The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-27
WENT TO THE HELM
INTERESTING PUBLIC INSrALLA-
TON OF MASONIC OFFICERS,

Two Lodges of Masons and One of East
ern Star Join in Having a Grand Time
After the Various Lodge Officers Were
Installed a Banquet was Served, Elo-
quent Speeches Were Made-Grand
Master Mccall was Present as Were
Also Other Grand Lodge Officers -Fes-
Invites Attended by a Large Crowd.
The installation Of the officers for the
ensuing year of the Wichita lodge No.
| SO, Sunflower lodge No. SO A F. and A
NJ, and the Ivy Leaf Chapter No. 10,
Eastern Star. which took place last
| night at Garfield hall. was a most beau
tiful and impressive ceremony. The
center OF the hall was cleared for the
arrangement of the altar and its ac-
| companying surroundings. On each
side OF the center, the seats were ar
| ranged for the members who with
their families were the only ones pres
ent. The platform was very artisti-
cally decorated with palms and large
foliage plants, and long festoons of ev-
ergreen and bunting were draped from
center large bunch of mistletoe hung
in trfte significance to this the happiest
season of the year.
The members and families We're near
~ all present at the time appointed.
the ladies Of Ivy Leaf Chapter seated
together on the north side and the new
ly elected officers of the Wichita and
Sunfiower lodges on the south side.
Promptly at Sis o'clock Mr.. a. An
derson, worshipful master, assembled
the steps of the platform and with the
one stroke Of his gavel called the as
Senlblage TO order. He then announc-
ed that the ladies of the Eastern Star
would proceed 10 install their newly
elected officers first, after which the
Wichita and SunfiOwer lodges would
then proceed with their installation.
He then surrendered the gavel to Mrs.
COssitt the retiring worthy matron,
VINO then invited Mr.. ]. H. Mccall,
grand master of the state and Mr. w.
NJ. Shaver, grand senior warden, who
were present, TO the platform, which
invitation they accepted. After the di-
vine invocation by the retiring chap
lain, Mrs. DR.. Whitlock, the marshal,
Mrs. a. ]. APPLICABLE, conducted the
worthy matron-elect 10 the altar where
she was installed in the beautiful and
impressive manner of the order. Then
each in turn were conducted to the al
tar, installed by the worthy matron,
invested with the badge of their re-
spective office, and conducted TO their
station in the hall by the marshal in
the following order Associate Matron,
Mrs. Grace Anderson, secretary, Miss
Grace Walker, Treasurer Mrs. Milton,
Rudolph; conductress. Miss Minick;
chaplain, Miss Emma Johnson. Then
came the five points of the star repre-
scented as follows: Ada, Miss Louise
Wagner; Ruth, by Miss Edith Elliott;
Esther, by Miss Minnie Taught; Mar
tina by Miss leila DumOnt and Elicta
by Miss Blanche Elliott. Each of
these in turn were presented with a
flower of a significant meaning, by the
outgoing officers. Then came Mrs.
Mundevello taking the office of warden
and Mr.. T. ]. williams that of sentinel.
During all of the ceremony of conduct
ing the officers to the altar and then
to their respective stations a stirring
march was played by one of the ladies'
and during the conduction of the young
ladies representing the five paints of
the star a solo was sung.
The retiring worthy matron then turn
ed over TO her successor the charter
which is always present during the ses-
sion of the lodge also the constitution,
bylaws and gavel which she accepted.
The proclama ton was then made by
the marshal and the process OF install
lauon was completed. After singing
one of the songs of the order, the chap
ter gave place to the other installa ton
ceremonies.
Mr.. Anderson then presented 10 Mr..