The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-02
Woodmen From All Parts Of Coun.
ty in Session in Kenosha
To Name Delegates
.KEN0sHA AFTER STATE CAMP
Delegates From This County to wau-
sau Meeting Will Make Hard
Fight for Kenosha AS Place
For State Camp in 1911

Pike Woods Camp Of the Modern
Woodmen of America was host today
to the delegates from the various
camps in Kenosha county when the
county camp assembled at the hall Of
the order at eleven o'clock this morn
ing for the purpose of electing two
delegates to the state CAM to be held
at .Wausau in July and - make ar
to put up a hard fight to Sc
cure the next meeting Of the state
camp in Kenosha. The county camp
was called to order by Alfred Simons
who is the present head of the county
organization. There were twenty height
delegates present at the session, every
camp in the county being represented.
In addition to the delegates many mem
bers of the various camps came to the
city to attend the sessions of the
county camp. There are eight camps
of the Modern Woodmen in Kenosha
county, the order having a larger mem
bership in the county than any other
fraternal organization. The camps
represented at the meeting of the
county camp today included Wilmot,
Salem, Bristol, Trevor, Somers, Brigh-
ton, Pleasant Prairie and Kenosha. On
account of the large number Of mem
bers Of the Kenosha Camp majority
Of the delegates to the county camp are
from this city.
After the organization of the county
camp this morning the delegates adj
journed for the morning and they were
escorted to the Hotel Kenosha where
they were entertained at dinner at
which covers were laid for thirty
guests.
The members of the order in the
smaller towns in the county are en-
thusiastic in their support of the claims
of Kenosha as the meeting place for
the state camp in 1911. The Kenosha
Woodmen have already started the ball
rolling to secure the next meeting of
the state camp and the two delegates
elected at the session of the county
camp today will make hard fight for
Kenosha before the state camp at Wau-
sau. Nearly every camp in the state
has received a personal letter from the
Kenosha Woodmen urging that Keno
sha be selected as the city for holding
the next state camp. Many Of the
camps have already instructed their
delegates to vote in favor of Kenosha
but it is certain that there will be
strong opposition as several cities are
planning to bid for the entertainment
of the state camp. It is claimed that
Kenosha is entitled to the honor on
account Of the fact that it should come
to some city in the southern part Of the
state. Beloit is one Of the strong
Woodmen centers of the state and it
is said that the Beloit Woodmen will
work to aid Kenosha in the fight. The
delegates from Racine county will also
be instructed to work for Kenosha and
it is thought that the delegates from
several other cities will be instructed
| in the same way.
The sessions Of the county camp to-
udy were given Over 10 GIl6 DISCUSSIONS
of interest to the members of the order
and it is expected that the enthusiasm
brought out at the session will result
! in large increase in the membership
I, Of the different camps in the county
during the coming year.
At the opening session Of the. county
camp, r. B. Swenson of Wilmot. was
elected chairman and A. H. Simons of
Kenosha, secretary. Resolutions were
passed endorsing the candidacy Of A.
| n. Bort as a candidate for second
term as head director. A committee
consisting of Alfred H. Simons, Charles
Fl. Ernst of Kenosha and John Evans
Of Salem was named to advance the
interests Of the order in Kesnoha
The delegates elected for the state
camp were Alfred H. Simons Of Keno
| sha; Alva Paddock of Salem. Alter
mates, Dwight House Of Kenosha;
Frank Define of Somers