The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-22
OFFICERS FOR
DEGREE OF HONOR
Ogden Woman Heads JuriSdic.
ton and Next Meeting Will
Be at Park City.

The seventh biennial session of the De-
gree of Honor closed here early last even
ing. The meeting was characterized as
the most successful in the history of the
Jurisdiction, which embraces Utah, Idaho
and Wyoming. The most important mat
tiers disposed of yesterday were the selec-
ton OF officers for the next two years,
and the naming yof Park City as the next
place of meeting for the grand lodge.
The officers selected were: Past grand
chief of honor, Mrs Margaret Mallon OF
Wallace, Ida; grand chief of honor, Mrs.
Callie E. Cave OF Ogden; grand lady Of
honor, Mrs. Nellie z. Cook OF Eureka;
grand chef of ceremonies, Mrs. Jean
Watson of Park City; grand recorder
ceiver, Mrs. Lizzie Kneale of Park CITY :
grand usher. Mrs. Louise Cutting OF
Evanston; grand inner watch, Mrs Mar
garet Davey of Hope, Ida; grand outer
watch, Mrs. Ella Boyd of HALEY, Ida I:
supreme lodge representatives. Mrs. Mar
garet Mallon of Wallace, Ida, Mrs. LIZ
zie Kneale of Park City and Mrs. Eleanor
Crawford of Salt Lake.
Excepting for the positions OF grand
chief of honor and grand outer watch, the
elections were by reclamation. Mrs
Margaret Mallon of Wallace, Ida, put up
a good fight for reelection as grand
chief of honor and when the votes were
counted Mrs. Cave of Ogden secured a
majority of one vote, being chosen for
the office by this small margin But five
or six votes separated the contestants Tor
the place of grand outer watch.
The prizes offered for the lodge secur-
ing the greatest number Of new members
since the last meeting, also the lodge Sc
curing the greatest number of mem bers
since the first of the year, were awarded
TO Silver Spray lodge of Park City and
Mullan, Ida, respectively. The first
prize was $40 and the second g.
The question that occupied the largest
part of the session was whether or not the
delegates should go to the superior lodge
meeting instructed to labor for the pass
age of a measure permitting an enroll
ment of male members, not members OF
the A. o. L. w. who take out bene-
ficiary in the Degree of Honor. At the
present time the laws of the organization
admit to the Degree of Honor only such
male members as are affiliated with the
A. o. wv The diSbanding OF the grand
lodge of the A. o. Z. W. in this CITY
some time ago has materially lessened
the membership in the local lodge of the
Degree of Honor. 1t is to overcome this
that the delegates of this jurisdiction are
working. After a lengthy discussion or
the matter the convention decided to IN
struct it's delegates to work toward that
end. Should the movement go through
the supreme lodge Ii will virtually mean
a complete severance of the Degree of
Honor from the A. o. L. w, and for that
reason it is not expected to pass.
Owing to the large amount of business
before the convention yesterday after
noon. il was necessary to cancel the
pleasure trip TO Ogden canyon. Arrange
ments had been made on an elaborate
scale for this trip. which was to have
been made at the close of the session. In
stead a banquet was served in the ban
duet room adjoining the hall in which
the convention was held.
AS a finale to the meeting, the newly
elected officers were indicted into office
bv the retiring past grand chief of honor.
Mrs Archie Bowman of Ogden. Imme-
diatelv after the installation of the off
GERS. Mrs. Cave. the new grand chief of
honor. announced the following perma-
nent committees:
Finance-Mrs. Frances Gibson of Salt
Lake, Mrs Susan A. Sims of Ogden, Mrs.
Alice F. Deighton of Park City.
Laws-S ". Darke of Salt Lake. Mrs.
Susan Guthrie of Ogden, Mrs. Eunice r.
Bowman of Ogden.