The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-05-18
Although Continuous Rain Made the Last Two
Days DiSagreeabe
KNIGHTS OF PYTRIAS AND RATHBONES
With About Eight Hundred Delegates Present Hold Prof
liable and Enjoyable Sessions

officers for the ensuing year: Grand
chancellor, f. E. Murphy, OF Leaveu-
worth; grand vice-chahcellor. Il. II.
Duval, of Hutchinson: grand prelate,
Mack Shepherd, of Bennington; g.
X. of II. d ., Gus Neubert OF Kan
sas lily; grand master OF exchequer,
\. G, Jobes, of Wichita; grand mas-
ter of arms, A. l.. Britain, of Usage
City; grand inner guard, j. d. Fell,
of Concordia; grand outer guard,
Harry Brice, of Cimmaron.
THE RATHBoNE GRAND LODGE.
The grand lodge of the Rath bone
Sisters held meetings daily at their
headquarters in the L. o. o. f. hall.
The arrangements made proved per-
feet in every respect and the ladies
transacted their work with harmony
and dispatch, not the slightest hitch
occurring in the program. Monday
evening the team of Gas City Temple
No. 8, Uola) exemplified the work
handsomely, Tuesday evening the
Yates Center team won warm
applause by the manner in which it
put on the work. Wednesday even
ing they initiated grand chancellor
Murphy, of Leavenworth, Mr.. Cornett
of Seneca, Mr.. Barr, of Caney, and
Mics Helen Gould (real name un-
know of lola, the lola team putting
on the work admirably.
Kansas City was selected as the
next meeting place by the Rathbones.
At Tuesday afternoons session of
the Rathbone Sisters, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
Grand chief, Ida Wells, Topeka;
grand senior, Mrs. Lizzie Bates, Fort
Scott; grand junior, Mrs. Carrie
Kinnard, Wichita; grand manager,
Mrs. Margaret Cozad. lola; grand
mistress OF records and correspond
ence, Mrs. Jones, O.age City; grand
mistress OF finance, Mrs. Matte Fox,
Larned; grand protector, Mrs. WIKI
er, GOodland; grand outer guard
Mrs, Summers, Eldorado.
A the opening reception at the ].
o. o. f. hall Monday evening, Mrs. J =.
f. Cozad gave the following address
of welcome:
MRS, CoZAD's ADDRESS OF wELCO
To our Guests, the Grand Officers
Delegates, and mem bers of the Rath-
bone Sisters of Kansas:
On behalf Of Gas Temple No. three,
| extend to you this welcome greet
ing. This hour is one to which we
have looked forward with fond antici.
pations OF the joys and pleasures
which we hope will come to all by
your presence here. While you are
here we desire to combine business
with pleasure and get as much good
from our associations as is possible
| You come to us as our guests and We
want you to feel that you are CONFER.
ing an honor upon ms by this visit
/ We hope you will throw OIL all
thoughts Of care, and feel that every
/ thing which is possible for us to dc
for your enjoyment and welfare will
be done IN the fullest spirit of hospi
/ tslity and with warm satisfaction
We are united together in one com
mon cause, we have taken upon our
selves the same vows of fidelity anC
love, aud nave worshiped at the sam,
shrine, 80 that we need not feel tina
we are in any sense strangers bu
that we are all members OfOne family
and that this occasion is one of th0s,
pleasant hours of reunion where WI
may renew our allegiance TO tint
principles of our order and kindl
atresh the fires of fraternity. W.
have much m common, and while GU
family ia large and it i- not possi6l
to meet often i'm these pleasant gather
ings, we must improve diliRentl,
every moment of the present oppol
tunity M order to get the most that i
possible out of our meeting You ar
limo way strangers to us ana we q
not desire that the conventions
formaIitie= of society shall stand fl
the way Of full and complete enjoy
meut of our association We viii cen
tamly make every effort possible {
convince you that the first word T.
our name, Gas, is not the only q
even the greatest quality in our loca
organization. You may nave becom
prejudiced as to what sort of peopl
we were on account of this name, an
, perhaps have some feafs as to the II
suit from too sudden a contact, bu
we assure you that we are not in tn
least dangerous, that our gas is of tn
warm and cheering kind that throw
/ Off glow of cheer and comfort rattle
, thar, tuonYino Of danmar