Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-10
HONORS TO MAJOR,
Rock Island Woodmen to Show
Their Appreciation of Head
Clerk Halves.
MAKE PLANS TO RECEIVE HIM.

cOtt-Other Proceedings OF the Great
Convention.
At meeting of members of the or
der of Modern Woodmen, held at the
Woodmen building last evening, plans
were adopted looking to a suitable
demonstration in honor of Maj. c. W.
Halves. head clerk of the order. on his
return from Kansas City, where he
has again been reelected. According
to telephone advices which Chief Au-
ditor j. F. Munger had with Maj.
Halves last evening, he will reach
home via the c., b. Il @. at 1920 Mon
day evening, Mrs. Halves accompany
ing him. the others of his party, in
Guiding c. w. Halves, Jr., and Miss
Josephine Halves, and Miss Matte
Brooks. being expected home tonight
or in the morning.
While the plans were to be con-
tingent upon the time of the return of
Head Clerk Halves, the meeting organ
lied with the election of III. i. Simp-
son as chairman and w. III. Jordan as
secretary, and adopted a resolution set
ting forth as the sense of the meeting
that an informal reception, includ-
ing a parade from the depot by
Woodmen camps to the head office
building, where short speeches of well
come are to be delivered,
he arranged for, was adopted
Provision was further made for an ex-
ecutive committee, to have in charge
all the arrangements, this committee
| to include the chairman and secretary
| of the meeting, together with repre-
sentative from each Woodmen camp in
the city and a representative business
| man. The committee was therefore
made up to include, in addition TO
| those having been previously honored
by the meeting and the neigh bors who
issued the call, DIR. G.. G. Craig. Jr.,
Camp 20; Capt. w. j. Ransom, Camp
90; &. H. McKown, Camp 500. and p.
j. Cary, Camp 1850, and Postmaster
T. H. Thomas as the representative of
| the business men.
The Plans Pro yided.
The meeting thereupon adjourned,
and the executive committee went
into session and completed the details
| for the event. 1t was decided that all
of the Rock Island Woodmen camps,
head office employees and citizens gem
orally meet MAJ. and Mrs. Halves on
their arrival ut the Burlington depot
at 1920 Monday evening and escort
them over a short line of march to
the Woodmen building, where a stand
is to be erected and where words of
greeting and congratulation are to be
delivered by Mayor William McCono-
| chic, Hon. William Jackson, G. j.
Searle, Hon. I. J. Medill F. w. Balm
sen and Robert Rexdale. Maj. Halves
is expected to respond, there will be
vocal and instrumental music, the
| building will be illuminated, and the
affair will be as general and broad in
its nature as possible.
Various subcommittee were APP
pointed to look after the music, dec
orations. stand, etc. Capt. w. J.
Ransom and p. j. Cary were chosen
marshal and assistant marshal, re-
spectively, of the parade, and the
committee adjourned until this even
ing at 8 o'clock at the Woodmen
building. The representatives of the
various camps represented upon the
committee were instructed to request
their respective consuls and clerks to
issue calls for n turnout Monday
evening of camps and working teams,
while through the press it was or
dered that general invitation be ex-
| tended to the public to participate in
the reception and the exercises at the
depot and the Woodmen building.
The procession will form on Third
avenue and Fifteenth street, move
north to Second and east to Twentieth
to meet train; then return over same
route to Woodmen building.
The Reception Committee.
The following reception committee,
of hinh
to be on hand Monday evening, was
| selected:
Municipal-M Mayor William McCon-
ochie, City Attorney j. X. Scott, City
Clerk II. c. Schaffer, Aids. Robert
Beck. NJ V. Concannon. g. A. John
son, II. Heidemann, b. Winter, John
o. Freed, G. W. Aster, Charles willis,
II. l.. Wheelan, T. A. Fender, +. &.
Gall. H. d. Elwell, j. w. Lawhead
and A. +. Soderstrom.
| County-Judge w. II. Gest, Judge
Lucian Adams. Sheriff l.. F. C allie.
County Clerk II. B. Hubbard, Circuit
Clerk q. w. Gam ble, Master in Chan
Gerry L. E. Parmenter, County Treas
urer =. f. Cox, Coroner L. V. Eek
hart County Supt. S. j. Ferguson.
Woodmen Camps and Head Office
| w Il OtCfChSf K n. OEdNes, IltTma0
Beck, s. Mattison, b. III. McKown.
Emil Helpenstell. J. F. Munger. III.
ID. Corken, c. S. Quayle, c. w. Cook,
G. E. Morgan. w. A. Lovett. w. X.
| Crandall.
Rock Island Club-F W. Bahusen.
j. L. Stafford. Phil Mitchell.
Retail Merchants Association
George Kingsbury, George Schneider.
T. F. La Velle.
| ~Citizens-O. p Olson, A G. Ander-
| son, J. l.. Haas. II. S. BolIman. w. II.
Edwards. c. j. Larkin, F. p. WEIGH
DIR. j. T. Myers, j. II. Shields, b. F.
Knox, Z. p. Baumbach, William MIC
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