The San Francisco call., 1896-10-05
Ancient Order United workmen.

Ancient Order United WOrkmen.
The first assessment in accordance with the new
plan was levied the Ist inst. those members
who join ed on and after September l.
On Thursday a district meeting will be
held in SoyiI Hall, Alcazar building, under the
shperv sion OF District Deputy j. d. Shaylor
There is every indication that has will be sue
cessful gathering. There will be literary and
musical programme, and he gra nd recorder, D. s.
Hirshberg, will deliver an address. Stereopticon
views Illustrating part Of the work will be pre-
sented, with lecture by E. W Marston of Pacific
Lodge, P NJ W.
Thur day.
There was very large and pleased attendance
at the entertainments given iast Thursday in
ShielS building b. Friendship Lodge in onor of
ITS sixteen-h annlve;sIry- me Following pro-
gramme was successfully carried out; Address
by the grand Iecoi der; solo, Miss q. Ber.inger;
recitation, G. McIskoy Jr.; duet, Mrs. p. F.
Schuler and Miss Katie Frost; recitation. Miss
HIATT Mouiton; song, Mis- Kath en- Ryan; piano
duet Misses Maud Gooch and Katie Frost; song
Miss May belle 1hon pson; recitation, Carl Com
peItZ sailors hornpipe Miss Tryphina Piitchs rd !;
ochmeeline and Kaiser: song, Miss Grace Sherry,
and recitation, Mss Ina Hansborough
West End Lodge will hold an important meet
ing the 18TH list.
following visitations; Gilroy, October 5: Hay
wards, 9th: san Francisco DistricI No 1, S,h; An
SHASTA, 2 st; chico, 22G: Rec Bluff 23d
Grand Overseer II. Schaffner is booked for the
following Vlsl ): Blue canyon, Octooar II; New
Castle, 18th: puicn Flat, 20th; Auburn, 2lst;
Forest City, gath: Iowa Hill, 18th; Michigan
Bluff, 2Sth; Co.fax, 29h.
uisuI Lodge was sired the 26th ut by the
grand master workman, who was greeted by a
large numner of workmen.
Tomorrow evening the Pacific Lodge degree
team viii visit Haywards Lodge, when fourteen
candidates will receive The wor6 mau degree
The Pacific Lodge degree will on the 2Oth
inst. confer the workman degree on large class
Of canada es at Sacram nto er the auspices OF
Union Lodge, which for some time past has been
doing good work and increa ing its membership
There are good pros spects for the orga niz ation
of q lodge al Crocke I, Contra Costa County
Preparations are being made for the celebration
of the anniversary OF The order the 27th inst.
by number of the loages of the State.
The open meeting Of Antioch Lodge, which has
been announced for the 2 inst has since this an
nouncement been advanced one week. 1t viii he
held on the 18th. and Will be addressed by the
grand master workman, grand receive and grand
recorder.
Mount Hamilton Lodge had a splendid time at
its meeting in san Jose last Wednesday. IL was
called melon social and there was an immense
gathering of members and friends. who during
the evening enjoyed themselves az cards. check
ers, bean bag and games and rattle for UNI
brella. During the evening two al lpications were
received.
Last Monday evening Enterprise Lod ge of San
Jose had very interesting meeting: three appi-
cations were acted upon and three more were re-
ferred TO the medical examiner. Grand NJ asi er
Winter and Deputy Grand Master Poland were
present The Workmen of San Jose are waking
up TO the new plan which in future will govern the
order.
Next Thursday there will be a discussion on the
new charter in the hall of Excelsior Lodge
Grand Receiver Booth will talk the negative
side and D. D. Hanson will speak for the affirma-
tive. Two other debaters, not yet named, will tai k
on the subject.
Last Friday the grand receiver and the grand
recorder went to the San Jose depot bound for
HoIlister TO address the open meeting of the lodge
theIe that night and found that without notice The
time table had been changed and that the train
they should have taken had gone some time be-
fore their arrival.