The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-13
FRATERNAL NEWS

mary meeting in the hall of Franklin
Lodge for the purpose Of taking steps
for securing headquarters for the order
in this city, where all the lodges can meet
and where the office of the grand re-
corder can be located. Temporary Off
GERS We're chosen and a committee con-
sisting of Messrs. North, S. Hoffman and
Malloy was appointed to ascertain what
offers for headquarters can be obtained.
temporary secretary, was instructed to
notify all the local lodges of the meet
ing to be held on the 18th inst.
Excelsior Lodge will give an entertain
ment on the nth in aid of its library
fund. William H. Jordan will lecture
on Cuba, Sam Booth will read an orgi-
nal poem, and William Henry Barnes will
crate.
Franklin Lodge at its meeting on Fri
day night received an application and
adopted resolutions of respect to the
memory of the late grand foreman, A. f.
MaciIay.
Pacific drill team will confer the de-
of Oak Lodge on Wednesday. On Tues
day next Prosperity's team will confer
the degrees on candidates
9n w 9st se E eada master odsr work
the Napa drill team will confer the de-
grees on fifteen candidates, and on the
following night the same team will con-
fer the degrees for Fortuna Ledge.
DEGREE OF HONOR.
The Grand Lodge will meet in B. B.
Hall, this city, on the 7th of April Forty
lodges will be represented. Mrs. e. F.
Mayor will be the next grand chief OIL
honor.
A new lodge has been instituted at Full
lerton, Los Angeles County, and another
at Grass Valley, making the twenty-sixth
instituted since last May. A new lodge
will soon be instituted in this city.
The supreme chief of honor has issued
circular. letter in regard to the new
ritual and the securing of banners.
Ivy Lodge at It's last stated meeting in
1tiated two candidates, elected three ap-
plicantS, and received six applications.
That night the lodge was visited by Su-
perior Chief of Honor Mrs. Stewart.
COURT AGNES BANQUET.
1t is not often that any of the courts of
the American Order of Foresters has as
sembled at more enjoyable banquet than
was the one given by Court Acme last
Tuesday at the st. German. 1t was the
first given by this court at which ladies
were invited, and there were ffty-eight
of them among the 10 who sat around
the festal board The menu, an excellent
one, having been discussed, Jacob Label
acting as POSTMASTER offered number
of toasts and called for songs. Court
Acme" was responded to by Frank
Naughton, who, at the close of his re-
marks, on behalf of the court presented
Past Chief Ranger Louis ]. Moran. a
beautiful badge. Grand Secretary John
]. Cordy responded to 1.-THE Order" 1.-THE
Older Members of the Court was re-
sponded to by James Kavanagh. Hugh
McCabe, 1.-THE Orator of the Court"
made happy response to Our Invited
Guests" Sol Piser responded to 'The
Ladies'" Mrs. Kate Bolian spoke to "The
Companions of the. Forest" and mem
Der of Court Sutro Heights responded to
1.-The Press During the evening there
was instrumental music, also songs by
Marlowe and Johansen.
The event is one that will be red-let-
ter day IN the hlstory OF the court, and
BY all who were present The committee
that had charge of the affair was COM
posed of E. p. Donovan, Robert Rennil-
son, ]. II. Wickham, Albert Evers, J. F.