11 Oct 1916: AOH Division No. 1 minutes: speakers urge support for the concert 'for the relief of the destitute in Ireland'

# IMG_7535 - **Type:** handwritten minutes - **Book page number(s) visible:** 198 (left page, full), 199 (right page, full) - **Meeting date(s):** 11 October 1916 (p. 198); 18 October 1916 (p. 199) - **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. — 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 → — 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 - **Officers signing:** p. 198 — Dan Leahy, President; **J. J. Lynch, Rec. Secy. Pro. tem.** p. 199 — Dan Leahy, President; Tim D. Kelly, Sec. - **Murphy mentions:** - "Dan Murphy" — "Dan Murphy and John F. O'Brien were proposed by James Connolly" (p. 198) - "James Murphy" — "Brothers W. J. Sewell, Dennis J. Harrington, J. J. Lynch, James Connolly and James Murphy spoke briefly under this head" (Good and Welfare, p. 198) - "Dan Murphy" — "the investigating committee reported favorably on the application [of] Dan Murphy 725 N. Main" (p. 199) - "Dan Murphy" — "Balloting — Dan Murphy, Felix McNeal & Jno F. O'Brien were balloted on and duly elected" (p. 199) - **Other key names present:** **J. J. Lynch appears three times** — as a speaker under Good and Welfare alongside James Murphy (p. 198), as signer "J. J. Lynch, Rec. Secy. Pro. tem." (p. 198), and as an investigating committeeman and speaker "J. J. Lynch spoke to some length along constructive lines" (p. 199). Also W. J. Sewell / Walter J. Sewell, Dennis J. Harrington, James Connolly / J. J. Connelly, Ed Fitzpatrick, James Cummins, James Downey, Tom Burke, Dan Leahy, Tim D. Kelly. No Gallagher, no Gribben, no O'Meara. - **Topics:** **Irish ReliefIrish societiesIrish Relief funds1916–1921Money raised in America for distress in Ireland — after the 1916 Rising for the families of the dead and imprisoned, and again during the War of Independence.More in Key terms → — concert in the city auditorium Nov. 26 "for the relief of the destitute in Ireland"**; Seumas MacManus lecture request; degrees to be exemplified; 100 copies of the National Constitution; hall rent ($20.00 Sept.); bill from Hannah Burke ($3.95); balloting and propositions for membership ## Transcription ### Left page — 198 198 Centerville, Mont., October 11, 1916. At a regular meeting of Division 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. Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. Roll call of officers showed six officers present. Propositions for Membership: Felix G. McNeal was proposed by Ed. Fitzpatrick and Dan Murphy and John F. O'Brien were proposed by James Connolly. Investigating committee, James Downey, Walter J. Sewell and Tom Burke. Reports on candidates for membership: The investigating committee reported favorably on the application of John J. Ferns. Balloting for candidates: John J. Ferns was balloted for and duly elected. Initiation of candidates: none. Communications and Correspondence: A communication from Seumas MacManus requesting the Division to engage him for a lecture here some time in the future was read. Moved and seconded that the communication be placed on file. Motion carried. Bills and claims: A bill for hall rent for the month of September, amounting to $20.00, was, on motion, allowed and ordered paid. A bill from Hannah Burke for $3.95 for merchandise was also, on motion, allowed and ordered paid. Report of committee on sick: none. Report of standing committee: none. Report of special committees: none. Unfinished business: none. New business: none. Reading Chapter of Irish history was, on motion, dispensed with. Good and welfare of the Order: Brothers W. J. Sewell, Dennis J. Harrington, J. J. Lynch, James Connolly and James Murphy spoke briefly under this head. The speakers urged the members to use every effort to make the concert to be in the city auditorium on Nov. 26 for the relief of the destitute in Ireland a grand success. Receipts of the meeting: $48.00 Disbursements: $23.95 [$50.00 struck through] Adjournment at 9:30 p.m. Dan Leahy, President. J. J. Lynch, Rec. Secy. Pro. tem. ### Right page — 199 199 Centervill Mont Oct 18th 1916 At a regular meeting of Div No 1 A.O.H. held in Hebernia Hall on above date the following business was transacted Meeting called to order at 8.20 Minutes of previous meeting read and approved of Roll call of officers showed six present Proposition for membership. Ed Fitzpatrick proposed Thomas Lahiffe 620 West Quartz Investigating committee. James Cummins J J Lynch James Connelly Report on candidates for membership. The investigating committee reported favorably on the application Dan Murphy 725 N. Main Felix McNeal 1655 Florence Ave. John F O'Brien 1507 N. Main Balloting — Dan Murphy, Felix McNeal & Jno F. O'Brien were balloted on and duly elected Initiation — None Bills + Claims — None New Business. Moved and seconded that the Rec Sec be given authority to procure one hundred copies of the National Constitution Good and welfare. Brother Ed Fitzpatrick spoke to some lengkth relative to the degrees which are to be exemplified in the near future. Jas Cummins J. J. Lynch spoke to some length along constructive lines. J J Connelly also spoke under this head Receipts of the meeting: $31.00 Disbursements: None Adjournment 9:40 p.m. Dan Leahy President Tim D Kelly Sec ## 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_1916-10-11_minutes_p198_irish-relief-concert** (probable; div1-b.yaml): James Murphy > Good and welfare of the Order: Brothers W. J. Sewell, Dennis J. Harrington, J. J. Lynch, James Connolly and James Murphy spoke briefly under this head. The speakers urged the members to use every effort to make the concert to be in the city auditorium on Nov. 26 for the relief of the destitute in Ireland a grand success.