The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-01-06
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
FtR TEMPT LARS CONCLAvE

II u safe 10 say thai one Ol Tue
most auspieious events scheduled for
Olarksburg during the year 1906 IS
: the thirty-second annual conclase Of
the Grand Commandery Of West
Virginia Knights Tenplars. which
viii convene here Wednesday and
Thursday, May . and TO- All in
dications herald the fact that this
pieeting will beea record-breaker in
tiie history Of the West Virginia
Grand Commandery. All roads, on
that occasion, will lead to Clarks:
burg and the city viii have the dis
tinguislwd' honor and pleasure Of
having as lis guests the most repre-
sentative body Of business and pro-
feSsional men that could possibly be
garnered from the fifty-hyc counties
!. Of the state.
,Ji,E incumbent upon every Clarks-
Z li;:.sefs sfosheP- put the city in holi-
! sstslse fsr. the hig .pdrade dry
z Should TIE ySnatheg be Favorable tlp
s;Sfand eTa'ite Of fhes Tcmptars, in
sflaFannofm, will be by far thc most
spectacular and imposing pageant
ever seen upon our streets. The
membership now being larger than
@yer before and this being a very ae-
cessible' point, lends strength to the
prediction that this meeting viii
be more largely attended than any
in the past. On former occasions
the hospitality rof Clarksburg has
been tested and the word has zone
forth that sh, welcomes her guests
with Good ,teer and board with
plenty crown'd.'
The Wheeling commanders was
the first to engage quarters. and
long ago the valiant Knights Of the
Nail City had an entire tloor Of tie
Waldo reserved for May s and 10.
Next came the members Of the
Grand Commandcry and the Sir
Knights Of Fairmom with another
lloor of the Waldo ''leyied up-
on" Grafton has spoken for
large section Of the Traders hotel.
and the Parkersburg commandery
has pre-empted the fourth story Of
The Waldo. The Weston Sir
Knights have also been looking
ahead and fortunately secured To-
cation in advance of the rush. But
let them come. ample provision will
he provided for every ones comfort.
The Clarksburg commandery fully
appreciates the magnitude Of the
hostship it has assumed and i look
ing after every detail essential to
the highest success of the conclayc
and the comfort Of the visitors
Sir I. 7. Wallis, Sir Stuart T.
Reed and Sir David X. Reed have
been named as the supervising com
mittee ON general arrangements, I'M
der whose direction the several
special committees will work.
= The following special committees
have been appointed:
Is Invitations Sir Knights S. T.
Reed. Jno. B. Smith. D. X. Reed,
r. W. Young and Jas. \. fless.
SouvenirS-Sir Knights +. Il.
Delbridge, J. F. Krohmc. G.. W.
Lynch, l., p. Currenec and Wade
! Coffman.
Decoraton>-Si Knights. J. S.
Mechling, c. T.. Lamberd, y. W.
Jacobs. Frank Bland, Earl Carpen-
ter and Sir Harris
Entertainment and BanQuet-Sir
Knights 7. T. Wallis, d. X. Reed,
). +. Reed, \. NJ. r. Cunningham
and Y. L. Highland.
Transportation-Sir Knights J.
W. Davis, o. l.. Rohrbaugh. DR.
Johnston, J. Y. Blair and John W,
Carpenter.
Mnsic-Sir Knights l.. g. Lock
wood. Carl Hornor. Or. Ogden. W.
T.. Leonard and Hugh Jarvis
Finance-Sir Knights 7. T. Wal
liz, d. X. Reed, s. " Reed. Treas
tirer u. W. jacobs. Recorder \. l..
Roberts.
Other committees will be named
as needed bui the ones above men
toned viii proceed at once, origin
ating plans and outlining the work
which must follow
The meeting Of the Mobiles Of the
Mystic Shrine in special ceremonial
session will lend additional inter
est to this meeting. The meeting Of
the Shriners on Thursday night.
May 10. viii bc preceded hy a grand
parade n different from that
If the E~ts Templars ON We'd
nesday, but 81 lacking in splendor
and as interesting to the observer as
the first one
Op ra'ion Successful