The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
THE ROYAL NEIGnBORS
AUXILIARY ORGANIZATION OF THE
MODERN wOODMEN.
Supreme Camp VIII BE Held
I'm This City from Tuesday
Until Friday.

The Royal Neighbors Of America, the aux
Hilary organization to the Modern Wood
men, will hold its annual Supreme Camp, or
national convention, in this city this week,
opening Tuesday and continuing until FRI
day The headquarters for the meeting VIII
De at the Denison, and the business ses-
sons will be held in the large dining room
of the hotel. Several hundred delegates Will
be in attendance. as we'll as large number
of the members of the local and Indiana
camps of the society.
The committee on arrangements for the
meeting is composed OF members OF the
Forest City. Ironwood and Center camps
with the following officers in charge: Pres
ident Mrs L. NJ. Saxton, Forest City Camp;
vice president, Mrs. Carrie Osborn, Iron
wood; treasurer, Mrs. Clara M. Zimmer-
man, Center, and secretary, Mrs Z. NJ
Lewis. The members are Mrs. Lorena En-
beding, Mrs. Ellen Welsh, Mrs. Lizzie
Smith, Mrs. Laura Kinder and Mrs loa
Van Deren. The committee on finance is as
follows: Mrs. BREEDING, Mrs. Leila b. Falls,
Mrs. Meta Griffiths. Committee on music,
Mrs. Una Dorothy, Mrs. Mary Manning
and Mrs. Ida Wiglien.
Mrs. Isadore Travis is the chairman OF
the reception committee, and she will be
assisted by the members of the three local
camps. One of the features of the meeting
will be a banquet to the delegates and off,
GERS, at which plates will be laid for go.
A trolley ride over the city on Tuesday Is
another feature of the arrangements for
entertaining the visitors.
The advance guard of the Royal Neigh
bors is expected to arrive in the city to-day.
the party including several Of the supreme
officers, who will open their headquarters
at the Denison.
THE ORGANIZATION.
The Royal Neighbors of America, as a
beneficiary society. was eight years old in
March, 1903. and had a membership of over
126Ooo. carrying insurance to the amount
of s7S.174,OOO, The first camp of the society,
or rather the body from which the first
camp of the society sprung. was organized
in December. 1888. at Council Bluffs. Ia.
ladies auxiliary to Hazel Camp, No.
ILL., Modern Woodmen of America. The
entertain and help increase the member
ship and encourage the building up of the
order of the Modern Woodmen of Amer
neighbors of Hazel Camp. They met once
month, giving socials and entertain
ments, and these meetings continued until
October, 1889, when the ladies determined to
form a secret fraternal society to be off,
cered exclusively by ladies.
Whereupon, committees were appointed
and a ritual and constitution were pre-
pared These were submitted and approved
ar 2 Articles
Incorporation were next drawn, and on
April %. 1890. the Royal Neighbors of
America" this being the name selected for
the laws of the State of Iowa. The
cietys motto is. Faith, Modesty. Cour-
age, Unselfishness and Endurance.
At a special meeting of the Supreme
Camp, held April Z, 1891, resolution was
unanimously adopted providing for the adj
mission of men as members of the Royal
Neighbors. After this was done the society
began TO show signs of life. and when the
first regular Supreme Camp meeting was
called to order in Council Bluffs on the first
Wednesday in January, 1896, six camps were
represented, with aggregate membership
of three hundred. The first regular SUI
preme officers were elected at this session.
At the fourth Supreme Camp meeting,
held in Peoria, ILL.,, January, 1894, there
were forty-five local camps, with 1867 men,
bers reported in good standing. After hear
plan appointed at the Omaha meeting, the
Supreme Camp decided that in order to
complete this department it would be neces-
sary for the society TO reincorporate in
Illinois. To do this the society was COM
PEELED to change the head Office of the So
ciety from Council Bluffs, Ia, to some city
Peoria was chosen. The matter of putting
into operation the insurance feature was
left with the board of supreme managers,
and the Royal Neighbors of America re-
incorporated and established it's benefit de-
partment substantially il is to-day, the
new charter being issued by the Illinois
Insurance Department on March q, 1895.
The Royal Neighbors of America now
heads the list of ladies' fraternal benef-
ciary societies, ranking seventh in size in
comparison with the largest fraternal ben
eficiary societies in the United States. The
society has over 5000 local camps in the
twenty-five States comprising its jurisdic-
ton.
THE SUPREME OFFICERS
The supreme officers of the society are
elected biennially by majority vote of the
delegates in session, one delegate repre-
senting a membership of 1000. The supreme
week are as follows:
Supreme Oracle-Mrs. E. d. Watt. Omaha.
Neb.
Supreme Vice oracle-Mrs. Susie NJ. Boas.
Carthage, Mo.
Supreme Recorder-Mrs. Winnie Fielder.
Supreme Receiver-Mrs Myra B. En-
right, Kansas City, Kan.
Supreme CnanCellOr-lCa M Dletr1ck In
dianapolis, Ind.
Supreme Marshal-Mrs. Eva Child, Han
over, Wis
Supreme Inner Sentinel-Mrs Ida Ham,
blen, Pendleton, Ore
Supreme Outer Sentinel-Mrs. Hester
Ridenour, Wheeling w. Va.
Board of Supreme Managers-Mrs. Irene
f. Bentley. chairman. Oelwein, Ia; Mrs.
Mary Fay-Hawes, Rock Island, Ill. Mrs.
Lima NJ. Collins, st. Paul, Mimi; Mrs
Jennie c. Franks. Peoria ILL.,; Mrs Hattie
NJ Lombard. Grand apids, Mich
Beneficiary Committee. w. White,
chairman Rock Island. ILL.,. c. w. Halves
Rock Island, ILL.,; j. c. Johnson, eabody,
Kan; Myrtle h. Dade, beneficiary record
er, Rock Island. Ill.
Supreme Physicians-Dr. Susan MEG.
Snyder, Council Bluffs, Ia: DR.. Z. Franc
Morrill,, Peoria, H.: DR.. Elnora Gibson
Whittemore. Topeka. Kan.
Supreme Auditing Commttee-Mrs. Flor
ence Brown, chairman, GAINESVILLE, O.; Mrs
Alice G.. Nash, Minneapolis, Mimi; Mrs
Ella r. Irwin. Glendale. n. ID.
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