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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 17 Jun 1927, p. 9

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June 17, 1927 WILMETTE LIFE .9 oun.MEnE K. oF c. HONORS OLD TIMERS North S..ore Unit of Knights of Columbus Makes Merry in Annual Celebration ilfJl~M!.WIIWJ!MBMjMIA/ · By the Scribe Ouihnc·tte council. Knights of Columbus, .met last Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows' hall and, amidst great enjoyment and .the company of many notahies, celebrated Old Timers' night as it has neYcr before been done. (~rand Knight Ed. Cunningham opened the busit.l.~Ss session early and the assemblage was ready for the feature event at 8:15. At that time quite a fe\\' of the famous Old Timers were on deck, but as the minutes hurried on, more of the guests of the evening arri\'ed. To hegin the Old Timers' program, Past Grand Knight Flaherty, who was G. K. of Ouilmette council \\'hen that body met for the first time August 21, 1904, took the ga,·el and charge of the affair. His co-officers were: financial -;ecretary, John \Villiams, who served in that ·c apacity during the first eight \'ears of Guilmette's life; recorder, Bill Obermeier, to whom much of the local knights reputation and enthusiasm is due; deputy G. K. Frank Seng and warden, Bill Dooley, both charter members; J am(·s Hoffman, also a char.ter knight, actt:cl as chancellor. · 1'he roll-call of p~st grand kniglJh names ,,·as ans·wcrcd by Father Rubey, l' haplain, who 1<:d pr~yt'fs f(lr th(1Sc on the roster \\'ho have died. This was f ollm\·L·d by the reading oi ~orne "mythical" minutes of a 1905 session, \\'hich were prepared hy Bill Oberll lt:iL·r. They included, appropriations ior ·1 lwrsl' and buggy fnr the chaplain and a beer pump purchased from John ).f ilkn; also ;t re~olution hY John Schopcn t11 dilllinate lwrsele!->s c-;ir.riage-; as thl'V ' put hlacbmiths out of ,>ll~inc~s. and I ' rt·a ... my report oi ~4.:'00. I How you can make Sunday a day of Rest and Blessing w:\1{~1 days-trees 111 leaf-flo\vcrs every- \\·hcre. the call of the open \vay singing in · the heart of c\·ery lover of nature ·s beauties-all assist to n1ake the Sabbath a day of rest and of blessing. In any progran1, which \ve n1ake for the day, \Yorship should have its place. ~otnc 1 \n hour of praise to Hin1 frotn \vhotn the great joys of life helps in the enjoyn1cnt of every pleasure that has filled the other hours. a ah-.t·Jlt'l' oi rl'grd ('Xplaining thl'ir 1 thl' meeting fr11111 Father 1 \frCuintlos. jolnln.\· I·:n:rs. a charter tn t·mhl'r and i<~rtl!l· r star ()JJ tIll' t "hi· ·:l:~n t ' uh~. and J udg-c Bara-.a. abo ;111 ! 111itial mrmher, ,,·ert read. F;tthn... Rttht\' , :\ eumann a n d 1\: n ·n1 n. all llH'Illl;<:rs oi the locCII group, · 1ddre~ -; ed t.he assl'mhh·, as did ~tall' ~errttary Henry Lyncl1. Distrirt Deptlty Jalllcs ~foynihan, John DcHaye, a l'hartcr truste<". ;mel a numl>t.'r oi thl' frlli11 1 ~-~ ·t tt· r-. Come to Church First! ·--------- · ---------· r )Jd Timers. :-;inginl-!' was next in onkr and then (~eorgc \\'hite sern·d Olll' l)i his ia lllllll~ luncheon-;. OuilnH:ttl· C<IUilcil. with standard J,t"arns, will I!larch in a hod\' in the {·arpus Chri:-.ti procession to. he held Sunday morning on Ridge avenue and nearby streets. The procession will follow 10 o'clock high mass at St. Jo~cph's church. The entire congrcgat ion will take part in the event. On the following Sunday two special North Shore line cars will carry members and candidates to the third degree exemplification at Waukegan, McHenry, Lake Forest and vVaukegan councils \vilt ·also have a representation at the affair. Ouilmette mctnh(:rs will partake of a luncheon affair after ~he clcgree, to he served on the car~. homeward hound. Directory of Churches: The F~rst Presbyterian Church ~4.vtnue St. Aupstine's Episcopal Church 1 140 Ninth Strtet and Greenleaf Rev. George P. Magill Wilmette Avenue Rev. Hubert Carleton The Wilmette Baptist Church ~orest St. John's Lutheran Church Wilmette and Park Avenues Rev. Herman W. Meyer and Wilmette A venues Rev. Francia C. Stiller WUmette English Lutheran Church Greenluf A venue and Seventh Street The F~rst Methodist Church Lake and Wilmette Avenues Rev. Horace G. Smith ·t LEAVES FOR EUROPE ).lr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Rice, 1007 Thirteenth street. returned \Veclncsday from Champaign, where their son, Harold, \\'as graduated from the university. Harold leaves June 21 on an eight weeks' trip to Europe, a graduation gift from his parents. He witt have with hini as a traveli11g companion a fraternity brother, Roy 1'. Crompton of Riverside. Fnt Coagregational Church Lake and Wilmette Avenues Rev. Stephen A. Lloyd Published by the Interchurch Atlvertiaing Committee, Wilmette Church Federation

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