Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-17
Secret Societies
MODERN WOODMEN OF
AMERICA

VIVIAN nights, The camp had a
| WN[1\AU splendid meeting last
! >AN Tuesday night, the first in
the new hall, and the members are en-
thusiastic over their new location and
expect that the attendance will greatly
increase as well as the membership
roster on account of the more central
and convenient location.
| California camp meets Wednesday
nights at 1251a South Spring street and
their meetings are well attended They
expect to have a long line of candi-
| dates on the class adoption when Head
| Consul Talbot comes in February.
| Vernon camp is just as energetic as
ever and a new acquisition which it
received a couple OF weeks since Is
| stirring the enthusiasm of the members
to the highest pitch. If any camp in
the city presents the head consul with
more new members than it does it viii
| have to do some lively hustling.
Pacific camp had a good meeting at
| the hall on East Third street last
| Thursday night. There were not many
adoptions or applications at that meet
! ing but anyone present could see that
the members were gathering them
selves together for a terrific burst of
speed in the last stretch of the race for
new members in the big class adoption
in February, 1910.
Garvanza camp does not often put
itself in print, but it is on the map
Just the same. and there is no camp
IN the city that, considering the num-
ber of its membership, is more enthu-
siastic and that is doing more for the
upbuilding of the society. The camp
meets every Monday night and the
meetings are always well attended.
The officers of this camp are always
conspiring to give the members an in
teresting time and no meeting is closed
without some new and interesting
feature. That is what goes to make
up a live and growing organization,
and Garvanza camp is sure to be pros
porous and progressive as long as it
pursues such commendable methods.
Neighbor Collie of the East Side
camp is the clerk of another busy camp
of the NJ. w. A. and is one of the
efficient workers of his camp who are
doing much to make Modern Woodmen
in Los Angeles one of the most pop
ular fraternal societies in the south
west.
District Deputy ]. o. Burgess has
been visiting the various camps of
Los Angeles and suburban towns the
past week and reports that all the
camps are doing good work. He Vls-
tied Pasadena camp last Monday night
and said the neighbors were enthusi-
astic and that they had large class
of applicants for adoption. Pasadena
camp has adopted more than forty
new members in the last six weeks.
That is going some for the state BAN
ner.
Golden State camp is always in the
points for good work for Modern Wood
craft. It's officers are enthusiasts and
never lose a chance to boost for the
society and the camp. Never meet
ing passes that number of candidates
are not initiated and the deputy of the
camp is finding it easier all the time
to write applications for the M. w. A.
He says that everybody knows what
the M. w. A. is now and that little ex-
planning is necessary except to state
the rate according to the age to an
applicant, to write a new member up.
He says the society is so well known
that it Is seldom indeed that anyone
asks for information as to its stand
ing, but being informed as to the cost
of joining and what their rate VIII be
is sufficient to secure the application
OF nearly all that want to carry IN
surance.
Last Wednesday night Golden State
adopted four candidates and Deputy
Herbelin presented the applications OF
ten more new ones. The beautiful
cup that is hand-painted with the
emblem of the society and a wreath OF
leaves and flowers that is offered by
the Railsback Claremore company for
the member who brings in the most
new members during the month OF Oc-
tober is stirring the boys to consider
able activity and their work added TO
that of the deputy will have the effect
of making a big increase In the mem
bership for the month.
Neighbor P. E. Kelley, 3714 Wall
street, has been laid up with sore
foot for a week or ten days, but was
improving at last account and was ex-
pected to be out in a few days.
Neighbor John Caldwell, 5111 San
Pedro street, has been i'll for Ions
time and does not seem to improve.
He would be glad to have neighbors
CALL
Neighbor T. L. O'Brien was at the
meeting last Wednesday night. He
was made to acknowledge that he Is
a candidate for councilman. He was
given hearty reception. Another
member of Golden State camp who Is
seeking municipal official honors is
Neighbor Reuben Heffelflnger, who Is
a candidate for city treasurer. one
would InlIlk llldI NllCl OliO pNSNi'tSS
a member of Golden State camp No.
lilo, M. w. A., that he had received
honorable distinction enough to satisfy,
but there seems to be no limit to the
ambitions of some of the energetic
members. But let them go on; they are
worthy neighbors and good citizens
In a little more than month the
elections for camp officers in the Mod
ern Woodmen will take place. The
members should take a just interest in
these events as the success of the
future work and standing of the camp
depends to a very great extent on the
efficiency of the corps of officers that
have charge of the affairs of the camp.
The members should not forget that
one of their greatest duties to the So
ciety and the camp is to select loyal
and thoughtful members to fill the Of
fees of their camp, and they should
not neglect to attend and participate
in the elections.
KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF
HONOR