Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-02
YEOMEN GREET
GRAND FOREMAN
WILLIAM KOCH IS GUEST OF
HONOR
Declares Yeomsnry Of Old England
az Outlined by Walter Scott
is STANDARD Of Modern
Order

with their grand foreman, William
Koch. as their guest Of honor the Los
Angeles and Ivanhoe homesteads of
the Brotherhood of American Yeomen
eave a banquet at the Federation Cof-
fee club last night.
Preparations were made for 1876 MEM
bers of the Yeomen and their friends
at the festive board. The menu was
printed in novel style to conform to
the name of the guest of honor and
the order he represents.
1t was a lively gathering that met,
quickened by strains of music during
the socaHhour before the banquet. A
cordial greeting was given every one
that entered the banquet room.
DIR. H. b. B. Montgomery was the
chairman of the evening and Fl. A.
Miller the toastmaster. Following are
the names of the speakers and their
subjects: Oscar Lawler, Fraternity"
T. II. Gray, LOS Angeles Homestead
947;" c. II. Lewis, THE LADIES'" o.
X. White, "The Team" G.. c.. Ven
Emen, Loyal Yeomen;" L. j. Phil
lips, "Ivanhoe Homestead 1915" Grand
Foreman William Koch, "The Common
Fellow--A Yeoman."
Mr.. Koch is a young man of prepos-
sessing appearance and intellectual and
cordial in his address. He spoke on the
progress of the social condition of the
common people, the yeomen, as he
termed them. He said in part:
Common People Rulers
From the time that the Man from
Galilee, an ordinary carpenter, came to
teach the world the doctrine of love and
become a leader of men to the present,
common people have continued to be
the rulers of the earth. The yeomanry
of old England as outlined by Walter
Scott in Ivanhoe' is our standard, and
to emulate their virtues is the purpose
of the modern Yeomen,"
Mr.. Koch also spoke of the present
conditions of his order and congratu-
lated California Yeomen and citizens on
their hospitality and on their progress
Siveness and pride in their local enter
prises.
Mr.. Koch stated that the order con-
sisted of about $4,000 members, mostly
in the middle and western states; that
on this coast there are about 10000
members, in California about $500 and
in Los Angeles about 500 members, 100
members to be initiated into the order
tonight.
Those Present
Those present were: William Koch,
II. A. Miller, G. H. Lewis, Miss Kitty
Kettensky, Louis j. Phillips, Mrs. Flor
ence V. Phillips Mrs. H. A. Miller, A.
B. Holiness Mrs A. B. Holmes, DIR. IL.
b. B. Montgomery, Mrs. Winfred B.
Rodgers, T. H. Gray, Mrs. T. H. Gray,
W. w. Waller, Mrs. Nellie G. Eagoe,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Humble, Mrs. j. e.
Klippert, R. l.. Goggor, Mrs. R. L. Cog
gor Miss Rose Day, Mrs. Bradbury, j.
Bradbury, Susan Walker Hattie Brad
bury, c.. L. Alturine, C. M Callahan,
Herman N. Stumpf, Mrs. Emily A.
Stumpf, Mrs. j. A. Campbell Mrs. Kate
Vose, II. B. Larson, Mrs. H. B. Larson,
Miss Florence 1. Gray, c. c. Emery,
Minta e. Durfee, F. C. Burris, Mrs.
F. c. Burris, Sadie c. Votsford, o. K.
White, Mrs. o. X. White, Miss Mabel
Lipird, Blanche Newbein, j. l. Kirk
patrick, D. c. Sullivan, Lawrence Ken
nedy, Nettie E. Pillet, Edward r. Pill
let, Oriana Pillet, Fred H. Bente, w.
7. Elliot, r. H. Lawrence, Lottie o.
Gray, H. o. Averill, Major w. A. Des-
borough and wife, Miss Eva M. Peck,
G. e. Keiser, e. Tannis, w. E. Rames,
Mrs Augusta Rice, Mr.. and Mrs. c. C.
Ven Even, Bernice Dempater, DIR. w.
H. Dempater, Miss Gussie Hildner, Mrs
Lillian Hildner, DR.. c. B. Walsworth
DIR. NJ. V. Walsworth, Mr.. and Mrs
H. L. Redd, D. Mcbride.