Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-24
Executive Committee Held a Meet
ing Yesterday
DECIDE ON A FIFTY MINUTE PROGRAM
Lots Drawn for Position of Lodges In 4
the Column-The Court of Honor
Leads - Two hands Will
Furnish the Mmsic.
From Mondays Daily.

OVerIuTe--WdpellO SUleI Udlu. ~
Invocation-Rev. p. A. johnson.
Address-John w. Lewis.
Music-Citiens' band.
Benediction-Rev. p. A. johnson.
This is the program decided upon by
the executive committee appointed to
make arrangements for joint lodge
memorial day to be held Sunday, June
8, at a meeting held at the |. O. o. +.
hall yesterday afternoon. Lots We're
drawn for position of the different
lodges in the column; itwas decided. to
engage the services of two bands and
other matters connected with the day
were disposed of.
The committee met ait 3 o'clock yes
terday afternoon with Emil Fecht, as
chairman, and r. F. Norfolk, as secre-
tary. The, attendance at the meeting
was fair. A resolution was adopted to
the effect that two bands of sixteen
pieces each be engaged for the day.
The plan was to have one band at the
head of the procession, another in the
center and drum corps in the rear
but the latter proposition was not ems
bodied in the resolution.
j. ID. Henry, for the committee on
stands, ETC., reported that arrange
ments had been mades for those things
including the water supply.
L. b. Scott brought. up the matter OF
erecting a permanent platform with
the permission of the cemetery author
tiles, but no action was taken.
Emil Fecht, chairman of the pro-
gram committee, read the program as
outlined above, which after being sub
mitred to the other members of the
committee, was adopted. 1t embracea
about fifty minutes time and was made
with the idea of holding the attention
OF the people during its rendition.
1t was the sense of the meeting that
each delegate present inform his lodge
that each organization would be re-
quired to furnish the flowers to deco
rate the graves of their deceased mems
bers and also to appoint committee
for that purpose.
1t was decided to write the name Of
each lodge on a slip of paper and by
lot select the position in the column of
the different orders, which was done,
the position being as follows:
Court of Honor.
Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Woodmen OF the World.
Modern Woodmen of America.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
knights of the Maccabees.
This represents eleven lodges with
a membership of 1851. The Oldest
lodge of an order will take the lead in
the place in. the column assigned to
them and will be followed by other Or
ders of the same name in the order OF
their seniority.
A motion was carried to the effect
that the secretary be instructed to
make out an itemized list of the ex-
penditures after the day is over and
pro rate it among the different lodges,
sending them bill for the same. Each
delegate is to notify his lodge that
such a bill will be presented.
The marshal and his assistants will
have meeting next Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at the NJ. w. A. hall at
which time the route of the column
will be mapped out and other matters
attended ito. 1t is the intention to.
start the column at o'clock sharp
From the interest, vim and snap exhib-
tied by the members of the executive
committee, joint lodge memorial day
in Ottumwa this year will be the best
in point of numbers and program of
any yet.