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Massachusetts State Deputy Daniel J. Fitzgerald presented a check for $2,000 to Bishop John J. Wright of Worcester to assist those rendered homeless by a tornado. The funds will also help rebuild Assumption College, which was damaged during the storm. (August 1953) Frank M. Gersz, a member of the New Haven Board of Aldermen and past grand knight of San Salvador Council 1, successfully put forth a bill to change the name of Union Avenue to Columbus Plaza. The site is the new home of the Supreme Council office building, one of the largest in New Haven. (May 1954)
1960s The Puerto Rico State Council has undertaken the building of a new chapel and seminary at Ponce. (May 1962)
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D A: Grand Knight Maurice Sanchez of Albuquerque (N.M.) Council 641 presents Archbishop Edwin V. Byrne of Santa Fe with a new Studebaker. (September 1949) B: Members of Santa Quiteria Council 8751 in Calcoocan City, Luzon, manned a sound truck to encourage people to vote in the 1986 presidential election. (July 1986) C: Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Fatima Council 9411 in Rosario, Mexico Northwest, aided in the construction of a school in Baja California. (March 1992) D: Father Joseph V. Kerr, chaplain of San Salvador Council 299 in Perth Amboy, N.J., blesses the town’s fire engine fleet. (December 1961)
Arkansas State Deputy Bernard I. Foulke has appointed a committee to help Father John Manchino’s Mexican mission work. Father Manchino, a priest of the Little Rock Diocese, is working in Morelia and plans to establish a permanent church and dispensary in Capulin. (January 1968)
1970s North Scranton (Pa.) Council 6056 donated toys and clothing to the U.S. Navy for distribution among orphans in Vietnam. (May 1971)
Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at Greenville General Hospital. The “sophisticated” device aids the breathing of patients with cystic fibrosis. (June 1972)
1980s Ontario Knights donated $100,000 to the St. Peter’s Seminary library. The funds were used for a 4,000-square-foot addition to house the library offices and a new section of books and periodicals. (February 1985) Norwood (Mass.) Council 252 donated $600 toward the rebuilding of a local Jewish temple that was destroyed during a fire. (August 1988)
1990s Mankayan (Luzon) Council 10526 installed traffic signs in congested areas of the city to help prevent pedestrian and motorist accidents. (November 1993) Archbishop Michael J. Curley Assembly in College Park, Md., has produced television programs on abortion, population control, and the persecution of Catholics and Christians for public access stations in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The half-hour programs were produced at a local cable television station and included interviews with local newsmakers. (May 1996)
Msgr. Andrew K. Gwynn Council 1668 in Greenville, S.C., donated an ultrasonic nebulizer to the c o l u m b i a / m a r c h 2 0 0 7 29