The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-15
CONVENTION PROGRAM
U. c. r. GRAND COUNCIL COMES
THIS WEEK.
GUESTS COME THURSDAY NIGHT

A Grand street Parade Friday Noon
and Spectacular Baseball Game
Saturday viii be Popular Features.
The Banquet Friday Night.
Thursday evening will bring to Nor
folk the delegates to the tenth annual
session of the Nebraska Grand COun-
ulcrs Of America, The grand council
Convouos in session at 9 n. III. Friday
In the Masonic hall in the Mast block.
The grand council will be in session
Friday morning and afternoon and
Saturday morning
Careful plans are being made to-
entertain the City's guests by loyal
Norfolk members of Norfolk council.
No. 100. A reception In honor OF the
ladies from away is given Friday NJ.
ternOOn at the home OF Mrs. s. Il.
Erskne. Friday evening an elaborate
banquet il served, followed by n ball
in Marquardt hall. The Larson or
chestra from Fremont has been en-
gagged for both the reception and the
ball.
In order to relieve the pressure on
the hotel many Norfolk homes will be
thrown open to the travellers from
away. The Hastings delegation will
come to Norfolk IN a special Pullman,
which they will occupy during their
stay here.
Special convention day features in
which the general public will be inter
ested will be the parade at noon Fri
day and the base ball game Saturday
afternoon between the u. C. T. and
the Elk mines.
The convention program for Friday
and Saturday is;
The bar 1uet program is:
Presiding officer, Il. A, Bailey grand
counselor; postmaster, J. II. Thomp-
son.
Invitation, DR.. Chas. w Ray.
Words of welcome, Mayor ]. D.
Sturgeon.
Our Wives and Sweethearts," Col
r.. j. Woods.
Response, Mrs. o. L. Hyde.
"The Travelling Men as Boosters"
{. r. Burnham.
"Traveling Men and the Newspa-
per-" N. A. Huse.
Relation of Railroads to the TRAY
cling Man" c. II. Reynolds.
"The Good Of the Order" G. E.
Miles, past supreme counselor.
This weeks convention will bring
to Norfolk scores of well known trav-
cling men such as E. A. Bailey of Lin
coin and Fred w. Hawkins Of FIRE.
mont. The grand officers who will be
in Norfolk are:
f. A. Bailey, grand counselor, Lin
coin; Louis E. May, grand past coun-
selor, Fremont; w. A. Sain, grand
junior counselor, Beatrice; Fred w.
Hawkins, grand secretary, Fremont;
d. G. Hewitt, grand treasurer, Has
tings; s. F. Erskine, grand conductor,
Norfolk; c. w. Tinzie, grand page,
Omaha; Paul b. Trueblood, grand sen.
tinel, Grand Island; grand executive
cOmmittee-R. w. Book Grand Island
c. C. Patrick Omaha, j. r. Cary Has
tings, c. e. Harmon Holdrege! C. j.
| Lyon, chairman railroad committee,
Omaha; Fred II. Frahm, chairman no
! tel committee, Fremont; G.. e. Har-
mon, chairman Legislative committee,
| HOldrege.
The officers of Norfolk council, No.
100, which entertains the state meet
ing are:
A. z. Chambers, senior counselor;
f, c. Engle, junior counselor; A..
Randklev, past senior counselor; d.
S. Day, conductor; G.. H. Taylor, page;
c. A. Rickabaugh, sentinel; Geo. H.
Spear, secretary and treasurer; Frank
II. Beels, A. l.. Lager, C. A. Blakely,
r, A. Moore, executive committee.
The local committees for the grand
session are:
Finance: ]. d. Sturgeon, chairman;
A. c, Randklev, o. l., Hyde, Geo. H.
Spear, S. r. Carney.
Entertainment; S. F. Erskine,
Erskine, chairman; Fred Gettinger,
d, S. Day, c. A. Rickabaugh.
Music, badges, printing: Frank H
Beels, chairman; A. l.. Lager, NJ. w.
Beebe.
Decorations: E. c. Engle, chair
man; A. e. Chambers, e. B. Kauff-
man.