The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-18
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SHRINERS TO GIVE
FEAST TO POOR.
Annual Session of Alec Temple
Postponed from Dec. ~ to 80.

Annual Session of Alec Temple
Postponed from Dec. ~ to 80.
Because of the expected visit of two
distinguished Shriners who are COM
ing to Savannah to inspect Alec Tenn
pie, Mystic Shriners, the annual ses-
sion of that body will be held on Dec.
80, and not on Dec. %, as had been
arranged. The visitors to-be are Har-
rison Dingman, past imperial poten-
tate, and Frank H. Thomas, past po-
tentate of Almas Temple. The enter
tainment of Alec Temple, always not
able at it's annual session, will in all
probability be even more elaborate than
usual on this occasion.
True to its custom, the Temple will
make the usual Christmas gifts to
the poor of the city this year, and
already committee has been appoint
ed to look out for the gathering and
the distribution of the baskets. More
than hundred of these baskets are
sent out each year and when 1t IS
known that each contains several
meals for even a good-sized family,
that everything that contributes to a
fine Christmas dinner is included and
that everything given is of the best,
something of the scope of this charity
can be seen.
Details Of the collection and distribu-
ton of the gifts can be seen from
the following letter that is now being
sent each member of the Temple:
Again we approach the Christmas
season, the merriest and happiest of all
the year. and while we celebrate our
prosperity and enjoy the happiness and
pleasure which this season brings to US
around our own firesides and in our
sacred temple, let us not forget those
who through sickness, sorrow and mis-
fortune are saddened and denied the
pleasure and happiness which we enjoy
hay, frequently, even the bare neces-
stiles of life are not theirs, and so in
celebration of the close of another
prosperous year for Alec Temple it be-
hooves us to give out of our abundance
to those less fortunate than ourselves.
BE noble, and the nobleness that
lies in other men, sleeping but not
dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine
own Hence, Alec Temple will con-
tinue her custom commenced six years
ago and again distribute Christmas
baskets filed with good things for the
poor of the city; therefore, each and
every noble is requested to send to 1O7
Abercorn street, near Broughton, well
filled basket by II o'clock noon, Dec. "a.
those VINO CdllIlOI SEM DdSkelS can
leave the cash with the recorder, Mo-
BILE T. r. Youmans, No. Bryan street,
east. The card system will be adopted
so that the distribution may be carried
out successfully. and the following
committee is hereby named to attend
to all the details and arrange for the
distribution OF the Christmas baskets;
Mobiles H. r. Wilson, chairman; T. II.
Mcmillan, Rev. A. M. Williams, James
NJ. Dixon, Henry s. Leete, A. s. Mich
OILS. w. -. Stephens, w. A. Reeves
Thomas +. Thomson, II. p. Smart, A.
]. Ives, w. T.. Guerrard. T. p. Keck,
A. T.. Moynelo, T. e. Youmans, -. II.
Levy, c. c. Quackenbush. p. A. Sto-
vail. George NJ. Williams, and Fred W.
Garden.
The communication Is signed by y.
A. Cults iiiustrious potentate. and by
T. j.. Youmans, recorder.