The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-08


TeIpplar Of West Virginia will open
in Masonic Temple here at IL o'clock
noon, Wednesday, when the Grand
Commandery will go into secret ses,
sion.
The officers of the Grand Com
dandery Of Knights Templar Of
West Virginia are as follows:
R, b. Sir Willard J. Rowland, of
Fairanont, Grand Commander.
v. =. Sir Joseph Ruffner, OF
Charleston, Deputy Grand Com
inander.
j Sir William W. Whyte, Of
Wclch, Grand Generalissimo.
g. Sir Charles W. Brown, of
Charles Town, Grand Captain Gem
eral.
r. Sir William T. Rittenhouse, OF
Parkersburg, Grand Senior Warden.
E Sir III. Byron Baguley, Of
Wheeling, Grand Junior Warden.
ls Sir }. Scott Vandefvort, Of
Weston. Grand Treasurer.
=. Sir Francis z. Nichols, OF
Fairinont, Grand Recorder.
e. Sir and Rev. Charles II. Mo-
loiiy, OF New Martinsville, Grand
Pfelate.
b. Sir Ed. o. Bower, Of Sisters
xille. Grand Standard Bearer.
=, Sir J. NJ. Hawkins, of Hunt
ington, Grand Sword Bearer.
=, Sir A. C. Nadennousch, Of
aIaftinsburg, Grand Warder.
3. Sir Henry F. Smith, of Fair
mont, Grand Captain Of Guard.
The knights will begin to arrive
this evening. Charleston and Sut-
this evening. Sutton will come in on
the 7.15 train over the West Vir-
ginia & Pittsburg, and be met at the
depot by the local commandery and
band, and escorted to the Waldo,
their headquarters.
The local commandery and bands
will visit all trains Wednesday fore
noon to receive the Visiting com
nianderies, escort them to the Waldo
and assign them to their headquar-
tiers. This will take all the day up
to II o'clock noon, and then the
Grand Commandery officers begin
the opening session as stated. Af-
Ter a brief session the Grand Com
mandery will take recess for din
ner and not reconvene until about 4
o'clock in the afternoon after the
parade.
At s:3o O'clock in the afternoon
the parade will form. The carriages
containing the Grand officers and
other distinguished Tcmplars will
be filed under the big Templar arch
at the Traders corner, and the
Grand officers will be seated under
she direction of the general COM
mittee. The columns will be form
ed from Mechanic and Third streets
and all will pass under the big arch,
proceed cast to Oak street. cross OAK
to Pike, go west on Pike to Chest
nut, then up Chestnut TO Mulberry,
thence out Mulberry to Sycamore,
then countermarch on Mulberry and
Chestnut to Main, then on Chestnut
to Main, thence east tothe reviewing
stand al the court house and continu-
ing down TO the Main street brodgc,
where they will disband. The local
commandery will have four bands
in the parade, namely, Wells,
Shmnston, Warrington and Graf
tom and with the bands that accom-
pany visiting commandcries there
vii be upward Of a dozen bands in
the procession. twenty-five hun.
dred invitations have been sent out
and there is prospect of at least
1000 Knights being in the parade.
The northern part of the State
will turn out largely and Charles
tton in the southern part will be cs.
pecIally largely represented, becauS,
of the fact that the Charleston COM
inandery gets the next Grand com
mander. Joseph Ruffner. and he will
be accompanied by an escort. Other
parts of the southern section Of the
State will be represented but not sc
largely as Charleston.
About 4 o'clock the Grand Com.
mandery win reconvcnc in Masonic
temple and at the same hour the
ladies will hold a reception at the
Waldo as noted in another column.
Immediately preceding the big
reception and ball at the Waldo as
announced in another column, St.
John Commandery. Of Weston, will
hold reception at the Traders no.
tel, where they win have headquar.
ters
In all probability the election Of
AIicers Of the Grand Commandery
I'LL take place at Wednesday even
Ing's session of the Grand Com