Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-07-02
MEXICO AUDRAIN COUNTY MISSOURI THURSDAY JULY g. 1905
HOUSTON LODGE A, F. & A. M.
0fieers Installed on st. Johns
Day and q Most Delightful
Dinner Enjoyed by guest
From Mexico.

Houston Lodge A. E. s. A. NJ, We'd
nesday, June "a, celebrated ST. Johns
Day and installation Of officers at
their hall, southwest OF Mexico. The
officers installed were:
cunningham, WIN
JW Broaadus, S w.
EG Leach, j W
M Flynt, Treas
sc Groves, Secy
WI Wllmot, S D
VIM Younger, d
oS Leach, Chaplain
e Sims, S S
RS Wilmott, ] s
EN- Morris Tyler.
There was something doln'" on
the head waters Of the historic
stream Of Salt River. 1t was the oc-
casion Of the Installation Of officers Of
a bran new Masonic Lodge named In
honor Of our worthy Past Grand Mas
ter, A. s. Houston OF Hebron Lodge,
Mexico, Mo. The very air was full of
free friendly welcome all around that
old Salt River church, where the Ma
sons met to do honor to their chosen
officers, the names Of whom we have
not heard, except that of Mr.. Price
Cunningham, who was installed as
their Worshipful Master, whose clear
head and we'll stored mind richly en-
titled him to bis high position.
The season is late, some Of the corn
is weedy and the golden wheat Is
ready for the sickle but the call and
the occasion was strong enough to
call from their fields and to freely ded-
icate one day to social enjoyment and
to the encouragement Of that Instltu-
tion which has blessed So many homes
and made the whole world brighter
and better. The country around that
old Salt River church, 1.-THE oldest
Christian church In the county, is fair
to look upon and settled up by Gods
own people from Virginia and Ken
lucky With the improvement added
Of many native Mlssourians. We ex-
pected q roYl feast of mind and body
and we're sure not disappointed. Many
we're there from Mexico, among them
DR.. e. S. Gave, George Marshall, T. ].
Kelso, George Hatcher, Price Cum
ningham, Maj. Shaw and Miss Fon-
Vile, A. s. Houston, f. r. Jesse, Ed.
Walter M. White, new pastor OF Mex
leo Christian church, ]. V. Williams
and others. Sweet singing called q
hush in the gathering throng, aftel
which short hungry talk was made
by ]. V. Williams, whose mind seemed
clouded by visions of immense bas
kets Of fried chicken and pies. Ed
White followed in splendid address
illustrating the beauties and blessings
OF Free Masonry. Then came dinner
and oh, what a dinner Spread upor
the luxuriant blue grass yard under
meath the shady boughs we gathered
An attempted description Of that din
ner would be presumptuous, { sucl
stacks upon stacks Of everything goot
to eat,swe never saw; such chicken
lamb, beef and old country ham VIZ
never saw before. A. S. Houston ac
tually assumed The size Of usual.
well fed man while Bro. White, JUS
from Lexington, Kentucky, said, 9TH
half has never yet been told OF won
derful Missouri"
After dinner Past Grand Master, A
Is. Houston, delivered the address 0
the occasion, than whom a brighter
more intellectual Mason is not In Mis-
souri,; f. r, Jesse, deputy grand mast
err, made a talk In which he told abou
all there is in Masonary. II he is no
more careful he will be we'll "tried
for telling the large crowd Of pretJ
ladies all the secrets Of Masonary
With one accord all pronounced 1t on
of the happiest days Of their lives;
i And when deaths dark stream W
ferry DER,
:, A time that surely will come,
In heaven itself we'll ask no more
Than a Masonic welcome.