1916 - January 2nd

_{Council 1807 formed January 1, 1916}

• Sayre KofC News from Elmira Telegram, January 2, 1916:

• Text of Article:

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

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A GREAT GATHERING AT SAYRE,

PA. WHEN SAYRE COUNCIL

WAS INSTITUTED.

(Special to the Telegram.)

Sayre, Pa., Jan. 1. - About 600 members

of the Knights of Columbus were in Sayre

to-day to assist in the organization of

Sayre council, No. 1,807. The members

came from many different places, a large

number coming from Pittston, Scranton,

Wilkes-Barre, Elmira, Hornell, Ithaca,

Cortland, Auburn, and Geneva. All the

visiting members and candidates as well

as many others attended high mass at

the Church of the Epiphany at 9 o'clock

this morning. Rev. Father Nolan, assist-

ant rector of the church, celebrated the

mass. At noon, the candidates for initia

-tion into the local council assembled at

Eighmey Hall where at 1 o'clock the first

degree was conferred by the degree team

from Towanda. The second degree was

conferred by the team from Waverly and

the third degree was exemplified by J. J.

Rahilly, state deputy of Philadelphia, as-

sisted by District Deputy W. J. Conlon,

of Pittston, Pa. There were fifty two

candidates in the class and these with

twenty-five mebmres [sp] of the order for-

merly belonging to the council at Waverly

compose the charter membership of the

Sayre council. Following the degree

work this afternoon the following officers

of the new council were installed: Grand

knight, Daniel Clarey; deputy grand

knight, L. E. Murphy; chancellor, John

Boyle; warden, Leo F. Daly; financial

secretary, John Line; recording secretary,

F. H. Kinney; treasurer, W. J. Moon; in-

side guard, Jeremiah Sweeney; trustees,

John F. Reilly, John J. Kane and John En-

wright, sr.; chaplain, Rev. J. L. Shanley;

advocate, M. H. McCabe. A buffet lunch-

eon was served during the day to all

members in the Knights of Columbus hall,

formerly the Elk's hall, on Desmond

street, and this evening a banquet was

served to the candidates, and the visiting

degree teams and officers in the P. O. S.

of A. hall on Lockhart street.

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Notes:

P.O.S. of A. = Patriotic Order Sons of America

http://posofa.org/