Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1919 — K. OF C. INSTALL NEW OFFICERS [ARTICLE]

K. OF C. INSTALL NEW OFFICERS

DistHct Deputy Thomas E. Kemple of Lafayette and Warden Kern came to Rensselaer Tuesday evening to install the following newly elected officers of BiShop Dwenger council, Knights of Columbus, of this city: John Murphy Grand Knight Conrad Kellner.. Past Grand Knight John H. Nagel. . Dep. Grand Knight Wm. EiglesbachFinanciel-Sec’y Paul Worland Recording-Sec’y Lambert Halsema Treasurer Mike Wagner Chancellor Stanley Lane Advocate Stanley Brusnahan.... Inside Guard Louis MischOutside Guard Lon Healy Lecturer Rev. C. Daniela .Chaplain The war work of the knights was reviewed and the peace-time program discussed. Reports Show that since the war the K. of C. agencies have placed 39,312 returned soldiers on Jobs averaging $24 a week. The local branch of the order will have degree work on Oct. 26 and Nov. 23. Inspired by the visit to this state of the great Irish statesman and scholar, President EanMnon De Valera, chosen representative of the Irish people, the following resolution was voted 'on and carried unanimously: “Whereas, the announced purpose of our president and the peace conference at Versailles was to give the people of the world the right of self-determination of their government, and “Whereas, the Irish electorate in the general , election of December, 1918, seized the first occasion to declare by an overwhelming majority its firm allegiance to the Irish republic; and “Whereas, the elected representatives of the Irish people in national parliament assemlbed have in the name of the Irikh nation ratified the establishment of the Iritfh republic; “Now, therefore, ibe it resolved, that Bishop Dwenger council of the Knights of Columbus, endorsing the vote of the senate of the United States expressing ‘its sympathy with the aspirations of .the Irish people for a government of its own choice,’ hereby urges the recognition of the national independence of Ireland by l the nations of the world.” ••