Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
COURT SEMI-TROPIC, I. o. F.

The annual installation of the officers OF
Court Semi-Troplc No l442 for the yea
1908 took place at the hall of the court OF
Tuesday evening, January IA, the meet
ing, which was a closed one, being at.
tended by members o. the court and Wis.
iting members to the full capacity of the
hall.
The following officers were installed
Court deputy, Companion Mary f. Per.
ry, reelected chief ranger, Brother L. d
Holllngsworth, reelected; past chief ran
ger, Brother j. Strachan; vice chief
ranger, Companion Anna Conn; record
ing secretary, Brother w. II. Perry;
financial secretary, Brother S. w. Van
Dompselaar, reelected; treasurer, Broth.
er r. G. Weishaar. Reelected; orator, Com.
panon Pauline Rricker; organist. Com
panion Julia Dox, re-elected court physl.
cian NJ. II. Ross, NJ. D., reelected senior
woodward, Companion E. Il. Bricker;
junior woodward, Brother Ed Randolph,
reelected; senior beadle, Brother George
Hollingsworth, reelected; junior beadle,
Companion Mary Power Court trustees,
Companion E. X. Ross and Brother r. Z.
Montgomery. Finance committee Com
panion Mary e. Perry and Brother A.
st. George. Trustees of sick and funeral
department, Companion Adella Weishaar,
Companion Mary f. Perry and Brother
Robert Brydon.
Another most interesting event of the
evening was the awarding of the prizes
to those members of the court who have
been the most regular attendants upon
the meetings o. the court during the pa st
four months. This contest (Which was
not open to salaried officers OF the COURT
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teen regular weekly meetings of the eouri
and of that number Companion Anna
Cohn and Brothers ]. st 'achan and George
Hollingsworth were present at each and
every meeting. Companions Emily Mills
and Nora King were present at fifteeL
out of the seventeen meetings and Com
ranion Marie Strachan was present at
eleven meetings. These. therefore. were
oecla red the winners of the six prizes
which were presented and which were
most heartily appreciated by the winners
1t is pleasing to say that the giving of
these prizes has exerted such a beneficial
effect upon the attendance during the
past four months that Brother Van
Dompselaar. T. S. of III court has Of
fered a special prize of a box of choice
cigars to the member being most frequent
in attendance from date until March I,
and Companion Mrs. Mary e. Perry has
made an offer of a special prize for the
members being most frequent In attend
ance during the whole of the current year
(salaried officers of the court barred from
each of the salo contests).
Following the exercises OF the evening
the company present adjourned to the
banquet room. where they found the ia
bles laden with a most tempting array
Of the delicacies OF the season, to which
full justice was done by all present; the
tables having to be set n second time to
accommodate the large number In attend
ance. The court las under consideration
the formation Of a new series of whist
entertainments to be held during the early
months of the current year, and for which
prizes will be given, as was the case IN
the series which, closed a few weeks ago,
and which proved such E decided success.
new and pleasing feature which has
been introduced into tire court is the APP
nointment of n committee on introduce
ton. their duties being TO see that all
members and visitors are duly introduced
and maze to feel Eat home" with each
ether and with the court. Companions
Marie Strachan and r. X. Ross were APP
pointed at the last meeting of the court
as such committee for the nresent term.
1t is needless to say that thev viii per-
form their duties faithfully and efficiently.