The herald., 1897-03-18
FRATERNAL BROTHERHOOD
The First Anniversary Entertainment
and Ball
as a fraferna1 and Beneii-
CARY Order

One year ago yesterday the Order of
the Fraternal Brotherhood was organ
lied In the city of Los Angeles by a num-
ber of prominent business and profess
sional men. The objects of the order
were to unite the best principles of fra
ternity with that of the beneficiary or
insurance protection. That they have
succeeded is shown by the fact that
within one year seven lodges have been
instituted in this city alone, with large
membership The order is also reaching
out and new lodges will soon be estab-
lished at points outside of the city, and
finally spread over the entire country.
The fact that the Order Of the Frater-
nal Brotherhood is a Los Angeles insti-
tuition and has it's supreme headquar-
ters in this city that the money paid in
for assessments and general tax re-
mains here, is matter for local con-
graduation and profit.
The initiation and work of the new
Order of the Fraternal Brotherhood has
been so generally favorable that the
seven lodges of this city decided to cele-
brate the first anniversary by public
entertainment and ball, which took
place last evening at Fraternal Broth
erhood hail. 1854 South Spring street.
The committee of arrangements was as
follows: Los Angeles lodge No. /. c. T..
Dandy, G. S. Bartholomew. s. Mas;
Bartholomew No 3, Geo. N. Nolan A.
H. s. Perkins, ]. c. Pridham; Dandy
lodge No 4. A. G. Gibbs, NJ s. Reed, Nj.
W. Brown; Protection lodge No. 6, DR..
w. H. Fox, o. A. E. Boyd, w. j. Sherer;
West End lodge No. 7, c. E. Packard,
c. A. Bronaugh, E. B. Melchor For
- to q Z
G. 8. Bartholomew, j. c. Pridham, M. s..
Reed and c. A. Bronaugh; on introduc-
tion--C. p. Dandy Geo. N. Nolan. c. e.
Packard and M. A. Bronson;s floor man
agers-A. G.. Gibbs and e. A. Beck.
At o'clock the large hall was filled to
it's utmost capacity, many representative
citizens and ladies being present. The
presidents station was draped with the
American flag; flowers and potted
palms adorned the platform. After
prelude by Shepard's orchestra, Judge
G. s. Bartholomew, supreme secretary
of the Fraternal Brotherhood, who pre-
sided, made a brief address of welcome
on behalf of the order, and also gave an
outline Of it's work and principal feat
ures. The social and fraternal features
of the Fraternal Brotherhood are equal
to any other order, the principle or the
brotherhood of man being fully exemph-
fed. The progress of the order for the
first year has been greater by far than
any of the other orders, and from now on
the order will be extended throughout
the country. ,.,
The program Of exercises was as fol.
lows: Vocal solo. Mr. Savage; vocal
solo, Mrs. J. b. Brown; song, Willie
Cline; barytone solo, j. A. Foshay; clar-
met solo, Miss Jennie l.. Jones; School
masters octet--W. L. Trew, 7. J. Phil
lip, w. w. Tritt, E. r.. Young. d. A.
Bonelie, H. D. Willard. A. r. Frazier
and Chas. Wilde; soprano solo, Miss NJ
Armedia Tenant: humorous recitation,
Tom Barnes; musical medley. vocal and
instrumental (by requesD, Mrs. ]. B.
Brown. The whole program was well
rendered, each number receiving an en-
core, which was responded to.
After the entertainment the hall was
cleared of chairs and given over to dane
ing. A large number Of ladies and gem
tlemen enjoyed the dance until late
hour, and the whole occasion was pro-
nounced social success.