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1953-54.
JAMES A. PRICE followed
Benefiel as Faithful Navigator and set up a new system of organization
necessitated by the continued growth in membership. He appointed Fourth
Degree representatives in each council in the assembly area and charged
these representatives with the responsibility of reporting Fourth Degree
news to their councils and of promoting attendance at assembly functions.
Those appointed were C.H. Ruysenaars, Council 1207; C.J. Benoit, Welsh and
Bell City; Lester Armand, Kinder; P.J. St. Romain Sr., Iowa; Whitney
Broussard, Cameron; Clifton Woods, Sulphur; Sterling Trouard, St. Margaret
Council 3208; Joseph d. Karam, Oberlin; A.J. Osterland, Oakdale and
Elizabeth; and Anthony Abate, St. Hubert Council 3622.
Price also appointed a number of
operating committees to assist him in developing programs. The committee
chairmenwere: Membership and Admission, W.J. Moreau; Welfare, Columbus
Moss; Color Corps, W.J. Dumatrait; Entertainment, Floyd J. Vincent Sr.;
Publicity, L.G. McLaren; Chalice and Wakes, Columbus Moss; Arrangements,
Vincent Abate Jr.; Attendance, R.B.
Christman; and Communion, A.L. Broussard.
The assembly carried on a full scale of activities, including a number
of lectures at meetings. Faithful Navigator Price also instituted the
practice of Quarterly Communions by the assembly.
A total of 63 members formed a Guard of Honor for the annual Procession
of Christ the King, the largest number yet achieved by the Color Corps.
The Color Corps also took part in ceremonials connected with the State
Convention of the Third Degree held in Lake Charles.
The assembly rolls grew by 34 at the annual Exemplification of the
Fourth Degree.
As a result of these accomplishment, Gerald A. Zernott, Master of
the Fourth Degree, declared the assembly the winner of the Master's Award
as the district's outstanding assembly. It was a first for the assembly,
but it would win the award 23 more times in the future
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