23 Oct 1912: AOH Division No. 1 minutes: 'Co Pres James Murphy' under Good and welfare

# IMG_7498 - **Type:** handwritten minutes - **Book page number(s) visible:** 559 (right-hand page, full); left-hand page (558) only a blank/near-blank sliver (partial) - **Meeting date(s):** 23 Oct 1912 - **Place / body:** CentervilleButte: companies, unions & placesCentervilleThe hillside neighbourhood between uptown Butte and Walkerville, built among the mine yards and home to many Irish and Cornish mining families.More in Key terms →, Mont. — AOHIrish societiesAncient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.More in Key terms → Division No. 1, Hibernia HallIrish societiesHibernia HallThe meeting hall of Butte’s Hibernians and a venue for other Irish societies; meeting notices name it again and again.More in Key terms → - **Officers signing:** Judge Lynch Pres; John Murphy Record[er] - **Murphy mentions:** "Co Pres James Murphy" — last line of Good & welfare, apparently named as County President (entry appears to run on/end there); "John Murphy" — signature "John Murphy Record[er]"; left-margin sliver of the facing page also shows "...Recorder" - **Other key names present:** Judge J. Lynch — "In the [absence] of the Pres + Vice, Judge J Lynch presided", read the Irish history chapter, and signed as Pres; Fr. Crawly [Crowley?] of WalkervilleButte: companies, unions & placesWalkervilleA separate small city on the hill above Butte, grown up around the Alice and Lexington silver mines.More in Key terms → — Good & welfare speaker - **Topics:** report on candidates, balloting, initiation, Walkerville Fire Department ball request for hall, sick benefits, death of a member, Halloween party committee, reading Irish history (Irish in the American Revolution), good & welfare ## Transcription 559 Centerville Mont Oct 23rd 1912. At a regular meeting of Div No 1 A O H held in Hibernia Hall on the above date the following business was transacted. Meeting called to order at 8.30 P.M. In the [absence] of the Pres + Vice, Judge J Lynch presided Minutes of previous meeting read + approved of Roll call of officers showed four present Propositions for membership None Report on candidates James Melvin was reported favourably on by the majority of the committee. Balloting on candidates The above named was balloted on + declared elected Initiation of candidates James Melvin + Mike Maye were initiated + instructed in the working of the order Communications . One from Walkerville fire department requesting the use of the hall for their annual ball on Wednesday eve. Nov 27 was on motion received + granted. Bills + claims Report on sick H F Carroll W J Tobin Con Nolan John Ferns John Lowrey[?] reported dead. Mike Kelly was reported sick. On motion Con Lowrey was awarded 6 weeks sick benefits amounting to $48.00 Standing com report None Special " The Halloween party committee reported progress Unfinished business None New do None Reading Irish [interlined: history] . Judge Lynch read an interesting chapter ~~[illegible]~~ dealing with the Irish in the American revolution Good + welfare . Bro Father Crawly[?] of Walkerville spoke enthusiastically on the good work outlined by the order. Co Pres James Murphy Receipts of meeting $45.00 Adj. 10.30 P.M. Disbursements $48.00 Judge Lynch Pres John Murphy Record[er] ### Left page (partial) Only a narrow strip of the facing page (558) is in frame, showing fragments of the previous entry: "...the end", "...was a", "...Pres", "...Recorder". Not enough is legible to transcribe. ## Passages re-read from the image (Opus, 26 Sept 2026) From the dossier register, `research/docs/jjm-dossier-2026-09-26/register/`. These readings, not the whole-page text above, are the ones to quote. - **div1_1912-10-23_minutes_p559_co-pres-james-murphy** (confirmed; div1-a.yaml): Co Pres James Murphy > Reading Irish [interlined] history . Judge Lynch read an interesting chapter [one word struck through] dealing with the Irish in the American revolution Good + welfare . Rev[?] Father Crawly of Walkerville spoke enthusiastically on the good work outlined by the order. Co Pres James Murphy ... Receipt[s] of meeting $45.00 Adj 10.30 P.M. Disbursements $48.00 Judge Lynch Pres John Murphy Record[er]