Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15

| <EhfM Nhk@ way. The degree team
<sAASS put the a n d d 5
through in proper form and deserves
much praise and credit for the manner
| in which the work was put on. No
doubt this team will be the cause OF
many a good Woodman leaving his
| happy home for few hours to witness
this ceremony, for while interesting
and pleasing it is also instructive and
elevating. Those who are desirous of
| going with the bunch to Covina on
March 20 should notify John F. Foley
so he can figure on what to give the
! camp at Covina something to figure
over when 1t comes to entertaining
the boys at the big feed.
The members of the Woodmen of the
| World in the twelfth district are be-
stirring themselves in anticipation of
| the unique limitations which will be
! held in Los Angeles on April and at
Riverside on April Z. Every station
will be filled by head camp officers,
| who are making the pilgrimage In a
! body to exemplify the written and un-
written work of the order, and a great
treat is promised TO the members who
will attend.
This is the first time in the history
of Woodcraft that an undertaking of
! this magnitude has been attempted,
| and already the number of candidates
secured in the various localities as
sumed to be visited by these head
camp officials justifies this departure.
The forty camps in Southern Cali
fornia have been divided into two Sec
tions and each camp will send class
of candidates to the trysting place.
| The committees from the camps as
signed to the Los Angeles meeting
have decided, in addition to the initia-
ton, to hold a public meeting, which
will be addressed by the head camp
officers, so that the public may gain
some knowledge of the workings of
the order and the benefits attached to
membership therein, from the men
most qualified to give such informa-
tion.
The initiation, in consequence, Will
be held at Woodmen temple, Mercan-
tile Place, Los Angeles, at 6 o'clock
p. m. April 6, and the public meeting
will be held in Elks' hall, 231 South
Spring street, at s o'clock the same
evening. An interesting and instruct
i've program has been arranged for the
latter meeting and the Woodmen expect
to have the hall packed. The head
officers participating in these meet
ings are Head Consul I. 1. Boak of
Denver. Colo. Head Adviser T. c.
Veale of Pasadena, Past Head Consul
John H. Foley of Los Angeles. Head
Banker P. E. Snodgrass of Eugene
Ore, Head Managers T. NJ. Robinson
of Oakland and John Patterson of Col
fax, Wash, Head Escort NJ. R. Will
son of Bozeman. Mont. Head Watch
man A. McKellar of Salt Lake City,
Utah. and Head Sentry F. o. Nelson
of Boise, Idaho.
Friday, March 90. La Fiesta camp
will visit Covina camp. Woodmen of
the World, at Covina, making the trip
in chartered special cars, and the camp
will take along it's orchestra, quartet
and it's vaudeville performers to en-
tertain the members of Covina camp.
The boys at Covina are preparing
chicken supper and everybody is as
sured a good time. Fully 100 of the
boys of La Fiesta camp have signified
their intention of participating in this
outing.
The special cars leave the Pacific
Electric depot at Z p. m. and will re-
turn in ample time to catch local cars.
The wise ones say that there is no
more hospitable camp in Southern Cal
ifornia than the camp at Covina, and
Judge w. P. Marshall, its clerk has a
host of friends in Los Angeles, who
are all anxious to see him in his home
camp.
Last Monday night Camp Fremont
initiated four candidates. and after the
candidates had travelled the rocky road
and been scorched by the hot sands of
the desert they as we'll as all the other
members of the camp were treated to
an oyster stew by the social COM
mittee.
Tuesday evening Carnation camp Of
Redondo rendered a reception to Neigh
Dor T. Clinton Veale, head adviser of
the order. The meeting was in the
nature of a smoker, and several visitors
We're present, prominent among whom
was Otto Valentine, who entertained
the assemblage with songs, recitations
and monologues. Many applications
We're taken at the meeting.
Head Adviser T. Clinton Veale is
making the rounds of the district.
| CoVina, Santa Ana, Redondo, San Ber-
nardino and Redlands have been Vis-
tied and enthusiastic meetings, with
great promise of new members, is the
result.
Head Consul I. I. Boak will arrive
in Los Angeles to attend joint meet
| ing of the camps of the west half of
| the twelfth district, at which time 300
candidates will be initiated. The grand
officers will put on the work, eXempll-
flying, as 1t were, a model meeting.
| Pasadena camp team has been selected
to do the team work.
The w. o. w. feel very friendly to
| The Herald for the fraternal page and
numerous camps have passed resolu-
tions indorsing The Herald in its good
work of assisting fraternal orders and
giving them deserved publicity.
Lauristinus circle, Women of Wood
craft, held a closed session Wednes-
day and initiated five candidates. Wis.,
itors were present from nine northwest
states. A light repast was served at
the close of the meeting.
ROYAL HIGHLANDERS
.MAvM Fern castle No. 479
~ IyUpn initiated three candi-
dates Thursday night,
G.; $!:s $:: Ks s!ss.; &; g. ?Rs:.' R:S ;s
up for nearly twelve months. The
present membership is past the 200
mark, and by January, 1909, expect to
have at least 400 cansmen attached to
it's castle. There are many Highland
arc from tha east who have located