The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-28
E. SIR T. r. PENMAN HONORED.
Visited by IA Number Of knights at His
Home On Monroe Avenue.

Visited by IL Number Of knights al HIS
Home on Monroe Avenue.
Grand Junior Warden II. f. Penman
was visited at his home last evening.
ON Monroe avenue. by the members OF
Coeur de Lion and Melita command
cries. who paid their respects to their
brother Knight who has brought such
honor to our local communicates, anu
even to the city itself. through his
elevation to an official position in the
grand commandery of the state. The
members of the two Communicates as
sembled i'm their quarters at Masonic
hail. at Linden and Penn at s o'clock,
and fifteen minutes later proceeded in
u body In full Templar dress uniform
to Sir Penman's home.
Bauer's band headed the column.
which marched up Linden street to
Madison avenue. from Madison to Vine.
up Vine to Monroe. and down Monroe.
Eminent Commander F., L. Brown and
Past Eminent Commander w. L. Con-
nell. of Occur de Lion. lead the division,
accompanied by Eminent Sir II. H.
Kuhn, Of the grand commandery: EN-
inent Sir w. II. Dickson, past COM
mander of the Ola st. John command
cry, No. 4. of Philadelphia, and also the
present chairman of the financial COM
mittee of the grand commandery: En-
inent Sir r. w. Johnson, grand king
of the grand chapter of Pennsylvania;
Henry W. Smith. past eminent COM
mander of st. Adams commandery, of
Philadelphia, and Eminent Sir Joseph
Alexander, jr., past grand commander
of the state.
MIR PENMAN CONGRATULATED.
When the knights assembled in the
rooms and been welcomed by z. Sir
Penman, Past Eminent Commander w.
l.. Connell, called the company to order
and addressed few words of congrat-
ulation to the new grand junior warden
on behalf of both Occur de Lion and
Melita Communicates. The Grand
commandery, he said, had bestowed as
much honor upon the city itself as upon
the local commanderies when 1t elevat-
ed f. Sir Penman to this high position.
Laughngly he remarked that when he
had been elected mayor, z. SIR Penman
had called upon his and requested him
not to use the influence of his Office
against Melita commandery; but now 1t
seemed that Melita was getting little
more than her portion, having had Sc
lected from her ranks both the deputy
grand commander and the grand jun
Tor warden: so the Occur de Lions had
arranged their little event in order that
=. Sir Penman might be requested
not to throw the influence of his high
office against Occur de Lion. Assuming
graver tone the eX-mayor then spoke
of the satisfaction entertained by Occur
de Lion over the honor conferred upon
member of their fraternal rivals. and
cited the not inconsiderable part that
the commandery had taken in his elec-
tion, as an evidence of that feeling.
f. Sir Penman was suffering from a
cold so severe that his voice was scarce
ly audible in the farther rooms and af-
ter thanking both communicates in a
few well chosen remarks for the honor
shown him by calling on him in full
Templar uniform, called upon Sir r. A.
Zimmerman to speak for him. Before
Sir Zimmerman took the floor, how
ever, he said that during his candidacy
he had been particular to impress the
fact that it was not his personality
which should be recognized, but num-
erous communicates in this corner of
the state which were without represen-
tation among the officers of the Grand
Commandery; and as the Masonic ele-