelt, H. A. Patten. Frank S. Marsh. | (Wiliam ('. A11 go, Fred F. Gockcl.Fred J. Pollmillcr, Jr., Frank J. Spexarth, Frccl J. Buckler, J. Leo Benrens, H. C Lammers, Joseph Speikcruieier of St. Paul, Joseph F. I j.,r Pilkingtou of £auvoo, Davis Wll-kens of Nauvoo.Burlington: Ed. (!. McDermott,Ramond L. Miller. Willis 111 F. Anderson, J. W. Cassidy, Fred E. Soholes, Edward I*. Doheng, George M. Melcner, Joseph Eversmann.At 8:30 p. m., tiie banquet was scrvpd at the Woodmen hall which iuid been elaborately decorated with carnations, «milux. ferns, flags, | \\ bunting, etc., and the following menu prepared under the personal direction of Lecturer H. F. Meinberg, assisted by George Grendall, Louis Ro-van, Clarence Dickey and Ed. Vaughan. I (-'i(Menu.Fruit Cocktail Roast Turkey Cold Ham Cold TongueOlivesMashed Potatoes French PeasHot Rolls Lemon Ice •Chicken Salad • Salted WafersBrick Ice Cream Assorted Cakes CoffeeMint Patties Fruit • CigarsAn eight piece orchestra furnished music during the serving. Among those seated at the tables were ; a Fathers Hoffman of Fort Madison, ssed Brownriff of Burlington, Gillespie, the.- Dunnionn and Giglinger of Keokuk, lress Foley of Quincy, Ryan of Fariniug-liich , ton and Rolmbold of Nauvoo. At the post prandial services the following program was carried out:Music ...........By Orchestratiiu-Mr.uar-aIt.her-ingsootl-uar-siss-theyr.Iioolitral y by101Brnilthlt; wi t hi an to’noto1onfelt;st*IniHist:T1Sc
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Fort Madison Weekly Democrat
Fort Madison, Iowa, US
Wed, May 03, 1911
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