Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22
FRATERNAL.
BROTHERHOOD

EL312t-k -ktfSsES lJnQefWOOug IllS Soii'Aiie'A
k2aNEsN> ing officer, and Sergeanl
Everhart visited the rlf1e
range Sunday and made a
score Of forty-one, which entities thehl
10 shoot against the cruiser team OIL
cruisers Tennessee and washington
some time the latter part OF TINS Weehc
February 25 they won cash prize OIL
s25 for ritual work from company NO
2. Look out, company No z.
They have already 1nitlateu W.
raeInbers this month, and are peslIi -,
ming to take up the enca1hPrileht 80 80
for the annual encamphleht III Aus '''
by raising funds. ,,-
Gard concentrations from company
No a are extended to Comrade Sasllid'
1vbo was married March II TO MISS
blanche sherman of this city.
Double membership rally is the name
OF the new campaign Just arranged III
the FRA ternal Brotherhood, ana the per
tinent question nowadays is, Have you
signed The pledge ITO furnish at leasl
one new member for the order before
December 81, 1908.
Brother Gilbert Carter, who goes 10 70
Oklahoma the last Of this month 70
fake charge of that territory, is making
q parting visit to the city lodges ana
bringing in handfuls of signed pledge
cards as souvenirs of each meetlhs'
Sunreme President James A. Foshay
made an official visit to Los Ahgeles
lodge, No. 1, in the interest ol the t.s,s+ uJ
ble membership rally THURSDAY hlsnI'
and received an enthusiastic welcome
He will visit Hermosa, No. g. Monday
March %, on the same mission.
Sunreme Secretary II. V. Davis ana
Supreme Medical Director c. W. PIERCE
surprised and delighted Pasadena
lodge. No. q. ny being present at their
meeting Friday night. tne program
was rendered at the close of the busl-
ness session. An important feature OF
the evening was addresses by the Vls-
iting officers, making report of tMhe M
wonderful growth and progress OF the
society during the past year.
Deuuty Supreme President J. c. Mar
ikIe spent a few days in Los Angeles
on his way TO his horne in Escondldo,
where he expects to duplicate the gooo
work he has been doing in the San Joa-
quin valley.
r. f. B. News is going to be ira
ternal paper in very truth this month'
as it is being gotten out by the once
force as a. token of appreciation OF the
faithful services of the editor, Mrs. M
E. Keller, who has been i'll most OF the
month.
Harrington lodge, No. 600, showed It's
appreciation of Brother Gilbert carter
good work by appearing in a pooy AT
his residence last Saturday night, along
with cakes, ice cream, ETC., ana with d
committee having in charge flne SUIT
case and silver drinking cup WhiGn
were presented to him with suitable
and eloquent address by the president,
r. d. Samuels.
Supreme Vice President Neidig was
the unexpected guest of Boyle Helghts
lodge, NO. 249, on March Is, but was
nevertheless welcome and taken into
full fellowship in their plans for their
future growth and prosperity.
The Fraternal Brotherhood has hit
upon a happy plan of increasing lts
membership, and it has already begun
to show results. Each member is asked
to sign a pledge to bring in one new
member during the year 1908. These
pledges are filed against the member
signing, and when they are fulfilled the
supreme lodge presents to the pledge
signer a handsome memento-poss1bly
a card case, with his name nicely print
ed thereon. The member when he re-
deems his pledge will find his release
III NiiV Il -
News.
Next Friday night LIE Grande lodge,
No. 9, is to entertain it's members with
a mock trial. Eminent attorneys will
prosecute and defend, while a leading
local jurist will decide the merits of the
case.
Basketball has entered the ranks of
fraternalism. 7. F. B. lodge at San
Fernando has a team and is ready for
business. Address Bennie Roberts,
manager San Fernando, Cal.
If a visitor to LIE Grande lodge, No.
9, Z. F. B., does not enjoy himself heI
has himself only to blame, as both
hands of fellowship are offered and en-
ergetically pushed along from start to
finish. Their meetings are mostly for
members, and when the doors are
thrown open to the public a grand rush
is made. During the past year this
one lodge has disbursed about $4,000 in
benevolent work, including the sick
benefit fund. One tho1' and dollars has
been added to the reserve. On Friday
evening, March 20, the lodge enter
tained the supr me vice president, EN-
ma r. Neidig. The second degree was
put on for her edificatlon. Refresh
ments were served in genuine No. 81
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