The San Francisco call., 1908-09-13
MACCABEFS HOLD
SANTA CRUZ FfTE
Tent No. 90 Celebrates Silver
Anniversary With EiabO=
rate Celebration

SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 12-Local Tent
No. 60, Knights of the Maccabees, is
celebrating its silver anniversary to-
night with more than 500 visiting sir
knights and lady Maccabees as guests.
The city is theirs for the time being,
merchants suspending business at 6
o'clock, giving all a chance to cele-
brate Deputy Great Commander Ar
thur Dunning, heading the local recep-
tion committee, met the san Francisco
Maccabee special at Pajaro.
The local tent is indignant at the
Southern Pacific officials, who had
promised TO run the special up Chest
nut avenue to Locust street, where the
parade would form, but at a late date
ruled otherwise, declaring that the
Bowlder creek branch was unsafe for
traffic" The local knights, not wishing
TO march their guests three miles, char
tered electric cars and trailers, trans
porting eXcursionists from the beach to
the head of Pacific avenue.
Red fire and sparklers added brill
fancy co the parade, which was headed
by the Santa Cruz Beach band. c. A.
Dunning acted as grand marshal, with
W. H. jackson and T. c. Parker as
aids. There We're fully 1000 men in
line, after which came the local lady
Maccabees, headed by uniformed de-
ing Great Commander S. ". Hall, Lady
State Commander Minnie w. Aydelotte,
Mayor 5. A. Palmer, Commander F. w.
Hitchings, Colonel George Leroy, Adju-
tant General and Lieutenant Colonel c.
l. Gardner of Thirteenth regiment,
members of uniform rank K. o. T. NJ.
At a banquet in the Casino roof gar
den the visiting knights were formally
welcomed by Mayor 5. A. Palmer, with
response by State Commander Hall.
State degree team, Fred L. Shaw, cap
tain, exemplifed three degrees in the
large casino hall amid hearty applause.
Deputy State Commander Dunning said
that about 500 candidates had been pre-
pared for Initiation.
The executive committee in charge
of the celebration consists of f. w.
Hitehings. W. L. Ensign, A II. Foster,
". II. Jackson, T. A. Macy and Arthur
Dunning.
The organizations which have re-
sponded to the invitation of Santa Cruz
tent No. SO, and which made up the big
special Maccabee excursion TO arrive
here this evening, are as follows:
San Francisco No. is, Golden West No 5S..
Mission No. %. Pacific No. O. Phoenix No. 10
Oakland No. Il, Argonaut No. SO, Liberty No.
CO, BayO Vista No. 81, Berkeley No. So South
Berkeley No 81, Hayward No. ca, Point Rich
mOnd No 63, Vallejo No. 46, WatsOnville No.
No. 81.
The state degree team which exem-
plified the three degrees when the mon
ster class was initiated in Casino hall
at the conclusion of the banquet in
the grill consists of Fred l. Shaw, cap
tain; Sir Knights Montgomery, Gaff-
ney, Carney, TAFT, Lindquist, Peterson,
Harley, Simmons, Caldwell, Van Horn,
Mccullough, Fine. Reichel, Munson;
vocalists, Miller Morris, Girard; pian-
lists, Bright and Kelly.
The visiting lady Maccabees were
met by the following reception COM
mittee: Santa Cruz hive No 80 Ma
tilda Joris, Irene Keener, Alvina Hoff-
man, May A. Foster, Nettie BaIbach;
Aydelotte hive No. So, Rose Robertson,
Ida Mae Thurston, Mary Macy, Ele-
more Place. Elenore Carroll.
Sunday the visitors viii enjoy va
rious modes of recreation and partici-
pate in excursions to the big trees, to
Davenport and cement works over
Ocean Shore railway, to Capitola and
elsewhere.