# IMG_7577
- **Type:** handwritten minutes
- **Book page number(s) visible:** 374 (left page, full), 375 (right page, full, ending "over")
- **Meeting date(s):** 9 Jun 1920 (written "June 9. 1920", p. 374); 16 Jun 1920 (written "June 16 1920", p. 375)
- **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. Secretary (p. 374). Vice President M. J. McDonough in the chair at both meetings. P. 375 continues past the leaf, marked "over".
- **Murphy mentions:**
- "Bros. Murphy" — p. 375, New Business: "Carried - Bros. Murphy. Gribben, Fr O'Shea, Committee -" (named to the committee of three to arrange a social in the Hall and invite the other Irish organizations, arising from Fr. Connolly's return from Ireland / the Archbishop Mannix invitation)
- "Bro Murphy" — p. 375, under Insurance: "Bro Murphy. also. spoke. arguing that. Insurance Nationally would be good for. the Organization in Silver Bow. and also in the Nation at large"
- **Other key names present:** **John Gribben — yes** (p. 374, named to the annual picnic committee; p. 375, named with Murphy and Fr. O'Shea to the social committee and speaking on Insurance). No J. J. Lynch on these pages. No Chas H. Gallagher; no J. J. O'Meara; no T. J. McCarthy; no James Connolly (Ed Connolly is Rec. Sec.). Others: Vice President M. J. McDonough, Bro Boyle, Bro Brown, Bro Lavelle, Bro Caplis, Bro Sullivan, the National Treasurer, the State President, Fr. Jas. O'Shea, Fr. Connolly, Archbishop Mannix.
- **Topics:** Irish Bond Drive — over $51,000.00 subscribed in Butte; St. Patrick's Day committee report to the Irish Bond Drive committee of Silver Bow County, and dissolution of that committee; annual picnic committee (Brown, Gribben, Boyle, Caplis, Sullivan); National Treasurer's inquiry about insurance / life insurance on members, and a unanimous view against insuring the Division's membership at this time; joint picnic with all the Irish societies in the county, to be held not later than July 25th; Fr. Connolly's return to Butte from a recent visit to Ireland; the invitation to **Archbishop Mannix** to visit Butte on his way to New York, and his inability to come because tickets for passage were already placed; a social in the Hall for the other Irish organizations; insurance at the National Convention (San Francisco; next convention Detroit).
## Transcription
### Left page — 374
374
Centerville Mont June 9. 1920
Regular meeting of Division #1 called to order [interlined: The minutes of previous meeting were read & approved]
at 8.30 P.m. by Vice President M. McDonough
Roll call of Officers 5 present
Propositions for membership none
Reports on candidates "
Initiation " "
Communications & Correspondence "
Bills & Claims "
Sick Committee no report
Special Committees Bro Boyle McDonough &
Brown reported progress on behalf of the
Irish Bond Drive committee announcing
that over $51,000.00 had been subscribed in Butte
Bro Brown also reported that the St Patrick's Day
committee had submitted their report to the Irish
Bond drive committee of Silver Bow County
and it was accepted with thanks.
Bro Lavelle then moved that the report be accepted
with the thanks of the Division. And placed on
file. and the [struck: members of the] committee be dissolved
New business. Bro Brown urged the Division
to take action on the annual picnic And moved
that a committee [interlined: of 5] be appointed, this was seconded
and carried & the president named Bros Brown
Gibben [Gribben]. Boyle. Caplis & Sullivan to act on this
Committee.
Bro Caplis read a communicication from the
National Treasurer asking for information
as to whether the organization in Mont had Insurance
on its members, or whether they desired to take out
Life Insurance. Bro Brown moved that the
communication be brought before the meeting for
discussion, this was Seconded and carried.
[margin: A Motion was made & Seconded that the State President answer this letter as he sees fit.]
An interesting [struck: debate] then took place by many
of the members present on the question of Insurance.
the opinion was unanimous that it would be
Unwise to take action along these lines of
Insuring the Membership of this division at this time.
Bro Brown also refered to [interlined: the proposed joint reunion]
of the Anaconda & this Division & Bro Caplis suggested
that it would be well to combine the reunion
with the annual picnic
Receipts $23.15 Disbursments None Ed Connolly Rec. Secretary
### Right page — 375
375
Centerville Mont. June 16 1920
Regular meeting of Division #1. called to order at
8.20 P.m. by Vice Pres. McDonough.
Minutes of previous meeting read and approved -
Roll call of officers - 3 present.
Propositions for membership - none.
Reports on candidates. none
Initiations none
Communications & Correspondence none
Bills & Claims none.
Committee on Sick none
Special Committees: a report. was. read from the
committee. appointed last. meeting night. to determine
whether we would hold [struck: a picnic] this year. recommending
that we do. hold a picnic in conjunction with some.
or all the Irish societies in the County. and further
that. it be held. at. a date not. later than July. 25th
Moved & seconded that the report. be received and
that the. committee - thro the secretary ask the other
Irish Societies in the County to appoint committees to
meet with. this committee and arrange for holding
a picnic under their joint auspices. at. a date as.
early as. can be arranged, Carried
New Business : Fr. Jas. O'Shea. spoke at. some length.
referring - to the return to Butte of Fr. Connolly. a member
of this Division from a recent. visit to Ireland. He.
suggested that we invite the other organizations. to
the hall next. wednesday night and have. Fr. Connolly
address us. in social session. He. also. refered
to the recent. invitation sent. to archbishop mannix to
visit Butte on his way. to N.y. ark [N.Y. etc.]. He was advised that
due to the fact. that the tickets. for. passage. across. the
Water were placed he would not be able to visit Butte.
Moved & Seconded that a committee of three. be appointed
to arrange. [struck: for] to hold a social in this Hall. and
invite the members of the other Irish organizations
to be present. - the date to be held. for further detail -
Carried - Bros. Murphy. Gribben, Fr O'Shea, Committee -
Insurance :- Bros. Gribben and Fr O'Shea spoke under this head.
Fr O'Shea voicing the opinion that Insurance was. [voted?] in the
opinion of the National Convention - at. San Francisco - and would
come forward at. the next. Convention Detroit. Bro Murphy.
also. spoke. arguing that. Insurance Nationally. would be good for.
the Organization in Silver Bow. and also in the Nation.
at large -
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_1920-06-16_minutes_p375_social-committee** (probable; div1-c.yaml): Bros. Murphy
> New Business: Fr. Jas. O'Shea. spoke at. some length. referring - to the return to Butte of Fr. Connolly. a member of this Division from a recent. visit to Ireland. He. suggested that we invite the other organizations. to the Hall next. wednesday night and have. Fr. Connolly address us. in social session. He. also. referred to the recent. invitation sent. to archbishop Mannix to visit Butte on his way. to N.Y.[?] [...] Moved & Seconded that a committee of three. be appointed to arrange. [for, struck through] to hold a social in this Hall. and invite the members of the other Irish organizations to be present. - the date to be held. for further detail - Carried - Bros. Murphy. Gribben, Fr O'Shea, Committee -
- **div1_1920-06-16_minutes_p375_insurance-speech** (probable; div1-c.yaml): Bro Murphy
> Insurance :- Bro[s]. Gribben and Fr O'Shea spoke under this head. Fr O'Shea voicing the opinion that Insurance was. wise[?] in the opinion of the National Convention - at. San Francisco - and would come forward at. the next. Convention Detroit. Bro Murphy. also. spoke. arguing that. Insurance Nationally. would be good for. the Organization in Silver Bow. and also in the Nation. at large - over
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