The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-21
MACCABEES IN SESSION
Meeting of the First State Hive
in Montana.
ENTERTAINED AT A BALL
Delegates and Members Have a Pleas
ant Time at Renshaw Hall-The
Order Has Grown to Large
Proportions

Fidelity hall in West Broadway was
the first state hive of the Ladies of the
Maccabees of Montana. There was a
full attendance of delegates and many
visitors from among the members of
the local hive, as well as other hives
throughout the state. The business of
the meeting was disposed of during the
day and in the evening the delegates
and members We're entertained at a
ball given in their honor at Renshaw
hall
The meeting was called to order at
10 o'clock in the morning by State Lady
Commander Mrs. A. j. Daum of Butte.
who stated the purpose of the meeting
to be the election of a state delegate
to attend the biennial meeting Of the
supreme hive, which cOnvenes at Port
Huron, Mich, in July. In her remarks,
| Mrs. Daum congratulated the members
| on the fact that the order had grown
| to such proportions as to make neces-
| sary the holding of a state hive, which
| in turn, means representation of Mon
| tana at the meeting of the supreme
| hive.
AS the first order of business, Lady
| Dora Boos of Missoula read an interest
| ing article from the Review, the organ
| of the Maccabees, on "Fraternalism,
after which the chair appointed officers
as follows: Lieutenant commander,
| Lady Nellie Anderson of Silver City
| hive No. 5; record keeper, Lady Bertha
Webster of Missoula hive No. Il; chap
| lain, Lady Alice l.. Steele of Butte hive
| No. %; sergeant, Lady Smith of Great
Falls hive No. IA mistress-at-arn
Lady Tracy of Bozeman hive No. l;
sentinel, Lady Smith of Deer Lodge
hive No. 10; picket, Lady Mcintyre of
| Walkerville hive No. 90.
Lady Smith of Great Falls addressed
| the meeting, speaking of the growth of
| hive No. A. her city, which she said
had 144 beneficiary members, as well as
a large social membership. The insur-
ance carried in the hive, she said,
amounted to 100000. The remainder of
the morning session was devoted to re-
ports of similar character from eff
GERS of the various hives throughout
the state which showed the order to
be in excellent condition.
The afternoon session opened with adj
| dresses delivered by Lady Nellie Ander-
son and Lady Emma Smith on subjects
| having especial interest to members.
which were followed by the election of
a delegate to the supreme hive. The
| honor fell to Lady Mary c. Daum of
Butte hive No. %, and Lady Smith of
| Great Falls hive was selected as alter
| nate.
| This completed the business of tie
| meeting and adjournment followed. p
| OF the ID hives in the state, - were
represented by one delegate each. as
| follows:
Bozeman No. LADY S. J. Tracy,
Bozeman.
Excelsior No. LADY J. Hunniston,
Pony.
Silver City No. s--Lady Nellie Ander-
son, Butte.
Livingston No. S-Lady Julia F. Leo
pold, Livingston.
Missoula No. 11--Lady Bertha Web
stpr. Missoula.
Lillian No. 21-Lady Dora Boos, Mis-
soula.
Lady Moffat No. 25-Lady Alice But
Ter, Helena
Deborah No. 24-Lady Eva N Dun
can, Deer Lodge.
Great Falls No. 14-Lady Emma
Smith, Great Falls.
Butte Hive No. 22-Lady Alice L.
Steele, Butte.
Walkervi!le No. 23-Lady Martha Nc
Intyre, Walhervile.
The following named were the visit
ing members from out of the city Who
We're present: Great Falls. Ladies G
H. German, A. Fl. Hurd. c. E. Smith
C. H. Wilson and ]. c. Campbell. Boze-
man, Ladies w. Foster, Sarah o. Ira
cy and c. A. Becker Anaconda, Lady
w. A. Collins. Missoula, Lady Bertha
Webster. Livingston, Ladies E. r. Bal
ley, ]. A. Bailey. Minnie N. Hickox
George Geer, Julia F. Leopold, William
Malehan, S. Henry Robson and S. |
Wilson.
The ball at Renshaw hall in the ev.
ening was a most enjoyable affair anC
sent the lady visitors home with a gooc
impression of Butte hospitality.