The herald., 1897-11-05
|. 0. 6. T. CONVENTION
THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL SESS-
ION AT PASADENA
Tuesday to Friday Inclusive-Differ-
ent Program Each Day and Eve
ning-Good Templar Notes

The thirty-eighth annual session of
the grand lodge Of California.of the In
dependent Order of Good Templars will
convene in the First M. E. church Of
Pasadena Tuesday, November 9th, at
10 am. and continue in session until
Friday evening. The following are the
G. L. officers. p. G. c. T., Rev. w. M.
Woodward. Holllster; G. c. T., Rev.
]. w. Webb, Fresno; G. Co., w. I. Hull,
Santa Monica G. V. T., Mrs. Z. ].
Chamberlain, Eureka; G. Sec, w. P.
Netherton, Santa Cruz; G. Asst. Sec,
Bert Balding. Santa Cruz; G. Treas,
volney Taylor, Oakland; G. NJ, w. NJ.
Hutton, Isleton; G. D. M, Miss NJ. f.
Nugent, Sweetland; G.. c.. Rev. w. L.
CASTOR, Vallejo; G. G.. Selma Newman,
Santa Cruz; G. S.. A. e. Baldwin, Pasa-
dena; G. S. j. W., Mrs. E. M. North,
San Francisco.
Tuesday evening a reception will be
given to the representatives and visitors
in the G. A. r. hall on e. Colorado street,
to which all members Of the order and
the public are cordially invited. The
evenings program will open with a
piano selection followed by the "Wel-
come" ode of the order and invocation
by the Rev. Brauer. Then will be ad-
dresses Of welcome by Prof. Walter A.
Edwards in behalf Of Pasadena City and
the schools; by F. G. II. Stevens in be-
half Of the district lodge of Los Angeles
county; by Mrs. Anna in behalf of Pa
sadena lodge; and by Arthur Pennell
in behalf Of the Juvenile Temple. A
response will be given by the Rev. ].
w. Webb, G. T., for the G. l.. The
program will be interspersed with mu-
sic.
Thursday evening in the M. E. taber-
nacle, a public meeting will be held in
the interests of the Good Templars'
Home for Orphans. A unique and in
teresting method for soliciting money,
bedding clothes, provisions, toys, books.
or anything useful for children, will be
introduced. A program will be rendered
and some addresses explaining the
workings of the home, which shelters
some 200 children of varying ages from
infancy to Is years. All other meetings
of the grand lodge will be for members
and representatives only.
Preliminary to the grand lodge ses-
sions there will be three services in the
interest of temperance work, on Sunday,
at II am. in the First Christian church;
at pm. in the NJ. L. tabernacle when
there will be mass temperance meet
ing for men and women, under the aus
pices of the Y. M. c. A., and a mass
gospel temperance meeting in the even
ing at the same place. The Rev. j. w.
Webb, G. c. T., will speak in the inter-
ests of temperance work at these meet
ings.
The Pasadena merchants have agreed
to decorate their places of business with
colored bunting in honor Of the meet
ing of the grand lodge in Pasadena.
Delegates have all been provided with
places for entertainment by the friends
of the local lodge, and arrangements
have also been made for carriages to
show the visitors around the city and
surrounding country.
The Mt. Lowe railway people have
made special rate for members of the
order, who may wish to go up the
mountain.
Everything promises that this session
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cessful one ever held in California.
Rev. j. w. Webb, G. c. T., and wife
are at present guests of Mr.. and Mrs
E. H. Barber, but will be entertained
during the grand lodge session by Mrs.
Fisher of Marengo avenue.
Rev. ]. w. Webb, G. c. T., gave
lecture at Redondo Wednesday even
ing under the auspices of Redondo lodge.
Thursday evening he also gave lee
ture at Gardena on Temperance. Fri
day and Saturday evenings, Mr.. Webb
will address the citizens Of Rivera.
A temperance meeting has been ar
ranged for Monday evening by the local
lodge at Whittier.
A joint public installation of officers
was held in Garvanza lodge room last
Monday evening. Rev. ]. w. Webb,
grand chief templar of California, pre-
sided and installed the officers of Gar
vanza and Alhambra lodges. The meet
ing was very interesting and there were
many visitors present from Pasadena,
Alhambra, Tropico, Redondo, Eagle
Rock and Los Angeles.
Pasadena lodge installed the follow-
ing officers last Tuesday evening: P. c.
T., Fan Terpenning; c. T., j. A. Wester-
ing; v. T., Nina Mcclure; Chaplain,
Leah Yates; Marshall, Frank Thorn
burg; D. NJ, Maud Murphy; Sec, L. F.
Culver; Assistant Sec.. Gertrude Raj
ston; Fin. Sec., F. G. II. Stevens: Treas,
J. r. Wore; Guard, Frank Hawley;
Sentinel, Myrtle Shaw.
The Rev. ]. w. Webb and wife of
Fresno and Mr.. Andros and wife of
Vallejo were present and made short
addresses regarding the coming session
of the grand lodge and of the work of
Good Templars in Northern California
The lodge will hold a special session
Monday evening to complete the ar
rangements for the entertainment of the
grand lodge