The San Francisco call., 1901-10-16
EASTERN STARS
GRAND CHAPTER
Legislative Body Meets
in Annual Business
Session.
Reception rendered to the
Officers and the Rep
resentatives.

The annual session Of the Grand Chan
ter Of the Order Of the Eastern Star of
California opened yesterday afternoon in
Sherman & Clay Hall. About 400 repre-
sentatives from chapters in California
and Nevada were present. The Grand
Chapter was opened in ceremonial form
end on roll call there were responses
from all the grand officers, past grand
officers and accredited representatives
from each chartered chapter. Worthy
Grand Patron Ernest w. Conant Of San
Jose presided.
with the reading Of the reports Of the
grand patron, Grand Matron Maud E.
BOwes, Grand Secretary Kate J. Willats
and Grand Treasurer Adeline Blum Ru-
yOn-
The grand patron in his report gave an
EXTENDED account Of his official acts and
decisions. During the year the following
chapters were instituted:
Eagle Chapter. EaSIevflle, AIodoc County;
1ehachapi Cna2teri Tehachapi, Kern County:
Salistoga Chs1ter, Calistoga, Sonoma County;
Sacramento CHAPTER Sacramento. Sacramento
COUNTY Pacifc Chapter, Los Gneeies Aihan1-
bra Chsrter Slba~1bTa Tos 1nsSeies County
Hilda Chapter, Mokelumne Hill. Stanislaus
County; Santa Clara Chapter, Santa Clara,
santa Clara County; San Francisco Chapter,
san Francisco.
Steady Growth Of the Order.
The grand patron congratulated the or
der on the growth it made during the
code be amended TO require bylaws to
be signed sixty days after mutation or
affliatiOn or mem beTShip be forfeited, ana
that a section be added to the constitu-
tion to the effect that nOn-afhiated mem
bers OF the order residing in this grand
jurisdiction who refuse or neglect TO make
application for membership TO some sub
ordinate chapter after six months resi-
6ence herein shall be out of standing and
not entitled 70 the benefits and privileges
OF the order.
IN oIoei-e ba said.
Should 1 retire from this Office without voic-
Ing my recosnftion Of the especial worth and
superior ability OF our grand secretary would
indeed be rerniss her years OF active expert
ence in Our order make her a veritable ency-
clopedia OF statistics, and her willingness TO
assist everybody who may be in need Of help
renders her services Indispensable.
] would indeed feel proud 70 mention each
worked in perfect harmony during the entire
year and who are each entitled TO a share Of
whatever successes may have been achieved
Report Of Grand Eatron.
The worthy grand natron in her report
announced that during the year she paid
ffty-fVe Official visits TO chapters. Ben
5amin A. Plant visited four chapters in
the State OF Nevada The grand matron
recommends. in view of the fact that II
IS impossible TO visit all the chapters dur
ing a term. that the jurisdiction be di-
Tided into districts, ten in number, and
that q grand instructor be appointed for
each district: that charters be granted to
those chapters now under dlspensatlon
work and 2 willingness 10 conform to the
laws and regulations, and that a memo
rial page be set apart IN the proceedings
IN memory Of Past Grand MatrOn Mary
: Parker who died during the year. In
her report she pays glowing tribute to
the members Of the order for the work
they have done for the Masonic Home
The report of the grand treasurer shows
receipts during the year s6687, disburse-
rnents s5S31-
In The evening there was a grand re-
ception in Golden Gate Hall by the local
CHAPTERS 70 the grand officers and repre-
senIatives TO the Grand Chapter The
hall was decorated with bunting OF va
rfed hues- hags, banners and protuslon
Of plants and flowers The attendance
was very large, and the following PRO-
gramms was presented:
Grace Savage; recitation Mrs sturtevant;
waltz. SOPRANO solo, Miss J. Johnson; deux
waltz; soprano solo. Mrs r Hathorn, accom-
PIANIST Miss Amanda JooSt5 lancers; ceux
So Csr5eefa- ec-5rsno solo Mrs Ella Klein;
1ninuet; deux temps; lsncers
After this followed q general pro-
Framne Of dancing
Charles Lord Field was master OF cere-
monies end he was assisted by the fol-
lowing committees;
Reoepucn-Mzud " Terwilliger, president;
Mary f Fahrenholz- Annie E Gage, Hsrriet
GIines- Edith Edwards, Mary F. Ayers, Helen
s. F. Seaman Belle Schleuter, Edna Rushing,
susie u cL4TLtN 4Satt4la NAd-A. -lst. 6dAtl
Eelton Esry z Klein, Hattie A McPhun,
Sarah = Cox Rose IL Pistolesi. Margaret NJ
Fitch Nancy a Wood Ltnea A Baahr, La
vina J. Mccain, Ad6ie L Sleeper, Lizzie Ton
ningsen, Bertha " Stock, Charlotte f. Ma
rails Maud Sipple
5nteTtsin1nent--Susie G. sturtevant, presi-
Dent Margaret Kelton- Hattie A McPhun-
Nancy A Wood
Floor directoT-John T0nningsen- Aids-John
J. Mitchell Henry y. Adams, Joseph Forderer,
Henry ashcroft Roy 7. Rimbali, James A
Wilson Thomas B de Witt. Warren G. San
born, william T Hamilton, John Partridge
Robert y Carson. Alexander Is. Cox Harry
Bsehr, John Driver, H. Joseph Savage, Arthur
\ NillbeTTy, Charles L. p. Marais-