The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
OFFICERS WILL
VISIT HANFORD
Grand Court Delegates OF
American Order of Forest
ers to Meet in That City
PREPARE TO ENTERTAIN
Local Court and Citizens Ar
range Programme of Fes-
tiyities for the Strangers

The California Grand Court of the
! Foresters of America will hold its an
nual session this year in Hanford, be-
ginning Wednesday, May 3, when there
will be in attendance 298 delegates, fif-
teen grand officers and about ten past
grands. These will represent a little
more than %, 900 members of the order
in the State. More than 5000 OF these
are in San Francisco, distributed in
forty-four courts.
Extensive arrangements have been
made by the citizens of the place for
the entertainment of the Foresters dur
ing their stay. This in addition to
what Court Mussel Slough, located
there, has arranged. The members Of
that court number 115, and have or
ganized themselves into a general re-
ception and entertainment committee
With the citizens. they propose to have
the visiting members gain a good i'm
preston Of the Hanfordites and of the
city. The programme for the week in
cludes the following:
Monday, May 2, the main body of
ACAS6olCO anu dilQ Will ICdOh
Hanford from north of that place, and
will be met at the depot by the recep-
ton committee of $50, led by regi-
mental band, and will be escorted from
the special train to the hotels and other
places in which accommodations have
been secured for them. The following
morning specials will arrive bringing
members of the order from Tulare,
Visalia, Porterville, Fresno, Selma,
Raymond and Merced.
On Tuesday the Grand Court will be
opened with the usual ceremonies at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, and in the aft
ernoon there will be a grand street pa
rade, the members of the visiting
courts wearing uniforms. Those from
Fresno have decided to wear plug hats
and long linen busters in order to dis
tinguish them from the other Foresters.
The procession will halt at Agricultural
Park. In the pavilion there will be an
address of welcome by Mayor Widmer
and a response by Grand Chief H. A
Gabriel of San Jose, and literary ex-
ercises. In the evening there will be an
open-air concert.
Wednesday the entertainment COM
mittee will have an athletic day at the
park, and in the evening there will be
music in the public city park and
bali.
Thursday the ladies of the city not
members of the Companions of the
Forest of America, the auxiliary branch
of the order, will hold open house for
the visitors and serve refreshments,
and in the evening there will be a ball
in Armory Hall.
Friday night there will be a banquet
for about 500 people. There will be
present all of the city officials, many of
those of the county and number of
other prominent citizens and ladies.
By Friday night the Grand Court will
have concluded its business, and on the
following day those who decide to stay
over will be the guests of the citizens.
Everything on wheels in the city and
for miles around will be pressed into
service for the purpose of driving the
visitors over the country and showing
them all that there is of interest.
On the executive committee having
charge of the arrangements are: Will
liam Abbott, C.. F. Flemming and A
NJ. Fredericks, with j. F. Johnston as
secretary.