Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-26
BROTHERHOOD AMERICAN
YEOMEN

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[$A <b>IKH) foremost fraternal insur-
WEe ance men of the west to-
JI:{M;FeE2l day. Not only is he Pacific
IAAH coast manager of the
Brotherhood of American
wv Yeomen, but president of
v the entire field force. AL
though a young man, he has proved by
his ability and integrity that he is the
proper man to handle the helm and
manage an institution as gigantic as
the Brotherhood of American Yeomen.
He is highly esteemed and loved by the
members of this organization of which
he has direct supervision. numbering
over 10000 in this jurisdiction. Mr..
Miller has been identified with the
Brotherhood of American Yeomen some
thing over four years, two years in his
present capacity and formerly in direct
touch with the home office at Des
Moines, Iowa. Mr.. Miller maintains
his headquarters at $40 BumilleI
building, this city, and has nearly one
hundred active men in his field force,
and they are live ones, too, for that's
Miller every time. Mr.. Miller is o
Yeoman through and through, and is
always to be found on the firing line,
hard, faithful and Jealous worker, and
generally has that winning smile, the
kind that does not come off That's
right" Mr. Miller is constantly on the
go from San Diego to the Canadian
line, inspecting the many homesteads,
giving lectures, organizing and insti-
tuting new homesteads and instruct
ing the general workings of the order
Mr.. Miller is a member of the national
fraternal congress, a distinction most
fraternal men do not enjoy. At pres
emit the Brotherhood of American Yeo-
men has nearly $4,000 members and
growing rapidly. That speaks we'll for
an organization hardly ten years old,
with reserve fund of about 100000.
Ivanhoe Homestead No. 141S held
it's regular meeting Wednesday, Janu-
airy %, in Oak hall, Fraternal Brother
hood building, and initiated three can
didates. The new drill team did them
selves proud in putting on the work
and for their first appearance upon the
floor, showed the efficient manner in
which their captain, L. A. Price, had
trained them, and also the faithfulness
of the members of the team in attend
ing the drills. The team looked swell
in their new costumes and regalia. The
team is composed as follows: Hon.
foreman Cedric. DIR. H. F. True;
master of ceremonies Ivanhoe, George
w. Stamm; correspondent, Ellie Bur-
Jew, D. Carl Sullivan; chaplain, Elda
Larson; courier, Kitty Ketensky;
black knight, G. Amber Rogers; Lady
Rebecca, Ella Eickhorn; Lady Rowena,
Katherine Zangerle; Gurth the swine
herd, H. B. Larson; Wambla the Jester,
Arthur Barra; overseer, Chas. Holman;
guard, DR.. F. J. Fitzgerald; sentinel,
VIM. Schneidwind; Waterman, Otto
McErven; leader, Gertrude Larson; as
sistant leader Susan Walker; torch
bearers, w. w. Waller and DR.. H. B.
B. Montgomery; pail bearers, Fred
A. Berry, Samuel Ruffner, Wesley
Hamilton and Roy Walters. Ivanhoe
homestead holds the state banner and
is after the Pacific coast banner, now
held by Portland homestead. There Is
much interest manifested in the COM
ing campaign between the local home
steads, Ivanhoe, Los Angeles, Poin-
settia and California, in the member
ship contest for the state banner. M
J. Mooney is campaign manager for
Ivanhoe, and you know what 1t means,
when one tries to turn down an Irish
man. Ivanhoe inaugurated a plan of
campaign of its own, to last three
months. The conditions are that every
member securing a new member Will
be entitled to a banquet ticket; also
the member coming. This banquet
will not be a one-horse affair, as 1t is
intended to have the blowout" at
Levys and that will be worth attend
ing. Now, archers, get next to your
self and get busy. Winifred B. Rogers
is district deputy for Ivanhoe and as
such is a prime and moving factor, and
when you get ahead of Rogers you
will have to get better locomotive
than the Rogers. After lodge had ad-
journed the members were treated to
surprise in the shape of well pre-
pared feast, and the way that grub"
did disappear was q caution. Ivanhoe
will give a social dance and card party
Wednesday, evening. january %.