26 May 1915: AOH Division No. 1 minutes: 'County Pres. Jas J Murphy Made some remarks' at the Good and welfare entertainment

# IMG_7511 - **Type:** handwritten minutes - **Book page number(s) visible:** 115 (right page, full); narrow strip of the facing left page visible at far left (only fragments legible) - **Meeting date(s):** 26 May 1915 - **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 →, Montana — Hibernian 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 → — A.O.H.Irish 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 - **Officers signing:** none signed on this page; President John R Murphy in the Chair - **Murphy mentions:** - "President John R Murphy in the Chair" — presiding officer at the meeting - "John R Murphy" — named to committee on resolutions of condolence - "Miss Madge Murphy" — accompanied Miss Evangeline Lavell's songs - "County Pres. Jas J Murphy Made some remarks" — county president speaks in Good & Welfare - **Other key names present:** Bro Jeremiah J Lynch ("made some good remarks") — i.e. Judge J. J. Lynch; also Brother Pat Lynch (deceased, subject of condolence resolutions). No Gallagher, no O'Meara, no Connolly (but "Rev Father Connelly" appears), no Gribben, no T. J. McCarthy (a "Morty McCarthy" appears). - **Topics:** membership candidates / balloting / initiation, decoration of graves (two plots), play committee, resolutions of condolence (death of Bro Pat Lynch), Good & Welfare entertainment (songs, recitations, violin), God Save Ireland ## Transcription ``` 115 Centerville Montana May 26th 1915 At a regular meeting of Div no 1, A.O.H. Held on Heberinian Hall on the above date the following bussiness was transacted Meeting Called to order at 8 P,M, President John R Murphy in the Chair Minuttes of Previous Meeting read & approved of Roll Call of officeres Showed 8 Present Propositions for Membership none Comittee reports on Candidates The following Candidate were reported favorable on thaking the pooper obligation Raymond E Brady Dr T J B Shanley John Doyle James Finn Patrick Toner & James Mathews Balloting for Candidates The following Candidates were Balloted for & Duly Elected on proper obligation Raymond E Brady Dr T J B Shanley John Doyle James Finn Patrick Toner James Mathewes Initiation of Candidates John Shovlin was duly Initiated in Workings of the order Communications & Correspondence none Bills & Claims none Reports of Committees The Comittee on Decorating of Graves reported the two Plots on bad shape It was Moved & seconded the Comittee be Given full Power to Make a Thorough Job of the two Plots Motion Carreid The Comittee on Play reported Progress Unfinished Bussiness none New Bussiness Moved & seconded a Comittee of Three be appointed to draft resolutions of Condolence on the death of Brother Pat Lynch Motion Carried Comittee Tim Lyons Bat Riley John R Murphy Good & Welfare Rev Father M. J. English took the Chair and introduced the following numbers Morty McCarthy gave some enteresting resitations Bro M. J. McDonough gave us some Good songs Thos. McNuly gave us [song — struck out] some good & interesting resitations Miss Evangeline Lavell song some good songs Accompanyed by Miss Madge Murphy Master Joe Riley gave us some good resitations Rev Father Connelly gave some good interesting remarks Which was Commented on by Rev Father English Bro John J. McNameara gave a few good selections on the Volin County Pres. Jas J Murphy Made some remarks Bro Brown Made some good remarks also Rev Father Hannan Made some good remarks Bro Jeremiah J Lynch made some good remarks Bro Thos. J Fenlen made a few Rev Father English Closed the by Sing God Save Ireland ``` ### Left page (narrow strip, mostly cut off) Only the last few letters of each line of the facing page are visible; not enough to reconstruct. Legible fragments, top to bottom: "Rev.", "of", "in for", "tions", "went", "onnelly", "xpence". ## 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_1915-05-26_minutes_p115_county-pres-remarks** (confirmed; div1-a.yaml): County Pres. Jas J Murphy > Good & Welfare Rev Father M J English Took the Chair and introduced the following numbers [...] Rev Father Connelly Gave some good interesting remarks Which was Commented on by Rev Father English Bro John J McNameara gave a few good selections on the Volin County Pres. Jas J Murphy Made some remarks Bro Brown Made some good remarks also Rev Father Hannan Made some good remarks Bro Jeremiah J Lynch made some good remarks Bro Thos. J Fenlen made a few Rev Father English Closed the by Sing God Save Ireland