14 Feb 1917: AOH Division No. 1 minutes: committee of five for the celebration of 17 March 1917

# IMG_7537 - **Type:** handwritten minutes - **Book page number(s) visible:** 214 (left page, full), 215 (right page — top 7 lines used, rest blank) - **Meeting date(s):** 14 February 1917 - **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:** J. J. Gleason, Secy. Pro Tem. (Pres. Walter Sewell presided) - **Murphy mentions:** - "James Murphy" — named to the committee of five to confer with the County Board on the proper celebration of March 17: "Bros. John Foley, James Murphy, Barry O'Leary, James Downey, and Tim D. McCarthy" - **Other key names present:** Tim D. McCarthy (same committee); Pres. Walter Sewell; Bro. Deeney (Neal G. Deeney application read); Fr. Brosnahan (closed the meeting with a prayer, promised faithful work in the interests of Hibernianism); Bro. McKenna; Bro. O'Rourke; Bro. Dennis Coleman (died — sick and death benefits allowed); J. J. Gleason. No Lynch, no Gallagher, no Gribben, no O'Meara. - **Topics:** **St. Patrick's Day (Mar. 17) celebration and parade led by the A.O.H. Band**, county board conference committee, A.O.H. band and dance, R.E.C.A.[?] celebration Mar. 4 invitation, Feb. 21 celebration, National Board of Directors bill ($2.50 for 1000 copies of the Constitution), Independent Publishing Co. bill query, sick and death benefits ## Transcription ### Left page — 214 214 Centerville, Mont Feb 14, 1917. At a regular meeting of Div #1 A.O.H. held in Hibernia Hall on the above date the following business was transacted. Meeting called to order by Pres Walter Sewell Roll call of officers showed six present. In discussion of the minutes the bill of the Independent Pub. Co; was ordered taken up with the said Ind. Pub. Co, to ascertain if the entire bill should be paid by Division #1. Proposals for membership. The application of Neal G. Deeney was read for the first time. Reports on candidates for membership. After a vote taken of the members present the following candidates were duly elected to membership: Thomas Bennon[?], John Bennon[?], and [ ] Gilmore. Bills + Claims. The bill of the National Board of Directors for $2.50 for 1000 copies of the Constitution was allowed and a warrant ordered drawn on the treasury. A letter from the R.E.C.A.[?] inviting Div. #1 to attend their celebration on Sunday Mar. 4th was read, and Pres Sewell requested a healthy attendance at said celebration. Sick Committee reports Bro. McKenna some better, and Bro. O'Rourke out and around. Bro. Dennis Coleman having died sick and death benefits were allowed for the present. Standing Committee had no report. Special Committee on celebration of Feb 21st, had no report, but Pres Sewell requested the aid of members in having the hall well filled on that evening. Unfinished Business None. New Business. It was regularly moved and seconded that a Committee of five be appointed to meet one of the same number from Div #3 to confer with County Board in reference to proper celebration of Mar. 17th. On the Committee were named, Bros. John Foley, James Murphy, Barry O'Leary, James Downey, and Tim D. McCarthy. Reading of Chapter of Irish History dispensed with. Under good and welfare Bro. Deeney complimented the president on showing such interest in the A.O.H. band and its work as to close the meeting in good time for the dance. Bro. Deeney further pleaded that there should be a parade of Mar. 17, and this parade should be head [led] by the A.O.H. band to show that ### Right page — 215 215 the Hibernians are still very much alive in Butte. Fr. Brosnahan promised faithful work in the interests of Hibernianism. Meeting closed with a prayer by Fr. Brosnahan Receipts $31.00 Disbursements 42.50 J. J. Gleason Secy Pro Tem. (Remainder of page 215 is blank.) ## 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_1917-02-14_minutes_p214_st-patricks-committee-of-five** (probable; div1-b.yaml): James Murphy > New Business. It was regularly moved and seconded that a Committee of five be appointed to meet one of the same number from Div. #3 to confer with County Board in reference to proper celebration of Mar. 17th. On the Committee were named; Bros. John Foley, James Murphy Barry O'Leary, James Downey and Tim D. McCarthy.