The San Francisco call., 1906-08-12


Secretary Turner as secretary and
Grand Treasurer John E. McDougan as
treasurer eX-of7cio. The board met
recently and elected Gerhard presi-
dent and Johns vice president 1t also
prepared a set of rules and regulations
Tor the government of the board All
relief funds were turned over to the
new organization. 1t is the purpose of
the board TO care for all cases Of DIS
tress in the order and each member
OF the board who is placed in charge
Of a particular district is advanced a
stated sum to be used in cases of
urgency, each being under bonds for
a faithful performance of his trust
The rules adopted are intended to pre-
vent any one from imposing upon the
relief fund of the order.
The social given by the Native Sons
literary and social committee in the
Japanese Tea Garden (the old Olympic
Club grounds) during the latter part
Of July was well attended and was a
decided success. c. A Koenig was the
chairman OF the evening. This COM
mittee has under discussion a PROPOSE
tion 10 have a hall built for it on Fell
street, near Market, that will have a
dancing floor 50x90 feet, with a stage
on which it can give vaudeville enter
tainments
The office of the grand secretary is
now located in temporary Native Sons
Hall at Cough and Geary streets and
by the close of the current week will
be completely furnished.
At the recent session of the Grand
Parlor the constitution was so amended
to permit members of suspended,
extinct or dissolved parlor to apply
within one year after extinction, sus-
pension or dissolution for membership
in any parlor, under certain rules, one
of which is that the applicants must
show that they were blameless for the
suspension, etc. The sashes for mem
bers have been abolished, and for Off
GERS collars instead of sashes have
been substituted. The ritual presented
al the recent session will be exempIi-
fed at the next session of the Grand
Parlor to be held in Napa
Pacific and Stanford parlors will
hereafter meet in Native Sons Hail.
corner Of Geary and Cough streets
The frst-named parlor has named
Frank D. Wiley, R. A Crowley,
R. NJ Roche. George G. Fraser, Walter
V. Walsh. Captain Alexander McCul-
Tough, Henry Dahl, John F. Cannon
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tember committee 1t will have head
quarters at the Sea Beach Hotel in
Santa Cruz and will entertain in an
elaborate manner.
The installation banquet recently
given by Stanford Parlor was an en-
thusiastic affair. There were most en-
couraging responses along New San
Francisco lines by Charles A. Sweigert,
Maxwell McNutt, Bernard ]. Flood and
Judge John J. Van Nostrand and songs
by William NJ. Ogilvie and A E Min
ner and selections by the Minner
quartet.
On the last Tuesday in July Stanford
and Pacific parlors had joint high
jinks and smoker in Phelps Hall at
which Judge Van Nostrand was the
sire. There was a delightful pro-
gramme of varied numbers and the
serving of a delicious collation. and
light refreshments. The contributors
to the programme were W NJ Ogilvie,
the Minner quartet. William Clack,
Henry Dahl. Harry A. Catalan. Morris
Kramer, George McComb. Jim Dinan
and members of the local vaudeville
shows
Golden Gate Parlor of the Native
Sons of the Golden West has arranged
for ladies' night to be given on the
evening of August 20.
The Native Sons social and literary
committee will have a clambake at
some point on the Conrta Costa shore
on August 19. The Monday night COM
mittee will assist
All of the Monday night parlors had
a reunion in Mission Masonic Hall last
Monday night under the auspices of
Dolores ParIor.