Knights of Pythagoras

This photo was originally mislabeled as showing students in Chatham High School. Fortunately, many people have commented to provide a correction. Info obtained so far suggests that this was the Knights of Pythagoras group, led by Mr. Graves, probably around 1980.

If you can tell us more about this group, please do! 

According to the Knights of Pythagoras website: "The Order of the Knights of Pythagoras (KOP) is a community-based mentoring organization composed of youths ranging between the ages of seven to twenty years inclusive, working under the sponsorship and personal supervision of Prince Hall Masons, to provide beneficial use of their spare time, worthwhile companions, wholesome, educational environment, life skills and a program aiming to interest and aid youths, in their all-round development."

Photo from Cranford Studio. No date.

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