11 Feb 1920: AOH Division No. 1 minutes: 'A motion was made by Bro Murphy that $750.00 be taken from the treasury of this Div and used to purchase Irish Bonds'

# IMG_7570 - **Type:** handwritten minutes - **Book page number(s) visible:** 360 (left page, full — text ends about half way, rest blank), 361 (right page, full, ending "Over") - **Meeting date(s):** 4 Feb 1920 (written "2/4/20", p. 360); 11 Feb 1920 (written "2/11/20", p. 361) - **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. — 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:** Ed Connolly, Rec. Sec. (p. 360; p. 361 continues past the leaf, marked "Over"). Rev. Jas. O'Shea, President, in the chair 4 Feb; Vice President M. J. McDonagh in the chair 11 Feb. - **Murphy mentions:** - "Bro Murphy" — p. 361: "A motion was made by Bro Murphy that $750.00 be taken from the treasury of this Div and used to purchase Irish Bonds Seconded by Bro Sewell and carried" - "Bro Murphy" — p. 361, Good & Welfare: "Moved by Bro Murphy Seconded by Bro Boyle & Carried" (that the net proceeds of the St. Patrick's Day celebration be used to purchase Irish Bonds, each Irish society taking part to get its pro rata of the bonds purchased) - NOTE: "James E Murray" (p. 360, reinstated to membership) and "Bro Murray" (p. 360, Lindsay Crawford) are **Murray, not Murphy** — recorded here to prevent later confusion. - **Other key names present:** No J. J. Lynch on these pages; no Chas H. Gallagher; no John Gribben; no J. J. O'Meara; no T. J. McCarthy. Ed Connolly is Rec. Sec. Others: Rev. Jas. O'Shea, James E. Murray (reinstated on payment of $6.00), Anthony Lavell (Fin. Secy), The Butte Independent, Bro Griffin, Lindsay Crawford, M. J. McDonagh (Vice Pres.), Bro Harrington, Trustee John O'Leary (gravely ill), Bro Caplis, Bro Sewell, Bro Boyle. - **Topics:** reinstatement of James E. Murray; bills (Fin. Secy salary, hall rent, 500 postals from the Butte Independent, Rec. Secy salary); Irish Bond Drive meetings at the courthouse; proposed address by Lindsay Crawford at the opening of the Bond drive; illness of Trustee John O'Leary; St. Patrick's Day celebration and whether to hold the usual dances; $750.00 from the treasury to purchase Irish Bonds; net proceeds of the St. Patrick's Day celebration to Irish Bonds, pro rata among the Irish societies. ## Transcription ### Left page — 360 360 Centerville Mont 2/4/20 Regular meeting of Div no 1 called to order at 8.40. P.M by the Rev Jas O'Shea President Reading of minutes of pervious meeting and their approval Roll call of Officers 6 present Propositions for membership none Reports on candidates " Initiation of Candidates James E Murray was reinstated to membership on payment of $6.00 Bills & Claims. Anthony Lavell Fin. Secy. month Jan $10.00. Hall Rent for Jan $20.00 The Butte Independent 500 Postals $8.00 Ed Connolly Rec Secy $5.00. It was regularly moved & seconded that bills be allowed and warrants on Treasurer for the month Communications & Correspondence none. Reports of Committees Bro Griffin invited all the members of the [struck: comm] Division that could possibly attend to come to Courthouse on Friday night where meetings are held in connection with the Irish Bond Drive Bro Murray announced that he hoped to have Lindsay Crawford address a meeting here on the 1st at the opening of of the Bond drive Committee on sick no report no unfinished business Receipts $26.00 Disbursments $43.00 Ed Connolly Rec. Sec. (Remainder of page 360 blank.) ### Right page — 361 361 Centerville Mont 2/11/20 Regular meeting of Div no 1. called to order at 8.40 P.M by the [struck: the Rev J.] M. J. McDonagh Vice President Reading of minutes of pervious meeting and their approval Roll call of Officers 5 present Propositions for membership none Reports on candidates none Initiation of candidates none Bills & Claims none Communications & Correspondence none Committee on Sick Bro Harrington reported that Trustee John O'Leary was ill and indeed his condition was grave. Sympathy was expressed for Bro O'Leary by many of the members he being an old and respected member of this Division Reports of Committees Bro Caplis gave an outlet of the campaign on the Irish Bond Drive A disscussion took place on the St Patrick's day celebration many members speaking on the question of whether the Hibernains continue to to hold the usual dances on that night. A motion was made by Bro Caplis that the St Patricks day committe of this division be empowered at the next meeting of the Bond Drive Committee at the courthouse to give full charge of the St Patrick's Day celebration including dances if the Bond Drive committee ask them to do so and that their action be final & binding on this division this to be done in the interest of harmony, the motion was seconded by Bro Harrington and carried A motion was made by Bro Murphy that $750.00 be taken from the treasury of this Div and used to purchase Irish Bonds Seconded by Bro Sewell and carried Unfinished business none Good & Welfare a motion was made that the net proceeds of the St Patrick's Day celebration be used for the purchase of Irish Bonds and that each Irish society taking part on that day get its pro rata of the amount of Bonds purchased Moved by Bro Murphy Seconded by Bro Boyle & Carried Over ## 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_1920-02-11_minutes_p361_motion-750-irish-bonds** (probable; div1-c.yaml): Bro Murphy > by Bro Harrington and carried A motion was made by Bro Murphy that $750.00 be taken from the treasury of this Div and used to purchase Irish Bonds Seconded by Bro Sewell and carried - **div1_1920-02-11_minutes_p361_motion-st-patricks-proceeds-irish-bonds** (probable; div1-c.yaml): Bro Murphy > Good & Welfare a motion was made that the net proceeds of the St Patrick's Day celebration be used for the purchase of Irish Bonds and that each Irish society taking part on that day get its pro rata of the amount of Bonds purchased Moved by Bro Murphy Seconded by Bro Boyle & Carried Over