WSC History - Knights of Columbus Washington State Council

collaboration with Bremerton Council 1376 for their "Spaghetti Fiesta" the proceeds of whichbenefit the Olympic Peninsula Kidney Center; helping to support two seminarians by quarterlycontributions and periodic "care" packages of personal items; monetary support of pro-lifeprograms - notably Project Rachel; providing college scholarship funding to deserving highschool seniors each spring; issuing a Council Newsletter to keep our members informed ofevents; having a "Teddy Bears for Kids" program to provide teddy bears to Bremerton Police tocarry in their cars to soothe frightened children; acting as Wardens for the annual Life Chaindemonstration along Rte 303 in Bremerton; hosting the Washington State Council's BowlingTournament two years in a row; active participation in the Order's "Free Throw" program; andstarting a Ladies' Auxiliary, the only one currently active in Washington state.BUCKLEY - Rainier Council 9637Council Historian: William G. SmithRainier Council 9637 was instituted on September 30, 1987 by District Deputy Edward J.Caballero with 31 members. The Charter Members and the first officers were:Lionel R Atkinson Mike Binetti Colin G BradyTerrall W Brumble Michael G Burgardt Chas A Carletti JrPerry S Dahlquist Joe M Delmore George P DuffyBruce R Dupuis Adam J Fisher Michael A ForzaC James Gleason George H Gwerder Frank R KladnickBrett Linbo-Terhaar Daniel C Mock Joseph L Norberg GKGeorge M Potocnik Norman B Price Albert H RichterDonald J Schill Robert E Shane Eamonn F ShannonWilliam G Smith FS* Gilbert G Starost George A TerhaarKarl Tschumpeklin Jr Rev H Vanasse Chap Clyde R VeseyJoseph Volk Rick L Waldo Jr Theodore W WeibelWichael Wencel Gerald M Williams Roger G WilliamsIn 1984, Asst NCD Chairman Joseph M Clemens tried to organize a council inEnumclaw. After a number of meetings, the effort was abandoned for the time because onlyabout 20 men could be found. The following spring and summer, a group of men in St Aloysiusparish in Buckley were talking about starting their own council. A meeting was arranged to bringtogether pastor Father Hervey Vannasse, NCD Chairman Harold Knox and DD#3 Ernest LOliver. On August 13, 1984 the first organizational meeting was held. Attendees included Fr.Vanasse; DD Ernest Oliver; Field Agent Richard Caviezel; three interested parishioners - JamesDevlet, Jerry Paladino and Bruce Dupuis; Bob Bonner and Curley Bender from District 3; MikeAdams and William G Smith from Centennial Council 8079. Jerry Paladino was asked to handlethe finances and William Smith was asked to be Chairman. Other meetings were held but,because of Father Vanasse's desire to restrict the membership to the Buckley and Wilkersonparishes we, as in Enumclaw, had too few members to form a council. An initial first degree washeld, however for the first two members - Jerry Paladino and Colin Brady.Sometime after this, in 1985, Jerry Paladino contracted cancer and went back to the eastcoast for treatment where he died. Bill Smith moved from Buckley to Black Diamond. This putthe council formation on hold as no other parishioners were willing to put the effort into startingthe council. In February 1987 Field Agent Tom Voiland contacted Bill Smith and informed himthat new DD#3 Frank Grant was having meetings in Enumclaw about formation of a council.Out of one of these meetings came an agreement to include the Enumclaw, Buckley andWilkerson parishes. The combined group of men from the three parishes was sufficient for theinstitution of Rainier Council 9637.