The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-02-19
RED LETTER DAY
FOR THE WOODMEN
BANQUET AND IMITATION SERvI.
CES AT WHICH 200 WERE
PRESENT.
TWENTY EIGHT new MEMBERS
An Elaborate Program of Music And
Toasts Given-Much
Enjoyed.
TWENTY EIGHT new MEMBERS

Devils Lake Camp 800, M. w. A,
at their regular meeting night,
Wednesday, the 18th, initiated 2S new
members and gave banquet in their
honor. Over 200 Woodmen were pres
ent, nearly all members of the local
camp, occupying a double row of seats
clear around the immense Woodmen
hall, and the platforms at each end of
the hall being crowded with addition
al members, who could not get seats
elsewhere.
The uniform degree team gave one
of the platforms the appearance of the
photographs we see of the upper decks
of battleship. The team had on its
best uniforms and the evolutions and
drill were executed with the percision
and promptness of old troopers, al
though the members of the team are
all young members of the order.
Of the class of % new members, five
were given the complete benefit of the
work and instructions. While the
other % skidooed to a row of chairs
especially reserved for their benefit,
and watched the proceedings from the
safe, though interesting distance. The
entire program of the initiation was
enacted without hitch. The
candidates appeared to be salts
fed at the time and several of them
afterwards expressed their approval of
the ceremonies.
After the initiation and the routine
lodge business was completed the hall
was cleared and in about ten minutes
time, tables, chairs and banquet was
spread in the main hall with room
for nearly every one to sit down. De-
licious refreshments were served and
after all had satisfied the inner man
the social program was take up.
w. III. Atom rendered an instrument
tai selection upon the piano. To. say
that it was we'll rendered and well re-
,ceived by the listeners is superfuous.
He was followed by our Hon, Mayor,
E. G.. Marriott, who was one of the
charter members of the Lodge. Neigh
Dor Marriott called attention to the
fact that in the large membership pres
ent, but two or three of the old charter
members were there, thus calling at
tention to the remarkable growth of
the order.
Next followed Daniel Ruggles, who
spoke upon the subject of attendance.
His remarks were mplimentary to
the old wheeIhorses and stand-bys of
the order, and lightly touched up the
members who seldom go near the lodge
hall, and who are content to pay their
dues and keep their insurance in force,
himself among the number.
G. w. Andrews spoke about the
building up and keeping up of the or
der, and particularly mentioned the
debt that the members at large owed to
those who came regularly and did the
real work.
V. H. Cady had the subject of insur-
ance, and demonstrated to the satis-
faction of all that the Modern Wood.
men was the best, the cheapest and
the safest insurance to carry.
F. E. Morey gave cornet solo. The
applause at the close was so vigorous as
to render life unendurable without
a further effort in that line, which was
responded to by Mr.. Morey, much to
the satisfaction of his hearers.
Arthur P. Cheek, while admitting
like some of the others that his attend
ance had not been as regular as might
be desired, yet most forcibly called the
attention of the Woodmen to the fact
that the cost of carrying his insurance
at the present time was not a dollar
more than it was the first year he join
ed the Woodmen, 20 years ago.
James Dalling spoke about the team
of Foresters and the relation they bore
to the lodge. Dwelling upon the inn
portance of the team and making a
plea for the lodge to be liberal, both in
money and in praise.
Alderman VIM. Powers, one of the
% new members, certainly hit the nail
on the head when he sain that the life
of any order was the new members.
The degree work and the social en-
tertainment was interspersed with
music by the graphophone, which was
in charge of Neighbor S. j. Hood.
Everyone enjoyed himself to the lim-
it.