The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-18
HUGHES HONORED BY
!. D. OF. Of INDIANA
Alexandria Man Named
Grand Junior Warden
After Contest.
COOPER IS NOT A CANDIDATE
State Encampment at Work and New
Home Will Be Dedicated
Tonight.
COOPER IS NOT A CANDIDATE.

Though Francis H Cooper of Ham
mond was not a candidate for the
grand junior wardenship of Indiana
l. o. OF. this time the Odd Fellows
were greatly interested in the battle
for the honor. however
After spirit decontest, participated
in by seven other candidates, w. I.
Hughes of Alexandria was chosen
grand Junior warden at the meeting
of the grand encampment l. o. o. F.
of Indiana yesterday at Indianapolis
This means that he will be promoted
step bp step to the position of grand
patriarch
Because of the custom to slip the
officers up one notch year by year, the
real battle is for the office of grand
| junior warden. Opposing Mr. Hughes
in the race yesterday were j. S. James
w. A. Breining, John r. Andrews,
| Long and Ira S. Keeler
Three Ballots Necessary.
| There were three ballots, Mr.. Hughes
| being in the lead on each On the first
ballot he was seventeen in the lead,
and Higman dropped out before the
next ballot. The second ballot, taken
! just before the noon adjournment, gave
Hughes lead of thirty five, and the
| third ballot, taken just after lunch,
with Hughes, James, Sharp and Kee-
| Ter in the race, resulted in the election
| Of Hughes, a majority of all the votes
cast being required for election The
winner had more votes on the third
ballot than all the other candidates
| by fifty nine. receiving 321. The Of
ficers elected were:
Grand PATRIARCH. H. McSheehy
| Logansport.
Grand High Priest-w. H. Tabor
Terre Haute.
son. Indianapolis.
Grand Junior Warden-W. l. Hughes
Alexandria.
Grand scribe-W. H Leedy. Indian
apolis.
Grand Treasurer. NJ. Lang. Sulli.
van.
Grand Trustee (for three years) =
George Rogers. Lafayette
Grand Representative to Sovereign
Grand Lodge (for two years)-Johr
B. Cockrum. Indianapolis.
Grand Representative Sovereign
, Grand Lodge (for one year)-I. c
J Helm, Decatur.
The appointive Offices were filled 70,
the coming year as follows:
Grand Marshal-George w. Freye
muth, South Bend.
Grand Sentinel-John e. Barnes. Lo
gansport.
l Deputy Grand Standardization Rit
ter, French Lick Springs.
3 Assistant Deputy Grand Sentinel :
c. F. Langjahr, Lebanon.
The meeting of the grand encamp
. ment came to a close yesterday after
I noon after two sessions Before ad
r journment the encampment compli
: mented W. H. Leedy, grand scribe o
the order and grand secretary of tn
grand lodge, 1. o. o. F., with ris
e ing vote of thanks for his service
: during the past year
@ Following the sessions of the gran
e encampment yesterday there wer
q meetings last night at the recptio
Il room of tn new Odd Fellows buildin
: and at Tomlinson hall. The meetin
at the building was that of the Dis
3 trict Deputies association, and ther
was an exemplification of the subor
v dinate degree at Tomlinson hall
v The grand lodge, L. o. o. F., wi
begin it's sessions today At $3.50 thi
v afternoon the new half million -dolla
O Odd Fellows building will be dedicate
h and at 1880 there will be a big torch
k light parade preceding a meeting &
# Tomlinson hail. which will be ae
e dressed by John L. Nolen, grand sir
of the order. living at Nashville, Tenl