28 Mar 1917: AOH Division No. 1 minutes: 'Bro. Murphy' calls in the outstanding tickets for the 17th of March dance

# IMG_7543 - **Type:** handwritten minutes - **Book page number(s) visible:** 224 (left page), 225 (right page) - **Meeting date(s):** 28 March 1917 ("Mar 28, 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. — Div. #1, 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 →, 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 → - **Officers signing:** J J Gleason, Secy. - **Murphy mentions:** - "Bro. Murphy" — p. 224 Unfinished Bus., "asked that all outstanding tickets for the 17th of March dance be returned" - "Murphy" — p. 225, named to the committee on censorship, "consisting of Bros. Connolly, Murphy, Lynch, Fitzpatrick & Leary" - "Bro. Murphy" — p. 225, "asked that the Recording Secy mail a complete list of members to the National Secy" - **Other key names present:** **Lynch** twice — "Bro. Lynch recommended that 13 weeks benefits be allowed Bro. McKenna" (p. 224) and on the censorship committee (p. 225). **Gallagher** — "Gallagher reported at the Springs" (sick report, p. 224). **Connolly** — censorship committee (p. 225). Also: Tim D. Kelly (resigned), Bro. McKenna, Ferns, Bro. Shea of Frisco, Bro. Loftus, Bro. Deeney, Bro. Fitzpatrick, Bro. Sewell, Bro. Leary, J J Gleason (Secy). - **Topics:** resignation letter, bill from Inter Mt. Pub. Co. for Butte Daily Post ad, sick committee and sick benefits, annual communion for all Hibernians of Silver Bow County (Sunday 15 April, St. Patrick's Church), 17 March dance tickets and accounts, St. Mary's boys' band payment, Great Falls state convention, Ladies' AuxiliaryIrish societiesDaughters of Erin / Ladies’ Auxiliaryfrom 1894The women’s side of Hibernian life. The AOH’s national women’s body was organised in 1894 as the Daughters of Erin and later took the name Ladies’ Auxiliary.More in Key terms → committee / censorship committee on an Orpheum Theatre play, recording secretary / National Hibernian mailing list, receipts and disbursements ## Transcription ### Left page (224) Centerville, Mont. Mar 28, 1917 At a regular meeting of Div. #1, A.O.H. held in Hibernian Hall on the above date the following business was transacted. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and corrected. Roll call of officers. 4 present. Prop. for membership. None. Reports on props. None Balloting on candidates. None Initiation. None Reading of Communications. The letter of Bro. Tim D. Kelly tendering his resignation was read and later accepted. Bills & Claims. The bill of the Inter Mt. Pub. Co. for $1.65 for an "ad" in the Butte Daily Post was allowed and a warrant ordered drawn on the treasury for the amount Report of sick Comm. Bro. McKenna very poorly. Ferns improving. Gallagher reported at the Springs. Bro. Shea of Frisco improving slowly. Bro. Loftus will be out of the hospital inside of a week. Bro. Deeney asked that something definite be reached as regards Bro. McKenna. After some discussion Bro. Lynch recommended that 13 weeks benefits be allowed Bro. McKenna; the same to pay his benefits up to Feb. 14, 1918 The recommendation was accepted, a motion to that effect was made & carried, and a warrant ordered drawn on the treasury. Report of Standing Comm. None. Spec. Comm. Bro. Fitzpatrick reported Sunday April 15, as the day set for annual Communion for all Hibernians of Silver Bow County. The program for that day is as follows: Meet at Lewisohn Blk. at 8:15, & thence to St. Patrick's Church where Mass will begin promptly at 9:00 oclock. Bro. Sewell pleaded for a record attendance on that day. Unfinished Bus. Bro. Murphy asked that all outstanding tickets for the 17th of March dance be returned so that all accounts may be settled. Bro. Sewell requested a discussion on the advisability of returning $50 to St. Mary's boys' band to show an appreciation of their efforts, and to make some amends in the way of putting ourselves right with them for not taking them to the [continues on p. 225] ### Right page (225) convention at Great Falls. A committee from the L. A. [Ladies' Auxiliary] was then introduced whose office it was to advise us of a certain play to be produced at the Orpheum Theatre; after a thorough discussion a committee on censorship was appointed consisting of Bros. Connolly, Murphy, Lynch, Fitzpatrick & Leary. Bro Deeney voted thanks to the ladies for their interest in the matter and they departed. The necessity of a recording secretary was then announced and the Secy Pro. Tem was chosen to fill the chair. Bro. Murphy asked that the Recording Secy mail a complete list of members to the National Secy so that the National Hibernian be received by the members. Meeting adjourned 10:30 Receipts. $15.00 Disbursements $66.65 J J Gleason Secy. ## 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_1917-03-28_minutes_p224_dance-tickets** (probable; div1-b.yaml): Bro. Murphy > Unfinished Bus. Bro. Murphy asked that all outstanding tickets for the 17th of March dance be returned so that all accounts may be settled. - **div1_1917-03-28_minutes_p225_censorship-committee** (uncertain; div1-b.yaml): Bros. Connolly, Murphy, Lynch, Fitzpatrick & Leary > A committee from the L. A. was then introduced whose office it was to advise us of a certain play to be produced at the Orpheum Theatre; after a thorough discussion a committee on censorship was appointed consisting of Bros. Connolly, Murphy, Lynch, Fitzpatrick & Leary. Bro Deeney voted thanks to the ladies [...] - **div1_1917-03-28_minutes_p225_national-hibernian-list** (uncertain; div1-b.yaml): Bro. Murphy > The necessity of a recording secretary was then announced and the Secy Pro. Tem was chosen to fill the chair. Bro. Murphy asked that the Recording Secy mail a complete list of members to the National Secy so that the National Hibernian be received by the members.