Smyrna times., 1895-02-06
Knights of Golden Eagles.
fOBLlC INSTALLATION OF UNION CAS-.
TIE OFFICERS HALL DEDI.
GATED

any one, not acquainted with secret
societies and who attended the nnhlic
installation of the officers of TTnion
1oaste, NO. II, at the Opera House
thursday night, would have been aI,
most tempted to apply for admission
lot rarely are installations more enc
cessiul or attractive than those tba
Golden Eagles gave on that NIGHT II
was the tit ending of constant nrenoro.
tlon and everything went off as smootb-
~ as clock work O0'''
Inc seats in the Opera House had
Deen arranged to suit the occasion
Inc centre of the hall was ARRANGED
aIIer the idea OF their lodge room. with
! the dlnerent posts of their officers
Around these, in the shape of A souara
| were seats for the members of the cns-
Tie, Back of these extending 10 the
wall on three sides, almost in shane of
Sem-clrcle, the public were seated
Shortly before the arrival of tba
castle, the Smyrna Orchestra startad
up some popular airs. At 7.3O tho
officers and members of the costio
lharchea IN and took their respective
seats seats within the allotted enclosure,
ne sound OF the Noble Chiefs gayel
called the affection of the audience
that the Castle was open for business
ana at once the formal opening exer.
clses were in vogue. After this the
Installation of officers was the order of |
business, and Harry Vollmer. Grand |
instructor of the Grand Lodge of the
state OF Delaware took charge of the |
exercises. He was assisted by Grand
Ohlel, Garrett ;. Smith; Grand Master
OF records, Charles H. Hudson. Grand
ar Herald, Walter G. Hurlock; Grand
nlgh Priest, j. Albert LYMAN; Grand
Keeper OF Exchequer, A. f. Fowler.
ana Past Grand Chief, William Lurtv
Inc following officers were installed
Past Chief, John w. Tucker. NobIa
GhIei, Frederick Lang; Vice Chief
Harry MattifOrd; S.r Herald Natt;a
Is. Pratt Venerable Hermit William
Mcdowell; High Priest, JoseDb Wal.
raven Master of Records, B. f. Matti-
Iord; Clerk of the Exchequer. George
Z. Moiht; Keeper OF the Excbeoner
Dr. {. .. Swinney; Worthy Bard ! w
Iarbutton; Worthy Chamberlain
simon Mofiiti First Guard. Edward
lurryi Ensign, Benz Turner, Esonire
7. /. HynsOn; Representative to Grand {
Castle, J. Frank Webb; Trustee, Ed I
ward Curry. !
After the installation of officers tho I
astie resolved itself into a committe
d the whole with A. +. Fowler 40 /
An interesting program
lad been arranged which was led off O
y an appropriate SELECTION from n
.uartette composed of Mrs. 4. Lee a
lummihs. Mrs. i. o Waller. Messrs s
l. NJ. Price and q. W. Dame, Speeches a
,ere made by Grand Sir Herald Harrv a
ollmer, Grand Noble Chief. Garrett l.
!. smith and Grand Master of Records 81
.harles h. Hudson. Each one praised a
mon Castle, No. II, upon their efforts II
making the Castle a strong fraternity Jt
nd IN procuring a comfortable lodoe O.
pom. They all advocated the instit1- tN
ng OF temple for women, an impor. al
mt branch Of the knights of Golden OF
agle. Iney thought with little effort q
mon Castle could Lave one az there IN
ere only TWO IN the State. Their re, Sc
arKs were praisewOrthy of the success al
le astle has made since its organiza- n
on. F.
Master OF Records, 3. =. Mattiford w
.Dmitted and read a report. which th
ows cOnclusively the steady proUress Sc
Is order has made, aud by his permis.
1n we have obtained it for bublina. wi
IN. The report reads as follows: eII
I. njon Castle No IT, Knights Of Golden W
,8le3 9I HHyrn9, was instituted on the
.onI aSi DAY OF July, 1858, with the follow
( niT9en cnarter members +. l.. Ga0ord DF
mn '; Spruance, John Slyhof. VIM, il
lrty' James T. White, j. l.. Beck a r Mi
yIer, Daniel Turner. Jr.. w /, NJ -
riane, L. ID: Berry, j. c. Mannering G wy
smith, B. +. Morris, James Hollett and 10
d d ~. D. Carpenter And to-day We are WI
'enty in number. NV
Dur weekly meetings bava hoo, boil: We,
Odd fellows Hall, but this evening we chi
q greet pleasure TO state we meet in tho wa
iBhtS OF the Golden Eagle Hall which H.,
ce we are about TO dedicate. Our
'as9ry Is IN good condition and our in Vi
ltedness small ." gre
ne furnishing, &c, Of our new hall has Fai
" ga'd Tor mostly by private contribu- ten
ls on the part Of our members. We
'ur receipts for tbs mast six.and n half :
RS nave been 81, 259S5, ont Of which we o.
B'ad to state only two funeral benekts car
2 been paid, Brothers w. b. Carev anJ ian
ton haYkins. - anu of {
' g. have paid SINCE our organization gre
)s5 in weekly sick benehts. ''''-''''0'' esD,
G-q9y we are in heathfIl condition .o8 oIp,
Notwithstanding the business depression I !"
scarcity of work our Castle and order ln I
Irge show gains both numerically and this
ncially. +HA ful
hese impromptu addresses and re. by
Us were lnterspeFsed by some excel evel
vocal and instrumental music II
" Ihos. II. Coverdale sang beantis TAKE
solo, and local talent orchestra of did
pieces: mandolin, guitar, violin and wee
some bright and M nuc
hing airs. This orchestra was ,one
posed of Messrs. Lang, Massey, tris nn,',
me
REV. G. W. DANES ADDRESS. wor,
ne next feature of the program was ana
address by Rev. G. w. Dame, an She
yr2rY member of Union Castle. the
Dame spoke for nearly an hour,
lg in that time a logical preseuta. Past'
OF secret societies and the eIsments
10 MAKE il q strong fraternity. DR.
lie people 20 general know com GeOr
lively little about the working OF Broo
societies aud the good that they even
a community. There is nothing Dian