The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-29

| ferred All around the sides OF the
| Blue Lodge room seats has been ar
ranged in tiers, like bleachers at a
baseball game. and in this manner
great many more people were accom-
modated that the room would ordin
arily hold.
WEIRD SOUNDS HEARD.
In the center OF the little ampithe
alter, which has been formed by these /
seats the candidates were put through /
the mysteries of this wonderful degree I
and from the strange sounds which /
emanated from the temple at various /
times, it may be presumed that the
candidates were getting all that was
coming to them.
The giving of the degree lasted from
I to 1890 when the hall was cleared
by many of the Shriners who took the
opportunity to get a breath Of fresh
air.
Some of them certainly needed it.
Some Hammond men will never forget
the scenes in the temple in which they
figured in principals. There We're sew
eraI extra degrees given and there are
a number of men who will carry the
marks of the extra degree as long as
they live. The fun grew fast and
furious and threatened at one time to
be productive Of considerable ill-feel-
, ing. Go as far as you like" was the.
motto adopted in many cases. Several
of the older Shriners were the especial
, objects of the "get even spirit and il
is not exaggerating to say that they
did get even with those tormented ones.
Clever Vaudeville show.
. At IL O'Clock the vaudeville COM
pany arrived from the White City and
shortly afterwards the crowds returned
to the hall and witnessed the perform
ance The show was identical to that
given in the White City and some of
G the acts were very clever.
! In fact this was but one of the
features which was made possible b.
: Paul Howse, the manager of the White
City, who contributed so much to the
success of the undertaking as a whole.
A large number of the visitors, in
: fact all of those from Murat temple.
; and a large number from Medina
- temple in Chicago. remained in Ham
: mond during the night and every hos
= telry in the city was crowded to its
;, full capacity.
i Among the distinguished visitors in
- Hammond during the day were James
. f. Watson. the republican nominee for
and playwright, who came up from
Crown Point, where they had attended
/ the picnic of the Indiana society OF
ID Chicago, and arrived in time to see
II part of the fun.
It ROundy Was Ignored.
ar One Of the regrettable things about
re the affair was the fact that Impercia
e. Potentiate Frank Roundy. who is the
Sc potentiate of all of the Shrines II
al North America, came into the city IN
expected and unheralded. There wa:
l. no one at the temple to welcome hin
OF and he returned to the hotel where
Or five committees were sent to persuade
n him to overlook the failure of thu
lg mobiles to recognize him Roundy wa'
ne obdurate. however, and left the city oil
s an early train.
IN The various committees upon whfcl
A the bulk of the work was thrown AM
lg which were responsible for the sue
ap cess of the affair, were headed by d.
r II. E. Sharrer upon whom the hrunt o
in the work and responsibility fell Ql
a Sharrer deserves a large measure o
credit for the energetic manner j
which the plans were carried to sue
cessful conclusion, but success woul
only have been possible with tn
splendid cooperation which ne iCNNlNO
u from the other members of the Shrin
nc in Hammond.
as General committee on arrangement
Oh Harry f. Sharrer. chairman, Ham
ca mond; Hugh F. Meikle, secretary, Ham
oo mond; Joseph J. Ruff. treasurer, Ham
3 mond.
Committee on parade-Harry
ey Sharrer, chairman. Hammond; Hugh
ms Meillxle, Hammond Alex G. Schlicke
&C. East Chicago; Frank NJ Gavit, Whit
ne ing; Harold H. Wheeler, Crown Poin
ar Committee on banquet-Jacob /
lty Kasper. chairman. Hammond; Robel
lty c. Kidney, Hammond; Richard H. No
he HE, Hammond Joseph J. Ruff. Han
en- mond: August II. W. Johnson. East Oh
-d- cago.
Vaudeville communications W. Dye
chairman, Hammond; E Edwin Bel
tel Hammond; William F. Bridge, Han
sit mond.
ed Reception committeeman E. Baue
cir chairman. Hammond; George W Levi
vice chairman, East Chicago; Benjam
ose A Franklin secretary. Laporte-