AOH Division 61 Joseph Patrick
Schickling
Monthly Newsletter
4131 Rhawn Street, Philadelphia, PA
Reach us via email at [email protected] or 215-624-3007
Over 110 years of Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity!
Division 61 Officers:
Upcoming Events
Jack Gill President,
AOH 61 Monthly Meeting May 2nd @ 8 PM
Bob Cummings Vice President, Joe Schickling Finan- Joe Watson will have 10 week club tickets available!
cial Secretary, Jim Leonard Treasurer, Sean
Communion Breakfast May 4th @ 9 AM
Campbell Recording Secretary, Jay Costello Chmn.
May 4th Founding of AOH in America
Stndg. Comm., Ed Rodriguez Marshall, Mike
State Board May 10th @ 1:00pm Division 39
Kinney Sentinel, John
Hagan Organizer, Joe BegCamping Trip May 16-18
gin Historian, Steve Newton Steward, Bill Kuntz
Cigar and Whiskey Night May 22nd 6 PM
Past President, Chris
Mullen, Mike McCrane,
Club Cleaning May 31st 9 AM
JoJo Giorgi Trustees, Fr
Al Masluk Fr. Lyons Chaplains. Mr. John Pangborn,
AOH 61 Monthly Meeting June 6th @ 8 PM
Director of Bartenders
Kevin Pierce Basketball Marathon June 6-7
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 10
MAY 2008
DIVISION 61 CLUB
HOURS
Sunday Noon-10PM
Monday 6PM-Midnight
Tuesday 6PM-Midnight
Wednesday 6PM-Midnight
Thursday 6PM-Midnight
Friday Noon- 2AM
Saturday Noon-2AM
Come out and enjoy some good
times!
Golf Outing June 29 @ 10 AM
Ancient Order of Hibernians
PO Box 65576
Philadelphia, PA 19155
Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity!
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AOH DIVISION 61 JOSEPH PATRICK SCHICKLING
President’s Letter
We all survived St. Patrick’s Day and the Club Crawl, but there’s still a lot going on at Division 61. Each Sunday one
of our two softball teams will always play a home game starting 1:30 PM at Penn Academy Field (Academy Rd & Holme Ave.
across from Cannstatter’s). So come on out and support our teams. Our annual Communion Breakfast will be held on Sunday
May 4th , 9:30 mass will be at St Dominic’s Church with breakfast to follow at the club. Also our third annual Cigar & Whiskey
Dinner is scheduled for May 22nd ; we had a great time last two years, so if you missed the last dinner try to make it on the 22nd.
The Division 61 Golf Outing is back by popular demand, this year we will be playing at John F. Byrne Golf Club on June 29th
the cost is $80, so if you’re a pro or a hacker just starting, the 29th promises to be a great day. The Phillies are off to a good start
and the Flyers have just made it to the second round of the Stanley cup playoffs, the Club is open each night, we have a new 47”
LCD TV, and drinks special, so what are you waiting for?? More information on these events is in this issue.
Finally, our annual Night at the Races was held on April 12th , as you know this event is our major fundraiser supporting our charitable efforts. This year we had a better turnout that the last few years, thank you. Please remember, charity work is
one of the most important things our Division does, remember, many people and organizations depend on us.
Hopefully, we will see each other at the next meeting on May 2nd as always; I may be reached at 215-920-0910 or
[email protected] with any questions or concerns.
Yours in our motto,
Jack
Cigar and Whiskey Night
AOH Div. 61 3rd Annual Cigar and Whiskey
Tasting Night is scheduled for Thursday, May
22nd beginning at 6 PM at Div. 61. Price of admission is $ 60 and includes a buffet dinner,
cigar sampling, and whiskey tasting. This whiskey’s for this year are: Clontarf Irish Whiskey, Michael Collins Single Malt Irish Whiskey,
and The Glenlivet 12 Year Old. Dinner begins
at 6 PM so please plan accordingly. For more
information or tickets please call Jack Gill at
215-920-0910.
Golf Outing
The 7th Annual AOH Division 61 Golf Outing will
be held Sunday, June 29th at John F. Byrne Golf
Club. Check-in will begin at 10 AM while the shotgun, scramble start will commence at 11 AM. The
cost for one person in a foursome is $80. The
price of entry fee entitles each person to green
fees, cart, dinner and prizes. After the tournament
a full course buffet dinner will be served at St.
Dominic’s Hall. For more information or tickets
please call Jack Gill at 215-920-0910.
10 Week Club
There are A Few Remaining 10 Week Tickets available! Please feel free to contact
Joe Watson via e mail
The Annual Kevin Pierce Basketball [email protected] or at home @
thon will be held on June 6-7. On Friday
215-672-1294 to buy a ticket. The Club
the 6th the marathon will go from 6 to 9
will start on Mother's Day May 11th and
PM and on Saturday from 9 AM to 4 PM.
last until the final drawing on July 19th. If
This year’s marathon will be held at the
you should have any questions, please
John Prezel Center on St. Vincent and
Brous Sts. Cost is $150 per ten man team. contact Joe. Thank you all for your support
of this worthwhile fundraiser. GOOD LUCK!
Please contact John Hagan for court time
or other information at 215-518-6671.
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VOLUME 2 ISSUE 10
2008 Softball Season
There will be no Tir Na Nog Meeting in May!
Well it’s springtime and you know what that means, AOH
Communion Breakfast
Softball! Games are every Sunday beginning at 1:30 PM.
Division 61 is once again fielding two teams, “A” and “B”. The AOH Division 61 Communion Breakfast will be
One of the teams will always be at out home field at Penn
held on Sunday May 4th. Mass will be held at St
Academy, Academy and Holme. Why not stop by some
Dominic’s Parish @ 9:30 am followed by breakfast at
Sunday afternoon and support the guys.
the club. The cost is $5 for Adults and $2 for children
May 6th
May 25th
12 and under. Our speaker will be
Div. 17 B @ Div. 61 A
No games: Memeorial Day
Ed Turzanski from La Salle University
Div. 61 B @ Div. 87
Weekend
May 11th
No games due to Mother’s
Day
June 1st:1st Round of the
Playoffs
June 8th: 2nd Round
May18th
Div. 25 @ Div. 61 A
Div. 61 B @ Div. 5
June 14th: Semifinal Round
June 22nd: Championship
You’ve got to go to church and you’ve got to eat… so you might
as well do it with us!” Denny Boylan
On Saturday, May 31st beginning at 9 AM there
will be a club cleaning. Please come
out and give a hand with some
summer cleaning. The more volunteers the faster the cleaning get
done. Any questions please contact
Becky Puchalski at 215-901-8921.
During All Flyers & Phillies games on
Mondays thru Thursdays, excluding
On Wednesday, May 21st LAOH Div. 61 will be
meeting nights, Division 61 will have
hosting a beach blanket bingo night. Beginning
$1.25 draft beer (Miller Lite, Coors
at 7 PM at St. Dominic’s a $5 admission price
Lite, Bud & Yuengling) and $1 PBR
entitles you to 12 games of bingo plus coffee,
Other specials will be available durtea, and dessert. All prizes have a summer
ing Saturday and Sunday games
theme. Also there will vendors selling their specialties, a Chinese auction, and a 50/50. All
money raised benefit LAOH Div. 61 8th grade
Scholarship Program. For ticket information or
questions please contact Cathy Marchak at 215331-4378 or Becky Puchalski at 215-901-8921.
Welcome
On behalf of AOH Division 61, we extend a warm welcome to
the newest members of our family:
James Gallagher (Transfer), Bret Crowsley,
Joe Foley, Jon Schernelke
We hope you enjoy everything this organization has to offer
and that you continue to live in Friendship, Unity, and Christian Charity.
DUES
Please remember that if you have not yet paid you
dues they are now $50.
2008 Dues are now being collected. Dues may be
paid at meetings, dropped off to the club in an
envelope with your name and the amount or
mailed to AOH Division 61 4131 Rhawn
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19136.
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AOH DIVISION 61 JOSEPH PATRICK SCHICKLING
AOH Div. 65 2nd Annual Fleadh an Earraigh is scheduled
for May 4th from 4 to 8 PM at the Commodore John
Barry Club. Seamus Boyle will be the recipient for the 1st
Annual Joseph E. Montgomery Award. Music will be provided by Fitch and Round Tower. For information and
tickets please contact Jim Mullen 610-299-1772
AOH Division 61 is looking for a food
Manager. The job entitles keeping the
kitchen stocked with easy to prepare
food. I.e. Roast Beef, Meatballs, Hot
dogs, Marconi salad, potato salad, etc.,
Anyone interested please contact Jack
Gill at either 215-920-0910 or at
[email protected]
THE PHILADELPHIA NATIVIST RIOTS
By Margaret E. Fitzgerald, PhD
On Friday, May 3, 1844, the American Nativist Party, (aka American Republican Party), set up a platform in the almost one hundred percent
Irish Third Ward of Kensington, a Philadelphia suburb. Speakers delivered tirades against the Irish, the Pope, the Catholic Church, and the
immigrants. The theme was that "a set of citizens, German and Irish, wanted to get the Constitution of the U. S. into their own hands and
sell it to a foreign power.” The crowd jeered and began to tear down the platform. The Nativists retreated temporarily.
Philadelphia was a hotbed of natives for years. The American Nativist Party allied itself with the American Protestant Association in propagating a conspiracy theory: the Pope was planning to take over America. The Irish were considered the most dangerous immigrants since
they had demonstrated loyalty to the Pope through centuries of persecution and might rise on a signal from Rome for either a bloody conquest or a political takeover at the ballot box.
Leaving the most virulent anti-Catholic rhetoric to some evangelical Protestant clergy in the American Protestant Association/ the American
Nativist Party claimed that its overriding concern was good government. It opposed immigrants only because they corrupted the republican
principles of the founding fathers. The Nativists drafted a three-plank party platform:
1. To extend the period of naturalization to twenty-one years;
2. To elect only native born to all offices;
3. To reject foreign interference in all institutions, social, religious, and political.
The Nativists who retreated from Kensington on May 3 returned on May 6, now three thousand strong. Speakers raised the flag and ranted
about foreign religious influence in politics. Few Irish were in attendance since they had been told at Sunday Mass to go about their business and avoid confrontation. When a speaker called the Irish "scum unloaded on American wharfs," the only disruption was humorous: an
Irish carter, with an innocent air, dumped a load of dirt a dozen feet from the platform.
Heavy rain sent the crowd scurrying around the corner to take shelter in Nanny Goat Market. When a speaker jumped onto a stall and continued with inflammatory remarks, fighting broke out. The odds of only 30 Irish against 3000 Nativist were improved when other Irish started
sniping from buildings. Many were injured on both sides and two Nativists were fatally wounded.
The sheriff and his deputies, who carried only clubs, not guns, were ineffective. The Nativists broke into houses, tore apart furniture, destroyed buildings, beat residents, and drove Irish families into the woods at night. Two more Nativists were killed during attacks on a seminary and a church.
The next day the Nativist press called on all good Americans to defend themselves against the "the bloody hand of the Pope." Handbills
asked every Nativist to come prepared to defend himself. The Nativists again marched on Kensington and gunfire was met with gunfire. The
invaders spent the night burning down houses block by block. On Wednesday they brought their arson tactics to the weavers' streets. Some
Irish Protestant weavers, who had first sided with their brothers of the loom rather than their brothers of the Orange Lodge, had second
thoughts. To protect their homes and shops, and to show that they were "patriots," they displayed American flags and Native American insignia in their windows.
Flushed with victory, the Nativists again attacked and burned to the ground St. Michael's Church and rectory, as well as St. Charles Seminary. They cheered a falling steeple, while a fife and drum group played "Boyne Water.” With little left to burn in Kensington, they marched
back to Philadelphia and burned down St. Augustine's Church. On the way they passed a German Catholic Church and never touched it.
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Irish History in the month of May
May 18
2004 - Clare O'Leary becomes the first Irishwoman to successfully
May 1
climb Mount Everest.
1794 - Catholics are enabled by law to attend Trinity College
May 19
May 3
1660 - Act by the British Parliament forbids the export of Irish wool.
1916 – Patrick Pearse, Thomas Clarke and Thomas MacMay 20
Donagh executed by firing squad in Kilmainham jail.
1927 - The opening hours of Irish public houses are restricted by the
May 4
Intoxicating Liquor Act.
1836 - The Ancient Order of Hibernians in America is
1932 - Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland for Ireland; she
founded in New York City.
lands near Londonderry/Derry and becomes the first woman to fly
May 5
solo across the Atlantic.
1981 – Bobby Sands dies at Long Kesh prison on the 66th
May 21
day of his hunger strike.
1981 - At 2:11 am, Raymond McCreesh dies on hunger strike in the
May 10
Maze Prison. Later, the same day at 11:29 pm, he is joined in death by
1998 - Members of Sinn Féin vote to accept the Good Friday his friend and fellow hunger-striker, Patsy O'Hara.
peace agreement.
May 22
May 12
1995 - U.S. President Bill Clinton approves a visa for Irish nationalist
1823 - Daniel O'Connell founds the Catholic Association, an
leader Gerry Adams to enter the United States.
organization dedicated to obtaining the franchise for Catho1998 - The Good Friday Agreement is overwhelmingly endorsed in
lics.
referendums North (71%) and South (94%).
1916 - Irish Patriots, Seán MacDiarmada and James Con2003 - The Official Languages Bill 2002, will give citizens the right
nolly are executed at Kilmainham Gaol.
to conduct their business with any State agency or Government de1981 - Francis Hughes, Irish political prisoner, dies on hunpartment, in Irish.
ger strike, in Maze Prison, in Co. Antrim.
May 25
May 16
1968 - Unicorn by the Irish Rovers makes it to #7 in the British charts
2001 - The United States designates the Real IRA, a splinter
May 30
group of the Irish Republican Army, as a "foreign terrorist
1784 - Belfast's 1st Catholic church, St. Mary's, opens for public wororganization."
ship.
May 17
1972 - The Official IRA announces a ceasefire, but the Provisional
1949 - The British Government recognizes the Republic of
IRA says it will continue fighting until the British leave Northern IreIreland.
land.
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