San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-14
A. O. y. w. ANNIVERSARY.

The Banquet and Ball were Bril-
liant Success.
The second anniversary celebration
of Alamo Lodge No. IS, A. o. Z. w.
was held at Turner hall Saturday
night. Two hundred members and
guests sat down to supper, which
was an elegant spread, in Ludwig
Mahncke's best style. The features
of the evening were the address of
Past Master Workman Miller and the
character recitation If May Queen by
Mrs. H. A. Blair. The committee in
charge of Saturdays entertainment
were:
Arran cement committee-Harry G..
Miller, chairman, G. G.. Boelhauwe,
A. r. Balkan, Alex Pape.
Reception committee-Alex Pape,
chairman, G. G. Boelhauwe, c. F..
Nuetzel, A. r. Balkan, w. {. Free
man.
Floor committe e-Herman Heilig-
mann, chairman, Martin Braden, e..
G. Brazelton, Chas. Schwartz, H. A.
Blair.
Post Master Miller's address which
was listened to with marked atten-
ton was as follows;
'Ladies and Gen tlemen, Brethren,
of the Ancient Order of United Work
men: 1t has been decided by the
committee OF arrangements that the
anniversary of oxr lodge should not
he permitted to pass without a short
address on the origin, aims and OBJ
jects of our order. This pleasing
duty has devolved on me. To John
Jordan Upchurch, the founder of the
Order of United Workmen,
the world owes debt of gratitude
that can never be effaced or destroy
ed. Upchurch was an honest, hard
working mechanic, whose daily
bread literally depended on the sweat
Of his brow. The hum Of the ma
the clatter and crash of the
mighty steam hammer, the dim and
narrow confines of the machine shop,
bounded the daily life of him
who first conceived and laid the
stone of our great |
,rder. The first lodge was instituted
Vt Meadville, Pa, October 9th, 1868, |
With a membership of l3, with Broth
II Upchurch as presiding officer, or
Master Workman. From so small |
md obscure a beginning it is wonder
ul to contemplate the vast growth !
he order has attained in q years.
t is safe to believe that when the
ession of the supreme lodge is held |
It Boston in June, 1890, the supreme |
ecorder will be able to report a men
,ership of more than quarter of |
million, ask you to pause for a mo-
nent, contemplate the figures, $50, 900 |
This vast army is made |
lp of men in every position of life,
loble men, who are providing for |
hose dependent on them, who know |
hat when the reaper death gathers his |
harvest and removes from the home |
ircle the bread winner, the loved ones |
Will not be thrown penniless on a
old and pitiless world. The $1,000
,aid TO the family of each and every |
of the Order in good stand |
ng on his death, may not accomplish |
much, still it will keep gaunt want |
yested, may lead to future independ-
,nce. 1t may be a surprise to many |
If my hearers to learn that the total
on account of death |
osses by the various A. o. L. w. jul
.isdictions for the fiscal year 1888,
amounted to nearly S4,000,000.
The total amount paid by this Order
20 the widows and orphans of the de-
ceased members since its organization
s $24 ,4S9,927.
During 1888 the Order had net in
crease Of SIG, 403 in the United States.
On the 9th of October, 1889, the Or
Ter will celebrate its 21st anniversary,
On which occasion the monument
erected in honor of Father Upchurch
will be dedicated in the city of St.
Louis, with suitable and imposing
To obtain membership in our order
the requirements are not very eXaCJing
Or complicated it is only necessary
that the applicant be in sound health
and of good moral character, not over
80 or under q years of age. Possessed
Of these qualifications, we welcome
them to our ranks. The rich ana the
poor, all meet on common level,
the moral, social, and intel
lectual welfare of its members during
lite and the payment OF $1,000 at
death.
Since forming a separate jurisdic-
ton our assessments have been very
light, since the first day of January,
1889, they have not exceeded $500 per
month in the majority of months we
have paid only 81 90. This is certainly
very low premium to pay on $4,000.
To return to the founder of our or
der. 1t is on record that, when in the
evening of life, he attended session
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