The herald., 1896-12-30
LONG BEACH.
Chautauquans Ready to Incorporate.
Work of the Grand Orient,


LONG BEACH, Dec. 29-The execu-
tive board of the Chautauqua associa-
tion Of Southern California met yester-
day afternoon at the rooms of the Y. M.
c. A. building, Los Angeles, for the pur-
pose of appending their signatures to
the articles of Incorporation which have
been in the hands of the associations
legal adviser, HonvT. E. Gibbon, under
going review. Owing to the great de-
| mand upon Mr.. Gibbons time, attending
to the harbor controversy, in which he
Is specially interested, the articles were
not ready to receive the names of the
gntlemen of the executive board, but
will doubtless be fixed all right in day
or SO.
The following is a copy of the arti-
cles adopted by the executive commit
tee at their meeting December 18th:
Articles of Incorporation of the Chau-
tauqua Association of Southern CAL
ifornia
Know all men by these presents, that
| we, the undersigned, a majority of whom
are citizens of the state of California,
have this day voluntarily associated
ourselves together for the purpose of
forming corporation under the laws Of
California. and we hereby certify:
First-That the name of said corpora
ton shall be the Chautauqua associa-
tion of Southern California.
Second-That the purposes for which
said corporation is formed are to hold
Chautauqua assemblies and summer
schools, to advance science and literary
attainments, give moral and religious
instructions and extend general intelli-
gence and broad culture among the peo-
pie, and to acquire, hold, sell, lease,
borrow money by mortgage or other
wise, and control real and personal
property for these objects.
Third-The place where its principal
business and it's assemblies and summer
school shall be held shall be the town of
Long Beach, Los Angeles county.
Fourth-The term for which it shall
exist shall be fifty years from and after
the date of it's Incorporation.
Fifth-That the number of directors
or trustees of said corporation shall be
fifteen, five of whom shall be elected at
the annual meeting each year, and that
those who are appointed and whose
terms shall expire June 30th, 1897, are as
follows: Geo. r. Grow, Los Angeles,
Cal; A. J. Cook, Claremont Los Ange-
les county. CAL; j. H. Brown, Downey,
Cal; w. w. Lowe, Long Beach, Cal; G..
p. Dorland, Monrovia, CAL; that those
whose terms shall expire June 80, 1898,
are as follows: A. L. Hamilton, Pasa-
dena. CAL: w. T. Randall, Ontario, Cal. ;
Harvey Potter, Riverside, CAL; Harriet
Aiken, Los Angeles. Cal; Chas. A. Bas-
kerville. Los Angeles, CAL; and that
those whose terms shall expire June
3Oth, 1899, are as follows: S. II. Weller,
Los Angeles, CAL; Isaac Jewell, Santa
Ana. CAL; Malcolm Mcleod, Los An
geles, Cal. p. e. Hatch, Long Beach.
Call B. r. Baumgardt, Los Angeles,
Cal.
Sixth-That the said directors or trus-
tees shall be elected by ballot at Long
Beach, California, at the annual meet
ing of the corporation.
Seventh-That there Is no capital
stock of said corporation.
In witness whereof we have hereunto
set our hands and seals this - day of
-, 1896.
These articles may be slightly amend
ed, but not in the sense that their intent
and purpose will be altered materially.
There were present at the meeting
President S. FL. Weller. Prof. Geo. r..
Grow, Prof. A. l.. Hamilton, Isaac jew
ell, Malcolm Mcleod. w. w. Lowe, B. r.
Baumgardt and, Prof. A. ]. Cook.
There were sixteen new members mi
tiated in the order of the Grand Orient
last Saturday night at Forester hall,
the working team and tWenty-seven
other members coming down from Los
Angeles on a train specially cHaftere"
for the occasion. The team were in full
regalia, their gorgeous Oriental cos
tunes. their scimiters and battle axes,
as they passed in review after making
the grand entree, making an imposing
and Impressive appearance. The ritual
in all its glory was exemplified in the
initiation ceremonies in striking man
ner, and the new-madh Oriental princes
as they ascend upward in the order can
always be relied upon to be Jealous in
their efforts to secure and guide seeking
pilgrims to the throne of the grand Pa
dishaw. Refreshments were served af-
ter the completion of the ceremonies and
II was o'clock in the morning before the
train which was to take the visiting
princes home was able to leave for Los
Angeles
W. w. Beach, of the Clam Extract
company left Thursday evening for De-
troit, on the receipt of telegram noti-
flying him of the dangerous illness of his
, father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gray of James
VILE. Wis. arrived for stay of several