22 Jan 1919: AOH Division No. 1 minutes: committee for the 17 March 1919 celebration announced by President Rev. Jas. O'Shea

# IMG_7548 - **Type:** handwritten minutes - **Book page number(s) visible:** 310 (left page), 311 (right page) - **Meeting date(s):** left page undated on this opening — it is the end of an annual election meeting that refers forward to a joint installation "Jan 8 1918" — inferred December 1918, the year written being a slip for 1919 (see the dated meetings that follow); right page "Jan 22 1919" = 22 January 1919 (confirmed by the next opening, p. 312, dated "Feb. 12 . 19"; the "Jan 8 1918" on p. 310 is therefore the writer's slip for Jan 8 1919, and the election on p. 310 is the December 1918 election) - **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. One, 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:** Jas J Connolly, Sec (p. 310); p. 311 continues unsigned onto the next page. Rev Jas. O'Shea (Pres.) in the chair on p. 311. - **Murphy mentions:** - "Jas J Murphy" — p. 311, named to the 17 March celebration committee - "Jas J Murphy" — p. 311, named to the auditing committee, "as follows Jas J Murphy J J Lynch W. E. Deeny" - **Other key names present:** **J. J. Lynch** — twice on p. 311 (17 March committee; auditing committee with Jas J Murphy and W. E. Deeny). **C. H. Gallagher** — p. 311, 17 March celebration committee. **John Gribben** — p. 310, nominated for President and for Vice-President, and spoke under Good and Welfare. **Jas J Connolly** — p. 310, nominated for President and elected Rec. Sec.; "J. J. Connolly" also on the 17 March committee (p. 311). **Ed Fitzpatrick** — p. 311, 17 March committee. **T. J. McCarthy** and **J. D. McCarthy / Jim D. McCarthy** — p. 310 (McCarthy elected V. Pres.) and p. 311. Also: W. E. Deeney/Deeny, Rev. Jas. O'Shea (elected President), A. / Anthony Lavelle, W. J. Strainey, W. J. Sewell, Thos Burke, Con K. Sullivan, Ed Mulchrone, J. K. O'Rourke, Hugh Daly, Rev Fr [-]atta[?], John J. McNam[ara?], Tim Lyons (interlined). - **Topics:** annual election of officers, joint installation of officers with the 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 → A.O.H. (Jan 8 1918), R.E.L.A.Irish societiesRobert Emmet Literary AssociationButte’s camp of the Clan na Gael — the secret Irish republican brotherhood in America — meeting publicly as a literary society. Its minute books record members by number rather than by name.More in Key terms → (Robert Emmet Literary Association) participating in the 17 March celebration, doctor's certificate and disputed sick/death benefits pending settlement of an estate, bills for music, financial secretary, hall rent and the division's share of the mass meeting bill, 17 March celebration committee, quarterly report and auditing committee ## Transcription ### Left page (310) For Pres There was four nominies W. E. Deeney John Gribben Jas J Connolly Rev Jas O'Shea. and Rev Father O'Shea was elected by a big Majority which was well recived by the members For V. Pres There was two Nominees John Gribben and Jim D McCarthy. Jim D McCarthy was elected Rec Sec Jas J Connolly was elected Financial Sec Bros A. Lavelle and W. J. Strainey Bro Anthony Lavelle was elected Treasurer Bro W. J. Sewell was elected by Acclimation Sarg at arms Thos Burke was elected Sentennial Bro W. J. Strainey was elected Trustees Con K. Sullivan and Ed Mulchrone was elected as trustees there was two elected. Bro Con K. Sullivan will hold the long term And Bro Ed Mulchrone for the short term Good and willfare. under this head the following Bros spoke Rev Father O'Shea John Gribben. W. E. Deeny Befor closing it was regularly moved and carried that a comitee of 3 be appointed to make preperations for a Joint Installation of Officers with the L. A. of A.O.H. which will be held Jan 8 1918 Muting adjourned at 10..15/100 Receipts of the muting 27 00/100 Jas J Connolly Sec *[Marginal note written vertically in the gutter of p. 310, partly lost in the binding:]* "[reg]ularly moved and carried that the members so discuss the advisibility of [illegible — runs into the gutter]" ### Right page (311) Centervill Mont Jan 22 1919 At a regular muting of Div One A.O.H. held in Hibernian Hall on the abov date Pres Rev Jas. O'Shea in the chair Minutes of Previous muting read and approved Roal call of officers showed 9 present [struck through: propositions] proposition none Report on Candidate none Balloting none Initation none. Communications and corrospondance a communication was read from the R E L A informing the Div that the would participate in the 17 March celebration Bills and Claims under this head the [interlined: Tim Lyons] Doctors Certificate and a Report of the sick comita was read and recommending 10.00/100 Sick Benifits and 100.00/100 Death Benifits. But owing to the fact that the Rightful owner to his estate has not yet been proven. And the Div has taken the Stand not to pay the benifits until the Estate is settled. A Bill for music to John J McNam[ara?] which was rendered at the Joint Instelation of Officers amounting to 10.00 Also the Bill of the Fin Sec 10.00 and the Bill for Hall Rent 20.00/100 Also the our part of the bill for the mass muting amounting to 54.80/100 By motion was allowed and ordered Paid Sick comitee had no report unfinished buisness none new bussiness under this head the comitee on the preperation for the celebration of the 17th March was officially announced by the Pres Rev Jas O'Shea the comitee are as follows Rev J O'Shea J. K. O'Rourke W. J. Sewell Rev Fr [-]atta[?] T. J. McCarthy Jas J Murphy J. J. Connolly J. J. Lynch, A. Lavelle, J. D. McCarthy W. E. Deeney, Ed Fitzpatrick C. H. Gallagher Hugh Daly. After the names of the comitee had been announced the matter had been discussed at lenth. The Quarterly report was read by the Fin sec and by motion it was refered to the auditing comitee. At which time an auditing comitee was appointed and are as follows Jas J Murphy J J Lynch W. E. Deeny ## 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_1919-01-22_minutes_p311_st-patricks-committee** (confirmed; div1-c.yaml): Jas J Murphy > Sick comitee had no report unfinished buisness none new bussiness under this head the comitee on the preperation for the celebration of the 17th March was officially announced by the Pres Rev Jas O'Shea the comitee are as follows Rev J O'Shea J K O'Rourke W. J Sewell Rev F[r?] [..]atta[?] T J McCarthy Jas J Murphy J J Connolly J J Lynch, A Lavelle, J D McCarthy W E Deeny; Ed Fitzpatrick C. H. Gallagher Hugh Daly. After the names of the comitee had been announced the matter had been discussed at lenth. - **div1_1919-01-22_minutes_p311_auditing-committee** (confirmed; div1-c.yaml): Jas J Murphy > The Quarterly report was read by the Fin sec and by motion it was refered to the auditing comitee. At which time an auditing comitee was appointed and are [one word struck through] as follows Jas J Murphy J J Lynch W. E. Deeny