The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-02-09
Bennington.

derstand how to give a first class en-
tertainment. People do not have to go
TO the city to get all good things but just
come to Bennington, especially when
the Sir Knights have anything to give
you One of the most pleasant and al
together good times was enjoyed by
about one hundred and forty guests,
Tuesday evening. the occasion being
the public installation of officers. The
Installation occurred at the M. Il.
church. followed by fine banquet at
their hall. The installation was con-
Quoted by Past Commander Roland
Connors, of Saginaw. Officers installed
were as follows: Commander. o. G.
Waugh; lieutenant commander, j. w.
Hubbard; record keeper, Elmer Hib-
bard; finance keeper, j. w. Hibbard
chaplain, George Slater physician, DR..
Roach; sergeant, P. Slater; master at
arms, Will Warren; first master at
arms, Will Cline; second master at
arms, David Friegal; sentinel, Tyler
Woodworth; picket. Will Waugh. The
male quartet, consisting of Charles
Cline, Albert Gillett, Will Cline, Zone
member being absent, favored the COM
pany with two fine selections. This
was followed by short address by Past
Commander Connors. Mr.. Connors is
very able and fluent speaker. In
speaking of the growth of the Maccabee
lodge since first organized, he had
watched its growth as from young
child in swaddling clothes to the per-
feet man. and in the earlier days of
lodge meetings such as this one. He
never used to see the ladies with their
bright smiles and pleasant faces,
nothing to look at but just "plain,
ordinary" men, but since the ladies
had been permitted to assemble with
them, everything had been changed for
the better, and he was very much
pleased at the change, and advised the
ladies here to organize hive, and that
Immediately. He was not in favor of
speaking i'll of other lodges, bat of
course, thought the Maccabees were
the best. Those "old liners" were
good enough for the rich that could
afford to pay large assessments, but
something had to be done for the class
of people that could not afford to pay
so much, hence the organizing of the
Maccabees He remarked that such men
as Chauncey Depew, who at one time
was receiving the small sum of $4,000
per year, could we'll afford to belong to
some old liner He was not ac-
quainted with the business portion of
Bennington, did not know but perhaps
some one might at the present time be
receiving as large salary here. If so, |
no one seemed to know of it. He also |
said that the Maccabee lodge had |
grown so large since 1881 that the set
ting of every sun had seen some Sir
knight pass to his long home, which
called for the sums of from one to two |
thousand dollars to be paid to widows
ard orphans, and that they paid their
assessments so quick that, not quite as |
bad as some had said that the finance |
keeper did in the little town of Bay |
City, stopped funeral procession and
handed check to the widow through |
the carriage window, but that they did |
not stop professions for they often got |
ahead of them by paying before the |
remains were carried from the homes. |
At this point in the speech he began to
think of the sumptuous repast that was
awaiting him at the hall, so decided it |
best to postpone the rest of his speech |
until after the inner man had been fed.
At the hall plates were laid for
one hundred and ten. After invocation |
by Rev. Reeve, 1.-The company did ample |
justice to the following menu:
Blue Points
Celery Queen Olives
Pickles
Sliced Ham
Boston Baked Beans Cold Meats |
Biscuits
Jelly Sailed Peanuts
Mince Pie Cheese
Ice Cream Assorted Cakes
Fruit
This bountiful repast was followed by
the rest of the program which con-
sisted first of fine instrumental piece
of music by Miss Edna Shaw at the
organ accompanied by Elmer Hubbard
as violinist, after which POSTMASTER j.
W. Hubbard gave the address of well
come, which Mr.. Hubbard knew so we'll
how to do in his own social way. The
following toasts were responded to:
History of A. P. Strong" tent No. I'll,
T. j. Hicks. This tent was organized