Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-09
Secret Societies
WooDMEN Oh THE WORLD

| %clysSiiH. Eg[zp ficers and team of East
N@4l4lss~ lake camp put on the
work for La Fiesta camp Four eandi-
dates were initiated in full amplified
form and were taught the lessons of
love. honor and remembrance as pro-
mulgated by the Woodmen of the
| World ritual. Eastlake camp team, al
ways good was never better and Capt.
Fisher is deserving of the greatest
praise for the smooth and efficient work
of the organization.
Fremont camp initiated eight candi-
dates last week and received five new
| applications making an even fifty new
Neighbor G. E. Stretcn received his APP
! pointment as organizer for the Los An
geles district. An invitation has been
accepted by the officers and team to go
! to Downey in the near future and in
| itiate a class of candidates, secured by
Organizers Stretch and Price. 1t has
| been several years since Fremont camp
made its last pilgrimage to Downey,
and good times are anticipated by the
bunch of boosters planning to go. The
| team will give a basket social at the
hall in the Walker auditorium May %.
This is for the benefit of the team.
Saturday, May 1, l. 1. Boak, head
consul, completed a trip that took him
from Denver to Calexico and thence
to Bellingham, Wash. Twenty-seVen
meetings were held in thirty-one days
and 1000 candidates were initiated at
class limitations. In the hall of Multi
nomah camp 900 men attended a
smoker and sixty new applications were
taken The organization is active and
a great wave of enthusiasm is sweep
ing over the entire jurisdiction, over
coming all obstacles and increasing the
membership rapidly.
In this district Organizers Stretch
and Price are awakening the member
ship to renewed efforts, and at no time
in years have the applications been roll
ing in as at present. 1t is evident that
the members are realizing the i'm
portance of placing the Los Angeles
district before the jurisdiction in the
proper light, and the active members
are fully resolved that before the next
head camp session is held in Portland
next summer Los Angeles will have 2000
new members to report and every city
record broken.
The members of Vernon camp are
rallying around the standards of Neigh
bors Stretch and Price, and things are
going some in those directions New
applications have been received every
meeting this year. The members are
loyal and enthusiastic. The camp has
splendid set of officers, letter perfect
in their ritualistic work-a fully
equipped team capable of holding its
own with any. Vernon camp is in the
line of perfected Woodcraft and in a
few months will have 300 members in
good standing.
Eastlake camp and Golden State
circle have Joined their forces for
Memorial day, June 6, the anniversary
of the founding of the order, and will
unveil monuments and decorate the
graves with flowers of all neighbors OF
camp and circle who have passed be-
yond. The beautiful ritualistic dedica-
ton ceremonies will be performed al
ternately by camp and circle and all
graves and monuments marking the
last resting places of deceased men,
bers will be fittingly remembered. East
lake camp now has more members in
good standing than ever before in its
existence.
| The nineteenth anniversary of the
order will be celebrated June 6. al
which time memorial services will be
/ held all over the jurisdiction, and
graves will be decorated and monu-
ments unveiled Thursday evening the
Joint memorial committee appointed by
the camps and circles of Greater Los
Angeles met and planned for the eXer-
cises to be held at Rosedale, Evergreen,
Forest Lawn, 1nglewood, jewish, Cath-
Ole and Odd Fellows cemeteries.
| full report of the work outlined and
the subcommittee appointed will be
given next week.
Long Beach is forging ahead and Will
probably have as many candidates in
/ itiated by July l as any camp in the
/ twelfth district
/ Los Nietos camp, Downey Will have
4 a class initiation in the near future.
/ The joint picnic committee met last
i Monday night and a decision was made
+ to hold the picnic at Santa Monica
canyon May 81. Details will be given
/ in The Herald next week.
Los Angeles camp No. 402 held an
other rousing boosting meeting last
Thursday night and voted on nineteen
applications. Clerk Harrington is busy
4 sending out notices to candidates to he
examined and to appear for initiation
Guy Cherry, Organizer Stretch, Claud
Morton and a few others are doing
lively work, and watch the other camps
wake up and take notice. More than
100 members for May and June is the
slogan, and the outlook is that 200
names will be presented within the APP
| pointed time.
David camp will give an open meet
ing for members and friends May q
An excellent program will be presented
The women are especially invited.