Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-09-22
THE GOOD TEMpLARs.


The Report of the Sixth District Lodge
Meeting of the 1. o. G. T.
The sixth session of the sixth district
l. .. &. I. met at the Grand Army hall
In Aberdeen last Thursday afternoon,
and was called to order by j. G. Blles
d. q. T., of Elma. The following officers
were present: Mrs. Louise Cochran, A.
Z. Wiley, E. L. McLafferty, Miss Edith
Nye and Newton McLafferty.
Newton McLafferty and Mrs. Louise
Cochran and o. F. Amidon were APP
pointed committee on credentials and
The committee reported the following
delegates, which report was adopted !:
Henry Paul. of Oakville lodge; J. G..
Biles, OF Forrest lodge; John Carter and
CT. Amidon, of Philadelphia lodge !;
Leulla Coons, Roy Coons, Robert Birm-
ingham, Lula Cole, Edith Nye, Charley
Wiley and A. G. Wiley, of Aberdeen
lodge; j. G. Foxville and Frank Glenn,
OF Rosvale lodge; Miss o. P. Wells and
Miss E. Title, Of Hoquiam lodge. Reg
ular committees were appointed as fol-
lows On state of order, f. L. McLaf-
ferty, j. @. Foxwell and Miss E. Tillie !;
on auditing, A. G. Wiley and w. H..
Paul. On special request the district
chief templar went through the unwritten
work. Moved and carried that meeting
close in district degree and open in SUBJ
ordinate degree. On motion the meeting
adjourned until a. m. Friday.
Session opened Friday morning pursu-
ant to adjournment. The first part OF
the program was full and we'll received
report from the district chief templar
which showed the district to be in a
healthy and growing condition, showing
substantial gains in numbers and in
fiuence in the temperance work. Reports
from the various lodges were listened to
with great interest. The Aberdeen lodge
made an especially favorable report, it
being the youngest lodge in the district,
showing list of more than forty MEM
bers at present, having had during the
year nearly as many more.
After the various lodges had reported
there was number of short addresses.
After which the interests OF the WASH
State Temperance magazine were pre-
sented by w. H. Sherman and a num-
Der of subscriptions taken. The Juvenile
Temple work was also presented and
strongly urged that every subordinate
lodge in the district proceed at once or
as soou as possible to institute Juvenile
Temple. On motion the lodge adjourned
to meet at Up. M.
Lodge met at 2 o'clock and proceeded
to go through the district lodge initiation,
a number taking the degree of the dis
trict.
Several speeches were made upon the
best methods Of getting additions to our
numbers. The thought Of the members
being true to the principles of the order
was the surest means Of winning num-
bers. The meeting consisted OF routine
work Of the order. The evening session
was taken up largely with model, in
itiation and number of speeches for the
good Of the order. A warm debate on
whether Good Templars are prohibition
lists evoked much interest and warm en-
thusiasm on the part of the adherents to
the respective sides. The session closed
with refreshments by the ladies Of the
Aberdeen lodge, who never fail to do the
proper thing and even the Hoquiam
brothers and sisters, who were out in
force, got away with the pie, saying, at
was indeed good to be there"
A special opening meeting was held at
the Congregational church. A very in
teresting program was rendered, which
consisted Of music, Rotations, and
speeches by T. G.. Craig, Rev. Joslyn, w.
H. Shearman and others, much to the
delight Of those present.