The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-19
MET AND FEASTED
TWO COMPANIES OF THE 4. @. q. ".
ERE GIVEN A BANQUET.
Members of Wichita Lodge No. 22 Give
Two Rival Companies a Complimentary
supper for Grand Work Accomplished
Large Number of Toasts are Respond
ing is Completely Immersed in Oyster
Soup and Smothered by the Smoke OF
Choice Hayanas

A happy party assembled last night
at the restaurant of Lewis kistler on
North Main street.
Prior TO last Monday night there was
two companies Of A o. L. w, lodge No.
p. Before that time they were rivals.
Each was striving to Guido the other in
securing new members for the order.
Two weeks was the allotted time given;
Wichita had given the heaviest increase
within the two months prior TO beginn-
ing upon the task. Not only were the
members Of No. % gathering new mem
bers by the hundreds, but Peerless lodge
No. 27l. had also done grand work. DR..
NJ. W. Cave was chosen as captain Of
one party, while \. c. Goodin was the
leader OF the other side. Each chose
fourteen assistants. The companies
when lined UP before Grand Master
Workman McNicol were as follows:
DR.. Cave, q. NJ. Calhoun, Jake Win
cart, Z. B. Maserva, N Stephin, A
Williams, T. L. Bulla, DR.. Kirkwood, G..
j. Billadeau, Ransom Brown, Captain
Shields, DR.. J. w. Cave, ]. T. Donnell,
Gus A. Miller and Walter Blake
A. G. Goodin, D. y. McNicol, r. W.
Williams, Carl Summers, J. W. Mussel-
man. j. j. McCleary, f. E. Enoch, r. B.
Hutchinson, Frank Spangler, " E.
Gangwish, George c. Cert, George Klee-
berger, Herman Hill, G.. W. Aldendifer
and c. A. Latham.
When the two weeks were ended each
Of the two companies reported twenty
eight members, or fifty-six for both
companies In addition to this the
new members had swelled the number
to sixty-one. Such work as this was
a Svrr1riEa n T,a,. Of L.
and as reward it was voted that a ban
quet be given to the thirty heroes.
Last night the banquet was held and
in addition to the late contestants, but
now warm friends, the following invited
guests were present: II. L. Gordon. T.
G.. Fitch, c. H. Andrews, F. g. Rawson,
George Locke. c. II. Fireman. c. f.
Nessly, ]. F. Mccoy and Arthur Tan
ner.
Peace and good will prevailed. and
Lewis Kistler caught the spirit and even
surprised himself in seeing that every
one was made happy, comfortable and
full of choice viands.
DR.. w. W. Cave was chosen toast
master of the evening and itroduced as
first speaker Captain John II. Shields
who gave a concise history as TO the
cause Of the gathering around the ban
quet board. He showed that by per-
SOndI EFFORTS tnat NO - mad doubled
its membership within the past nine
months. He considered the work done
by the two companies was not only
miraculous, but was full of inspiration
for doing greater work and he predict
ed that by the time the grand lodge
should assemble that Wichita would
send its representatives from the larg-
est lodge in the state.
G. II. Andrews was the next speaker
and with a glass Of cold water in his
hand he composed the following toast
in rhyme:
Here's to the boys who went out on the
street,
Brought in sixty-one membership list
complete.
Here is to the captains, and here is to
the men
All honor to each-let me say il again.
Here is TO the Master Workman-that
Workman so true
The boys have stood by him; he will
stand by the new.
Here is to the lodge to which we belong;
To speak of her glory is one glad song:
What is her future, God only knows
no one else can tell