The San Francisco call., 1904-08-20
SOME NOTABLEs WHO SPOKE AT
GOLDEN JUBILEE OF LIVE OAK
LODGE. F. AND A. NJ.

OAKLAND, Aug. 19.-With a BAN
quet at which 700 guests, members and
their friends. sat at table at Maple Hall
tonight, Live Oak Lodge No. 81, Free
and Accepted Masons, celebrated in
splendid fashion the fiftieth anniver-
sary Of its institution. The occasion
was a notable one in the Masonic fra
ternity and was the largest affair Of it's
kind ever given In Oakland.
The appointments were perfect. The
decorations were of high order and
peculiarly appropriate to the exception
ally interesting event that was OBJ
served. Men of affairs, leaders in the
fraternity, prominent in all walks Of
life. were present. The national halls
Of legislation were represented, the
State of California had its chief execu-
tive there and many of Oakland's Of
ficials attended The grand master Of
the Masons of California and other Of
fieers of the Grand Lodge were guests
of honor. The clergy and the bar were
represented at the posts Of honor.
In the presiding place was Frank
Kanning Mott, worshipful master Of
Live Oak Lodge, who was fianked by
the distinguished invited guests and
their ladies. Those who sat at his right
were Grand Secretary George Johnson
and Mrs. Johnson, Grand Lecturer w.
III. Edwards and Mrs. Edwards; J. O..
Miner, the oldest living member of Live
Oak Lodge; John R. Glascock and the
Rev. Z. e. Baker and Mrs. Baker. At
the left were Miss Mott. Grand Master
G. w. Nutting, Governor George c.
Pardee, Senator George C. Perkins,
Past Grand Master w. S. Wells and
Mrs. Wells and Junior Grand Warden
e. H. Hart.
The banquet was a semi-public af-
fair, more than 200 guests being ladies.
Accessories to the feast were a large
orchestra and a double male quartet
that discoursed music during the serv-
Ing of the elaborate menu and at in
tervalS between the speech making.
The banquet was given in the ball
room at Maple Hall, the large apart
ment being beautifully embellished
with flowers and foliage, the flag Of
the nation Occupying a prominent
place. Across the north end of the
hall was laid the main table. At the
center, opposite the worshipful mas
ter's station, a magnificent live oak
tree spread it's branches, the emblem
Of the lodge and typically appropriate
At the back, fanked by American
flags, was a golden scroll, bordered by
bamboo and huge masses of golden
rod. Great clusters of bamboo fernery
and yellow'hid the walls. At the rear
overlooking the music platform, was
an Illuminated square and compass,
with the mystic "G' worked out in
blue and white electric lamps and bor-
dered by flags and foliage. With ar
tistfc hands, silken flags, mingled with
greenery and golden flowers, were Law
ishly displayed as mural effects. The
ensemble was to convert the banquet
hall into a bower Of beautiful floral
color, the golden emblem Of half cen
tury's anniversary predominating The
menu cards were inclosed in a cover of
blue stamped leather, appropriately in
scribed and fastened with ribbons of
golden silk
1t was exactly fifty years ago to-
night that Live Oak Lodge was insti-
tuted. With speech felicitous and song
harmonious was the great company re-
galed through the evening of jubilee.
Grand Lodge officers We'd with vet
erans Of Live Oak Lodge, with past