The San Francisco call., 1906-04-01


several meetings for the purpose of
making arrangements for. the. enter
tainment OF the grand officers OF and
delegates 10 the Grand Grove and
Grand Circle, which are TO be in ses-
sion in that city from June. is to "a.
p {. O. Dunbar. chairman ef- the generaf
committee Of arrangements, has ap-
pointed the following ub-commttees
50 attend to the details. Reception
-cOgnrlittee-Aal members OF the gem
eral committee: ha1l COMMITTEES. Paul
@Pergoui,. Joseph Pagan3 Charles cas-
SAM: street decorations, II. w. Unge-
witter, Thomas Genletti. ]. Rosters en-
tertain4aent and programme committee
ethe general committee; badge commit
tee, 81 Blanchini. Paul BertolL Angles
Mastini: banquet committee. VI. II. Fish,
D. QUinian, O. H Hoagi bah. commit
tee, Zoe Cavagna c. O. Dunbar, B. Bet
TIM. music committee. c. Q. Dunbar, Jo-
seph Cavagna, A Battagliai David Ma
reni.
In the recent past the noble grand
arch, W. c. Antonovich, paid official
visits 70 groves outside OF the city as
follows: Mendocino Grove at Fort
Bragg: Tomales Grove at Tomales;
-Guerneyflle Grove at GuerneTille; Rio
Vista Grove at Rio Vista; Marconi Grove
at IsIetons IvanhOe Grove at Oakland,
and Morvin GrOye at Redwood CITY.
Several of~these in the far away parts
Of the jurisdictions had not been Wis
lied bysa noble grand arch in two or
three years and in erder to. reach them
the visiting official was forced TO stage
Il for many miles. At Mendoclno three
strangers were initiated: at Tomales
he was Joined by Past Arch P. A Mos
ST. Three candidates were initiated and
the members sang. the. opening ode,
in
groves At GuerneViue there WAS also
singing Of the opening ode and the
initiation Of candidates with the pres
entation of petitions for Inemb beTshlp;
at Rio Vista the grove, a new one, infti-
ated- two strangers, the visiting ofhclal
taking the part of the noble. arch: at
Isleton the grand officer witnessed the
initiation Of four strangers and he gave
them the secret work: at Redwood
city. while there was no work. the
grove announced that Il will take part
in the golden anniversary of the found-
ing of the city. This will be. on the
Fourth Of July. At each MAGE the: yis%
iting officer instructed the grove meRl-
bers in the work of the order and had
considerable to say along the. line OF
extending the order.
The entertainment and dance given
by Robert Emmet Grove on. the night
OF ST. Patrick's day was well attended
and proved to be the most successful
function that this grove has given
since IT'S institution.
During the past week the noble grand
arch paid visits te the groves in San Joa-
ouin County His official visits will close
during the current month. April l3 he will
visit Golden Star. his home sroveS In this
city, End two nights later the last of the
official visits will be paid 10 Giordano.
Bruno Grove, at Sisson. =.
The funeral Of the late Henry Eange,.
past noble grand arch Of this jurisdiction,
was held in St Helena on the last Sun
day in March under the auspices OF the
Druids Of Napa County. and the ceremo-
nies were conducted by officers Of the
Grand Grove. o. H. Blank called the sol-
emn assemblage together. which included:
members of So Helena Grove and Olive
Circle and a delegation from the groves
and circle in Napa. The Grand Grove
was represented by Grand Secretary Mar
tinonf Alternate Supreme Representative
Z. c.. Luchessa and Past Noble Grand.
Arches Bahrs. Beck and Guglielmoni The
funeral -oration was by Past Noble Grand
Arch Bahrs. The deceased was we'll
known citizen Of St. Helena. who devoted
mach attention to the development of that
part Of Napa Valley. He was deeply in
terested in the Order of Druids and did
much to extend its limits in his district
When noble grand arch of the Jurisdiction
he was a conscientious official, who did all
in his power to advance the organization.
Noble Grand Arch AntonoYich on his
official visit to Yosemite Grove was ac-
companied by a number Of the members
OF the Past Arches Association. There
was no exempliication Of the work of the
order. but the visiting officer delivered an
instructive address and several Of. those
who accompanied him had something to
say for the. good of the order.
The grand arch Druidess and number
of the officers Of the Grand Circle Of the
Druidesses will on the night Of April IS
pay an official visit to Hesperian Circle
and on that occasion there will be. some
thing novel.in the line Of floor work.
A few evenings since Phenix. the re-
Gently instituted circle Of Druidesses, held
a meeting. at which Mayor E. E. Schmitz
and his wife were initiated, together with
a number OF city officials. For the occa-
sion the hall was decorated with bunting
and made attractive with living plants.
Fl Dorado Circle at its last-meeting in
March initiated four strangers and re-
ceived number OF petitions, which are
10 be. acted upon at the next session.