The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09
i" HE supreme
Friends of the lodge Of the
Forest i ~ ror.st -
he Forest,

ofSo' the Forest,
with all the supreme officers present,
together with the following delegates,
met last week in this city Pioneer
| lodge No. /, Emma Hyman, A Peterson
Ford, Lizzie German, Minnie Marquart.,
NJ. L. Simonds, Sarah l.. Sandman,
Elizabeth Tolbert; Lincoln lodge No. 2,
Bertha Mackrett. Lillian Rinner. N. E.
Geary, Emily Hoffman, G. T. Hoffman,
j. Knudsen; Mizpah lodge No. 4, Mrs
McKenna; Olive Branch lodge No. Z.
Blanch Connolly, Bessie Stewart. Emma
F. Sprague; Oak Leaf lodge No. 8, Adel
Eads; Laurel lodge No. 10. Anna Sher-
man. Emily Foley; La Honda lodge No
12. Mary Quinn and Arthur King.
Many amendments to existing laws
were presented and acted upon. The
state of the order committee reported
the organization progressing favorably
and a marked increase in finance On
Tuesday evening there was reception
and ball to the supreme officers. dele
gates and friends. On the last day of
the session Past Supreme President
Lille A. Dygert installed the following
supreme officers for the current term:
Miss Neva Raymond, junior past pres
ident; Elizabeth Mary McLane, presi-
dent; Emily Hoffman, vice president;
Olive Naylor, chaplain; Lena Scholten,
secretary; Mary Probert, treasurer; Ar
thur King. marshal; N. E. Geary, war;
den; Anna Sherman, guard; Sarah Ha-
gan, sentinel; Emma Hyman, organist;
Blanch Connolly, Lillian Rinner and
Bertha Mackrett, trustees; J. Knudsen,
! Harry German, G. r. Hoffman, auditors.
During the session there was an ex-
emplihcation of the work of the order
by the initiation of Alma Jensen, past
president of the California assembly of
the Rebekahs, by team under com
rnand of Mrs. E. NJ. McLane. The ses-
sion closed with a banquet at popular
! restaurant, where the retiring past
president, Mrs. Lille A Dygert, in ap-
probation of the work she had done for
the order, was presented handsomely
decorated chocolate set. The retiring
president. Miss Neva Raymond, was
presented a pretty crystal dish.
The social which
- n II TI/ was to have been
n. ~. -. w given in Cotillon
hall. May 81, under
the auspices of the board of deputies
of the Ancient Order of Workmen, has
been postponed to June 81.
Grand Master Savage initiated a
class of 10 for Justice lodge in Bakers
field May %.
There is movement afoot to build
an A O. u. W. building in this city.
An appeal has been sent to each of
the 5000 lodges in the national juris-
diction to help in this matter. A num-
Der OF lodges outside of the state have
already responded and sent liberal do
nations. If a sum amounting in the
aggregate to $4,000 is secured in that
way the enterprise will be undertaken
If not the contributions will be re-
turned.
Justice lodge of Bakersfield at it's
last held meeting initiated class of
| IT.
Grand Master Savage is in Fresno
arranging for the initiation of class
of candidates in that city during the
current month.
Grand Receiver Spencer reports that
since California adopted the new plan
/ last October the income has exceeded
the obligations during that time by
| $lS,440.S6 and that the indebtedness
that was outstanding October / last
year has been largely reduced.
| DR.. H. H. Shields, who was supreme
| master workman at the time the su-
| preme body met in this city in 1894
and subsequently became the supreme
medical examiner for the order, died in
his home in Hamblin, Mo-, recently.
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