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New Jersey In Brief

THERE ARE 1.6 MILLION KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEMBERS WORLDWIDE, WITH 61,000 RESIDING IN THE GARDEN STATE.

Among the notable New Jersey Knights is New Jersey-born , , ,

There are 1.6 million Knights of Columbus members worldwide, with 61,000 residing in the Garden State.

Among the notable New Jersey Knights is New Jersey-born Joyce Kilmer, poet and World War I sergeant. Kilmer was a member of Council 1177 in Suffern, NY and New Rochelle Council 339.

Sources: Knights of Columbus, New Jersey State Council Knights of Columbus, By Their Works: Profiles of Men in Faith Who Made a Difference by Stephen Singular

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1922 New Year's Party for Pennsylvania Orphans

Pennsylvania’s Harrisburg Council treated about 100 youths of a local orphanage to a movie, chicken dinner other entertainment . . .

Harrisburg Council in the News: January 1922.

Pennsylvania’s Harrisburg Council treated about 100 youths of a local orphanage to a movie, chicken dinner and other entertainment.

Children from the Sylvan Heights Orphanage took a trip to the New Regent Theater and later got a ride around the city.

At the conclusion of the festivities, “each child was given an orange, a box of candy and an envelope containing a new half dollar.”

Harrisburg Council’s George A. Morrissey and A.S. Banmiller spearheaded the proceedings.

Source: Harrisburg Telegraph, January 3, 1922

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Manchester United

How many New Hampshirites were initiated into the state’s first Knights of Columbus council on April 22, 1894? Well, put on your thinking caps.

How many charter members were in New Hampshire’s first Columbian class?

Was it 76, 27, 34, or 52?

Was it 76, 27, 34, or 52?


Survey says: (scroll down for the answer)

34. Manchester Council was instituted April 22, 1894 with the assistance of National Organizer Thomas H. Cummings, Lowell Council, of Lowell, MA., and State Deputy James E Hayes, of Massachusetts.

Source: WWW.UKNIGHT.ORG/COUNCILSITE/?CNO=92

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Boy's Town in Nebraska

Who played Father Flanagan in the movie "Boy's Town."

Nebraska's first council, Omaha Council 652 was renamed Father Flanagan of Boys Town Council 652 at Boys Town.

Spencer Tracy played Father flanagan in the 1938 movie, “ Boy’s Town.”

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