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ear Bishop Sunday More tnan 400 Knights oi Col- umbus oi s^x Nonhoin New York councils heard His Excellency Most Reveiend Bryan J. McEntergert, Bishop ol Ogdensbuig, uige that they uphold the standaids of Col- umbiarasm and become beacons to the -world in the troubled times we face at tne Communion Break- fast'm St. Peter's Church hall in Lowvllle. The event, following the nine o'clock Mass winch the Kni- ghts attended in a body, was the first of a full day of activities which maiked Sunday as Knights of Columbas Day in Lowviile In the afternoon, 120 candidates were conferred the third degree of the Catholic men's oider and the class was named the Matthew T. Beck Class m honor of the Grand Knight of the Rev. C J. McMorrow Council of Lowviile. Preceding the conferring of the degree at St. Peter's Church over 600 Knights of Columbus, the village band, the Lowville Aca- demy and Central School band, inarched from the schools grounds to St Peter's Church where Ben- ediction was held. Dignitaries at the speakers ta- [ ble at the Communion Breakfast} at Clayton and Lloyd Gosier, 63, foi 36 yeais a Knight of Columbus jn the LeRay deChaumont Coun- cil; Aloyisus Reif, 54, for 36 years a member of the same council and Clarence Nugent, 51, who for 30 years has been a member of the V\£atertown Council. Tribute was also paid to Will- iam Burkhard, recently deceased who was a Knight of Columbus at Croghan for 30 years. His Excellency Bishop Mclnter- gert told the Knights of the dire lack of new priests m the North Country and urged them to be on the alert and ever ready to encourage young men of promise into choosing the priesthood as their life's work. DAVID HANNO IS ELECTED TO HEAD BOWLING LEAGUE David Hanno has been, elected president of the LovwiUp Bowling league for 1953-54. — — - Others officers elected are Am- included, Edward Macllvoy, Grand [ ros e Andre ' vice-pesident, Charles Knight of Watertown; George I Watson, secretary, and Milton Cr- Muth, Grand Knight of Croghan; ouse ' treasurer - Monsignor Walter A Funcke, co- ordinator of the Knights of Col- umbus of the Diocesis, Matthew T. Beck Grand Knight of Low- viile; Bishop Mclntergert, J Sear- le Powers, Past Grand Knight and Master of Ceremonies; James M Bonner, District Deputy of the 49th District and Grand Knight of Watertown; Monsignor John Cotter, Chaplain of the Lowviile Council, John Docteur, Grand Kn- ight of the Rosier Council, James Kennedy, . Grand Knight of thej Clayton Council; and Stanley Cam! pany, Grand Knight of the Car- thage Council. Other ^guests of honor were Rev Fr. Waterhouse, Secretary to the Bishop of Ogdensburg, R Ford Wnght, Master of the Four- th Degree of the 7th District and Thomas E. Robertson, vice-chair- man of the Roys Life Committee. J. Searle Powers introduced Mat thew T. Beck as \the spark plug, of the Low\ille Council\ and Mr. Beck thanked the members for| the honor of having the class of, candidates named for him. The three district prize speak- rag winners^ Mary Lynn Eagan of Watertown,'Mary Tripp, of Wa- tertown, tied for first place in the district contest, and Charles Cam of Carthage, second placej winner, delivered their speeches, on the subject, \An American Ca- 1 tholic - Bulwark Against Com- munism.\ i In his talk His Excellency Bis-, hop Mclntergert paid tribute to the school education, as exempli- fied by the talks of the three young people He said their talks' were equal to the delivery of a bishop in oratorical quality, and I in soundness of subject and prepar 1 ation. L! James M. Bonner, District Dep- uty of the 49th District paid \x\-\ bute to seven Knights o| Colum- bus for their devotion to the or- der through many years. Receiv- ; ing citations from Bishop. Mcln- • ergert were Eugene A. Walsh, 89, for 56 years a member of the K of C in Carthage; Josepih Back, 79, for 50-years a member of the . K of C in. Lowville; William Mon- -tieth, 74, a K- of. C for 53 years and for 49 years financial secre- tary of the 1000 Island Council OF TURIN ¥, F. W. Installation of office! s for the year 1953 of the Turin Post of the Veteians of Foreign Wars, 8903, was held on May 1, 1953 Past Commander Daniel E. Maikham was the installing officer The officers are. Commander, Martin Konkel, Senior Vice Com- ander, Charles G Hoffman, Jun- ior Vice Commander, Yale F Skin- ner; Quartermaster, Stuart S. Ten Eyck, Post Judge Advocate, John K Harris, Chaplain, Edward F Waldron; Surgeon, Dr. Louis A. Avallonej Trustee ) Vincent A Fau velle; Adjutant, Karlas M. Rhode, Service Oificer, Fred L Tingley; Patriotic Instructor, Fred E. Pom- erville; Legislative Officer, Glenn A Foote, Public Relations Officer, James M. Qumn The date of the meetings has been changed to the second Tues- day of each month The next meeting will be held on May 12. Plans for the Memorial Day ser- vices will be held at that time LOWVILUE LEADER Thursday, May 7, 1953 ' LEVELEf Fire, beleived to have started when a chimney burned out com. pletely destroyed the farm house owned by George Boliver, about miles noxth of Croghan at 2 30 Saturday morning, May 2 The Croghan volunteer lire department was unable to save anything from the flames Mr. Boliver, the only occupant oi the building, was awakened I by the smell of smoke and escaped Pvt. Paul Kaufmann, son of I m his night clothes. He drove to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Kaufmann^ arrived hom e Tuesday to spend a week before reporting: fo;r duty at Ft. Lewis, Washington, on May 17. He was inducted on December S and after basic training at Ft. Dix he remained there to attend school, where he graduated as a field wirenxan. - -- - CPL,. LARK* CANNAN LEAVES FOR- DUTY AFTER VISIT HERE Cpl Larry J. Cannan, son of Mr. and Mrs Anselm S Cannan, who has been home on furlough from. Korea, left last Sunday for Chan- ute Air Force Base, Illinois. to Indian River, where he called the fire department. When the fir e men arrived, the house was com- pletely enveloped in flame All contents of the house were lost. The only source of water was a nearby well. Firemen wet down burning embers of the house and the barn until the water supply ran out. A strong wind, which was lowing away from the barn, was credited with saving that struc- ture. According to Croghan Fire Chief Leonard Bush, no estimate has yet been made as to the extent of the damage With all its higher quality... Above- The \Two-Ten\ 4-Door Sedan. 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