HISTORY OF COUNCIL NO. 9729
THE COUNCIL WAS FOUNDED ON MARCH 2, 1988 AT SAINT IGNATIUS CHURCH
HICKORY, MARYLAND THE FIRST GRAND KNIGHT WAS GK BEN ORTEZA, M.D.
THE CHARTER MEMBERS NUMBERED EIGHTY-EIGHT KNIGHTS.
FRATERNAL YEAR 1989 SAW THE ELECTION OF GK RED TRAVERS,
FOLLOWED BY: GK ROBERT WERLIEN, Ph. D. 1990-91; GK VINCENT WHEELER, 1991-92;
GK FRANK MC DERMOTT (COL, USA, (RET)), 1992-94; GK DARRYL SALAMONE 1994-1996;
GK MICHAEL SALLIESE, 1996 (RESIGNED); GK JOHN KANE 1996-97;
GK BRIAN P. KAISER, (CPT,AUS,(RET)) 1997-98; GK DARRYL SALAMONE 1998-1999 ;(RESIGNED) GK BRIAN P. KAISER, (CPT,AUS,(RET)) 1999- 2000; GK CLARENCE R. TERRILL, PH.D. 2000-2002; GK PATRICK FERRIS 2002 - 2005; AND PGK JOHN KANE, ESQ. 2005- 2006 PGK THOMAS WOJTEK 2007 - PRESENT.
THE COUNCIL GREW SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE PERIOD 1994-96 AND SAW THE
MEMBERSHIP INCREASE TO 153 MEMBERS. ALSO,
AN UNUSUAL FOURTH DEGREE EXEMPLIFICATION WAS HELD FOR TWO
MEMBERS IN JUNE 1995, FATHER KENNETH FARRABAUGH. PASTOR
SAINT IGNATIUS AND SIR KNIGHT FREDERICK "VIC" OBRINGER, WHO WAS A SERIOUSLY ILL
MEMBER AND A COUNCIL TRUSTEE.
IN OCTOBER 1997 THE SAINT IGNATIUS PARISH BUSINESS MANAGER APPROACHED THE
COUNCIL CONCERNING OBTAINING INSURANCE FOR COUNCIL ACTIVITIES
AT THE PARISH CENTER TO INDEMNIFY THE PARISH AGAINST POTENTIAL LAW SUITS
STEMMING FROM COUNCIL ACTIVITIES, THE COUNCIL OFFICERS
AFTER REVIEWING THE COST OF INSURANCE, FOUND THE COST TO BE PROHIBITIVE. THE ISSUE OF A DIFFERENT MEETING
LOCATION WAS PUT TO A VOTE BY THE MEMBERS. THE BROTHERS VOTED TO
MOVE THE COUNCIL ACTIVITIES, TO THE JARRETSVILLE VETERANS OF FOREIGN
WARS HOME, WHERE INSURANCE COSTS WERE NOT A FACTOR.
AWARDS: COUNCIL NUMBER 9729 IS MOST PROUD OF THEIR INTERNATIONAL
RECOGNITION IN 1996-97 FOR THEIR FIREWOOD FOR THE POOR PROJECT AND
THE WINNING OF THE COVETED STAR COUNCIL AWARD FOR SEVEN OF OUR
TEN YEARS OF SERVICE TO GOD, CHURCH, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.
IN MAY 1997 THE COUNCIL OFFICERS ATTENDING THE STATE CONVENTION IN OCEAN
CITY, MARYLAND WERE NOTIFIED THAT THEY WERE NOT WELCOME AND THAT THE
STATE DEPUTY, SK JOHN ALBRIGHT HAD PLACED THE COUNCIL ON SUSPENSION,
THAT SUSPENSION WAS LIFTED IN AUGUST 1997 AND THE NEW OFFICERS TOOK
THEIR CHAIRS ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1997. THIS SUSPENSION RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF WITHDRAWALS
AND TRANSFERS FROM OUR COUNCIL WITH A RESULTING LOSS OF THIRTEEN
MEMBERS OVER THE PAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS. EFFORTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
RESTORE THESE BROTHERS TO THE ACTIVE ROLLS OF OUR COUNCIL HAVE MET WITH
LIMITED SUCCESS.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: BRIAN P. KAISER, GRAND KNIGHT
COUNCIL NO. 9729
Updates by Webmaster
ADDENDUM TO HISTORY
IN JULY OF 2001 ST. IGNATIUS CHURCH WELCOMED A NEW PASTOR. HE WAS FR. JAMES BARKER. FR. JIM IS A BROTHER KNIGHT. THROUGH SOME NEGOTIATION OUR COUNCIL WAS WELCOMED BACK TO THE PARISH HALL OF ST. IGNATIUS FOR MEETINGS BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER OF 2001. THIS RETURN TO THE PARISH HALL AND A PAST DUE DUES AMNESTY HAS SPURED NEW INTEREST IN SEVERAL BROTHER KNIGHTS AND ATTENDANCE HAS INCREASED.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: DR. CLARENCE R. TERRILL, GRAND KNIGHT
COUNCIL NO. 9729
2nd ADDENDUM TO HISTORY
DURING FRATERNAL YEAR 2004-2005 STATE DEPUTY WHITE FORMALLY VISITED ST. IGNATIUS COUNCIL AND PERSONALLY INVITED COUNCIL #9729 TO ATTEND THE STATE CONVENTION IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECONCILE WITH OUR COUNCIL. HIS POSITIVE OVERTURES WERE WELL RECEIVED AND THE HEALING PROCESS HAS BEEN ACCELERATED.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: DR. CLARENCE R. TERRILL, PGK, Webmaster
COUNCIL NO. 9729