History of Council 4972

Council 4972 - Timeline

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.
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 |
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.
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