Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-12
BROTHERHOOD AMERICAN
WOMEN
Ivnnhoe Homestead No. 141s

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~ Total membership in the
ZkE IN United States, $1,000; Call
MSkJAAf fornia, $500, and In the
lHVENl city of Los Angeles over
I2~AlNGl 500. There are four home
1890 steads in the city-Poin-
wv settia No. 1875, California
" No. 1888, Los Angeles NO.
047 and Ivanhoe No. 14l8.
H. A. Miller is Pacific coast manager
and is a "hustler'
The insurance laws of Iowa, under
which the Yeomen are Incorporated
provide that reserve fund securities
must be depositerd with the auditor or
the state; also that all mortgage loans
and bonds must be approved by the
state auditor before the loan is legally
made from the reserve fund.
All delinquent interest and interest
payments must be reported to the state
officials as soon as received by the Of
ficers of the society. This newr law, en-
acted In 1907 gives additional security
to the funds Of the Yeomen ana as
sures the policy holders that our sa-
cred reserve fund shall always pc kept
intact.
No state in the Union has more rigid
insurance statutes than has Iowa.
The state has locked up In its vaults
between twenty-five and thirty NH
lions OF dollars belonging to the vari-
Gus companies and associations re-
quired by law to make these deposits
The Brotherhood of American Yeo-
men issues a combined life and acct
dent certificate to men and women
alike, making it possible for family to
Join the same lodge, attend all It's
meetings and equally participate In all
benefits of the society.
The society HIS q reserve fund when
may be drawn upon to pay death losses
f.f.r f1,. oh hlnG-
fit members in good standing In any
one year, thus guaranteeing low cost
to It's members regardless of epidemics
or calamitieS.
1t has twelve assessments each year.
which include all payments due from
members except lodge dues.
1t has a fine ritual.
It issues a splendid newsy monthly
magazine in which all official transact
lions of supreme officers are given, ana
all matters of interest are printed,
which goes to each member free.
1t is purely representative In its gov
eminent The society holds It's charter
and Is organized under the laws or
Iowa. whose insurance statutes are rec
oenized as being the best laws in exist
ence for the protection OF policy mold
ers.
The castle officers are: William
Koch, grand foreman; William 70.
Davy, chief correspondent; oliver q.
Winters, chief medical director OF Des
Moines, Iowa.
Ivanhoe homestead was conceived in
DIR. Fl. B. B. Montgomery's office at
pa Grant building, June 81, 1906.
The present officers are: DR.. III. Il.
True, honorable foreman; George W..
Stamm, master of ceremonies; Winl-
fred b. Rogers, correspondent; d. c.
Sullivan, master of accounts; Elda b.
Larson, chaplain; Nellie G. Eager. lady
Rebecca; Gertrude Larson, lady Row
ena; c. A. Rogers, overseer; Ellie
Burnham assistant overseer; Otto NC
Even, Waterman; William Schneid-
wind, sentinel; Dr. r. H. Fitzgerald,
guard; Carl T. Horn, musician; editor
for Yeoman Shield, Paul White; medi-
cal director, DR.. II. B. B. Montgomery.
The degree team Is composed as fol-
lows: Captain, L. A. Price; honorable
foreman Cedric, DR.. H. F. True; mas
ter of ceremonies Ivanhoe, j. Kilbur
HOLDEN; correspondent. Ellie Durham;
master of accounts Isaac the Jew, ID.
Carl Sullivan; chaplain Louise Mitch
ell; courier, Elda Larson; black knight,
George Stamm; lady Rebecca, Ella
Eickhorn;, lady Rowena, Katherine
Zangerle; NGurth the swineherd, H. B.
Barra; overseer, Charles Homan; SEN
Larson; Wambia the Jester. Arthur
tinel, Alice Holman; Waterman. Otto
McEwen; leader, Gertrude Larson; as
sistant leader, Susan Walker; torch
bearers, w. w. Waller and DR.. II. B.
B. Montgomery; pail bearers, Q. Am
bier Rogers, Wesley Hamilton, William
Schneidwind and Victor Newman.
Ivanhoe homestead holds the state
banner and is after the Pacific coast
banner, now held by Portland home
stead.