Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
MooDMEN OF THE WORLD

x. an open meeting and pub
%Ne7# TeZ1V lie reception. Past Head
Se1QEdGS Consul John H. Foley
came from Los Angeles
nearly 200 miles-to help out the cause
of Woodcraft. The Odd Fellows kindly
gave us the use of their hall, and we
are very grateful for the fraternity
shown by this act A committee from
our camp met our distinguished guest
at Surf and escorted him to the hotel
and during the afternoon they intro
duced him to all of the uptown MEM
hers, to whom he told of the beauties
of our organization and elected from
them a promise to actively interest
themselves in the work of building up
the camp. Our little camp is some
what sidetracked so far as big events
are concerned, but the members are
all devoted to the order and faithful
to its interests.
In the evening nearly every seat was
filled by our townsmen, who came to
hear the song of Woodcraft sung by
one who is unselfishly and without
pecunary reward devoting his time
commander, w. r. Smith, called the
meeting to order, and our estimable
clerk, Neighbor Z. J. Couch, delighted
US with several musical selections. and
the chairman then introduced Neighbor
Foley, who began his address by mar
rating an anecdote on the clerk, which
was enjoyed by every person present.
and particularly by the clerk; then
the speaker branched off into the sub
ject that is very dear to him and
showed that he is no stranger to
Woodcraft and conclusiyely proved
that our organization is entitled to the
cooperation of the residents of our
section. Neighbor Foley spoke for
nearly an hour, interspersing his ad-
dress with apt stories and Illustrations,
and rendered a very delightful poem
at the close. He was greeted with long
and continued applause, and everybody
present enjoyed his address.
AT the conclusion of the public meet
ing all repaired to the banquet room.
where sumptuous tamale supper had
been prepared by the women of Wood
craft. Our neighbor, w. r. Smith,
acted as toastmaster and introduced
the consul commander, who made the
address of welcome; then NeighbOr c.
B. Johnson of Long Beach camp spoke
for a few minutes, complimenting the
camp and the occasion, and told
briefly of the splendid work Neighbor
Foley had done throughout Southern
California. Neighbors O. Hoover and
r. D. Rennie also gave interesting
talks. Neighbor Foley was called upon
and paid glowing tribute to the
Women of Woodcraft, and told how
complimented that tireless worker, the
grand guardian, Carrie Van Orsdall.
Woodcraft certainly received an i'm
petus that night, and we expect to get
lot of applications as result of the
meeting. We are indebted to Neigh
Dor G. B. Johnson in getting us start
ed for since he has been up from
Long Beach he has attended every
meeting and would not rest until we
succeeded in getting Neighbor Foley
to visit us.
La Fiesta camp succeeded in getting
about fifty-fve initiates for the log
rolling, and, considering the times and
the short period allotted to the work,
we think the result very encouraging.
We are having applications each meet
ing, and as the attendance has i'm
proved considerably. we will expect
more in the near future.
Head Consul l. I. Boak, when here.
showed a few favored ones record
for growth in this section during the
past year, and La Fiesta camp easily
led for net gain. This camp has al
ways stood at the top in point of
growth, having during the two years
previous to the last session of the
head camp gained more members than
any other camp among the $40 of the
entire Pacific jurisdiction.
Pico camp had two applications last
Wednesday night, and more are ex-
pected at the next meeting. Our camp
is making an effort to increase its
membership. Past Head Consul John
H Foley came out to encourage us.
He spoke in his always interesting
manner and urged us to eVer-increas-
ing vigilance and perseverance and
showed that it isn't always the man
who is successful that is entitled to
greatest credit, but it is the man who
is always trying, that what is a
great achievement today may appear
a simple matter tomorrow, and what
might not be a success in one locality
might be a victory in aonther. Neigh
Dor Foley also took up the question of
retrenchment in our order and made
some converts.
La Fiesta camp will give an enter
tainment and card party tomorrow
night to which all of the members of
the order in this section are invited.
We will have something out of the or
dinary in the nature of refreshments,
and those who remain away will re-
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