, 1905-02-18

q Damon lodge, Knights OF Pythias
st night fttingly celebrated the for
fy-irst anniversary of the founding OF
H the order by a roll call at the castle
hall in the Laramie Grocery compan!
building, at which thirty members oil
the lodge and their Pythian guests
were present. The roll-call was in the
regular order of business of the ses
sion, and when the order Good of the
order was reached, Chancellor Com,
Rmander Frank Davidson called Mr.. w.
!. Chaplin to the chair and the roll
Twas called by C. S. Greenbaum, a mem.
Der of the committee having the enter,
tainment in charge. Addresses were
made by each of the members of the
odge present as his name was called,
md letters were read from about thir
absentees, all of them intensely in
eresting. The addresses by the mem
bers were along the line of increased
interest in the lodge and the work OF
the order, it being the tacit understand
ling that an effort would be made this
year TO break all records of the lodge
the matter of increase in member
ship.
One point raised by one of the speak
ers, and which met with much favor,
was the erection of a castle hall for
the lodge. The lodge owns a splendid
building lot on Third street. near the
1t is proposed to erect a hall for lodge
purposes to cost seven or eight thou
sand dollars.
Another matter discussed was the
holding of more frequent social SEES
sions, increasing the attendance of the
lodge and the interest in the work. a
smoker and oysters and coffee follow
ed the entertainment last night, bring
ing the membership into very close
relations for the advancement of the
interests Of the order.
Messrs. Greenbaum, Tefft INT Raun.
er read some statistics of interest to
the members, Mr. Greenbaum treating
of the order in general, Mr.. Teft of
Damon lodge and Mr.. Rauner of the
endowment section.
It was a matter of some note that
many of the members of the lodge had
been for more than a score of years
members Of the order. One visiting
brother had been for twenty-eight
tanning his membership; another had
been for more than a quarter of a
century a Pythian and now wears the
veterans jewel" and another, who had
belonged to Damon lodge no longer
than five years, spoke of himself as a
"tenderfoot.' The lodge will celebrate
Of April, and among the members pres
ent last night were two h were
charter members of the lodge-Hon.
Otto Gramm and Paul Christensen.
The letters from the absent mem
bers told varying tales of success and
good cheer, and recited again the incl
dents of the younger days of the lodge.
when limitations were held whenever
the candidate vas ready. and always
in faultless manner.
The chairman of the meeting used
a gavel presented some five or six
years 81 by Past Chancellor John
Prick, jr., and which was made from
pieces of wood taken by Mr.. Prick
from the wreck of the "Reina Chris
tina" the Spanish flagship sunk in Ma
Mia bay by Admiral Dewey, the ship
floating the flag of Admiral Montejo
al the time it went down.
Oysters, coffee and cigars followed
the roll-call until nearly midnight.
Messrs. Spafford, Tefft, Greenbaum
and Fisher acted as hosts at the lunch
con. Plans will be undertaken short
" for the celebration of the silver an
.niversary of Damon lodge about the
9th of April.