The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-19
Big LOVE FEAST PLANNED
INDIANA PYTHIANs WILL MEET IN
TOMLINsoN HALL
Union ID. Hunt and other Omcers Out
line the Nature of the Meeting
District Meetings.

A great mass meeting of the Knights OF
Pythias of the State will be held before
the winter is over if the plans of several
OF the leading officers go through. The idea
is to have Pythians from all over the State
come together in Tomlinson Hall for q sort
of love feast. to get better acquainted and
10 discuss in a committee of the whole
ways and means for the general betterment
of the order. The meeting will be secret
Union b. Hunt, who is one of the officers
of the order advocating the mass meeting,
said yesterday: You can say that the
meeting will almost certainly be held. The
exact date has not been fixed. but IL will
be toward the close of the winter Ii Is
desired 10 get several thousand members
OF the order together 10 get better acquaint-
ed. to Increase enthusiasm and to take
action by popular vote matters of i'm
portance, legislative in nature. which will
be brought up at that time The meeting
will be a big one. probably the biggest ever
held by the knights Of Pythias in Indi-
ana.
The mass meeting will not be on the order
of convention, IT is understood. but sim,
ply coming together of knights from all
over the State for the good or the order
Other officers who discussed the sugges-
ton expressed themselves heartily in
favor OF it. The plan was brought UP yes
terday at the meeting OF deputy chancel-
lors in the Office OF Grand Keeper Of Rec
ords and Seal Bowers. The deputies met
at the call of c. A. Tyndall, OF Shelbyville,
the newly-elected grand chancellor. Sew
enteen of the twenty districts were repre-
meeting was whether the district meetings
should be continued. Although Mayor Book
walter. who was chancellor OF the order
in the State last year. expressed himself as
opposed to the continuance OF the district
meetings the sentiment expressed yesterday
was in favor of retaining them
DISTRICT MEETINGS.
District meetings will be held as follows:
Mishawaka, Dec. 8; Hammond, Dec 4; CAL
weston or Winamac, Dec. 3; Richmond. Dec.
8; Seymour, Dec. IL; Jacksonville, Dec. Il;
Shelbyville. Dec. Is; Evansville. Jan. 6:
North Manchester, Feb. Is; Fort Wayne.
Feb. 10; Decatur, Feb 20; Alexandria, Feb.
"a; Greencastle, Feb. l.
Seventeen out Of twenty Of the district
deputies were present yesterday and a num-
Der Of the Grand Lodge officers.
The deputies here were as follows: J. c.
ton: Adolph Biccard. Rochester; E. b. Len
hart. Decatur: ]. +. McHenry, Wabash:
VIII T: Hart; Coyington; win H Johnston:
NJ. w. Kelly. Richmond; ]. e. McGaughey.
Indianapolis; c. A Rockwell, Cloverdale;
o. Grsnt Eot Msrtn E. W. BS.t94
E. Ogden. Jeffersonville; o. w. Shryer,
Bloomfield: William Efer, Boonville
The Grand Lodge officers present were:
Grand Chancellor c. A. Tyndall, Shelby
Vile; Vice Grand Chancellor NJ. Z. Wilson.
Elkhart; Grand Prelate George w. Powell.
| Indianapolis; Grand Master or Exchequer
| w. A. Morris, Frankfort: Grand Keeper OF
| Records and Seal Frank Bowers. Indian
| apolis; Grand Inner Guard Jonce Monahan,
| Orleans: Grand Outer Guard Frank l..
| Gass, Muncie; Grand Instructor E. III.
| Chadwick, Shelbyvilie; Trustees c. l.. Bar
| tel, Warsaw, L. A. Barnett Danville. and
| John III. Frank, Alexandria Past Grand
Chancellors u. b. Hunt, Indianapolis, G.
| F. s. Neal, Chicago, w. l.. Heiskell. In
| dianapolis, and ]. r. Carnahan Indianap-
oils. r. A. Brown, recorder of the SUI
preme Tribunal, was also present.