The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-11
BANQUET ENDS
H[ICONVEN TIONS.
OF the Knights and the Ladies of
the Maecabees Of West Virginia
at the Waldo Hotel.
WESTON GETS NEXT MEETING.
Profitable and Delightful Sessions Of
Fraternal Beneficiary Orders
sg Come to Close.

OF the Waldo hotel Friday night, be-
ginning at II o'clock, which was a
delightful and enjoyable affair, the
annual State conventions Of the
knights and the Ladies of the Mac.
cabees of West virginia came to a
close.
Interesting Addresses.
Nearly three hundred were pres
ent in the dining hall and shared in
the serving of an excellent menu at
the close of which several very In
teresting addresses were made. Eli
mer F. Goodwin presided as toast
master in a happy and graceful
manner and introduced the follow
ing speakers who entertained the
assembly with appropriate remarks:
Mrs. Lillian N. Hollister, OF Port
Huron. Mich. Supreme Commander
of the l. o. r. M; Miss Bina M.
West, of Detroit, Supreme Record
Keeper of the L. o. T. M; Mrs.
Helen T. Burt. of Ypsilanti. Mich,
State Commander Of the L. o II. NJ;
Patrick H. Shields, OF CIarksburg;
3. B. Hardesty, of Cumberland; C.
G. showalter. of Parkersburg, State
Commander of the K. o. T. NJ, and
others. wells's orchestra rendered
music during the banduek.
sistersvilIe Retains Banner.
The, knights ended their conven-
tion work with session in the /.
o. o. F. hall beginning at O'Clock
at which the contest between the
sistersville and wellsburg degree
teams for the State banner was held
and class OF four candidates was
initiated into membership Of the
clarksburg Tent. The sistersviile
degree team was awarded the ban
ner. This team wan the banner at
the State convention held IN Wheel
ing last year. The judges were Col.
Lang. of Fairmont; JONES Goe, of
Fink, and Frank Davis, of Weston.
At the session in the afternoon
after the street parade. the knights
elected officers and finished up the
business work of the convention.
The following are the new onicers
that were chosen to serve for the
ensuing year:
New Officers Of knights.
Past State Commander. w.
Beatty, Logansport.
State Commander G. c. showal-
ter. Parkersburg.
State Lieutenant commander-J.
Mccoy. sistersyille.
State Record Keeper-H. S. Car
penter, Parkersburg.
chaplain-P. A. svisser. Phil
ippi.
Finance Keeper-F. ,. Sexton.
Buckhannon.
Physician-Dr. ]. 3. payne.
clarksburg.
sargeant-o. E. Mcmillan. Fair
mont.
Master at Johnston smith.
West Union.
First Master of Guard Howard
Urbach, Weston.
Second Master OF Guard-I. W.
Wymer, Jane Lew.
Sentinel. L. Morgan, Charles
ton.
PicEet-J. N. Burns. Point Pleas
ant.
Committees on resolutions and
good of the order made their reports.
at this session and the work en-.
tailed by this and considerable mis-
cellaneous business was finished M
Weston was chosen a. the place
for the next annual convention.
Iladics' Guard Drin Contest.
The Ladies of the Maccabees end
ed their convention work Friday
evening with the guard drin contest
In the assembly hail Of the Waldo.
In the afternoon there was class INF
tiation and also exemplIGcation d
the degree work which was done By
the Clarksburg guard team.
The Fairmont guard team won the
first prize, which was SIS Ia money
and The sistersyiile team got the
second prize, SO. Both teams did
splendid work and It was very hard
for the judges to decide upon the
awards.
After the driil contest dancing was
enjoyed untl time for The banquet,
Wells's orchestra furnishing TIE
music Tor t1e occasion.