The San Francisco call., 1907-02-24
Native Sons

Grand President, Walter D. Wagner
of San Bernardino was IN this city last
week and visited a number of the local
parlors. He may remain here during
the current week.
Grand First Vice President NJ T.
Dooling has returned to his home in
HolIister, after having paid official
visits to a number of the local parlors,
After few days with his family he
will visit the parlors in Los Angeles
and vicinity.
Grand Organizer Andrew Mocker is
in Woodland awakening the natives to
the necessity of having a large class
initiation in that district.
The officers of Oakland Parlor were
installed on the last Wednesday in jan
uary at a very enthusiastic session of
the membership by District Deputy
Grand President B. Dean. The cere-
mony was followed by an installation
banquet and speechmaking. This par
lor is in the new boom of prosperity.
California, the mother parlor Of the
order. will shortly exemplify the pro-
posed new ritual that is TO be presented
at the next session of the Grand Par
lor
On the first Saturday in the current
month, there was an entertainment for
the benefit of ST Helena Parlor
when the following programme was
presented: Moving pictures; vo-
cal selections. Miss Gertsen. moving
pictures. violin solo, Ray Benjamin; /;
Brownies chorus, Mario Vasconi, Her
bert Landecker, Ralph Paulson and
Frederick Rianda, moving pictures
humorous selections. Billy Hynes of San
Francisco; moving pictures; vocal selec-
tions, Miss Z. f. Carey; moving pic
lures.
The following named members of
Olympus Parlor have been installed as
the officers who are to serve for the
current term: William p. Neeson, presi-
dent; William cronan Jr Robert S.
Elliott and Adolph Wilbrand. vice
presidents; Percy C. Lincoln, marshal;
w. ]. Phelps, treasurer; George F. Nc
Cornick, financial secretary; Frank I.
Butler, recording secretary; Richard
Cullen, Thomas T. Lynch and Julius
Eppstein, trustees: James E. Gallagher,
inside sentinel; William D. Puckhaber,
outside sentinel. District Deputy
Arthur w. Curtis was the installing Of
f1cer. This parlor is the owner of the
bear flag that was f1oated over the
Bank of California the first structure
erected in the commercial district after
the fire. The bank, through S. H. Dan
iels, sent the parlor a better of thanks
for the use of the flag. The parior has
iary of the Society of California Pio-
neers, to be displayed On the occasion
OF its reception to be held in the Cal
vary Church building on the occasion
of the celebration of the signing of the
treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo by which
California was ceded 10 the United
States. This flag is to be framed and
kept in the parlor's headquarters.
The Native Sons literary and social
90, q L-~I1
give dance in Lyric He'll on the even
ing of Wednesday, February 81.
Marshall Parlor of the Native Sons
viii have its night with the social and
literary committee in Lyric Hall next
Wednesday. An entertaining pro-
gramme will be presented. The new
officers of the committee are Louis f..
Erb, president: L. c. Tubbs. vice presi-
dent; E. j. Reilly, secretary: william
Martin, treasurer. E. E. Fischer George
J. Stockwitz and c. A. Kaiser, trustees.
]. Emmett Hayden, chairman of the
transportation committee of the Grand
Parlor, left for Mexico last week to
discover whether he can secure a lot
of burros for the San Francisco Ma
tive Sons, he being of the opinion that
they can make better time with them
than they can on the cars of the Unit
ed Railroads. He will be absent thirty
days.