Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1915 — ELECT E. P. HONAN DELEGATE [ARTICLE]

ELECT E. P. HONAN DELEGATE

To National Convention of C. O. F., \\ inch Meets at Providence, R. I. ! Laporte, Ind., June 11. —The' j Catholic Foresters of Indiana ad-j journed late yesterday after voting j to meet two years hence at Fort \\ ayne. Crown Point and Lafayette were contenders for the 1917 convention, but Fort Wayne won. Eighty-five candidates were initiated last night, large delegations of Foresters being present .from South Bend, Michigan City, Mishawaka and Gary. The following officers were elected: John A. Herzog, Mishawaka, state chief ranger; M. E. Lauerman, Hammond, vice-chief ranger; Louis H. - Busha, Lafayette, secretary; Jacob Dienhart, Lafayette, treasurer; George T. Hanlon, Hammond; Edward P, Honan, Rensselaer; Joseph Kuss, Indianapolis; Edward J. Viance, Lafayette; George Kussmaul, Hammond, John Hangeman, Eort IVayne, and J. 11. Bennett, Fowler, trustees, and E. P, Honan, George Kussman, John J. Molloy, M. E. Lauerinan and Louis H. Busha. delegates to the national convention in Providence, R. 1., in August. The following resolution was adopted just (before adjournment today: “We, the delegates and members of the twelfth state convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters of Indiana in Laporte assembled, do hereby express our loyalty and confidence in the President of the United States and earnestly pray thai God and the Holy Ghost will inspire his mind and strengthen his soul to do his whole duty and give him the light to see his duty in this crucial period of our country’s history.”