History of Council 4972

Council 4972 - Timeline

1960

April 28

Council 4972 – Received it’s Charter

On April 28, 1960, the Chairman of the Organizational Committee, Robert J Baltz, Jr., received notification from Truman Wrenne, District Deputy that the charter had been approved and Bishop Richard Pius Miles’ Council No. 4972 was in existence.

Bishop Richard Pius Miles Council, 4972. (1962). In Sixty years of Columbianism in Tennessee: A history of the Knights of Columbus in Tennessee (p. 85). Nashville, TN: Scott Print.

May 1

Bishop Richard Pius Miles Council 4972 – Charter Members

L.A. Armstrong	William L. James
John P. Baltz	Rev. J. Julius
Robert J. Baltz, Jr	Richard E. Kirk
James G. Bauer	J.A. Langdon
J.P. Bianconi	John W. Loviza
L.D. Bradley	Wm. J. Martin
Robert B. Butler	J.J. McRedmond, Jr
E.A. Cecil	P.J. McRedmond
Jack E. Cook	John P. Mulloy, Jr
John L. Crowell	M.L. Nicoletti
Clyde H. Devlin, Sr	R.P. Quirk
R.D. Fitzgerald	James Sharp
John W. Duffy	A.T. Simpson
Rev. W.J. Flemmings	Carl Singer
Bruce E. Griffith, Jr	Ed Strasser
James S. Griffith	J.B. Sullivan, Sr
J.B. Hatley, Jr	Carl J Thieman
James R. Henry	L.M. Thorton
R.H. Hollingsworth	James M. Warner
Jake Hostettler	John R Wernert
Dennis L. Baltz	Al Jennish
Louis J. Baltz, Jr	Carsey A. Kemp
William F. Baltz	J.E. Lagan
W.A. Bauer	L.A. Lawrence, Sr
John C. Black	John R. Luckett
James M. Burns	Ivan McElhiney
Bill Calkins	J.J. McRedmond, Sr
M.M. Clunan	T.W. Morel
Wm. W. Corbitt	Dan L. Nolan, Sr
Paul B. Curran	Jerry Osborne
John M. Degan	John R. Roberts
Thomas L. Flynn	Wm. B. Shaw
Elmer C. Duke, Jr	Frank M. Simpson
Richard Freese	John W. Starnes
Wm. L. Griffith	Will A. Strasser
Thomas E. Hansom	Paul N. Sullivan
Allen D. Hawk	Walton C. Thompson
Lawrence Herd	Rev. Paul Trainor
Douglas Horton	John S. Weber
Joe L. Isenhour	C.F. Williams
Frank J. Baltz	J.E. Johnson
D. Martin Baltz	G.D. Keogh
Sim Bargatze, Jr	M.W. Lagan
James H. Beasley, Jr	E.D. Logsdon, Sr
Ralph Blinn	James P. May
William G. Burns	Hugh P. McLinden
Louis J. Catignani	Louis McRedmond
Daniel K. Coen, Jr	Fred B. Morgan
Rev. Paul Caldwell	Dan L. Nolan, Jr
John H. Davis	R.J. Quirk
James Draper	John P. Saad, Sr
F.J. DeMatteo	L.L. Shelley
James W. Farris	John J. Simpson
A.A. Garr	Howard J. Steele, Jr
James Gleaves	J.B. Sullivan, Jr
J.M. Harigan	John T. Tarpy
J.E. Heckwolf	Horace W. Thoni
George J. Hodak	J.J. Walker
J.D. Horton	Stanley Weglarz
Clifford L. Jackson	Frank L Zoccola

May 1

Council 4972 – First Meeting

The first meeting of Council No. 4972 was Sunday, May 1, 1960. The members and Candidates met at 9:00 A.M. at Holy Rosary Parish for Mass and Communion. Fourth Degree members and visitors served as Honor Guard. At 1:00 o’clock of the same day, initiations was held at St. Patrick’s.

Assisting District Deputy Truman Wrenne at the installation were: Ken Schoen, State Secretary; George Campbell, Grand Knight, Frank Hostettler, Deputy Grand Knight, A. MacDougall, State Insurance Chairman, James Curley, Financial Secretary, all from Council 544.

The officers were elected to finish out the year until July 1, 1960 when they would once again be installed for the year 1960-61.

Bishop Richard Pius Miles Council, 4972. (1962). In Sixty years of Columbianism in Tennessee: A history of the Knights of Columbus in Tennessee (p. 85). Nashville, TN: Scott Print.

May 1